The Path To God
Ch 8's. Auctioneers

Two weeks had passed since Ren Yuu left the small town near Huangwu.

Ren Yuu was currently in the forest on the outskirts of Huangwu city. He had already reached the fifth stage of the Qi Foundation for two weeks.

"My cultivation speed has dropped dramatically. It would be dangerous if it continued like this because many of them were at the Houtian and Xiantian stages of Xiao Fan's memories."

"Do I have to take a dangerous path with herbs?" Ren Yuu thought. He shook his head because his foundation would be broken if he did that.

"If I reach Houtian, it will be easy to raise my cultivation to the seventh or eighth stage with herbs. But, it looks like I have to be patient with all of that." Ren Yuu pondered again while looking towards Huangwu city from a distance.

"One month I'm 17. From the memories of Xiao Fan, many reached Xiantian at the age of 17. I have to find a way to concoct pills so as not to be harmful to my Foundation at the Qi Foundation stage."

"In Huangwu many cultivators were hiding in the darkness. And many Foundation pills are circulating. I only got about 20 pills from Xiao Fan. Do I need to rob people?"

"Cihhhhh!! Mind it later, I better get to town first." Ren Yuu then jumped from the tree and ran towards Huangwu city.

"I must be careful because many disciples from the Sword Heaven sect are in Huangwu city. If I meet them, I will kill them all and loot them. That's the fastest. And I need to change my appearance now. And also I can't use real names," Ren thought to himself.

Ren Yuu arrived at Huangwu city, he pondered for a while what he had to do in this city so as not to attract attention.

Ren Yuu then went towards the outskirts of the city looking for a place to stay for a while. He also stole a lot of Tael from the city that passed by him before.

Afterwards, Ren Yuu rented one small house for a year not far from the city. He went back into the strange room and went straight into the cottage.

"It's time to read all these books. It's likely to be very useful later." Ren Yuu picked up one of the books on herbs and started reading them.

Ren Yuu spent two days memorizing all the herbs. Then he picked up a book about animals, he started to read it again until it was finished and it was easier to memorize it.

"That's three days more. I will rest first," Ren Yuu immediately slept on the floor of the cottage from feeling sleepy.

After waking up, Ren Yuu picked up a book on alchemists. He felt dizzy reading it.

"It's so hard. This is just a book about the basics. I better find an alchemist and read his memories so as not to make a fuss," Sighed Ren Yuu. He put the book back on his shelf.

Ren Yuu pondered for a while as he recalled Xiao Fan's memories then smiled afterwards.

"There will be an auction once every three months in this city. This is an opportunity to get to know the new world now. The auction will start in a month. I will try to break through the sixth and seventh stages of the Qi Foundation." Ren Yuu smiled then went out towards the small lake.

Ren Yuu started cultivating seriously, he kept his foundation good so that when breaking through Houtian he would not be troubled.

A month passed quickly.

"It seems very difficult to break through to the eighth stage of the Qi Foundation. No problem, there will be no one to match me now at the Qi Foundation stage. And I must be on guard against the opponent in the Houtian upwards," pondering, Ren Yuu stood up then continued, "it's time for the auction to start."

Ren Yuu directly came out of the dimensional space. That's what he called it because he didn't know the name of the room. He wears a wooden mask and a robe he bought some time ago.

At the auction almost everyone hid his identity so as not to cause trouble. Ren Yuu also brought 2 200-year-old Golden Rings and a 100-year-old Blood Lotus to auction.

Ren Yuu slowly walked out of his house and headed towards the auction venue not far from Huangwu city. There was a large villa of the Tian Family. Only invited persons can enter. He knew it from Xiao Fan's memory and had planned it with the item that was going to be auctioned.

Arriving at the auction venue, the guards stopped Ren Yuu for not having an invitation.

"Stop right there!! If you don't have an invitation, please leave," the guard ordered in a flat tone.

"Can I auction things?" Ren Yuu asked flatly as he was sure the Blood Lotus would be in dire need by a person above Xiantian.

Ren Yuu recalled from Xiao Fan's memories that the Golden Gingseng was over 200 years old and sold with over 100 middle-class spirit stones. And spirit stones were very important to a person. And it was their currency in the cultivation world.

And the Blood Lotus was far more valuable even though it was only 100 years old. The spirit stones in divided into three were low, middle and upper grade spirit stones.

1 High-end spirit stone was equal to 100 middle-grade spirit stones and 1 middle-grade spirit stone was equal to 100 lower-grade spirit stones.

The guard pondered for a moment and said, "follow me."

Ren Yuu had also retracted the herbs from a month ago so as not to be suspected, he already knew that a cultivator could check when the herbs were harvested. He became very careful after he was hunted by others.

Then the guard took Ren Yuu into a room that had guards outside. It was likely the auction house owner's room.

"Boss again there are guests, please wait a moment," said the guard and Ren Yuu just according to waiting for his guest to leave his room.

Afterwards a woman came out of the room with a 16-year-old woman inside.

Ren Yuu looked at the woman and felt something strange about her. He felt like he was falling in love with her and felt like an idiot right now. He suddenly became upset because he remembered Mei. He shook his head and put it aside.

The woman was Ren Huanran and Chuahua who were looking for Ren Yuu in Huangwu. They were both not afraid to reveal his identity at all.

Ren Huanran looked at Ren Yuu's gaze. He froze for a while because he felt familiar with the gaze like Ren Yuu's gaze. Since Ren Yuu was wearing a mask, Ren Yuu's eyes were invisible. If his eyes were visible, he would most likely recognize Ren Yuu.

"Please enter" the guard told Ren Yuu. Ren Yuu simply nodded and went inside without seeing Ren Huanran and Chuahua.

Ren Huanran saw Ren Yuu go inside. He shriveled a little because he wanted to ask who he was because of the familiar feeling. He sighed knowing it was impossible. Because this is an auction house.

"What's the Master?" Chuahua asked curiously.

"Nothing" replied Ren Huanran and went outside.

"Please sit down, sir," said the chubby middle-aged man who looked friendly.

But Ren Yuu knew this person was extremely ruthless from just the aura of blood around him.

Ren Yuu sat down casually and waited for the fat man to speak.

"I am the owner of this Tianlang auction house. My name is Tian Xiu. Is there anything I can help you with?" Tian Xiu asked with a smile.

"I want to auction off two 200-year-old Gold Rings and one 100-year-old Blood Lotus," Ren Yuu went straight to the point of not wanting to waste time and took out the three herbs.

"Blood Lotus," Tian Xiu inspected it closely and put it back down.

"This Blood Lotus has been harvested in almost a month. But that is not a problem because this herb is a very durable herb because it is not easy to lose nutrients. Are you sure you want to auction it?"

"You can sell it to me if you are afraid that the price will not match the price you want," Tian Xiu offered with a smile. Tian Xiu did not care about the Golden Gingseng because the Blood Lotus was a rare item that alchemists were looking for.

Even though it was only 100 years old, it was still very valuable and it was very expensive.

Ren Yuu pondered for a while then asked, "if I sell it now, what price do you offer?"

Tian Xiu pondered for a bit and examined Ren Yuu because Ren Yuu knew the name of the herbs and his age, he felt that Ren Yuu could also become a reliable alchemist.

"I'll buy it with 100 high-end spirit stones," Tian Xiu tried to lower the price by almost half.

"200," haggled Ren Yuu lazily.

"This person knows the price," thought Tian Xiu.

"150"

"190"

"160"

"185"

"165"

"180 my last price. Otherwise, I'll auction it off," Ren Yuu bargained flatly.

Tian Xiu sighed because it was the standard price for the cheapest Blood Lotus wherever people bought it. And if at the auction it reached 210 when at the auction, Ren Yuu was hit by a cut of 21 top grade spirit stones. He knew he only gained 9 at the very least. He knew also the person in front of him had understood the auction price.

Ren Yuu had no idea about it at all. He only asked for a multiple of the price he asked for. It's just a logical thinker according to him.

"Good 180 high-end spirit stones. And two 200-year-old Golden Gingsengs will be treasured 1 upper-class spirit stone of fruition. Do you agree?"

"Well, it doesn't matter. 32 spirit stones please break into middle-class spirit stones," said Ren Yuu flatly because he already knew the price of 200-year-old gold Gingseng.

Tian Xiu sighed again because Ren Yuu was only willing to lose a little and ordered his subordinates to carry 150 and 320 middle-class spirit stones.

"All the spirit stones are in this belt," Tian Xiu threw the belt towards Ren Yuu.

Ren Yuu also knew what this belt was and it was storing things. The capacity is 5x5 usually.

Ren Yuu channeled his spiritual energy into, there were indeed 150 top grade spirit stones, there were 320 middle grade spirit stones inside.

"I don't have an invitation letter and I want to see it. There might be something that interests me," Ren Yuu's pinta flatly.

Tian Xiu understood and took out a bronze plate that Ren Yuu could continue to enter the auction.

With the wealth of 150 high-end spirit stones one could already do a lot in the auction house. There was no way Tian Xiu would refuse.

"Are you going to sell another item in three months? And may I know your name?" Tian Xiu asked slowly.

"I'm trying to bring some more high-end herbs. Hopefully we can be business partners and you can call me Shawn," Ren Yuu then stood up and walked out of the room.

Tian Xiu only smiled hearing that and knew from Ren Yuu's words, another three months he would bring along herbs that were on par with the Blood Lotus.

The auction will be held in about half an hour. Ren Yuu went inside while showing a bronze plate. No one stopped him with that.

Ren Yuu walked in and looked at Ren Huanran who was passing by him earlier then ignored him. He sat somewhere far away from the two of them.

There is also room for VIP. Ren Yuu guessed it was the place of people for a sect sect or a large clan.

After half an hour of waiting, the room became filled with a crowd of people, almost entirely wearing robes and masks.

"Welcome to the Tianlang auction house. And thank you for being here. We will auction a total of over 100 items for today."

"Before that I will introduce myself first, I am the auctioneer today, Tian Shiu!" Tian Shiu shouted not too loudly which was a hot woman with an appearance that could make many men want to claim her in bed.

"All right!! We will start the first item," Tian Shiu said with a wide smile.

"First item ....."

"The second item ....."

Time passed, nothing attracted Ren Yuu.

"The next item is an unknown mysterious stone," Tian Shiu said in a strange tone.

The item on offer they have been around since one year ago and no one wants to buy it because they do not know what it is.

Tian Shiu placed a stone of 20-22cm. And it looks flat like an egg.

Ren Yuu shriveled slightly looking at the stone, not because he knew what it was, but because there was a familiar pattern on the stone.

Although the pattern was not clearly visible, Ren Yuu was sure it was the same as he had seen before.

"The price will start at 10 middle-grade spirit stones," Tian Shiu offered the item expired once more.

"10 middle-class spirit stones." Ren Yuu bid slowly, everyone looked towards Ren Yuu with a strange look.