91: Tiangong Stele

Yan Feng gave a Clumsy smile and stammered, "Yao... Fairy Yao, I... I mean no harm, and killing is forbidden in the Holy Land... otherwise, the Heavenly Dao Tree will punish us..."

You suddenly turned your head and glared at him coldly: "Did you bring Spirit Stones?"

"Yes, yes, yes! How many do you want? I'll give them all to you!" He quickly handed over a qiankun ring.

You took the ring and swept it with your Divine Sense. Inside, Spirit Stones were piled up like a small mountain, totaling over 1.6 million, but you still frowned: "Is that all?"

He hurriedly said, "Wait for me! I'll go borrow some! I'll be right back!"

With that, he happily ran off.

In fact, Yan Feng was also a Nascent Soul Perfection Cultivator. If he had carefully probed with his Divine Sense, he would have seen through your disguise.

Unfortunately, he didn't dare to—and couldn't imagine anyone daring to impersonate Xuanyuan Yao, as that would offend countless Prodigies in the entire Zixiao Immortal Domain who admired her!

You knew when to stop, so you put away the qiankun ring and walked straight to Langgan Pavilion.

Actually, with over 1.6 million Spirit Stones, you were considered to have become rich overnight.

You should know that a Qi Refining Cultivator only earns dozens to a few hundred Spirit Stones a year, and their Magical Artifacts only cost a few hundred to a few thousand.

Foundation Establishment Cultivators earn a few hundred to a few thousand per year, and Spiritual Artifacts generally cost a few thousand to tens of thousands.

Golden Core Cultivators earn a few thousand to tens of thousands per year. The Magic Treasures they use are refined by themselves, and the Material costs are only tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.

After entering Langgan Pavilion, a servant verified your funds—requiring 100,000 Spirit Stones to enter, so most of the visitors were Golden Core Cultivators.

After passing verification, you received a number plate and entered the auction hall. You looked up—

In the center was a circular auction stage, surrounded by a circle of private seats, and on the second floor was a row of private rooms—where all the distinguished figures with status and position sat.

You found a private seat in a secluded spot and sat down. After waiting for half an hour, the auction began only when tens of thousands of people had filled the venue.

Ninety percent of the items in this auction were Heaven And Earth Treasures for refining Magic Treasures and Alchemy, but you didn't recognize most of them, only barely remembering some names: Nine Nether Cold Iron, Solar Essence Gold, Void Crystal Stone, Lightning Struck Wood Core, Adamantine Sand, Star Stone, Profound Gold Sand, Ice Crystal Soul, Five Elements Ganoderma, Soul Devouring Stone...

This also included the void flower and demon kings inner core that you wanted.

The prices of these items were not considered high, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.

You originally thought that the void flower and demon kings inner core would be fiercely contested, but you were wrong—

The void flower started at 100,000, and you easily won it at 300,000.

You simply couldn't believe it.

This item was incredibly difficult for you to obtain even by risking your life, but for those powerful Cultivators, it was like something they picked up casually.

What shattered your worldview even more was the demon kings inner core—you actually managed to bid for it at 200,000!

Recalling how you once died chasing a Golden Core demon king, a wave of helplessness washed over you.

Compared to these major powers, even a little they leaked was enough for you to become rich.

You originally thought that having over a million Spirit Stones made you a tycoon, but you didn't expect that in front of truly powerful forces, you were still among the lowest tier.

This made you even angrier at Liu Ruyan—she wouldn't even give you over a million Spirit Stones!

So stingy, and she still wants you to risk your life for her?

Look at Yan Feng, with just a casual word from Xuanyuan Yao, he handed over all his Spirit Stones.

The more you thought about it, the more aggrieved you felt, truly wanting to find an opportunity to kill her.

However, you didn't know that over a million Spirit Stones was also a significant sum for Liu Ruyan.

Moreover, most of the Golden Core Cultivators in this venue only had assets ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones.

So, many people left early after buying a desired Material—after all, it was said that this auction would last for seven days and seven nights.

At this moment, the auctioneer suddenly presented a cracked jade stele, about ten meters high. Not only was it cracked, but all the inscriptions on it had also been erased.

The auctioneer shouted loudly: "This is a heavenly craft tablet, which should have originally been inscribed with a set of Cultivation Technique, but unfortunately, it was erased for unknown reasons."

"Even so, it is still a priceless Heaven And Earth Treasure! If any Fellow Daoist's elders in their clan master the Law of time retrospection, they might be able to trace its origin and restore its original appearance!"

"The starting price is one million Spirit Stones, with each bid increasing by one hundred thousand—is any Fellow Daoist interested?"

After the auctioneer finished speaking, he scanned the audience expectantly.

But many old acquaintances in the venue immediately started booing when they saw this heavenly craft tablet—

"Langgan Pavilion is trying to trick newcomers with this broken tablet again!"

"This thing has been unsold more than a hundred times, hasn't it? Still trying to swindle money?"

"Exactly, the starting bid is always one million. Only a fool would buy it!"

You rubbed your chin, thinking seriously.

Anyway, keeping Spirit Stones on you was useless and unsafe.

You always felt that this heavenly craft tablet was specially prepared for you.

Only in such an occasion could you find a bargain—if it were truly a good item, how could it be your turn?

After much consideration, you decided to give up bidding for the Divine Wood Branch—you were going to buy it for research anyway, so it was better to take a gamble that the heavenly craft tablet might hold a surprise.

Without further hesitation, you raised your bidding plate and shouted, "One million!"

As soon as your voice fell, tens of thousands of gazes in the entire venue simultaneously turned to you.

Many people whispered mockingly—

"Someone actually bought it, what a sucker!"

"This tablet has been unsold over a hundred times, always at one million. They finally tricked someone!"

"So, as long as you persist, someone will always fall for it."

The auctioneer immediately brought down his hammer without another word: "Sold!"

He even thoughtfully put the heavenly craft tablet into a qiankun ring and had a beautiful maid bring it to you for the transaction.

The maid slowly approached, gently knelt before you, gave you a charming smile, and handed over the qiankun ring: "Young Master, here you go."

She seemed to intentionally point the ring's opening towards you. Through the small opening, you vaguely glimpsed between her jade-like slender legs...

You swallowed, smiled at the maid, and then took the qiankun ring.

This qiankun ring was not cheap, worth ten thousand Spirit Stones, much more expensive than a qiankun bag. Some Golden Core Cultivators were even reluctant to buy one.

After the transaction was completed, you only had 120,000 Spirit Stones left.

You planned to use all of it to buy ningyuan pills—these were Medicinal Pills specifically for Golden Core Cultivators, and they doubled the efficiency of Cultivation.

ningyuan pills were not auctioned; all major merchant associations sold them, and Langgan Pavilion's front hall had them.

So you spent 100,000 Spirit Stones to buy a thousand bottles of ningyuan pills. Using one bottle a month, it would last you for nearly a hundred years.

Feeling satisfied, you left Langgan Pavilion.

Along the way, you felt thousands of Divine Senses watching you until you returned to your residence, and the Formation shielded you, only then did these Divine Senses disappear.