What is money? Does God need to be paid?

On the Fengdi Platform.

Spirit Race Auction House.

Upon arriving at the auction, Su Bai was astonished to find that in front of this auction house, there were at least a thousand beings from various races, all different.

They had diverse forms, shapes, and appearances.

Some of them were so uniquely strange that they defied description.

There were insectoids, fox-like creatures, cat-like creatures, and even fish-like beings.

And the only commonality was—

They... were all not Human!

Su Bai also noticed that in front of the temporary auction house, there was a rectangular sign made of high-quality white jade.

The sign read—

【Spirit Race Auction House】!

Spirit Race!

Among the myriad races of the Universe... a top-twenty ranked race!

Within the race... there were several God Realm beings, and their overall strength was incredibly formidable!

Their strength was comparable to that of the Human Race before the emergence of its first Chaos Realm expert.

Su Bai remembered very clearly—

In his previous life, he once saw a pitch-black pillar in a secret Demon Race base. On that pillar, the rankings of the myriad races' strength were listed.

Ranked first was—the Demon Race!

Ranked second was—the God Race!

Ranked third was—the Phoenix Race!

And the Human Race?

He remembered it was probably ranked around fourteenth or fifteenth.

It was only one or two positions higher than the Spirit Race.

As for now... since Great Emperor Long Chen had successfully attained the Chaos Realm, making the Human Race one of the very few races in the Universe with a Chaos Realm expert.

Then, the Human Race's current standing in the Universe... could definitely be ranked within the top five!!!

It was even possible to be ranked first or second.

At that time, seeing “Phoenix Race,” Su Bai found it very strange—

In this Universe, there was clearly a Phoenix Race, yet no Dragon Clan.

It was very peculiar.

At this moment, seeing the white jade pillar, Xia Qingyan was a little surprised:

“Oh? Spirit Race?”

She was quite familiar with the Spirit Race!

After attaining the Dao and becoming the Ice Phoenix Empress in her previous life, she had once received an invitation from the Spirit Race's high-ranking officials due to certain matters and had visited the Spirit Race.

In her impression—

This race... was very similar to—the Elf Race!

They had pointed ears and extremely highAppearance (beauty).

The race was known for producing handsome men and beautiful women.

But the Spirit Race was not the Elf Race.

The Spirit Race... was much stronger than the Elf Race!

The Elf Race... she had also visited a few times.

The overall strength of the Elf Race... how should she put it... it was very, very weak... yet it could also be very strong!

It was very weak because... the entire Elf Race... surprisingly didn't even have a single being whose strength reached the God Realm!

It was very strong because... they possessed an extremely Heaven-Defying 【Elf Divine Tree】!

This 【Elf Divine Tree】 was suspected to have reached beyond SSS-class.

It was said that any Elf, as long as it received the blessing from the 【Elf Divine Tree】, its strength would advance by leaps and bounds without any side effects!

A ninth-tier Elf, with the blessing of the 【Elf Divine Tree】... was enough to contend with a Human Race Great Emperor Level Expert for a long time without being defeated.

There were even rumors that—

The 【Elf Divine Tree】 itself could also participate in combat!

A certain being once said that he was fortunate enough to witness—

A God Realm being from the Insectoid Race once coveted the 【Elf Divine Tree】 and, using the Insectoid Talent 【Wormhole Shuttle】, secretly came to the Elf Race Holy Land 【Holy White Star】 to attempt to steal the 【Elf Divine Tree】.

However, the moment That One arrived at 【Holy White Star】, That One was discovered by the 【Elf Divine Tree】. Subsequently, the 【Elf Divine Tree】 merely waved its branches, and with just one strike, it severely wounded the Insectoid God Realm being who came to steal it, forcing That One to flee in disarray!

After that incident, the myriad races looked at the Elf Race with new respect.

And forcibly classified their race... into the top one hundred in the Universe.

Before that... the Elf Race... was ranked in the tens of thousands, or even... millions.

A complete nobody.

But even so, the Elf Race still couldn't compare to the Spirit Race.

After all... they ultimately only had That One 【Elf Divine Tree】!

Because—

Looking across the myriad races of the Universe, any top-twenty ranked race possessed ultimate offensive means that surpassed the God Realm!

...Su Bai and Xia Qingyan stood on the periphery of the Spirit Race Auction House, their gazes sweeping over the myriad beings of various forms, with different feelings in their hearts.

Among these beings, some they had seen in their previous life, while others were strange existences they had never heard of. Their strengths varied, but without exception, they all exuded a powerful Qi.

Haha!

Perhaps, those qualified to participate in Su Bai's Emperor Enfeoffment Ceremony... would at least have to be top-tier experts who had reached the ninth-tier!

“Spirit Race Auction House...” Su Bai murmured softly, his gaze complex.

And Xia Qingyan stood beside him, her eyes also very complex.

“Su Bai...” Xia Qingyan called out softly.

She also reached out and tugged at his sleeve.

She had, after all, undergone Rebirth!

She still couldn't forget!

“Ha~, let's go!”

Su Bai suddenly smiled freely, gripping Xia Qingyan's hand tightly.

Then he pushed through the crowd and entered the auction house... the Fengdi Platform.

Spirit Race Auction House.

As it was a temporary auction house, the space was very small.

The entire auction house was just a small house of a few hundred square meters.

Therefore, most of the beings were blocked outside the auction house.

After squeezing into the auction house, Su Bai suddenly realized a very, very, extremely serious and super huge problem—

The two of them had no money!!!

Not even a single cent!!!

No money... what could they buy?

How could they buy a supreme treasure containing the Nine Heavens Ice Phoenix's Qi?

They probably couldn't even buy a fart!

“Yan Yan...” Su Bai was a little embarrassed, scratching his scalp.

“Hmm? What's wrong?” Xia Qingyan was a little puzzled.

Until now, she hadn't realized—

The two of them didn't even have a single cent!

This was the Spirit Race Auction House!

Transactions here required the universal currency of the myriad races, 【Spirit Crystals】.

The Huaxia coins on them—

Were just a string of virtual numbers!

Completely useless.

Buying things with Huaxia coins?

What was the difference from freeloading???

For Xia Qingyan... she was once a God Realm expert!

Money?!

What was that?!

Did a God need to pay for things?

If she wanted something, countless people would fight over each other to give it to her!

“We... seem to have no money...” Su Bai stammered.

“⊙_⊙...” Xia Qingyan's eyes widened, and she remained silent.

They... indeed seemed to have no money... and she... was no longer the Empress of her previous life.

“Then... what should we do?” Xia Qingyan was a little speechless.

They had come all this way!

But had no money!

Su Bai thought for a moment, then suddenly suggested:

“How about... we borrow some from Second Brother?”

Second Brother!

Great Emperor Tian Fu!

He was currently reinforcing the Formation beneath the Fengdi Platform!

He was a Great Emperor!

And an old-timer Great Emperor who had lived for hundreds of years.

He... should... have money, right?

...