Hearing Xiaoyaozi's explanation, Shi Yue suddenly understood. He asked, "Special spirit herbs and spirit woods have specific growing requirements. Does that mean the Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus also needs other spirit items to keep growing?"
"You could say that. Advanced spirit plants don't appear just because enough time has passed; they need other spirit items, too. If the opportunity is right, a spirit plant might even take human form."
Shi Yue was somewhat surprised. He was about to ask more when a domineering male voice came through the mirror: "Three million! No one is allowed to compete with me. Anyone who bids against me for this thousand-year Thunder Orchid Dragon Ganoderma Wood is making an enemy of me."
That voice is so domineering. Could he be a Nascent Soul Cultivator? Shi Yue wondered.
"Heh heh, Xuan Yuanzi, this isn't the Xuan Yuan Sect. Don't go throwing your First Elder's weight around. I bid three million two hundred thousand. A thousand-year Thunder Orchid Dragon Ganoderma Wood—tsk, I never thought I'd come across such a rare wood. Looks like I really did come to the Underground Auction for the right reason." A somewhat mocking voice suddenly rang out.
Judging by his words, the two seemed to know each other.
The First Elder of the Xuan Yuan Sect. Shi Yue nodded to himself. Anyone who could become a sect's First Elder was surely a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
"Three million five hundred thousand! Xuan Yin Old Ghost, I won't let you take this thousand-year Thunder Orchid Dragon Ganoderma Wood without a fight!" another voice called out.
"Heh heh, then let's see who has more Spirit Stones. Four million."
When Shi Yue heard the four-million bid, he froze for a moment, then was overjoyed.
He desperately wanted the thousand-year Thunder Orchid Dragon Ganoderma Wood to fetch