Nine Flames Auction

Two days later, Virtual Universe Company, Nine Flame Continent.

Today is the day of the Nine Flames Auction, held once every five years. Lin Yuan teleported to the exterior of the auction hall designated for this event. From the outside, the auction hall looked incredibly magnificent.

Lin Yuan looked around; the scene was extremely lively, with rows of people waiting to enter lined up outside the hall, most of whom were World Lords.

For ordinary World Lords who have not joined the five giants or the core layers of a universe kingdom, this auction is almost the only way for them to purchase rare treasures. Many precious auction items are simply impossible for them to buy under normal circumstances.

Moreover, these primary auctions are held frequently; within the Nine Flames Universe Kingdom, they occur every five years, and the variety of items is vast. If the item you want isn't available this time, you are bound to encounter it if you attend a few more times.

"Hello, sir, welcome to this session of the Nine Flames Auction. This is your seat number, please keep it safe." A staff member smiled and handed over a red token, on which Lin Yuan's seat number—WY00772—was written.

Lin Yuan found his seat among the densely packed rows in the gallery; the seat was a full six meters wide. The surrounding seats were also gradually filling up with participants, and the auction hall was filled with constant, noisy chatter.

The total number of World Lords across the entire Nine Flames Universe Kingdom might be four or five million. The vast majority of the participants seated here are World Lords, with a small portion being wealthy merchants and children of large families, and there are even a very small number of Immortals attending.

Among the Immortals who come to participate in the primary auction, a small number are ordinary Immortals, while most are relatively poor Immortals whose total assets are less than 10,000 Hunyuan Units; the poorest Immortals might have a total net worth of only 1,000 Hunyuan Units.

More than two hours later, all participants had arrived and taken their seats.

"Welcome, everyone!"

A light, cheerful voice rang out, and the chatter in the auction hall gradually ceased.

Lin Yuan looked toward the source of the sound, which was the center of the auction hall.

A tall, young woman stood in the very center of the hall, and a massive three-dimensional projection of her, reaching a height of one thousand meters, appeared above the hall.

"Thank you to the five giants and the Nine Flames Universe Kingdom for their strong support of this auction. Once again, I, Wendy, will be hosting this grand event for everyone!"

"The number of people attending this auction exceeds 1.5 million. I believe everyone is already impatient, so per the old rules, we will conduct a warm-up auction before we officially begin."

A projection of a pyramid-shaped spaceship appeared above the auction hall.

"This is an E-Grade Machine Race Spaceship."

The scene in the auction hall erupted instantly.

"We all know that the performance of a Machine Race Spaceship completely crushes ordinary spaceships in every aspect, and they are extremely rare on the market. There is only this one participating in the auction this time, so please prepare to start bidding. The starting price is 600 Hunyuan Units," the young woman, Wendy, said in a light, cheerful voice.

A huge projection of "600 Hunyuan Units" appeared above the auction floor.

"800 Hunyuan Units."

"1,000 Hunyuan Units."

The price soared rapidly.

The final price stopped at "2,900 Hunyuan Units."

"Starting the countdown: three, two, one. Congratulations to this guest for winning this E-Grade Machine Race Spaceship," the young woman's voice boomed.

"Alright, it seems everyone is already eager to go, so let this auction officially begin!"

Each batch of auction items consists of one thousand pieces, and there are fifty batches of items in this auction.

One item after another was displayed and auctioned in the center of the hall.

Life Fruit, Bona Race Metal Lifeform, Lanke Fruit, God Splitting Weapon, Yan God Weapon, Heaven Opening Axe...

Lin Yuan watched these items one by one; there were plenty of good things, but none of them were what he needed.

Finally, in the twelfth batch of items, Lin Yuan discovered an item that piqued his interest.

"The next auction item is extremely rare: the skin of a Starlight Race member!"

After the young woman, Wendy, finished speaking, the gallery buzzed with discussion.

A projection of the item appeared above the auction hall; it was a piece of skin shimmering with starlight, with secret patterns faintly flowing across its surface.

"Unlike us flesh-and-blood lifeforms, the Starlight Race are energy-based lifeforms. As long as their crystal core is not destroyed, they will not die. Obtaining their skin can be said to be extremely difficult, and this piece of skin is complete and undamaged. Even as a collector's item, its value is extremely high."

"The Starlight Race can change their appearance into thousands of forms and possess high talent for the Law of Space Origin; there are some Law of Space Origin secret patterns on the skin. Once a Starlight Race member steps into the Immortal realm, they become highly skilled at condensing their divine body. An ordinary Starlight Race Immortal would need to have their divine body destroyed hundreds of times before they could be thoroughly killed."

"Alright, let the bidding begin. The starting price is 100 Hunyuan Units."

"150 Hunyuan Units."

"200 Hunyuan Units."

The numbers kept jumping. Lin Yuan thought about it for a moment and did not participate in the bidding.

The Starlight Race is not suitable to be my Clone. The improvement to me would not be significant, and they are honestly a bit weak.

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Although the Starlight Race are energy-based lifeforms, have no soul, possess talent for the Law of Space Origin, and have decent self-preservation abilities, Lin Yuan still felt they were too weak.

In terms of power, the Starlight Race cannot even compare to the Demon Killer Race. Although they possess strong spatial talent, the Demon Killer Race are the darlings of space.

Since this Starlight Race couldn't even compare to the Demon Killer Race, Lin Yuan didn't consider them as a candidate for a Clone at all.

In the end, the winning bid for this complete piece of Starlight Race skin was 860 Hunyuan Units.

In the thirty-fourth batch of items, another object caught Lin Yuan's eye.

"The next auction item is a potion developed by a pharmacist within the Virtual Universe Company—Black Jade Venom," Wendy introduced the item with a smile.

A vial of black, shimmering liquid appeared above the auction hall.

"The Black Jade Venom is extremely toxic; a single vial is enough to completely poison and kill a World Lord level powerhouse."

Upon hearing the introduction, some of the World Lords in the stands swallowed hard.

"However, the Black Jade Venom has a second effect. If Universe Level, Domain Lord, and World Lord level powerhouses take a tiny amount of the venom, dilute it, and drink the diluted liquid, it can serve to temper their willpower."

"But I must remind everyone: if a Universe Level cultivator's willpower is too weak, they will not be able to withstand the toxicity of the venom even after dilution, so please be very careful."

"There are 10 vials of Black Jade Venom in this auction, with a starting bid of 50 Hunyuan Units per vial."

"100 Hunyuan."

"160 Hunyuan."

"200 Hunyuan."

The numbers above the auction hall jumped continuously, and the price soared rapidly.

This venom is very useful to me, and since it isn't sold in the Holy Land Mall, I must win it.

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Lin Yuan directly entered a bid of 300 Hunyuan, entering it twice to instantly raise the highest price by 100 Hunyuan Units.

In the end, by placing seventh in the bidding twice, Lin Yuan successfully won two vials of Black Jade Venom.

A line of text appeared on the red token in Lin Yuan's hand: "Congratulations, guest number WY00772, you have won two vials of Black Jade Venom. The auction house will provide instructions for the use of the items. Please sign the contract and make payment promptly after this batch of auction items concludes."