American Comics: Tales of Cultivator

# Chapter 57: Auction (Part 5)

Tang Song was currently sitting in the Private Room with Skye, watching the secondary super soldier serum being fought over by the crowd on the auction stage with little interest.

Although he didn't have the experiment data for this secondary serum, he knew who the owner of this Auction was.

According to West, the tycoon hosting the Auction was already on the verge of death. If this agent could truly extend the user's lifespan, it wouldn't have flowed into this Auction.

The secondary serum definitely had some kind of defect.

A medicine/drug like this, which caused strength to surge after injection.

Tang Song had seen many similar things in the Jambudvīpa World. They all sacrificed the user's lifespan in exchange for a sudden surge in strength.

In the City where Tang Song once lived in seclusion, there were two Mortal Sects that fought fiercely for the mining rights of a Mine, causing utter chaos. At least a dozen people died near the Mine every day.

An Elder from one of the Sects seemed to have some connection with an Outer Disciple of a Demonic Sect. When they were truly desperate, they prepared a batch of refined iron and went to seek help, obtaining over a dozen Tiger-Wolf Pills.

This kind of Tiger-Wolf Pill was a widely circulated medicinal pill on the demonic path. The Refining Method was extremely cruel: selecting one wolf and one tiger, two fierce beasts, and extracting their entire essence blood and soul while they were still alive, sealing them within a small pill.

After taking this Tiger-Wolf Pill, the user would gain the enhancement of one wolf and one tiger's strength.

This was generally a medicinal pill bestowed by Demonic Sect Cultivators upon their Attendants and Errand Boys.

Ordinary Persons who hadn't undergone cultivation, after taking this medicinal pill, were like having a completely mismatched large heart transplanted into an Ordinary Person's chest cavity.

After a short burst of power, the entire person would be crippled.

At that time, that Mortal Sect selected over a dozen skilled individuals to take the Tiger-Wolf Pills. After repelling the enemy, even those who didn't die immediately passed away one after another over the following year.

Tang Song had dissected the corpse of one such pill-taker. Their internal organs were completely ruptured, and their bones and organs seemed to have aged decades within a single year.

This kind of Tiger-Wolf Pill completely overdrafted the user's vitality to control the strength of that wolf and tiger.

Once the vitality was depleted, the person naturally ceased to exist.

There were inherently no things that could satisfy both sides in the world. Some Pill Refining Masters in the Jambudvīpa World refined medicinal pills using spirit herbs that were hundreds or thousands of years old, drawing the spiritual energy condensed by Heaven and Earth onto the spirit herbs to supplement a person's essence and qi.

As the Auctioneer introduced, this secondary serum could enhance a person's physical quality and simultaneously extend humanity's lifespan.

If such an agent that satisfied both sides truly existed, it would have already spread among the tycoon circles.

Even with Tang Song's channel, he had never heard of the existence of such medicine/drug.

As a Pseudo Doctor of Biology, Tang Song naturally, like many others, tried to deduce the super serum.

This serum, which could allow people to break through their physical limits after injection, although it became a permanent secret with Captain America's disappearance during the WWII period.

However, according to Tang Song's own deduction, the authentic serum injected by Steve Rogers, besides the serum itself, should have also included a complementary nutrient fluid to help the user replenish primordial qi.

After WWII, many scientific giants and various Mysterious Organizations, through some remaining data left by the serum's inventor, also developed some substandard products.

These substandard products all had more or less some problems. If Tang Song hadn't guessed wrong, this one at the Auction should be an experiment sample that flowed out from some Laboratory.

"240 million US dollars! VIP number 9 bids 240 million US dollars! 240 million once! 240 million twice! 240 million thrice! Sold! Congratulations to this gentleman!"

The secondary serum that Tang Song didn't think highly of was ultimately bought by a Russian tycoon for 240 million.

Skye checked the data on this big scoundrel. The tycoon, over seventy years old, primarily operated natural gas energy business in Russia and was a true oligarch.

Interestingly, he also held shares in this luxury cruise ship.

...

The Auction proceeded in an orderly manner. Under the watchful eyes and anticipation of multiple parties, the main event of this Auction began. Two old-fashioned safes engraved with swastika symbols were carried out by several Big men.

"Everyone should be familiar with mutants. These two safes, one contains research data on mutant gene, and the other contains 156 types of mutant X-gene samples!!"

The beauty Auctioneer looked down at the crowd and introduced, "According to the seller, the research objective of this experiment data is to transform Ordinary Persons into mutants, and this research is already more than halfway complete! The starting price is 100 million US dollars!"

"Fuck!" Tang Song cursed under his breath as he watched the two safes being carried out.

The moment the two safes were brought out, a chill directly surged into his heart.

This wasn't some sixth sense, but the Daoist Sect's Daoist technique and Divine Ability, "Autumn Cicada!"

This Divine Ability that Tang Song cultivated took its meaning from the cicada sensing the autumn wind before it stirs.

It was a Daoist technique and Divine Ability of the Daoist Sect specifically for cultivating spiritual sense. This Divine Ability could allow one to predict danger in advance, thereby avoiding calamity and disaster.

The warning from this Divine Ability was how Tang Song was able to sense Madame Gao's killing intent and Cross's sniping back then!

Tang Song didn't know if what was inside these two old-fashioned safes was experiment data, but the danger warning brought by Autumn Cicada caused the veins on both sides of Tang Song's temples to pop out, throbbing non-stop.

"Let's go!"

A gentleman doesn't put himself in danger! A valuable person doesn't sit in a dangerous place! Tang Song rubbed both sides of his temples, stood up directly, called out to Skye and Fox, and prepared to walk out.

Just then, an incident suddenly occurred in the Auction Venue.

"One US dollar! I bid one US dollar!"

After the beauty Auctioneer finished introducing the auction item, she was waiting for people in the Venue to bid, when a tall figure suddenly stood up.

Magneto rose from his Seat and walked slowly towards the display stand, with Sabretooth following closely behind him.

"Sir, are you joking?"

The beauty Auctioneer's smile was a bit stiff. Her gaze couldn't help but glance towards the Security nearby.

"Someone told me that this experiment data is the legacy left by Sebastian Shaw!"

Magneto walked towards the display stand unhurriedly. As he spoke, a mocking smile appeared on his face.

"I know Sebastian Shaw. He's an ambitious person, a political fanatic, and a powerful bastard, but one thing, he wasn't interested in researching mutant gene?!"

"But I still came. Since you dared to give me this information, presumably this experiment data is real!"

Magneto stopped, his gaze sweeping across the entire venue, seemingly trying to find the person who had passed him the information.

Magneto's gaze paused for a moment when he saw the red-haired man, but finally looked towards the safes on the display stand! Seeing Magneto getting closer and closer to the display stand, the beauty Auctioneer finally lost her elegance and composure. She shouted somewhat panicked towards the side:

"Security Guard, Security Guard!"

"Sir, please return to your position!"

A white bodyguard wearing an earpiece blocked the Passage, gesturing towards Magneto with his hand, attempting in vain to stop him.

(end of chapter)