Chapter 204: Coordinates of the Spirit Realm for Dream Demon World Creature Island
"dusa’s Petrifying Eye?"
Hearing such an explosive item as the first of the auction, Janna’s eyes widened slightly.
"dusas are powerful beings comparable to First Tier Wizards. Their eyes are Witch Tools on par with wizard level. For ordinary apprentices, just being near the dusa’s Petrifying Eye could inflict the Petrification Curse..."
Moreover, when Janna had flipped through the auction catalog that day, she hadn’t seen this item listed.
"Everyone, please remain calm. This auction item is a specially treated dusa’s Petrifying Eye. The energy intensity within it is only one-thousandth that of a wizard-level dusa’s Petrifying Eye, and it won’t pose any danger to ordinary people—"
The auctioneer on stage was none other than Jarvis Roland himself. After hearing his general description of the auction item, Janna gradually understood.
"So, it’s just a replica."
The dusa’s Petrifying Eye currently being introduced by Jarvis Roland was, in short, a magical item infused with trace amounts of dusa bloodline energy—not the genuine article Janna had imagined.
However, for apprentices of the Bloodline-Side who possessed serpentine bloodlines, it was indeed an excellent material for bloodline evolution.
"Starting price, eight thousand Gold Surrel. Each bid increase must not be less than three hundred Gold Surrel—"
"Hiss—my god, that’s way too expensive!"
Liji Silks, who had no idea what use the dusa’s Petrifying Eye had, couldn’t help but gasp after hearing Jarvis Roland’s opening price.
"That’s nearly the cost of a top-tier apprentice-level Witch Tool!"
"Well, it is ant for Bloodline-Side apprentices to enhance their bloodlines. It’s naturally going to be more expensive than regular materials."
Unlike Elent-Side apprentices, the resource investnt for Bloodline-Side apprentices in the early stages could only be described as massive.
Besides various physique-enhancing potions, a large number of sa-origin bloodline supplents were also necessary expenditures for Bloodline-Side apprentices to quickly boost their strength early on.
As their bloodline concentration increased, Bloodline-Side apprentices’ appetites could no longer be satisfied by ordinary food. So even daily als in the later stages of apprenticeship beca a considerable expense—
Blood als, high-energy potions, bloodline purification materials... in addition to those, there were still plenty of other money-burning needs.
Especially for top-tier bloodline purification materials like the dusa’s Petrifying Eye, which possessed "serpent bloodline", they were practically once-in-a-lifeti finds for Bloodline-Side apprentices.
"This is insane—the price already shot up to ten thousand Gold Surrel—"
Watching the ever-climbing price and listening to Liji Silks’ constant gasps, Janna also felt startled.
What startled Janna wasn’t just the price, but her growing anxiety about her financial future.
"My current savings are only enough to buy a bit of Elental Essence—anything more is entirely out of reach."
Janna’s current major expenditures included materials for summoning rituals and the occasional purchase of Elental Essence—nothing particularly large otherwise.
But as the number of Contract Summoned Creatures increased, the scale of resources she had to invest grew ever larger.
The Plant Essence she had bought earlier still hadn’t been used on the Thornflower Sprite.
Not because she was unwilling, but rather because as her Plant Affinity talent improved, the Thornflower Sprite, enhanced through soul feedback, showed signs of evolution.
Thus, Janna planned to wait until she obtained a second Fragnt of the Law of Growth and, through a second round of soul feedback, combined with the infusion of Plant Essence, trigger the Thornflower Sprite’s evolution in one go.
This would also help avoid the risk of failure due to energy shortage, like what had happened with the Celestial Finch during her insight of the Fragnt of the Law of Purification.
"When I advance to a Third Tier Wizard Apprentice, at my current resource level, I probably won’t be able to sustain the needs of a new Contract Summoned Creature—"
If her next Contract Summoned Creature turned out to be a serpent-type or avian-type magical beast that required an imnse amount of bloodline resources, Janna would likely have to find another side job.
"No wonder Professor Margaret signed a short-term loyalty contract with the Rose Family back then—otherwise, with her status as a Commoner Apprentice at the ti, there was no way she could afford the massive initial investnt required to produce Magic Food—"
"Twelve thousand Gold Surrel once, twelve thousand Gold Surrel twice, twelve thousand Gold Surrel three tis—congratulations to Guest Number Nine for winning the bid!"
While Janna was briefly distracted, the dusa’s Petrifying Eye was successfully sold at a price of twelve thousand Gold Surrel, setting the entire hall ablaze.
"Twelve thousand Gold Surrel—how long would it take to earn that—"
After witnessing this auction, Liji Silks, deeply shaken by the wealth on display, fully experienced the disparity between individuals.
Beyond Wizard Talents, the vast financial gap allowed Commoner Apprentices like Liji Silks to truly comprehend the cognitive chasm that existed.
"It’s fine. You’re just a Sound-Side apprentice, so you don’t need to spend that kind of money."
"Yeah, thankfully I’m a Sound-Side apprentice. Otherwise, I’d probably never get past the Second Tier Apprentice rank in this life. Speaking of which, I’ve heard that summoning apprentices like you spend way more money in the later stages than even Bloodline-Side apprentices."
Once again hitting Janna’s sore spot, Liji Silks made her shrug helplessly.
"You’re not wrong. That’s exactly why I need to make money—"
After the dusa’s Petrifying Eye was sold, several more top-tier bloodline materials priced over ten thousand appeared. One of them was the Fairy’s Blood, which could enhance the Plant Affinity talent.
However, this was a bloodline modification material, and since Janna had no intention of altering her own bloodline at the mont, she didn’t have much desire to purchase it.
As the auction gradually neared its end, the later auction items clearly lacked the allure of the dusa’s Petrifying Eye and Fairy’s Blood.
"The final item up for auction is the Spirit Realm coordinate for Dream Demon World Creature Island. Starting price is two hundred and fifty Gold Surrel, with minimum incrents of fifty Gold Surrel—"
"The final item?"
Hearing Jarvis Roland’s announcent, Janna’s brows furrowed tightly.
"Could it be that the necklace was removed from tonight’s auction lineup at the last minute?"
However, judging from the unusually active plant-type magical energy within her body, the necklace containing the Fragnt of the Law of Growth should still be nearby.
"Three hundred Gold Surrel once, three hundred Gold Surrel twice—"
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