121: With the Origin Book in hand, I'll bid on the Fire Phoenix True Feathers!

"I wouldn't even use this thing to wipe my feet; it's too hard!"

Most Cultivators scoffed at it, clearly not taking it seriously.

Inside the private booth.

Lu Yuan opened his eyes abruptly, staring intensely at the incomplete map.

An Incomplete Manual page of the yuantian scripture!

It has finally appeared.

"One thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones."

Lu Yuan's voice transmitted through the Formation, calm and casual.

The venue went slightly quiet, as if they hadn't expected anyone to actually be such a sucker.

"One thousand five hundred."

Just then, a slightly aged voice came from another VIP private booth.

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow, and his Divine Sense probed over silently.

He saw an old man wearing Taoist robes with Eight Trigrams patterns, with white hair and beard, sitting inside the booth.

Although the old man appeared to have the demeanor of an immortal, a glint of malice and greed flashed through his triangular eyes from time to time.

"Qianjizi?"

Information about this person instantly surfaced in Lu Yuan's mind.

A Grand Elder of the Thousand Mechanisms Sect, one of the Ten Gates of the Immortal Dao, with Void Refining Early Stage cultivation, proficient in the ways of Formations and Puppets.

This person had a strange personality, was vengeful, and was extremely greedy.

"Two thousand." Lu Yuan increased the bid calmly.

"Three thousand!" Qianjizi followed closely behind.

"Five thousand."

"Eight thousand!"

As the price soared, those who were originally watching the show were now a bit dumbfounded.

An incomplete Formation map could actually bid up to eight thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones?

Were these two people crazy?

Inside the private booth where Qianjizi was located.

The old man stared fixedly at the incomplete map, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.

Although he did not have Lu Yuan's System or Golden Eyes of Truth, as a Formation Grandmaster who had studied ancient Formations for years, he had seen similar patterns in an incomplete ancient book.

He was eighty percent certain that this incomplete map was definitely not simple and likely involved the legendary Legacy of the ancient Earth Master!

"This item, I am determined to obtain!"

Qianjizi gritted his teeth and spoke again: "Ten thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones! This Fellow Daoist, I am Qianjizi of the Thousand Mechanisms Sect. This map is of great use for my research on ancient Formations, so I ask that you give me some face."

He directly stated his name, attempting to use the prestige of his Sect to pressure the other party.

If it were an ordinary Loose Cultivator, or a Cultivator from a small Sect, they would probably have retreated upon hearing the name of the Thousand Mechanisms Sect.

But who was Lu Yuan?

He had even wiped out the Six Demonic Sects; would he care about a mere Thousand Mechanisms Sect?

"Twenty thousand."

Lu Yuan didn't even blink, directly doubling the price.

"You!"

Qianjizi's expression darkened, and a flash of killing intent crossed his eyes: "Thirty thousand!"

"Forty thousand."

"Fifty thousand!" Qianjizi's voice had become slightly hoarse.

This was already the limit of his liquid assets; after all, his main purpose for coming this time was for a piece of final Materials later on.

"Seventy thousand."

Lu Yuan's voice remained calm, as if he hadn't thrown away seventy thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, but rather seventy thousand stones.

"Boom!"

The entire venue was in an uproar.

Seventy thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones!

To buy an incomplete Formation map?

This was simply inhumanly wealthy!

"Good, good, good!"

Qianjizi laughed out of extreme anger. He abruptly crushed the teacup in his hand, his cold gaze piercing through the Restriction of the private booth, staring fixedly at the direction where Lu Yuan was.

"Seventy thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, you may be able to pay it, but I fear you won't have the life to enjoy it!"

He stopped increasing the bid.

Because he had already determined that the other party was a fat sheep.

Moreover, judging from how persistently the other party was bidding, the value of this incomplete map was likely even greater than he had imagined!

"yuantian scripture... It must be an Incomplete Manual of the yuantian scripture!"

Qianjizi roared in his heart, a venomous light like a poisonous snake flashing in the depths of his eyes.

He had already placed a tracking mark outside Lu Yuan's private booth using a secret Sect technique.

As soon as the auction ended, as long as the other party left Huangtian City...

"Hmph, I'll let you keep it for a moment."

Qianjizi snorted coldly, sat back in his chair, and closed his eyes to rest, as if nothing had happened.

"Seventy thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, going once."

"Seventy thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, going twice."

"Seventy thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones, going three times, sold!"

The auction gavel in Ji Shuang's hand fell heavily.

"Congratulations to the honored guest in the Heaven-rank number six private booth for winning this map!"

Although she said congratulations, Ji Shuang was muttering in her heart, wondering if this person had too much money to burn.

Soon, a maid delivered the incomplete mountain and river Formation map to Lu Yuan's private booth.

Lu Yuan casually tossed out a Storage Pouch filled with Spirit Stones and took the Formation map.

It felt slightly cool to the touch, and the texture was neither metal nor jade.

Although it looked ragged on the surface, under Lu Yuan's Golden Eyes of Truth, those seemingly broken Formation patterns actually hid mysteries and faintly connected with some kind of heaven and earth trend.

"It really is an Incomplete Manual page of the 'yuantian scripture'."

Lu Yuan exerted a slight amount of spiritual power from his fingertips and gently brushed over the surface of the Formation map.

Hum!

A faint Dragon roar sounded in his Sea of Consciousness.

That was the cheering of the earth vein spirit.

"With this item, plus the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, I am confident that I can fully ripen the Enlightenment Tea Tree within one month!"

Lu Yuan put away the Formation map with satisfaction; he didn't care at all about the unabashed killing intent from Qianjizi.

Just an old dog at the Void Refining Early Stage.

If he dared to reach out, he would just chop it off.

The auction continued.

Although the subsequent auction items were also considered precious, Lu Yuan was mostly uninterested.

Until...

"Everyone, the next auction item is one of the highlights of this auction."

Ji Shuang's voice suddenly became impassioned.

She carefully brought out a brocade box made of ten-thousand-year cold jade.

The brocade box opened.

"Chirp—"

A clear Phoenix cry instantly resounded throughout the venue.

Inside the brocade box, there lay quietly a feather about three feet long, crimson as blood throughout, and emitting a terrifyingly high temperature.

Around the feather, the Void Realm twisted slightly, and a faint phantom of a Divine Phoenix reborn from fire could be seen circling and dancing.

A wave of extremely dense fire-attribute Law instantly filled the entire auction hall.

"This is..."

"True Fire Phoenix Feather!"

"Heavens! It's actually the life-bound feather of the legendary pure-blooded Divine Beast, the Fire Phoenix!"

"This is a supreme treasure containing the power of Nirvana!"

The venue instantly boiled over.

The eyes of countless fire-attribute Cultivators turned red, their breathing became rapid, and they wished they could immediately rush up and snatch it.

Inside the private booth.

Lu Yuan also perked up and sat up straight.

"It has finally arrived."

The five beasts spirit fire fan in his hand, although a Top-Grade Spiritual Treasure, was always lacking a bit due to the limitations of the refining technique and Materials, unable to advance to a Transcendent Spiritual Treasure.

And this True Fire Phoenix Feather, which contained the Origin of the Southern Bright Separation Fire, was exactly that last piece of the puzzle!

"This item is called the True Fire Phoenix Feather, and it is a supreme treasure of the fire element."

Ji Shuang introduced: "Whether it is used for Artifact Refining, comprehending the Law of Fire, or refining the Nirvana Pill that can bring the dead back to life, it is a supreme holy object."

"Starting bid, fifty thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones!"

"Each bid increment must not be less than one thousand!"

As soon as her voice fell, bidding sounds rose one after another.

"Sixty thousand!"