by Shian Jeen
Huwang Xiao fell into deep thought.
“But, luring you would bring no benefit to their Zhu Family.” Shi Xiaofei muttered, unable to understand the motivation behind the Zhu Family Ancestor’s action.
“What if someone wanted him to do this, or ordered him to do this? Could he disobey?” Huwang Xiao who was in deep thought suddenly spoke.
Shi Xiaofei was taken aback, “Order? In the four galaxies, who could order the Zhu Family’s Ancestor?” Shi Xiaofei realized something just then, “You mean that mysterious Great Lord?”
She already knew about the mysterious Great Lord from Huwang Xiao.
Huwang Xiao nodded.
Only this could explain the Zhu Family Ancestor’s actions.
Six days passed quickly.
In these six days, the four of them didn't go anywhere, staying inside their respective yards to cultivate, or sometimes get together to have a drink.
On the day of the auction, Huwang Xiao, Shi Xiaofei, Liu Yun, and Qi Wen stepped out from the inn, walking toward the auction house.
By the time the four of them arrived at the auction house, the entrance was already crowded with cultivators from all directions, the surroundings were filled with people. One could hardly move an inch forward.
However, the auction house stated that only Highgod Realm masters were eligible to rent a private room. On top of that, there was an entry fee of one million Baihu coins.
After paying four million Baihu coins, the four of them entered the auction house.
“In the future, I’ll also hold auctions in Martial Spirit World, charging one million Xuanwu coins as entrance fees.” Huwang Xiao joked.
Shi Xiaofei and Qi Wen also laughed.
All of a sudden, Liu Yun’s eyes turned red, glaring angrily in a certain direction.
As Huwang Xiao followed Liu Yun’s gaze, he spotted a group of people not far in front. They were Zhu Chu and the Zhu Family masters.
Huwang Xiao’s eyes narrowed, his gaze landing on the crimson-haired old man beside Zhu Chu. ‘This is the Zhu Family Ancestor, Zhu Heng?’
At this point, the Zhu Family Ancestor Zhu Heng happened to look in Huwang Xiao’s direction. Two people’s gazes collided in midair.
“Ancestor, that’s Huwang Xiao.” Zhu Chu informed Zhu Heng, indicating toward Huwang Xiao with his gaze.
Zhu Heng was surprised, he didn’t expect to run into Huwang Xiao here. After a brief pause, Zhu Heng walked over to Huwang Xiao’s group of four.
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Zhu Heng stopped in front of Huwang Xiao with a glacial expression, “You’re Huwang Xiao? Last time, you took advantage of my absence from and made a bet with Zhu Chu. You ambushed him when he was distracted, hence winning the bet.”
Liu Yun boiled with anger at Zhu Heng’s shameless words. The bet that time was fair and square, yet it suddenly turned into Huwang Xiao using an underhanded method to win the bet!
Huwang Xiao didn’t look like he was agitated by Zhu Heng’s words at all.
“The blood contract is in my hands.” Zhu Heng went on, “If you want it, come to the New Stone World, make a fair and square bet with me. If you win, you can take the blood contract away and our Zhu Family will not interfere any further with your Eldest Senior Apprentice-brother and Third Apprentice-sister’s relationship.”
This was Zhu Heng’s true purpose.
More accurately, the mysterious Great Lord’s intention—baiting Huwang Xiao to the New Stone World.
And if Huwang Xiao really went there, a trap would be awaiting him.
Zhu Heng added, “However, I prefer you to come alone at that time, or else you will never get your hands on the blood contract.” The threat in his tone and words was clear as day. With that said, Zhu Heng turned around, leading the Zhu Family masters away.
Huwang Xiao’s cold gaze followed the Zhu Family members as they walked away. Looks like this Zhu Heng was betting on Huwang Xiao’s willingness to venture to the New Stone World once again for his Eldest Senior Apprentice-brother and Third Apprentice-sister.
“Fourth Junior Apprentice-brother.” Liu Yun called out, deep lines of worry on his face.
Huwang Xiao turned back to look at Shi Xiaofei, Liu Yun, and Qi Wen, all three had worry written all over their faces. He shook his head with a faint smile, “It’s alright. Come on, the auction is going to start.”
Seeing this, Liu Yun and the rest could only follow Huwang Xiao into the auction square.
Due to the auction house rules stating that only Highgod Realm masters were eligible for private rooms, Huwang Xiao’s group of four could only sit in the prepared seatings on the square like most of the other families’ masters.
The auction square was large enough to accommodate several tens of thousands of people. However, by the time Huwang Xiao entered, the seats were almost full.
Looking around, they found four empty seats in a corner that were in the same row and sat down.
Huwang Xiao had just sat down when he felt an intense gaze filled with hatred directed at him, his brows creased slightly as he turned to look at the origin of the gaze. It came from private room number nine.
However, every private room had restrictive formations to ensure their privacy, hence the people outside couldn't see inside those private rooms.
Inside private room number nine, sat the person who had his ‘eggs’ scrambled by Huwang Xiao a few days prior, Yelu Tianhao. Other than Yelu Tianhao and the two withered old men, there were three other people.
One of them was a young man with purple pupils, who also had two old men behind him. The invisible pressure from these two old men was actually a bit stronger than the two withered old men behind Yelu Tianhao.
This purple-eyed young man detected the hatred surging from Yelu Tianhao’s eyes, hence felt it was strange. Following Yelu Tianhao’s gaze, he sighted Huwang Xiao.
“That’s Huwang Xiao?” The purple-eyed young man suddenly realized, then his gaze shifted onto Shi Xiaofei sitting beside Huwang Xiao. When he saw her alluring beauty, a feverish light flickered unnoticeably in his purple eyes. “No wonder Brother Tianhao would be so infatuated with this woman. If it were me, I’d feel the same.”
A few days had passed and Yelu Tianhao had obviously investigated Huwang Xiao’s identity and background.
Remembering what happened a few days ago, the hatred in Yelu Tianhao’s eyes intensified, his gaze was fixed on Shi Xiaofei’s face, “There’ll be a day when I push this wench under my body, taking my pleasure in a hundred and eight positions, I'll play her to death!”
The purple-eyed young man chuckled, “But, that Huwang Xiao actually made you suffer, this truly piques my interest.” The purple-eyed young man unconsciously licked his lips, a wicked light shining in his purple pupils.
Yelu Tianhao laughed evilly, “Beitang Zi, I have no problem if you want that Huwang Xiao, but you cannot let him die, I want to send him to hell personally!”
Beitang zi beamed, “Sure, but this Huwang Xiao’s power in the Black Tortoise Galaxy is quite a handful ah, not taking into consideration the Black Warrior Institute Principal and that Ascending Moon Old Man behind him, those dozen Highgod Realm subordinates of his aren't just clay dolls.”
Yelu Tianhao’s eyes were spine-chilling cold, “I don’t believe he’ll stay within the four galaxies his whole life! As long as he dares to take a step out of the four galaxies, that’s when he dies!”
“This brat, how does he have so many divine grade spirit stones?” Beitang Zi’s brows creased slightly, “Does he really have a divine grade spirit stone mine? If that is so, I’m afraid we won’t be able to win the bidding for that shard of the Heavenly God’s godhead if he joins in.”
However, when Yelu Haotian heard this, he laughed loudly, “So what if he has a divine grade spirit stone mine? In the surrounding thousands of galaxies, could there be anyone richer than my Yelu Family?” Yelu Tianhao’s eyes emitted a violent, ruthless light, “Today, that godhead fragment is mine! I really wa
nt to see how that dog Huwang Xiao is going to compete with me!”
Beitang Zi grinned, “You’re right! Comparing wealth, no one is richer than your Yelu Family.”
Sitting outside in the square, Huwang Xiao was ignorant of what transpired in private room nine. Other than the guests in private room nine, there were many eyes that were observing Huwang Xiao and his group.
For example, inside private room twelve.
Sitting there were the Jiang Family Patriarch Jiang WuHuwang, the Black Warrior Institute’s Vice-Principal Wang Na, Gudu Family Patriarch Gude Ye, Wang Family Patriarch Wang Dingyi, as well as the Zhu Family Ancestor Zhu Heng who offered Huwang Xiao a bet, together with the other Zhu Family masters.
A total of twenty-eight Highgod Realm masters!
Every person in this room was an existence that brought awe and respect in the outside world, but these twenty-eight Highgod Realm masters were actually sitting in a lesser position before a young man enshrouded in an illusory glow.
The illusory glow shrouding the young man gave a mysterious and profound feeling to the others, obscuring the young man’s features at the same time. They could only tell that this person’s features belonged to a young man.
“That one is Huwang Xiao?” A young sounding voice spoke with indifference, neither low nor loud, yet imposing.
“Yes, Lord Mirage King.” Jiang WuHuwang, sitting beside the young man, flinched before answering. Wang Na and the others were sitting accordingly, no one dared to say a word.
“Pity ah, pity.” The young man, Mirage King, suddenly lamented.
As for what was a pity, no one dared to ask.
“Have you all prepared the money?” Young man Mirage King changed the topic.
“Yes, it’s ready.” Jiang WuHuwang, Wang Na, Gudu Ye, Wang Dingyi, and Zhu Heng all respectfully replied.
The Mirage King nodded, “This time, no matter what, that godhead fragment must fall into our hands, the Great Lord is very interested in it. If we fail to bid for it, all of you know the consequences.”
Jiang WuHuwang, Wang Na, and the others shivered, quickly acknowledging the young man’s words.
On the square, Huwang Xiao’s group of four sat in a remote corner, ignoring the many gazes directed at them. They were talking and laughing amongst themselves while waiting or the auction to begin.
Roughly an hour later, when there were no more people entering the auction square, an old man walked up to the auction stage.
The auction begins!
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The old man presiding over the auction was a famous high-level auctioneer in the White Tiger Galaxy.
The opening item of the auction was an ancient green longsword with eleven previous owners, all Highgod Realm masters; the longsword’s body was cast out of extremely rare Divine World fine iron with intricate defensive formations inscribed on the it's body. Hence, the moment it was brought up to the auction stage, more than a few cultivators made high bids for it.
At the end, the green longsword was sold for 230 million Baihu coins to a Patriarch of a super force from the White Tiger Galaxy.
Toward this kind of divine swords, divine spears, divine knives ah, Huwang Xiao held less than tepid interest. He didn't lack these things, all of them sitting quietly inside his Asura Ring, thus he didn’t participate in the bidding.
Following that, there were some rare million-year-old medicinal herbs, brand new divine weapons, and armors, rare Divine World iron and steel, even the beast cores of a few perfection stage late-Tenth Order God Realm demonic beasts.
More than a dozen items were sold.
Huwang Xiao sat silently, disinterested, for there were just too many of these things inside the Hailstone and Xuanji Treasuries.
Shi Xiaofei, Liu Yun, and Qi Wen also watched in silence, rarely saying a word.
However, when it came to the nineteenth item on auction, exclamations and gasps of shock echoed in the square, including Huwang Xiao and his three companions.
The auctioneer introduced, “, our nineteenth auctioned item is a batch of tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellets personally refined by this term’s Pill King Huwang Xiao!”
Huwang Xiao was bewildered hearing the auctioneer’s introduction, so were Shi Xiaofei, Liu Yun, as well as Qi Wen.
In private room twelve, the young Mirage King was stunned for a second. Jiang WuHuwang, Wang Dingyi, Gudu Ye, Wang Na, and the remaining Highgod Realm masters in the room were dazed for a moment.
Even Yelu Tianhao and Beitang Zi inside private room nine failed to react for a moment.
A seemingly long moment of silence later, the square was stirred up.
“A batch of tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellet refined by Pill King Huwang Xiao!”
“I heard the Huwang Family members’ cultivation improved so fast because they consumed this Exalted Divinity Pellet that Huwang Xiao personally refined!”
It could be said that Huwang Xiao’s reputation had definitely preceded many old characters who had risen to fame in the last ten thousand years.
In the four galaxies, if someone said they had never heard of Huwang Xiao, they would be despised as ignorant and ill-informed.
Although the majority of people present in the auction didn't know Huwang Xiao, they had heard of his feats that were recorded in the sacred history of the four galaxies.
Compared to the excited crowd, Shi Xiaofei leaned in closer to Huwang Xiao, a mischievous smile on her face, “You refined this batch of tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellets?”
Shi Xiaofei’s feather-like warm breath tickled Huwang Xiao’s ear.
Huwang Xiao answered helplessly, “I also don’t know ah.”
This batch of pellets definitely wasn’t put on auction by Huwang Xiao. He didn't lack money, thus he need not auction anything, so to speak. However, since the auction house dared to take them out, they must have verified their authenticity, therefore the pellets couldn't be fake.
Who exactly was it that auctioned off the tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellets that he refined? Names of people he had given the pellets flashed in his mind one by one.
Those from the Alchemist Grandmaster Association? He did give a few batches of tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellet to the Alchemist Grandmaster Association’s Chief Chen Ye, and also to several Association Elders like Lin Pinghai.
“This batch of tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellets are absolutely genuine, they have been verified by all three of our auction house’s high-level appraisers. There are only twelve of these tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellets, and each pellet is of the finest quality tribulation grade.” The auctioneer made an elaborate pause, then added, “The bidding price starts at 1.2 billion.”
1.2 billion!
Quite a few cultivators sucked in a breath of cold air, even Huwang Xiao was surprised. He didn’t expect a batch of tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellets that he refined to start at such a high price.
There were twelve pellets, that averaged to 100 million for each of them. Moreover, this was merely the initial bidding price. Following this path, Huwang Xiao estimated they could reach a selling price of 2 billion.
“You don’t need to do anything in the future, just sit at home to refine tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellets every day and you can still be the wealthiest man in the four galaxies.” Shi Xiaofei leaned close to Huwang Xiao’s ear, suggesting in jest.
Huwang Xiao responded, “As long as you’re by my side, I don’t care about being the number one wealthiest man in the four galaxies.”
Shi Xiaofei couldn’t help blushing despite Huwang Xiao’s cheesy words.
Sitting not far from them, Qi Wen laughed as she said to Huwang Xiao, “If your Eldest Senior Apprentice-brother’s mouth was half as sweet as yours, how wonderful that would be.” She rolled her eyes at Liu Yun at the end.
Liu Yun smiled bitterly, ‘What is this? Skewered while lying down?’
Right after the auctioneer announ
ced the bidding price, someone called out: “1.5 billion!”
Everyone was dumbfounded, turning to look at private room nine.
Huwang Xiao merely glanced at private room nine, thinking that things might get interesting.
Inside private room nine, Yelu Tianhao watching Beitang Zi with a frown on his face, “What are you doing bidding for that dog Huwang Xiao’s pellets?”
The person who called out 1.5 billion was none other than Beitang Zi.
As far as Yelu Tianhao knew, Beitang Zi’s family did not have a need for pills. Furthermore, as a core disciple of the Beitang Family Patriarch’s line, the pills he usually consumed weren’t any worse than the so-called tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellets.
But Beitang Zi smiled, “Since Huwang Xiao can win the four galaxies’ Pill King title, the pellets he refined have some research value.”
Yelu Tianhao solemnly stated, “I want three pellets.”
“Sure.” Beitang Zi did not hesitate.
However, right at this time, someone called out: “5 billion!”
5 billion!
Beitang Zi, Yelu Tianhao, and everyone else in the square wore a bewildered expression, turning toward private room twelve.
A cold light glinted in Beitang Zi’s eyes. Covering it with an amiable grin, he said to Yelu Tianhao, “Looks like we aren’t the only ones interested in this batch of tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellets. If so, I shall play a little with them.” He turned forward, calling out: “8 billion!”
8 billion!!
A loud thump sounded in everyone’s hearts, however, before they could recover from the shock of those 8 billion, from private room twelve came another bid: “10 billion!”
10 billion!!
Everyone was shocked to the point of feeling numb. Shi Xiaofei, Liu Yun, and Qi Wen were looking wide-eyed at Huwang Xiao, there were actually people willing to spend 10 billion to buy a batch of twelve tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellets? Did this person hit their head on a furnace?
In the meantime, Huwang Xiao seemed to be in deep thought.
At the end, the guest in private room twelve spent 40 billion to buy twelve tribulation grade Exalted Divinity Pellets refined by Huwang Xiao.