Chapter 658

This black tortoise had a notable origin and great ambition; it caused chaos in the Western Frontier, and two Marquises died trying to capture it, until a master intervened, slew the tortoise, and claimed its treasure technique.

The tortoise's treasure technique naturally attracted much interest; some sought to bid with grand slaughter arrays, others with Huang Quan water, and still others were willing to exchange it for an equivalent treasure technique.

In the end, this treasure technique fell into the hands of the little one, Shi Hao.

The little one's single Yang Pure Pill contained immense value, capable of securing all manner of auction items.

This scene drew the attention of many—such as the Young Lady of the Lei family, the Sixteenth Princess of the Imperial City, and even Marquises turned their gazes here, eager to see who possessed such vast wealth; but after looking, they saw only a gray haze, nothing discernible, and were startled.

They could not see through it at all.

"Interesting."

A young Marquis smiled faintly, his battle aura surging skyward; after a moment, he would find out exactly who it was.

"Even I cannot pierce it?"

The eldest daughter of the Lei clan showed disbelief; her third eye flashed with Lei Ting, seemingly capable of piercing all illusions—but when she gazed toward that spot, she could not pierce any illusion.

"A formidable figure. I'd like to meet him."

Many hearts stirred with the desire to meet the VIP room's owner, yet Fang Yu remained seated in the VIP room, observing the auction floor.

After the tortoise's treasure technique, a Fire-Resistant Pearl was auctioned—but this pearl too was incomplete, bearing several cracks and a missing fragment, appearing damaged.

The auction woman still lavished praise upon its value.

"A single Fire-Resistant Pearl, though flawed, remains a rare treasure—whether for traversing forbidden lands, or for collection and admiration, its worth is astonishing."

Many, aware of the Fire-Resistant Pearl's value, began bidding fiercely.

Neither Fang Yu nor the little one spoke up; to Fang Yu, this pearl was trash—he cultivated the Great Five Elements Art, and if he wished, he could produce one hundred thousand such Fire-Resistant Pearls, or even Water-Resistant Pearls, Wind-Resistant Pearls, Metal-Resistant Pearls, and mass-produce them all.

But to others, the Fire-Resistant Pearl was priceless; ultimately, the Sixteenth Princess of the Imperial City won it with a heap of primordial talisman bones.

She was a girl in a yellow robe, bright-eyed and white-toothed, her skin Bai Xi, exceedingly beautiful; now she toyed with the crimson pearl, looking even more captivating.

Another item appeared: a Demon-Suppressing Umbrella, a treasure among Marquises, sparking competition among several Princes.

Next came a Space-Shortening Talisman, drawing intense bidding from many.

"The benefits of a Space-Shortening Talisman, I'm sure everyone knows—it's a treasure forged by ancient sages, and now few can even forge such things," said the auction woman.

Many showed interest, their gazes fixed; the Space-Shortening Talisman was essentially a life-saving talisman—if pursued, one could flee using it.

Of course, the nobles of the Imperial City looked down on such talismans; they had their pride, rarely needed to flee, and preferred offense.

The little one, however, thought it excellent and bought the treasure.

"Little one, let me see it."

After Shi Hao purchased the Space-Shortening Talisman, Fang Yu spoke.

After little Shi Hao auctioned this Shrinking Earth Talisman, Fang Yu spoke.

The little one immediately handed over the talisman.

Fang Yu scrutinized the talisman, studied it for a moment, then moved his hand—Daoist Gang Qi flowed, and in the air he conjured one after another such talisman.

Each talisman matched the one the little one had purchased, yet now there were twenty Space-Shortening Talismans before him.

"So this is the principle? Not difficult at all. Little one, these twenty I forged should have similar effects—perhaps even better."

Fang Yu then gifted all twenty Space-Shortening Talismans to the little one.

In Yuhua Sect, when a cultivator ascends to outer disciple status, they are given five talismans: Purification Talisman, Dust-Repelling Talisman, Blood-Stopping Talisman, True Water Talisman, Soulfire Talisman; when advancing from outer disciple to inner disciple, they receive others—such as Golden Armor Talisman, Deep-Diving Talisman, Divine Speed Talisman, and so on.

But among Yuhua Sect's outer and inner disciples, no Space-Shortening Talisman was ever given.

Fang Yu had never forged a Space-Shortening Talisman in his past life, but now he was a man of extraordinary intellect; seeing this talisman, he studied it briefly and immediately understood its forging method. Returning to Yuhua Sect, he could upgrade the new inner disciple kits by adding this talisman, greatly enhancing the disciples' survival capability.

That is, after learning the forging method of the Space-Shortening Talisman in this perfect world, Fang Yu would make this advanced talisman standard issue for every inner disciple of Yuhua Sect going forward.

In other words, once Fang Yu learns the crafting method of the Shrinking Earth Talisman in this Perfect World, he will make this advanced talisman a standard issue for every inner disciple of the Yuhua Sect from now on.

"That fat woman said only ancient sages could forge such a treasure—but the sage is right beside me: my Master."

Though the little one claimed he had broadened his horizons and knew how powerful his Master was, he never imagined the ancient "sage" the auction woman spoke of was standing right beside him—his own Master.

He bought one Space-Shortening Talisman, and his Master forged twenty—had they been auctioned, wouldn't they have made a fortune?

"Our auction house has prepared many treasures—what comes next will surely interest everyone greatly."

The auction woman spoke again, stoking the crowd's anticipation.

She withdrew a piece of beast hide—dull, unremarkable—but when she flicked it onto her body, everyone saw her form vanish.

She took out a piece of beast-hide; this beast-hide was dull and lusterless, nothing remarkable about it, but when she gave it a casual shake and flung it over herself, the onlookers saw her body vanish from sight.

"What's going on? I can't understand!"

In a flash, the woman reappeared, having laid the hide down; she smiled: "Can anyone guess what this is?"

With a whoosh, when the woman reappeared, she had already set down that piece of beast-hide and said with a smile, "Can everyone guess what this is?"

Someone trembled, face filled with shock.

"It's truly Void Beast Hide!"

The hall erupted—this was a rare material, exceedingly scarce.

The Void Beast was a rare divine beast, now vanished; even in ancient times, it was exceedingly rare, its value incalculable. Any scrap of Void Beast Hide that appeared could fetch a fortune, for it possessed a natural property: it allowed one to hide within the Void. If properly forged, it could even enable Void traversal—truly priceless.

The Void Beast is an exceedingly rare divine beast, but it can no longer be seen today; even in the primeval era it was extremely scarce, its value beyond measure. Any piece of Void Beast hide that appears can be sold at a high price, because Void Beast hide possesses a natural attribute—it allows a person to hide within the void. If properly refined through sacrificial rites, it can even traverse the void, and may rightly be called a priceless treasure.

Shrouding Heaven Realm, Ancient Ji Clan:?

If a cultivator of the Shrouding Heaven Realm's Ancient Ji Clan heard this, they would be furious—such a Void Beast must be utterly exterminated, completely annihilated, for only those who mastered their clan's imperial scripture, the Void Scripture, to the highest level, could hide within or traverse the Void. How dare a mere Void Beast be born with this ability?

If the cultivators of the Desolate Gu Ji Family of the Shrouding Heaven Realm were to hear this, they would be utterly furious. Toward something like the Void Beast, they would certainly have to exterminate it utterly, completely exterminate it, because only by cultivating their family's Imperial Scripture, the Void Scripture, to an extremely profound level can they hide within the void or traverse it—yet a mere little Void Beast can do such a thing by nature.

Is this even fair? Void Beasts must be hunted down and destroyed.

Otherwise, the Ancient Ji Clan becomes a laughingstock.

Even Fang Yu felt a flicker of interest in this piece of Void Beast Hide—he wanted to study it.

Even Fang Yu was somewhat interested in this Void Beast hide; he wanted to study it as well.

Of course, having cultivated the Great Void Art, he had no need for a Void Beast hide to travel through time and space, but he was still interested in a creature like the Void Beast.

Almost everyone here was extremely interested in the Void Beast hide; such a hide was far too useful—standing on it, one could enter the void, evade great tribulations, and if such a treasure fell into the hands of an assassin, it would be even more terrifying. Where could it not go? Whom would it dare not assassinate? It would simply be impossible to guard against.

Fang Yu chose to make a move, and this treasure naturally fell into his hands.

Countless people looked toward the VIP room where Fang Yu was, trying to discern Fang Yu's background—without question, they still failed.

This was only because Fang Yu was kind-hearted and had not set up the Great Severing Art; otherwise, anyone who tried to spy on Fang Yu would have suffered severe damage to their mind and spirit, sliced into a useless wreck.

"Void Beast hide."

Fang Yu now examined the first treasure he had bid for at this auction. Sure enough, as he had anticipated, this piece of Void Beast hide contained many unfathomably mysterious auras—those were the Dao of Space, space runes.

This kind of rune was also of tremendous benefit to Fang Yu.

Because in the Eternal Life Realm, for a cultivator to cultivate to the third level of the Longevity Secret Realm, the Cave Heaven realm, they had to comprehend the Law of Space; only after comprehending the Law of Space could a cultivator achieve a sudden surge in combat power within the Longevity Secret Realm.

The gap between the second level of Longevity and the third level of Longevity was enormous, precisely because once a cultivator comprehended the Law of Space, every single particle within their body would open up a tiny Cave Heaven World, and the magic power it could hold would be countless times that of past years.

And now, throughout the myriad worlds, in other worlds, there were creatures whose beast hides naturally contained space runes from birth—this was an extremely wondrous matter, and it held many benefits for Fang Yu as well.

Of course, Fang Yu also felt that this Void Beast in the Lower Realm's Eight Domains should not have refined every particle within its body into Cave Heavens filled with magic power; otherwise, it would not have died in a place like the Lower Realm. A Cave Heaven realm cultivator from the Eternal Life Realm, if they descended upon the Perfect World, could instantly defeat not only so-called Venerables, but even cultivators of the Divine Fire realm, True God realm, or Heavenly God realm, with a single strike.

While Fang Yu was studying the Void Beast hide, the auction continued, and a fist-sized black figurine was put on display.

Nothing particularly special could be seen about this black figurine; it only gave people the impression that it was an ancient artifact, and that its age must be extremely considerable.

"It looks like it has no use at all; 'ancient' is its only attribute."

"Yeah, otherwise it probably wouldn't have been put up for auction."

"Even if it has value, after enduring so long, it's very hard to restore."

Many people saw that this fist-sized figurine was a damaged good—its runes were broken, full of cracks, as if it could shatter at any moment.

The crowd shook their heads; this thing might have had some origin in the primordial era, but having been left to the present day, it had no value.

Little Dot made his move—he was extremely interested in this fist-sized figurine and directly bid for it.

A smile appeared on Fang Yu's face. Little Dot had indeed picked up a bargain at the auction; this was an ancient war puppet that could empower a cultivator.

For instance, Little Dot was currently at the peak of the Spirit Transformation realm, but if he obtained the empowerment of this little war puppet, he could unleash the combat power of the Inscription realm!

Directly elevating one realm—that was its preciousness.

No one else had seen through it; it was a little tower on Little Dot's body that had seen through it and given Little Dot guidance.

On Little Dot's body, there was a tower—a damaged good, severely injured, seemingly even more heavily wounded than Fang Han's Huang Quan Diagram. It had sought out Little Dot, seemingly intending to rely on Little Dot to restore its power.

Regarding such a matter, Fang Yu naturally would not mind—it was Little Dot's opportunity.

Fang Yu himself also had towers: one was the lower-grade Dao artifact the Profound Heaven Demon-Subduing Tower, and the other was the Chaos Tower. The combat power they could currently unleash was far stronger than that damaged little tower. Although the damaged little tower, if it reached its full prime, would also be an extremely powerful immortal artifact, it was of no use as it was now.

If it is not powerful now, it holds no meaning.

After Little Dot cheaply obtained that war puppet, many more treasures were auctioned off.

Later on, a pearl appeared.