Chapter 818 - The Xuanming Witch (1/2)
Once the auction began…
The auction hall was in silence at first. Then, all the families, the Chamber of Commerce, individual cultivators and even Connate Overlords started bidding
“Thirty thousand Spirit Stones.”
“Thirty five thousand Spirit Stones.”
“Forty thousand Spirit Stones…”
The price rose above fifty thousand, reaching a hundred thousand in a heartbeat; countless onlookers were speechless. The representatives of some small families and the Chambers of Commerce looked frightened.
A hundred thousand Spirit Stones was enough for a Divine Sea Cultivator to enter the Connate Level, buy ten acres of land, build thousands of houses and hire a Connate Cultivator as a bodyguard. Other than the cultivation families and the large Chambers of Commerce, individuals would never be able to offer that many Spirit Stones. Not even normal Connate Cultivators might be worth this price.
Chen Fan scanned the auction hall with his Immortal Will.
The arrays on the walls couldn’t stop him at all. His Immortal Will pa.s.sed through many boxes and he felt traces of Connate energy.
Some were hot like fire, some were cold like the moon and some were light like clouds. Apparently, those were the Ancestral Patriarchs from the cultivation families. Chen Fan even sensed someone similar to Mu Hongti, who was probably the Ancestral Patriarch of the Mu family.
After taking the Soul Core, Chen Fan’s Immortal Will had reached the phenomenal success level, which was even more powerful than that of a Golden Core Cultivator; that was why those people didn’t notice it at all. In the meantime, in a hidden box…
A gorgeous, cold lady in a black dress sat there.
Behind her was an old man who was apparently a Connate Overlord, but he was standing respectfully with his hands clasped together as he looked at the lady.
“I can’t believe there are such perfect Spirit Pills in Zhuyan City. The Master who made them must be as powerful as Master Xie in the royal city,” the lady in a black dress said.
After that, she stopped paying attention. “Have you found out who came to the Juehan Mountain Range?”
“Among the six Grotto-heavens in the Beihan Region, disciples from the Tianmang Hall and Yin Yang Palace also came here. I heard that even the royal family sent someone,” the old man replied.
“Hm, they’re all here for the treasures of Perfected Cultivator Juehan. Perfected Cultivator Juehan was only half a step away from becoming a Nascent Soul Cultivator and was an invincible being in the Beihan Region. Countless people have an eye on his treasures.”
The lady grunted. “I don’t want any other treasures, but I’ll kill whoever fights with me over the Ancient Underworld Pearl.”
She sounded cold and there were black waves around her when she spoke. Her body made the entire box feel chilly as well.
“Yes, my Lady.”
The old man lowered his head.
Once the Connate Ancestral Patriarchs started bidding, the auction for the Heavenly Essence Pills became more and more intense.
“Two hundred thousand Spirit Stones. I bid two hundred thousand Spirit Stones.”
An old voice came from the box and that man pushed open the door. He was surrounded by Cloud Qi, seemingly having merged with the sky.
“The Ancestral Patriarch of the Yun family!” someone exclaimed.
That was a heavy hitter in Zhuyan City. He hadn’t showed up for decades after becoming a Connate Cultivator, so no one knew how powerful he was right then.
The Ancestral Patriarchs in the other boxes looked at one another.
They would be able to get a Treasure Pill with a little bit more than two hundred thousand Spirit Stones, so it wasn’t worth it to keep bidding and they considered it was better to give the chance to the Ancestral Patriarch of the Yun family.
When the Ancestral Patriarch of the Yun family was about to smile, a cold voice was suddenly heard.
“Three hundred thousand.”
“Who’s that?”
The Ancestral Patriarch of the Yun family was enraged.
Everyone was shocked. Who would dare to be that savage? The person seemed to be determined to get those pills! The Ancestral Patriarch of the Yun family also knew that and he glared at the opposite side with a cold and furious look.
“Old Lord Yun, why can’t you recognize your old friend?”
An old man came out of the box. He had an aquiline nose, a slim face and a cunning smile.
“Mr. Yin? Are you the Sect-servant of the Lin Family in the royal city who serves Miss Lin? Why are you here? Is that Miss Lin in the box?”
The Ancestral Patriarch of the Yun family was surprised. Something seemed to have come to his mind and he was immediately covered in sweat.
“Right, my Lady wants to get the pills for her sister as a birthday gift. Why? Do you want to take them away from her?” Mr. Yin sneered.
“No, no.”
The Ancestral Patriarch of the Yun family was drenched in cold sweat.
He was a Connate Overlord, but he was terrified because of what Mr. Yin said.
In fact, all the people in the auction hall became silent.
“The Lady of the Lin Family from the royal city? That’s Lin Wuhua! I heard that she’s a disciple of the Xuanming Sect. She has already reached the Connate Level and is called the Xuanming Witch. Many experienced Connate Cultivators died because they offended her,” someone said.
Mu Hongti also looked startled.
The Lin Family was a large family in the royal city; it also had a Golden Core Ancestral Patriarch. As for the Xuanming Sect, it was one of the six Grotto-heavens in the Beihan Region and was much more powerful than the Qingyang Sect Mu Hongti had joined before. So, a small family in Zhuyan City certainly would not dare to provoke such a lady.
Finally, the Ancestral Patriarch of the Yun family smiled and left respectfully.
Lin Wuhua bid three hundred thousand Spirit Stones for the Heavenly Essence Pills. Chen Fan took the Spirit Stones and didn’t stay to watch the end of the auction. Before he left, people of the Golden Crow stared at him with a weird look.