Chapter 322: Tricking Fools

Phoenix Sheep Mountain.

On the foot of the mountain, a small village nestled by a riverside the place a couple of ladies had been washing garments. They scrubbed the clothes clear within the gently flowing water, then beat them on stone blocks to wring out the water.

Kids, aged three to 5, ran and performed close by, making the scene seem much more peaceable.

The small river that flowed down from the mountain seemed as clear as a mirror. The water was so clear that the fish scales beneath may very well be seen.

“Huh?” One of many ladies all of the sudden exclaimed in shock.

“What’s it?” the others requested, turning to her.

“Have a look at the water…” she stated, pointing to the river. The others adopted her gaze and instantly seen one thing unusual.

The river water had begun to tackle a faint reddish-gold shade, forming swirling clouds like ink dissolving in water. However it wasn’t ink—it seemed like… blood?

And it was blood with a golden hue!

The reddish-gold blood unfold quickly, reworking the whole river right into a river of blood. To make issues worse, white bones started to floor within the water, making a terrifying sight!

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh—”

Two of the ladies had been so frightened that they stumbled again and fell to the bottom. The others hurriedly grabbed their crying youngsters and ran again to the village. As they fled, the sky turned fiery crimson, and a flock of birds took off from the forest, flying away into the gap.

By the point they reached the village entrance, the mountains echoed with rumbling sounds, seemingly blended with the roars of some fowl or beast.

“Village chief! Village chief!” they shouted as they reached the village, solely to search out a big group of individuals already gathered in entrance of the ancestral corridor.

“Why the panic?” The aged village chief, leaning on his cane, spoke in a deep voice. “Do not be afraid! Keep calm!”

“There are monsters on the Phoenix Sheep Mountain!” a baby cried out in concern.

“Do not speak nonsense! That’s not a monster!” the village chief rapidly corrected. “That is the celestial beast of Phoenix Sheep Mountain waking up!”

“Ah?” The youthful ones seemed stunned and puzzled. Alternatively, the older villagers weren’t stunned however barely excited.

The village had long-standing legends about historical celestial beasts.

It was stated that hundreds of years in the past, a divine phoenix and a mountain sheep[1] mated right here, giving delivery to a deformed creature often known as the Phoenix Sheep.

The phoenix was an historical celestial beast on par with the dragons. Whereas tales of draconic descendants had been frequent, phoenix descendants had been the exact opposite. This was as a result of the dragons, being essentially the most quite a few amongst celestial beasts, beloved to interbreed with varied races.

In distinction, the phoenixes weren’t solely few in quantity but additionally detested interbreeding. The delivery of the Phoenix Sheep had been a gorgeous mistake. Gét newest novel chapters on nov(e)lbj/n(.)c/om

The mountain sheep, though a demonic beast, was no match for the Divine Phoenix. It died instantly after giving delivery, because the fetus had drained an excessive amount of of its religious vitality. The Divine Phoenix didn’t acknowledge this hybrid creature and left lengthy earlier than its delivery.

The new child Phoenix Sheep was left unattended within the mountains for seven days, practically dying from chilly and starvation. Ultimately, variety villagers dwelling on the foot of the mountain discovered it. Initially, they thought it was a gorgeous lamb and took it dwelling to lift.

He lifted the duvet from the tray held by the primary maid, revealing 4 tablets of various colours.

“Now we invite a couple of fellow cultivators to come back up and style these tablets. Is anybody keen to strive?” the auctioneer requested with a mysterious tone.

Because the Pavilion of Celestial Destiny was a big and respected institution, the cultivators beneath had no issues about potential poisoning. With out hesitation, a number of eagerly raised their fingers to take part and had been promptly invited up by the auctioneer.

“Right here, fellow cultivator, do this capsule,” the auctioneer stated, handing over a capsule that the cultivator readily swallowed.

“Hmm?” After taking the capsule, he furrowed his brows barely.

“Are you able to inform what sort of capsule that is?” the auctioneer inquired.

“It appears to be only a common Spirit-Focus Capsule,” the cultivator replied.

“What’s particular about it?” the auctioneer requested once more.

“The style is great… I feel it’s an apple taste. It leaves a refreshing and candy aftertaste. What’s notably particular is how scrumptious it’s,” the cultivator replied actually.

“Glorious!” the auctioneer stated with a smile. He then invited one other cultivator onto the stage and handed over one other Spirit-Focus Capsule.

This time, the Spirit-Focus Capsule was tangerine-flavored, tasting each candy and bitter.

There have been 4 tablets in whole, every with a definite taste.

After folks got an opportunity to strive the 4 kinds of tablets, he smiled and stated, “These tablets had been refined by a outstanding alchemist within the metropolis. All of his tablets are available pleasant fruit flavors! As a few of you could know, the value of Spirit-Focus Drugs within the metropolis has been skyrocketing.”

He then lifted the duvet from the tray behind him, revealing 4 gourd-shaped storage enchanted instruments.

“Listed here are 4 gourds containing Spirit-Focus Drugs of various flavors, totaling one thousand tablets. We begin the bidding at one thousand Vermillion-Fowl cash, with every bid increment set at fifty Vermillion-Fowl cash!” he introduced loudly.

As quickly as this merchandise was launched, the viewers burst into laughter.

For these cultivators, the distinctive flavors had been new and attention-grabbing however finally ineffective. Nevertheless, the existence of those tablets had been undeniably amusing.

Even with the present value hike of Spirit-Focus Drugs in Taotie Metropolis, it was unlikely for the value to achieve one Vermillion-Fowl coin per capsule. The beginning bid of 1 thousand Vermillion-Fowl cash for a thousand tablets represented a markup of no less than 300 Vermillion-Fowl cash, and that was simply the beginning value.

So, whereas many discovered it attention-grabbing, only a few meant to bid. In any case, cash did not develop on timber, and anybody would really feel ache in the event that they spent a couple of hundred cash frivolously.

Simply over half a 12 months in the past, Chu Liang, a cultivator on the Religious Consciousness Realm, had felt nervous for 300 sword cash! Usually, it will have taken him a couple of months to earn that quantity.

Maybe just a few actually rich people would bid out of curiosity.

Even Wen Yulong could not assist however snigger as he remarked, “I do not understand how that alchemist got here up with this. Who would pay additional for flavored Spirit-Focus Drugs? That is extra absurd than the final merchandise. Everybody is aware of the usual capsule costs; even a idiot would not fall for this, proper?”

Instantly after, he heard Chu Liang subsequent to him elevate his paddle and bid loudly, “Two thousand Vermillion-Fowl cash!”

1. This animal’s principal title is “argali,” however we went with its different title “mountain sheep” since most individuals in all probability don’t know what argalis are. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argali for more information. ☜