CH 347

347: Affinity Increasing Pill

Over two thirds of the lots had been auctioned off so only a few items were left. Those familiar with auctions knew the best items were saved for last. The really rich and powerful hadn’t made a move yet.

Items auctioned early on looked good but weren’t great and only appealed to the middle-tiered families and adventurers. Bigger families had no interest in these minor things.

At this point an affinity increasing potion for magic was brought on stage.

A person’s ability to train directly correlated to their elemental affinity. The higher a person’s affinity for an element, the easier and faster they could absorb the element and thus get stronger.

The opposite was true as well. Those with lower affinity would progress slowly so days of practice for someone with low affinity equated to hours of practice for someone with higher affinity.

Obviously, a drug capable of increasing affinity would gather tremendous interest. Only powerful families with resources could get their hands on any.

The potions at auction could increase elemental affinity by as much as two levels, however those geniuses already at ninety or above would not be able to benefit from it. That’s because potions could not increase a person’s level beyond ninety. Those at seventy would benefit the most from the increase in elemental affinity.

Geniuses reached ninety points.

So, don’t scoff at it just because it’s only two levels. This potion was better than many others that appeared before.

The announcement from LeXue had an effect on both floor attendees and VIP box guests. Their eyes lit up with enthusiasm.

“Wow! Two levels of affinity?! That’s not bad!”[notes]

“Which master was so powerful to refine such a heaven-defying potion?”

“A pill like that would raise my level up like mad!”

“My son is saved! He’ll be able to enter Xingguang Holy Academy if he takes that potion!”

“I have to buy that potion!”

“Ms. LeXue! What are you waiting for?! Hurry up and announce the reserve price!”

“Yes! Announce it please!”

LeXue remained smiling professionally on stage, utterly unaffected by the raucous crowd.

“Affinity increasing potion, reserve price set at one hundred thousand gold, with increases set at ten thousand gold minimum. The auction starts now.”

People started bidding as soon as she finished announcing.

“One hundred thousand right here!”

“You chumps who are raising it by increments can get lost. I’m bidding one hundred fifty thousand!”

“Please. Only one fifty? I bid two hundred!”

“Three hundred!”

“Three hundred fifty!”

“Five hundred thousand gold!”

The bids went up crazily, but no one in the box Seats joined in. The families in the box Seats were biding their time.

The scene made Ai Lin smile. It wasn’t the first time she sold her potions to the public, but it was the first time she sold such a high-valued one.

The affinity increasing potion was a recipe she had found in the ancient magician’s tomb[notes] It was originally supposed to go to Zi Cheng, but Ai Lin had gotten to it first. The book it was in had many other ancient recipes as well.

Unfortunately, many of the ingredients that used to grow abundantly in ancient times no longer existed in the modern era, so the recipes were of limited use. Zi Cheng had sold the recipe book to the system for a bunch of points.

The book had many interesting recipes for potions with strange and surprising effects. Zi Cheng had an accelerated dimensional space so she was able to grow plenty of herbs to try out the different recipes. She didn’t have to worry about inventory at all.

With so much raw materials to use for practice, she eventually was able to craft the affinity increasing potion.

It was a powerful potion that could only be taken once, so effects couldn’t be stacked. She had crafted over a dozen bottles of the potion while practicing. Unfortunately, the potion had no effect on her, so she sold them for a profit.

“One million!” came a voice from the box Seats. The bidder set of a chain of other box bidders.

“One million two hundred thousand!”

Those on the ground level immediately stopped bidding once the box Seat attendees began bidding. None of them dared mess with any of the powerful families. Besides, they were just small to medium sized families. Some of them were ordinary adventurers. They didn’t have the kind of money or power to compete with the bigger families in the VIP boxes.

“Wow! One million! Ai Lin, that’s fantastic!” Eliza looked at Ai Lin with stars in her eyes. Her new friend was really amazing!

Ai Lin smiled but she didn’t say anything. The bidding between the VIP boxes was fierce, with increments going up by tens of millions each time.

“The affinity increasing potion sounds awesome. Too bad it’s too expensive for me.” Margaret said wistfully.

Most of the guys were sword users. Even Ming Xi, who was a dual magician martial arts user, had such powerful blood that he didn’t need to use a potion to increase his affinity. Jier was the heir to Summer, so his natural affinity to fire was filled to the brim. This kind of potion was worthless to him.

The only magician left was Margaret. Though they didn’t know what her affinity level was, it wasn’t possible for her to be more than eighty. Therefore she was the only one in their group who could actually use the potion.

She was unwilling to ask the group for help even though it meant missing out on the potion.

They were just a temporary team. She and her brother had tagged along with the group, and though they had become friends, it wasn’t the kind of friendship that allowed one to ask for millions in gold.

Ming Xi and the others were fine with that. He would have helped her if she asked, but he was pleased she didn’t. It showed she wasn’t the kind of person to take advantage of her friends.

Superficial friendships never lasted long. Who knew how long their friendship now would last?

Feng Wu kept a hold of the egg as everyone else paid attention to the stage.