On a body of water, rows of golden, mysterious runes were arranged. Ayao was trying hard to memorize these characters. After a long time, Ayao's consciousness withdrew from the inner space of the stone tablet. She saw Luo Bai sitting next to her, looking at a thick book. Seeing that she had completed her enlightenment, he threw the book back into his storage space.
"How long have I been in enlightenment?" Ayao asked.
“It wasn’t very long, thirteen days,” Luo Bai said.
"Thirteen days!!"
Ayao exclaimed in surprise; she was heartbroken about the money!
Hundreds of billions of elemental crystals!! I feel like I'm going to vomit blood!!
"Have you learned how to make the Time Talisman?" Luo Bai asked her.
Ayao nodded: "I've learned it, but those materials are so hard to find." As she spoke, she looked at Luo Bai, her eyes shining, and she smiled as she grabbed one of his arms, "Do you have the Sands of Time?"
The Sands of Time are the most important main material for crafting Time Charms. While other items can be replaced, the Sands of Time cannot.
The Sands of Time, the very origin of time—this is truly rare.
Luo Bai immediately broke free from A Yao and said, "No."
Ayao looked at his handsome face: "You're lying, you definitely are."
“Even if I had it, I wouldn’t give it to you,” Luo Bai said.
"I...I'll pay you back later, just give me a little, three, no, two..." A-Yao said, holding Luo Bai's hand, "Even just one is fine!"
Luo Bai looked at her, gritting his teeth: "I have never seen such a shameless person as you. You just squeezed out 10 billion crystals from me before, and now you want to exploit me again?"
"Give me some Sands of Time to practice, and I'll make Time Charms for you for free in the future."
"No need."
"Don't be so stingy, okay?"
"Let go!"
Luo Bai shook off A Yao's hand and flew towards the door. A Yao watched him pass through the golden door and leave the space, feeling depressed.
She murmured, "They really won't give it to me..."
If they won't give it to me, then they won't. The Black Nest should have it, maybe we can get it at an auction.
Ayao realized she had already been there for thirteen days and dared not stay any longer; she was truly going to go bankrupt. She flew towards the door. Once outside the space filled with stone tablets, back in the corridor, the girl carrying the palace lantern was still waiting for her.
Ayao felt a pang of pain in her heart as she thought about the cost. She looked at the girl in white robes and said, "I don't have enough Yuan Crystals. I only have a little over 30 billion Yuan Crystals in total. We'll make up the rest with Immortal Jade and Immortal Crystals!"
The girl in white robes said:
"A previous customer has already paid the full amount for you, so you don't need to pay again."
Huh?
Ayao was very surprised.
"A guest? You mean the silver-haired, golden-eyed man in white who came out before me?"
"Yes."
Luo Bai has already paid for her...
When Ayao thought of Luo Bai's face, the corners of her lips couldn't help but turn up slightly, and her mood instantly brightened.
Ayao walked forward, releasing her divine sense. Not all areas inside the Black Nest were undetectable by divine sense; there were several open areas where divine sense could pass freely.
A Yao's divine sense passed through countless corridors and saw a very lively place. This was the market inside the Black Nest. The market had shops owned by members of the Black Nest organization. The shops were filled with dazzling treasures, and many customers were selecting treasures in the various shops.
Ayao saw her master's figure here.
She put on a hood and covered her face with a veil, then went to find her master.
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"Master."
Ayao walked through the crowd toward Fengwu.
Feng Wu turned around and watched as A Yao walked ahead. She smiled and asked, "After so much time spent comprehending the Dao, it seems you've gained a lot."
Ayao nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
There were many people here, so she transmitted her voice to Feng Wu and said, "Disciple obtained the method to make Time Talismans from the Enlightenment Stone Tablet, but it's a pity that there's no Sand of Time."
Feng Wu was very surprised to hear that she had obtained the method for making the Time Talisman.
"The Sands of Time should be in the Black Nest."
While Feng Wu and A Yao were talking, two white-robed girls carrying lanterns stood silently beside them. These lantern-carrying girls could be seen next to almost every guest.
Fengwu transmitted her voice to the lantern-carrying girl beside her, asking, "Where in the Black Nest can we get the Sands of Time?"
The lantern-carrying girl said, "They're available at the auction."
"Take us there!"
"Yes, sir!"
Two white-robed girls carrying lanterns walked ahead, with Feng Wu and A Yao following behind them.
After passing through the market and corridors, we descended tens of thousands of feet using an elevator array.
The girl in white robes eventually led the master and disciple into a room, and then they left.
Ayao looked around the room.
The room was very simple, with a table, a few chairs next to the table, and a lamp on the table. There was no tea.
Looking out from this room, through a purple light curtain, you can see a huge compass floating in the void; that's the auction stage.
Here, her divine sense could penetrate, and she saw countless honeycomb-like rooms piled up in rows and columns, their sheer number terrifying. A-Yao realized that she and her master were in a room high above, with countless layers below them, but A-Yao's divine sense couldn't penetrate to the depths below, so she couldn't see clearly.
Her divine sense could only see the compass and mist floating in the void outside. She couldn't see who was in the other rooms at all. Ayao thought to herself, "I'm afraid even my master can't see them."
The Black Nest's trade fairs categorize traders based on their strength, while auctions have restrictions on cultivation levels, some with no such restrictions. Auctions without cultivation restrictions require you to submit a certain amount of treasures, immortal jade, or elemental crystals as collateral to prove your eligibility to participate.
Although there was no one on the auction stage, the auction had already begun. Ayao looked up at the sky above the giant compass, when suddenly a ball of azure light appeared, followed by the appearance of a jade-green fruit. Then a voice rang out:
"An 80,000-year-old Wood Spirit Fruit, starting bid 10 billion crystals, other items of equivalent value can be used for bidding."
The sound came from all directions, creating layers of echoes that reverberated throughout the space. Soon, various sounds emanated from the individual rooms.
"Ten billion yuan worth of crystals."
"12 billion yuan in crystals."
"15 billion yuan worth of crystals."
"I will exchange this for it."
A guest in one of the rooms waved his hand, and a beam of light shot out from his room, transforming into a small porcelain bottle the size of a palm in the void outside. The contents of the bottle were unknown. Suddenly, a figure appeared on the empty auction stage—a man in black robes.
The man in black robes wore a mask, his body appearing semi-transparent. Ayao looked at him. This was not the Lord of the Black Nest, but one of his subordinates. The man beckoned, and the small porcelain bottle flew towards him. After examining it with his divine sense, he said, "This item is worth two hundred billion crystals."
After that was said, no one else bid.
The man in black robes took the small porcelain bottle, and the 80,000-year-old Wood Spirit Fruit flew towards its owner. The man in black robes then vanished. Ayao thought to herself, "Perhaps he didn't disappear; he's just become invisible."
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