Chapter 326: Startling Night Spear

Not long after Fan Jiandan turned and left, a man in red walked to the doorway of Ding Huan's room and paused for a moment.

He stopped for roughly a few breaths, then a cold smirk crept onto the corner of his mouth. After that he took a few more steps and entered the room diagonally across from Ding Huan's.

The Myriad Realms Void Flying City did business with void cultivators; within the vast void, countless cultivators came here seeking opportunities.

When they fell into dire straits, or when their closed-door cultivation required certain resources, the Myriad Realms Void Flying City was the best choice.

Any cultivator who knew of the Myriad Realms Merchant Guild would obtain a Myriad Realms Guest Token.

The higher the grade of such a guest token, the greater its value.

For instance, this time the Myriad Realms Void Flying City was holding an auction in the void, and a high-grade guest token could teleport one directly in.

There were cultivators who, relying on the teleportation privilege of the Myriad Realms Merchant Guild's VIP token, had escaped crisis after crisis.

Three days passed quickly. When Fan Jiandan came looking for Jia Baihe, Jia Baihe kept feeling there was something different about Fan Jiandan.

It was as if she had picked up some killing intent, though for the moment Jia Baihe couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Jia Baihe followed Fan Jiandan into the auction. Wherever her divine sense reached, Earth Immortal cultivators were everywhere.

Clearly, anyone who dared come to such a flying city to attend the auction had a few tricks up their sleeve.

Otherwise, walking out would be nothing but a death sentence.

Inside the Void Flying City one was probably quite safe—after all, this was the Myriad Realms Merchant Guild's territory.

Once one left the flying city, though, that was another story.

Of course, this was the moment that better demonstrated the importance of a high-grade VIP token from the Myriad Realms Merchant Guild, because it could teleport one straight back to a Star Land.

"Big Brother Jia, my cultivation is pretty weak, you've got to look after me a bit." By the time they entered the auction, Fan Jiandan was already calling him Big Brother this and Big Brother that.

"As long as we're inside the flying city, it's definitely safe." Jia Baihe's tone was somewhat stern.

If it weren't for the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus, she absolutely would not have attended this auction.

The Myriad Realms Void Flying City's auctions were enormous, and the cultivators who came here to bid had come from every major Star Land.

So there were plenty of people here.

When Jia Baihe and Fan Jiandan walked into the auction, at least several tens of thousands of cultivators were already seated inside, and the auction was not yet full.

Jia Baihe made a rough estimate—at least fifty to sixty thousand cultivators had entered this auction.

"Big Brother Jia, I heard there's also a spiritual treasure up for auction this time, though I don't know if it's true. If it is, I'd actually like to buy it.

Oh, and Big Brother Jia, if my spirit stones aren't enough, you'll have to lend me some. Still, I think the spirit stones I brought this time should be more than enough."

Fan Jiandan seemed completely unaware of what danger was, and the moment she sat down she began gossiping about the auction's items.

When she spoke, her voice was absurdly loud, drawing the attention of everyone around to the two of them.

Jia Baihe was not Ding Huan; she merely felt Fan Jiandan shouldn't casually talk about spirit stones, and didn't think too much of it.

After the two had been seated for roughly half a shichen, a clean-shaven man with a fair complexion stepped up onto the auction stage.

At the same time, the two of them sensed the great formation outside the auction closing up—in other words, during this kind of auction, no one was allowed to leave before it ended.

"Wow, this guy is probably a late-stage Earth Immortal powerhouse; I'm even feeling a sense of pressure." Seeing the fellow hosting the auction, Fan Jiandan once again spouted some useless chatter.

Jia Baihe was not about to be like Fan Jiandan. She had witnessed Lou Xihe's might, and she vaguely sensed this fellow was probably at the half-step Immortal-Mortal Bridge realm.

"I am Fu Ji Yuan Qi. This auction of the Myriad Realms Merchant Guild aboard the Void Flying Ship will be hosted by me. On behalf of the Myriad Realms Merchant Guild, I welcome all Dao friends from the various Star Lands, and sincerely hope every Dao friend returns fully laden…"

The man's face was wreathed in smiles; after speaking, he even offered the crowd a cultivator's salute.

After Fu Ji Yuan Qi finished speaking, he spread his hand, and a jade bottle landed in his palm: "Fellow Daoists, this first auction item is a Ji Immortal Pill. The starting price for this pill is fifty million upper-grade spirit stones, and spirit vein bids are also accepted…"

Fan Jiandan slapped Jia Baihe beside her: "How about that, I didn't lie to you, did I? Look, the very first bidding item is a Ji Immortal Pill—everything after is bound to get even more precious."

Jia Baihe was somewhat astonished as well. She had attended several auctions herself, yet she had never seen one where the very first auction item was a Ji Immortal Pill capable of advancing one to Earth Immortal.

Although plenty of Earth Immortal cultivators were attending the auction, Human Immortal cultivators were by no means few.

In just a dozen or so breaths, the price of this Ji Immortal Pill had risen to one hundred million upper-grade spirit stones.

In the end it was purchased for one hundred and ten million upper-grade spirit stones plus one upper-grade spirit vein.

Jia Baihe sighed inwardly. She had wiped out several sects and several clans, killing thousands of cultivators, before she had her current fortune.

Otherwise, she wouldn't even have qualified to attend an auction like this.

It was a pity she had left in such a hurry; otherwise, giving the Nine Yuan Star a thorough sweep would have made her filthy rich.

Fu Ji Yuan Qi produced the second auction item, and it turned out to be a small world.

"Another good thing, but unfortunately we can't use our spirit stones now—we have to wait until the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus comes up." Fan Jiandan seemed worried Jia Baihe might not be able to resist buying the small world, and offered a reminder.

Jia Baihe was rather speechless inside. She muttered to herself, when did I ever agree to buy the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus together with you?

This small world was ultimately purchased for ten upper-grade spirit veins plus one billion upper-grade spirit stones.

Jia Baihe watched, utterly dumbfounded.

The small world Fu Ji Yuan Qi had just produced—she had swept it with her divine sense—and the grade of this small world was definitely not as high as the Big Mouth Gourd Ding Huan had given her.

The only flaw of the Big Mouth Gourd was that it had no lid.

A small world of a lower grade than the Big Mouth Gourd had actually sold for such a terrifying price.

She drew a sharp breath as well—Ding Huan probably didn't even know the value of a small world himself.

Because of this, she couldn't just casually accept Ding Huan's small world. After Ding Huan came out of closed-door cultivation, she would still have to return the small world to him.

However, she immediately realized that Ding Huan absolutely would not take it back.

She herself was wealthy, but Ding Huan was probably no worse off than her—perhaps even richer.

Forget it. If she came across anything good at this auction, she would just buy it and give it to Ding Huan.

Fu Ji Yuan Qi's voice came once more: "Next up for auction is an offensive dharma treasure. I believe many of you already know what this dharma treasure is."

After speaking, Fu Ji Yuan Qi spread his hand, and a long spear appeared in his palm.

The moment this spear came out, its wild, violent aura of slaughter and conquest filled the entire auction hall.

Jia Baihe nearly shot to her feet; she had never seen such a terrifying weapon of slaughter and conquest.

Right now this spear is still an unowned object, and its aura of slaughter seems ready to tear apart every single person in this venue.

If this spear were subdued by someone and became another's dharma treasure, how terrifying would its power be?

She recalled the battle between Ding Huan and Lou Xihe.

If Ding Huan had had this spear back then, would the outcome have been a little better?

Although Ding Huan's spear at the time was not bad either, compared to Lou Xihe's dharma treasure, it was worlds apart.

In the end, Ding Huan's spear also shattered into a pile of scrap iron; Ding Huan was injured, and a major reason was precisely that his dharma treasure had broken apart.

"I won't introduce the origins of this spear; I believe everyone already knows. Those who like it, name your own price. The starting price is ten million upper-grade spirit stones, with no limit on increments…"

Upon hearing Fu Ji Yuan Qi's voice, the auction venue fell silent for the first time.

A thought rose in Gabi Baihe—she must buy this spear and give it to Ding Huan.

Thinking of this, she immediately wrote eleven million on the bidding screen in front of her.

"Are you crazy?" Seeing Gabi Baihe about to buy this spear, Fan Jiandan widened his eyes and could not help but say.

Gabi Baihe looked at Fan Jiandan in confusion.

To be honest, when Fu Ji Yuan Qi said everyone knew about this spear, she truly did not know.

After taking her revenge, she had stayed at Gabing Mountain the whole time and never left the Triple Heaven Star Continent—how would she know the origins of this spear?

Seeing that Gabi Baihe truly did not know the origins of this spear, Fan Jiandan could not help but say: "This is the Startling Night Spear, rumored to belong to the Wu Clan.

This spear's aura of slaughter is too heavy, and its baleful energy is also heavy. Ordinary people simply cannot dissolve it, nor can they control this spear.

I've heard that every previous owner of the Startling Night Spear ultimately died from backlash by the Startling Night Spear itself—and you still dare to buy it?"

Gabi Baihe was startled upon hearing how terrifying this spear was.

Soon she thought: if even Ding Huan cannot subdue this spear, then who in the universe is worthy of wielding it?

No matter what, she would buy this spear first; if Ding Huan did not like it, she could just toss it into her ring.

Anyway, she did not use a spear; since she did not use a spear, it could not backlash her, right?

"Twelve million upper-grade spirit stones."

To everyone's surprise, there really were people bidding on the Startling Night Spear—two of them, no less.

"Someone raised the price. Brother Gabing, you absolutely must not be a fool and raise the price—get out of this quickly." Fan Jiandan urgently reminded Gabi Baihe.

As if she had not heard Fan Jiandan's reminder at all, Gabi Baihe continued to write twenty million upper-grade spirit stones on the bidding screen.

Seeing that Gabi Baihe would not listen to him, Fan Jiandan could only sigh.

But Gabi Baihe's twenty million upper-grade spirit stones seemed to enrage the other bidding cultivator, and the price on the bidding screen immediately changed to fifty million.

The crowd saw that not only were two people bidding on the Startling Night Spear, but now they had actually started competing—and competing with fire in their eyes.

If it were some other spear, it could be understood—but this is the Startling Night Spear.

Gabi Baihe wrote down one hundred million upper-grade spirit stones without the slightest hesitation.

She did not have much of anything else, but she had plenty of spirit stones and mid-grade spirit veins; upper-grade spirit veins, though, she did not have many of either.

She carried fully ten billion spirit stones on her person—entirely contributed by two major sects and several great clans joining forces.