437: Chapter 437 Getting Involved

Inside the massive auction house, the circular seating was packed to capacity, and the air buzzed with the clamor of voices.

However, as the auction reached its midpoint, the focus of the hundreds of thousands of eyes in the hall was not on the rare treasures on the stage, but had involuntarily converged on two people in the most prominent positions in the front row.

Those were two women with graceful figures; although they wore ice-silk veils that blocked Divine Sense probes, their snow-like skin, elegant bearing, and the noble temperament they inadvertently exuded were enough to confirm they were peerless beauties.

These two were Gu Qingxue and Lu Xueyao, who had followed Lu Yuan's orders to specifically alter their aura and appearance to carry out a "sting operation" in Taiyi Immortal City. Sitting on comfortable Spirit Beast-hide seats, they executed Lu Yuan's script perfectly—even a bit exaggeratedly—showing off the "rich but foolish" and "inexperienced" attributes of a nouveau riche without any disguise.

"This piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Star-Core Iron, said to be mined from the depths of the starry sky, has a starting price of 300,000 immortal crystals, with each bid increase no less than 10,000..." On the auction stage, the pot-bellied auctioneer was still laboriously introducing a top-tier Artifact Refining material.

Before he could finish, Lu Xueyao casually raised her jade plaque, her voice as crisp as an oriole's echoing through the hall: "One million immortal crystals! This young lady thinks its reflection looks quite nice, so I'll buy it!"

The entire hall immediately broke into an uproar, and many Artifact Refiners who were preparing to bid slowly were left speechless.

Who increases a bid like this? It more than tripled instantly!

Next, a three-thousand-year-old Blood Lingzhi with miraculous healing effects appeared on the stage.

"Five million immortal crystals. I want this plant; it's perfect for feeding my spirit pet back home."

Gu Qingxue leaned lazily against the back of her chair, her voice gentle yet carrying an unquestionable air of wealth.

At this, the entire auction house exploded. Five million immortal crystals to feed a spirit pet? Which super orthodoxy did these spendthrift women come from?

"Next up is one of the three finale Magic Treasures of this auction—a damaged Low Grade Immortal Artifact, the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Plate! Starting price is three million immortal crystals!"

"Ten million immortal crystals! The carving on this broken plate isn't bad; I'll buy it to level my table legs."

Gu Qingxue raised her plaque again without even blinking, as if those ten million crystal-clear immortal crystals, containing massive Spiritual Qi, were just a pile of worthless stones in her eyes.

Throughout the auction, whether it was rare immortal Materials or powerful finale Magic Treasures, as long as Gu Qingxue or Lu Xueyao raised their plaque, the price would instantly be driven to an absurdly ridiculous height.

Their spendthrift, nonchalant tycoon attitude made many cash-strapped veteran Profound Immortals turn red with envy, swallowing hard and cursing under their breath about where these ancestors who knew nothing of worldly hardships had come from.

However, what truly drove the lurking greedy gazes into a frenzy was not just the staggering wealth they displayed.

At the moments when the two women frequently raised their plaques, occasionally chatting in delicate voices, and their magic power produced subtle fluctuations...

From their bodies, a faint yet Soul-shuddering Purple Dao Rhyme would obscurely emanate from time to time!

That aura was ancient and vast, as if it contained the most fundamental principles of the Great Dao. Capturing even a wisp of it while breathing made one feel their mind clear, and the long-stagnant cultivation barriers in their bodies actually showed signs of loosening.

That was the imitation aura of "Primordial Qi" that Lu Yuan had deliberately stripped, forged, and diluted countless times using a Great Divine Ability before they left! Though it was only a negligible wisp and had been greatly weakened, for masters with keen perception who had been stuck at a Bottleneck for years and were desperate for a Breakthrough, it was simply the most lethal poison and the most irresistible absolute temptation in the world!

"This... this aura... this is definitely no ordinary Spiritual Qi! This Purple Dao Rhyme that can resonate with my Divine Soul..."

On the second floor of the auction house, inside the most luxuriously decorated exclusive box overlooking the entire hall.

Xue Wuya, a powerful inner Sect core Elder of the Taiyi Immortal Sect responsible for guarding Taiyi Immortal City, had been resting with his eyes closed.

But the moment that faint Purple Dao Rhyme drifted into the box, he stood up abruptly from the large chair covered in a whole fourth-rank Yao Beast skin, as if he had received an electric shock.

In his slightly sunken eyes, withered from practicing a Demonic Technique, a terrifying red light of greed and madness instantly erupted.

He stared intently at the two graceful figures in the front row below, his withered fingers tightly gripping the window frame, his breathing becoming as heavy and ragged as a broken bellows.

"Such pure and ancient aura... could it be the advanced Origin aura of the rumored innate purple qi? Or... a tiny scrap of the Primordial Qi that legend says only existed in ancient myths and can help one transcend on the spot?"

A stormy sea surged in Xue Wuya's mind.

"According to my repeated investigations using our Sect's secret techniques, although these two women have Magic Treasures to conceal their cultivation, their true Realm definitely does not exceed the Early Stage of the Profound Immortal Realm.

Two weak women with a mere Profound Immortal Early Stage cultivation not only possess a staggering fortune enough to buy half an immortal city but also likely carry such supreme divine objects that can change one's fate against heaven! Even more incredible, my Divine Sense has scanned the entire auction house, and seeing their reckless and naive appearance, there are actually no powerful Golden Immortal protectors following them in secret..."

Xue Wuya stuck out his tongue, which looked like a withered branch, and greedily licked his dry, cracked lips. The killing intent and greed in his eyes overflowed like something physical.

This was simply the heavens being blind, delivering two of the fattest, most defenseless pieces of meat right to his mouth!

Standing beside Xue Wuya was a young man wearing a gaudy pink brocade robe, playing with two top-grade warm jade walnuts in his hand.

This person was a famous profligate Saint within the Taiyi Immortal Sect. Relying on the pampering of his Sect Elders, he usually bullied men and women in Taiyi Immortal City, committing all sorts of evil.

At this moment, this profligate Saint was leaning most of his body out of the window, his small, lecherous eyes staring intently at Gu Qingxue and Lu Xueyao's exquisite and curvaceous figures below.

Even through the veils, the fatal attraction of mature charm mixed with youthful agility emanating from within made the fire of lust rise in his belly.

"Elder Xue, we absolutely cannot let these two fat sheep go, coming from who knows which remote Star Domain to seek their own deaths!" The profligate Saint swallowed hard, rubbing his hands impatiently, and smiled obscenely: "That mountain of immortal crystals and whatever purple qi divine object belong to you.

But those two veiled little broads must be captured alive for this Saint! Hehe, I have enjoyed countless women, and one whiff of their figures and temperament tells me that taking them back to a secret room as cauldrons for dual cultivation would be the ultimate pleasure! Before they die, this Saint must have a good taste of them!"