Chapter 118: Threatening Me?

Luo Yingying wore a confident smile on her face: "Those who consume this fruit can rapidly recover and also improve their cultivation."

"Especially for cultivators who are rebuilding their foundations, they can recover their full cultivation realm within one year."

She took a pitch-black box covered in mysterious patterns from an attendant and slowly opened it.

A crystal-clear fruit, the size of a fist and irregular in shape, was presented before everyone.

The surface of the fruit shimmered with black light, and in the center was a faint, indistinct humanoid figure, mysterious and eerie.

Luo Yingying spoke indifferently: "The starting price for this fruit is five hundred million Low-grade Spirit Stones."

"Each bid increment must be no less than fifty million Low-grade Spirit Stones. Please place your bids!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene was instantly in an uproar!

Shock appeared on everyone's faces.

Even the bearded man sitting in the third seat, the silver-robed man in the fourth seat, and the golden-armored woman in the sixth seat all had their expressions change.

One must know, these three had not participated in the auction from the very beginning until now.

Moreover, they had sat motionless like clay statues or carved wood, their expressions always calm.

Now, not only had their expressions changed, but their gazes also revealed a look of alarm.

However, they all shook their heads shortly after, and their faces returned to calmness.

"The Liuli Sect is truly remarkable this time; they actually managed to get a sacred cultivation fruit from the Youming Jie for auction. It really has opened my eyes."

"Indeed, this fruit is extremely rare. It is produced in the Youming Xuequan, blooms every ten thousand years, bears fruit every one hundred thousand years, and there is only one fruit on each Youming Tree."

"That is correct, this item is indeed incomparably precious! The Liuli Sect must have gotten it from somewhere and, knowing they couldn't keep it, brought it here to auction."

Many people were rubbing their hands, pondering how to bid.

But one person's remark was like a basin of cold water, extinguishing everyone's passion.

"Heh, you only see that this item is precious, but you don't know its flaws! There is a blurry black humanoid figure in the middle; clearly, this fruit is evil and strange. Even people from the Youming Jie wouldn't dare to consume it."

"We Qi Refiners cultivate Spiritual Energy primarily. Even if it were a flawless sacred fruit from the Youming Jie, it would be useless to bid for it, as we cannot absorb Mingjie Energy."

One remark awakened everyone.

They released their Divine Sense one after another to examine the humanoid figure in the middle of the sacred fruit, and sure enough, they detected an evil and cold aura.

The high-rising enthusiasm suddenly died down.

That's right!

The sacred fruit of the Youming Jie is indeed very precious, but it is useless for them to take it, and besides, this fruit has flaws.

Luo Yingying looked at the person who spoke with some displeasure, thinking to herself that it would be one thing if you didn't buy it, but sabotaging the auction was wrong.

Now it was ruined; this thing wouldn't sell, and she couldn't find a sucker.

Yet unexpectedly, someone spoke up to bid: "Five hundred million Low-grade Spirit Stones!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked in unison at the person in the seventh seat.

The bearded man, the silver-robed man, and the golden-armored woman also looked at this person with great interest.

The three of them could not understand what use this person had for this item.

The person who placed the bid was none other than Lu Tianyu.

The sacred fruit of the Youming Jie was useless to the others present, but it was of great use to him.

His Bahuang Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron could devour the Mingjie Energy of the sacred fruit and convert it into Spiritual Energy for his own use.

Once he cultivated the Five Dragon Divine Fist to perfection and unsealed his dantian, it could help him quickly recover to the Heart Movement Stage level, saving a lot of cultivation time.

As for the evil figure in the center, could it stir up any trouble in the ancient forbidden artifact, the Bahuang Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron?

Seeing this, Luo Yingying breathed a sigh of relief.

A sucker had appeared, and it was this greenhorn; interesting.

A look of surprise also appeared on Tian Shiguang's face; he truly did not understand why Lu Tianyu wanted such a thing.

Guo Zhuying also looked at Lu Tianyu with great confusion.

She opened her mouth, wanting to ask, but in the end, she did not speak.

She could not see through Lu Tianyu's actions; she knew that Lu Tianyu must have his own unique secrets.

And at this moment, Luo Yingying spoke: "Five hundred million Low-grade Spirit Stones, going once!"

"Five hundred million Low-grade Spirit Stones, going twice!"

"Five hundred million Low-grade Spirit Stones..."

She wanted to finalize the sucker as quickly as possible, fearing an accident might occur.

But just at this moment, someone else spoke up to bid: "Five hundred and fifty million!"

To everyone's surprise, the person who spoke was the very one who had previously said the sacred fruit of the Youming Jie should not be bid on.

This person was a pale-faced, thin-faced middle-aged man in a green robe, sitting in the middle of the crowd.

His entire body was obscured by an inexplicable aura, making it impossible to detect the depth of his cultivation.

Everyone was very surprised.

This person had persuaded them not to bid, so why was he bidding himself?

This person was truly shameless!

However, they also admitted that the middle-aged man had a point; the price was too high, and it wasn't worth buying.

The middle-aged man sighed lightly: "Little brother, I advise you not to bid on this item. This item is an evil object; bidding for it will bring you disaster."

"The reason I am bidding for this item is that I want to take it and destroy it, so as to prevent it from harming others."

Lu Tianyu looked at the middle-aged man with a slight frown, and just then, the middle-aged man also looked over.

The middle-aged man smiled and nodded at Lu Tianyu, then looked toward the auction stage.

But how powerful was Lu Tianyu's Divine Sense? He caught an imperceptible coldness in the corner of the middle-aged man's eyes.

Furthermore, he sensed a trace of familiarity in the middle-aged man's aura, but it was too faint to identify.

Lu Tianyu's heart could not help but skip a beat.

Could this person know me?

Just then, the voice of Qian Gu Nu Di rang out in his mind: "Husband, this person has used a sophisticated breath-concealment technique and Disguise Technique."

"It should be a Demonic Path breath-concealment technique; you must be careful."

Lu Tianyu was momentarily startled: "Demonic Path breath-concealment technique?"

"Thank you for the reminder, I will be careful."

At this moment, Luo Yingying's voice sounded again: "Five hundred and fifty million, going once!"

"Five hundred and fifty million, going twice!"

Lu Tianyu immediately placed a bid: "Six hundred million!"

This item was something he had to obtain.

Once he arranged the shop, he would immediately enter the Dark Turbid Current region to cultivate the Five Dragon Divine Fist to Great Perfection and open his dantian to consume it.

"You!"

"Are you really going to bid against me? Are you not afraid that taking this item will invite a fatal disaster?"

The middle-aged man wore a genial smile, yet his tone clearly carried a threatening intent: "I will advise you one last time."

"There are some things you should not obtain, and even if you do, you will not be able to keep them!"

As he spoke, a flash of killing intent crossed his cold eyes, and he bid again: "Six hundred and fifty million!"

Lu Tianyu was expressionless: "I will also advise you one last time, there are some things you cannot take!"

"Seven hundred million!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a cold gaze stared over without any concealment, and then a ruthless voice rang out: "Very good, very good, very good!"

"You are determined to go against me; I have remembered you!"

The middle-aged man in the green robe let out a cold snort through his nostrils and did not bid again.