Chapter 00149: Offering Treasures (Bonus Chapter 5)
# Offering Treasures (Bonus Chapter 5)
Chapter 149
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 149: Offering Treasures (Bonus Chapter 5)
After returning to the inn, Ding Huan organized all his belongings and placed them in the Star Room.
He then continued to calculate the events that would occur three days later.
In three days, powerful beings from a high-level civilization planet would arrive at the Four Directions Star Continent and settle in Four Directions City.
Although Ding Huan had already deduced this fact, he wanted to confirm it several more times.
There couldn’t be any mistakes, or else he would have to wait another hundred years.
Three men and two women, led by the Star Lord of Four Directions Star Continent, Ding Qi, along with the heads of the four great families and the leaders of the three major sects, entered the city lord's mansion.
Although Ding Qi was the Star Lord, Ding Huan noticed that he stayed at the back during the procession.
In his calculations, Ding Huan couldn’t clearly see everyone’s appearances, which he guessed was due to his own limited abilities.
The group arrived at a grand hall where seats had already been arranged.
The five guests took the most prominent positions, clearly the main focus of the event.
The first step was to recruit talented disciples.
A man brought out a testing device and placed it in the center of the hall.
Ding Huan saw the man casually pull out a ten-foot-tall device, guessing that he must also possess a storage device.
Next, the four great families and the three major sects brought out many young boys and girls.
These youths took turns standing on the testing device.
To Ding Huan’s surprise, except for a few individuals, most of them caused the device to emit a ten-foot-tall light.
The colors of the light varied, which Ding Huan knew was due to their different spiritual roots.
It seemed that although this part of the universe couldn’t cultivate spiritual energy, it still produced individuals with spiritual roots.
Thus, a group of talented disciples had gathered here, and these talents were the targets the high-level civilization wanted to take away.
However, the spaceship could only carry a limited number of people, so the seven disciples selected were essentially one from each of the four great families and the three major sects.
These calculations were consistent, and the results were the same every time.
The next step would be the acquisition and offering of treasures.
The acquisition of treasures was straightforward—the four great families and the three major sects would provide treasures from their universe and trade them with the powerful beings from the high-level civilization.
After this process, the offering of treasures would begin.
Only about five hundred people were allowed to enter and offer their treasures.
Ding Huan couldn’t help but admire Jin, who had managed to obtain an entry token for offering treasures.
However, Ding Huan was certain that if he hadn’t taken Jin’s token, Jin wouldn’t have been able to offer his Seven-Toothed Jade Grass at the city lord's mansion.
Jin had no idea that the high-level civilization’s spaceship would arrive so much earlier than expected.
Such information wouldn’t be broadcasted to everyone.
The fact that only five to six hundred people entered the city lord's mansion to offer treasures was evidence of this.
Ding Huan sighed inwardly, realizing how shrewd the four great families and the three major sects were.
They had likely sold tens of thousands of treasure offering tokens, then spread the word that the high-level civilization would arrive in two years.
In reality, they came a year and a half early.
As a result, most people who had treasure offering tokens had no idea the event had already started.
Those who couldn’t offer their treasures would eventually have to sell them, and these treasures would likely end up back in the hands of the four great families and the three major sects.
It was a win-win situation for them.
Ding Huan also had a premonition that Jin’s Seven-Toothed Jade Grass wouldn’t be enough to secure a spot to the high-level civilization.
At best, the Seven-Toothed Jade Grass was a main ingredient for refining Foundation Establishment pills.
How could something so ordinary catch the attention of these high-level beings? Out of over thirteen hundred people, only three would be chosen.
The competition was fierce.
Moreover, the four great families and the three major sects were also among those offering treasures.
Ding Huan couldn’t calculate every single treasure, but he could sense that the items being offered were not ordinary.
Huh? Why were they fighting? Ding Huan was startled.
In his previous calculations, there had been no fights.
To his shock, one of the fighters was none other than Ding Qi, the Star Lord of Four Directions Star Continent, and the other was a family head.
Wasn’t Ding Qi supposed to be an ordinary person? How could he fight a family head? After all, family heads were at least Foundation Establishment cultivators, if not at the peak of that realm.
Ding Huan tried to calculate more details, but his mind grew foggy, and he couldn’t make sense of it.
After several failed attempts, he could only vaguely sense that Ding Qi had the upper hand.
Ding Huan decided to stop calculating.
He believed that with his treasure, he would definitely secure a spot.
He needed two spots—one for himself and one for Qi Xin Yue.
As for whether the monkey would get a spot, Ding Huan wasn’t sure.
He would figure that out once they reached the city lord's mansion.
If the monkey wasn’t allowed on the ship, then he would have to abandon it.
From the moment he tamed the monkey, Ding Huan knew it wasn’t very loyal to him.
If even Qi Xin Yue couldn’t go, he would ask how to enter the high-level civilization.
He didn’t believe that after offering such a high-level treasure, they would refuse such a small request.
Two days passed in a flash.
On the third day, Ding Huan arrived early outside the city lord's mansion.
Although he, Qi Xin Yue, and the monkey acted as if nothing was out of the ordinary, he immediately noticed that there were suddenly hundreds of idle people loitering outside the mansion.
Ding Huan understood that these people were likely here for the same reason as him—to offer treasures.
He sighed inwardly.
He had used his advanced calculation skills to deduce that the high-level civilization’s spaceship would arrive today.
These people, on the other hand, had probably relied on their connections to get here.
An hour later, Ding Huan saw the scene he had calculated—a group of people approaching.
He didn’t dare to use his spiritual sense to scan them.
He merely glanced at them before quickly averting his gaze.
The five powerful beings from the high-level civilization exuded an aura far beyond the Foundation Establishment realm.
They were truly among the strongest of the strong.
Star Lord Ding Qi looked thin and unremarkable.
No one would have guessed that this puppet Star Lord was actually a formidable expert.
Although Ding Huan couldn’t calculate the subsequent events, he could guess the general outcome.
Even if Ding Qi was strong, he was up against the four great families and the three major sect leaders.
If these seven joined forces, Ding Qi wouldn’t stand a chance.
Ding Huan found a spot to sit with Qi Xin Yue and waited.
The first thing these people would do upon entering was select talented disciples.
After that, they would acquire various top-tier materials and treasures.
Only after all that would it be their turn to offer treasures.
The testing of talents and the acquisition of materials went quickly.
In less than two hours, the gates of the city lord's mansion opened.
No one came out to announce anything, but Ding Huan knew that if they didn’t enter soon, the gates might close again.
As soon as the gates opened, he rushed in with Qi Xin Yue and the monkey.
Seeing Ding Huan enter, the others followed suit.
A few who had stepped away for a moment missed their chance.
The hall inside the city lord's mansion was spacious.
Ding Huan had already calculated this, so he wasn’t surprised.
Since he had entered early, he secured a good spot.
The person presiding over the treasure offering was a woman.
Ding Huan couldn’t gauge her cultivation level, but he had a feeling she could easily kill him.
Her demeanor was extremely gentle.
She smiled as she scanned the room, then spoke in a soft voice:
“My name is Sang Yuhe. Thank you all for coming here to offer your treasures. We will conduct the treasure evaluation fairly and justly, ensuring that those who truly offer valuable treasures are not overlooked. The maximum score for this evaluation is one hundred points. Those who score below sixty will not be eligible for further consideration. Now, please, the first person, present your treasure.”
Ding Huan saw that the first person Sang Yuhe called was the one closest to the door, meaning they had entered last.
This person took out a medicinal herb.
Ding Huan didn’t know what kind of herb it was, but he felt it was on par with the Seven-Toothed Jade Grass.
In Ding Huan’s opinion, if the Seven-Toothed Jade Grass couldn’t be selected, it would be strange if this herb was chosen.
Sure enough, the score came back as thirty points.
The treasure contributor was visibly disappointed.
He chose to sell his treasure, receiving two broken spirit stones before leaving.
The next person offered a piece of ore, which was even worse than the previous treasure, scoring only ten points.
This score didn’t even earn him broken spirit stones—just a tiny fragment of a damaged magical artifact.
Ding Huan noticed that the artifact fragment had almost no spiritual energy, so it probably wouldn’t fetch a good price.
The third, fourth, and so on… Over a dozen treasures were presented, but none were particularly impressive.
The expressions of the visitors from the high-level civilization grew increasingly displeased.
Fortunately, a decent spiritual fruit sapling appeared, scoring sixty points and barely making the cut.
After that, scores ranged from ten to forty points, with two treasures scoring fifty points.
Then, an extremely obese young man took out a medicinal cauldron from a leather bag behind him.
“A spiritual artifact?” A middle-aged man standing behind Sang Yuhe exclaimed in surprise.
Although his voice was soft, Ding Huan heard it clearly.
In Ding Huan’s calculations, this obese young man’s cauldron scored eighty points.
“Haha, excellent! Your treasure is the best so far. Please, step forward,” the middle-aged man said, laughing as he took the spiritual artifact cauldron and examined it closely, clearly enamored with it.
This was the first truly valuable treasure offered so far.
Since Ding Huan had entered first, he would be the last to offer his treasure.
Everyone’s attention was now focused on the cauldron, so Ding Huan quietly took out the Immortal Demon Pill from his leather bag.
“What is this?” Sang Yuhe frowned slightly.
Although her cultivation was higher than that of the previous merchant, her knowledge of treasures seemed lacking.
Before Ding Huan could explain, she sensed something unusual and, with a wave of her hand, snatched the Immortal Demon Pill from Ding Huan’s grasp.
(End of Chapter)