Chapter 139: Targeting And Success 【glutton】
“The next item is a Void Star Fragment…”
Gu Bing straightened her body; finally, the main event arrived. On the screen was a rhomboid deep purple crystal, its surface covered in fine cracks, each crack faintly emitting starlight-like glows.
Inside seemed to be sealed swirling nebula-like substance, which would emit specks of starlight when the light changed.
“Starting bid eighty million!”
As soon as the person in charge finished speaking, Gu Bing did not speak immediately. Someone from the Crafting Department in the back spoke up, “Ninety million.”
“One hundred million.” Gu Bing waited a moment before clearly calling out.
This voice was very unfamiliar; it hadn’t appeared throughout the event, clearly coming for this item.
Everyone present were veteran buyers who immediately realized this, their gazes turning over.
Gu Bing held her head high, letting everyone see her face.
Soon someone recognized her and was quite surprised, “This is the Gu Family’s little girl, seems to be Court of Justice core seed Su Chen’s person.”
“Gu Family sells meat; this thing should be for Su Chen.”
“I heard this Su Chen is very powerful?”
“You don’t know? He just responded to Ying Feng; he’s more than powerful…”
Discussions continued nonstop, and the bidding indeed stopped. Everyone was fine giving face, of course, also because the others had no urgent need for this fragment.
Gu Bing kept a straight face, relieved in her heart, but just then, another voice rang out.
“One hundred ten million!”
From the corner, Xiao Ying called out. He Kang’s face immediately darkened, “What are you doing?”
“I suddenly want it; not allowed?” Xiao Ying showed an annoyed expression.
He Kang said angrily, “You’re driving up the price of this fragment now; what if others drive up the potion price later?”
Xiao Ying laughed, “Let them drive it up; how high can they go?”
Zhou Honglang nearby looked over in surprise.
Noisy voices continued around; someone had already recognized Xiao Ying and He Kang, immediately understanding: core seeds fighting internally.
“Wei Yufan’s people; they’re here too.” Gu Bing withdrew her gaze, her face unsightly.
Wei Yufan’s accumulation was clearly not something they could shake.
If these two deliberately competed, they simply couldn’t get it.
“Contact Su Chen…” Gu Bing said softly. Tie Feng hurriedly opened his bracelet and sent a message.
At the same time, Gu Bing called out the reserve price: “One hundred thirty million.”
“One hundred forty million.” Xiao Ying’s lazy voice rang out.
Everyone was watching the show; this kind of resource bidding happened often, but they wouldn’t drive each other’s prices up between themselves, or it would easily lead to a vicious cycle.
This kind of scene was rare.
“What to do; this price has far exceeded our estimate, and they probably still need to drive it up.” Tie Feng said softly.
“What did Su Chen say?” Gu Bing asked through gritted teeth.
“No response yet.” Tie Feng shook his head helplessly.
Gu Bing called out one hundred fifty million with an unsightly face; though they hadn’t prepared that much money, it wasn’t impossible to borrow.
But Xiao Ying’s one hundred sixty million followed closely, clearly intending to crush them.
“No higher bids?”
Involving Court of Justice core seeds, the person in charge on stage didn’t dare hype the atmosphere and quietly waited for time to pass before finally asking.
Gu Bing showed bitterness on her face; even their three families combined were only at this level.
“One hundred seventy million.”
Another voice suddenly rang out abruptly; everyone was stunned. It was the person sitting beside Xiao Ying.
“Uncle Zhou, you too?” Xiao Ying looked over in surprise.
Zhou Honglang turned off the virtual screen and chuckled, “Yeah, the department has a need.”
“You should have said earlier; I wouldn’t have driven it so high.” Xiao Ying didn’t care.
The result was no suspense; it was pocketed by the Inspection Department.
Soon it was the turn of the Jade Hidden Flowing Light that Xiao Ying needed to purchase. Gu Bing gritted her teeth and drove it up by fifty million; Xiao Ying didn’t care.
This bidding ended quickly; the friction between Su Chen and Wei Yufan was just an interlude, and no one took it much to heart.
At the resource repository’s backstage, everyone was successively receiving their bid winnings.
“You shouldn’t have forcibly driven up the price; the Inspection Department wanted it anyway, and that thing wouldn’t have gone to Su Chen.” He Kang couldn’t stop shaking his head beside him.
“Are you, the old nice guy, so afraid?” Xiao Ying took the silver-white metal box handed over by the staff, unfastened the iron clasp, opened it, and inside was a bottle of potion shining like flowing light.
The liquid had a strange multi-textured feel; gently shaking it, golden threads like flowing sand would ripple inside, these light threads swimming and entwining in the turquoise base like living things.
After confirming no issues, Xiao Ying closed the box.
“Not afraid, but no need.” He Kang shook his head and sighed, “Old Wei and Su Chen had no direct conflict; isn’t what we’re doing intensifying the conflict?”
“No direct conflict?” Hearing this, Xiao Ying even laughed, “Do you think those two still have room for reconciliation?”
“Sigh.” He Kang sighed, “But no need to obstruct on something like this.”
“Being a nice guy for too long, you even fool yourself.” Xiao Ying turned and walked out, “Small matter… heh, would someone suddenly need this fragment for no reason?”
He Kang shook his head helplessly and followed Xiao Ying. Leaving the resource repository, they arrived at the parking lot and saw Zhou Honglang’s back from afar, just meeting the figure waiting by the hover car.
In an instant, Xiao Ying’s face turned unsightly. Zhou Honglang was chuckling as he took a black metal box from his subordinate and handed it to Gu Bing, saying something.
“That couldn’t be the Void Star Fragment, could it?” He Kang, following behind, also saw this and hesitated.
Xiao Ying composed his expression, face expressionless, “If not the fragment, what else? Gu Bing came for the fragment; would Zhou Honglang give her something unimportant?”
At this point, saying more was useless. Xiao Ying snorted coldly and turned to board the nearby hover car.
………..
Two hours later, Gu Bing had already brought the item to Su Chen’s residence.
“This is the Void Star Fragment…” Su Chen looked at the crystal fragment in the box, starlight flowing within, extraordinarily gorgeous.
“Inspection Department spent one hundred seventy million; we gave them all of our one hundred thirty million, so they essentially spent an extra forty million.” Gu Bing explained, her eyes carrying a strange color.
Su Chen had told her to wait for the Inspection Department people after it ended, but hadn’t expected Zhou Honglang to directly give him the item.
“Mm.” Su Chen nodded. The moment he received Tie Feng’s message, he had contacted Cheng Lang.
The two had just agreed to work together for Ying Feng’s future; Cheng Lang handled things neatly, but the Inspection Department was just doing the glove work—the money still had to come from them.
“However, too much contact with the Inspection Department, isn’t it…” She carried a bit of reminder; the struggle between Court of Justice and Security Department was well-known to everyone regarding Ying Feng.
“No need to worry.” Su Chen closed the box and set it aside.
Seeing Su Chen’s confident demeanor, Gu Bing also relaxed, then carefully said:
“Because of Security Department’s recent audits, our few families’ cargo transport and sales channels have been somewhat interfered with by the Inspection Department. If you can put in a word, could you…”
Su Chen immediately said, “Leave this matter to me.”
Security Department had been making big moves in the city recently, and Su Chen had heard about it; he guessed they were most likely looking for Heituo Divine Blood.
But such news couldn’t reach the lowest levels, so the bottom guards actually doing the work mixed in selfishness, lining their own pockets.
Seeing Su Chen decisively agree, Gu Bing also relaxed.
Taking people’s money to eliminate disasters for them was normal in Su Chen’s view; these three families had indeed saved him a lot of trouble, really pooling the money to help him get the Void Star Fragment.
Thinking about it, he added, “Want to eat Inspection Department’s meat?”
“Possible?” Gu Bing said in surprise. Even the wooden-looking Tie Feng couldn’t help looking over.
The food, potions, weapons and such consumed by Inspection Department daily were astronomical figures, somewhat involved with their three families’ business.
When their family was at its peak, they had more or less eaten meat from various institutions in the city, naturally understanding how great the interests were.
“I can say hello, but only one requirement: when withdrawing, don’t hesitate.” Su Chen said solemnly. He had said hello to Chong Jingtian and could get for free without pressure, but eventually there would be a day when the plot is revealed.
Gu Bing immediately said, “No problem; I can decide for Grandpa.”
Tie Feng also nodded; the Wang Family not here wouldn’t have other opinions.
With the matter finalized, Su Chen asked about the on-site situation. Tie Feng’s message only said someone intercepted, but the specific details were complicated and couldn’t be detailed.
Gu Bing’s smile faded, her thin lips pursed, annoyed: “It was Xiao Ying, Inner Court Seed, Fourth Order Professional. He’s Wei Yufan’s person; didn’t expect to run into them this time.”
“Wei Yufan… him again.” Su Chen frowned. This old guy saw him as a strong competitor and had poked at him several times covertly.
“This time it was probably Xiao Ying acting on his own; no one knew we were after the Void Star Fragment.” Gu Bing said.
“Acting on his own… Xiao Ying…” Su Chen pondered.
Gu Bing briefly described: “He’s a Fourth Order mental-type professional; First Order and Second Order are top tier professions, Third Order and Fourth Order are upper tier.”
“I see.” Su Chen said thoughtfully.
Then, Gu Bing was somewhat puzzled: “What he bought was the ‘Jade Hidden Flowing Light’ potion, a high-order potion that stabilizes professions, only used right after promotion.”
“Wei Yufan just promoted to Fifth Order upper tier profession; is it that difficult?”
Su Chen didn’t respond. After chatting idly a couple sentences, Gu Bing and Tie Feng took their leave.
Seeing them off, as Su Chen tossed the fragment into his storage space, Ming Lin knocked on the door and immediately asked, “How’d it go? Did you get the profession you wanted?”
“Just got it; that’s why I called you.” Su Chen invited him to sit, “Called Bone Armor User, general effect is strengthening the body through fusing external objects.”
“General effect?” Ming Lin paused, then reacted, “Just deciphered profession?”
“Yeah.” Su Chen nodded, seeing Ming Lin hesitate, added, “Not low intensity; needs more than one top tier body profession as base.”
An expert knows at a glance; hearing these two requirements, Ming Lin’s eyes lit up and he immediately said, “Swapped!”
But then he added, “No requirements that difficult to the extreme, right?”
“None; just resources and time, which you can definitely meet.”
“Good.” Ming Lin was quite excited, “My profession doesn’t have extremely difficult requirements either.”
At this point, his face turned strange, like recalling something, “Just eating things is a bit special, but not a big issue.”
Private profession exchanges were basically based on needs; no talk of profession intensity high or low.
“Then let’s sign the deed first.” Ming Lin said, then pulled out a grayish-yellow parchment from his pocket.
After unfolding, it was densely inscribed with text Su Chen couldn’t understand, black patterns spreading at the edges.
“Deed?” Su Chen looked surprised; he wasn’t unfamiliar with this, from special profession Deed Master, used in many industries.
“Oh, you haven’t privately traded important items before.” Ming Lin realized and explained, “Profession information can be copied and spread; not good for either trading party.”
“Deed is a binding to prevent the profession from leaking out.”
“Punishment?” Su Chen frowned slightly.
“None.” Ming Lin shook his head, “The stronger the deed’s binding, the higher the requirement on the maker; no need for us to do one with punitive meaning.”
“This deed of mine is simple: if either of us actively leaks the traded profession information in any form, the other will know, but just know.”
“You definitely don’t want me reselling it either.”
Ming Lin thought thoroughly. Su Chen thought about it, placed his hand on the deed, perceived the vague information—general content matched what Ming Lin said.
“Then sign it.” Su Chen nodded; the two quickly completed the signing, and the deed turned to flowing light and dissipated, each integrating into their bodies.
Su Chen said surprised, “Secret contract…”
Signing complete, the two exchanged professions.
【Discovered special profession–Glutton, can job appoint after completing requirements.】
【Job appointment requirement one: Perform beyond-limit eating, cumulative over thirty days.】
【Job appointment requirement two: Food eaten cannot repeat; must include dead objects, live objects, plants, rot, metal, rock.】
【Job appointment requirement three: Fuse Abyssal Stomach.】
Three job appointment requirements; Su Chen looked carefully—all basically related to eating.
“Beyond-limit eating, categories can’t repeat… live ones, metal… rock all have to be eaten, and rot…” Su Chen frowned; he was quite picky about what went in his mouth, and these requirements made him quite resistant.
【The corpulent Glutton dragged its body over; upon seeing Crimson Flame Thunder Great Venerable’s majestic figure, its fat trembled, sensing its own insignificance; job appointment requirement two erased】
“That’s more like it…” Su Chen’s face eased a lot; who wants to abuse themselves for no reason? Can’t he just eat good stuff?
