427: Chapter 427 I'm definitely getting my hands on this!

Purple Robe Marquis's inflammatory voice was like a red-hot branding iron, searing itself into the heart of every Prodigy present!

Defying fate and changing one's destiny!

A carp leaping through the Dragon Gate!

For these proud children of heaven who yearned to become stronger, these words were the most lethal poison!

In an instant, the entire auction hall fell silent, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Everyone's breathing became incredibly heavy, and the air seemed to thicken with invisible desire. Pairs of eyes filled with greed and fanaticism stared fixedly at the crystal box on the auction stage, which was sealed by layer upon layer of Restrictions. Their gaze was like a pack of wolves that had starved for three days and nights catching sight of a plump little lamb.

They all understood that what followed would be an unprecedented and most brutal struggle between dragons and tigers!

In the Earth Character Private Room, Jin Buhuan, who had been jumping around earlier, was now trembling uncontrollably with excitement! His eyes, already full of arrogance and contempt, were completely filled with endless fanaticism and greed at this moment!

Flowing Fire Spirit Physique!

This was simply a supreme treasure tailor-made for him!

As the Divine Son of the Baoguang Realm, Jin Buhuan lacked nothing in terms of status, position, or wealth. The only thing he lacked was talent!

His Physique was merely the most ordinary Mortal Body. Although he had used the inexhaustible resources of the Baoguang Realm to forcibly pile his cultivation up to the Great Saint Realm, he knew clearly that this was his limit.

Without a Heaven-Defying Opportunity, it would be impossible for him to achieve Immortal Ascension in this lifetime!

This had always been the greatest pain in his heart! It was also the source of his deepest inferiority!

He envied those prodigies born with powerful Physiques! He resented the heavens for their unfairness to him!

And now, an Opportunity to break free from the shackles of a Mortal Body and change his destiny was placed so nakedly before him!

How could he not be excited?!

How could he not be frenzied?!

"This thing! It's mine!" Jin Buhuan clenched his fists tightly. His nails dug deep into his palms, and though blood dripped, he remained completely oblivious.

"No one even think about snatching it from me!"

"Whoever dares to compete with me is my, Jin Buhuan's, irreconcilable mortal enemy!"

"They will be the enemy of my entire Baoguang Realm!" He roared frantically in his heart.

Just as the atmosphere of the entire auction reached its peak of tension, inside the Heaven Character Number One Private Room, Su Chen looked at the supposedly miraculous 'flowing fire spirit body marrow heart' with a face full of disdain.

[Tsk, and here I thought it was something good.]

[After all that fuss, it turns out to be just a man-made defective product. Refined using the Origin of nine fire veins—it sounds impressive, but in reality, its Foundation is mixed and messy, with endless future troubles.]

[Increase cultivation speed tenfold? A chance to advance to an Immortal Physique? They're bragging without even checking their facts. This kind of Acquired Spirit Physique has its potential locked long ago; being able to Cultivate to the Quasi-Emperor stage would be the absolute limit.]

[I really don't know what these people are getting so excited about. Have they never seen anything good before?]

Su Chen complained frantically in his mind. Possessing the System, his vision was already beyond what these so-called 'prodigies' could compare to. Something that looked no different from trash to him was naturally beneath his notice.

He was just about to close his eyes again for a nap—after all, listening to others turn red in the face over a pile of garbage was quite soporific.

However, at that moment, the corner of his eye inadvertently caught a pretty figure beside him.

It was Hua Nongying.

This Hehuan Sect Master, who had maintained a posture of enchanting all living beings and having everything under control throughout the journey, was actually showing a rare loss of composure.

She stared blankly at the liquid sphere emitting a blazing red light on the auction stage. Those fox-like eyes, which were always full of affection and soul-hooking charm, had shed all disguise, leaving only the purest, most undisguised desire and longing.

She even subconsciously reached out her hand, as if trying to grasp that light from across the distance.

She cultivated the supreme secret method of the Hehuan Sect, the "Nine Heavens Profound Fire Charm Technique." This Cultivation Technique had extremely high requirements for the practitioner's fire-System talent.

While she was considered a one-in-ten-thousand Genius, her Physique was ultimately still a Mortal Body.

If she could obtain this 'flowing fire spirit body marrow heart' and awaken the Flowing Fire Spirit Physique, her cultivation speed would surely advance by leaps and bounds! To her, this would be as significant as a second birth!

Seeing her pitiful, yearning look, Su Chen's heart softened for no reason.

[Tsk, this vixen usually looks quite shrewd, so why does she look like a little girl who didn't get any candy now?]

[But well, she's considered one of my people now. She's been my maid all this way, massaging my shoulders and pounding my legs. Even if there's no glory, there's certainly hard work.]

[Besides, she Cultivates a fire-System technique. While this thing is trash to me, giving it to her would be making the best use of it—recycling waste, so to speak.]

[Fine, fine. Having a stronger fighter in the team means she can step up first when trouble arises later, and I can slack off with more peace of mind. Yes, that's it!]

[Just think of it as improving employee benefits for my own worker, lest people say I'm too stingy as a boss.]

After finding a perfect reason in his mind for his 'act of kindness' that fit his persona, Su Chen silently made a decision.

Meanwhile, on the auction stage, Purple Robe Marquis finally announced the starting price for this finale item.

"[flowing fire spirit body marrow heart]! Starting price, twenty million Top-Grade Spirit Stones!"

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

"Let the bidding begin!"

The moment his voice fell, inside the Earth Character Private Room, the impatient Jin Buhuan stood up directly from his seat! He didn't even bother using the bidding device; he pushed open the window and roared frantically at the floor below!

"I bid thirty million Top-Grade Spirit Stones!"

"I, Jin Buhuan, am taking this item for sure!"

"Whoever dares to compete with me today is making an enemy of my Baoguang Realm!"

That incredibly arrogant and overbearing voice resounded throughout the entire auction house.

It caused many prodigies who had intended to bid to frown one after another, a hint of wariness flashing in their eyes.

Although the Baoguang Realm wasn't some top-tier great world, it was still a regional hegemon.

The most crucial thing was that the world was famous for its wealth. Competing with them in financial power was simply asking for humiliation.

For a moment, the entire auction hall fell into a strange silence.

Looking at those prodigies who were angry but dared not speak, Jin Buhuan showed a smug smile on his face. He enjoyed the feeling of crushing everything with his status and wealth.

However, just as he thought he had the victory in his grasp and was preparing to accept the spotlight of the entire venue, a voice full of ridicule rang out faintly from an inconspicuous corner.

"Thirty-one million."