235: Chapter 235 The Auction Ends

Although the price of the bone powder was set by Lu Zhan's side, this kind of thing wasn't some rare treasure that few people had heard of, so its price was roughly known to others as well.

Lin Qing could have continued to bid a certain amount of Spirit Stones, but since the other party dared to threaten him, he naturally had to respond. His meaning was also very clear: since you threaten me with your Void-Returning Realm cultivation, I will take out the bone powder of an expert of the same rank as you to deal with it. As for where this bone powder came from, guess for yourself.

This wasn't Lin Qing being arrogant. Although the strongest person he had fought so far was just barely at the Tenth Rank, if he went all out, he truly had the qualifications to clash with a Level 11 expert.

When fighting against Cultivators, up until now, only Old Ghost at the 9th Rank Peak had ever put Lin Qing in a sorry state. At that time, Lin Qing was only at the Seventh Rank, which was not only a difference of two Realms, but there was also the chasm of the Spirit Realm and the God Realm in between.

And now Lin Qing was also just two Realms apart from Level 11, without such a chasm in between. Although the higher the Realm, the greater the enhancement brought by a single Breakthrough, Lin Qing's Foundation had also been continuously improving. Even when his Realm reached the God Realm, it was not difficult for him to fight across Realms.

For ordinary Prodigys wanting to fight across Realms, there were two periods that were the most difficult.

One was the Early Stage of cultivation. At that time, even if one's Foundation far surpassed others, the accumulation of background was ultimately not yet built up. Fighting across Realms at this time was extremely difficult, and when Lin Qing was in the Mortal Realm, he could only surpass one Realm at most.

When he first walked out of the Ten Thousand Mountains, his Realm was only at the Fourth Rank. At that time, whenever he encountered a Fifth-Order Yao Beast in the great mountains, he could only manage to barely save his life, and he was extremely cautious along the way, afraid of running into a Sixth-Order Monster Beast.

Another period where it was difficult to fight across Realms was the Late Stage of cultivation. Which of the opponents who could grow to this Realm wasn't a one-in-an-eternity Prodigy? Other people's Foundations were equally not weak, making it extremely difficult to fight across Realms at this time.

Was Level 11 considered the Late Stage of cultivation? Lin Qing thought not. The existence of Xiao Dun and the existence of Sun Shaoping were all telling Lin Qing that this world was just an ordinary world, and there must be higher-tier Cultivators outside.

Level 11 might seem high and out of reach to the people in this world, but in other worlds, it might just be the starting point of cultivation.

This Realm was precisely the time when a Prodigy like Lin Qing had the most exaggerated cross-Realm ability. Lin Qing was still two years away from breaking through to the Tenth Rank. Just imagine, if he could cultivate powers at the level of the Five Elements Will to Perfection within two years, perhaps at that time he could use a 9th Rank cultivation to fiercely battle a Level 12 Cultivator.

After Lin Qing spoke, the people in the arena finally didn't dare to hold the attitude of watching a good show anymore. They realized that although Lin Qing was sitting in the Earth-grade private box, he was equally a bigwig who could not be provoked.

The audience in the ordinary seats immediately fell silent like cicadas in winter, and even Tao Tao and her group felt a bit lingering fear at this moment. The people in the pavilions also put away their smiles, and the banter on their faces could no longer be seen.

"Hmph!"

Although that Level 11 expert who was bidding against Lin Qing let out a cold snort, in the end, he didn't make another bid. The conflict was provoked by him first; under the circumstance that everyone was at the same level, he ought to make a concession, unless he really wanted to fight Lin Qing.

In the end, Lin Qing successfully bid for this Cangmu Zhihua at the price of seven taels of Void-Returning Realm bone powder. The atmosphere in the arena seemed to have eased down, but Lu Xue on the stage had grievances she couldn't voice.

She had been staying on stage hosting the auction and didn't receive the intelligence from Lu Zhan in time, leading her to make a very unwise decision when Lin Qing and the Level 11 clashed.

Although she was acclaimed as the number one beauty in four thousand years, she had only been cultivating for about a thousand years. Moreover, when she made it onto the Beauty Ranking back then, it relied on her appearance, and her own talent was actually not outstanding. Now her Realm was only at the Tenth Rank Late Stage.

Even with Qianbao Mysterious Palace backing her, provoking a suspected Level 11 expert for no reason still plunged her into a rather awkward predicament.

However, the auction was still ongoing right now, and it wasn't the best time to deal with this matter; she still had to continue hosting the auction.

"The next auction item is the Sinking Mist Crystal, with a starting bid of ten billion."

This was something Lin Qing took out, so naturally he didn't participate in the bidding. In the end, the Sinking Mist Crystal was won by the people in the pavilion at a price of sixteen billion.

For the subsequent auction items, almost only Lin Qing and the people in the pavilion participated in the bidding. Since Lin Qing had already shown his edge, naturally no one looked down on him anymore, and the auction proceeded in an orderly manner.

During this period, all the items Lin Qing took out were successfully auctioned off, and the prices were much better than expected. At the same time, he also made moves to acquire some Materials he needed.

"Grandmaster, Grand Aunt-Master, why don't you two leave first."

The two of them appearing in this Qianbao City was originally to investigate the whereabouts of Juechenzi, and they themselves didn't actually have any items they needed to bid on.

As a Level 11 expert and also a Tenth Rank Formation Master, Juechenzi could naturally be taken down by these ordinary major forces in the Central Continent, but doing so without a sound was very difficult. After investigating for a period of time without finding any news of Juechenzi, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao and the other person shifted their attention to the super forces. Just as Qianbao Mysterious Palace was holding a large-scale auction, they came over.

Now that the auction was nearing its end and no clues about Juechenzi had been found, Lin Qing began to persuade the two of them to leave, because Lin Qing felt that they would encounter trouble later.

There were many Formations in the auction house protecting the privacy of buyers. The people in the pavilions still couldn't see through Lin Qing's true background right now, but Lin Qing didn't dare guarantee that Qianbao Mysterious Palace was the same.

He had already witnessed the disgusting nature of the super forces. Back when the Kunxu Secret Realm opened earlier, they only allowed Cultivators from the outside world under two hundred years old and below the God Realm to enter, yet they quietly sent in a bunch of God Realm experts over two hundred years old. Afterwards, this matter didn't cause too much of a stir in the Central Continent, which showed the methods of the super forces.

Nowadays, with these so-called privacy-protecting Formations, who knew if they had secretly left behind any backup plans?

The two immediately wanted to refuse. However, given the current situation, if they stayed, it would instead bring trouble to Lin Qing. Considering Lin Qing's camouflage methods that even a Divine Venerable couldn't see through, the two of them ultimately left first.

One day later, the auction finally ended.

In the end, Lin Qing harvested the vast majority of the main Materials needed to set up a Level 12 Formation. For the remaining few Materials that had not been collected, Lin Qing had always had clues; most of them were some Yao Beast Materials, and perhaps he would have to make a trip to the Southern Region personally later.

For customers like Lin Qing who had successfully bid for many goods and also sold many goods at the same time, Qianbao Mysterious Palace adopted a method of unified delivery after the auction ended.

The door of the private box was knocked on. After Lin Qing signaled for them to enter, Lu Xue pushed the door open and walked in.