Versatile Mage: Shadow of Dimension

Chapter 172 Auction of Blood Soul Banyan Demon Seeds, Snake Man Hiding in the City! (4k)

"What about this seed?"

Zhang Chenran gave up his plan to auction off Tianyan's holy marrow, and took out the seed of the blood soul banyan demon and put it on the appraisal table.

Feeling the aura contained in the seeds, the appraiser froze on the spot.

"Jun, a plant species with a monarch-level bloodline?"

The appraiser's eyes looked at Zhang Chenran completely changed.

If the previous Tianyan Holy Marrow was an accident, then this plant species with monarch-level bloodline cannot be explained by good luck.

Only the first seed born of a monarch-level plant monster has the bloodline with the same potential.

In other words, this is no different from a cub with the highest bloodline of a demon!

Plant monsters will protect their own seeds, and the only way to get them is to kill them.

This seed has no tendency to grow yet, and it is the best period for cultivation.

It is extremely valuable in the eyes of those summoning mages and some plant mages!
"I want to auction this seed. What's the approximate starting price?" Zhang Chenran asked again.

After the appraisal, the appraiser responded:
"One billion! Judging from the bloodline of this plant demon seed, the transaction price will not be less than 20 billion!"

When this blood-soul banyan demon's seed is cultivated to its peak, it will definitely reach the level of an orthodox monarch!

But if you want to cultivate such a monarch-level plant demon, it will require even more resources.

20 billion is the value of the seed itself. If there are big customers competing for it, it will definitely be more than this price!
.........

After leaving the appraisal room, Zhang Chenran took Jiang Yinyun into the bidding hall.

The auction hall was already mostly full.

It would definitely not be as lively as usual, unless there is something worth fighting for.

Zhang Chenran was not surprised by this, and was secretly delighted.

The news of the Blood Soul Banyan Demon Seed Auction was only released for a few hours.

It's normal to attract so many powerful people in Australia's capital.

The Seed of the Blood Soul Banyan Demon is the final auction, and the previous auction items are at least expensive treasures.

But Zhang Chenran is not interested in those things.
After waiting for several auction items, he finally got what he wanted.

Soul nourishing honey!
It can nourish and strengthen the soul to a small extent, and has a significant effect on improving mental strength. The starting price given is 5000 million!

There were not many people auctioning this lot, so Zhang Chenran bought it at a price of [-] million.

The appraiser of this lot secretly told him that it has the effect similar to Nianshi's spiritual power improvement.

Although the degree of improvement is very different from Nian Shi, it can play a key role in the timing of breakthrough in the spiritual realm!

After auctioning the soul-nourishing soul honey, he quietly waited for the finale of the blood soul banyan seeds.
Finally, the item that everyone had been waiting for for a long time appeared on the auction stage.

The auctioneer shouted:
"The last item is also the highlight of this auction, a plant demon seed with orthodox monarch-level bloodline. The starting price is one billion!"

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone started vying for bids.

The mages present come from different forces, including magic associations, hunters' alliances, magic families, and military mages.
In the end, the blood soul banyan demon's seeds were bought by a hunter mage with super-level cultivation for 24 billion.

"24 billion, [-] million more than expected." Zhang Chenran muttered softly, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

Leave the auction house.

Jiang Yinyun couldn't help but ask:

"Chenran, you won't be the one auctioning off that plant seed with monarch-level bloodline, right?"

She had made some guesses after seeing Zhang Chenran's expression after learning the transaction price of the Blood Soul Banyan Demon Seeds.

"Yes." Zhang Chenran smiled at her, but he didn't hide it.

Jiang Yinyun didn't ask about the origin of the seeds. She pursed her lips and blushed slightly:

"Chenran, I, I want to buy clothes."

"Okay, I think the ones on the road have pretty good styles."

"No, not that kind of clothes!"

Jiang Yinyun's voice lowered a bit, and her face turned redder.

Hearing this, Zhang Chenran understood what she meant and looked at her with a strange expression.

"I, I'm afraid I bought it secretly and you don't like it!" She explained in a low voice.

"I like whatever you wear." Zhang Chenran smirked and said immediately:

"Let's go."

Jiang Yinyun breathed a sigh of relief, and the blush on her pretty face slowly faded away.
.........

The two searched for a while and came to a street with less traffic.

There is a store on the street with a very eye-catching house number.

Master Ling's Youth Life Center!

Before entering the store, just seeing those styles from outside the door, Jiang Yinyun retreated in her heart.

She hugged Zhang Chenran's arm and couldn't help but said:

"Chenran, otherwise we will still be"

"It's already here, how can you just leave like this?" Seeing her shy appearance, Zhang Chenran couldn't help laughing.

However, it was also his first time to come to this kind of store.

Although the expression on his face was indifferent, he was still very embarrassed inside.

Just as the two were about to enter the store, they saw a familiar figure sneaking out of the store.

Seeing that person, Zhang Chenran and Jiang Yinyun were stunned.

Zhao Manyan also froze when he saw them.

Immediately, he put his index finger to his lips nervously, signaling the two of them not to talk.

"follow me!"

Zhao Manyan lowered his voice very low, as if he was afraid of being discovered by some terrible monster.
The two followed him to a nearby alley and hid.

"What's going on?" Zhang Chenran asked in surprise.

Zhao Manyan swallowed, thought for a while, and explained:
"It's not important that I went there after Ai Jiangtu and the others separated. What's important is that there is something to eat in that store!"

"eat human?"

"While the store owner was changing clothes, I noticed something was wrong. I found a secret room at the back of the store. There were many bodies of people there. Their brains and hearts were missing!"

Zhao Man calmed down his panic and continued:

"Not only that, there are several strange creatures in that secret room. They are human bodies, but their tongues are very long and separated, and they have scales on their bodies. I saw them eating the heart with my own eyes!"

Zhang Chenran and Jiang Yinyun looked at each other, and the former asked:
"Is it a monster disguised as a human and hiding in the city to eat people?"

Zhao Manyan nodded:
"Probably, they don't even have the aura of demons when they disguise themselves as humans.

But the man-eating demons in the secret room all had warrior-level auras, so I didn’t dare to alert them.

If I stayed a little longer, I would probably become their food.

Oh, how could such a beautiful boss lady do this?"

"Stop!" Zhang Chenran interrupted him and then said:

“If they were monsters disguised as humans, then they shouldn’t all be gathered together.

In other words, this area should only have the few ones in the "Master Ling's Youth Life Hall". "

Hearing this, Zhao Manyan also came to his senses and nodded in agreement.

"Without further delay, let's go and notify the Magic Association." Zhao Manyan was just about to go to the Magic Association's defense line when he was pulled back by Zhang Chenran.

"Inform some magic association. Aren't we here to gain experience and slay demons?"

"Yes, we can solve it ourselves!" Zhao Manyan said this inexplicably.

"Old Zhao, you are already a high-level mage. Even if you don't master high-level magic, you won't be afraid of a few warriors, right? I'll scare you." Zhang Chenran said.

"Yeah, why should I be afraid of a few little warriors?"

Zhao Manyan did not refute, but scratched his head with a puzzled expression.

They were obviously just a few warriors and monsters, so why was he so afraid?

"What are you doing standing still? Follow me quickly!"

Zhang Chenran's voice was originally very close to him, but now it came from more than ten meters away.

Zhao Manyan was startled for a moment, looking up, Zhang Chenran and Jiang Yinyun had already walked more than ten meters away.

Is there something wrong with my perception?Why can't you even notice the departure of these two people?

He looked around, then trotted to follow the two of them:

"I'm coming!"

.........

Zhao Manyan, who realized it later, looked at the two of them, as if he was trying to catch someone:

"No? Why are you two in such a place?"

After asking this question, he instantly had the answer in his mind.

What else can you do at Qingqu Store?
I didn’t expect that these two people, who usually seemed quite serious, would be like this!
But it’s normal to think about it. Who doesn’t like to seek freshness and excitement?
Hearing this, Zhang Chenran looked embarrassed, and Jiang Yinyun's pretty face flushed.

"These things are not important, let's kill the demon first"

Halfway through Zhang Chenran's words, he saw a dozen mages wearing the uniforms of the Canberra Magic Association not far away.

There were signs of battle around, as well as four corpses.
Seeing the three of them, one of the mages gave an order, and more than a dozen mages rushed up at extremely fast speeds to surround them.

"Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! We are mages!"

Zhao Manyan quickly drew a Guangyou—Holy Shield to prove his innocence.

Hearing that Zhao Manyan was speaking in International Language, the high-level mage also said in a deep voice in International Language:

"Some mages who have been assimilated by snake people can also do magic, let me see your hands!"

In order not to cause trouble, the three of them followed suit.

The high-level mage glanced at the hands of the three men and waved his hands to signal his subordinates to put down their guard.

"Three friends from other countries. Snake people are very active in this area. I was very offended just now. My name is Patul!" the senior mage said.

Patul is a high-level mage, so he can naturally sense the cultivation level of these three people.

Especially the black-haired young man gave him an unfathomable and invincible feeling.

"It's okay, it's okay. We were just about to kill those monsters, but we didn't expect you to take action first."

Zhao Manyan pointed at the four corpses and asked, "Are those four monsters snake people?"

"Not exactly, they are a subspecies of snake people, not real snake people. The subspecies of snake people are creatures that are born after ordinary people or mages eat snake people's flesh. Pure-blood snake people are better at disguise than them!"

Patul paused and explained:

"If you want to tell the difference between a human and a snake-man, then look at the white crescent on the fingernail, if not, then you are a snake-man!"

Hearing this, the three of them suddenly realized that no wonder Patul wanted to look at their hands just now.

"Are there many such monsters in the city?" Zhang Chenran asked.

Patul nodded:

"There are many snake people not only in Canberra, but also in other cities, but Canberra is the place where snake people appear most frequently."

At this time, Patul's subordinates had already disposed of the corpses of the four snake-man subspecies.

"Three of you, we still have a mission. Be careful in this city. Even high-level mages can easily be deceived by the snake man's disguise!"

After Patul finished speaking, he led his men to evacuate.

Except for Patul, the other members of this Magic Association's team are all leaders in the mid-level field.

It’s no wonder that the four warrior-level snake-men subspecies were eliminated so quickly.
"Old Zhao, it's time for you to have a longer memory. You might end up having sex with the monster for some reason that day." Zhang Chenran persuaded with sincerity.

"Tch! So what if she's a foreigner? As long as she doesn't eat you and is so beautiful and willing to give it to you, will you let her go?" Zhao Manyan said angrily.

Hearing this, Zhang Chenran's face froze, and the corners of his mouth twitched crazily uncontrollably.

"Zhao Manyan, are you sure you are the snake men you saw in the "Master Ling Living Hall"?" Jiang Yinyun looked at the connected shops and asked.

Among those stores, only one clothing store and the affected food store next to it showed signs of fighting.

However, the "Master Ling's Youth Life Hall" was not damaged at all!
"Of course, I remember everything!"

After Zhao Manyan finished speaking, he turned to look at the shops and said in shock:

"Huh? They caught the snake man from the clothing store, so don't they care about the snake man in the "Master Ling Qingqu Life Hall"?"

"No matter how arrogant the Snake Man is, he shouldn't be too arrogant to open two stores so close to each other, right?" Jiang Yinyun looked at Zhang Chenran.

The latter pinched his slightly stiff face, took a deep breath and said:
"Let's go and see!"

The three of them stepped into the "Master Ling's Youthful Life Hall", where there are all kinds of styles that are not suitable for children.

But he couldn't find the beautiful proprietress Zhao Manyan talked about.
"I said, Lao Zhao, your mind is not broken, right? The store employees said that the boss lady didn't come today and she doesn't know you." Zhang Chenran couldn't help but say.

"Impossible!" Zhao Manyan loudly refused:

"Let's not talk about whether the boss lady is here or not. You saw me running out of the store just now. How could they not recognize me?"

Zhang Chenran did not respond to him, but thought deeply.

Although the clerks' statements were consistent, they were full of loopholes regarding what happened to Zhao Manyan.

"Old Zhao, I feel that things are not that simple." Zhang Chenran said.

"Nonsense, you still have to say it!"

As a person involved, Zhao Manyan understands this deeply.

Zhang Chenran shook his head and said seriously:
"It's not a snake man. I feel like you have a problem too."

Zhao Manyan was stunned and his voice trembled slightly: "Chen, don't scare me!"

Zhang Chenran’s eloquent analysis:

"If the shop assistants have problems, they are either snake people or they are controlled by snake people.

But you also saw that the snake man was killed by the people of the Magic Association. When the caster dies, the spell on the caster will be released.

But if you look at them, they keep talking, their confused eyes and their truest thoughts cannot be disguised. If you exclude this, then you have a problem! "

"Me, what's my problem?"

Zhao Manyan swallowed and was very nervous.

"Maybe you are crazy about women!" Zhang Chenran said with certainty.

Seeing his serious expression with a hidden smile, Zhao Manyan's face collapsed:
"Get out! The most damn thing I, Zhao Manyan, don't lack is women!"

At this time, Jiang Yinyun walked out of the store with a red face and lowered her head.

She pushed Zhang Chenran and motioned to the bag in her hand.

Under Zhao Manyan's gaze of wanting the enemy to eat people, Zhang Chenran put the bag back into the portable space expressionlessly
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The setting of the auction item "Soul-nurturing Soul Honey" is provided by book friend and author "Zerg Master"!
As expected, there is another chapter in the early morning, but it is relatively late.
　Dedicated to a full-time mage fanfic, the snake-man setting is also provided by the author Xuanhu Jishi!
　　
　
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