160: Chapter 160 The Arrogant Empress's Moment of Fatal Struggle:

Cao Kun was just about to teach these country bumpkins a lesson in humility.

Suddenly, an extremely arrogant cold snort drifted up from the common seating area downstairs.

A young man dressed in a luxurious brocade robe stood up.

His Face was full of unruly pride.

A totem of lightning and thunder was embroidered on his chest.

He was none other than Lei Ao, the Saint of the Leiji Sect, the number one Sect in Tianyun State.

"Five hundred thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones!"

Lei Ao immediately quintupled the price.

He looked around, his voice domineering and overbearing.

"This piece of ice soul immortal jade, this Saint intends to take it back to honor my Revered Master."

"Whoever dares to compete with me is making an enemy of the Leiji Sect of Tianyun State!"

As soon as these words were spoken...

Several Cultivators who had originally intended to bid immediately shut their mouths.

The overall strength of Tianyun State was significantly higher than that of Yuheng Province.

The Leiji Sect even had a half-step Body Integration Old Ancestor guarding it.

Although many forces present coveted that piece of ice soul immortal jade, after weighing the pros and cons, they chose to give up.

Seeing that no one dared to bid, Lei Ao sat down triumphantly.

He prepared to wait for Pei Qinglan to announce the deal.

"Manager Pei, since no one is bidding, go ahead and announce the result."

Pei Qinglan's brow furrowed slightly.

She loathed this kind of behavior—using power to suppress others at an auction.

This was undoubtedly cutting off the Treasure Pavilion's path to wealth.

But the Leiji Sect was indeed powerful, and it was not easy for her to intervene directly.

Just as she was about to drop the gavel...

A lazy voice drifted out from the Sky Box One.

"One million. It'll be just right for propping up a table leg."

Everyone's gaze shifted from Lei Ao to the Sky Box One.

One million High-Grade Spirit Stones for a piece of ice soul immortal jade?

And the reason was actually...

To prop up a table leg?!

Where did this spendthrift come from?

Lei Ao had just finished showing off.

He was left dazed and flushed red by this sudden, metaphorical slap to the Face.

As the Saint of the number one Sect in Tianyun State, he had publicly issued a threat.

Only to be humiliated in public the very next second.

How could he ever show his Face in the cultivation world again?

"One and a half million!"

Lei Ao stood up, gritting his teeth, and cupped his hands toward the Sky Box One.

"Friend upstairs, I am Lei Ao, the Saint of the Leiji Sect. My Revered Master is Tianleizi."

"I ask that you give me some Face and yield this jade to me. The Leiji Sect would be deeply grateful."

He deliberately brought up his Sect and his Revered Master's name.

Attempting to make the figure upstairs grant him some Face.

After all, the forces in the Central Continent were complex and intertwined; people usually gave each other some leeway.

However, the reply from within the Sky Box One caused him to completely break down.

"What kind of bullshit Leiji Sect is that? Never heard of it."

Cao Kun sneered and mocked him.

"Two million. If you don't have the money, shut the hell up. Don't make a fool of yourself here."

An uproar broke out in the auction hall.

As expected of someone who could enter the Sky Box One.

His actions were truly domineering!

He completely disregarded the Leiji Sect.

Calling them 'bullshit' right to their Face.

Lei Ao trembled with rage, his fists clenched tight.

He wished he could charge straight to the top floor and see exactly what kind of holy being this person who spoke so wildly was.

But he didn't dare.

Anyone who could sit in the Sky Box One was definitely someone he couldn't afford to provoke.

Since the other party dared to insult him like that, it meant they weren't afraid of the Leiji Sect at all.

If he talked back again, he might not even be able to leave Yuheng Province alive.

Lei Ao forced himself to swallow his anger.

He slunk back to his chair, not daring to say another word.

Seeing this, Pei Qinglan immediately struck the gavel.

"Sold for two million. Congratulations to the esteemed guest in the Sky Box One."

Pei Qinglan glanced up at the Sky Box One.

This Young Master Cao's style of doing things was indeed domineering in a way that people couldn't help but like.

In the following rounds...

As long as it was something Cao Kun took an interest in...

Whether it was jewelry, Spirit Medicine, or rare Ore.

The moment he spoke, no one below dared to bid anymore.

On one hand, they were intimidated by the background of the Heaven-tier Box.

On the other hand, this guy's bidding was just too damn unscrupulous!

His starting bids were always double or triple the previous price.

He acted as if Spirit Stones weren't money at all.

Over half an hour later.

The auction finally reached the first grand finale item of the night.

Pei Qinglan's expression turned solemn as she gestured to two guards at the Peak of the Soul Transformation Stage.

They carried a black iron box covered in Seal Talismans onto the stage.

She personally tore off the Seal Talismans and opened the iron box.

Everyone felt their Divine Soul tremble, as if something were tugging at their Souls.

Inside the iron box was a piece of wood emitting a faint, dark glow.

"Everyone! This next item is an extremely rare Heaven And Earth Treasure."

"ten-thousand-year soul nourishing wood!"

"A supreme treasure that can nourish the Divine Soul and reshape remnant Souls!"

"The starting price is three million High-Grade Spirit Stones. Each increment must be at least one hundred thousand."

As soon as Pei Qinglan finished speaking...

Within Cao Kun's vast Purple Mansion, which was filled with Chaos Qi...

Feng Jiuyou, who had been slumbering in the vast ocean of Chaos, opened her beautiful eyes.

The unique aura emitted by the ten-thousand-year soul nourishing wood penetrated through layers of barriers and startled her awake.

"This aura... this is..."

Her exquisite Soul form moved rapidly within the Purple Mansion.

Her moon-white ancient palace dress fluttered with her movements.

"Soul nourishing wood! It's ten-thousand-year soul nourishing wood!"

Feng Jiuyou's voice could no longer maintain its original cold arrogance.

It carried an unmaskable excitement and fervor.

She urgently sent a transmission to Cao Kun.

"Cao Kun! Quick! Quickly bid for that wood!"

Cao Kun took a bite of a spirit fruit that Yu Linglong had held in her rosy little mouth and offered to him.

Then, he unhurriedly responded with his Divine Sense.

"Oh, the Empress is awake?"

"You want me to buy it just because you said so? My money doesn't just blow in with the wind."

"The starting price is three million High-Grade Spirit Stones!"

Cao Kun intentionally wanted to tease this hot-tempered, tsundere Empress.

"What exactly do you want?"

"When asking for a favor, one must have the proper attitude."

Cao Kun looked at her with leisurely interest.

"Want me to buy it? Sure, show some sincerity."

Feng Jiuyou stomped her feet in anger within the Purple Mansion.

The crimson flame totem at the center of her brow flickered.

In her heart, she cursed eighteen generations of Cao Kun's ancestors.

This shameless bastard! Scoundrel! Taking advantage of her peril!

But the temptation of the ten-thousand-year soul nourishing wood was simply too great.

It would have an incalculable effect on reshaping her Divine Soul.

If she missed it, in this remote and peripheral Lower Realm...

She didn't know how many years or months it would take to encounter a divine object of this level again.

One must bow when under another's roof.

Previously, for the sake of Chaos Qi, she had even tearfully called him 'Revered Master'. Now...

Feng Jiuyou closed her eyes and bit her lip.

She was the majestic Empress Jiuyou, who once ruled over billions of beings in the Upper Realm, and whose wrath could leave millions of corpses in its wake.

Now, she had actually fallen to the point of acting cute and spoiled for a brat in the Soul Transformation Stage from the Lower Realm?!

What a disgrace!

For the sake of reshaping my Physical Body, I will endure it!

At worst, once I recover my supreme cultivation in the future, the first thing I'll do is hang this bastard up and beat him!

"Good brother..."

She called out in a soft, cloying voice that made even her own skin crawl, sounding stiff and awkward.

"I beg of you..."

"As long as you help me get this Soul nourishing wood."

"Plus that fruit from last time, my Soul form will be able to stabilize."

Feng Jiuyou's Face turned red as she continued shamefully.

"Then... then I'll be able to come out directly and help you fight your enemies."

"I beg you, good brother, buy it for Jiuyou, okay?"

Hearing the once high-and-mighty ancient Empress pleading and acting spoiled in such a tone...

Cao Kun felt completely satisfied.

Refreshing!

This sense of contrast was truly incredible.

"Fine! Since you're being so sincere, I'll splurge this once."

Cao Kun's Divine Sense laughed as it withdrew from the Purple Mansion.

Anyway, it was a material needed for a System mission; he would have to buy it sooner or later.

In the process, he could even train his top-tier Soul slave—killing two birds with one stone.

Just as Cao Kun reached for the jade of the sound-amplifying Formation...

Preparing to directly announce a price that would drive everyone to despair...

And forcibly take this piece of wood...

The Formation of the Sky Box Two, which had been completely silent, flickered.

"Five million! This piece of wood belongs to this seat!"

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This is the fourth review. If it doesn't pass, there's nothing more I can do. I've really tried my best; the censorship has already numbed me!

Yu Linglong