Chapter 461

He made up his mind: once he grew stronger and began cultivating in the future, he would properly repay Senior Brother Fang Yu's kindness.

"Alright, let's start the bidding. Now that that Ghost Emperor has set his sights on us, no matter what price we name, he'll definitely try to outbid us, which would be pointless. I'll send this clone of mine out, reopen a VIP room, and conduct one round of bidding."

Fang Yu, seeing Fang Han's expression, nodded.

Even if this fragment of the World Tree now fell into his hands, it could not take root and sprout, because the only fragment in all the world capable of sprouting, taking root, and reviving had already been obtained by Fang Han. This uniqueness is truly enviable, so for now he would simply do a favor by going with the flow.

Of course, if in the future he obtained fragments of other World Trees on his own, he would study them carefully and see whether there was any way in other worlds to restore a fragment of the World Tree.

The Willow God can undergo nirvana and be reborn—could there be a possibility that fragments of other World Trees might come back to life in other worlds?

All these thoughts occupied Fang Yu's mind, but for now the World Tree fragment had already been given away as a favor. One could see that Junior Brother Fang Han was deeply, deeply grateful.

A streak of light flew out of the VIP room where Fang Yu was, and opened another VIP room.

That one clone of Fang Yu directly called out a price of two hundred thousand White Yang Pills.

"Three hundred thousand!"

From yet another VIP room came a voice competing with Fang Yu's clone.

As for the VIP room where Fang Yu himself was, it did not bid a single coin.

"Four hundred thousand!"

The clone continued to call out a price.

As for his main body, he was sizing up the people calling out bids from the other VIP rooms.

Logically speaking, very few people would recognize a fragment of the World Tree; even ordinary Eternal Giants would not necessarily recognize it. There was no reason for ordinary people to waste large quantities of elixirs to buy this useless thing.

Unless they simply had too many elixirs and bought it back as a collectible.

The one who had just spoken and bid was a middle-aged man wearing a white crane cloak and a star crown on his head, dignified in bearing—he seemed to be a person from the Crystal Grotto Heaven of the Xiandaoshi Sect.

"Five hundred thousand!"

In the VIP room opposite, someone jumped ahead and called out this price. That person was an elder, stroking a small sword seven inches long in his hand, but both his eyes were fixed on the World Tree fragment, his brows trembling, as if trying to discern the value of this object.

This person was an Elder of the Sun Moon Sword Sect.

"Six hundred thousand."

Fang Yu's clone, expression calm, called out a price.

"Seven hundred thousand."

Still someone placed a bid.

Seven hundred thousand White Yang Pills—this price was something most Heavenly Man Realm experts could still afford. At least for Fang Yu, it was a mere trifle; if he casually sold one of his sacred beasts, he could get several billion White Yang Pills for it. So he was in no hurry, and slowly raised the price.

However, once the bidding reached two million, far fewer people called out prices.

But the onlookers below began to discuss more, seemingly not having expected that a piece of useless wood, which in their eyes was nothing at all, would be fought over so fiercely by these great powers.

"Could it really be a fragment of an ancient Dao artifact?"

"I reckon it's pretty close—otherwise the great figures in the VIP rooms above wouldn't be fighting over it like this!"

"What a pity, we don't have enough White Yang Pills. I've worked myself to the bone and only managed to save up five hundred thousand White Yang Pills, and I was still thinking of buying some other treasure. How could we compare with these great figures above the Heavenly Man Realm? They can casually refine a few spiritual artifacts and sell them for a fortune. Envy, envy!"

"Heavenly Man Realm! I must cultivate to that realm—the gap between the 4th Stage of Divine Abilities and the 5th Stage is really too great!"

A young genius at the 4th Stage of Divine Abilities, Yin-Yang Realm, said through gritted teeth.

This was a young man, only about thirty years old—absolutely a youth in the Cultivation World. But because his realm had not reached the Heavenly Man Realm, his status was low, he was not respected by others, and he could not refine spiritual artifacts, which cost him many benefits.

"Two million five hundred thousand."

Just as that young man was grinding his teeth, Fang Yu's clone raised the price to two million five hundred thousand, which immediately made everyone give up bidding.

Whether it was the Elder of the Sun Moon Sword Sect, the cultivators of Crystal Grotto Heaven, or some Heavenly Demon Kings, they could not possibly be as flush with cash as Fang Yu, spending such a huge price on an unknown ancient piece of wood.

So Fang Yu directly took the World Tree fragment at a price of two million five hundred thousand.

Before long, someone brought this "Nameless Divine Wood," taller than a person, to the VIP room and placed it before Fang Yu's clone, and Fang Yu's clone directly swiped a card, deducting two million five hundred thousand White Yang Pills.

This fragment of the World Tree now belonged to Fang Yu.

Fang Yu's clone strode away and met his true self, Fang Han, and the others.

"The fragment of the World Tree."

Fang Yu's gaze fell on the piece of wood before him. With a flick of his finger, five-colored divine light flowed out—this five-colored divine light was precisely the evolution of the Great Five Elements Art—and it landed on the World Tree fragment.

Immediately he sensed something utterly miraculous.

That was, even with his current Great Five Elements Art—things like the Scarlet Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi, which had even absorbed the Five Elements True Fire of the Fire Domain and the Seven-Colored Flame of the Shrouding Heaven Realm—when it fell upon the World Tree fragment, it still could not melt into it at all.

It was a material beyond imagination, an arrangement beyond imagination, so complex that with Fang Yu's current realm, he could not perform any attack on it whatsoever.

This fragment of the World Tree, taller than a person, actually carried an aura of being impervious to all laws.

A divine object.

Truly a divine object.

Apart from special conditions, other people really could not make use of this fragment of the World Tree.

With a light flick of Fang Yu's finger, the Great Severing Art and the Great Devouring Art appeared—still it could not be severed, still it could not be devoured.

"Junior Brother Fang Han, let's see how you make use of this ancient wood."

After Fang Yu carefully observed and worked on it for some time, he still found no way at all, so with a wave of his hand, the World Tree fragment flew over.

Clearly, apart from the already sprouted World Tree sapling, ordinary people had no way to make any use of it.

"Many thanks, Senior Brother. Would Senior Brother be willing to come with me into the Huang Quan Diagram, so we can witness this scene together?"

As soon as the World Tree fragment appeared, Fang Han's gaze fixed tightly upon it. Watching Senior Brother Fang Yu employ various methods to work on the World Tree fragment, he merely waited in silence. When Senior Brother Fang Yu sent the World Tree fragment over, delight immediately appeared on his face, and after a moment's thought, he spoke.

"Alright, Junior Brother Fang Han—your Huang Quan Diagram, I've never been inside it before. I'd also like to see what your Huang Quan Diagram actually looks like."

Fang Yu nodded and entered the Huang Quan Diagram together with Fang Han.

He was not worried that after entering the Huang Quan Diagram, Fang Han would do something like silence him; after all, he had his own trump cards and was not afraid of this.

At this moment, Fang Yu entered the Huang Quan Diagram and saw that it contained an immensely vast world. What met his eyes was the boundless Huang Quan Sacred River.

The river water surged, and every drop, if taken to the outside world, would be priceless Huang Quan Holy Water—capable of washing away every impurity between heaven and earth, of cleansing the myriad mortal distractions that cling to a cultivator during their practice, and of helping the cultivator refine their spirit so that their cultivation base might advance further.

Moreover, Huang Quan Holy Water possessed an immensely powerful restraining force against Heavenly Demons. Normally, a Heavenly Demon King could employ the Heavenly Demon Self-Detonation Art, and any cultivator facing one had to hold back, unwilling to strike to the kill—but Huang Quan Holy Water could suppress that self-detonation art, stripping the Heavenly Demon King of the ability to detonate itself, after which it could be seized and refined into elixirs.

This Huang Quan Holy Water was indeed also a fine material for refining elixirs: capturing Earth Demons could refine Blood Pills, capturing Heavenly Demons could refine Great Azure-Descending Pills—virtually any living creature could be seized by the Huang Quan Diagram and refined into elixirs, which was precisely the reason the Huangquanmo Sect had once been called the demonic path by all cultivators.

That was true demonic evil.

And beyond this vast, boundless Huang Quan River, a flood dragon was baring its fangs and brandishing its claws above the waters—it was Yan, the spirit of the Huang Quan Diagram.

The moment Yan seized the fragment of the World Tree from the main world, he began chanting passage after passage of primeval secret incantations, and immediately Huang Quan Holy Water surged upward, wrapping the World Tree fragment within it.

This fierce and miraculous holy water bore another name: Heartless Water. Now, acting upon the World Tree fragment, it instantly cleansed away the countless strands of impure qi entwined within the World Tree.

Then, above Fang Han's sea of consciousness, a tiny sapling rose up. As if sensing the same Xu Yuan Qi, it suddenly sent out boundless root tendrils that plunged into this massive fragment.

Crack-crack-crack......

This massive fragment shattered all at once, transforming into a vast expanse of chaotic-colored wood qi that merged with the sapling's roots.

In an instant, the World Tree sapling swelled violently, growing with wild abandon.

At this moment, Fang Yu, not far off, felt boundless immortal-realm spiritual energy pouring down, flooding the Huang Quan Diagram, then slowly descending and settling upon the Huang Quan River. Stimulated by the Huang Quan Holy Water, it condensed directly into glistening, translucent beads.

These beads, each the size of a thumb, contained within them the faint shadow of a little infant—clearly, "Nascent Soul Pills."

A full thousand-plus "Nascent Soul Pills" were produced in that single moment.

The immortal realm's Xu Yuan Qi continued to pour down through the World Tree in great waves, ceaselessly condensing into elixirs. With every passing moment, new elixirs formed, falling above the Huang Quan River—an endless, rolling river of wealth.

"Cheating, this is outright cheating."

Fang Yu watched the speed at which the Nascent Soul Pills were being produced and praised it again and again.

Now that the World Tree had grown once more, the immortal-realm Xu Yuan Qi it absorbed each day could refine roughly thirty-thousand-plus Nascent Soul Pills; converted to Pure Yang Pills, that would be three hundred; converted to White Yang Pills, that would be three million.

"This really is a cheating world."