122: Chapter 122 Snow Dragon Realm, Snow Lotus at the Millennium Limit

In the original work, Shui Binger did not have much screen time, and five years after the Advanced Spirit Master Tournament, she seemed unable to break through past Rank 60.

She should be a Spirit King just like Huo Wu. While not exactly fading into obscurity, she could no longer compare to the Shrek group at this point.

Even Feng Xiaotian had already put a significant distance between himself and her.

The novel did not have such a plot, and even if it did, the mother and daughter would likely have refused.

Otherwise, they would not still be Spirit Kings when the Shrek group reunited after five years.

"Mom, let us go back." Shui Binger was very intelligent and did not want to see her mother in a difficult position.

"Binger, you... let us go. It seems bringing you back was a mistake." Bing Yuhuang spoke.

After speaking, the two turned and left without looking back.

"Sister, please reconsider. Besides, after you return, you can try to challenge the Legacy trial; perhaps you might even pass." The middle-aged man said again.

"Big Brother, say no more. It is impossible for me to abandon my current Family." Bing Yuhuang said.

"Sister, wait. You and I have not seen each other for over twenty years. Since Binger is here, as her uncle, I should give her a gift. I have an Ice Lotus Snow Ginseng Pill made from a fairly high-quality Millennium Snow Lotus. It can help Binger break through her current Rank and, incidentally, allow her to go to the Ice and Snow Forest to obtain her fifth spirit ring, so your trip will not have been in vain."

"Big Brother, thank you for your kindness, but it is really not necessary." Bing Yuhuang refused.

"Sister, this does not count as the Family's; it is a gift from me, her uncle, to Binger. Besides... if Binger reaches the Rank of Spirit King at this age, it might change Father's attitude. After all, it has been so many years, and the Family has not seen anyone as talented as Binger, especially with an Ice Phoenix Spirit."

Hearing her big brother Bing Yuluo say this, Bing Yuhuang was moved and stopped in her tracks.

She wanted to leave directly, but for the sake of her daughter, she decided to bow to reality.

Bing Yuhuang said: "Binger, hurry and thank your uncle."

"Thank you, Uncle!" Shui Binger said.

"No need to thank me. Come with me. I have a vacant residence in Fengxue City; if it is inconvenient for you, you can stay there." Bing Yuluo said.

At this moment, in the hall, Su Ling was looking through various books brought by the clerk, Yu Qingqing.

He quickly glanced through each one, and finding no issues, said: "Pack them all up for me."

"Alright, please wait a moment." Yu Qingqing said with an excited Face. This order was worth 3,100 gold coins, and she would get a 1% commission, which was 31 gold coins.

Just as Yu Qingqing left, Su Ling sensed that Shui Binger and her mother had also left Fengxue Pavilion from another direction.

Su Ling had also been distracted listening to their conversation earlier, and he roughly knew the subsequent plot.

However, he had no intention of making contact for the time being.

Su Ling said: "Qingqing, who was that man in red earlier?"

Yu Qingqing said: "That is Chief Bing Yuluo, from the Ice Spirit Bird Clan, one of the three major families in Fengxue City, and he is also one of the three chiefs of our Fengxue Pavilion."

"A chief?"

"Yes. Guest, you must be visiting Fengxue City for the first time and do not know the situation. In fact, the establishment of Fengxue City relied on these three major families. Besides the Ice Spirit Bird Clan, there are also the Ice Bear Clan and the Ice Armor Python Clan."

"A hundred years ago, the three major families joined forces to build Fengxue City and founded the current Fengxue Pavilion." Yu Qingqing explained.

This puzzled Su Ling. The Ice Spirit Bird Clan? Why not the Ice Phoenix Clan?

It seemed there was more to this. Judging from the conversation between Bing Yuhuang and Bing Yuluo, they were from the Ice Phoenix Clan, yet other people only knew of the Ice Spirit Bird Clan and not the Ice Phoenix Clan.

Su Ling said: "I heard that the Ice Spirit Bird Family seems to have the Ice Phoenix Spirit?"

Yu Qingqing said: "Guest, where did you get that information? I do not seem to have heard of it."

"Then perhaps I heard wrong." Su Ling replied.

"Valued guest, your items are packed. This is your Purple-level membership badge. You only need to wear the badge to enter any auction at our Fengxue Pavilion."

"Thank you!" Su Ling took the badge, looked at it, and then put the items into his spatial spirit tool.

Walking out of Fengxue Pavilion, Su Ling returned directly to the hotel.

For the next three days, Su Ling stayed in the hotel, looking through the items he had bought from Fengxue Pavilion.

"So the method to treat the injuries on Xiaoxiao's body came from here. A Ten-thousand-year Snow Lotus is indeed the most suitable."

Looking at the map of the Extreme North again, there was more than just one city here, Fengxue City.

Near the Ice and Snow Forest, there were two other cities like Fengxue City.

Each city had no fewer than two thousand Spirit Masters, and the three cities concentrated most of the Spirit Masters within a radius of over a thousand kilometers.

In fact, the three cities could be seen as one large Spirit hunting town.

Here in Fengxue City, the nearest Spirit Beast Forest was the Ice and Snow Forest, which stretched for over a thousand kilometers.

Crossing the Ice and Snow Forest would lead to the Far North Snow Plains. In the Ice and Snow Forest, there might still be vegetation, but once in the Far North Snow Plains, one could basically see no vegetation at all; it was all a plateau covered in ice and snow.

Although the climate there was harsher, the Spirit Beasts inside were also more powerful.

And from the Ice and Snow Forest to the Far North Snow Plains, it was over five hundred kilometers.

Su Ling took out the treasure map he had previously obtained from opening the black treasure chest from his System space and carefully compared it with the map of the Extreme North.

After a while, Su Ling reached a conclusion: the location on the treasure map from the black treasure chest was situated in the Far North Snow Plains, not within the range of the Extreme North's Ice and Snow Forest.

In fact, to outsiders, the Extreme North was just the Extreme North; there was no distinction between the Far North Snow Plains and the Ice and Snow Forest.

Only the local Spirit Masters in the Extreme North would distinguish between these two places.

On the evening of the third day, Su Ling finally walked out of the hotel and headed to the Fengxue Pavilion auction.

"Welcome to our Fengxue Pavilion auction. May I ask if you, valued guest, have a Purple-level membership badge or higher from our Fengxue Pavilion? If not, as long as your Soul Power has reached Rank 70 or above, you can still participate."

Just as Su Ling walked to the entrance, a young man stood before him with a very friendly attitude.

After Su Ling took out his Purple-level membership badge, the young man continued: "Respected Purple-level member, for this auction, please wear your membership badge on your chest. Additionally, for Purple-level members, an admission deposit of 1,000 gold coins is required. This deposit will be refunded to you in full when you leave."

Thus, Su Ling gave another 1,000 gold coins before he was able to enter the venue.

Inside, many men and women had already arrived, and most of them were wearing purple badges.

Besides the majority wearing purple badges, there was also a portion of people wearing black badges. Su Ling did not see any red or gold badges, presumably because those wearing them were in private rooms.

This Fengxue Pavilion certainly implemented its hierarchical System very strictly.

Su Ling found a seat and sat down. After waiting for about half an hour, the three hundred plus seats in the venue were full.

Suddenly, the venue began to become restless, and everyone looked towards the rostrum of the auction venue.

A blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman walked up. She was about 1.8 meters tall, with skin as fair as snow and an exquisite Face.

She walked onto the stage step by step, her gait swaying in harmony with her figure, making it very comfortable to watch. It did not look flirtatious at all, but rather gave off a unique charm that was both gentle and elegant.

"My Family, please be quiet!" As soon as the woman spoke, everyone at the scene cooperated and lowered their voices to a minimum.

"Thank you!"

"Welcome, Family, to our Fengxue Pavilion auction. I am your auction host for this event, Janice, and I will be revealing the thirty different precious items for auction today."

This Janice was truly beautiful. In Su Ling's opinion, her appearance was not inferior to the three beauties of Shrek, and perhaps even a cut above.

However, her Soul Power was not high; it seemed to be just over Rank 20, but judging by her actual age, she might already be around twenty-five or twenty-six years old.

Because of this, her overall Goddess value was only 89.

Her appearance could reach around 95, but as for talent, she might be below 80.

"Next, let us look at the first auction item: the Snow Silkworm Armor, made primarily from the silk of a Millennium Snow Crystal Silkworm. It can also be understood as soft armor. After putting it on, it can withstand most Spirit Abilities below the Spirit King level. The starting price is 5,000 gold coins! Each bid increment must be no less than 100 gold coins."

"I bid 5,500 gold coins."

"6,000 gold coins!"

"7,000 gold coins!"

"7,000 gold coins, going once... is there any higher?"

"7,000 gold coins, going three times! Sold! Congratulations to our Purple-level member for winning this Millennium Snow Silkworm Armor."

Item after item was auctioned off, but Su Ling, who was in the venue, had not made a move.

Mainly because there was nothing he wanted.

It was not until the twenty-ninth item appeared that it aroused Su Ling's great interest.

"Next is the twenty-ninth auction item: the snow dragon chamber. This is a special spirit tool recently discovered by an adventure team in a ruin, and it is being auctioned on their behalf by our Fengxue Pavilion."

"Everyone might be curious: what is the snow dragon chamber?" Janice looked at the crowd and kept them in suspense.

"What is it?"

"Miss Janice, please tell us."

Seeing that the time was about right and having piqued everyone's interest, Janice finally spoke: "This is a thirty-square-meter mobile room, containing a bedroom and a living room with a bathroom. It can withstand severe cold and keep the interior consistently warm."

"Furthermore, it possesses extremely strong defensive capabilities. Because this room is constructed using the skeleton of a thousand-year Snow Dragon as its main frame, it can withstand attacks from a thousand-year Spirit Beast, making it an excellent shelter for surviving in the Ice and Snow Forest."

"The starting bid for the snow dragon chamber is fifty thousand gold coins! Each increment must be no less than one thousand gold coins."

"Sixty thousand gold coins!"

...

"One hundred thousand gold coins,"

No sooner had Janice finished speaking than people in the venue began calling out bids, and it broke through one hundred thousand in no time.

Being able to withstand attacks of the thousand-year level was truly top-tier. The Dragon Abyss Boat that Tang San obtained seemed to only be able to withstand attacks from hundred-year Spirit Beasts, making it seem a bit useless on the open sea.

But this snow dragon chamber was different; the value of being able to withstand attacks from a thousand-year Spirit Beast was immense.

It could be said that its value already exceeded that of a superior thousand-year Snow Lotus.

"Room Number One bids one hundred and thirty thousand gold coins," Janice said.

At this moment, the light in the best private room, Room Number One, lit up, displaying the figure of one hundred and thirty thousand gold coins.

Upon seeing that it was Room Number One bidding, everyone seemed to go quiet at that moment.

The item, which had previously been fiercely contested, suddenly received no further bids.

Everyone was unsure of their intentions, but Su Ling actually quite liked this mobile house called the snow dragon chamber.

In the wilderness, Su Ling could only live in tents, and using the bathroom in the wild was inconvenient, especially when accompanied by a goddess.

It not only had defensive capabilities but also insulation functions, and the mobile room even came with air conditioning.

Meanwhile, inside the Room Number One private box, a youth who looked to be in his twenties sat with his legs crossed, while a scantily clad woman beside him was working furiously on him.

"That little brat, I told him to sell it to me for two hundred thousand gold coins, but he insisted on sending it to the auction. Now let's see who dares to bid."

However, at this moment, Su Ling raised his paddle and said: "I bid one hundred and fifty thousand gold coins."

In an instant, everyone looked at Su Ling with strange expressions, leaving Su Ling somewhat bewildered.

"Brother, Room Number One has already bid, how do you dare to bid?" a Fatty weighing at least three or four hundred jin immediately warned.

"Why can't I bid?" Su Ling asked, confused.

"Brother, you... sigh..."

"Every time the private box Number One receives someone, it's a big shot, and they don't appear every time. Once they make a bid, basically no one dares to raise the price, because out of ten people who dare to raise the price, nine meet with accidents."

"Sigh..."

The people nearby all looked at Su Ling and shook their heads helplessly, feeling that Su Ling was finished for daring to raise the bid against private box Number One.

Su Ling looked at Janice on the stage, and she didn't speak either.

"What's wrong? Am I not allowed to bid?" Su Ling reminded her.

"Um... alright!"

"One hundred and fifty thousand gold coins, going once."

Everyone looked toward the location of private box Number One, but there was no movement.

"One hundred and fifty thousand gold coins, going twice," Janice said, her voice trembling slightly.

Generally speaking, as long as the people in the private box are willing to raise the bid and you choose to give up, there might still be room for maneuver.

"It lit up, it lit up!"

"Private box Number One bids one hundred and sixty thousand gold coins."

"One hundred and sixty thousand gold coins, going once!"

"One hundred and sixty thousand gold coins, going twice." Janice spoke faster, seemingly wanting to end all of this quickly.

"I bid one hundred and eighty thousand gold coins!" Su Ling continued.

"It's over, it's over!"

"This guy is definitely done for."

If he didn't raise the bid, he might have been able to avoid this disaster, but by raising the bid, it was equivalent to giving the other party a step down; if you continue to raise the bid, that is not giving them Face, and it will forge a grudge.

Moreover, the bidding from private box Number One had a preset rule: their bids were relatively reasonable, allowing the auctioneer to make less profit, but they absolutely would not let anyone lose money.

"One hundred and eighty thousand gold coins, going once..."

...

"One hundred and eighty thousand gold coins... going three times. Congratulations to this Purple-level member for obtaining the snow dragon chamber," Janice said.

The venue was silent for a while, and there was no movement from private box Number One.

After a while, Janice continued: "Next, the final item we are auctioning today is a superior thousand-year Snow Lotus. However, this Snow Lotus is not a simple thousand-year Snow Lotus, because it is infinitely close to the ten-thousand-year threshold."

Speaking of this, Janice's expression was downcast, appearing to feel regretful about it.

"The age of this Snow Lotus has already reached nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years, just a sliver away from entering the ten-thousand-year level, but unfortunately, the person who harvested it didn't realize it."

"Superior thousand-year Snow Lotus, the starting bid for this item is one hundred thousand gold coins, and each increment must be no less than five thousand gold coins," Janice shouted, deliberately raising her volume.

"One hundred and ten thousand gold coins!"

"I bid one hundred and twenty thousand gold coins!"

...

"Two hundred and ten thousand gold coins!"

...

"Three hundred thousand gold coins!"

This superior Snow Lotus was infinitely close to ten thousand years, so there were simply too many people fighting for it.

At first, there were people in the venue bidding, but later on, only a few private boxes were bidding and competing.

However, private box Number One never lit up to bid again.

It wasn't until the price rose to three hundred and fifty thousand gold coins that private box Number One made its first bid: three hundred and sixty thousand gold coins.

After private box Number One made its bid, no one else bid, and the other private boxes all chose to give up the competition.

It seemed everyone was afraid of the person in private box Number One.

But just at this moment, another voice rang out, breaking the silence.

"I bid three hundred and seventy thousand gold coins."

It was Su Ling bidding again. He wasn't certain that he would definitely obtain a ten-thousand-year Snow Lotus during this trip to the Extreme North, but if he took this one, which was infinitely close to ten thousand years, it might be of some use.

"It's him again!"

"Does he not know the power that private box Number One brings?"

Inside private box Number One, the youth was instantly enraged and angrily pushed away the woman who was working hard on him.

This woman was truly pitiful; with a thud, the back of her head struck the edge of the marble table in front.

It hit the sharp corner of the table, blood began to overflow, and the woman lost her life on the spot.

"Dare to snatch my things? I will definitely kill you."

The youth immediately put on his clothes, pushed open the door to the private box, and said to the two guards beside him: "Go, kill that guy who was bidding against me for me."

"Young Master, if... if we kill him here, what about Fengxue Pavilion?"

"Why don't we wait until he leaves Fengxue Pavilion before we make our move? By then, after the person is killed, the items will also be ours," another guard said.

"Fine, then you two go together. Bring him back alive for me; I must let him know the consequences of offending me," the youth said coldly.

After the final item, the thousand-year Snow Lotus, was auctioned off, the auction officially ended, and Su Ling was brought to the transaction area of Fengxue Pavilion!

"Congratulations on obtaining the two best items of this auction. The total is five hundred and fifty thousand gold coins. Will you be using a gold coin card or settling in cash?"

In fact, to many, Su Ling was a dead man! However, the staff member was still exceptionally professional!

Su Ling said: "gold coin card!"

"Please wait a moment!"

"Your total consumption this time is 550,000 gold coins. These are the two items. Please check them to ensure there are no issues, and if there are no problems, please sign the receipt!"

"Alright!"

It had to be said that the procedures at Fengxue Pavilion were truly thorough, minimizing their own liability!

Su Ling used both items on the spot; a thirty-square-meter room appeared before his eyes, attracting the attention of quite a few people.

Needless to say, the Snow Lotus was at the limit of a thousand-year medicinal herb, about to become a ten-thousand-year one, though unfortunately, it had been picked prematurely.

This must have been the thousand-year Snow Lotus obtained by the Snow Wolf squad. If it had waited a while longer to grow into a ten-thousand-year one, its price might have been over a million.

With one hand, Su Ling paid the gold coins, and with the other, he received the two auction items.

"Respected guest, you have been upgraded to our Red-level member. We are gifting you a snow jade box for storing the Snow Lotus, which can ensure its medicinal efficacy does not dissipate for three years."

In truth, Su Ling didn't need it; putting it into the System space could store it permanently, regardless of its properties.

Su Ling still took the jade box and made a motion of putting it into a spatial spirit tool, though he actually stored it in the System space.

Just as Su Ling was about to leave, the staff member who handled the transaction quietly whispered in Su Ling's ear: "Valued guest, you might be visiting the Extreme North for the first time and don't know that our private box Number One at Fengxue Pavilion is reserved for the great powerhouses of the Extreme North. This time, an important figure from the Ice Flame Sect has come. You must be careful after leaving Fengxue Pavilion. The Ice Flame Douluo of the Ice Flame Sect is a Rank 95 Titled Douluo and Ranks second among the four great experts of the Extreme North."

"Thank you! No need to return the deposit; it's yours!" Su Ling said, then walked straight outside.

A Rank 95 Titled Douluo? He hadn't expected that there would still be experts in the Extreme North, thousands of kilometers away from the Heaven Dou Empire.

This actually stirred up Su Ling's desire for battle. After all, he hadn't yet had a proper fight with a Titled Douluo of that level.