Chapter 366: The Earthfire Mirror

Chapter 366: The Earthfire Mirror

Do you know why the Mountain of Mind and Heart lost the Earthfire Mirror, dear customers?

Fire Skull explained smilingly, A hundred years ago, the Mountain of Mind and Heart had a disciple called Tian Yizi[1]. He was the disciple of the Lord of the Mountain and the most gifted warrior in the sect. He was supposed to succeed his master and become the next Lord of the Mountain, but for whatever reason, the Lord of the Mountain chose a nobody to be his successor instead.

Furious, Tian Yizi turned traitor and stole the bronze mirror carrying the martial art. Then, he escaped and never returned. Since then, the Mountain of Mind and Heart lost the Earthfire Mirror.

What were showing you is Tian Yizis handwritten notes and insights into the Earthfire Mirror. Sure, its not the original, and it cant hold a candle to the true Earthfire Mirror, but rest assured that the difference isnt too big.

As soon as Fire Skull finished speaking, an old voice spoke angrily, How did you have Tian Yizis handwritten notes? Did he give it to you himself, or did you kill him?

My apologies, but we cannot tell you, Fire Skull replied unhurriedly. It is against the rules to tell anyone about the origins of the auctioned items. If youre willing to buy it, then please submit a bid. If not, then please remain quiet.

Now then, let the bidding begin! The starting bid for the Earthfire Mirror is three thousand yin gold. Every bid must be at least five hundred yin gold higher than the previous number.

Before anyone could make a bid, the old voice from before spoke up again, Everyone, the Earthfire Mirror is an important item belonging to the Mountain of Mind and Heart. We must obtain it no matter what. We humbly beseech you to give us face[ref]NEVER do this in real life, btw. This is easily one of the stupidest moments of the story.[/[ref].

There really was someone from Mountain of Mind and Heart. This is going to be fun. Ye Qing smirked.

The speaker is probably the great elder of Mountain of Mind and Heart, Cang Jun, Greenlake whispered to him.

She identified him just from his voice? Thats impressive, Ye Qing thought to himself.

Meanwhile, Cang Jun made his bid, Three thousand and five hundred yin gold.

Five thousand yin gold, A childish voice rang immediately after that.

Its you, Six Yins? What is the meaning of this? Cang Jun must recognize the second bidder because he identified his voice right away.

Logically speaking, even the weakest warrior present was a Spirit Purifier like Ye Qing, so it was childs play for anyone to alter their voice, not to mention that the Ghost Tower went to great lengths to conceal their identity. However, this Six Yins obviously didnt bother to hide his identity.

Are you seriously asking that question, Cang Jun? Forget that the Earthfire Mirror is the foundation of your Mountain of Mind and Heart, the Earthfire Mirror on its own is a Grandmaster-stage martial art. Did you actually think you can buy it for three thousand and five hundred yin gold? Six Yins Superior replied in a mocking tone.

Six Yins Superior is right. This old man would like to make a bid as well. Six thousand yin gold.

In that case, this gentleman cant stay quiet either. Eight thousand yin gold!

You stingy bastards, youre really going to pay a couple thousand yin gold for a Grandmaster-stage martial art? How shameful! Ill raise eight thousand and one yin gold!

The crowd saw an opportunity to ridicule Mountain of Mind and Heart and did not hesitate to pounce on it.

Ten thousand yin gold, Cang Jun sucked in a deep breath to calm himself. Furious he might be, he recognized some of the speakers as titans of the Dark Ways; people he couldnt afford to offend for short. That was why he didnt dare to say anything against them.

Eleven thousand, Six Yins Superior said lazily.

Twelve thousand, Cang Jun declared.

Thirteen thousand, Six Yins Superior continued to bid up.

To this, Ye Qing could only say, Money makes the world go round.

Congratulations to our dear customer for winning this item! Now then, our next item is a drop of blood.

After a female ghost carried a porcelain bottle up the stage, Fire Skull uncorked it and released what looked like a puff of pure white air. Such was its power that it instantly covered the entire floor in frost and entombed the female ghost who carried it up the stage in ice.

A Strangers aura?

Ye Qing frowned as he attempted to perceive the strange energy. It was highly potent, evil, and anomalous. The Ghost Towers presence must have suppressed it to a certain extent, or this puff of air alone couldve turned everything within several hundred meters into a frozen wasteland.

Fire Skulls flames were threatening to go out as well, so it quickly corked the bottle and declared, It looks like some of you have figured out the answer. Thats right! This is the blood essence of a Stranger, the Disaster-class Stranger Snow Maitreya to be exact!

The blood essence of the Snow Maitreya?! Countless people exclaimed in surprise. The Snow Maitreya was an extremely powerful Stranger that naturally caused an ice storm just by existing. It was clear that the blood was no ordinary blood essence either. It was the hearts blood of the Snow Maitreya, what they felt just now was a glimpse of its power.

This made the blood essence so much more valuable than what it wouldve been. To a Stranger, the blood essence could strengthen their bloodline and class. To a warrior, it could be used to greatly enhance their power if they cultivated a martial art of a similar attribute, create medicine, forge Strange Artifacts and more.

As soon as Fire Skull finished, countless people began bidding for the blood essence, and among them were some Strangers. As far as his senses could tell, Ye Qing could sense at least six Strangers participating in the bidding. In the end, a Stranger managed to win the blood essence at the hefty price of one hundred and fifteen thousand yin gold.

Fire Skull wasnt done yet, however. It showed off the incomplete scroll of the Divine Art of Nine Deaths next.

The Divine Art of Nine Deaths was a godly martial art a warrior nicknamed the Old Man of Nine Deaths created based on the Nine Metamorphosis of the Heavenly Silkworm three hundred years ago. Every time the practitioner died, their power would multiply by leaps and bounds. Nine deaths later, they would become a Sage, immortal and imperishable. That was why it was also known as the martial art that could turn anyone into a Sage in nine deaths.

Of course, the deaths mentioned in the martial art wasnt true death or even the death of ones mortal shell. It was referring to a near death experience. The near death experience couldnt be staged either, or it wouldnt count.

Naturally, the Divine Art of Nine Deaths was an extremely difficult martial art to practice. It was all too easy for a near death experience to result in true death. It was said that the Old Man of Nine Deaths himself failed to reach the adept level of the martial art before he died.

Moreover, the one being auctioned on the stage wasnt even the full version of the martial art. It was just an incomplete scroll. Otherwise, there was no chance it would be auctioned.

That said, the Divine Art of Nine Deaths was still a Sage-stage martial art. In the end, someone bought it for ninety thousand yin gold. It wasnt too high or too low a price.

Alright, its time for the climax and final item well be auctioning today. Im sure that many of you are here for this item.

Fire Skull took a moment to build up the hype before revealing, The last item were auctioning is the martial inheritance of the Dark Overlord, Li Hentian!

What? The martial inheritance of the Dark Overlord?

Really?

This cant be real! There is no way the Ghost Tower would be willing to put it up for auction if it is real!

Are you toying with us, Fire Skull?!

As soon as Fire Skull finished, the loudest murmurs yet of the auction broke out. Shock, suspicion, impatience, greed countless emotions swirled within the floor.

1. Literally Son of Heavens Will. Not sure if moniker, but he doesnt appear again so whatever.