The Extraordinary Urban God of Medicine - Chapter 1059

Chapter 1059: Chapter 1059: Sacrificial Refinement Chapter 1059: Chapter 1059: Sacrificial Refinement Now, everyone had come to a halt, it seemed that the auction was not over yet, there was still a main event to come.

Xia Ding’s gaze was somewhat crazed, violently staring at Huang Xiaolong with an intimidating momentum.

However, Xia Ding had come to realize Huang Xiaolong’s craftiness. Thus, he reiterated, “Boy, remember, our contest over magical artifacts is limited to those we obtain today at this Giant Whale Island auction. If you bring out any other magical artifacts to compete with this young master, then you’ll be breaking the rules, and you’ll have lost without the need for a contest!”

“Of course. There’s no need for you to repeat the rules; I’m well aware of them,” Huang Xiaolong said with a mocking smile. “There are so many witnesses here, and you, Genius Xia, are a person of status. I presume you wouldn’t be so shameless as to go back on your word if you lost, right?”

“Hahahahaha~~!” Upon receiving Huang Xiaolong’s response, Xia Ding finally felt at ease and burst into wild laughter. “This young master certainly won’t take back his word… But what do you have to use against this young master? At this auction, I’ve acquired the Eight Treasures Gourd and that big cauldron… What about you?”

“Me? Genius Xia, it seems your memory is really poor,” Huang Xiaolong said with a playful smile, taking his time to take out the metal fragment. “Here~~ I spent 60 top-grade Spirit Stones at the auction to acquire this magical artifact.”

Upon seeing Huang Xiaolong take out the metal fragment, the entire auction house burst into raucous laughter–
“Hahahahaha~~ I thought this kid was going to present something formidable to contend with Young Master Xia, but it turned out to be nothing more than a piece of scrap metal! It’s utterly absurd!”

“It seems that this kid only managed to get his hands on this one ‘magical artifact.’ He really had no choice, huh!”

“Spend 60 top-grade Spirit Stones to buy trash, hoping to contend with the grand magical artifact that cost Young Master Xia 260,000 top-grade Spirit Stones to acquire… Is this person living in a fantasy?”

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Now, not only the onlookers were laughing in mockery, even Ying Aoshan, Song Yuru, Zhan Tang, and the three little demons were slightly unsure.

Indeed, they truly could not discern any special characteristics in a piece of metal that was lifeless, ice-cold, and as stagnant as dead water.

“You’re really bold, I’ll give you that,” Xia Ding said with a ferocious grin. “Fine, with that settled, let us ask Miss Mengqi to invite the most famous appraiser in the auction to come over and give us some insight.”

Before Mengqi could respond, a deep and authoritative male voice came from outside. “Good, we’ll take a look.”

It was the voice of Zhao, the chief appraiser of the Giant Whale Island auction house.

Manager Zhao, accompanied by several appraisers, first approached Huang Xiaolong and took out several storage rings, handing them to Huang Xiaolong. “Young friend, we have found all the materials you requested. These materials are all inside the storage rings, and I have already removed their seals. You can now check to see if the quantity is correct. Additionally, these storage rings are a gift from our auction house to you.”

“Thank you very much,” Huang Xiaolong said, pleasantly surprised, as he took the rings and scanned the storage rings with his mind.

Indeed, each storage ring was filled with an eye-catching variety of materials.

“Manager Zhao, this boy and I have a wager~~~” Xia Ding looked towards Manager Zhao and briefly described his bet with Huang Xiaolong.

“Okay, I already know that. So please, both of you, take out the magical artifacts you wish to compare.” Manager Zhao nodded amiably. “Rest assured, we will be fair and impartial, without favoring anyone.”

“That’s good.” Xia Ding’s thoughts moved, and from within his body, a cauldron sprang forth.

This cauldron was the very one that Xia Ding had acquired at the exorbitant price of 260,000 top-grade Spirit Stones just a while ago. He had already refined and taken it into his body, so the cauldron had become palm-sized. It would only expand in volume and turn into battle mode when used against enemies.

“Here is my magical artifact.” Huang Xiaolong handed over the metallic fragment in his hand to Manager Zhao with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

“Uh… This?” Manager Zhao did not take the magical artifacts from Huang Xiaolong and Xia Ding. His gaze stalled, and then he shook his head, “There’s no need for further appraisal. Before these magical artifacts were auctioned, we had already thoroughly appraised and evaluated them.”

“Hahahaha~~~” Xia Ding laughed triumphantly. “That saves some trouble. Please Manager Zhao, announce the result of the judgement.”

Manager Zhao spoke gravely, “Young Master Xia, this cauldron among the magical artifacts being auctioned, is of the highest quality, possesses the strongest attack power, and is also the most ancient. This cauldron can even refine someone at the mid-stage of crossing tribulation, of course, presuming it’s a surprise attack.”

After a pause, Manager Zhao turned to look at Huang Xiaolong and shook his head slightly, “Young friend, this piece of metal in your hand is also quite ancient. However, forgive my bluntness, our appraisers have been working day and night for several days, and have yet to find anything special about this metal fragment. It doesn’t even have a trace of Spiritual Energy. This… this… Sorry, this piece of metal is worthless, not even as good as an ordinary flying sword. Therefore, young friend, you have lost to Young Master Xia in the comparison of magical artifacts.”

The result was out!

“Hahahaha~~~ Kid, did you hear that? You’ve lost! Now, don’t try to wriggle out of it. Hand over all the magical artifacts you won from people like Huangfu Tianjiao!” Xia Ding’s face finally revealed a vengeful smile, incredibly satisfied and cocky…

Today, he had really been humiliated and toyed with by Huang Xiaolong, ending up with a face covered in dust. Now, at last, he had the chance to fight back and let out a triumphant breath.

Getting those four artifacts, to tell the truth, didn’t make Xia Ding’s day too bad.

Seeing this, Xia Ding’s subordinates all sighed in relief.

Losses had been recouped!

This time they indeed had recouped their losses!

“Uh… Why should I hand over those four magical artifacts to you?” Huang Xiaolong wore a face of bewildered state. “How strange. Shouldn’t you be the one giving that gourd and this cauldron to me, instead?”

“Outrageous!” Xia Ding raged. “Playing dumb when death is at hand? You want to openly renege on our deal? Manager Zhao is one of the foremost authorities in the overseas cultivator world in the field of treasure appraisal. A piece appraised by him won’t have much price discrepancy. Just a moment ago, Manager Zhao clearly said that the piece of scrap metal in your hand is trash, wouldn’t you dare question Manager Zhao?”

At this moment, Manager Zhao also appeared somewhat dissatisfied, “Young friend, if you think there is something wrong with my level of appraisal, that I cannot fathom the profundity of this piece of metal, then you may seek someone else more capable. However, no matter who you invite over, their appraisal will be no different from mine! Young friend, the most important thing is to keep one’s word; a win is a win, a loss is a loss. Being fair and square will never be wrong.”

“Tch~~ When did I lose? It’s just that you don’t know your stuff.” Huang Xiaolong spoke disdainfully. “Forget it, there’s no need to have anyone else appraise it. No matter who it is, they wouldn’t be able to discern the mystique and dominance of this object. Let me reveal the mystery myself~~”
Huang Xiaolong smiled.

Everyone fell silent, and they all looked at Huang Xiaolong with schadenfreude and mockery in their eyes, wondering what he would say next. Even if his rhetoric was as brilliant as a lotus, it seemed unlikely he could overturn the apparently certain outcome, right?

“This piece of metal is an artefact of a level that could be the foundation of a sect. This treasure is no less impressive than the foundational artefacts of major sects such as Shushan, Qingcheng, Emei…” Huang Xiaolong explained.

No sooner had his words fallen than the room erupted with raucous laughter–
“Hahahaha! I’m dying of laughter, dying here! This guy sure knows how to bluff!”

“He even dared to drag the giants like Shushan and Emei into this. If disciples from those great sects heard what he’s saying, they would want to kill him on the spot!”

“Indeed, how can a piece of scrap metal be compared to the artefacts of great sects? That would be blasphemous!”

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“Well… my words are not finished,” Huang Xiaolong said with unfazed composure. “This piece of metal is not a complete artefact, but it is indeed the most important, the most crucial part of that artefact. The secret within is something most people cannot find, but I have discovered it, heh heh!”

After finishing, Huang Xiaolong waved his hand and the piece of metal floated in front of him.

Then, he took out some materials from a storage ring.

The dazzling array of materials also floated in mid-air, revolving around the piece of metal at the center.

The materials were all of high quality and not cheap; they emitted brilliant spiritual lights, whereas the piece of metal was dim and dull.

This situation was akin to a group of unparalleled beauties surrounding an old and ugly beggar, leaving onlookers dumbfounded.

“This… this… Young friend, what… what are you doing?” Manager Zhao’s voice trembled because he had begun to suspect something.

Materials? A fragment of an artefact?

“Young friend, are you actually trying to re-enchant this artefact???” Manager Zhao exclaimed in shock.

Enchanting and repairing an artefact was an extremely difficult task, even more challenging than forging a new one from scratch.

“Heh, it won’t take much time. Just you watch,” Huang Xiaolong scoffed. He had already thoroughly researched the method of enchanting the “Divine Descent Bell.” With his talent, intelligence, divine sense, mana… as long as he had the materials ready, he could do the job in minutes!

“Just some parlor tricks!” Xia Ding was utterly contemptuous and sneered. “You want to turn this piece of scrap metal into an artefact, claiming it to be of even higher quality and power than my own artefact? Pure fantasy!”

Even with Xia Ding’s exceptional talents, he could craft some artefacts himself, but he was still unable to produce any of higher quality than the Eight Treasures Gourd, let alone one surpassing his own cauldron. Naturally, he believed it was something others could not achieve either.

Huang Xiaolong didn’t say more but started moving his hands in myriad complex patterns, forming ancient hand seals containing faint mana and Samadhi True Fire!

Pfft–pfft–pfft–pfft–
He imprinted the seals on those materials!

Immediately, the materials melted into liquid.

These liquids, congealed in the air, did not scatter or fall, but instead formed various runic symbols.

In other words, the materials that had been orbiting the metal piece had all turned into liquid runes.

These runes were pulsing ceaselessly, full of spirit and liveliness, like little sprites.

In the next moment, Huang Xiaolong waved his hand, and all the runes swarmed into the metal piece!

At once, as the materials merged in a unique way, the metal piece burst forth with divine light!!!

It became extraordinary!

A powerful surge of Spiritual Energy began emanating from it!

Hum–hum–hum–
The piece of metal grew in size and transformed into the shape of a bell!

Dong–dong–
The bell seemed to be struck, its sound astonishing to the soul. However, the bell only sounded twice before falling silent again.

But the bell now was only about the size of a water vat.

“What?! This… this… this is an artefact now!” Manager Zhao was dumbstruck! With his appraiser’s eye, he saw that the metal piece, with the materials merged into it, had evolved into an artefact!

‘Heh, the divine bell chimed twice… just now, using these materials, it has been successfully enchanted twice… its power is now comparable to an ordinary flying sword… let’s continue!’ Huang Xiaolong’s eyes flashed with a sharp glint. “Divine Descent Bell, you must have lain dormant for many years. Well, this time, I will let you shine with your former glory! Once again, you will become a top-tier artefact that dominates all around!!!”

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