Chapter 294: Farewell, Linglong

"Qiankun Free-and-Easy Gourd, starting bid one million; each raise must be no less than fifty thousand White Yang Pills."

When this treasure was put up for auction, the Divine Ability Secret Realm experts seated in the plaza below the VIP rooms all shook their heads; hearing the price of one million gave them a headache.

"One million White Yang Pills—who would buy something like that? Even if it could hold an entire mountain, it'd be useless. A Hundred Treasures Pouch is far more practical."

"Qiankun Free-and-Easy Gourd—sounds quite grand, but I have no use for it."

"There really are plenty of rich people under heaven. What price will this treasure end up fetching, I wonder?"

The crowd buzzed with discussion, and even within the VIP rooms no expert wanted this treasure.

"One million is just too expensive. I've only just stepped into the Heavenly Man Realm, and what I need most right now is a treasure imbued with the essence of the five elements—this item is of no use to me."

A young man, folding fan in hand and dressed in a pale-gold robe, shook his head.

"One million? I only have three million in assets right now—no need."

In another VIP room, a middle-aged man bristling with sword Qi also shook his head.

Seeing that no one bid at the first instant, the expression of the auction expert from the Heavenly Dao Pavilion shifted slightly. The expected auction price for this treasure was between two million and five million, yet now not a single person had called out a bid—if someone picked it up at a steal, the loss would be enormous.

Just then, Fang Yu's voice rang out from the hall: "One million three hundred thousand!"

A direct raise of three hundred thousand.

This single raise revealed Fang Yu's absolute determination to obtain the Qiankun Free-and-Easy Gourd, startling everyone once more. Many cultivators in the VIP rooms extended their divine sense over, but they could see nothing at all.

The entire room had been shrouded by a grand array Fang Yu had laid down; the air was thick with misty vapor, impossible to peer through.

"Interesting—last time the Hundred Treasures Pouch was auctioned off by him too, and now he wants this Qiankun Free-and-Easy Gourd as well. Could he be cultivating some kind of art?"

The young cultivator with the folding fan pondered this in his heart, yet did not call out a price.

"Could it be a cultivator of the Heavenly Demon race, come to our human territory? To cultivate the supreme art of the Heavenly Demon race?"

Others wondered as well.

But still, not a single person bid.

In this day and age, five-element oddities were the hard currency, the necessities—everything else had to take a back seat.

Thus Fang Yu spent one million three hundred thousand and once again won the Qiankun Free-and-Easy Gourd.

"Congratulations, Senior, on successfully auctioning another treasure."

When Hongxiu saw the Qiankun Free-and-Easy Gourd being brought in, she couldn't help but smile wryly to herself. This Senior had auctioned two items, and both gave the Heavenly Dao Pavilion the feeling of taking a loss.

Regarding the Qiankun Free-and-Easy Gourd, she also knew the expected auction price; having been sold for one million three hundred thousand, it hadn't even reached the projection.

"Money really doesn't last, does it? Look—auctioning two treasures has already cost one million five hundred thousand in elixirs."

Fang Yu took the Qiankun Free-and-Easy Gourd and sensed the vast space within it. A gourd refined from a full five hundred thousand Void Crystals indeed contained extremely rich spatial power; the space inside could truly hold something the size of an entire mountain.

In fact, more than just one mountain's worth.

But once it fell into Fang Yu's hands, it had only one fate: to be destroyed, to have its spatial power drained away.

Of course, if it could enhance the might of Fang Yu's Grand Slicing Art, then sacrificing this gourd would be well worth it.

"Senior, is there any other treasure you'd like to auction off? We still have many fine items coming up. Look—that is a sacred object for cultivating earth-element Divine Abilities, the Mountain God Pearl."

Hongxiu said to Fang Yu.