36: Five million spirit stones!

"What? Is no one bidding anymore?"

Seeing everyone looking at him in silence, the Black-Robed Person asked in a low, hoarse voice.

"This guest has bid four million five hundred thousand Spirit Stones! Is there anyone else with a higher bid?"

Hong Yu quickly snapped out of it, and after regaining her composure, she asked.

"I bid four million six hundred thousand Spirit Stones!"

The person from the Tang Family shot a deep look at the Black-Robed Person before raising the price in a calm tone.

"Four million seven hundred thousand Spirit Stones!"

As soon as the person from the Tang Family finished speaking, the Black-Robed Person below immediately followed with a bid.

"Four million eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones!"

"Four million nine hundred thousand Spirit Stones!"

"Five million Spirit Stones!!"

The person from the Tang Family raised the bid, their voice involuntarily growing louder.

"Heh! Five million and ten thousand Spirit Stones!"

Hearing this, the Black-Robed Person below sneered and then continued to raise the price in a calm tone.

Adding only ten thousand Spirit Stones indeed seemed to follow the auction rules, but everyone knew in their hearts that this was somewhat insulting.

*Bang!*

Hearing this, the person from the Tang Family slammed their hand on the table in anger, their eyes fixed intently on the Black-Robed Person,

as if they wanted to see through the black robe to discern who the person underneath was.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the auction hall was exceptionally quiet, even feeling somewhat oppressive,

and even the people from the Ziyang Sect and the Yu Family remained silent, not intervening in this wordless confrontation.

The Black-Robed Person didn't speak, only slightly raising their head to look at Hong Yu on the high platform through the black robe.

Seeing this, a hint of helplessness flashed in Hong Yu's eyes, but as the auctioneer, she still spoke up: "The highest bid is five million and ten thousand Spirit Stones! Is there anyone else who wants to bid?"

Hearing this, everyone remained silent, their eyes cautiously shifting to the Tang Family member on the fourth floor to see how he would respond.

After a moment of silence, the person from the Tang Family did not do anything out of anger. Instead, their expression returned to calm as they sat back down and spoke evenly: "Five million one hundred thousand Spirit Stones!"

"Five million one hundred and ten thousand Spirit Stones!"

The very next second, the Black-Robed Person followed up.

This time, the person from the Tang Family did not speak again. Instead, they waved their hand to close the Illusion Spirit Gauze, indicating they would no longer bid.

"Five million one hundred and ten thousand Spirit Stones once!"

"Five million one hundred and ten thousand Spirit Stones twice!"

While speaking loudly, Hong Yu quickly scanned the surrounding crowd,

but at this moment, everyone around had closed their mouths, their minds occupied with unknown thoughts, their attention completely off Hong Yu.

"Five million one hundred and ten thousand Spirit Stones thrice!"

"Congratulations to this guest for winning this Grade Four Perfection flame flood dragon bone for the price of five million one hundred and ten thousand Spirit Stones!"

Seeing no one else bidding, Hong Yu struck the gavel, concluding the auction.

"It seems Purple Maple Immortal City is going to get quite lively for a while."

After withdrawing his gaze from the Black-Robed Person, Zhang Daobai speculated.

"There's something not right about that person!"

Lin Luoxue frowned slightly as she looked at the Black-Robed Person, her tone grave.

"Hmm? What's not right?" Zhang Daobai looked at her in confusion.

"My Sword Intent sensed an evil aura on him!"

A flash of disgust crossed Lin Luoxue's eyes as she explained with a cold face.

Hearing this, Zhang Daobai's expression also became somewhat solemn.

The sword technique Lin Luoxue cultivated was the Golden Thunder Evil-Breaking Sword Technique, so the Sword Intent she comprehended naturally possessed an evil-breaking attribute.

This evil-breaking attribute was like a natural enemy to evil cultivators, allowing her to keenly detect the evil aura they carried.

"An evil cultivator?"

After a moment of silence, Zhang Daobai uttered those two words solemnly.

"It's possible, but I'm not certain," Lin Luoxue shook her head, unsure.

An evil cultivator with the courage to challenge the Zifeng Tang Family would need a cultivation level at least around the Golden Core Stage,

and for such an evil cultivator to dare show his face before so many factions, one wondered where he got his courage.

"If you plan to enter the Xuantian Mountain Range during this time, you must be careful."

After a moment of deliberation, Zhang Daobai turned to Lin Luoxue and warned her.

"Mhm." Lin Luoxue nodded.

After the crowd began to disperse, Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue went through the internal passage of the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower to a reception room.

"Apologies, Fellow Daoists, for keeping you waiting."

Before long, Steward Wang pushed open the door and entered.

"Not at all, we only just arrived ourselves," Zhang Daobai said with a smile.

After sitting down and chatting for a bit, Steward Wang took out a spatial ring and handed it to Zhang Daobai.

"These are the Spirit Stones from the auction of that flame flood dragon bone. Please count them to see if anything is missing."

After taking the spatial ring, Zhang Daobai quickly scanned it with his Divine Sense and then nodded: "It's correct."

"Good that it's correct."

As he spoke, Steward Wang took out a list from his storage ring and handed it to Zhang Daobai, then continued: "This is the list of five elements spirit items I've prepared. See if anything is unsuitable."

Zhang Daobai took the list and looked it over. After confirming they were all Profound Grade Low Grade spirit items, he nodded: "As long as they are Profound Grade Low Grade spirit items, it's fine."

"Very well. Once these spirit items are delivered from other branches in a few days, the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce looks forward to your visit again, Fellow Daoists." Steward Wang smiled with satisfaction.

After a few more words, Zhang Daobai made up an excuse and left the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower with Lin Luoxue.

After returning to the Small Courtyard, Zhang Daobai took out the storage ring Steward Wang had given him.

"Of the Spirit Stones inside, I'll take two million and you take three million. What do you think?"

Zhang Daobai placed the storage ring on the table and suggested.

Although Zhang Daobai was the one who found the flame flood dragon bone, he wouldn't have been able to get it without Lin Luoxue,

furthermore, out of Lin Luoxue's three million, two million was for the payment of the five elements spirit items.

Once Lin Luoxue ascended to the Five Elements Spirit Body, he would also receive feedback, and at the very least, he would possess a Five Elements top grade Spiritual Root!

So no matter how you looked at it, Zhang Daobai wasn't losing out.

"Alright," Lin Luoxue nodded without hesitation.

After dividing the Spirit Stones, Zhang Daobai continued his secluded cultivation, while Lin Luoxue went out to continue searching for the Materials for the Purple Thunder Eagle Egg's hatching liquid.

Over the next few days, Purple Maple Immortal City was abuzz with discussions about that auction at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower,

among them, the conflict between the Tang Family and that Black-Robed Person sparked heated debates among countless people.

Many couldn't help but wonder who exactly that Black-Robed Person was who dared to publicly provoke the Tang Family.

Some guessed it was an enemy of the Tang Family, some guessed it was a powerful Loose Cultivator from outside, and some even guessed it was a Demon King from the Xuantian Mountain Range in disguise... Meanwhile, as one of the parties involved, the Tang Family remained unusually silent, offering no explanation or action.