Chapter 589: The Rules of the Auction House

"But is that even possible?" Chen Jing asked with a frown.

"Without this Yin-Yang Flower, I would have to put in some effort to accomplish this. However, with this Yin-Yang Flower, I can make the Yin and Yang within Meng Juan's body reach a balance in a short amount of time," Lingyun said.

"As long as the Yin Yang Power within Senior Meng Juan's body is balanced, she will be able to unleash her full strength, right?" Su Wanyue asked.

"That's right. A Meng Juan who can fight at full strength is definitely at the Half-step Nascent Soul level," Lingyun said.

"That's great. With one more Half-step Nascent Soul, we'll have one more point of deterrence," Chen Jing said with some pleasant surprise.

"We don't have any problems on our side, but I don't know what the situation is like on Long Jingtian's side," Lingyun muttered, looking at the Yin-Yang Flower in front of him.

Afterwards, Lingyun directly contacted Liuli, who was still in Huaxia.

"Liuli, how is the situation on your end?"

"Lingyun, our progress is still very smooth. The net that Long Jingtian has cast is truly shockingly large. If this net were to be fully drawn in, calling it 'blood staining the world' would not be an exaggeration," Liuli's voice sounded in Lingyun's heart. "Now is the final mobilization before the war. The first batch of personnel from overseas forces will enter Huaxia this afternoon, and that is when the first battle will begin."

"This afternoon? Then you all need to be careful. How is the situation within the country?" Lingyun asked.

"It's also a major purge. Who would have thought that so many people, and even some large families, would be involved? They really are a bunch of people who have forgotten their roots," Liuli's tone carried a hint of sarcasm.

"If we clean them out all at once, the country should be peaceful for a while," Lingyun replied.

"By the way, Lingyun, I discovered some very strange people among those involved this time. I actually sensed a trace of an aura on them that has some connection to you," Liuli said.

"A connection to me?" Lingyun's eyebrows raised slightly. "Could it be that they have come out too?"

"They?"

"It's hard to say for now. Let's wait until I go back and see them," Lingyun tapped his fingers lightly on the chair's armrest and said slowly.

"Leave the matters here to us, you must be careful on your side. I heard from Long Jingtian that this time, those forces have put a lot of effort into both the Hidden Dragon Assembly and the Peak Martial Duel," Liuli said.

"Don't worry, I don't even take such petty tricks seriously," Lingyun said. "If you need anything on your end, just tell me. Alice has almost mastered the Space Array, so our people can be teleported over directly."

"I understand."

When Lingyun cut off the communication with Liuli, several auction items had already passed on the stage. Among them, Huo Yu also made a move once and won a long sword. This long sword was said to be the personal weapon of a Golden Core Early Stage expert and possessed decent power.

"Big Sister, besides that Yin-Yang Flower, how come you haven't bid on anything else?" Huo Yu asked Chen Jing with a look of confusion after excitedly putting the long sword into his large backpack.

"There wasn't anything that caught my eye," Chen Jing said with a shrug.

"Nothing that caught your eye? Big Sister, I know your standards have always been high, but this is too high," Huo Yu said with a helpless look.

"Well, they weren't this high before, they've just been raised recently," Chen Jing said, glancing at Lingyun.

Huo Yu's gaze fell on Lingyun, and he couldn't help but feel a bit more curious.

He knew that his Big Sister had always been very picky about men. Back in the entire academy, the number of boys who could get close to Big Sister was less than twenty percent, and Big Sister had never shown any excessive closeness to any male. But looking at Big Sister now, it was obvious that she had fallen deeply in love with the boy in front of her, and she had even hooked up with that young lady Su Wanyue—it was truly baffling. Could this boy have some qualities that they couldn't reach?

"Lingyun, look at that pearl. Is there something wrong with it?" Chen Jing suddenly leaned over to Lingyun and asked.

"Hmm?" Lingyun's eyebrows raised slightly as he looked at the pearl on the stage.

This was already the ninth to last auction item in this auction, and the price was not cheap; the starting price was thirty Origin Qi Pills.

According to the introduction by Po Jun, this pearl possessed a peculiar effect: it could gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, allowing Golden Core Stage experts to increase their cultivation speed by one level. However, this pearl also had a drawback: it could only be used by three people at most at the same time, but it was still an extremely rare treasure.

Faced with such a heavy treasure, people from the major forces naturally would not let it go easily. After all, increasing cultivation speed by one level could allow them to slowly leave behind those who were originally on par with them.

"One hundred Origin Qi Pills."

Looking at the pearl on the auction stage, Hao Xuan's expression was somewhat excited. This was an extremely rare Spirit Gathering Pearl. If something that could assist cultivation like this appeared in the clan, only the various Elders and those genius disciples would be able to use it. As for him, he shouldn't even think about it. Now that a Spirit Gathering Pearl had actually appeared at the auction, if the circumstances didn't forbid it, he would have wanted to take action and seize it by force.

"One hundred and twenty Origin Qi Pills."

The person who spoke was Meng Juan. Although the Spirit Gathering Pearl was of no use to her, it was a rare treasure for Shui Yunyue that could greatly increase her cultivation speed.

"One hundred and thirty Origin Qi Pills."

"One hundred and thirty-five Origin Qi Pills."

"One hundred and forty Origin Qi Pills."

There were naturally more people than just Meng Juan who had such thoughts; other forces also did not want to let go of this rare treasure.

Watching the price climb continuously, Hao Xuan couldn't help but grit his teeth. They were just a bunch of bumpkins from the secular world; how dare they compete with a young master like him from a Hidden World Faction!

"Two hundred Origin Qi Pills. My Hao Family wants this Spirit Gathering Pearl!" Hao Xuan said through gritted teeth.

But he was met with bursts of cold laughter.

"Where did this idiot come from? He's sitting in a high-level private room, yet he doesn't even know the most basic rules of this auction house."

"Ha, bringing up family influence in this auction house? Is he joking?"

"Where did this fool come from, making a fool of himself here?"

"Heh, that guy from the Hao Family has really lost all face this time!" Huo Yu said with a gloating expression.

"Is there some special rule in this auction house?" Chen Jing asked.

"For the sake of fairness, when this auction house was first established, the various family forces jointly set a rule: in the auction house, only the bid matters, not the influence. This guy bringing up his family will only increase the mockery."

"Is that so? That really is an interesting rule," Lingyun said, narrowing his eyes.

"Three hundred and ten Origin Qi Pills."

Soon, someone spoke up and suppressed Hao Xuan's bid. Family influence? What a joke. In this auction house, what matters is who has the money!