Chapter 199: Head-on Confrontation

Seeing Su Jianfeng still daring to continue bidding.

Cheng Yuan felt his dignity was offended, his face instantly darkening as he said:

"Su Jianfeng, do you want to die right now? This Venerable can grant you that immediately."

Having spoken, Cheng Yuan's aura erupted violently, preparing to strike and kill Su Jianfeng.

But the next moment, layers of array patterns appeared in the space around Cheng Yuan, sealing off the aura he had erupted.

At the same time, a Soul Transformation-level pressure directly locked onto Cheng Yuan.

This sudden change instantly drew the attention of everyone present.

Cultivators below the Soul Transformation realm worried that a Soul Transformation battle would erupt and harm them.

Meanwhile, the Duanhun Venerable and another masked Soul Transformation cultivator were curious about the depth and strength of Dongxuan City.

The source of that Soul Transformation-level pressure locking onto Cheng Yuan was precisely the mid-grade sixth-tier puppet controlled by Ye Qingxuan atop the high platform.

"Sect Master Cheng, this is Dongxuan City, not your Huangji Sect. Please show some self-restraint!"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words and feeling that Soul Transformation-level pressure locking onto him,

"Hmph!"

Cheng Yuan snorted, slowly suppressing his own aura, thinking inwardly: "Truly a Soul Transformation cultivator? When did such a figure appear in Xingluo Zhou?"

Seeing Cheng Yuan suppress his pressure, Ye Qingxuan finally spoke:

"10, 00 high-grade spirit stones, first time."

"10, 00 high-grade spirit stones, second time."

"15, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

Seeing Su Jianfeng's current state, Cheng Yuan guessed he must have suffered injuries that could not heal on their own.

Although Cheng Yuan could not kill Su Jianfeng right now, he did not want Su Jianfeng to obtain the Green Lotus Elixir and recover his injuries.

Seeing Cheng Yuan continue to compete with him, Su Jianfeng frowned.

"20, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

His injuries were indeed extremely severe.

Although they had not damaged his foundation, without external aid, he would absolutely be unable to heal within a hundred years.

Su Jianfeng did not want to waste a hundred years, so he was determined to obtain the Green Lotus Elixir.

As for Cheng Yuan, since they were already enemies, Su Jianfeng naturally had little concern.

What worried him was his current supply of spirit stones.

If Cheng Yuan kept bidding against him, he definitely would not be able to win the Green Lotus Elixir in front of Cheng Yuan.

Sure enough, after Su Jianfeng bid, Cheng Yuan hesitated not at all and bid again:

"30, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

This time, Cheng Yuan raised the price directly to 30, 00 high-grade spirit stones.

Seeing this, Su Jianfeng's heart turned ruthless, and he directly quoted:

"190, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

190, 00 high-grade spirit stones represented almost all of Su Jianfeng's spirit stones.

If the spirit stones were gone, they could be earned again.

But if he lost a hundred years due to his injuries, Su Jianfeng absolutely could not accept that.

Although Nascent Soul cultivators possessed a lifespan of around 3, 00 years.

Ordinary cultivators took a long path from Qi Refining to Nascent Soul, and then needed to accumulate spiritual power to break through to Soul Transformation.

The time required was also extremely long.

Losing a hundred years of cultivation could mean a world of difference in the outcome.

Seeing Su Jianfeng raise the price directly to 190, 00 high-grade spirit stones, Cheng Yuan knew Su Jianfeng's spirit stones were nearing their limit.

So he casually said again:

"200, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

This time, Su Jianfeng fell silent and did not bid again.

Seeing no one bid again, Ye Qingxuan began the countdown:

"200, 00 high-grade spirit stones, first time. 200, 00 high-grade spirit stones, second time. 200, 00 high-grade spirit stones, third time. Sold."

Seeing the final price of the Green Lotus Elixir, Ye Qingxuan's heart bloomed with joy.

The Xuantian Sect lacked nothing in mid- and low-grade spiritual herbs, so this fifth-tier elixir was not expensive within the Xuantian Sect. Inside the Xuantian Sect, 5, 00 high-grade spirit stones could buy one fifth-tier Green Lotus Elixir.

If Ye Qingxuan had refined it himself, the cost of the Green Lotus Elixir would have been even lower.

"Indeed, auctions yield huge profits."

Ye Qingxuan thought inwardly.

If sold normally in a shop in Xingluo Zhou, a fifth-tier supreme-grade Green Lotus Elixir could probably only fetch around 30, 00 high-grade spirit stones.

It was just that sales volume would certainly not be as good as within the Xuantian Sect.

After the Green Lotus Elixir auction concluded, Ye Qingxuan's eyes rolled, and a hint of amusement appeared on his face.

"The second Green Lotus Elixir, starting bid 3, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

Ye Qingxuan had originally only intended to auction one Green Lotus Elixir.

But Cheng Yuan's previous actions annoyed Ye Qingxuan greatly, so he wanted to make Cheng Yuan bleed.

"190, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

As soon as the second Green Lotus Elixir appeared, Su Jianfeng hesitated not at all and directly quoted 190, 00 high-grade spirit stones.

Cheng Yuan's face darkened; after a moment of silence, he slowly spoke: "200, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

In the end, Ye Qingxuan auctioned off three Green Lotus Elixirs in total.

All three Green Lotus Elixirs were purchased by Cheng Yuan at a price of 200, 00 high-grade spirit stones each.

Even Cheng Yuan could not help but feel a twinge of pain in his heart.

A full 600, 00 high-grade spirit stones was something he could not completely ignore.

Fortunately, Dongxuan City only auctioned three Green Lotus Elixirs, which spared him from too much embarrassment.

Only then did Cheng Yuan barely suppress the anger in his heart.

"The next item is a fifth-grade Nascent Soul Elixir. Everyone should be very clear on the effects and side effects of the Nascent Soul Elixir, so I will not explain further."

"The starting price for the fifth-grade Nascent Soul Elixir is 3, 00 high-grade spirit stones. Please!"

"5, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

"5, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

"5, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

For the fifth-grade Nascent Soul Elixir, the majority of the bidders were Golden Core realm peak cultivators with nearly depleted lifespans, along with a few Nascent Soul realm cultivators.

As for the three Soul Transformation realm experts, they showed no intention of bidding.

For Soul Transformation level powers, a Nascent Soul realm cultivator with no future held little value.

Therefore, they would not waste spirit stones on a Nascent Soul Elixir.

In the end, after rounds of bidding, this Nascent Soul Elixir was purchased by Gu Wuzhao, the City Lord of Guhuang City, for 50, 00 high-grade spirit stones.

Guhuang City is one of the three Nascent Soul level cities relatively close to Dongxuan City, located to the northwest of Dongxuan City, in a territory approximately 320, 00 li away.

Besides Guhuang City and Huangfeng City, there is another Nascent Soul level city, Tai'an City, located to the northeast of Dongxuan City, in a territory approximately 330, 00 li away.

These three cities are the three Nascent Soul level cities closest to Dongxuan City.

Among them, only Huangfeng City belongs to a neutral power.

Guhuang City and Tai'an City will expand outward whenever they get the chance, so they are not neutral cities.

"The next item is a fifth-grade mid-grade combat puppet. The starting price is 10, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

"50, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

"55, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

"60, 00 high-grade spirit stones."

For the major powers,

if a Nascent Soul Elixir only had the potential to produce one Nascent Soul realm cultivator, then a fifth-grade mid-grade combat puppet was a solid Nascent Soul level combat force.

Therefore, many Nascent Soul realm cultivators participated in the bidding for the fifth-grade mid-grade combat puppet.

In the end, this fifth-grade mid-grade combat puppet was successfully purchased by Tai Xudong, the City Lord of Tai'an City, for 115, 00 high-grade spirit stones.

Afterwards, Ye Qingxuan successively auctioned off a fifth-grade high-grade combat puppet and a fifth-grade supreme-grade combat puppet.

They were secured by Bai Qing'an at a price of 150, 00 high-grade spirit stones, and by the Broken Soul Venerable at a price of 220, 00 high-grade spirit stones, respectively.

After the fifth-grade combat puppets were auctioned off, a jade bottle appeared again on the small stone table before Ye Qingxuan: "Fifth-grade supreme-grade Dao Comprehension Elixir. It can increase the success rate of Golden Core realm peak cultivators breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm by fifty percent, and increase the success rate of Nascent Soul realm peak cultivators breaking through to the Soul Transformation realm by ten percent, with absolutely no side effects!"

(End of this chapter)