Chapter 341 - Earth Essence

Chapter 341 - Earth Essence

More than a hundred people were in the Heavenly Phase Realm, and an intense competition was about to unfold.

In addition to the Yu and Hou Clans, some medium-sized clans would also participate in the bidding.

Cultivators passing through Fan City would take advantage of this grand event. Seventh-grade demonic beasts were rare, and they could only be found in the deepest parts of the mountain range, which was dangerous, and no ordinary people would venture so deep.

"The starting price is one hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones, with a minimum increment of five thousand!" The exorbitant price instantly filtered out ninety percent of the attendees.

Those in the Heavenly Dipper Realm couldn't afford it, and those in the True Core Realm couldn't withstand the demonic aura even if given to them.

"110,000!"

"150,000!"

"200,000!" Bids were called, and the price was doubled in a split second, reaching two hundred thousand. The atmosphere was heated, and this place looked more like an auction now.

Each bid would be followed with applauses, and the price continued to climb.

"350,000!" A few breaths later, more people joined the bid, and the price soared. A seventh-grade demonic beast's actual value was 200,000 to 300,000 spirit stones.

The Scarlet Cloud Bull wasn't a rare demonic beast, with a value of at most 250,000 spirit stones. The current price was already one hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones above the market value, reaching its limit as bids began to decrease.

No one would spend another one hundred thousand spirit stones for a seventh-grade demonic beast unless they needed it urgently. Someone probably needed it to refine a pill, which was why the high price.

In the end, an elder from the Hou Clan bought the seventh-grade beast core, and Hou Chi even congratulated the elder.

Yu Chan was at a disadvantage in this round of bidding. When the beast core was removed, the demonic aura disappeared except for a faint smell of blood, almost undetectable.

The price of a beast core was close to all the items added together, and the bids would increase as the auction continued.

As more items were being sold, this aroused everyone's enthusiasm.

Furthermore, the price would continue to climb as the auction continued.

After the seventh-grade beast core, the next item threw the audience into a frenzy again.

"Coming up next is a xiantian treasure infused with powerful xiantian spirit. The starting bid is one hundred thousand spirit stones, with a minimum increment of five thousand."

The xiantian treasure corresponded with the Heavenly Phase Realm. It was also called treasure, but those in the Heavenly Dipper Realm could only forge ordinary spiritual treasure, and the spirituality wasn't high, barely capable of supporting human flight.

If someone in the Heavenly Phase Realm could gather enough xiantian spirit, they would be able to refine a xiantian treasure. The value of a xiantian treasure was also much higher than ordinary spiritual treasures.

Xiantian spirit was like an embryo that needed to be nurtured in the spiritual treasure before gaining its spirituality. It was also known as artifact spirit in the cultivation world, which was the true power of xiantian treasures.

Everyone had a different purpose for the Earth Essence, but their desire to buy was the same. The atmosphere was more heated than the auction for the seventh-grade beast core and xiantian treasure, pushing the auction to the peak.

"The starting price for Earth Essence is one hundred thousand spirit stones, with a minimum increment of ten thousand." Though the increment had doubled from five thousand to ten thousand, it ultimately didn't matter as only the final price counted.

"150,000!" The cultivator who practiced the Earth Origin Art called out.

"200,000!" Hou Chi was the second to bid. His cultivation technique was not related to earth element, but he believed his master could use it. Thus, he planned to buy it for his master.

Liu Wuxie felt anxious because he had underestimated the value of the Earth Essence. This was just the beginning, and the price had already soared to 200,000. This meant the final cost might reach a terrifying number.

"250,000!"

"300,000!" Hou Chi bid again. He was the grandson of Hou Clan's grand elder and an inner disciple of the Azure Crimson Gate. His status couldn't be measured with his cultivation. Just because something was beyond the reach of ordinary cultivators in the Heavenly Dipper Realm didn't mean it was beyond his.

The first bidder gave up because 300,000 spirit stones were his limit.

The Yu Clan remained silent. It was as Liu Wuxie had expected: few in the Heavenly Phase Realm were bidding for it because it wasn't beneficial for them, and most gave up after some time. They still had to save their spirit stones for the final item.

"310,000!" Liu Wuxie bid after a brief silence from the surroundings.

When he called out the bid, the woman on his right looked at him like she was looking at a madman. She couldn't tell what Liu Wuxie was thinking about spending 310,000 spirit stones for Earth Essence when he was still in the True Core Realm.

A xiantian treasure was priced at about three hundred thousand, the same price as two thousand grains of Earth Essence. However, if anyone learned that Liu Wuxie was spending so many spirit stones for forging a spiritual treasure, they would probably think he had gone insane.

After all, most people would instead buy one if they could afford it, and it was more worthwhile.

Not only the woman on his right but everyone in the auction hall looked at Liu Wuxie. Many people had reached their limit after buying one item, and even someone like Hou Chi hadn't dared to bid on the previous items, afraid he would run out of spirit stones.

Liu Wuxie instantly became the most dazzling presence in the auction house, spending five thousand on a piece of junk and two thousand for five talisman papers. These things didn't match his identity at all.

The fragment was acceptable, but it was weird for someone in the sixth-level True Core Realm to buy sixth-grade talisman papers.

"Is he insane? Does he think he can bid anyhow he likes in the auction house? He will be executed on the spot if he's found maliciously bidding." There were instances where auction houses hired people to raise the bid whenever it stagnated in the past.

After all, who would be so irrational to buy a useless fragment and five talisman papers in the True Core Realm?

"Hahaha! Let's see how he embarrasses himself. That's 310,000 spirit stones we're talking about, and many people in the Heavenly Phase Realm didn't even have this much wealth." Everyone gloated as they looked at Liu Wuxie, waiting to see him in trouble.

Yu Huai had killed many cultivators to gather more than four hundred thousand spirit stones. Not everyone could kill many people like Yu Huai in just over a year, and collecting so many spirit stones through normal means was impossible. Thus, it was understandable that everyone would think Liu Wuxie didn't have that many spirit stones on him.

Elder Tai looked at Liu Wuxie with suspicion, wondering if Liu Wuxie was hired by the auction house to bid maliciously. But he knew better than anyone that he didn't recognize Liu Wuxie.

"Brat, you dare compete with me for the Earth Essence? I'll let you know the meaning of death!" Hou Chi was enraged. It was fine if someone else competed with him, but it had to be Liu Wuxie.

"Young Master Hou, are you only capable of making useless threats?" Liu Wuxie wore a harmless smile, showing no regard for Hou Chi. As long as he could get the Earth Essence, he would be able to upgrade the Heretic Blade into a spiritual treasure, and no one could stop him from leaving then.