Inside the auction hall below the platform, Chen Luo suddenly sneezed.
Irina, who had been reminding herself to stay calm and not be a simp, quickly turned and leaned over the iron cage, saying excitedly:
"Are you sick? Remember to drink more hot water!"
Chen Luo rubbed his nose, looking at the steel-straight girl who had turned into a simp with a black line across his face.
No, miss, you look quite good when you're not talking. Haven't any simps ever fawned over you?
At least try to be a little more skillful! Don't be so direct!
Drink hot water! I'll drink your sister!
Just as Chen Luo was about to retort, a silver light flashed. Irina, who was excited inside the iron cage beside him, could only watch helplessly as this first love, whose name she didn't even know, disappeared before her eyes.
No, looking at the countless greedy gazes that suddenly appeared before her, Irina knew. She had been teleported!
"It's over. I wonder if he'll miss me if he can't see me? Damn it, I forgot to ask his name."
"Never mind, a forbidden love with an invader is destined to have no ending anyway."
Thinking of this, Irina's eyes sharpened, and she loudly declared to the unabashed greedy gazes around her:
"Invaders! You are all destined for hell!!!"
"Haha, what did I hear? A barbarian actually curses us to hell?"
"What is hell? I only know of the Nine Lands. Is your hell more terrifying than the demonic realms of the Nine Lands?"
"Is this the furnace cauldron before the grand finale? The quality is not bad. Although the brain seems a bit problematic, this potential...!"
"Wait, ninth-grade potential?!?!"
Looking at the introduction of the girl on the spirit energy screen, the bidders were completely agitated!
Ninth-grade potential was the strongest below special physiques! If nothing unexpected happened, people with this potential had a half chance of ascending to immortality!
Even though it was only a half chance, that was the difference between mortals and immortals!
Thinking of the lofty status of those who ascended to immortality, whether it was the ordinary cultivators on the platform seats or the guests in the pavilions, their eyes lit up!
Seeing the crowd's enthusiasm, Gong Xiaoyan nodded in her heart and announced loudly:
"The ninety-ninth item! And the grand finale furnace cauldron in our original plan! A top-grade furnace cauldron with ninth-grade potential!"
"The starting bid is five hundred thousand spirit stones! Each increment must not be less than one hundred thousand!"
"Great Jin Taiping Dao! Six hundred thousand!"
....
"Great Shen Wang Family! Nine hundred thousand!"
....
"Kingdom of Wei Royal Court! One point five million!!"
In an instant, bids rose one after another, and the greed in everyone's eyes seemed to overflow.
They seemed to see themselves possessing a ninth-grade potential furnace cauldron, their cultivation soaring like a flying sword!
"Great Feng Immortal Dynasty! Li Wuji! One thousand top-grade spirit stones!!!"
Suddenly, amidst the increasingly heated bidding atmosphere, a voice from the pavilion above suppressed all the bidding sounds.
The Dao path had nine stages, with every three stages forming a major phase, dividing the entire journey of stepping onto the Dao path into three distinct stages: early, middle, and late.
The three qualities of spirit stones—top, middle, and bottom—corresponded to these three stages of the Dao path.
For example, Luo Xuan, a bidder on the platform, was a sixth-stage cultivator in the middle phase of the Dao path, and he should normally use middle-grade spirit stones.
Luo Xuan could use bottom-grade spirit stones, but their replenishment speed was weak, and their effect on cultivation was poor.
Luo Xuan could also use top-grade spirit stones, but the spiritual power of his sixth stage was difficult to absorb from top-grade spirit stones, and the effect on cultivation was still poor.
In simple terms, the higher the grade of spirit stones, the more precious they were. Generally, the spiritual energy within one top-grade spirit stone was equivalent to ten thousand pieces of bottom-grade spirit stones.
However, considering the condensation of internal spiritual energy and the demand for top-grade spirit stones by cultivators in the later stages of the Dao path, it was rare for people to exchange top-grade for bottom-grade in reality.
Therefore, Li Wuji's bid of one thousand top-grade spirit stones at this moment suppressed everyone.
Of course, other guests in the pavilions could afford more. This ninth-grade potential was worth a higher price.
But for Li Wuji, the Crown Prince of the Great Feng Immortal Dynasty, who was second only to the Ten Great Sects, it was a bit too much of a loss to offend him for a ninth-grade potential.
A hint of displeasure flashed through Gong Xiaoyan's mind, but the price was not too far below the expected price, so it was still within an acceptable range:
"Li Wuji bids one thousand top-grade spirit stones! Are there any higher bids?"
"One thousand spirit stones, first call!"
"One thousand spirit stones, second call!"
Inside the pavilion, Li Wuji looked at the golden-haired foreign girl in the white robe within the cage, a cruel smile appearing on his lips:
"Invader, huh? Stupid alien, you can't see the essence of the survival of the fittest in this world."
"When I bid for you and take you back, I can educate you properly!"
"Once you're tamed, this furnace cauldron might be useful during my ascension tribulation!"
However, just as Li Wuji was making his calculations, an extremely seductive voice echoed from higher up in the sky:
"Yu Xian Sect, Miao Yu, one Immortal Crystal!"
Boom!
Like a thunderclap from a clear sky, the seven major forces, who had made such an exaggerated entrance, finally bid for the first time in the ninety-ninth round of the auction!
And this bid was for Immortal Crystals, which ordinary cultivators found somewhat bewildering.
On the platform seats, Wang Er asked Luo Xuan beside him with some confusion: "Brother Luo, what is an Immortal Crystal? Is it related to Ascended Immortals?"
Luo Xuan, who knew a little more, nodded blankly: "Immortal Crystals are condensed by Ascended Immortals! One Immortal Crystal is equivalent to the entire immortal power of an Ascended Immortal of the first level!"
"And immortal power is a more advanced energy than spiritual energy! If I could obtain an Immortal Crystal and use immortal power to cleanse my body and mind! I would definitely be able to step into the seventh stage of the Dao path! I wouldn't even have any bottlenecks until the ascension tribulation!!"
The participants in the hall erupted in discussion. Cultivators who didn't understand Immortal Crystals became flushed as others explained!
Although the seven major forces were high above, and apart from Linglong, all other attendees were at the Ascended Immortal level, they were all at the first level of Ascended Immortal.
On this primitive land, Ascended Immortal was a word full of temptation, and everything related to Ascended Immortal was even more attractive to Dao path cultivators.
Among the myriad nations on the primitive land, there were countless Dao path cultivators, and even powerful cultivators in the later stages of the Dao path.
But the only ones standing at the pinnacle of the land were the Ten Great Sects and the high and mighty Immortal Dynasties!
What was the reason?
Ascension!
Ascension!!
...
Li Wuji in the pavilion let out a bitter laugh, and finally cupped his hands: "Fairy is wealthy, Wuji admits defeat."
But what made him feel humiliated was that Miao Yu, in the floating Cloud Smoke Pavilion, had not said a second word from beginning to end.
The auction was completed, and the cage containing Irina was quietly pulled into the Cloud Smoke Pavilion by Miao Yu's immortal power.
As for why she didn't respond to Li Wuji? Fairy Miao Yu stated that she disliked that stinky man, so she wouldn't talk to him!
On the platform, Gong Xiaoyan stood there with a heavy heart, silent for a long time.
The golden-haired foreign race auction was over, and the normal ninety-ninth round of auctions had concluded. At this moment, she desperately wanted to announce the end of the auction and have those seven scoundrels above leave quickly!
She even had the thought of resisting the constraints of the Dao Contract, thinking that with her mother present, she wouldn't be struck to death by Elder Lian's methods.
But, Mei Yingxue's voice mercilessly echoed in the楼主 Gong's ear:
"Yan'er, are you tired? Then, let Mother preside over the remaining auction!"
The next moment, a peerlessly elegant female immortal slowly appeared on the stage.
And a luxurious cage woven with golden threads, transported by the power of the Qiankun, arrived in the center of the platform!
On the spirit energy screen, the young man inside the cage appeared in the sight of the cultivators of the Nine Heavens and Nine Lands for the first time!