No matter how much he spent, this sword was worth the cost!
Han Huo was stunned upon hearing Ling Han’s offer. He then happily agreed and started to discuss the fine details with him. He decided to hold an auction, and the items for auction were naturally the Thousand Source True Fluid, ancient pill recipe, and alchemical pills that Ling Han provided.
Thousand Source True Fluid and ancient pill recipes were all very valuable items, and thus it made sense to maximize their selling price by holding an auction. As for alchemical pills, they would definitely sell for more thanks to the influence of the other more valuable items.
Those who did business were indeed more skilled at these kinds of things. Han Huo had taken far more things into consideration than Ling Han.
Ling Han nodded in approval, and let Han Huo deal with the remaining matters. Meanwhile, he returned to the Majestic Heaven Sect. He still had to practice the Star Plucking Step and study the new pill recipes.
He arrived at his palace, only to see the old ginseng talking and joking with Li Weiwei and Ji Yun’er. He was massaging their shoulders, and a strand of his roots stealthily slid into each of their collars, looking for beautiful “landmarks”.
‘This perverted ginseng… is beyond help!
‘Although you’re in a humanoid form, you’re only as large a child’s arm. What can you “do”?’
Ling Han shook his head as he thought this. Anyhow, what had Li Weiwei and Ji Yun’er come for?
“Damn blockhead, you actually dared to keep me in the dark!” Li Weiwei immediately jumped to her feet upon seeing Ling Han enter. This caused the old ginseng to grimace in pain. One of his roots had been on her chest, and he hadn’t been able to pull it back in time. Thus, it was ruthlessly snapped when she jumped up.
Li Weiwei didn’t realize it, yet Ling Han saw it clearly. He secretly smiled to himself. Who told the old ginseng to act so perverted? Anyhow, this root would be good compensation for Li Weiwei.
The roots of this old ginseng were extremely nutritious. Ling Han had only taken one to eat, and he had left the others “stored” on the old ginseng. Li Weiwei had unknowingly obtained one now, and it would definitely be extremely beneficial to her cultivation and physique.
Ling Han smiled, and said, “How did you find out?”
“Hehe, I didn’t believe that Sister Shui was the type of person who’d cheat. So, I kept pestering the Ninth King with questions. It didn’t take long for her to spill the beans,” Li Weiwei said smugly.
Sure enough, Hu Feiyun couldn’t keep any secrets.
She was a clone of Empress Luan Xing, and her personality was one that was severed from the empress. Thus, it was inevitable that there would be some deficiencies in her personality. Meanwhile, some of her other traits would be magnified significantly.
For example, the innocence and ditziness of Hu Feiyun were both traits that had been severed from Empress Luan Xing. These had only been a tiny portion of the empress’ personality, yet they were the entirety of Hu Feiyun’s.
“Blockhead, how are you planning to respond? Everyone’s talking about how you killed fellow disciples and stole their treasures!” Li Weiwei quickly moved on from how Ling Han had kept his identity hidden and instead started to worry for him.
Ling Han smiled, and said, “It’s fine. I’ll deal with whatever gets thrown my way. What can’t I deal with?”
“What a bold claim!” Li Weiwei said with a humph. However, she felt much more reassured after seeing Ling Han’s oozing confidence. Ling Han had come from the Chaotic Stars Majestic Empire, after all, and he had come across all kinds of dangers. However, he had overcome all of them.
Feng Po Yun, Ding Ping, and the others also came to visit him. However, they were all reassured and sent away by Ling Han. He would deal with this matter himself.
However, he couldn’t find any time to cultivate in the following several days, with Shao Sisi, Xia Wuque, Su Jing, and the others all visiting him. They all hinted at their willingness to help him as long as he joined their forces. If he agreed to join, they would do everything in their ability to help him.
Ling Han smiled and turned down their goodwill. He had no plans to join any forces. Why was he cultivating so earnestly? Wasn’t it to attain true freedom so he could do what he wanted?
Afterward, He Tao and the other king tiers also came to visit him. Their offers were similar to those of Shao Sisi and the others, and they all hoped that Ling Han could join their forces.
A significant reason for this was Ling Han’s non-existent background. He had come from a small world after opening the sky, and thus he had absolutely no background in the Immortal Realm. As such, they didn’t need to worry about him being a spy for some other force.
Ling Han naturally turned down their offers as well.
It was also around this time that a piece of news suddenly started to spread—the sect was apparently discussing the matter regarding Ling Han killing his fellow disciples. There was potentially going to be a public trial in a few days.
Gao Huang was finally making his move!
On the same night that this news broke, a Sun Moon Tier elite appeared before Ling Han’s palace.
“I’m Zhou Tong!” This Sun Moon Tier elite looked to be around 30 years old, and it was clear that he had already formed two Suns and Moons. His strength was fairly formidable. There was a haughty look on his face, and he said, “I’ve come at the command of Young Master to give you one final chance. Immediately hand the four drops of Thousand Source True Fluid over. Otherwise… you’ll become an unforgivable traitor of the sect! You’ll be pinned to the post of humiliation forever!”
Ling Han smiled, and said, “You could have chosen to be a respectable Sun Moon Tier elite, but no, you had to choose the life of a dog!”
“How dare you!!” Zhou Tong exploded in rage, and divine flames instantly erupted from his body.
Ling Han waved his hand, and said, “Don’t get all angry at me. You’ve merely cultivated for a few hundred thousand years more than me! You wanna make a bet? I’ll be powerful enough to crush you in 10 years’ time!”
Ling Han’s words were extremely bold and domineering. A Mountain River Tier cultivator was claiming that they would possess the ability to crush a Sun Moon Tier elite in 10 years’ time. Who could believe this?
However, Zhou Tong’s pupils contracted when he heard this. Judging by the freakish nature of this brat, it was genuinely possible that he could achieve this. Anyhow, he didn’t believe this claim too much.
He humphed, and said, “If you don’t hand the Thousand Source True Fluid over, you won’t even be able to overcome the challenge before you. That being the case, what future is there for you to speak of?”
Ling Han smiled calmly. He had the pill recipe for the Berserk Blood Spirit Pill, and he also had a Red Rain Divine King Tree in his Black Tower. Thus, he would be able to refine a great deal of Berserk Blood Spirit Pills once he reached the Sun Moon Tier.
One could envisage that he would improve in leaps and bounds during a certain period of time.
“Go back and tell Gao Huang that if he wants my Thousand Source True Fluid, he can prepare enough True Origin Stones and attend the auction that occurs in three months’ time,” Ling Han said. This was a good opportunity to advertise the auction.
Chapter 1202 - The Hua Faction Makes Their Move
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Zhou Tong left, bringing with him fury and Ling Han’s answer. As a great elite of Sun Moon Tier, he was actually threatened up front by a Mountain River Tier. This made him very displeased, but who asked him to come up himself and offer himself up to be insulted? If he reported this to the sect, it would only be disadvantageous to him.
As long as Ling Han was a seed, he was not someone that could be lightly insulted.
The news that the Mo Clan Establishment would be auctioning off the Thousand Source True Fluid very soon caused a commotion, and this auctio
n had also obtained the full support of the Mo Clan. They had mobilized the full power of the clan to advertise this matter. Thus, very soon, the news had spread all over the entire galaxy.
Even a great many elites of Heavenly Body Tier were attracted.
The Thousand Source True Fluid was formed from an elite of the Eternal River Tier, containing comprehension of the heaven and earth of this level. Even for Heavenly Body Tiers, this was a precious treasure!
It might not be able to make a cultivator at the peak stage of the Heavenly Body Tier break through to the Eternal River Tier, but it was still very possible for it to help one in the low extreme of the Heavenly Body Tier to break through to the medium extreme, or one in the medium extreme to advance into the high extreme, and so on.
And what did this kind of advancement mean?
A revolutionary change would take place in one’s abilities, and his lifespan would also be increased by another 10,000,000 years!
10,000,000 years!
With such a long period of time, perhaps he could obtain a new fated opportunity, and advance into a higher cultivation level.
Thus, not only Sun Moon Tiers were moved, even a great many Heavenly Body Tiers had begun to set out towards Flying Cloud Planet. This was also the reason why the auction was scheduled for three months later: it was to allow enough time for the bankrollers to come.
Of course, the Mo Clan had also invited some alchemists. This group was the true rich group. For the sake of an ancient pill recipe, they would definitely place a high bid that would make one gape in shock.
Ling Han did not need to do anything. He had already delegated the full responsibility for arranging the auction to Han Huo. He would only have to hand over the Thousand Source True Fluid and other items over to Han Huo on the day of the auction—he did not hand them over yet, because the goods would be safest with Ling Han.
Because of how valuable the Thousand Source True Fluid was, the auction had instantly become the hottest topic of conversation. However, the movement from the Gao Faction was also getting bigger and bigger. Obviously, they were planning to subdue Ling Han before the auction itself. Otherwise, if the goods were already on the stage of the auction, they could only compete with their wealth.
However, the Majestic Heaven Sect was not a place that the Gao Faction had full control of.
“Senior Brother Han!” On this night, a guest came to pay him a visit.
Fan Ru led the guest in. She was an enchanting and exquisite beauty, with a voluptuous figure and so bewitching that she could have been dripping water. She curtsied to Ling Han, and said, “I am Ji Yunzhi.”
“Junior Sister Ji. What is it?” Ling Han asked casually as if he had completely not realized that the person standing in front of him was a vixen that could make anyone’s heart throb and face blush. Fan Ru, who was standing on the sidelines, dared not look directly at Ji Yunzhi, afraid that even his spirit would be hooked.
Ji Yunzhi was surprised. She was naturally very clear how enchanting she was. This was not only because she was naturally beautiful, and had also deliberately gone the route of becoming more seductive later. It was also because the cultivation technique she was cultivating would allow her to be even more dazzling and bewitching. Every move she made would be exuding seduction.
But Ling Han actually did not even look at her directly, which was something she could not accept.
Usually, men would want nothing more than to have their eyes glued to her, but Ling Han was the complete opposite. He seemed too lazy to even cast a second look on her.
She calmed herself, and said, “I am here by command of Hua Yangwen, Young Master Hua, hoping to ask for a small favor from Brother Ling and see if you could sell a drop of Thousand Source True Fluid to the Hua Faction.”
“Hua Faction?” Ling Han gave an ‘oh’. After he had made an enemy of the Gao Faction, he had conducted his own investigation, and knew that there was a disciple called Hua Yongning who was ranked sixth among Venerable Trinity’s nine disciples.
Then this Hua Faction was naturally formed by Hua Yongning. Additionally, Gao Fang was ranked fourth among the nine disciples. Though this was only in the order in which they took him as master, in a certain way, it was also the power ranking of their respective factions.
“Hehe, Young Master would definitely not allow Senior Brother Ling to make a loss.” Ji Yunzhi smiled sweetly. “What Young Master means is, Senior Brother Ling needs only auction off three drops of Thousand Source True Fluid, and Young Master would purchase a drop at the same price as the lowest successful bid among these three drops.”
This indeed could not be considered a loss to Ling Han, because if the four drops of Thousand Source True Fluid were really auctioned off together, then the cheapest drop might be sold lower than the lowest successful bid in the case of three drops being auctioned off together. After all, the smaller the supply, the fiercer the competition would be.
“For my sake, the Hua Faction would turn hostile with the Gao Faction?” Ling Han asked.
“Hehe, any faction is filled with competition. As the saying goes, the weak are prey to the strong, and survival of the fittest reigns supreme,” Ji Yunzhi said calmly. “Among the Venerable’s nine disciples, only one would be able to obtain the final true inheritance, and shoulder the great responsibility of leading the Majestic Heaven Sect.”
“So… even if it is not for the sake of Senior Brother Han, the battle between the Hua Faction and Gao Faction is inevitable.”
Ling Han nodded. The lower ranks had their own competition, and the upper ranks would also have the struggle of the upper ranks.
How much envy would the inheritance of Eternal River Tier garner? If one obtained it, he might perhaps be capable of conquering this whole universe, and become the only ruler. How many people would be able to resist this kind of temptation? No wonder those nine disciples all formed their respective factions. Their aim was to increase their own stakes so they could obtain the inheritance.
However, Venerable Trinity had not made his stand clear all this while, and even had plans to take Yang Hao as his 10th disciple. This was actually giving off the signal that Venerable Trinity was not very satisfied with these nine disciples.
Even though the nine disciples were all fighting fiercely now, when the time came, it could be completely wasted effort, and they wouldn’t be getting anything.
Ling Han smiled. What relation did this have with him?
He pondered for a moment, and then said, “All right. I can retain a drop of Thousand Source True Fluid for Young Master Hua!”
In any case, it was no loss to him.
“Senior Brother Han is truly a man of firm temperament. I shall first offer my thanks on behalf of Young Master!” Ji Yunzhi stood up, and curtsied again to Ling Han. Her head and neck was low, revealing the snow white of her breasts. The part that swelled was voluptuous and grand.
What a seductive beauty that could ignite flames!
Ling Han’s expression was serene. Constantly being seduced by a great vixen like Shui Yanyu, he had naturally gained a strong immunity. Furthermore, in comparison with the exquisite beauty and charm of Empress Luan Xing, Ji Yunzhi was only on the level of a village girl. How could he possibly be disturbed?
Ji Yunzhi raised her head, and when she saw that Ling Han’s expression was calm, without the slightest sign of his heart beating faster or being breathless in excitement, she couldn’t help but feel extremely curious.
According to her understanding, Ling Han should have reacted by now, and embarrassed himself and become obedient in front of her. Then she would be able to get the upper hand psychologically. If she then set out some conditions, Ling Han would agree without the slightest hesitation due to his flustered state.
Did this guy not like women?
Ji Yunzhi was making her guesses internally, but it was naturally impossible that she would ask this question out loud. She continued talking, and took advantage of the opportunity to seduce Ling H
an a few more times, but all her attempts ended in failure. Thus, she could only leave helplessly.
“What nice breasts!” Old Ginseng popped up from who knew where, looking like it was gritting its teeth at Ling Han. “That little ***** was obviously seducing you, so why didn’t you just take her? Even if you wouldn’t, you should still have had her take off her clothes so you could allow this Grandpa Ginseng to have an eyeful!”
“Get lost!” Ling Han shot out a kick. This perverted ginseng was definitely incurable.
Chapter 1203 - Turning Hostile
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The Hua Faction had great power.
From the second day onwards, there were already people talking about the truth on the Eagle’s Beak Mountain, about how Ling Han had obtained four drops of Thousand Source True Fluid all by himself and created history.
In truth, this was something that had been talked about long ago, but it had immediately been buried underneath the public opinion that was universally against Ling Han. However, now with the Hua Faction moving, it was like how the Gao Faction had easily presented Ling Han as an executioner who killed others to steal their treasure, having as much impact on the people as the previous rumor. The vast power of the Hua Faction was naturally not something that could be matched by any individual entity.
Even when such young king tiers like He Tao and Shen Zhu’er spoke up, it was useless. How could they match the force that had been nurtured for tens of thousands of years by the Hua Faction and Gao Faction?
Now that the Hua Faction and Gao Faction had started their contention, it was naturally impossible that the public opinion would be so one-sided anymore. Instead, it was the clash of two voices. One was smearing Ling Han’s reputation, whereas the other was establishing a positive image of Ling Han.
What the truth was was actually not important. What was important was which of these two factions was stronger.
Unexpectedly, a new faction very soon joined in.
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