by Shian Jeen
Huwang Xiao was a little surprise hearing the surrounding peoples’ discussions; the handsome young man in black brocade robe was actually one of the Sin City Castellan’s children?
LAS VEGAS, one of the top ten hegemony forces in the Bedlam Lands, in fact, it stood at the top of the list.
At this moment, protected by his guards, Zhao Chen was passing before Huwang Xiao. Unsure whether it was intentional or not, when Zhao Chen was passing by Huwang Xiao, he glanced at Huwang Xiao from the corner of his eye. Their eyes met, and at exactly the same time, an invisible pressure swiftly enveloped Huwang Xiao.
Huwang Xiao’s spirit shuddered, but it was only for the briefest instant, and he managed to recover almost instantly. When he did, Zhao Chen and his guards got already entered in to the public sale hall.
“Young Lord?” Qin Yang moved closer to Huwang Xiao, venturing cautiously.
Huwang Xiao looked unblinkingly at Zhao Chen’s back: “Let us go in too.” Although it was only a split second collision, it was enough for Huwang Xiao to have an estimate of Zhao Chen’s strength: without a doubt, Zhao Chen was genuine Saint world expert, that kind of momentum couldn’t lie.
Not only that, Huwang Xiao could see it in Zhao Chen’s eyes: he knew who he was?
Arriving at the auction house’s entrance, Huwang Xiao paid a million gold coins and joined the public sale hall with Qin Yang and the rest. Going up to the first floor, Huwang Xiao scanned around, choosing a slightly secluded part, and sat down.
There were a total of three floors in this City of Myriad Gods auction house, the second and third floor were reserved private rooms, which were specifically built for Saint realm experts. Thus, Huwang Xiao could only stay on the first floor, like most of the other guests.
In the private room number nine, on the third floor, Zhao Chen sat down. Through the special crystallized wall space of the room, he mentioned Huwang Xiao taking a seat on a more secluded corner on the first floor below.
“He’s Huwang Xiao?” He questioned a guard beside him.
A silver-haired old man that was standing to the left of Zhao Chen’s back again stepped forward: “Yes, Young Lord.”
Zhao Chen nodded, eye twinkling, but no one knew what was on his mind. Whereas on Huwang Xiao’s part, noisy chatters sounded next to him just like he required a seat.
“This time’s auction, even Millennium City’s Senior He Yunxiong is here!”
“Senior He Yunxiong is here now?!”
That’s right, it was said that Senior He Yunxiong’s ancestor was the Herculean Ruler, one of the six ancient kings. Surely, the Herculean King Jade has attracted Senior He Yunxiong over. In my opinion, Older He Yunxiong is determined to get his hands on the piece of jade!”
“I heard that Young Noble Zhao Chen is also here this time, he must also be aiming for that Herculean Ruler Jade, Senior He Yunxiong might not be able to have his wish come true so smoothly.”
He Yunxiong? Listening in to the small talk taking place beside him, Huwang Xiao was amazed. He didn’t expect even He Yunxiong would attend this time’s auction, all because of that little bit of jade.
Millennium City was one of the ten largest cities of the Bedlam Lands, but it ranked slightly to underneath, and He Yunxiong was the Castellan of Millennium Cityㅡalso one of Bedlam Lands’ top ten experts.
Any one of Bedlam Lands’ top experts rarely showed their faces in public in dozens of years, everyone was excited to see He Yunxiong attending the auction in person.
At this time, Huwang Xiao’s eyes suddenly narrowed as he stared fixedly at a figure seated in a single the public sale hall’s corners. This person was actually Yao Fei! Huwang Xiao’s eye turned icy, Yao Fei appearing here in the Bedlam Lands was probably not a coincidence.
As if he had a feeling, Yao Fei turned his mind around, his sight collided with Huwang Xiao’s. At first, Yao Fei was stunned, then it was replaced with the wonderful joy of the hunter locking onto its prey, the desire to kill shone through his eyes.
Fixing a dead stare at Huwang Xiao, Yao Fei mouthed soundlessly: Huwang Xiao, you’re dead now!
Huwang Xiao’s lips pulled back into a cold sneer.
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Huwang Xiao’s and Yao Fei’s eye met briefly and then both appeared away.
Since this Yao Fei came here, to the Bedlam Lands, then he should stay here forever. A flash of killing intent flitted in Huwang Xiao’s eyes.
Afterwards, the doors to the auction firm hall closed, signaling the start of the auction. The auction was presided by an old man with spirited dark pupils and a full crown of white hair, the only high-grade auctioneer in the town of Myriad Gods, named Fang Dong.
Standing on the stage, Fang Dong explained some auction rules and things to note in a candid manner, then swiftly proceeded with the first public sale item. The first auction item wasn’t an elixir of any type nor was it spirit pellets or soul stones, it was a sharp cutlass called Demon Blood.
The cutlass was short in length, with a dark maroon-black body, as though it was smeared with a layer of black-colored bloodstream.
According to Fang Dong’s introduction, this Blood Demon cutlass was a weapon left out by a Saint realm warrior called Chen Fei from a thousand years back. The cutlass was extremely sharp and it's most terrifying ability was that it could suck blood! Sucking the enemy’s bloodstream. The victims that dropped under this cutlass, when they died, all the blood in their bodies would be sucked dry, akin to a mummified corpse.
When the warriors present in the auction hall heard that Demon Blood had the terrifying ability to suck the bloodstream of the enemies, their eyes lit up noticeably. For them, who lived in the Bedlams where killings happened every day, a good weapon was essential for a higher chance of survival.
However, when Fang Dong revealed the bidding price for the cutlass, the majority of the warriors below drew a sharp intake of breath.
Fifty million!
Fifty million coins, and it was only the starting price!
Although for some big forces and families the sum of fifty million wasn’t a lot, it still wasn’t like pebbles on the mountains.
Just as Fang Dong’s voice stopped, there have been already people bidding: “Sixty million!”
Sixty million!
An increase of 10 million in an instant, the warriors turned to look at private room six.
“Sixty-one million! ” While individuals were still in shock, another tone of voice rang out.
“Seventy million!” Private room 6 again.
The price continued to go up and soon it broke one hundred million! Regardless what price others bet, the guest in private room six increased it by ten million each time.
The entire time, Huwang Xiao sat calmly. Although the Bloodstream Demon Cutlass seemed like a good weapon, to him, who possessed the Blades of Asura, bidding for Demon Blood was redundant.
In the end, the Demon Blood cutlass was bought by the private room number six for one hundred and ten million.
The second auction item following the Demon Blood cutlass was a jade box containing three stalks of spirit herbsㅡLife Soul Grass, an extremely rare spirit herb. Every single one of those stalks of Life Soul Grass was above 1000 years old. The value of a stalk of Life Spirit Herb older than one thousand years was immeasurable.
Watching the three stalks of Life Soul Grass of the stage, Huwang Xiao’s eye brightened. If he got these three stalks of Life Soul Grass, his Ancient Puppetry Artwork and Spirit Mandate cultivation could definitely have another breakthrough, doubling his spiritual force power, perhaps triple it or even more!
“For these three stalks of Life Soul Grass, the starting price is thirty million each, all three are auctioned together at the starting price of ninety million.” Auctioneer Fang Dong briefly described the many uses of Life Soul Grass, at last stating that all three stalks of Life Spirit Grass would be auctioned together.
This time, unlike the previous time, the hall was silent. No one made any quick bid.<
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Although the Life Soul Grass was a spirit herb greatly beneficial for the soul, one needed to complement its dosage with a spiritual force cultivation technique to reap any actual benefits. Normally, its effect would barely reach the minimum, moreover, there weren't many religious force cultivation techniques available. Therefore, not many people acquired any interest towards Life Soul Grass.
“One hundred million.” After a short silence, someone finally made a bid. Everyone in the hall considered look, once again it was private room number six.
“A hundred and ten million.” came a raise from the private room quantity seven.
“One hundred fifty million.” private room amount six.
A hundred fifty million! Private room number six spiked the price forty million higher, scaring everyone in the hall below. Shocked voices erupted in the hall.
Huwang Xiao remained taciturn, not showing any impatience to join in. However, at a hundred fifty million, private room quantity seven quieted down. It was clear that the expert within did not feel the three stalks of Life Spirit Grass were worth one hundred and fifty million, despite their rarity.
“Anyone else wishes to offer a higher price?” A short silence lapsed, auctioneer Fang Dong scanned the group and asked.
All Fang Dong received was silence.
“One hundred fifty million, once.” Seeing that no one was responded, Fang Dong declared.
“A hundred fifty million, twice.”
When the people present thought there won’t be anyone bidding, a voice all of a sudden rang out: “One hundred sixty million.”
Stunned, individuals switched to look at the source. Huwang Xiao, who wanted to bid, was also surprised, for that person was Yao Fei!
Huwang Xiao sneered coldly, he didn’t expect that Yao Fei would also be interested in these three stalks of Life Soul Grass.
“A hundred seventy million!” Huwang Xiao’s voice sounded.
Hearing Huwang Xiao’s tone of voice, Yao Fei flipped around, two pairs of eyes locked with ill-will.
“One hundred eighty million.” Yao Fei made a bet, his eyes filled with frost glaring opposite him.
“One hundred ninety million.”
“Two hundred million.”
Huwang Xiao and Yao Fei’s voice sounded in the public sale hall tit for tat, each increasing the bet by 10 million every time, quickly hiking the purchase price to 2 hundred million. By this time, private room six had stopped bidding.
The people in the hall were remaining dumbstruck as each expert tried to guess Huwang Xiao and Yao Fei’s identities. After all, most big forces couldn’t simply chuck out two hundred million just to bid for three stalks of Life Spirit Grass.
“Two hundred and ten million!” Hearing Yao Fei increased the bet price to 2 hundred million, Huwang Xiao called out, unperturbed.
Strong killing intent flickered across Yao Fei’s eyes, his fingers dug into his palm, but they gradually relaxed.
Surprisingly, Yao Fei didn't continue to bid, thus, in the long run, Huwang Xiao got the three stalks of Life Soul Lawn for two hundred and ten million gold coins.
Huwang Xiao kept the life span Soul Grass in the Asura Ring after he paid for them. His eyes looked at Yao Fei’s without much expression, he could naturally guess what Yao Fei was scheming. Most likely, Yao Fei planned to destroy him after the auction, grabbing the Life Spirit Lawn at that time was just the same.
After the Life Soul Grass, roughly twenty items were auctioned. Every item was rare and precious and bidding voices rang out endlessly in the auction hall, but even though, neither Huwang Xiao nor Yao Fei bid for anything else.
“, our auction item is grade one nature rocks.” After sealing the deal for a few spirit wood, Fang Dong introduced another item.
Grade one heart stones!
Huwang Xiao’s eye lit up. Finally, they have brought up the quality one spirit stones, this was Huwang Xiao’s main objective in attending this City of Myriad of Gods public sale.
“Grade one spirit rocks’ value and usage, I believe everyone here already knows and I don't need to explain; this time, there is a total of fifty-nine bits of grade one spirit stones, the bidding price starts at five hundred million.” Fang Dong’s tone of voice rang out in the hall.
Five hundred million! Many experts in the auction hall couldn’t help but shudder when the amount was mentioned.
500 million was considered a sky high price in the Bedlam Lands.
“Six hundred million.” At this time, Zhao Chen’s voice originated from private room amount nine.
1000 million! The public sale hall fell into immediate silence hearing Zhao Chen’s tone of voice.
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Six hundred million!
Hearing this figure made the hearts of many experts in the auction hall jump… The starting bet price was horrifying enough, they didn’t expect there would be someone who would increase the price by a hundred million at the first go!
“This sounds like Young Noble Zhao Chen’s voice!”
“Sin City’s Young Noble Zhao Chen?” The auction hall boiled up with whispers.
Because Zhao Chen did not disguise his voice in any way, the people in the public sale hall guessed the owner of the tone of voice almost immediately.
Zhao Chen? Huwang Xiao frowned, he didn’t expect this Zhao Chen would be thinking about this batch of quality one spirit rocks. The other experts that were interested in this batch of grade one spirit stones hesitated hearing Zhao Chen’s voice, the majority of individuals experienced misgivings about Zhao Chen’s identity.
“Private room number nine offered 1000 million, is there anyone else with a higher offer?” Seconds later, Auctioneer Fang Dong surveyed the audience and asked.
“Seven hundred million.” When everyone thought there wouldn’t be anyone increasing the bid, a sonorous tone of voice sounded from private room number twelve, raising another commotion in the auction hall.
“Seven hundred million! I question who this person is, daring to challenge Young Noble Zhao Chen?!”
Many suspected that this person might be Millennium City’s Senior He Yunxiong. Knowing full well that it was Zhao Chen, there were only a handful of people who still dared to bid. Undoubtedly, that person must be one of ten strongest experts in the Bedlam Lands, Mature He Yunxiong.
Inside private room 9, a tiny crease appeared on Zhao Chen’s brows, others perhaps couldn’t recognize He Yunxiong’s voice, but he could. Years ago, He Yunxiong once frequented the Sin Palace. At the same time, the silver-haired old man standing on the left aspect behind Zhao Chen approached, stating, “Young Lord, since it is Senior He, do we…?”
Zhao Chen snorted dismissively, “Senior He? So what, are we afraid of him?”
Hearing this, the silver-haired old man dared not persuade further and retreated to his position.
“Eight hundred million!” Zhao Chen waved his hands and ruthlessly increased another hundred million.
Eight 100 million! His voice echoed like the crashing waves, striking the public sale hall below.
“Nine hundred million.” The moment Zhao Chen’s tone of voice sounded, He Yunxiong’s voice followed.
“One billion!”
“One billion a hundred!”
The rest of the auction hall was quiet, only Zhao Chen and He Yunxiong’s voices reverberated. The experts below shuddered every time Zhao Chen and He Yunxiong called out.
One billion one hundred! The type of concept was that? One billion a hundred coins pooled together was probably higher than 100 zhang tall hill. In fact, that many coins were enough to reclaim a river.
Listening to Zhao Chen and He Yunxiong’s price war, even Huwang Xiao was shaking his head inside.
He could afford the price of one billion one hundred, but He Yunxiong being thinking about this batch of quality one spirit stones was something Huwang Xiao didn’t expect. Thus, he could only give up, it was unnecessary to form a conflict with He Yunxiong for these soul rocks. Moreover,
he wasn’t in any rush to have these grade one spirit stones.
Huwang Xiao looked around and once again his view fell on Yao Fei’s silhouette. From Huwang Xiao’s seat, he has a clear view of Yao Fei profile, watching Yao Fei sitting there unmoving in a pensive manner. Following the Life Soul Grass, like Huwang Xiao, Yao Fei didn’t bet for other things.
In the end, the batch of grade one spirit stones was bought by He Yunxiong with two billion two hundred.
Inside private room nine, Zhao Chen’s eyes turned a chilling frosty.
The next auction item was a big blade, a huge blade that was broken by an unknown entity. The remaining body of the damaged large blade was filled up with dense historic language writings and diagrams.
“This large broken sword was determined to be an ancient relic after it was inspected by our expert.” Auctioneer Fang Dong described. “Although we cannot determine what materials this large blade is made from, it cuts through steel as if it were mud. Furthermore, engraved on the body of the top blade is an ancient sword skill. It may be incomplete, but our expert has confirmed it to be at least a Heaven rank battle skill.”
A Heaven rank or above sword skill! Regardless of it being an incomplete one, it was enough to stir the interest of several experts in the auction hall.
Huwang Xiao directed his spiritual sense, wrapping around the broken large blade. Finding nothing special about it, he lost interest immediately. A Heaven rank sword skill was appealing, too bad it was incomplete, not to mention he wasn’t lacking in battle skills.
This large damaged sword was bought by the guest in private room two.
“ up is the Great 1000 Technique and Peerless Blowing wind Breaking Finger. ” Auctioneer Fang Dong’s tone of voice resounded once more.
Great Thousands of Technique!