193: Breakthrough Grass

"King Arthur is too generous with his praise!

Speaking of which, this greatsword is truly excellent. It’s considered Top Grade even among Legendary weapons. Are you not interested in it?"

Weapons used by Legendary Experts generally fall into three Ranks: Common, High Grade, and Top Grade.

Arthur had previously obtained weapons of this Rank when he destroyed the Kate Kingdom, taking them from Isaac, the Kate Kingdom's only Legendary Expert.

Besides a Legendary Rank Knight's greatsword, he also acquired a Legendary Rank armor.

Unfortunately, because Isaac was relatively poor, his weapons and Defensive Gear were considered merely Common goods in the eyes of Legendary Experts.

Therefore, even though Arthur's Lionheart Kingdom now has over a dozen Human Legends who Cultivate Battle Qi, Arthur has never equipped them with weapons and armor of the corresponding Rank.

That was because Arthur felt the weapons and armor left by Isaac were too low-Ranked, and he didn't want to waste the opportunity to replicate them on such items.

This greatsword is indeed good now. Thinking this, Arthur nodded in agreement:

"This greatsword is excellent. It would not be a loss to bid for it!"

Saying this, Arthur pressed the fourth button on the Auction Device directly.

Avril was stunned when she saw Arthur's action, and then spoke in surprise:

"That's 100 million Gold Coins! Didn't you see that the current price outside has already reached 1.1 billion Gold Coins?

Everyone else is raising the bid by one million at a time, but you added 100 million directly!"

As she spoke, Avril felt like something was missing. She looked up and realized that Olivia and the others didn't seem surprised by Arthur's move!

She was the only one making a fuss!

The reason Karona and the others weren't surprised was naturally their trust in Arthur; they would never question his decisions.

Furthermore, Avril didn't know how much Profit the Lionheart Merchant Guild brought Arthur!

But Karona, Olivia, and the others are close to Arthur and vaguely aware of the situation.

Arthur simply wasn't short of that Small Sum of 100 million!

Just as Avril felt awkward, Arthur spoke:

"It's fine, I don't feel bad about it!"

Karona and the others weren't shocked by Arthur's action, but the people outside the Private Room were different.

Like Avril, they couldn't understand Arthur's behavior of directly adding 100 million Gold Coins, even at this stage.

Even the Auctioneer, Lorraine, was surprised and shouted loudly after seeing Arthur's bid:

"VIP Room Number Three has increased the bid by 100 million Gold Coins! The current bidding price is 1.21 billion Gold Coins! Does anyone wish to raise the bid?"

Unfortunately, after shouting for a long time, no new bids appeared!

In fact, the normal price for this weapon was 1 billion. 1.1 billion was already an auction Premium, and now that it reached 1.2 billion, naturally no one was adding more!

However, another reason was that Arthur's Aura, generated by adding 100 million at once, intimidated some people, making them even less likely to raise the price!

While Lorraine was shouting, many people couldn't help but look up at Private Room Number Three, wanting to see who possessed such Spirit.

Unfortunately, due to the structure of the private rooms, those outside couldn't see inside.

Everyone could only return empty-handed!

On the other side, after waiting for tens of seconds, Lorraine saw that no one was raising the price and could only Strike the Gavel.

"Congratulations to VIP Number Three for winning this greatsword once used by Fordyce the Legendary!"

Next, the auction for the second Auction Item proceeded.

It was merely a weapon used by an expert of the Sky Knight Rank, clearly a step down in Grade.

Arthur had no interest in this item and merely watched silently as others bid.

Afterward, the Dawn Merchant Guild successively presented many precious Auction Items: Cultivation Magic Medicine, armor, and Magic Staves. However, because their Rank was not high, Arthur did not bid.

Instead, Karona, Olivia, and Doria—The three women—successively bid on several pieces of Magical Jewelry that were both beautiful and useful for Cultivation and combat.

Such as Necklaces, Bracelets, and Earrings!

Since the value of these items wasn't particularly high, they only cost Arthur a total of 500 million Gold Coins.

What he gained in return was the continuous Cheerful Laughter of Karona and the other women, which Arthur supported.

As time flowed, the auctioned items became increasingly rare and valuable!

Sometimes even Arthur was tempted, but realizing they weren't very useful, he didn't buy them.

Soon, the appearance of another Auction Item brought the atmosphere of the entire venue to a Climax once again:

"A Magic Plant, Boundary Breaking Grass, which only matures once every hundred years.

The fruit it bears: Boundary Breaking Fruit. After consumption, it benefits experts who Cultivate Battle Qi in Breaking Through various Major Realms.

At its highest, it can assist Earth Knights in Breaking Through to Sky Knights, increasing the probability by 30 percent.

Of course, the Boundary Breaking Fruit can also increase the probability of a Gold Knight Breaking Through to an Earth Knight by 80 percent, but I imagine no one would do that!"

Auctioneer Lorraine's words echoed throughout the venue, causing some people to nod involuntarily.

"But your Boundary Breaking Grass doesn't seem to have borne fruit yet!"

Someone quickly noticed the discrepancy and raised a Question.

"That's correct, this Boundary Breaking Grass has not yet matured and produced the Boundary Breaking Fruit.

But that is not important. The reason it can appear as an Auction Item today is that this Boundary Breaking Grass has already Given Birth to a Greater Spirit!"

Saying this, Auctioneer Lorraine opened another Box next to it. Lying inside was a Little Creature only about ten centimeters long!

That Little Creature was clad in green and possessed the appearance of a human girl. Except for its physique and the pair of Wings on its back, it was indistinguishable from a human, and exceptionally cute!

Due to some reason, it was currently in a deep sleep, but its slumbering appearance still elicited Cries of Admiration from many women present!

"So cute!"

Compared to the focus of the women, many men present immediately sent their Mental Energy to investigate.

They discovered that the sleeping Greater Spirit and the Boundary Breaking Grass indeed shared a certain Connection.

This confirmed that Lorraine's words were true.

This Boundary Breaking Grass had truly Given Birth to a Greater Spirit that could live for three hundred years.

And once a Magic Plant gives birth to a spirit, its Efficiency in producing fruit greatly increases!

The Boundary Restricting Fruit, which should only mature once every hundred years, is now estimated to mature in just five years!

Then this Boundary Breaking Grass represents dozens of Boundary Breaking Fruits, and dozens of hopes for a Breakthrough to Sky Knight!

Although one Boundary Breaking Fruit can only increase the Breakthrough probability by 30 percent, an average person's Breakthrough probability is at least 30 to 40 percent, right?

Adding the Boundary Breaking Fruit brings the total to 60 or 70 percent—it's worth a shot!

Even with the worst luck, over sixty Boundary Breaking Fruits should be able to produce at least ten Sky Knights!

You must know that a kingdom usually only has a few Legendary Experts at most, and Sky Knights are already the kingdom's Peak Experts!

How could this not drive everyone present crazy?

Inside VIP Room Number Three.

Arthur looked at the frantic crowd below and couldn't help but sigh again:

"Your Dawn Merchant Guild is truly generous, auctioning off an item like this!"

Hearing this, Avril, who was beside him, couldn't help but roll her eyes:

"If only this item belonged to the Guild!

Actually, we also want the Boundary Breaking Grass, but it was Consigned for Auction by someone else, and we don't have the right to Withhold it!"