435: Upgrade to VIP status! The Qingqiu Demon Clan and the Kingdom of Light!

At the auction venue.

"Esteemed Guests! The next item up for auction is a territory item!"

The host's impassioned voice rang out again.

This successfully drew everyone's attention.

"Requirements for this item: Only usable by a Lord who possesses a clustered territory!..."

Su Lie clicked on the model display.

A real projection materialized on the desk in front of him.

This was a rhomboid crystal column.

It was covered in thorn patterns.

As he observed the projection, a panel simultaneously appeared on it.

[Domain Expansion Order: Red God-level Quality, item of the rules;

Usage Requirements: Clustered territory, territory domain, minimum of 500 territory Vassals, Lord must be a Second-Turn Professional, and possess the spirit of the territory.

Function: Increases the range of the territory domain by 1000 times, increases the special buff effect of the territory domain by 1000 times, and grants new buff items—Ecological Cycle and Ecological Spread—to territories possessing the Territory Ecology attribute.

Ecological Cycle: The territory ecology forms an ecological cycle, automatically growing and transforming into flora, fauna, and environmental ecology unique to the territory's characteristics, forming a cycle that allows the territory ecology to continue growing independently, without decay, even if the territory leaves the area.

Ecological Spread: Territory ecological animals can leave the territory to survive in other non-territory domain areas, and territory plant seeds can be spread by wind to other areas and grow in non-domain ecological areas, developing into a new ecology independent of the territory domain.

Note: The two buffs provided by this Domain Expansion Order are aggressive buffs, suitable for use by territories located at the edges of racial territories, or those located in flying zones, pioneering zones, or expansion zones.

Note: The new ecology derived outside the domain by the Ecological Spread buff will still adhere to the rules of the territory domain ecology.]

"Oh? This item suits me!"

Su Lie's eyes suddenly lit up upon seeing this.

At this moment, the host concluded the introduction: "The auction now begins! The starting bid is 100 million rationality pills! Each subsequent bid must not be lower than 100 million rationality pills!"

In the blink of an eye.

Nearly 7,000 beings raised their paddles to bid.

The price on the venue's large screen instantly soared to 80.19 billion rationality pills.

A brief silence fell over the venue.

Seeing this, the host energized the crowd again.

Following that.

Someone in a private box offered a price of 1 trillion rationality pills.

The bidders in the main hall couldn't help but look toward the private boxes.

After realizing it was Box A009 that had raised the paddle.

The beings who still wanted to struggle stopped.

Immediately following.

Su Lie raised his paddle for 1 trillion and 100 million rationality pills!

Box 009 bid 2 trillion.

Su Lie frowned upon seeing this; he disliked this slow, probing method and immediately bid a single price of 5 trillion rationality pills.

Box 009 was silent for a few seconds before bidding 10 trillion rationality pills.

Su Lie directly bid 20 trillion rationality pills!

This had already exceeded the item's value!

Ultimately.

Su Lie successfully bid for the item.

"In that case, my virus domain can be expanded to the surrounding areas, and the Puppet Heavenly Demon I control will be able to go anywhere!"

The corner of Su Lie's mouth curled slightly.

Soon.

The attendant delivered the item.

Su Lie requested the final settlement.

The attendant did not unseal the item; he placed it on the desk and then left.

After that.

The auction house auctioned over a thousand more items.

They only began auctioning Su Lie's pills right before the finale item.

Among them, the dragon shadow pill sold for 5 trillion rationality pills, the Dragon King bloodline expansion potion sold for 100 trillion rationality pills, and the Kun Clan bloodline sold for 20 trillion rationality pills.

Soon.

The attendant entered the private box again, presenting the rationality pills to Su Lie: "Guest! This is the revenue from the items you auctioned tonight! Director Wu Hongzhong gave special instructions, as you have just become a Bronze-level Great Refiner of our Cross Star and this is your first time attending an auction here!"

"Therefore, Cross Star will waive all consignment fees and handling charges for your first consignment!"

"The item you bid on earlier is discounted by 20%... We are giving you a total of 109 trillion rationality pills!"

Following that.

He unsealed the restriction on the Domain Expansion Order for Su Lie.

Quickly.

The auction entered its final stage.

The Cross Star Black Market had three finale items in total.

The first was 1 unit of Ancient Pangu Bloodline, which could transform any being into a congenital God Pangu race member.

It could also be used to refine bloodline expansion potion and awaken Talents that increase Strength and Wisdom attribute growth values.

This bloodline is a Chaos Bloodline, capable of perfectly merging with all attributes, and also serving a special "neutralizing" function.

Therefore.

The starting bid for this bloodline was 100 trillion rationality pills.

At the same time, the consignor would also gift a Strength Attribute Awakening scroll and a Wisdom Attribute Awakening scroll.

Both scrolls are single-use.

The price was only 10 billion rationality pills.

This finale item triggered fierce bidding among the Guests in the private boxes.

When the Guest in Box 001 finally bid 100 quadrillion rationality pills.

The entire venue instantly fell silent.

Su Lie finally straightened up at this moment; this was the time he had been waiting for.

The host, holding a gavel, called out repeatedly: "Any more bids? Any more bids? It's already 100 quadrillion!..."

"100 quadrillion, going once!"

"100 quadrillion, going twice!"

... At this moment, a youth of the Angel Clan in Box 001 curled his lips: "Haha! With this bloodline, I can go conquer the Pangu Dungeon!"

"As long as I can achieve breakthrough after breakthrough this time!"

"I can go back and compete for the position of Crown Prince!"

Just as he was feeling proud and thought he was about to soar.

A hoarse voice echoed throughout the venue.

"100.1 quadrillion!"

Su Lie's voice rang out.

The Angel Clan youth was violently startled and immediately stood up: "What the hell! Are you playing with me!"

At this moment.

A fox-faced youth of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan in Box 009 slapped his thigh and laughed: "Haha! That's hilarious! This person in Box 003 is truly interesting!"

The host was stunned; the third strike of the gavel hung in the air for three seconds before he finally put it aside.

He excitedly shouted again.

The Angel Clan youth roared in a low voice: "F*ck! Nobody dares to steal what I, Merlin, want!"

He immediately bid 200 quadrillion!

Quickly.

Su Lie's response came in at 200.1 quadrillion.

The Angel Clan youth was so angry he was howling. Just as he was about to bid again.

The Old Servant beside him suddenly grabbed his arm and said solemnly: "Master! Master! You absolutely cannot bid anymore! If you raise the price again, that other treasure won't even need to be auctioned! You will be doomed forever! Focus on the final auction item!"

The Angel Clan youth's face was flushed with anger, and in the end, he could only watch helplessly as Su Lie won the treasure.

This time, it wasn't an attendant who delivered the pan god bloodline, but Wu Hongzhong, a director of Cross Star.

He looked at Su Lie eagerly and said: "Friend! This is the item you bid on! Please settle the auction payment!"

As he spoke.

He was wary of Su Lie.

To guard against Su Lie suddenly attacking here, seizing the treasure, and fleeing.

If such an incident truly occurred here.

Then the Cross Star Black Market would find it difficult to conduct business in the future.

Furthermore.

This was Su Lie's first visit, and he had also applied for a position at Cross Star.

And he had bid on a high-priced finale item.

This made him unable to gauge Su Lie's background.

If you were short on money, you certainly wouldn't have the confidence to bid.

If you weren't short on money, then why apply for the position of Refiner at Cross Star?

This inevitably raised suspicion.

Su Lie remained sitting steadily, unmoving like Mount Tai, and glanced at the second auction item.

This was a small world.

The world's diameter was 12 million kilometers.

The natives of the world were humans, with a total population of 1 trillion.

This was a food world specially cultivated by a certain alien race.

Its starting price was 100 trillion rationality pills.

After looking at it.

Su Lie turned his head and asked Wu Hongzhong: "Does our Black Market also auction humans?"

"Yes! They aren't beings from our homeworld, so you don't need to be so concerned; they are just mixed-blood pale-skins! Besides, our Blue Star fellow countryman are much more valuable than these bumpkins!" Wu Hongzhong said with a smile.

He did not rush Su Lie.

Su Lie immediately followed up: "Director Wu Hongzhong! What is the repurchase price for Grade 6 dragon shadow pill?"

"Uh... Although the final auction price just now was 5 trillion rationality pills, that price only applies to the auction venue! As you should know, when everyone's emotions are high, the price is naturally inflated!" Wu Hongzhong was startled, then quickly said: "If you want to use dragon shadow pill to offset the bid for the pan god bloodline, how about I give you a price of 2 trillion rationality pills?"

"3 trillion! I'll give you 53.36 billion dragon shadow pill! That's the price after the 20% discount, mind you!" Su Lie said decisively.

Wu Hongzhong's eyes widened when he heard this. He blinked, but ultimately did not voice the thoughts in his heart, instead thinking: "Fine!"

In his heart, however, he was extremely agitated: "I truly must be blind as a bat!"

"This is absolutely a Pill Refiner Master!"

"More than 50 billion dragon shadow pill! And they are Grade 6 Divine Pills!"

"This quantity of Divine Pills is simply unbelievable!"

"We must keep him!"

"This person must be a powerful entity using Identity Disguise! I don't care what his purpose is!"

"As long as he is willing to refine pills for the Cross Star Black Market, that is our fortune!"

"Haha! As long as we treat this powerful entity well, the Cross Star Black Market is bound to grow stronger in the future!"

"No!"

"I must find a way to bring him in!"

At this moment, Wu Hongzhong's thoughts became increasingly active.

However.

He still behaved as he usually did.

Su Lie did not notice Wu Hongzhong's unusual behavior, and he immediately continued: "Furthermore, I need ordinary quality firearm-type Talents and Skills suitable for military corps. Do you have them?"

"We do have those!"

Wu Hongzhong immediately raised his hand and pointed, producing five Skill books and five talent scrolls.

The Skills were Infinite Ammo, Tracking Bullet, Wither Bullet, Corrosion Bullet, and Holy Light Bullet.

The Talents were Firearms Master, "Hundred Hits, Hundred Hits", Crisis Perception, Bullet Enhancement, and Firearm Enhance.

"As for the price! Our internal members can exchange 1 rationality pill for 10,000 copies! Other Guests must purchase a minimum of 100,000 copies each time! We will sell you 10,000 copies!"

Wu Hongzhong said with a smile: "However! Since your transaction volume at the Cross Star auction has already reached the level of Honored VIP, the Cross Star Black Market headquarters will upgrade your auction treatment and qualifications!"

"Therefore, all the resources you purchase this time will be gifted to you free of charge!"

This was not the rules of the Cross Star Black Market, but a small gift he prepared to keep "Liu Xiu."

In his view.

Su Lie's requests were likely intended for younger generations in his family.

Su Lie's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "In that case! I want 10 quadrillion copies of each!"

"Holy cow! Big Brother! Please don't joke around!"

Wu Hongzhong forced a bitter smile, saying sourly: "Currently, Cross Star's inventory only has 100 million copies of each Skill and Talent. If you want them, the maximum is 10 million copies of each!"

In fact, he had still inflated the total number of these two resources.

For no other reason.

It was just to let Su Lie know that the Cross Star Black Market had a solid foundation.

The 10 million copies of each he offered Su Lie was already the limit of their stock!

"Then 10 million copies it is!"

Su Lie nodded.

Since there was wool to shear, he naturally had to shear it to the limit.

Wu Hongzhong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then instructed his subordinates to fetch the Skills and Talents Su Lie requested.

Before long.

After Su Lie and Wu Hongzhong completed the transaction and settled the accounts.

Only then did Wu Hongzhong cautiously lead his people out of the room.

Upon reaching the corridor.

He instructed the person beside him: "Raise the confidentiality level of Bronze Great Refiner Liu Xiu's information to the highest level! Furthermore, his reception and related matters will be personally handled by the three directors!..."

"Director Wu Hongzhong! We activate the interference array during every auction, so we currently cannot update the information in the headquarters' database! Additionally, the personal database has been encrypted to prevent unauthorized trading of client resources!"

The auction hall manager, who was following Director Wu Hongzhong, bowed his head and requested instructions: "To update Lord Liu Xiu's information, we must wait until the auction ends and everyone has been teleported away! Unless we go find Director Xiu!"

"Then let's wait until the auction is over! Xiu is responsible for receiving important clients introduced by the council; it would be inconvenient to disturb him now!" Wu Hongzhong hesitated for three seconds before giving his answer.

At the same time.

In Xiu's office, an attendant manager named Qingyu asked in a low voice: "Lord Xiu! Merlin, an Angel from the Light God Kingdom, wants to purchase the information of the Guest in Box 003, and also wants us to do him a small favor, claiming the other party stole his pan god bloodline! This is the price he is willing to pay!"

"Furthermore, the Princess of the Qingqiu Demon Race in Box 009 also wants to purchase the information of the Guest in Box 003! This is the price she offered!"

"The Angel Clan and the Qingqiu Demon Race are both relatives of important council members. They often do this. Today..."

"How do you think this matter should be handled?"

As he spoke, he placed a list on Xiu's desk...