Seven days passed quickly. Today was the day for his equipment auction, so he tore open a Return Scroll and returned to Wing Province City.

Despite seven days of hard work, even fighting monsters ten levels above him, he hadn’t leveled up once.

From this, it was clear how difficult it was to level up after level thirty in Battle Online.

However, just as he stepped out of the return point, he heard everyone chattering away.

"Have you heard? This time, our Wing Province City is going to auction materials harvested from the Immortal Beast, the Thunderwing Tiger."

"Not only that, but there’s also a piece of equipment that adds two points of Luck. What a massive move!"

"I wonder if there will be a thunderwing wind tiger whip in this auction. That’s good stuff."

"I don’t know, but if there is one, no matter the price, I’m going to win it. Ever since I got married a few years ago, my health has been getting worse and worse."

"I still want to win that equipment with two points of Luck. When I went out to train, those monsters didn’t drop a single thing for me."

Just after entering the city, Lucien heard the Native Residents discussing it heatedly.

The publicity for Yizhou Auction House was quite effective.

Although they couldn’t use the players’ chat channels, they had their own methods of spreading news.

Checking the time, there were still three hours until the auction began.

His earnings from the Goblin Dungeon and the Xuanming Pagoda had already arrived.

It totaled fifty thousand gold coins; his income had increased fivefold.

These gold coins were enough for him to learn skills.

Arriving at the Class Changing Temple again, he placed his hand on the statue.

"Ding, do you wish to spend ten thousand gold coins to learn Five Elements Manipulation?"

Lucien said without hesitation, "Yes."

"Ding, you have lost ten thousand gold coins."

"Ding, do you wish to spend five thousand gold coins to learn Summon Five Elements Spirit Beasts?"

"Yes."

"Ding, you have lost five thousand gold coins."

After learning the skills, Lucien couldn’t wait to check them.

Five Elements Manipulation (Passive): When using any Taoist series skills, you can freely convert them into any attribute you have already mastered.

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Already mastered: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Lightning, Wind.

Lucien was very satisfied with this.

In the future, he wouldn’t have to worry about having too few Lightning-type skills.

Looking at the Five Elements Talisman that appeared in his hand, Lucien suddenly thought of something.

Since skills could change into any attribute, could these talismans be crafted into attributed talismans?

Thinking of this, Lucien immediately began to experiment.

"Ding, you have crafted Lightning Talismans * 9."

"Ding, your Five Elements Talisman Crafting Skill proficiency +1."

The corners of Lucien’s mouth curled up, and then he began to check what was different about this Lightning Talisman.

Lightning Talisman (dark gold)

Consumable

Attribute: Lightning-type skill damage increased by thirty percent.

Currently, Lucien’s Talisman Crafting Skill proficiency had already reached the Intermediate level.

Originally, the crafted Five Elements Talisman would directly increase his damage by ten percent.

But this Lightning Talisman directly increased it by thirty percent.

Although it couldn’t increase the damage of other attribute skills, if he were to use other attribute skills at that time...

He could completely switch to another type of talisman, which was equivalent to an indirect increase in his combat power.

Moreover, his Talisman Crafting Skill was currently only at the Intermediate level.

If it reached the Advanced level, how much more would it increase?

Sometimes, some inconspicuous skills really shouldn’t be underestimated.

However, looking at the nearly one million proficiency points required for the Five Elements Talisman Crafting Skill, Lucien had a headache.

Using the skill ten times could increase proficiency by about one point.

With over a million proficiency points, who knew how long it would take for his Talisman Crafting Skill to reach the Advanced level.

Suddenly, Lucien remembered something.

Didn’t he have a Heart of the Taoist that he hadn’t used yet?

Heart of the Taoist (dark gold): Can be embedded in any piece of equipment, allowing one Taoist skill of dark gold rank or below to increase its proficiency level by one. (Cannot exceed Grandmaster level.)

In the beginning, the Magic Eye Necklace wasn’t his yet.

So, all this time, he hadn’t used this Heart of the Taoist.

He had planned to use it after the Magic Eye Necklace completely belonged to him.

But later, Lucien forgot about this matter.

It seemed he would need to go to the blacksmith shop again later to embed the Heart of the Taoist onto his necklace.

Anyway, he didn’t plan to replace this necklace or the mask for the rest of his life.

Who could blame him when the skills on these two pieces of equipment were just too practical.

Even if he reached the maximum level in the future, these two pieces of equipment would probably not become obsolete.

However, it was a pity that because of the level, the attribute bonuses were a bit too low.

It would be best if these two pieces of equipment could grow with his level.

Soon, Lucien arrived at the auction house, which was exceptionally bustling this time.

Undoubtedly, this auction was very successful.

There were even quite a few scalpers outside reselling tickets for this auction.

Seeing Lucien arrive, someone immediately walked over.

"Hello, our Yizhou Auction House has reserved a seat specifically for you. Please, follow me."

Lucien followed behind the receptionist, who soon led him to a corner.

There were VIP rooms here, but those VIP rooms required spending tens of thousands of gold coins and required prominent status to enter.

And Lucien, obviously, was not yet qualified.

After all, while his strength was definitely among the best in the player community...

In the eyes of the Native Residents, he was just a genius who hadn’t fully grown yet.

So naturally, it was impossible to give Lucien any special treatment; being able to reserve a seat for him was already not easy.

Looking at the almost full seats in front, Lucien was also very excited.

The more people there were, the higher the price his entrusted items could sell for.

If two idiots happened to bid against each other, that would be even better.

As time passed, at exactly 7:00 PM, the auction officially began.

The entire venue slowly quieted down as a young and beautiful auctioneer took the stage.

At this moment, the auctioneer was the center of attention; an ordinary person might get stage fright going up there.

But this auctioneer, although she looked young, showed absolutely no stage fright.

First, she gave a standard opening speech and words of thanks.

Then she directly started today’s auction.

"Next, let’s see what the first auction item is this time."

After speaking, she uncovered the auction item that was covered by red cloth.

When everyone saw the auction item, they immediately went into an uproar.

"Thunderwing Tiger skin, it really is something from the Immortal Beast, the Thunderwing Tiger."

"This is a top-quality material for making cloaks. To think someone would be willing to take it out."

"This first item is such a big deal, so what’s coming later? What will be the grand finale item this time?"

"I wonder if the other party has a thunderwing wind tiger whip this time. That thing is a major tonic!"

"Probably unlikely. It’s too hard to harvest a thunderwing wind tiger whip. Besides, I heard this time it’s a Chosen One. Based on their Gathering Skill level, it’s probably hard to harvest a thunderwing wind tiger whip."

At this moment, the auctioneer’s voice slowly drifted over. Even though the entire auction venue was very noisy, her voice still reached everyone’s ears clearly.

"Thunderwing Tiger skin, although it is only a dark gold level material, you must surely know how difficult it is to obtain materials from an Immortal Beast."

"If your own level exceeds the Immortal Beast’s level by twenty levels, the Immortal Beast will not drop any items, nor will you be able to harvest anything."

"And if you don’t exceed the Immortal Beast’s level, not many people can defeat an Immortal Beast, so everyone should know how difficult these materials are to obtain."

"Moreover, Thunderwing Tiger skin is also the main material for crafting cloaks and wings."

"Let me ask everyone, do you want this piece of Thunderwing Tiger skin?"

"Yes!" The crowd’s deafening voices rang out.

The auctioneer waited a moment before continuing:

"Then, I announce that the starting bid for this Thunderwing Tiger skin is five thousand gold coins, and each increment must not be less than five hundred gold coins."

"I bid eight thousand."

"I bid ten thousand."

"Fifteen thousand."

Watching everyone bid one by one, Lucien nervously gripped the Ruyi in his hand.

Amidst the calls for bids, the price of this Thunderwing Tiger skin eventually reached two hundred and ten thousand.

It was won by a very inconspicuous person.

It had to be said, this Wing Province City really was full of hidden talent.

A very inconspicuous person was actually able to pull out over two hundred thousand gold coins.