Chapter 170

"Little girl, I don't think anyone will bid higher than me. Hurry up and drop the hammer," Luo Yu turned his head to look at Qian Jinjin again and urged.

Qian Jinjin looked around, and seeing that no one else intended to bid, she quickly shouted, "Is there anyone else bidding a higher price? Forty billion and one hundred million, going once! Forty billion and one hundred million, going twice! Forty billion and one hundred million, going three times!"

"Sold! Congratulations, Mr. Luo!"

Qian Jinjin's small hammer struck the table heavily, declaring that the Living Wood had completely fallen into someone's hands. Everyone in the venue breathed a long sigh of relief. Although the auction time was not long, they felt like a day was like a year, even more nervous than the person who auctioned the Living Wood.

However, at this moment, although the auction had clearly ended, not a single Gu King chose to leave.

All the Gu Kings' gazes were fixed on Private Room No. 1, their eyes eerie, their expressions changing back and forth, each harboring evil intentions.

No matter what kind of thoughts people had in their hearts, they were all paying attention to his movements.

Luo Yu naturally noticed the pairs of malicious gazes below and snorted coldly in his heart.

Not long after, Qian Jinjin walked into Private Room No. 1 with a group of Qian Clan Gu Cultivators, carrying a huge Living Wood in the crowd.

Seeing this Living Wood, Luo Yu's eyes lit up immediately. He hurried over, reached out to touch the bark of the Living Wood carefully, his fingers trembling, and a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

"Haha... is this the legendary Living Wood? Wonderful! Simply too wonderful!"

"In this life, being able to have the fate to witness a legendary Heaven-Grade Spirit Medicine once, I, Luo Yu, have not lived in vain!"

Luo Yu laughed wildly with excitement and threw the storage bag toward Qian Jinjin.

"This is forty billion and one hundred million Spirit Stones, you count it."

Qian Jinjin took the thrown storage bag and scanned it casually. It was unknown how she did it, but she was able to quickly count the huge amount of over forty billion Spirit Stones.

"The number of Spirit Stones is correct. You can take the Living Wood away now."

"After leaving this auction house, any situation that occurs with the Living Wood will have nothing to do with the Qian Clan Auction House."

Luo Yu naturally knew the meaning of her words and laughed loudly, "That is natural. Rest assured, the Living Wood won't be lost in my hands."

Luo Yu showed a confident smile again, as if he already had a complete plan on how to take the Living Wood back intact.

"Since Mr. Luo is so confident, then we can rest assured."

After the words fell, Qian Jinjin left the Living Wood behind and led the group of Qian Clan Gu Cultivators to leave Private Room No. 1, without any intention of continuing to talk to him.

Watching the backs of the group of Qian Clan Gu Cultivators leaving, the smile on Luo Yu's face suddenly disappeared, revealing a solemn expression.

He hurriedly took out four black array flags and inserted them into the four corners of the room. Immediately, a square black barrier shrouded the room.

At this time, people outside could not only not see what was happening inside, but also could not hear the voices speaking inside.

After setting up the array, he walked to the Living Wood with an excited face, patted the bark, and with a slight force, broke off a small piece of bark.

He picked up this piece of bark to look at it carefully, showed a slight smile, and took out a small silver snake from his insect breeding bag.

After the small snake crawled over and coiled around the trunk of the Living Wood, a silver light flashed, and the snake and the tree disappeared into thin air together.

Luo Yu showed a look of complacency. He put the piece of bark he had just broken off into a huge box, then looked at the group of Luo Clan Gu Cultivators beside him, and said sternly:

"I have already used the Transfer Gu to transfer the Living Wood away. The Living Wood is now in the hands of the Ninth Prince. Even if that group of Gu Kings is exhausted to death, they will never find the whereabouts of that Living Wood."

"Next, I will explain my plan. Later, I will leave the city at the fastest speed, while you will continue to stay in the city."

"I will pretend to use a strategy, but in fact, we don't need to act deliberately. There will definitely be smart people who suspect that I didn't carry the Living Wood on me, but boldly placed the Living Wood in the hands of you low-level people, suspecting that I am deliberately luring all the Gu Kings out of the city, and then you will deceive everyone and carry the Living Wood to escape from another direction."

"There will definitely be people who think this way, and it won't be just one person who guards against this hand of ours, so there will definitely be people who make a move on you later."

"This box simply cannot hide the aura of a Heaven-Grade Spirit Medicine. A piece of Living Wood bark is enough to make everyone believe that the Living Wood is in this box."

"When the time comes, you will be forced into a dead end and make crazy moves, completely destroying this box."

"This clone of mine will pull a batch of Gu Kings to be buried with me through self-detonation. By then, everyone will believe that the Living Wood has been completely destroyed in this battle. At that time, my Great Yin Dynasty will permanently retain a Living Wood that no one knows about."

"In this plan, you must sacrifice yourselves. We must pretend to have been seen through after making a perfect plan."

"Otherwise, if I personally carry the Living Wood and rush forward mindlessly, destroying the Living Wood under siege without any strategy, everyone will think there is a trick."

"Rest assured, your deaths are valuable. Your families will be taken care of by the Great Yin Dynasty. The heavy treasures the dynasty rewards your families with are enough to buy your ten lives."

Luo Yu's expression suddenly froze, and he looked at the few people with murderous eyes and said, "Remember, none of you are allowed to cause any changes because of fear of death. The Emperor of my Great Yin Dynasty doesn't have much lifespan left, and he really needs this Living Wood."

"Once the plan fails and leads to the Emperor's death, the Great Yin Dynasty will definitely fall into chaos. At that time, you will be the sinners of the country."

"On the contrary, if our plan succeeds, then this will be a great merit. All of us will establish the merit of protecting the country, and even our clans will benefit infinitely."

Hearing this, the other four people in the room nodded together, their eyes firm, their expressions showing no fear of death, all looking like they were ready to die generously.

They were all dead soldiers. They already knew their fate when they came and were already mentally prepared. How could they be afraid of death?

Seeing that they had no fear, Luo Yu nodded with satisfaction. With such an appearance, he could finally rest assured.

As long as they didn't cause any trouble, then this plan would be foolproof and enough to deceive everyone.

Luo Yu was still sighing at his amazing wisdom and was very satisfied with his strategy.

This plan was simply too perfect, simply seamless. He didn't believe anyone could see through his plan.

However, just as he was thinking this in his heart, a person standing on a spire far away showed a look of shock.

What's going on? How did the infinity progress disappear?

He couldn't help but rub his eyes and looked again, still not finding the special symbol ∞. His expression froze.

Just a moment ago, the special symbol ∞ suddenly disappeared, disappearing without warning, disappearing into thin air in an instant, simply eerie.

What on earth is this situation? How could the progress suddenly disappear? This situation really gave him a shock.

Could it be that the Living Wood was destroyed? Absolutely impossible. Long Xuan shook his head and quickly threw this absurd thought out of his mind.

Having gone to such trouble and spent so much financial power to obtain the Living Wood, how could it be easily destroyed? This was absolutely impossible. He didn't believe the people in the room would be willing to destroy the Living Wood.

And if the Living Wood wasn't destroyed, then there was probably only one situation that could make the progress disappear, and that was that this Living Wood was instantly transferred away by someone using magical means.

Long Xuan's eyes revealed a sharp light, his thoughts turning rapidly.

He felt he had guessed the strategy of the people in the room. They were using an unknown means to instantly transfer the Living Wood away.

And the Great Yin Dynasty Gu Cultivators in the room would definitely run out with a fake Living Wood to attract firepower, luring all the Gu Kings away.

After all the Gu Kings were lured away by the fake Living Wood, another group of Great Yin Dynasty Gu Cultivators carrying the real Living Wood would then leave calmly.

At this time, there must not be many Gu Kings in the city. The probability of them safely returning to the Great Yin Dynasty with the real Living Wood was very high.

Not bad, a bit interesting. They actually still wanted to play a trick of deceiving the heavens. This trick was ruthless enough, wonderful enough.

No wonder that peak Gu King of the Great Yin Dynasty was so confident. It turned out he had hidden such a hand.

Long Xuan's mouth slowly curled up.

It's a pity that no matter how ruthless this trick is, it shouldn't have encountered me. Daring to play a trick of deceiving the heavens in front of me? Don't mess up the performance.

Long Xuan's eyes turned. Any teleportation ability must have a distance limit. To teleport across major regions, it was only possible by spending huge amounts of money to build a teleportation array. The distance the Living Wood was teleported must not be far; it must still be nearby, or even in the city.

Long Xuan's eyes lit up. He immediately couldn't wait to open the Heavenly Mechanism Eye, using 100% of his pupil power to scan the entire city. Every place and every corner of the city, he would not let go.

Not long after, he saw the familiar symbol ∞ in an ordinary small house at the corner of the city.

Long Xuan's eyes widened immediately, his eyes shining with light.

Seeing that there were only two Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators guarding outside the courtyard of the small house, his eyes flashed with light, his breathing became rapid, and his heart beat wildly. He was too excited at this moment.

This was simply a god-given opportunity, a rare opportunity!

There wasn't a single Gu King in the surrounding area. There was rarely no strong person guarding a priceless treasure. If he didn't make a move now, when would he?

Long Xuan clenched his fists and immediately became eager to move.

Originally, he didn't intend to compete for the Living Wood and had no interest in increasing his lifespan by five hundred years.

But seeing this scene, his thoughts immediately became active, and he actually began to covet the Living Wood, wanting to take it for himself.

There was no help for it. The Living Wood might not be of much use to him, but now that it was placed nakedly in front of you and could be obtained easily, it was no different from picking it up for free. Who wouldn't be tempted?

Who wouldn't want something given for free? If you don't want it, don't take it.

Long Xuan's eyes lit up. Without hesitation, he immediately jumped down from the spire and slowly sneaked toward the small house.

At this time, inside the auction house, after a secret conversation, the Great Yin Dynasty side finally removed the barrier and walked out in large strides. Looking at their direction, they actually intended to leave the city directly.

The group of Gu Kings in the auction house's eyes lit up. They immediately hung far behind, walking out of the auction house gate in a swarm, following them.

In just an instant, the auction house was empty. Just a moment ago, it was full of Gu Kings, but now there wasn't a single Gu King left.

(End of chapter)