Chapter 80 Second Floor, Official Strife!
To break through the middle stage, Yi Chen absorbed all the Soul Spirit Stones, now he only has 100,000 gold coins left that he obtained during the Dragon Emperor's Conquest.
One hundred thousand is no small amount, but to fill that one million five hundred thousand gap, it's still extremely far. Nowadays, the only place where you can make money quickly is probably the Dou Ling Arena.
However, the wind was quite tight these past few days, so Yi Chen didn't immediately head out. Instead, he took out the five-star Atlas and four-star Pattern that he had just obtained.
"The four-star artifact can increase the success rate by 4%, now it's just a matter of replacing the pattern disk."
Stroking the tattoo-like pattern on his arm, Yi Chen whispered a word and then cut open his finger, squeezing out fresh blood to drip onto the pattern.
"Hiss." The tattoo instrument required a drop of blood to acknowledge its master. When Yi Chen's fresh blood came into contact with the instrument, the four stripes on it seemed to come alive, releasing dazzling rays of light.
Immediately afterwards, Yi Chen felt that the Four-Starred Artifact was like his own arm, with a feeling of being connected by flesh and blood.
He was no stranger to this situation and didn't take it to heart, instead taking the five-star chart in his hand and carefully observing the complex patterns on its surface.
The pattern on the five-star map was several times more complicated than that of the four-star map, and there were many more of them. In just a moment, Yi Chen felt his eyes ache.
"It's not just about being familiar with the strokes, but even remembering these patterns will take a lot of time." He quickly looked away, rubbed his sore eyes and shook his head.
Now he finally knew why Yan Jian would carve the five-star pattern, but couldn't carve the model for Yi Chen. Such a complex pattern wasn't that easy to remember.
Even some advanced demon mirror masters need a model to watch when drawing high-level talismans, otherwise it's easy to make mistakes.
However, Yi Chen was not worried at all. It might be due to the reason of his rebirth that his memory was much stronger than ordinary people, and he could almost remember everything at a glance.
"Practicing five-star chart recognition requires a considerable amount of time."
Muttering to himself, Yi Chen took out the Heavenly Book and then transferred his soul power into it. His mind recalled the illustrations he had memorized earlier.
"Hmm." Without any surprise at all, the five-star identification appeared on the Heavenly Book.
At present, Yi Chen is just imitating and does not need any soul power. When the five-star pattern appears on the Heavenly Book, he uses the four-star artifact he obtained earlier to start practicing.
For three days, Yi Chen did not go out and continuously practiced the Five-Star Chart. Currently, he can basically form it, but to master it will still take some time.
Apart from engraving and appraising paintings, Yi Chen's soul power cultivation was also completely consolidated. Now he could fully grasp the power of the Zhēn Hún Jìng (True Soul Realm) middle stage.
Yi Chen was very satisfied with this result and did not plan to continue practicing. He took out a set of white robes and black hood from the storage ring.
As the auction conference is in two days, all major forces are busy preparing funds. The momentum of the Dou Ling Arena has eased a lot, and Yi Chen decided to take action.
He put on a white long shirt, stuffed some things inside to make himself look more majestic, and then wore a bamboo hat. From the outside, he looked no different from an ordinary middle-aged man.
After making sure there were no gaps, Yi Chen directly jumped out of the window of the wing room and landed in a small alley, then walked towards Gu's house.
The Dou Ling Arena was still bustling, but Yi Chen didn't enter. Instead, he went to the bartering market and spent 20,000 gold coins to buy ten two-star Soul Spirit Stones.
"One soul stone costs two thousand gold coins, what a rip-off." Yi Chen winced as he stored the ten soul stones in his inventory ring.
Yi Chen didn't stay here for too long. He glanced around and then slowly turned back to head towards the Dou Ling Arena.
The spacious hall was bustling with people coming and going, with spiritual battles taking place everywhere. About 80% of the people wore a spiritual hat, but Yi Chen didn't mind drawing too much attention to himself.
Yi Chen didn't look for someone to fight with after walking around here, but instead turned his head and walked towards the right side of the fighting arena.
There was a spacious staircase, and from time to time, Mo Jian masters wearing Doukang came and went. Yi Chen followed the stairs all the way up to the second floor.
There are more people fighting here, but the scene is very quiet, and the air is filled with a tense and exciting atmosphere.
The first floor is for private duels, while the second floor is for official duels. Yi Chen just wants to challenge Gu's family head-on. As long as one's appraisal skills are high enough, they won't have to worry about not being able to earn spirit stones.
His gaze swept back and forth through the crowd, and Yi Chen discovered that there were dozens of three-star Magic Appraisers among them. There were also several people whose auras he couldn't sense, and it was likely that they were four-star Magic Appraisers.
"It's indeed a place where dragons and tigers hide." Yi Chen was surprised in his heart, stretched out his hand to press down his hat, he didn't immediately join the fight for spirits, but instead wandered around here for a few rounds.
After some observation, Yi Chen also figured out the rules here and knew that there were a total of five venues, with one-star to five-star venues.
One-star is equivalent to a one-star spirit stone, and the highest can be exchanged for a five-star spirit stone. However, in the five-star arena, Yi Chen didn't see anyone, nor did he see anyone in the four-star arena.
"Yesterday, a master challenged the four-star arena and almost succeeded, but unfortunately failed in the final appraisal."
"It's not easy to win, I heard that the one who is backing the Gu family is someone from the Mo Jian Shi Association, the master of the official arena, are all high-ranking members of the Mo Jian Shi Association." Two three-star Mo Jian Shi masters walked by Yi Chen's side, leaving behind these words.
Their words did not affect Yi Chen, he slightly raised an eyebrow and then walked towards the second star field.
There are four tables over twenty meters long, each surrounded by gamblers, with a set of dice and a dice bowl in front of them, and some even put their own bets.
In the middle of each table stood a magician wearing a conical hat, who was the master of the official arena.
The official arena is not a one-on-one match like the private arena, but rather a battle between the Gu family's Mo Jing Shi and a large group of Mo Jing Shi.
People in the arena just need to put the number of Ling stones they have obtained in front of them, and after everyone has placed their bets, the Ling stones will be collectively appraised.
The loser leaves behind a Ling Stone, while the winner is compensated by the host based on their bets.
Yi Chen currently only has two-star soul spirit stones. He plans to play in the two-star arena for a while, and when he has enough capital, he will go to the three-star arena.
"Betting on No. 1 has begun." A voice devoid of emotion echoed from a short distance away.
Upon hearing this, Yi Chen quickly walked forward and found a spot to stop at, surrounded by a group of Magisters who were placing bets.
Yi Chen didn't look at them, silently taking out a star-patterned instrument and a patterned plate from the storage ring.
Although he had a four-star treasure, if he took it out, it would definitely attract attention, and he just wanted to keep a low profile.
He placed the embroidery and the embroidery disk on the table. Yi Chen simultaneously took out two soul spirit stones as bets and placed them in front of him on the table.
