Chapter 370 Research on gold-eating insects

Chapter 370 Research on gold-eating insects

Four months passed in a flash.

The Tianfeng Empire was already full of alchemists.

Alchemists were originally a rare group, rarely seen at ordinary times, but now you can meet an alchemist, or even more than one, just by walking on a street.

These alchemists come from all over the world and from various regions. When alchemists from all regions of the Western Region gather together, there are enough alchemists in the Tianfeng Empire.

Although it is still a few months before the start of the alchemy competition, there are many early arrivals, including a large number of first- and second-grade alchemists.

Although low-grade alchemists cannot enter the finals, it does not prevent them from watching the excitement. How can they miss such a rare alchemy event?

Among the early arrivals was Long Xuan. After entering Tianfeng City, he changed his face according to the instructions of Yumian Luosha.

This is a young and handsome face. Since he intends to represent the Long family in the competition this time, he also changed his name to Long Xuan.

At this time, Tianfeng City was very lively, with a large number of alchemists walking around on the streets. Alchemists are a very wealthy group. A large number of alchemists pouring into the city will naturally drive the city's economy.

Especially the price of spiritual medicines began to soar in this city.

This also made the keen merchants smell the smell of getting rich, and transported a large number of treasures to Tianfeng City. At this time, Tianfeng City can be described as full of treasures.

Long Xuan had to sigh secretly, it was right to arrive early.

He began to spread his clones and frantically looted the treasures in the city that were useful to him.

And his original body was looking for a trade fair in the city.

With so many wealthy alchemists gathered together, a trade fair will definitely come into being.

The most valuable treasures will definitely appear at the trade fair.

Under the perception of the powerful soul power, he walked towards an attic, and saw that the sign of this attic read the words "Third-grade Alchemist Trade Fair".

There was no need for anyone to notify him at all. At this time, many third-grade alchemists in the city were walking here quickly after sensing this sign with their soul power.

Alchemists are one of the groups with the strongest soul power, so it is not difficult to sense this sign.

At this time, the third-grade alchemist special trade fair seemed to have not started yet. Long Xuan tidied up his clothes and walked in.

Guarding the door were two Linghai peak Gu cultivators, a man and a woman. Seeing the third-grade alchemist badge hanging on the chest of the visitor, they immediately showed respect.

"Excuse me, sir." The male guard asked respectfully.

"Long Xuan." Long Xuan said his pseudonym without hesitation.

There are many people named Long Xuan in this world, but there is a high probability that there is no third-grade alchemist named Long Xuan.

So no information can be found about this name, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is a pseudonym.

At this time, he has made up his mind that if the two guards insist on asking questions, then he will not participate in this trade fair.

Hearing this, the two guards really showed doubts, and they had never heard of this person.

There are many alchemists in this world, but not many above the third rank. As long as intelligence gathering is done well, it is not difficult to understand all the third rank alchemists in the entire Western Region.

The two guards have obviously investigated all the third rank alchemists in the Western Region, and are very sure that there is no third rank alchemist named Long Xuan in the Western Region, and they know that he is undoubtedly using a pseudonym.

But the male guard still smiled and said, "It turns out to be Master Alchemist Long Xuan. I have heard of you for a long time. Please come in. There is still some time before the trade fair starts, and there should be vacancies inside."

Long Xuan nodded, put his hands behind his back and walked in with an arrogant look.

Looking at the back of this person leaving, the male guard showed a thoughtful look and quickly wrote the word Long Xuan on a notebook.

Seeing his action, the female guard on the other side said in confusion: "This person obviously used a pseudonym, why are you still recording it?"

"The Ninth Prince wants to take this opportunity to learn about the information of his competitors, so don't record these irrelevant information."

The male guard shook his head and smiled confidently: "Although this person used a pseudonym, his surname is definitely real."

"Don't forget the bet between the Feng Alliance and the Long Alliance. In this case, no one will pretend to be Long unless their surname is really Long."

"It should be this bet that scared many of the reclusive Long clan third-grade alchemists out. These Long clan third-grade alchemists who don't want to hand their fate over to others must be extraordinary. At least they have the confidence to get a good ranking, which is worth paying attention to..."

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After Long Xuan walked into the attic, he saw alchemists sitting together in groups of three or two, talking and laughing.

Everyone here is a third-grade alchemist with a very noble status, and each has an extraordinary aura.

After seeing someone coming in, many third-grade alchemists subconsciously looked over.

Seeing that the visitor was a stranger and his identity and origin were unknown, no one came forward to talk to him.

Long Xuan was happy to be idle, so he chose to go to an empty corner and sit down.

As time went by, more and more third-grade alchemists noticed the plaque, and more and more third-grade alchemists entered the attic. Gradually, Long Xuan's hidden corner was filled with third-grade alchemists, and the surroundings began to make noise.

But Long Xuan kept his eyes closed to rest, so no one was ignorant to talk to him.

Finally, accompanied by the sound of a bell, the trade fair finally began.

Hearing the sound, Long Xuan slowly opened his eyes, with anticipation in his eyes.

The third-grade alchemist special trade fair is the highest-level trade fair he has participated in so far. He is looking forward to finding treasures that will be of great help to him in this trade fair.

After the bell, a handsome young man walked to the table at the front of the crowd, looked around, and said with a smile:

"This third-grade alchemist trade fair is organized by me. As the host of this third-grade alchemist trade fair, let me introduce myself first."

"I come from the Huiyue Empire and am the Ninth Prince of the Huiyue Empire. You can just call me Ninth Prince."

"As the ninth prince of the Huiyue Empire, I am not very talented in cultivation, but I am quite talented in alchemy. I dare not comment on my level of alchemy, but I am enough to be called the number one third-grade alchemist in the Huiyue Empire."

As soon as he said these words, his face showed an unconcealable arrogance.

Many people below showed some fear at this time. The Huiyue Empire is a superpower in the entire Western Region that can enter the top ten, and it is one of the organizers of this alchemy competition.

The title of the number one third-grade alchemist in the Huiyue Empire definitely carries a lot of gold. This person is definitely a formidable competitor.

Long Xuan also glanced at him. He didn't care how high this person's alchemy level was. Anyway, no matter how high it was, it would definitely not be as high as him. What he was really interested in now was what the Ninth Prince would come up with next. Trading items.

The Ninth Prince of the Huiyue Empire must have a considerable net worth, and as the host of this third-grade alchemist trade fair, he must not be able to offer too shabby trading items.

The value of the trading items he brought out might be the highest in the audience, so there was no room for him not to concentrate.

The Ninth Prince had a panoramic view of everyone below.

He didn't say these words to show off, but had other intentions. If someone looked at him at this time, they would look solemnly or fearfully.

There is basically no need to pay attention to these people. Their alchemy skills are definitely not very good, so they are afraid of their competitors.

At this time, he needed to pay more attention to the few expressionless people. Most of these people were extremely conceited about their alchemy skills and did not regard him, the Ninth Prince, as an opponent at all.

He glanced emphatically at the man hiding in the corner, but the man didn't even look at him.

"Ninth Prince! Since you are the host of this trade fair, let's start with you. As the host, the things you bring out cannot be too shabby."

Someone in the crowd didn't seem to be afraid of his identity, and suddenly joked and cheered loudly.

The others also smiled at this time.

The Ninth Prince glanced at the man and said with a smile, "Okay! Then this trade fair will start with me."

As he spoke, he took out a bottle containing two golden bugs from his storage ring and placed it on the table. He scanned the faces of everyone below and said with a slightly proud smile:

"I believe that many people have never seen this insect, so I won't tell you anything."

"This insect is called a gold-eating insect. It reproduces asexually and ranks twenty-first on the list of top spiritual insects."

"I don't need to say more about the value of the top-grade spiritual insect ranked twenty-first. Most of the top-grade Gu insects are far incomparable."

"The reason why the gold-eating insect ranks so high is because it has three rule-based abilities."

"First, it can swallow any metal of any hardness and make itself the same hardness as the metal, but it can only be maintained by swallowing the metal for a long time."

"Second, gold-eating insects can unconditionally devour anything that is less hard than themselves."

"Third, gold-eating insects are immortal and can only be killed by physical attacks that exceed the upper limit."

"So the strength of gold-eating bugs varies depending on how much metal they eat over time."

"If gold-eating insects devour the hardest metal in the world and reproduce to a certain scale, they will be enough to kill gods and Buddhas, and they can devour everything in this world."

"However, if the owner is poor and cannot feed it metal that is too hard for a long time, the gold-eating insect will be extremely brittle."

"Limited by the ability of the rules, it can only swallow things with a lower hardness than itself. Once its own hardness is not enough, this top-grade spiritual insect may not even be able to defeat a low-grade spiritual insect."

"I have clearly stated the stakes of this top-quality spiritual insect. There is no deception. Who wants to trade my gold-eating insect now?"

"I don't lack anything. Those who are interested in gold-eating insects can bring out any treasure, but I will choose to trade with the person who brings out the treasure with the highest value. The one with the highest price will get it."

The Ninth Prince looked at the alchemists below with a smile on his face, extremely confident in his first trading item.

To put it bluntly, the strength of a gold-eating insect is linked to the wealth of its owner. If the owner is rich, the insect will be stronger.

The gold-eating insects might have limited value if sold elsewhere, but among this group of extremely wealthy alchemists, he believed that his gold-eating insects would be enough to sell for a sky-high price.

As expected, after he finished speaking, many of the alchemists below showed expressions of excitement, wanting to trade, but for a moment they hesitated.

It is true that they are not short of money, but the hardest metal in the world is limited, and it cannot be bought with money.

If the gold-eating insects are allowed to devour the Geng-Gold Essence and breed to a certain scale so that each gold-eating insect has the hardness of the Geng-Gold Essence, it will indeed be able to kill gods and Buddhas.

It is no exaggeration to say that if tens of thousands of Geng-Gold Gold-eating Insects were truly cultivated, their combat power would be invincible at the same level.

But the problem is that Gengjinjing is too expensive. Even with their wealth as third-grade alchemists, they can only buy a few pieces at most. They are not allowed to use Gengjinjing to feed the gold-eating worms.

Moreover, there are not so many Gengjinjing in this world. Feeding the worms with Gengjinjing is simply a waste of natural resources.

Gengjinjing is just an extreme example. Even if the hard metal ranked much lower than Gengjinjing is used to feed the gold-eating worms, no one can afford it, including the Duobao merchants.

So although the strength of the gold-eating worm is related to the hardness of the metal, no one dares to let it eat the hardest metal. No one can afford it.

The theoretical maximum strength of the gold-eating worm is impossible to achieve in this world, even in the ancient times when precious resources were everywhere.

If you want to cultivate a large number of gold-eating worms, you can only consider metals ranked in the middle in hardness. The number is huge and the hardness cannot be too low.

But how to choose has become a huge problem. If the metal is too cheap, it will make the gold-eating worm very weak. If the metal is too expensive, it will cost too much money.

How to balance the relationship between strength and cost is really a headache, making many people hesitant.

Therefore, although many people are very interested in gold-eating bugs, no one bids for a while.

The atmosphere on the scene was silent for a long time, and finally a fat third-grade alchemist raised his hand and said: "My family has a black iron vein, and the black iron production is sufficient."

"The hardness of black iron is not as good as the best, but better than the worst. It is perfect for gold-eating bugs to eat."

"I will offer a piece of top-grade spirit stone, and give me these two gold-eating bugs, how about it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, before the ninth prince replied, someone below immediately raised his hand and said: "The hardness of black iron is still low, and giving you gold-eating bugs is simply a waste of natural resources."

"My family is in the ore business, and we can easily collect a lot of purple gold. Let me have the gold-eating bugs."

"I will offer five broken king pills!" A young female alchemist shouted with wealth and grandeur.

As the two spoke, the crowd below suddenly became lively, and they raised their hands to bid.

There are quite a few wealthy third-grade alchemists here, and quite a few people are interested in this money-burning machine.

Looking at the sound of bidding one after another below, the Ninth Prince smiled.

At this time, Long Xuan closed his eyes, tapping his fingers on the table, thinking about the value of the gold-eating worm to himself.

This kind of heaven-defying worm species whose strength varies according to the hardness of the metal really aroused his great interest.

You must know that the gold-eating worm is not a poisonous worm, but a spirit worm. Spirit worms can reproduce on a large scale. As long as it is allowed to devour the metal with the highest hardness and reproduce a certain number, the upper limit is simply terrifyingly high.

You must know that the hardest metal in this world is far from Gengjinjing. In the God Realm, there are countless metals harder than Gengjinjing.

If the gold-eating worm is allowed to devour the hardest metal in the God Realm, then his army of gold-eating worms will have the power to kill gods.

He saw the shadow of the gold-eating worm in the novel in the gold-eating worm. Once the gold-eating worm devours the hardest metal in the world, its body will be equivalent to the hardness of the metal, which means that its defense is invincible.

The gold-eating beetle can unconditionally devour anything that is less hard than itself. Once the gold-eating beetle devours the hardest metal, it means that it can devour everything in this world, and it can devour everything. This kind of power is really terrible.

The upper limit of the gold-eating beetle is exactly the same strength as the gold-eating beetle. He thinks that he may be able to cultivate the gold-eating beetle into a gold-eating beetle.

No one dares to let the gold-eating beetle devour the hardest metal, and no one can make the gold-eating beetle evolve to the theoretically strongest state, even in the ancient times with the most abundant resources.

But he thinks that he may be able to do what the ancients could not do, and let the gold-eating beetle evolve to the theoretically strongest state.

At this time, he thought of the alloy in his previous life. Can he use the golden finger to create an alloy formula from another world?

The metals used in this alloy formula are all the cheapest metals, but when combined, the hardness is comparable to the hardest metal in this world, or even surpasses it.

In this way, others cannot use the hardest metal in the world to feed the gold-eating beetle, but he can.

He can cultivate the gold-eating beetle to the theoretically strongest state at a very low cost.

Once the number of gold-eating insects of this magnitude reaches hundreds of thousands or millions, he can control such a terrifying army of insects to be able to kill gods and destroy Buddhas.

Long Xuan's eyes brightened, and his expression became more and more crazy.

He decided that he wanted these two gold-eating insects... (End of this chapter)