Chapter 1650: Auction! The Focus of All Eyes!

"Jingming, are you going to the auction?"

After Chen Xuan left, Lin Qianxue looked at Xu Jingming and asked softly.

"Mm."

Xu Jingming nodded. "I just broke through to Immortal, and I need to replenish a lot of resources.

An internal Star Alliance auction like this should have quite a few good things."

"Alright, I'll go with you." Lin Qianxue said naturally.

Once the two agreed, they immediately began preparations.

Xu Jingming first took stock of his assets.

During those days in the Extraterritorial Battlefield and the Starfall Secret Realm, the number of alien geniuses he had killed was extremely considerable.

Every one of these opponents had a rich net worth, and the accumulated spoils of war had long since piled up like a mountain.

Now that he was going to attend an Immortal-level auction, it was just the right time to liquidate them.

He submitted all the spoils, including various weapons, battle armor, and strange object materials,

even some secret technique manuals he had no use for, to the Star Dome Academy's official recycling system for appraisal.

Even those rare exotic flowers and grasses cultivated inside the Black Soil Space.

Aside from keeping the key SS-grade resource 'Jade Marrow Heavenly Peach' for future cultivation use,

the rest were all dumped onto the selling list in one go.

The appraisal process was fast; the intelligent system rapidly calculated the value of every item.

In the end, a figure that even slightly surprised Xu Jingming jumped onto the light screen.

"This much?" Even Lin Qianxue beside him widened her eyes.

Academy credits have extremely strong purchasing power.

An ordinary Fifth Stage Immortal God, diligently carrying out missions,

accumulating for ten thousand years, would find it no easy feat to save up a million credits.

Xu Jingming's spoils could sell for the sky-high price of nearly five million; it was truly astonishing.

"Those Universe Stage ones in the Starfall Secret Realm were all talents meticulously nurtured by their respective races.

The life-saving items and cultivation resources they carried were naturally extraordinary, and I killed almost all of them.

The value of the accumulated spoils is naturally very high."

Xu Jingming explained with a smile.

Add to that the 5 million credits previously won from Colt,

and the 5 million credits rewarded by Teacher Frost Crown, minus the expenses for purchasing auxiliary resources when breaking through to Immortal.

Xu Jingming's personal account now held a huge sum of 13.512 million credits.

"Tsk tsk."

Looking at the balance on the holographic projection, Lin Qianxue couldn't help but exclaim:

"That's practically the entire savings of a veteran Peak Immortal God, right?

You just broke through, and your net worth is already this substantial."

"Only with enough credits can I buy what I want at the auction."

Xu Jingming smiled faintly.

Transactions between Immortal Gods often start at millions of credits.

Without sufficient capital, one doesn't even have the qualifications to participate in bidding.

Two days later.

Virtual Universe, Star Dome Auction House.

This auction house, dedicated to serving experts of the Immortal Stage and above, was grand in scale beyond imagination.

The entire space seemed like an independent starry sky.

Above the vault, the galaxy flowed; countless points of light shimmered like diamonds.

Below was a stretch of floating silver platforms, distributed in a ring-shaped terraced layout.

Tens of thousands of seats condensed from energy emitted a soft white light.

At this moment, quite a few Immortal Stage experts had already arrived.

They gathered in twos and threes, conversing in low voices.

Some wore magnificent battle armor, others draped in simple robes; their auras were either deep like the ocean or sharp like a sword.

The entire venue was permeated with an invisible pressure, the atmosphere belonging to the Immortal God stratum.

"Heard there are a few good items at this auction; that Star Heart, I'm determined to get it!"

"Heh, Old Li, is your bit of credits enough? I've prepared four million."

"Four million? I saved for nine thousand years to scrape together three million, and you struck it rich again?"

"Earlier in the Extraterritorial Battlefield I killed a Demon Race Seventh Stage Immortal; got lucky and a material dropped."

"..."

Sounds of conversation rang out all over the venue.

Although these Immortal Gods held noble status,

in the face of resources, they calculated gains and losses and probed each other just like ordinary people.

"Huh? Who are those two?"

"That's right, it's those two!"

Suddenly, a commotion rose from the venue entrance.

Many Eternal Divine Spirits also subconsciously followed their gazes.

Two figures were seen walking in side by side.

The young man on the left wore a simple black combat suit, his figure tall and straight, his features resolute.

He did not deliberately release his aura.

But the Lei Guang that occasionally flashed in those deep eyes made one dare not underestimate him.

The woman beside him, meanwhile, wore a plain, elegant white dress.

Her figure was slender and graceful, her appearance cold and stunningly beautiful.

A pair of long, straight legs, and at the center of her brow a deep-blue lightning mark appeared faintly.

"Xu Jingming!"

"It's Xu Jingming and Lin Qianxue!"

"They've come too!"

"..."

After a brief silence, whispered conversations spread like a tide.

Gaze after gaze focused on the two.

There was curiosity, scrutiny, and undisguised shock.

"So that's the monster from legend who went from Star Brilliance to Eternal in twelve years?"

"He looks so young, but this aura is undoubtedly Eternal stage."

"The one beside him is Lin Qianxue? Frost Crown Ruler's other direct disciple? Truly peerless beauty."

"The two walking together are quite well-matched."

"..."

The name Xu Jingming had recently been ringing in the ears of the Star Alliance's upper echelons.

The phenomena at his breakthrough, dual Origin acknowledgment, and rumors of a suspected perfect divine body.

Had already drawn widespread attention.

Now that the real person appeared, he naturally attracted the full focus of the venue.

Xu Jingming's expression was calm, accepting the gazes coming from all directions with composure.

Lin Qianxue was even colder, merely lightly linking her arm through his, walking quietly at his side.

But before the two could take their seats, a middle-aged man in deep-blue battle armor.

With an honest, kindly face, walked over with a smile.

"Xu Jingming, hello, I'm Ma Yang."

The middle-aged man stopped one meter in front of Xu Jingming, introducing himself in a friendly manner:

"I'm an Eternal Divine Spirit stationed in the Black Stone Star Domain.

Currently serving as the Deputy Captain of the Star Alliance's Seventh Patrol Corps.

Long admired your great name, today I finally get to see the real person."

"Hello."

Xu Jingming gave a slight nod in response.

He didn't mind making more Eternal Divine Spirit connections.

"Brother Xu, hello, I'm Yan Huang, permanently stationed at the 'Molten Fire Heart' resource star. If you need fire-element materials or intelligence in the future, feel free to contact me anytime."

"Liu Qing, skilled in Sword Dao and Space Laws, I have a mercenary corps under me."

Ma Yang's proactive networking was like toppling the first domino.

Immediately after, several more Eternal Divine Spirits successively left their seats and came forward.

An Eternal Divine Spirit in his thirties.

Also a Supreme Ruler's direct disciple.

Such a heaven-defying figure, presumably no one would be unwilling to befriend.

Thus, the atmosphere around Xu Jingming quickly grew lively.

Xu Jingming himself welcomed all comers, his attitude very friendly.

Lin Qianxue stood quietly at Xu Jingming's side.

Occasionally giving a slight nod in greeting when others addressed her, her cold temperament complementing Xu Jingming's steady bearing.

"Damn it! How did this guy break through so fast?!"

In a corner of the venue, Colt sat alone in a remote seat, his complexion so dark it seemed water could drip from it.

The more glorious Xu Jingming was at this moment, the more it set off his own stupidity and wretchedness from previously losing five million points.

What made him even more uncomfortable was that Xu Jingming's breakthrough speed was simply too fast!

He actually just stepped into the Eternal stage like that!

This couldn't help but make him feel a trace of threat.

"But after entering the Eternal stage, every minor stage breakthrough is extremely difficult.

I'm at Eternal Peak, he shouldn't be able to catch up to me that quickly."

Colt consoled himself inwardly.