Chapter 595: Sorry, I Am an Actor

Where could there be any invalid cards?

There are none; there is only endless will.

Chen Yan had already discovered that the entire Purple Universe World-Fixing Mirror, and even all the Martial Dao paths of this world, were the same.

Not a single word mentioned will, yet everything was related to will.

Whether it be an external enemy or an internal enemy, it is actually a struggle between will and the enemy.

These Creation Realms, as the supreme combat power of the entire human race, had fundamentally failed to discover this.

The entire auction never had rules for expulsion; instead, it inflicted boundless agony upon you, letting you choose to give up yourself.

At this moment, Lu Wuyi was still staring fixedly at the person who had just impersonated him; he could be certain that the other party was a Great Xia Creation Realm, or perhaps even Chen Yan himself.

But immediately after, Lu Wuyi chose silence; he wanted to see what the other party intended to do.

At this moment, the countdown for the auction rang out incessantly.

Everyone, however, looked toward Chen Yan.

That Great Xia Creation Realm from just a moment ago had endured the agony to allow himself to be eliminated, setting a goal for the entire Great Xia Creation Realm: to do everything possible to let Chen Yan obtain the Backfire Crystal.

But this "Lu Wuyi" had told everyone that they must absolutely not let Chen Yan obtain the Dao-Enlightenment Myriad-Form Seed.

Everyone was no fool, and in an instant, they understood.

The Backfire Crystal was extremely important to Chen Yan, that was beyond doubt.

But the Dao-Enlightenment Myriad-Form Seed was perhaps even more terrifying.

The more talented a person was, the more terrifying an enlightenment boost they would receive upon obtaining the Dao-Enlightenment Myriad-Form Seed.

Therefore, the Dao-Enlightenment Myriad-Form Seed was equally important to Chen Yan!

Everyone had their own thoughts, waiting for the auction to begin.

"Five, four, three, two, one."

A grand and ethereal voice rang out just like that.

The next instant.

A seed floated above everyone's heads.

This seed was crystalline throughout, overflowing with endless divine radiance, as if it contained the mysteries of the entire heaven and earth.

Dao-Enlightenment Myriad-Form Seed!

This was a divine object; no one did not covet it, and some people were even breathing heavily.

"This auction officially begins.

The first item: Dao-Enlightenment Myriad-Form Seed.

Origin: Ancient God Forbidden Land.

Function: Increases a martial artist's enlightenment by a massive margin; in terms of cultivation, it is of divine grade!

The starting bid for the auction item is one Divine Spirit.

To ensure the auction is fair and orderly, when each bidder makes an offer, the amount of Divine Spirits they hold must not be lower than the bid amount.

Now, please place your bids!"

The grand voice rang out abruptly.

The next instant, someone spoke directly:

"One hundred Divine Spirits!"

Just as everyone was eager to try.

"Seventy thousand Divine Spirits!" someone suddenly spoke.

The person bidding was Chen Mi; when he said this sentence, everyone looked toward him.

Those capable of bidding such a large amount of Divine Spirits were clearly those few on the Divine Spirit leaderboard.

Wrapped in black mist, Chen Mi's expression was calm.

Deep in his mind, he had long since calculated the true Divine Spirit leaderboard.

After all, the Five Clans War Divine Spirit leaderboard did not multiply the Divine Spirits a martial artist obtained by the number of Martial Daos they cultivated.

But the number of Martial Daos was the key.

Chen Mi had obtained a total of thirty-two thousand seven hundred and forty-five Divine Spirits, but he cultivated five Martial Daos, excluding the path of Thought Power.

Therefore, his Divine Spirit count needed to be multiplied by five, which was over one hundred and sixty thousand Divine Spirits.

Although Chen Yan was first on the Divine Spirit leaderboard, with a total of forty-three thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven Divine Spirits.

But Chen Yan only cultivated three Martial Daos: Hard Refinement, True Intent, and Arrays, which meant multiplying by three.

A little over one hundred and thirty thousand Divine Spirits.

Ranked third was Xia Long, with twenty-eight thousand Divine Spirits, cultivating four Martial Daos, for a total of one hundred and fifteen thousand Divine Spirits.

Ranked fourth was Lu Wuyi, cultivating four Martial Daos, for a total of one hundred and ten thousand Divine Spirits.

The fifth, Xia Xing, only cultivated three Martial Daos and was not worth mentioning.

Lu Jianxia, four Martial Daos.

Which meant.

Here, the one with the most Divine Spirits was he, Chen Mi, and only second was Chen Yan.

Third was Xia Long, fourth was Lu Wuyi, and fifth was Lu Jianxia.

Chen Mi revealed a smile.

No one could compete with him for the Dao-Enlightenment Myriad-Form Seed.

He only needed to bid more Divine Spirits than Chen Yan had.

Sure enough, when Chen Mi shouted seventy thousand Divine Spirits, the entire auction platform became much quieter in an instant.

The auction price of seventy thousand has already excluded ninety-nine percent of the Creation Realm experts of the five clans.

Now, the only ones left who can compete are those in the top ten of the Divine Spirit rankings.

It was at this moment that someone spoke up:

"Eighty thousand Divine Spirits."

Just as that person's voice fell, Chen Mi continued:

"Ninety thousand."

"One hundred thousand!" someone said; it was Xia Long.

Everyone looked at the few people bidding, their minds also deep in thought.

Only five people could produce one hundred thousand Divine Spirits.

Lu Jianxia, Lu Wuyi, Chen Yan, Chen Mi, and Xia Long.

They simply could not produce that many Divine Spirits.

Chen Changyuan, who was eighth, had just over twenty thousand Divine Spirits and had only cultivated three martial paths.

It was at this moment that Chen Yan spoke:

"One hundred and ten thousand Divine Spirits!"

As soon as Chen Yan's voice fell, everyone immediately looked toward Chen Yan.

Their expressions were varied; earlier, this person had claimed to be Lu Wuyi, and some had not believed it.

But now, many believed it.

Because there were only four people present who could produce one hundred and ten thousand Divine Spirits.

Chen Yan, Chen Mi, Xia Long, and Lu Wuyi.

At this moment, Xia Long also narrowed his eyes.

This was the critical moment to witness who Chen Yan was.

Because he knew the secret that Chen Yan was Bing Yi.

Although this was a Great Xia secret, Xia Long had the right to know.

As the strongest Creation Realm expert of Great Xia, what he needed to do was pave the way for Chen Yan; if he didn't even know this, what could be accomplished within Great Xia?

Not just him, but the dozens of Great Xia Creation Realm experts in their group all knew this was top secret!

Xia Long knew that Chen Yan had not only cultivated Body Tempering, formations, and True Intent, but also Qi-Blood and elements.

Chen Yan was a five-path talent just like Chen Mi.

Chen Yan had obtained nearly forty-four thousand Divine Spirits; multiplied by five, that was two hundred and twenty thousand Divine Spirits.

More than anyone else present!

If Chen Yan wanted to obtain the Dao-Enlightenment Myriad Form Seed, no one could stop Chen Yan.

As long as Chen Yan bid higher than Chen Mi's highest price—that is, sixteen thousand Divine Spirits—then he could confirm that it was Chen Yan.

He realized that compared to the Inverse Fire Crystal, the Dao-Enlightenment Myriad Form Seed was actually also very important to Chen Yan!

Everything depended on how Chen Yan chose.

Thinking of this, Xia Long did not bid again.

It was at this moment.

"One hundred and ten thousand six hundred Divine Spirits!" someone else spoke up.

The one bidding was someone who had never spoken before.

Those standing near that person immediately moved away.

This person was also one of Chen Mi, Xia Long, Chen Yan, or Lu Wuyi.

But the number the other party said, one hundred and ten thousand six hundred, was too peculiar.

Because that was the total number of Divine Spirits Lu Wuyi had obtained, plus the fact that he had cultivated four martial paths.

Therefore, the maximum the other party could produce was that amount of Divine Spirits.

Wasn't the other party's bid just saying that he was the real Lu Wuyi?

Chen Yan, however, narrowed his eyes; he could now basically confirm that the other party was Lu Wuyi, and by standing out now, he was laying his cards on the table with him.

But Chen Yan did not care about this and bid:

"One hundred and ten thousand six hundred and twenty-four."

As Chen Yan's voice fell, everyone's expressions changed slightly; this person who had initially claimed to be Lu Wuyi had gone straight to the single digits.

But this didn't prove anything, as Lu Wuyi had the fewest Divine Spirits among the top four.

Xia Long, Chen Yan, and Chen Mi could all produce that many Divine Spirits.

However, everyone at this moment still believed more that the one who appeared first was the real Lu Wuyi, as that person had endured great pain to tell everyone Chen Yan's true purpose.

That was simply...

Righteousness!

It was at this moment.

"One hundred and thirty thousand!"

A cold voice rang out; the one bidding was still Chen Mi.

At this moment, everyone narrowed their eyes to look; only Chen Mi and Chen Yan could bid one hundred and thirty thousand Divine Spirits.

Then, who exactly was this person?

Chen Mi's expression was calm as he spoke:

"Hurry up, are you still not going to stand out?"

His voice was cold, naturally referring to Chen Yan.

A smile appeared at the corner of Chen Mi's mouth; what did Chen Yan have to compete with him?

All Chen Yan could do was force out a bit more of his Divine Spirit.

Chen Mi stood calmly.

A grand voice rang out at this moment.

"Auction countdown, ten, nine, eight..."

Chen Mi's eyes flickered; it seemed Chen Yan would not be coming out—was he afraid of being exposed?

He did not care.

Compared to Chen Yan, he cared more about his own Martial Dao.

In this world, throughout history, no Creation Realm has ever been able to defeat an Eighth Rank.

And he was about to reach the Eighth Rank.

Chen Yan was only at the Sixth Rank.

Even if he could defeat the Creation Realm, could Chen Yan defeat an Eighth Rank?

Only by strengthening oneself could one fear nothing.

Very soon.

"The first round of the auction has ended," the grand voice rang out.

The next instant.

A flashing blade of light appeared above everyone's heads.

It was a transparent longsword, wreathed in eerie light, seemingly concealing a vast sword domain within, emitting a sharp aura.

"Sword Heart of the Nine-Reversal Sword.

Origin: Forbidden Land of Ancient Gods.

Function: The sword heart of the divine artifact Nine-Reversal Sword, containing the Sword Soul of the Nine-Reversal Sword; it can be combined with weapons or with a martial artist.

Starting bid: one Divine Spirit," the grand voice suddenly resounded.

Chen Mi closed his eyes; he only had thirty thousand Divine Spirits left, so it seemed he did not have enough to participate in the remaining auctions.

But in his heart, he was incredibly eager for the Enlightenment Myriad Image Map.

This item had no value on its own, but if combined with the Enlightenment Myriad Image Seed, it would be the most terrifying.

Immediately, Chen Mi spoke:

"I am not that person; whoever can bid for the Enlightenment Myriad Image Map for me, I will surely reward them heavily!"

As his voice fell, everyone looked at Chen Mi.

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that if they didn't say Chen Yan's name and instead referred to him as "that person," then it seemed there was no issue at all.

Soon, someone mocked:

"You say you aren't, so you aren't?"

"You are one of those two people; there is at least a fifty percent chance that you are that person."

"Hahaha, who would buy the Enlightenment Myriad Image Map for you? Even if they bought it, they couldn't use it themselves, and they don't have the Enlightenment Myriad Image Seed."

…………

One voice after another resounded.

By now, everyone was certain that the one who had bid for the Enlightenment Myriad Image Seed was either Chen Yan or Chen Mi.

But no one could be truly certain.

Naturally, they would not believe Chen Mi's words.

Xia Long and the other Great Xia Creation Realm experts also frowned.

They could no longer tell the difference now either.

Soon, the auction for the Sword Heart of the Nine-Reversal Sword began.

Chen Changyuan spoke at the first opportunity:

"Fifty thousand Divine Spirits!"

He had a total of just over twenty thousand Divine Spirits, and having only cultivated three Martial Daos himself, when multiplied together, it was only sixty thousand.

But among the top ten on the auction list, he was the only one who cultivated a Sword Soul, so logically, no one should be competing with him.

Chen Changyuan was excited inside; he needed the Sword Heart of the Nine-Reversal Sword too much.

Yet at this very moment.

"Sixty-three thousand Divine Spirits," someone suddenly spoke.

The person who spoke was none other than Xia Long.

In the corner of the crowd, Shen Yiwei's body trembled, his face showing signs of being moved.

Xia Long had bid for the Sword Heart of the Nine-Reversal Sword for his sake.

That was sixty thousand Divine Spirits, and Xia Long had just used them like that.

It was exactly seventy-two Divine Spirits more than Chen Changyuan, which was practically an insult.

After all, the previous Divine Spirit leaderboard had already revealed how many Divine Spirits the top ten martial artists had.

How many Martial Daos Chen Changyuan cultivated was also no secret.

Therefore, it was easy to calculate exactly how many Divine Spirits Chen Changyuan had in total.

"Damn it!" Chen Changyuan muttered coldly, his face icy.

At this moment, everyone also looked toward Xia Long and Chen Changyuan.

Among the top ten, only Chen Changyuan was competing for the Nine-Reversal Sword.

But the one who had bid for the Nine-Reversal Sword was the person who had just made the massive bid of one hundred thousand Divine Spirits.

Everyone was no fool; they could more or less guess the identities of these two people.

Chen Changyuan and Xia Long!

After all, there was no need for the Five Clans to fight among themselves; only a Great Xia martial artist would stop Chen Changyuan.

Of course, this was only a superficial guess.

Since everyone could not see each other's true faces clearly right now, anything could happen.

Very quickly.

The auction continued.

"The third item, the semi-god-level blood-essence treasure medicine, Divine Phoenix Marrow.

Origin: Withered Dream Maze City.

Effect: Significantly boosts the blood-essence strength of blood-essence martial artists, and carries the power of the Divine Phoenix.

Starting bid: one Divine Spirit."

At this moment.

Lu Wuyi's expression shifted; this was the blood-essence treasure medicine that Lu Jianxia needed, and it was also one of his primary goals.

Lu Jianxia also looked toward the void above, her mind stirring at that drop of red blood that had suddenly appeared.

And it was right at this time.

"One hundred and ten thousand Divine Spirits!"

The one who spoke was, shockingly, Chen Yan.

Everyone looked at Chen Yan, many of them with their mouths agape.

Most people did not know that Chen Yan was Ice Intent.

Therefore, these people had never imagined that Chen Yan would bid on a blood-essence treasure medicine, and furthermore, call out a price of one hundred and ten thousand in one go.

That meant this person was not Chen Yan at all.

Perhaps, it really was Lu Wuyi.

Many people associated this with how the other party had endured intense pain at the very beginning just to reveal that sense of righteousness to everyone.

Lu Wuyi.

This was Lu Wuyi!

Second on the Creation Realm Rankings, Lu Wuyi!

Many Creation Realm experts of the Five Clans had their eyes light up.

At the same time.

Lu Jianxia frowned slightly; her Divine Spirits added up to less than one hundred thousand—was her older brother trying to buy the blood-essence treasure medicine for her?

But where would her brother get Nullification Cards?

This was not Lu Wuyi at all, but Chen Yan!

The other party was Ice Intent and naturally cultivated blood-essence.

Immediately following, ice-cold frost appeared in Lu Jianxia's eyes.

Chen Yan, you're done acting?

You want to target me?

Fine, fine, fine!