Chapter 45: Reprieve

Chapter 45: Reprieve After Zhen Yuan left the talisman association, he found an opportunity and ducked into an alley. In the alley, he changed his clothes, removed his mask, and used a disguise talisman. Less than three hundred breaths later, he jumped over a wall and appeared on a busy street. After walking fifty metres from the ’crime scene’, he took out his communication jade pendant and read a message. ’Box fourteen, Furong restaurant.’ He muttered and hurried down the street. At the same time, he used his spiritual sense to check the space. As expected, there were fewer spirit stones in the egg pool. However, the situation was worse than expected, and Zhen Yuan couldn’t help but worry. ’There are less than three million spirit stones. At this consumption speed, I may not make it.’ He thought with a dazed expression. Although he didn’t know what kind of egg they bought, Zhen Yuan knew it was a treasure. Because of this, he willingly fed it as many spirit stones as it wanted. However, his wife was more important. If he couldn’t get more spirit stones, Zhen Yuan would have to remove the egg from the space. At that time, one of two things would happen. One, the egg would suck all the qi in its immediate surroundings, causing an unconcealable phenomenon. On the contrary, it would go dormant due to a lack of nourishment. ’Neither scenario is desirable.’ Zhen Yuan shook his head and hastened his steps. An incense stick later, he arrived at the entrance of Furong restaurant. "Guest, where do you want to sit?" A waiter asked as soon as Zhen Yuan entered the restaurant. "I am meeting someone in box fourteen. Please take me there." Hearing this, the waiter nodded and quickly led the way. Fortunately, when Zhen Yuan entered the box, manager Zhang was already waiting. "Young master Zhen." Manager Zhang greeted and stood up. "Manager Zhang." Zhen Yuan nodded, and without waiting for the manager to speak, he went straight to the point. "I am in a hurry and can’t stay for too long. What’s the situation?" He asked. "Of course." Manager Zhang nodded and respectfully handed over a storage bag. "This month was a little better than the last. The bag has twenty-two million spirit stones." When he heard this, Zhen Yuan was slightly relieved. With twenty-two million, he could relieve the urgent need. However, based on what he suspected, the twenty-two million was only a drop in the bucket. "Manager Zhang, I urgently need to earn spirit stones. Can you think of a way?" Zhen Yuan suddenly asked. Hearing this, Manager Zhang was shocked. After all, Zhen Yuan earned more than ten million spirit stones every month. At his speed of earning spirit stones, Zhen Yuan was comparable to some of the patriarchs in the capital. However, this was not his business. After figuring it out, manager Zhang seriously considered the matter. "The Myriad Treasures Pavilion will hold an auction in twenty days. You can auction some rare talismans at that time." Manager Zhang suggested. "Auction..." Zhen Yuan muttered with a thoughtful expression. At the moment, he had twenty-two million spirit stones. After completing all the talisman missions, he would have an additional one hundred and nine million spirit stones. With luck, this many spirit stones would be enough to last another month. Thinking this way, Zhen Yuan nodded and looked at Manager Zhang. "What kinds of things will be sold at the auction?" He asked. "Attribute weapons, inscribed robes, rare herbs, elixirs, refining ores, demon cores, natural treasures..." "Do you have an auction booklet?" "I have a preliminary booklet." Manager Zhang removed the booklet from his storage bag and casually glanced at the list of auction items. "There are still twenty days, and more treasures will likely be added to the list. If young master Zhen wants to sell some things in the auction, inform me before then." "I understand." Zhen Yuan took the booklet and glanced at the list. A moment later, his eyes stopped at a natural treasure. "Manager Zhang, is there a way to buy the items before the auction?" He asked. "The items on the list have already been consigned to the Myriad Treasures Pavillion. They can only be bought at the auction." Hearing this, Zhen Yuan frowned but didn’t dwell on it. ’Let’s hope I will have enough spirit stones to buy them at the auction.’ He thought and put the booklet into his storage bag. "Since the young master is in a hurry, I will take my leave." Manager Zhang stood up, ready to leave. "Wait a moment." Zhen Yuan stopped him. At the same time, he removed something from his storage bag and held it out for manager Zhang to take. "Young master Zhen..." Manager Zhang called, confusedly looking at the held-out demon core. "This is a demon core explosive bead. Take it for self-protection." When Manager Zhang heard this, he was extremely shocked. Although young master Zhen was usually generous, Manager Zhang didn’t expect the person to give him an explosive bead. After all, explosive beads were rare items. Before he arrived in the capital, manager Zhang had never heard of demon core explosive beads. Most importantly, the only person who could refine them was the Pavilion’s inscription master. "Young master Zhen, you mustn’t casually expose these explosive beads." Manager Zhang warned with a solemn expression. "Don’t worry." Zhen Yuan said, insisting on gifting the explosive bead. "Thank you, young master Zhen." Manager Zhang bowed. "Mmmmh." After that, Zhen Yuan left the restaurant and booked a room at a random inn. After he entered the room, he activated a protection formation disk and promptly entered the space. Soon after, he appeared beside the egg pool and began to examine the situation. "The consumption has stabilised but is still a little faster than normal." He observed and sighed in relief. ’At the current consumption speed, it won’t be a problem for twenty-two million spirit stones to last four days. Four days outside is forty days in space.’ He thought. "Fortunately, Xiaoxu is not here to see what is happening." Zhen laughed and threw ten million spirit stones into the egg pool. After that, he went to the training room and began working on the tasks for the talisman association. In space, Zhen Yuan worked for thirty days, but outside, only three days had passed. On the morning of the fourth day, Zhen Yuan appeared at the entrance of the talisman association. However, as soon as he arrived, he immediately realised that something was different. ’It doesn’t matter.’ He thought. After all, he had already expected such a situation. ’As long as they give me my spirit stones, everything else can be discussed.’ Zhen Yuan thought and directly entered the building. At the same time, the association president received a message, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. "It’s only been three days." He muttered and hurriedly rushed out of his office on the top floor of the association building.