Chapter 187: Precious Auxiliary Treasure

"Everyone here is interested in the many treasures at the auction, so I won't waste any more words!"

Princess Zichen immediately said: "Following the old rules, before the auction officially begins, we will auction off one precious lot first, to warm things up."

Having said that, the breathtakingly beautiful woman Princess Zichen pointed to the side, and a huge illusory screen instantly appeared beside her.

What appeared on this illusory screen was not any treasure at all, but a living figure of an alien race.

"This is a King-Sealing expert of the Tail Remnant race, 'Stinger Tail King.' His comprehension of Laws has reached the elementary level of King-Sealing, and his strength is extremely formidable. He is especially skilled at binding enemies. I believe many of you present have heard of this Stinger Tail King!"

"However, the Stinger Tail King has now fallen into a complete slumber, and his divine power has only twelve percent remaining!"

"What we are auctioning today is the slumbering divine body of the Stinger Tail King!"

"After appraisal by the Grand Alliance's master appraiser, this Stinger Tail King has not yet been soul-enslaved! A slumbering, unenslaved King-Sealing Undying — how rare that is. I believe I needn't say more!"

"Are you still troubled by having no helpers by your side when you go out to train? Are you still worried that your clan or tribe has no one to guard it?"

"Simply bid for the Stinger Tail King's divine body and enslave him! Once he awakens, you'll have an extra helper at the King-Sealing level!"

"Now, everyone, please begin bidding."

The breathtakingly beautiful woman Princess Zichen called out loudly: "The slumbering divine body of the Stinger Tail King — starting price, three billion Hunyuan units. Each bid must be no less than one hundred million Hunyuan units higher!"

The moment Princess Zichen's words fell, a line of numbers immediately appeared on the large screen beside her — "Five billion Hunyuan units."

Clearly, this expert was attempting to seize the initiative and take the slumbering Stinger Tail King divine body in one fell swoop.

However, a slumbering King-Sealing Undying who could be easily soul-enslaved was indeed quite rare, and a bid of five billion Hunyuan units could not intimidate the others at all.

"Five billion five hundred million Hunyuan units!"

"Six billion Hunyuan units!"

Amid the scramble of the gathered experts, the price of the slumbering Stinger Tail King divine body was also skyrocketing.

"I didn't expect such a pleasant surprise right at the start of this auction. Too bad the Stinger Tail King's strength is still too weak — soul-enslaving him is of no great use at all!"

Watching the continuously rising bids on the huge screen, a King-Sealing Limit expert seated not far from Lu Qingshan sighed with great regret.

"Indeed!"

A companion beside this King-Sealing Limit expert nodded in agreement: "If this Stinger Tail King's comprehension of Laws could reach the peak of King-Sealing, we could try to bid for him!"

"You two can forget about it!"

Another King-Sealing Undying beside the two quickly said: "A soul-slave whose comprehension of Laws reaches the peak of King-Sealing would tempt even some Universe Venerables. We couldn't possibly snatch it!"

"In my view, we'd be better off going to the extraterritorial battlefield to try our luck — risk burning Undying divine power in a few fights, and we just might get the chance to enslave a peak King-Sealing expert!"

"The price of burning Undying divine power is simply too great!"

The King-Sealing Limit expert who had spoken first couldn't help sighing: "Last time I burned five percent of my divine power, it took me over fifty million years to fully recover! And even if you burn Undying divine power to fight, those peak King-Sealing Undying have plenty of time to self-detonate their divine bodies!"

……

"A slumbering King-Sealing Undying?"

The appearance of this first auction lot immediately reminded Lu Qingshan of the Cold Moon King he had sold to the intelligence department.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan couldn't help glancing at Hearing Qingping Wang beside him: "Hearing Qingping Wang, aren't your intelligence department planning to make a move and bid for this Stinger Tail King?"

"The price is too high!"

Hearing Qingping Wang shook his head: "There must be a Universe Venerable entering the fray this time — otherwise the price couldn't have been driven this high!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan quickly looked at the bids ahead and saw that the latest bid had already reached thirteen billion Hunyuan units.

Over ten billion Hunyuan units might be precious for a King-Sealing Undying, but for a Universe Venerable, it was undoubtedly a mere drop in the bucket!

And just then, the bidding for this first lot was also gradually drawing to a close.

The rate at which the bids rose on the huge screen beside Princess Zichen began to slow.

133……135……136……

In the end, the bid for the slumbering Stinger Tail King divine body stopped at 13.8 billion Hunyuan units.

"13.8 billion Hunyuan units!"

"Counting down from three — 3, 2, 1!"

"Congratulations to the guest with the number NCI67476, on winning the slumbering Stinger Tail King divine body. May he become a fine helper for you once he awakens!"

"The warm-up is now over."

Princess Zichen's voice instantly grew incomparably excited: "Now, this edition of the Super Auction officially begins!"

Her voice was very gentle, yet it rang in the ears of every expert present.

Then, the central high platform of the entire auction hall suddenly became incomparably radiant, and the experts seated on the giant thrones around it also mostly grew excited.

After all, for many alien experts — especially those from ordinary races, or even weak races — the opportunities they had to obtain precious treasures naturally could not compare with those of experts from peak races or powerful races.

And this Super Auction was one of their chances.

"We will now begin auctioning the first batch of lots. On the bidding tokens in your hands, you can see the ten thousand lots about to be auctioned. Friends who wish to bid, please prepare as quickly as possible."

Princess Zichen once again called out softly: "Now for the first type of item — a precious treasure that can raise the genetic level of rock-type life forms: 'Obsidian.'"

"This is an extremely wondrous mineral, born in strange places within the universe. It can raise the genetic level of the vast majority of rock-type life forms, and its effects are extremely mild — from little Universe-level fellows all the way up to Universe Venerables can use it!"

"Fusing ten Obsidian stones is enough to raise the genetic level of a rock-type life form under one kilometer in height or body length, with an ordinary genetic level, to five times its original level!"

"Of course, if your original genetic level is already very high, the effect of this Obsidian will be correspondingly weaker!"

"The wondrous mineral 'Obsidian' — eight hundred stones in total, starting price one hundred billion Hunyuan units! The highest eight hundred bids will win these eight hundred 'Obsidian' stones with their wondrous effects."

The moment Princess Zichen's words fell, many super-experts in the auction hall began bidding one after another.

Although the starting price of one hundred billion Hunyuan units would make countless experts balk, there would always be some experts with vast wealth who could afford the price.

"This……"

Watching the continuously rising bids on the huge screen, Lu Qingshan couldn't help being somewhat surprised.

The effect of this Obsidian seemed to be no better than that of the Beast God Blood, yet the starting price alone had already exceeded that of the Beast God Blood many times over.

Hearing Qingping Wang beside him seemed to notice the puzzlement on Lu Qingshan's face, and then asked with a smile: "Wanjie Wang, are you wondering why this Obsidian is selling at such a high price?"

"Mm!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then said, "I recall the auction price for Beast God's Blood within the Hong Alliance was only over ten billion Hunyuan units? Why is this Obsidian so much more expensive?"

"That is naturally due to the difficulty of fusion and the quantity!"

Hearing Qingping Wang explained with a smile, "The quantity of Beast God's Blood is very large; it is not only our Human race, but races like the Insect Clan and the Meng Yao Zu also possess similar Beast God's Blood!"

"However, to fuse Beast God's Blood, one must fuse Blood Luo Crystals beforehand! The more Blood Luo Crystals fused, the more Beast God's Blood one can fuse!"

"Moreover, Beast God's Blood is only effective for flesh-and-blood lifeforms; other races cannot use it at all. Therefore, treasures like this Obsidian, which can elevate the life-gene level of rock-based lifeforms, are so precious!"

"See? Many of those competing for the Obsidian this time are rock-based lifeforms of the Universe Zifeng Zunzhe level!"

Just as Lu Qingshan and Hearing Qingping Wang were chatting idly, the auction for the Obsidian ended quickly; even the lowest bid reached over thirteen thousand billion Hunyuan units.

Thus, item after item was auctioned off like flowing water.

Every single auction item was snatched up by countless powerful beings; there was absolutely no chance of a failed auction.

And the minimum transaction price for these items all reached several billion Hunyuan units.

Among them, the auction prices for most items reached hundreds of billions, or even tens of trillions of Hunyuan units; the most precious ones even reached hundreds of trillions of Hunyuan units!

Of course, such prices were still quite normal.

After all, among the powerful beings attending the auction, the least possessed wealth of over a hundred billion Hunyuan units; some were even Hei Fengwang or Universe Zifeng Zunzhe. Using some resources to buy treasures they usually wanted but couldn't get was truly nothing out of the ordinary.

And just at this moment...

A strange treasure suddenly appeared on the huge screen beside Princess Zichen; it was an ancient-looking magic mirror covered in various strange secret patterns, looking extremely mysterious.

"The next auction item is a rather magical treasure, the Space-Locking Mirror!"

"As everyone knows, the most bizarre technique of powerful beings cultivating the Time Origin Law is Time Suspension; they even have the opportunity to defeat the strong with the weak by relying on it. Whether attacking enemies or escaping, it is an extremely powerful technique!"

"And powerful beings cultivating the Shi Shi Jian Ben Yuan Law even have the opportunity to possess the magical ability of 'Teleportation,' allowing them to instantly appear anywhere they wish to go. It can be said they can easily pursue enemies and also quickly escape the battlefield!"

"This Space-Locking Mirror is a precious treasure specifically forged to target powerful beings possessing teleportation abilities! Once activated, it can completely seal off the universe space within a certain surrounding range; its effect completely rivals the 'Space Lock' cast by a peak Space-side Hei Fengwang!"

"Under Space Lock, no powerful being can teleport to arrive or depart!"

"For powerful beings cultivating the Time Origin Law, this Space-Locking Mirror is absolutely a very effective auxiliary treasure!"

"Space-Locking Mirror? Space Lock?"

Lu Qingshan looked seriously at the strange treasure displayed on the huge screen beside Princess Zichen, then directly opened the detailed introduction regarding this Space-Locking Mirror on the token in his hand.

The effect of this Space-Locking Mirror made him inadvertently recall the Space-Locking Arm from the Treasure of the Sacrifice Tower that Luo Feng once obtained on the Yanji Continent in the original story.

Back then, it was precisely because Luo Feng possessed this Space-Locking Arm that he was able to use the Huoshen Source Crystal to severely injure Zichen Wang, Blood Beast Wang, and Heavy Arrow Wang, eventually killing Zichen Wang and enslaving Heavy Arrow Wang!

However, this Space-Locking Mirror was the first time he had encountered it.

After finishing reading the full introduction regarding the Space-Locking Mirror, Lu Qingshan finally understood this special auxiliary treasure.

In this vast universe, since there are special abilities like teleportation and time suspension, naturally there will be powerful beings who research methods, or even treasures, to counter such special abilities.

Even ordinary Zifeng Zunzhe of the ordinary Yanji Continent indigenous race could research secret-pattern weapons like the Space-Locking Arm; naturally, powerful beings of great races, or even peak races, could also research such special auxiliary treasures.

And this Space-Locking Mirror about to be auctioned was a special auxiliary treasure researched and forged by a Space Zifeng Zunzhe extremely skilled in artifact forging, allowing the user to cast the ability of Space Lock.

While Lu Qingshan was checking this data, Princess Zichen on the auction podium continued to speak softly, "Everyone, there are a total of 11 Space-Locking Mirrors in this batch!"

"Bidding starts now. The highest eleven bids will obtain this special auxiliary treasure. The base price is eight hundred billion Hunyuan units!"

At this moment, Hearing Qingping Wang, seeing the look of intent on Lu Qingshan's face, quickly continued, "Wan Jie Wang, you don't intend to auction for this Space-Locking Mirror, do you?"

"Yes!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, "You also know I cultivate the Time Origin Law. If I can auction for such an auxiliary treasure, I won't have to worry about encountering powerful beings capable of teleportation in the future!"

"Wan Jie Wang!"

Hearing Qingping Wang quickly said seriously, "You must know, this Space-Locking Mirror only restricts enemy teleportation; it has absolutely no suppression on the opponent's strength!"

"And those capable of teleportation are at least peak Hei Fengwang. If you want to deal with such powerful beings, you can simply hire a powerful being skilled in teleportation and Space Lock to help you!"

"How much does it cost to hire such a powerful being? Why bother buying such an expensive auxiliary treasure?"

"If you really want to buy an auxiliary treasure, I recommend you buy a treasure that can cast teleportation. If your money isn't enough at that time, I can lend you some!"

Hearing Hearing Qingping Wang's words, Lu Qingshan was somewhat stunned, "There are treasures that allow people to cast teleportation?"

"Of course!"

Hearing Qingping Wang nodded quickly, "Since there are treasures that allow people to cast Space Lock, naturally there also exist treasures that allow people to cast Time Suspension and teleportation!"

"Of course, when such auxiliary treasures are cast, their effect and coverage range are naturally far inferior to those Hei Fengwang Immortals who have truly comprehended that branch."

"Just like Hei Fengwang Immortals who have comprehended teleportation abilities generally teleport to a distance of one light-year! But treasures capable of casting teleportation, to my knowledge, can at most allow people to teleport tens of millions of kilometers!"

"In my opinion, compared to this Space-Locking Mirror, Wan Jie Wang, you should buy a treasure capable of casting teleportation; I estimate one should appear at this auction!"

"I understand! Thank you for the reminder, Hearing Qingping Wang!" Lu Qingshan nodded slightly in gratitude.

However, gratitude aside, he still had to bid for the Space-Locking Mirror.

After all, for him, obtaining resources was quite simple, and his current wealth already exceeded one hundred and ten trillion Hunyuan units. Spending eight hundred billion Hunyuan units to auction a treasure capable of casting Space Lock was well worth it.

Besides, even if he didn't need it in the future, he could still sell it; could it possibly lose him several hundred billion Hunyuan units?

Thinking of this, the wealthy and bold Lu Qingshan quickly began his bidding.

810 billion... 830 billion...

However, just as Hearing Qingping Wang said, the Space-Locking Mirror's attraction to the crowd of powerful beings was not great, so although the auction price kept rising, the speed was not very fast.

835 billion... 838 billion... 840 billion...

"850 billion!" Lu Qingshan quickly entered a new bid on the black token in his hand.

Finally, the number on the big screen beside Princess Zichen settled at 848 billion Hunyuan units.

And Lu Qingshan, naturally, very smoothly auctioned off one Space-Locking Mirror.

"Congratulations, guest number ZCN76488. You have won one Space-Locking Mirror. Please prepare the corresponding payment. After this batch of auction items concludes, we will proceed with signing and payment."

Looking at the line of text revealed on the black token screen in his hand, Lu Qingshan's mood became quite cheerful.

Having purchased this Mirror of Locked Space, once his strength greatly increases, he can go find those enemies with teleportation abilities and take revenge!

Just like that, after roughly eighty-plus minutes, this batch of ten thousand auction items had all been auctioned off.

And Lu Qingshan directly paid the full auction amount, while also agreeing with the auction house on the real-world handover location for the Mirror of Locked Space.

Before long, the auction for the next batch of items quickly began again.

Along the way, a special treasure capable of casting Time Stop even appeared among the new items.

Compared to the Mirror of Locked Space, a treasure capable of casting Time Stop was undoubtedly far more expensive; the cheapest one cost over eighteen hundred billion Hunyuan units.

Although Lu Qingshan had such resources in hand, after thinking it over, he still gave up.

After all, he was not far from comprehending Time Stop, so it was better to keep the resources and see if there were treasures later that could move him even more.

Just like that, the auction continued endlessly...

Various cosmic rarities, even special lifeforms, various powerful secret technique inheritances, and so on...

However, most of these auction items were useless to the current Lu Qingshan, so there was naturally no need to buy them at all;

yet there were also some precious treasures he needed, but which he could not even reach the auction reserve price for!

Just like that, as time continuously flowed on, Lu Qingshan finally encountered another treasure that moved him immensely!

(End of this chapter)