Chapter 229: 228: Auction and Acting! (Please Subscribe!)

Name：I'm A Wasteland Giant Author：
+ - Turn off Reset
Chapter 229: 228: Auction and Acting! (Please Subscribe!)

Translator: 549690339

“Everyone, let’s give him a hand, extinguish that fire!”

Du Gang said with a playful smile.

Everyone paused, confused.

Hasn’t he been at odds with this chubby Taoist all along? Why is he suddenly eager to put out the fire for him?!

As everyone was curiously staring, Du Gang had already moved in.

“Thump thump thump!”

At this moment, he turned into a professional soccer player, stomping on Duan Youde.

“What are you standing around for, come and help!”

Du Gang grinned wide, waving to the crowd at the same time.

The others hesitated, unsure whether they should step in.

After all, the chubby Taoist was quite mysterious and could potentially possess terrifying techniques.

If they started stomping on him, what if he retaliated?!

Then he said, “Don’t want a chance to achieve godhood?!”

This time, as soon as Long Aotian heard this, he rushed over without a second word and started stomping!

Seeing this, the others no longer hesitated, swiftly moved forward, and began stomping together.

“Get the hell off me! I don’t need your help! Step away!”

Lying on the ground, Duan Youde wailed in agony, wishing he could rise and kick everyone away.

“You all just wait, once I get out of here, I’ll rob all of your ancestral tombs...”

Upon hearing this, Du Gang turned to the crowd and laughed: “Did you hear that? We’ve already offended him. If we don’t kill him now, we’ll have to face the consequences outside!”

Upon hearing this, they no longer hesitated and began to stomp fiercely, targeting the important parts of his body.

“Thump thump thump!”

After several relentless minutes of stomping, the fire on Duan Youde was extinguished.

“Get out of my way!”

After the flames subsided, he suddenly sprang to his feet, evaded the crowd with a roll, and quickly stood up.

Sensing this, everyone stopped, except for Du Gang, who was still keen to keep kicking.

“What are you doing?!!” Duan Youde shouted loudly.

Du Gang saw him unscathed except for his clothes, which were scorched and tattered like a beggar’s. He expressed his regret.

Laughing, he said, “Nothing much, just helping put out the fire. Fatty, you should really thank us this time. Without us, you wouldn’t have been able to extinguish that fire!”

Everyone rolled their eyes at Du Gang’s shameless act of playing the hero after causing harm.

Duan Youde just snorted coldly and ignored him.

He understood in his heart that Du Gang was right. Although it was a flippant comment, Du Gang had indeed put out the fire.

The fire was too fierce for him alone to handle. If left to him, it probably would’ve burned for a while before possibly being extinguished. Now, however, it was extinguished under Du Gang’s stomping.

Seeing Duan Youde ignoring him, Du Gang lost interest and turned to the beast skin scroll in his hand.

As he started reading the scroll...

“Boom!”

A bolt of lightning flashed by, and countless pieces of information flooded his brain all at once.

In this moment, the pattern of the Tao naturally presented itself, the lotus of the great Tao scattered on both sides of Du Gang.

“This lucky guy!”

Duan Youde exclaimed. Then, without any shame or embarrassment, he fished out a set of new clothes and started changing on the spot.

“Shameless!”

Yu Shuiyao snapped and turned away.

“Hahaha!”

Seeing this, Duan Youde roared with laughter, didn’t care about anything else and continued to change clothes.

The crowd was curious and watched a certain part of him.

“It’s burn...”

Long Aotian frowned and said, “In this state, you might as well just cut it off...”

“Fuck off!”

Duan Youde cursed, “My precious is innately beautiful and cannot be discarded. Even if it’s burnt, it can still be used!”

Du Gang sat quietly, his mind completely immersed in the inherited secret techniques flowing in his mind.

This secret technique was unlike the normal techniques he practiced, which involved understanding Law-related matters.

And it also differed from the top-tier techniques and saintly techniques he practiced that had progress levels, which increased their power gradually by constant cultivation.

What amazed him was that this secret technique seemed to have only two stages: initial and final completion.

Either you enter the beginner’s stage or you don’t. However, once you enter the beginner stage, you reach the small accomplishment stage. Then if you continue to practice, you reach the great accomplishment stage.

Unlike other techniques that require learning through the body or mind, this secret technique requires branding it within your heart.

Sure, this method of practicing is a bit strange, but Du Gang didn’t slack off one bit. He quickly followed the instructions, capturing it bit by bit, and gradually imprinted it into his heart.

“Crack!”

With the last bit of the secret technique imprinted in his heart, Du Gang seemed to hear a small sound.

The Jie-Character Secret Technique can instantly increase combat power tenfold!

This so-called tenfold combat power is not like the laws of critical strikes, which seem to have high attack power but not strong combat power.

This tenfold combat power is truly a tenfold combat power, a presence that can resist immortals!

Simultaneously, Du Gang seemed to have gained some clear enlightenment from this secret technique.

He suspects that the laws of critical hits and fatal injuries, if practiced to the extreme, could possibly reveal the Jie-Character Secret Technique.

The so-called extreme level is not his previous mastery of the Mystery technique. That could only count as having a small degree of the technique, not even thorough research.

The so-called extreme level is practicing to the end of the path, discarding all appearance and seeing the ultimate truth.

However, what made him speechless was that, just like the Jie-Character Secret Technique, it also has a probability issue, meaning that not every attack can display tenfold combat power.

Only when the great accomplishment level is reached can it ignore the probability issue with every move being a burst kind, and each can display tenfold combat power!

However, this is already very powerful. A tenfold surge in combat power doesn’t just mean the attack power, it means an overall upgrade.

That means, he has a chance to go against the immortals!

“I wonder, if I let it all out, can I kill a God Spirit?!”

Du Gang was very curious, excited, but thinking of his current situation, he decided against it.

Although he had practiced for a long time, only a short time had passed in the outside world.

Nearly everyone had discussed for less than a minute before he opened his eyes.

“Have you woken up?”

Long Aotian curiously asked, “Did you learn it?!”

Du Gang nodded and said, “I’ve learned it, one of the Nine Secrets, the Jie-Character Secret!”

“Tsk tsk tsk!”

Duan Youde exclaimed, “This is a secret technique that can improve combat power tenfold, and you obtained it so easily!”

At this time, Du Gang realized that the beast skin scroll in his hand had disappeared. He looked around and couldn’t find it.

At that moment, Yu Shuiyao seemed to understand what he was looking for and shook her head, “The beast skin scroll in your hand, when you were looking at it, turned into a light and went into your mind...”

Duan Youde laughed and said, “This kind of Nine Secrets is a kind of initiation inheritance that Supreme Pangu prepared specifically for you, so only you can learn it...”

He suddenly stopped, “Wait, if you learned these Nine Secrets, then did the people from a hundred billion years ago not learn them?!”

Everyone else looked at him curiously, not understanding what he meant.

However, Duan Youde frowned as if he was pondering something.

Everyone realized that he must certainly know something secret, otherwise he wouldn’t be like this.

Too lazy to deal with him, Du Gang quickly started searching around the divine platform again, wanting to see if there were any other powerful techniques or things.

Unfortunately, to his disappointment, this place was as empty as if it had been looted, except for this divine platform and the previously left Nine Secrets.

“Damn, did we eat someone else’s dust?!”

At this point, Duan Youde suddenly exclaimed, “There must have been many treasures in this palace, but in the end, they were all taken away by those guys from a hundred billion years ago. Now, the reason there is one of the Nine Secrets is because the guy who received the Jie-Character Secret inheritance died back then, so the Nine Secrets reappeared!”

Seeing everyone confused, he explained, “Things like the Nine Secrets are the ultimate secret techniques of the world. There are nine of them. They are unique and even if the owner dies, they will reappear in the world...”

Everyone was amazed, “Doesn’t this mean that the Nine Secrets still exist in the world?”

“Correct!”

Duan Youde nodded, “As long as the holder of the Nine Secrets is alive, they won’t appear in the place where they were stored before like now...”

“So, the Nine Secrets is either mastered by someone, or stored somewhere, waiting to be discovered!”

After these words, everyone present was daydreaming, wishing they could immediately find another one of the Nine Secrets to learn.

“So, do you mean that essentially only nine people mastered the Nine Secrets?” Long Aotian said so, he was really curious about these things.

“Not!”

Duan Youde shook his head, “Although the Nine Secrets are difficult to learn, they are not limited to just one person. However, the Nine Secrets are rare and want to teach them to others. It’s not just anyone can do it, plus, the one who wants to learn it also requires fate. This leads to the Nine Secrets being extremely rare...”

“So, that’s how it is!”

Everyone present seemed to understand. Now, they have a deeper understanding of the Primordial Continent, and they have an extra longing for it.

After all, they were all grown up listening to the legends of the Primordial Continent. They know that it is the center of the world, a place full of infinite legends, and more importantly, it’s the origin of the cosmic human race.

Plus, with a hundred strong god races there, and allied with the families of Penglai Island, they are equivalent to the power of a thousand royal families. The number of powerhouses is terrifying.

But that is exactly what excels them off.

Only by standing out in such an environment of powerhouses, can you be a contender, can you be a hero!

“Is there nothing else here?”

Du Gang didn’t care about how he just treated Duan Youde, and casually asked.

And Duan Youde didn’t seem to care, and nodded, “No, as I said, only Nine Secrets were left... Oh, the divine platform as well...”

“Splash!”

Before the words were finished, the deity platform that was originally standing here disappeared. Du Gang had directly confiscated it!

Duan Youde was speechless for a while, too lazy to finish his sentence, once again glanced around the main hall, shook his head and said: “Nothing left, what a waste of time. I’m leaving...”

Having said that, he ignored everyone else and turned around to leave.

He really left?

Watching him wobble away, everyone exchanged glances and turned to Du Gang.

After considering for a second, Du Gang quickly followed.

He doesn’t understand anything, staying here wouldn’t help him figure out whether there really was anything else left, so, following that fat guy is the best choice!

Seeing Du Gang leave too, the others naturally followed, but they all felt a bit regretful.

This time, they followed along and got no benefits, they could only watch as Du Gang received a secret method.

So, a group of more than ten people, returned to the place where the ropes were dangling previously.

“Just go up like this?”

Long Aotian was a bit unwilling. He came down to snatch the benefits, but didn’t grab anything, only Du Gang gained something.

Duan Youde was also clearly dissatisfied, “If not going up, what can we do? There is nothing left here...”

“Really nothing left?!”

Everyone looked puzzled.

Duan Youde frowned, “Are we very close? What do you mean by that?!”

Aside from Du Gang, it’s the first time meeting the others, but they all act like he’s definitely hiding something.

Everyone was startled, a bit puzzled. They didn’t know why, but based on Duan Youde’s appearance, they always felt he was hiding something.

“Get lost, none of you are good!”

Recalling the situation where they had stepped on him previously, Duan Youde angrily declared, and then, without turning his head, he started climbing up the rope.

Seeing him really start to climb, the others followed.

But Du Gang was puzzled.

“Are you really just going up like this?!”

“Nonsense, if not going up, what else can I do?!”

He wasn’t giving up, “What about your deity? Did you leave it behind secretly?!”

“You’re talking nonsense, I’ve been suppressed. If I could summon deities, I would’ve killed you long ago!”

Hearing this, Du Gang finally shook his head, deciding to believe his words.

Maybe, he had overestimated him.

Although his attitude was very big, as if he didn’t even care about Pangu.

Just like that, everyone silently climbed upwards. After a long time, they finally returned to the iron rope.

“Du Gang, you guys are finally back!”

At this point, everyone waiting on the iron rope was tearful, almost crying.

“It was so hard to wait!”

By now, Yu Shuiyao and the others also understood Long Aotian and Little Hawk King’s agenda, so they all started to think, wanting to brag about an earth-shattering feat.

“Ahem ahem!”

Unexpectedly, Yao Zijie was the first to speak.

“Du Gang’s strength is indeed formidable. He and I were together nearly the whole time before and after Long Aotian’s near-disaster. However, he managed to leave me behind just when we were about to ascend...”

His way of saying this was interesting. As the Gentleman’s Sword, he couldn’t lie. He had to convey his thoughts ambiguously to show his strength without lying and it was indeed a bit tricky.

Of course, hearing his words, others misunderstood.

They thought that one could progress faster in the sacred temple only with greater strength. And since the Gentleman’s Sword could keep up with Du Gang’s pace in the early stages, it means his strength was formidable!

Immediately, everyone considered Yao Zijie an unbeatable opponent.

Before long, all the young geniuses who knew about the specific conditions inside the sacred temple because of Du Gang, narrated their experiences one by one with a mix of boast and deception.

However, each person more or less brought up Du Gang in their narration.

This was a misunderstanding. They thought that mentioning Du Gang could grant them some kind of opportunity.

But in fact, Long Aotian wanted to take advantage of Du Gang as a witness to his strength, to avoid some troubles later on!

Everyone else took the similar approach, which made Du Gang quite happy.

He moved from speaker to speaker without stopping, lingering there and chatting with the person, even giving them a hug in the end.

But in fact, Du Gang was going up and threatening them, resulting in all of them reluctantly passing their divine artifacts to Du Gang.

Finally, it was Yu Shuiyao’s turn. She didn’t mention Du Gang, instead, she narrated how she had witnessed the battle between Little Hawk King and Long Aotian, just as if she had been there herself.

And she did so with an extremely indifferent attitude. This indirectly suggested that she was also present at the scene and was not any inferior compared to them.

Upon hearing her words, Du Gang sneered. So, you don’t want to give me any divine artifact?

Everyone else has surrendered theirs, only you won’t?!!

He laughed softly, “Indeed, good thing you ran fast during my fight with Little Hawk King, otherwise I would have caught you long back...”

The others also sneered.

They understood that Yu Shuiyao did not want to surrender her divine artifact.

Hearing this, Yu Shuiyao cursed internally, but there was nothing she could do. She couldn’t be exposed, otherwise, when the fight starts later, everyone would see her as weak and gang up against her. That wouldn’t be good at all.

After a thought, she shook her head and replied, “Indeed, compared to you, I fall short. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been captured by you in the end. However, within my internal world, I was able to gain a lot of insights... ”

Du Gang was taken aback, not understanding what she meant by mentioning the internal world.

“Mr. Du, after thinking it over, I don’t need the sword you once gave me. I just want to quietly cultivate now, I don’t want any love drama, so I’m returning it to you...”

Saying this, she took out a divine artifact and handed it to Du Gang.

Hearing this, Du Gang felt a pang in his heart, that damn woman, she dared to falsely accuse him!

But still, he took it. The divine artifact worth millions of Saint Crystals, he won’t decline a free gift. As for his reputation, well, he is a man after all.

Both of them put on an unfazed appearance, but others were all in shock.

Including Long Aotian, Little Hawk King and others, all were in the same state.

They really thought that these two had some secret, so they all stared at them in disbelief.

Yu Shuiyao once accepted a divine artifact given by Du Gang!

This was earth-shattering news!

It meant that there was a moment when she was considering accepting Du Gang.

“My God, I can’t imagine how angry the sons of Penglai Island will be once they hear this news!””Indeed, those sacred sons, as I’ve heard, are full of formidable individuals...”

“That’s Du Gang for you!”

At this moment, people’s gaze towards Du Gang changed!

Indeed a heroic youth!

Du Gang didn’t seem to care. As a Sector Lord, he was protected, so these sacred sons, no matter how angry they got, couldn’t touch him.

As for what happens after God’s Spirit Level, he would deal with it after successfully surviving the Ancient God Tribulation.

If he does not survive, hurrying now would be pointless. If he does survive, he wouldn’t wait for these so-called sacred sons to come to him, he would go to them!

So, regarding Yu Shuiyao’s comment, he was indifferent, not caring at all!

After all, he is a man!

Clearly, this was Yu Shuiyao’s revenge, intending to upset Du Gang.

Unfortunately, Du Gang is no fool; how could he be tricked.

He chuckled, “You’re quite right. In the inner world, I was merely captivated by your beauty, tempted by your body, which led to my decision...”

“But as it turns out, after getting to know you, I’ve realized that the one I truly like is Yao Zixuan...”

With that, he turned towards Yao Zijie and smiled, “Isn’t that right, little brother-in-law?”

Damn!

Yao Zijie was cursing internally, yet on his face was a smile uglier than a cry.

Damn it all, if it weren’t for Du Gang being here, he would’ve flipped out already!

Compared to him, Yu Shuiyao was even icier.

“Du Gang!”

She called out coldly.

Everyone at the scene was excited. More drama to unfold!

Yu Shuiyao wanted to curse and clarify things, but in the end, she held back.

All in pursuit of achieving godhood!

Upon becoming a god, she would definitely avenge the humiliation she suffered today!

Du Gang, on the other hand, added fuel to the fire, chuckling, “Don’t try to win me back, I never revisit old flames. If I say I don’t love you anymore, then I don’t!”

“Smack, smack, smack!”

At this moment, Yu Shuiyao was furious, her fingers creaking from the tight grip.

“Today’s humiliation will be avenged one day!”

Nonchalantly Du Gang responded, “You’re welcome to find me anytime!”

After saying this, he stopped paying any attention to her. Anyway, his goal was achieved.

On his side, only those who have been in the temple were capable of speaking on his behalf. Others, who had similar intentions of pairing with Du Gang, were not responded to.

Du Gang was not stupid. Such things could be entertained to some level. But if it got too much, even the benefits previously received might have to be returned.

For example, someone questioned whether they had really fought inside the temple.

Who could answer that?

Naturally, only those who entered the temple could. Once inside, they became forever intertwined, forming a shared destiny, and naturally couldn’t be exposed so easily.

Therefore, those clever, looking at these people, grinded their teeth in frustration. They had no choice but to make up their minds to focus their efforts on these insincere people once the fight began.

At this moment, the bidding for seats on Du Gang’s side was also over.

The first seat made many people excited, slowing down the progress.

By the end, these people even started a real fight, raising the bid by 100 Saint Crystals at a time.

“One hundred and two million, three hundred and twenty-five thousand and one hundred Saint Crystals...”

Upon hearing this, Du Gang had no choice but to say, “First time, anyone else?”

“Second time!”

“Third time, sold!”

He couldn’t take it anymore. These old people were really time-consuming. He had collected all the sacred artifacts for the dozen or so prodigies on his side, and the bidding for the first seat was still not over!

Suddenly, the old man who successfully got the first seat was overjoyed and hurriedly came up to pay the bid!

The bid of over one hundred million Saint Crystals was not all made in Saint Crystals, most of it was equipment or other kinds of deduction items.

Du Gang carefully checked and found that the value of these things was even higher than the price he had shouted.

After confirming it was correct, he collected the items and then nodded, “Okay, the first seat transaction is complete. Old man, please wait in front of your seat!”

“I am now announcing the auction for the second seat. However, this time, I stipulate that each bid must not be less than one hundred thousand Saint Crystals!”

With one hundred Saint Crystals per bid, it started to bore him. These old men seemed quite calm, as if this was a mastered strategy. They were indifferent until he shouted for the second time and then, they would make their bid.

Even the old man who got the first seat remained calm until Du Gang announced he had won. Then he jumped for joy as if a child in a kindergarten was awarded a candy stick by the teacher.

The difference in his manner made Du Gang speechless!

Not to mention him, even other talented youngsters were bored and started to become noisy.

“The bid must not be less than 1 million Saint Crystals!”

“Indeed, a hundred thousand Saint Crystals are too few!”

As soon as these words came out, it immediately caused the wealthy old men to voice their dissatisfaction.

“Young people, they are too impatient!”

“Exactly, when we were traversing the world and sweeping through the land, you guys weren’t even born yet!”

“This attitude problem needs to be addressed seriously, otherwise it’s easy for you lot to suffer major losses!”

A young man dissatisfied, sneered repeatedly, “Are you guys really that extraordinary? That’s great. Whoever participates in the upcoming battle, I’ll pick you to practice with, let’s see who is the better one!”

His words immediately shut all the old men up.

In terms of power, they really weren’t as good. It’s not that they didn’t have anyone who reached the Eight Law Domain Lord level, there were, but they were few and far between!

Moreover, even if they reached the Eight Law Domain Lord level, it didn’t necessarily mean they could defeat these young people.

Just like what the Little Hawk King said earlier, they were not the best of the lot, and that’s why they were left behind!

The truly outstanding ones, even if they didn’t promote during the first Golden Age, would always have a chance in the next Golden Age!

These people, having experienced a minimum of several hundred million years to a maximum of tens of billions of years, have gone through numerous Golden Ages, not to mention the times when the Ancient Holy Body dominated the world.

“Old man, how old are you?!”

At this moment, Yu Shuiyao asked an elder who looked extremely old.

This elder, clearly at an advanced age, despite being a Sector Lord level, his body was somewhat stooped and his back hunched, he asked, “What did you say?!”

The crowd was speechless. How come an old man nearly lying in his grave also came?!

Does he really think the opportunities are numerous here?

Is he not afraid of getting killed by the ensuing battle arena’s aftershock?!

Yu Shuiyao, feeling helpless, loudly asked, “I asked, how old are you, sir?!”

The stooped old man finally heard clearly and nodded, “Ah, I’m a hundred years old this year...”

“What?”

The crowd was taken aback.

The stooped old man realized he had misspoke and corrected himself, “I am, this year, ten billion years old...”

“Ten billion years old, isn’t this the limit of the Sector Lord level?!”

“More than that, I heard there are elders from the same era as the ancestors of Penglai island who are still at the Sector Lord level...”

“This...”

The crowd fell silent. People from the same era who are still at the Sector Lord level, they’ve got incredible luck!

Yu Shuiyao asked again, “Have you experienced the Ancient Holy Body era?!”

“The Ancient Holy Body?!”

The stooped old man seemed to recall the past, his eyes brightened a bit and he nodded, “That was indeed a spectacularly brilliant era...”

“However, too many people died in that era...”

He sighed, “Almost all of us from the same generation of the genius contest died in that era...”

The crowd was stunned.

After the old man finished speaking, he closed his eyes as if he had fallen asleep and began recuperating.

Seeing this, Yu Shuiyao didn’t bother him anymore.

At this moment, a young man sighed, “If I fail to break through to God Spirit level, I hope I can live past ten billion years smoothly, just like him!”

It’s so difficult!

Over these many years, there really haven’t been many who lived to this age!

But in reality, there are countless individuals whose lifespan exceeds ten billion years!

Not giving up, the young man turned and asked, “What’s your secret to living to this age, sir?!”

Seeming to have heard something of interest, the old man opened his murky eyes, revealing an unkept set of yellow teeth, and smiled, “The secret, is not having children!”

“No children?!”

The crowd was perplexed, not understanding his meaning.

The old man chuckled, “You all don’t know, I’ve seen quite a few with better talents than me, that died at the hands of their own offspring...there must be eight hundred million of them at least...”

“After all, if he doesn’t die, the younger generations below can’t inherit the wealth. You can be on guard in a thousand ways, but there’s no way to defend against a thief from within your own family. A golden body can’t withstand two ounces of poison!”

This sentence unveiled the secret of why people can’t live long!

Listening to this, many other elders nearby also agreed, laughing, “Indeed, there are too many examples of this. After generations of passing down, my descendants must’ve been through millions of generations, there’s hardly any emotional connection...”

“Yet, you still have to be wary of these people, wondering if they’re plotting your wealth...”

“After all, we have the habit of saving money. Every Golden Age, there are always some Godhood places that can be purchased with money, just not as many as this time...”

“That’s why there’s always a rumour that the older the guy, the richer he is, naturally drawing the attention of others...”

This sentence revealed the secret of why ordinary families can’t grow.

Within the family, if there is no God Spirit, it can’t survive long, it will inevitably be split up!