71: Chapter 71 Another 100,000-Year-Old Embryo?

Mu Qingci sat behind her, his palms pressed against Meng Hongchen's back, guiding his Soul Power into her body.

As soon as the beauty preservation pill entered Meng Hongchen's body, it transformed into a surge of pure medicinal energy, beginning to exert its intended effect.

With the help of Mu Qingci's Soul Power, the medicinal energy of the beauty preservation pill was further unleashed.

Meng Hongchen's appearance began to change.

Her already fair face became even more exquisite, resembling a porcelain doll.

A few minutes later, the medicinal energy was fully absorbed, and Meng Hongchen opened her eyes.

She picked up a mirror to look at herself, and upon seeing the changes, the joy on her face was self-evident.

Just then, the intermission came to an end.

Xu Jiujiu's figure appeared on the spirit tool screen once more; she had changed into a white and gold dress, looking even more luxurious and elegant.

"Sorry to have kept everyone waiting, the auction continues."

Xu Jiujiu clapped her jade hands lightly, and a maid presented a very exquisite jade box.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we all know that for a Spirit Master to obtain new Spirit Abilities, the most common method is to attach spirit rings and Spirit Bones to their Spirit."

Before revealing the auction item, Xu Jiujiu began her customary introduction to build anticipation.

"spirit rings can only be absorbed when a Spirit Master reaches a bottleneck, but Spirit Bones are different; as long as the Spirit Master has an available slot for the corresponding Spirit Bone, they can absorb it."

Then, she took the jade box from the maid: "Having said so much, I believe our distinguished guests must have guessed what the next auction item is, so I won't keep you in suspense any longer!"

She opened the jade box, and an intensely cold aura swept across the entire auction hall. Mu Qingci and the others were in a private box, so they remained unaffected.

Inside the jade box lay a jade-green Spirit Bone.

That Spirit Bone was a left arm bone, completely transparent like jade, and with a very high degree of integrity; one look told you its age would not be low.

Xu Jiujiu was closest to the jade box, barely resisting the cold current, and continued to introduce it: "This Spirit Bone comes from a 70,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion."

She raised the box high to better display the full appearance of the Spirit Bone on the spirit tool screen.

"Ice-attribute Spirit Masters must have heard of the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Beast; it is known as the king among ice attributes. This Spirit Bone is an invaluable treasure for ice-attribute Spirit Masters. The bidding starts now, with a starting price of 12 million gold coins, and each increment must be no less than 50,000 gold coins."

As soon as the auction began, several voices rang out:

"12.5 million gold coins!!!"

"13 million gold coins!!!"

"15 million gold coins!!!"

...

Before long, the price was bid up to 20 million gold coins.

At this moment, Mu Qingci's slender fingers tapped lightly on the spirit tool screen a few times.

"30 million! The distinguished guest in private box number eight bids 30 million gold coins!!!"

Xu Jiujiu's surprised voice rang out.

Raising the price by 10 million all at once caused others who wanted to bid to fall silent.

"The distinguished guest in private box number eight bids 30 million gold coins. Is there anyone willing to offer a higher price?"

The entire hall was silent.

30 million was not a small amount; even for a 70,000-year Spirit Bone, those who wanted to bid had to consider it carefully.

"30.5 million gold coins!!!"

Someone who had bid previously gritted their teeth and raised the price.

Mu Qingci did not speak, nor did he even frown; he simply tapped his fingers lightly on the spirit tool screen a few times.

"40 million!!!"

Xu Jiujiu exclaimed: "The distinguished guest in private box number eight raises the price again, 40 million gold coins! Is there anyone offering a higher price?"

The figure of 40 million was like the straw that broke the camel's back; those who still had thoughts about the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone completely gave up at this moment.

"40 million gold coins, going once!!!"

"40 million gold coins, going twice!!!"

"40 million gold coins, going three times!!!"

"Sold!"

As the wooden hammer in Xu Jiujiu's hand fell: "Let us congratulate the distinguished guest in private box number eight for successfully winning this Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone!"

Mu Qingci sat back down in his seat, looking satisfactorily at the Spirit Bone on the screen; it was already securely in his grasp.

"Captain, that's a full 40 million! Are you really that rich?"

The members of the main team surrounded Mu Qingci, seemingly wanting to see through him.

Mu Qingci did not speak, only quietly watching the spirit tool screen, waiting for the final auction item to appear.

The subsequent auction items returned to being calm; they were all things of no use to Mu Qingci.

Time passed minute by minute, and the auction gradually neared its end.

"Ladies and gentlemen, next is the final auction item of this auction, and also the most precious one!"

As Xu Jiujiu's voice fell, a maid pushed out a cart covered with a red cloth.

"If the previous Spirit Bone was already an invaluable treasure, then this next auction item is a treasure that is almost impossible to obtain!"

Xu Jiujiu's voice was trembling, as if she also felt very proud to be able to auction this item.

"We all know that when a Spirit Beast cultivates to 100,000 years, it has two choices."

She paused and continued: "One is to continue cultivating, and by surviving the heavenly tribulation after a thousand years, it can live for another 100,000 years. As for the other..."

A hint of excitement appeared on Xu Jiujiu's face: "As for the other, it is to take human form!"

"If a Spirit Beast does not want to face the heavenly tribulation, it can only choose to take human form to pursue that elusive opportunity to become a god."

Hearing Xu Jiujiu say this, Mu Qingci looked curiously at the spirit tool screen in front of him, and an incredible thought appeared in his mind.

On the auction stage, Xu Jiujiu continued her introduction.

"Everyone knows that after a 100,000-year Spirit Beast is killed, not only can one obtain a 100,000-year spirit ring, but it will also inevitably drop a 100,000-year Spirit Bone, and it will be one that the Spirit Master who killed the 100,000-year Spirit Beast does not possess."

Having set the stage, Xu Jiujiu felt the atmosphere was perfectly built up, so she reached out her fair hand to grab the corner of the red cloth and yanked it away.

A tubular spirit tool made of metal was prominently placed on the cart.

A Level 9 spirit tool, the god-sealing platform.

"This is the Level 9 spirit tool, the god-sealing platform. Sealed inside at this moment is a 100,000-year Spirit Beast embryo, which was accidentally obtained by a Level 9 Soul Engineer in the Far North."

As it happens, the Level 9 Soul Engineer was still the same one from the original story, but the 100,000-year Spirit Beast was no longer the Snow Empress.

It was a severely injured 100,000-year Spirit Beast from the Far North that wanted to seek the Snow Empress's protection.

But when it arrived at the Snow Empress's dwelling, it did not see the Snow Empress. Left with no other choice, it could only choose the same path as the Snow Empress, to take human form, and was thus captured by that Level 9 Soul Engineer while in its weakest embryonic stage.

When Mu Qingci saw the god-sealing platform, he already had a guess in his heart: "Huo Yuhao, oh Huo Yuhao, you truly are the son of the Heavenly Dao, so favored. However, this time, I will not give you any chance to take advantage of the situation!"