Chapter 328: Must Have the Immortal Coil Flower

As soon as the Immortal Coil Flower came out, anyone who wasn't a fool knew there wasn't much hope.

Jia Baihe hesitated for a moment, but still took out her communication bead and sent a message to Ding Huan. She didn't know whether Ding Huan was still healing after these past few days.

Ding Huan was looking at a piece of seabed azure crystal in his hand, thinking about how to refine this azure crystal into a long spear.

Although he was only at the Star Bridge realm, in terms of an ordinary cultivator's realm, that was the Human Immortal realm.

In his previous battle with Lou Xihe, if his Parting Spear hadn't broken, he couldn't possibly have been injured so severely. He might not even have been injured at all.

Therefore, a suitable magic treasure was absolutely essential.

He did have the Flying Smoke Sword on him, and its grade was high—that was at the level of an immortal sword.

Unfortunately, he didn't cultivate the sword Dao, nor was he accustomed to using a long sword as a magic treasure.

As for the Iron Drum, even if it were completely refined, it was only a supplementary attacking magic treasure.

Therefore, to get a good magic treasure, he had to refine one himself.

The nameless iron block from Earth on him was indeed a good material, but that material was too good; right now he had no way to use it for refining.

But he had a huge pile of seabed azure crystal on him—why not first use seabed azure crystal to refine a Parting Spear?

Just as Ding Huan was still thinking about whether he should first refine some other things to improve his artifact-refining level, the communication bead lit up.

"Ding Huan, I'm at an auction. I'm currently bidding on the Nine-Color Immortal-Mortal Lotus. The highest price offered so far is five hundred million high-grade spirit stones, plus one Immortal Coil Flower.

The other party allows off-site price increases, and allows whoever raises the price to enter the auction at any time. I don't have any good things, what about you?"

The message was sent by Jia Baihe, bidding on the Nine-Color Immortal-Mortal Lotus.

How could one miss the Nine-Color Immortal-Mortal Lotus? This thing was probably on the verge of going extinct.

The reason there were almost no Immortal-Fanqiao cultivators now was largely because the Nine-Color Immortal-Mortal Lotus was gone.

Ding Huan didn't know whether he could advance to the Immortal-Fanqiao realm. Even if he didn't use the Nine-Color Immortal-Mortal Lotus, just owning this one spiritual plant would let him sense some of the Dao rhymes connected to the Immortal-Fanqiao.

Moreover, what if this one Nine-Color Immortal-Mortal Lotus produced seeds—couldn't he then grow more?

He had an excellent small world, perfectly suited for planting Nine-Color Immortal-Mortal Lotus seeds.

Ding Huan immediately sent a message back: "Raise the price. Add five hundred million high-grade spirit stones, one Spirit-Communing Blue-Faced Fruit, three drops of Hundred-Million-Year Sea Marrow, and a hundred catties of seabed azure crystal. I'm on my way right now…"

Seeing the message Ding Huan sent over, Jia Baihe unconsciously felt reassured.

To tell the truth, bidding against so many Earth Immortal powerhouses—and even Immortal-Fanqiao powerhouses—she hadn't had much confidence.

Who was Ding Huan? He was someone who had slain an Immortal-Fanqiao realm powerhouse.

Whether there were Immortal-Fanqiao realm powerhouses here, Jia Baihe didn't know, but she guessed there were.

However, even if there were more Immortal-Fanqiao realm powerhouses, they probably weren't as powerful as Lou Xihe.

So Jia Baihe immediately reported this price.

"Five hundred million high-grade spirit stones, one Spirit-Communing Blue-Faced Fruit, three drops of Hundred-Million-Year Sea Marrow, a hundred catties of seabed azure crystal…"

Once this price came out, the auction hall erupted even more.

In terms of preciousness, any one of these items brought out alone couldn't compare to the Immortal Coil Flower.

But the Immortal Coil Flower could only let one person reshape a body, while this new price reported three drops of Hundred-Million-Year Sea Marrow.

What was Hundred-Million-Year Sea Marrow? A single drop was something that could bring the dead back to life and grow flesh on bare bones.

Moreover, it wasn't restricted by cultivation level—even if an Earth Immortal at peak was fatally wounded and about to die, Hundred-Million-Year Sea Marrow could save them. In other words, this was the essence of the sea itself.

Although seabed azure crystal was a top-grade material for refining, it wasn't outrageously precious.

The seabed azure crystal that normally appeared was always a piece the size of a fist, at most a few catties.

Here, a hundred catties appeared all at once. What did they mean by "quantity causing a qualitative change"? This was it.

Who had the boldness to produce a hundred catties of seabed azure crystal at once?

As for the Spirit-Communing Blue-Faced Fruit, for those who needed it, it was even more precious than the Nine-Color Immortal-Mortal Lotus.

Although this thing wasn't of high grade, it had long since gone extinct.

This was a treasure that could awaken a demonic beast's ability to speak human language, and awakening that ability required talent.

Some demonic beasts didn't have this talent—even if they cultivated to a realm similar to the Immortal-Fanqiao, they still couldn't speak.

One Spirit-Communing Blue-Faced Fruit could let a demonic beast that had just begun cultivating, or even one that had never cultivated, awaken the ability to speak human language. One could imagine how precious it was.

Originally, because Jia Baihe had bid on the Startling Night Spear, plenty of people were already paying attention to her.

Now that Jia Baihe had reported this price, even more spiritual senses fell on her.

There were even spiritual senses trying to break through the protective seal on Jia Baihe's seat, wanting to leave a spiritual sense imprint on her.

Fan Jiandan stared blankly at Jia Baihe, and only after a good while said: "Brother Jia, you're done for."

Jia Baihe looked at Fan Jiandan in confusion—someone had even offered an Immortal Coil Flower and she hadn't heard anyone say "done for," yet she just reported a price of a few drops of Hundred-Million-Year Sea Marrow and she was done for?

Fan Jiandan sighed and said: "Because a hundred percent of people don't believe you only have three drops of Hundred-Million-Year Sea Marrow."

After all, Jia Baihe used poison. Although she didn't deal in spiritual medicines, she wasn't a Bai Chi either, and she immediately understood what Fan Jiandan meant.

Hundred-Million-Year Sea Marrow didn't appear as a liquid, but as a solid.

This kind of thing mostly appeared at the depths of seabeds that had been dry for countless years—once obtained, it came as a single piece.

Once you obtained this piece of Hundred-Million-Year Sea Marrow and put it away, it would automatically turn into liquid.

In other words, what Jia Baihe had ostensibly produced was three drops of Hundred-Million-Year Sea Marrow, but in reality Jia Baihe might have several hundred drops.

There were two bids on the bidding screen—one was Jia Baihe's bid, and the other was the Immortal Coil Flower bid.

Under normal circumstances, there would only be one bid on the bidding screen. The fact that two bids had appeared now meant both bids were of value to the auctioneer.

At this moment, the Immortal Coil Flower bid suddenly disappeared.

This meant the owner of the Immortal Coil Flower had withdrawn their bid.

Fu Ji Yuan Qi's voice rang out in time:

"The current bid for the Nine-Color Immortal-Mortal Lotus is five hundred million high-grade spirit stones, one Spirit-Communing Blue-Faced Fruit, three drops of Hundred-Million-Year Sea Marrow, and a hundred catties of seabed azure crystal.

"Is there a higher bid? If there is no higher bid, I will call the second call."

"One billion high-grade spirit stones, two top-grade spirit veins, one Earth Core Pupil."

Another bid came in. This bid was clearly higher than Jiabaihe's bid, so Jiabaihe's bid was suppressed.

Jiabaihe was greatly alarmed and hurriedly sent a message to Ding Huan.

Jiabaihe did not receive a reply from Ding Huan, but heard Ding Huan's transmitted voice:

"Baihe, I've arrived at the auction. Don't keep raising the price — this is a setup by the auction house. What you need to tell me now is, in which seat is the fellow who bid on the Xianquan Flower?"

A single Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus alone — even five hundred million high-grade spirit stones plus the Xianquan Flower's price would far exceed the price of this Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus.

Now they had actually put out one billion high-grade spirit stones, plus two top-grade spirit veins and one Earth Core Pupil.

Ding Huan only wanted to smirk.

Perhaps for those cultivators who were determined to advance to the Immortal-Fanqiao, this was a once-in-a-millennium opportunity.

However, the value of the Earth Core Pupil was solid; the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus was not necessarily able to let a cultivator advance to the Immortal-Fanqiao realm.

Therefore, the price of that single Earth Core Pupil alone would not be lower than the bid for the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus.

The Earth Core Pupil was something that could give a cultivator an extremely high probability of generating an Eye of Delusion, just like his own Great Wasteland Eye.

His Great Wasteland Eye did not come about casually.

First, he had to encounter a Great Wasteland Golden Ape that had not yet reached Foundation Establishment; second, he himself also had to have not reached Foundation Establishment.

Even if everyone met these two conditions, no one could meet the third point — fusing a gene spirit root.

A gene spirit root — if Ding Huan had not obtained that skin scroll, he would have been unable to fuse it as well. Moreover, a gene spirit root also required the Blood of Samsara — who could manage that?

Saying so, it made the Earth Core Pupil all the more precious. Although the traces of the Eye of Delusion generated by the Earth Core Pupil were slightly inferior to the Great Wasteland Eye, it was still a first-class method for piercing through delusion.

Moreover, after the other party produced the Earth Core Pupil, they also put out one billion high-grade spirit stones plus two top-grade spirit veins — really, heh.

"He sent a message to me, in Private Box 107. He wants the Spirit-Communicating Blue Face Fruit; I didn't pay him any attention." Jiabaihe immediately transmitted her voice to Ding Huan.

Ding Huan walked without hesitation toward Private Box 107.

After giving Jiabaihe the bid, he had realized it: whoever bought the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus didn't matter, but the Xianquan Flower absolutely could not fall into another's hands.

Once Lou Xihe obtained the Xianquan Flower, all his previous efforts would be wasted, and the injuries would have been suffered in vain.

Ding Huan knocked on the restriction outside Private Box 107, and a cold voice came from inside: "Who?"

"The person who came to trade with you carrying the Spirit-Communicating Blue Face Fruit." Ding Huan said just one sentence.

The box restriction opened, and Ding Huan saw a middle-aged man with a sullen face.

Looking at his expression, it was as if the whole world owed him money.

However, Ding Huan didn't even need to sweep with his divine sense to know this fellow had disguised his appearance.

This fellow's age should be much younger than Jiabaihe's.

"Where is the Spirit-Communicating Blue Face Fruit?" The sullen-faced man's gaze fell on Ding Huan, carrying a chilling, bone-deep coldness.

Ding Huan found it somewhat amusing in his heart — the coldness this fellow was putting on didn't even seem very real; it looked like, like Jiabaihe, this should be his first time out.

Ding Huan spread his hand, and a Spirit-Communicating Blue Face Fruit appeared in his palm.

"Fine, what do you want." Seeing the Spirit-Communicating Blue Face Fruit, a flash of delight passed through the sullen-faced man's eyes, and he immediately said.

Ding Huan said calmly, "I only want the Xianquan Flower."

The sullen-faced man was so angered by Ding Huan's words that he laughed: "With just a mere Spirit-Communicating Blue Face Fruit, you want to trade for my Xianquan Flower? Are you dreaming, or am I dreaming?"

Ding Huan took out another ring: "In this ring of mine are three drops of Hundred-Million-Year Sea Marrow, five hundred million high-grade spirit stones, a hundred catties of Seabed Green Crystal, plus this Spirit-Communicating Blue Face Fruit — to trade for your single Xianquan Flower."

The sullen-faced man was stunned by Ding Huan's words. He was dazed for quite a while before saying, "Your price here could buy the Nine-Colored Immortal-Mortal Lotus."