Little Snow
Those watching from the sidelines looked around, but it was clear that the price had reached its peak, and no one dared to utter another word. Dongfang Changao secretly breathed a sigh of relief; although he had bought it, the price was far too high.
Wu Tai suppressed his excitement and announced loudly again, "Seven Star Blood Orchid, the third buyer has offered 24 million high-grade Spirit Stones. Is there anyone else bidding?" The audience was completely silent, and no one bid.
Looks like it's time for me to make my move! Yue Qianchou stretched and let out a soft groan of comfort, tilting his head slightly towards Wu Lixue beside him as he leisurely said, "Twenty-four million one hundred thousand!"
The voice appeared abruptly, like a thunderclap in the quiet auction hall. All eyes turned to the number one buyer. Wu Lixue's red lips, hidden beneath the black cloth, were slightly parted, incredibly alluring, though unfortunately unseen by outsiders. Her eyes were wide open, staring at the languid man beside her, filled with disbelief; she seriously doubted whether she was hallucinating. Yue Qianchou smiled faintly and nodded to her.
Having received confirmation, Wu Lixue glanced around furtively like a thief, weakly holding up the sign in her hand. She figured if someone shouted at her now, they would definitely be so scared that the sign would fall from her hand.
Twenty-four million one hundred thousand! I just pulled off twenty-four million one hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Stones? How many five hundred high-grade Spirit Stones is that? Wu Lixue felt her arm was as heavy as a thousand pounds, her mind a complete mess. She couldn't calculate it anymore. She tried her best to keep her raised arm from shaking and slowly lowered it. Actually, she really wanted to grab Yue Qianchou and give him a good beating. "You scared me to death!"
After their initial shock, Bi Zicong and the other three exchanged bewildered glances. This guy was far too rich! In the dark room, Wu Sihai's eyes gleamed with a sharp light. He couldn't think of any force whose wealth could surpass that of Fu Xian Island and Myriad Demon Palace. Could it really be a Cultivation World force outside the Huaxia Empire?
"Buzz..." The room erupted in commotion. Although Yue Qianchou had only added 100,000, it was still beyond everyone's expectations. He truly deserved to be the number one buyer! Wu Tai said excitedly, "The number one buyer has bid 24.1 million! Is there anyone else who will raise the bid?" As he spoke, his gaze turned to the number three buyer.
Dongfang Changao's face twitched. Who exactly was this buyer? After a moment's hesitation, he resolutely called out, "Twenty-five million!"
Without needing any prompting, Yue Qianchou Wu Lixue, "Twenty-five million one hundred thousand!" The latter trembled, shakily raising the paddle in her hand, then quickly pulling it back. She no longer had the excitement she had at the beginning of the bidding; the price was simply too high, making her, the person raising the paddle, feel immense pressure.
After Yue Qianchou finished calling out the price, he turned around and glanced defiantly at the third buyer, who also Chou Wuyuan. The two of them felt a chill and sensed that something was wrong.
"Another 100,000 more?" Boos erupted in the room. Everyone was now quite skeptical of what the first buyer had said about the Blood Orchid. If you said it wasn't very effective, why did you offer such a high price?
Wu Tai shouted three times, asking if anyone else was bidding higher. Dongfang Changao remained silent. The first buyer seemed to be targeting him. He wondered what he had done to offend him. Could the first buyer be someone from the Myriad Demon Palace?
Thus, of the six items that had already been auctioned, four had fallen into the hands of the number one buyer. When Yue Qianchou went backstage and brought out 2,510 supreme-grade Spirit Stones, Wu Sihai was utterly speechless; this person's background was extraordinary!
The Seven Star Blood Orchid has already sold for an astronomical price. What treasures will the Wu family bring out for auction in the seventh round? Everyone was excited and eagerly awaiting the outcome. Even if they couldn't win the bid, just witnessing this grand event would be a good thing.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a member of the Wu family brought over a clothes rack and placed it on the stage, while another member carried a tray covered with a red cloth. The first member lifted the red cloth, took out a folded white garment from the tray, and hung it on the clothes rack. The two then stepped back.
A woman's snow-white silk robe hung there quietly. The entire garment was pure white, without any other colors, and there was nothing particularly special about it. Everyone was astonished. Could this also be some kind of treasure? A flurry of discussion ensued.
On the stage, Wu Tai smiled at the crowd and said, "Gentlemen! Can you see what's so special about this outfit?"
"Wu Tai, when did your Wu family's auction house start selling clothes?" someone shouted from below, immediately causing everyone to burst into laughter.
Wu Tai smiled without answering, walked to the snow-white silk robe, and reached out to pick up a ribbon—the very ribbon that cinched the waist of the garment. He showed the reverse side of the ribbon to everyone and said with a smile, "There are two characters on this. Why don't you all take a look and see what they are?"
The characters were very small and difficult to read at first glance. Everyone focused their energy to examine them closely, and they saw two ancient characters, "Xiao Xue," embroidered on the end of the ribbon in Wu Tai's hand. After scrutinizing them for a while, most people couldn't make out their meaning, but some frowned, as if they had remembered something. Suddenly, someone exclaimed, "It's Xiao Xue! This is Xiao Xue's clothes?"
"Who is Xiaoxue? What does she do? So what if it's her clothes? Could it be more valuable than the Seven Star Blood Orchid...?" Everyone was completely baffled.
"I didn't expect someone would actually recognize you. Yes, it's Xiaoxue, this is indeed Xiaoxue's 'Snow Silk Robe'." Wu Tai nodded and smiled.
Someone shouted impatiently, "Wu Tai, stop beating around the bush! Tell us quickly, is Xiao Xue a boy or a girl? What does she do? Could this outfit really be some kind of Law Treasure?"
"Haha! Xiaoxue is naturally a woman, otherwise why would she wear women's clothes?" Wu Tai put down the ribbon in his hand, straightened the snow-white clothes, looked them over and shook his head in amazement. He turned to the crowd and said with a smile, "Not many people may know Xiaoxue, but if I say that this dress is related to the Divine Craftsman Mo Ruqi, I believe everyone will be interested!"
"Ah! It's the Divine Craftsman again. Could it be that Xiaoxue is the Divine Craftsman's woman?" someone in the audience asked.
Before Wu Tai could answer, someone in the audience replied, "Xiao Xue is not the Divine Craftsman's woman, but Divine Craftsman maid. Legend has it that she is a female cultivator who has reached the Spirit Transformation stage and has been protecting the Divine Craftsman's safety since High Antiquity times."
"Spirit Transformation stage cultivator?" "Are there really Spirit Transformation stage cultivators?" "Spirit Transformation stage cultivator working as someone else's maid? Are you kidding me?" The reactions varied, but everyone expressed doubt about the existence of Spirit Transformation stage cultivators.
The man shook his head and said, "I can't be sure if Xiaoxue really has the cultivation of the Spirit Transformation stage. These are all legends. If the clothes on the stage are really the 'Snow Silk Robe,' they should be the precious robe that the Divine Craftsman Mo Ruqi made for Xiaoxue."
Yue Qianchou remained silent. Others might not believe in the existence of a Spirit Transformation stage, but he absolutely believed that such a terrifying being existed in the Demon Ghost Domain.
Dongfang Changao initially didn't believe it, but his trip to the Demon Ghost Domain had given him a thorough understanding. Without even seeing the person, a single Divine Sense swept across, severely injuring everyone present, including several late Tribulation Transcendence stage Transcending Elders. He believed that if that person had intended to kill them, none of them would have escaped. Afterwards, the people of Fu Xian Island concluded that the person was undoubtedly Spirit Transformation stage cultivator; otherwise, Grandma Ma Jiu's cultivation level wouldn't have been so weak that she couldn't even put up a fight. Even now, Dongfang Changao felt a chill run down his spine when he thought about it. There are always stronger beings out there; that saying is truly apt! That day was truly terrifying!
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