Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Ronron was a little surprised that Alex wanted to buy a technique that sounded so simple. "Do you not have many offensive techniques, father? If you don't, I can ask master to lend you some," she said.

"No, I have enough," Alex said. "I just want this because I believe I want to try something with it."

"Hmm, okay," Ronron said.

The bidding started and everyone started saying out loud their bid.

Alex sat there thinking about what he was going to do. His plan was simple for the most part. He was going to take the Golden Spears of Heaven and somehow mix it with the Iron fist technique of his that he used so much.

With the Dao of techniques, he could start to mix and merge many techniques together so long as they were compatible. He wasn't yet sure how effective techniques of multiple elements would be, but since both of these two techniques were Metal related, he was sure he could achieve it.

He could have simply used his control over Metal energy to formulate a technique of his own that did the same thing, but that would require him quite a few days of time to improve it to the same level as this technique would provide him.

While the Dao helped him improve the techniques faster, he was certain that it would still take him weeks if not months to take the technique to its peak, and that was time that Alex didn't want to bother with.

The bidding had started with 25 thousand True spirit stones which had certainly surprised Ronron quite a bit. That was an amount that she had never even seen, and yet there were people out here that were bidding on it like it was nothing.

Soon, the amount reached over 50 thousand and it kept going. It only stopped once it reached 65 thousand true spirit stones, which Ronron got.

She looked around at the hall where people were looking at her with weird expressions on their faces.

"Are we spending too much money by any chance?" Ronron asked. "That was more than I spent in the entire first half."

Alex shrugged. "Not really," he said. "This is what I used to make for selling a single pill in the southern continent. And that was before I became a King. No matter how much I spend, it won't be much at all."

He could imagine right now what sort of expression she would make if she ever figured out how much he had to pay to keep the Royal army well maintained for just a month.

A few more items went by, of which Ronron managed to get about half them, and that was only because the others were something she did not want at all.

Something else was brought out, the first weapon for the 2nd half of the auction, which was a bow made up of the Starforged Tungsten.

Alex saw that item and made a peculiar face. 'Right, I should get some of those metals,' he thought.

Ronron saw the bow and wondered if she should get it or not. "That looks quite nice," she said. "Should I get it?"

Alex looked at her and asked, "Do you know how to use a bow?"

"Not… really, but I don't know how to use any weapons really, so I have nothing to lose. Also, I do have a skill that lets me make arrows," she said. "So it could be useful."

"Hmm… buy it then," Alex said. "It's made from a good metal. Although not much of it is used in it, it still can help you quite a bit. If nothing, you can use the bow as a training weapon."

Ronron nodded. "Okay," she said and waited for the woman to stop explaining so much about the bow. Once the explanations were over, the bidding started at 60 thousand true spirit stones.

Ronron tried her best to outbid everyone while not going overboard with the amount. In the end, she managed to get the bow for 110 thousand true spirit stones.

This was the first item that she had managed to get without the price basically doubling.

The next few items were some talismans and pills which she stood out. There were quite a few of them, and each one was sold for a preposterous price which continued surprising Ronron quite a bit.

"Then next item is a set of 10 pills that can be taken in advance to counter any poison, venom, or toxins that you might get afflicted with later. It is a very good defensive pill to take if you are going somewhere dangerous."

"Since the pill recipe is private, you can only get these pills right here, so make sure to get them," the woman spoke.

She mentioned the harmony level of all 10 pills and then gave the base price for all 10 pills at once.

240 thousand True spirit stones.

As soon as she allowed it, the bidding war started with quite the frenzy.

Ronron looked around with surprise as no one showed this sort of reaction when the previous items were being sold.

"What is up with the reaction, father?" she asked.

"It's a rare pill that one cannot just make, so everyone is very agitated to get their hands on it," Alex said.

"Is it a rare pill because it's a secret recipe?" Ronron asked.

Alex nodded. "Someone, maybe even a player, must have been holding onto some pill recipes for a while now. Since Alchemy was effectively banned previously, they couldn't really make the pills, but now that it's being spread around with full force, people are coming out from hiding and selling all sorts of pills."

"This must be one of the better pills, which is why everyone is so excited about it," Alex said.

"I see," Ronron said. "I wonder what they would do if they knew you could make this pill just like that."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Alex asked.

Ronron gave a confused look. "What's so confusing about what I said?" she asked.

"I can't make that pill," he said.

"Huh? You can't?" Ronron asked. "But… aren't you like really good at alchemy."

"Just because I'm good at alchemy doesn't mean that I know every single recipe out there. I would have to try for years to be able to make a pill that can do the same thing as that," he said.

"Huh? Then… isn't this an amazing pill?" Ronron asked.

"Of course, it is," Alex said. "Every single antidote pill I have is just that, an antidote. It is always something you take after you have been inflicted with the poison. There is not a single pill I have that can protect you from one."

"I see," Ronron said. "If you are inflicted with some strong poison that kills you in no time, this sort of pill would come quite in handy."

"It will," Alex said. "Which is why I'm very curious about its recipe right now."

"What do we do? Do we go searching for the person who put these pills up for auction?" Ronron asked.

"No need for that," Alex said. "I am capable of finding a recipe from a pill alone. All you have to do now is buy those pills."