Chapter 458
Countless immortals had already gathered in the vast square.
Besides the local immortals of the Lifeng Star Domain, there were also immortal lords from all directions who came from elsewhere.
It is worth mentioning that for the star field or immortal kingdom hosting the grand auction, the entry threshold is only the Immortal Realm, not the host. Immortals from other regions must at least reach the Immortal Lord level to enter the venue.
Of course, this is also to avoid those who are not qualified, since large-scale auctions are held only once every few years, and it is impossible for them to use the same standards as the small and medium-sized auctions that are held regularly.
Therefore, all the immortals who have come to participate in the auction today are powerful immortal lords from various immortal kingdoms in the celestial realm and various star fields in the universe. Some immortal kings are even hidden among the crowd.
"Boom!!!"
As the deafening chimes echoed throughout the square, the grand auction finally began.
Li Chenzhu led Xiao Minghuang into a VIP box.
Soon, the large-scale auction officially began.
"Welcome, fellow immortals, to the Grand Auction of Lifeng Divine City. First, let me introduce myself. I am Elder Zhao, the person in charge of this grand auction!"
A thin, elderly man walked onto the stage.
Xiao Minghuang glanced at the old man; he was a Thousand Tribulation Immortal Lord.
Thank you all for coming!
Elder Zhao surveyed the room and announced loudly, "Without further ado, let me briefly explain the process..."
Inside the private room.
Xiao Minghuang frowned slightly.
Previously, the Weiming Immortal King had made a promise with her to kill the Lifeng Immortal King at the grand auction, but now that the auction has started, the Weiming Immortal King has yet to send her a message.
Moreover, there are so many unrelated people at the auction, among whom there are probably some foreign immortal kings. If they are also involved, isn't Weiming Immortal King afraid of incurring the wrath of the masses?
"If all else fails, I'll..."
She did accept the conditions set by the Weiming Immortal King to help her fight against the Lifeng Immortal King, but accepting the conditions doesn't mean she has to help fulfill them, nor does it mean she has to go all out...
Just as Xiao Minghuang was pondering, a series of footsteps sounded, and then Lifeng Immortal King entered the private room.
"I'm a step too late, Fellow Daoist Ziwei, please forgive me!"
The Lifeng Immortal King cupped his hands and smiled.
"Fellow Daoist Li Feng, you're too kind." Xiao Minghuang smiled and casually asked, "Since this grand auction is held only once in a long while, I wonder what precious treasures it contains?"
Upon hearing this, Lifeng Immortal King Feng chuckled and said, "In terms of preciousness, there are certainly some. However, most treasures are merely of little value to our level, and only a couple of them are worth competing for."
"Oh?" Xiao Minghuang's eyes flickered slightly. "I'd like to hear the details."
Lifeng Immortal King said solemnly, "Fellow Daoist should know that the Heavenly Realm is preparing to dispatch Immortal Kings from various star domains to explore the frontier. However, outside the Cosmic Great Dao, even Immortal Kings cannot unleash their full power, so they must have a magical treasure containing profound Innate Power to protect them."
"Ordinary Chaos Rare Treasure are far from enough; at least top-tier Chaos Rare Treasure, or even Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure, are needed to ensure safety!"
"I've heard that an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure will appear at this auction!"
Xiao Minghuang remained calm. After all, she already possessed an Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure that perfectly suited her. Although it wasn't as powerful as a flawless Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure, it was the most suitable for her.
"Such a treasure is probably very expensive, and my family's wealth is meager; I have no intention of competing for it."
Xiao Minghuang shook her head.
Upon hearing this, Lifeng Immortal King Li Feng frowned slightly. She had originally planned to pool her resources with Ziwei Immortal King to purchase this Immortal Dao Supreme Treasure, but seeing that he had no interest in it, she did not bring it up again.
"In addition, there are also many immortal medicines that can help Immortal Kings improve their cultivation, divine objects containing Innate Power, or some special and rare items. Fellow Daoist may bid at their discretion."
"Hmm." Xiao Minghuang nodded.
"Then, the auction will now officially begin!"
Xiao Minghuang turned her head and saw that on the high platform, Elder Zhao waved his sleeve, and the sky suddenly darkened. Then, a huge light screen descended from the sky, illuminating the darkness.
"Please look, everyone, this is the first item up for auction— the Seven-Colored Immortal Lotus!"
The light curtain faded, revealing a magnificent lotus flower with seven blossoms, each crystal clear and as dazzling as mercury, radiating waves of multicolored Spiritual Qi. Even more striking was the powerful aura surrounding the lotus, a force no less formidable than that of a human.
"Such a dense Immortal Qi! It's several times stronger than even the Primordial Immortal Crystal!"
Countless immortals gasped in shock.
"If I could consume this, it should increase my cultivation by forty Bandit Cultivator... That's a bit too little..."
A mysterious figure, seemingly a Celestial King, whispered.
"As expected of the Star River Merchant Alliance's grand auction, they even dare to put something like this up for auction."
A young immortal exclaimed in surprise.
Elder Zhao surveyed the entire scene, quite pleased with the enthusiastic atmosphere, and proclaimed loudly, "The Seven-Colored Immortal Lotus has seven blossoms. Just one blossom is enough to enable an immortal to break through to the Immortal Lord realm. Consuming the entire plant has a high probability of enabling an Immortal Lord to break through to the Immortal King realm. Even if an Immortal King consumes it, it will still enhance their cultivation!"
"Starting bid: 1,000 Immortal Crystals!"
The words had barely left his mouth.
The countless immortals present suddenly began to breathe rapidly.
One thousand immortal crystals!
As everyone knows, immortals and cultivators are different.
The currency used by cultivators is spirit stones, with the lowest denomination being Low-grade Spirit Stones and the highest denomination being Spirit Source.
556. The origin of the ancient word - "bow"
The currency used by immortals is immortal crystal, which has no distinction of high or low. An immortal crystal is simply a blank crystal, into which the Heavenly Court injects the equivalent of the amount of Immortal Qi that a Thousand Tribulation Immortal Lord can produce in one era.
Afterwards, the Heavenly Court distributed the Immortal Crystals to the Heavenly Venerable Palace of the Thirty-three Heavens and the various super-large star regions of the universe, allowing these top powers to decide when and how many Immortal Crystals to distribute them.
Therefore, the purchasing power of Immortal Crystals varies across different celestial realms and super-large star systems.
However, in the Lifeng Star Domain, a thousand immortal crystals are enough to buy a Chaos Rare Treasure of average quality.
In other words, one thousand immortal crystals can purchase one Chaos Rare Treasure.
Even a Chaos Rare Treasure of mediocre quality is priceless to immortals below the level of a Celestial King, and can be considered invaluable.
Therefore, ordinary True Immortals and Immortal Lords simply cannot afford to spend a thousand Immortal Crystals to purchase the Seven-Colored Immortal Lotus.
"A thousand fairy crystals..."
"I've never seen so many immortal crystals in my entire life!"
Some of the local True Immortals in the Lifeng Star Domain swallowed hard.
They were just ordinary immortals; a thousand immortal crystals were enough to make many rogue immortals hesitate.
However, this meant nothing to Xiao Minghuang.
After all, since she entered the realm of Immortal King, she has hardly used her Immortal Qi to improve her cultivation. Apart from giving it to Ye Ruoshui and the other five women, she has kept it to condense into immortal crystals.
Although the immortal crystals she made herself weren't quite as good as those produced by the Heavenly Court, they weren't far off.
However, although the Seven-Colored Immortal Lotus was precious, it held no appeal for her.
The greatest effect of this elixir is to enhance cultivation, but she is currently unable to enhance her cultivation at all.
However, among the immortals present, there were quite a few who were determined to obtain this immortal lotus. Most of them were immortals who had been stuck in the realm of immortal lords for many years and hoped to use this immortal medicine to break through to the realm of immortal kings.
"Fellow Daoist, wouldn't you consider this immortal lotus?"
Lifeng Immortal King asked, knowing that Ziwei Immortal King had only recently entered the Immortal King realm and should be eager to improve his cultivation. If Ziwei Immortal King needed it, he could help him bid for the immortal lotus as a gesture of goodwill.
No, thank you.
Xiao Minghuang shook her head and didn't say anything more.
Soon, the Seven-Colored Immortal Lotus found its home.
An unknown and mysterious immortal lord successfully bid for the Seven-Colored Immortal Lotus for 1,300 immortal crystals.
After all, although this item is precious, it can only attract the attention of celestial lords; it is hardly enough to impress celestial kings.
After bidding for the Immortal Lotus, the mysterious Immortal Lord quickly left his seat and headed to the inner hall of the auction house, where a special teleportation array could transport guests carrying valuable treasures to designated locations, eliminating any worry about being murdered and robbed by malicious individuals.
The auction continued, with a constant stream of precious items being put up for auction. Not a single item went unsold, and the prices kept rising, making many immortals green with envy, wishing they could rush up and snatch those precious items.
Even more remarkably, a mysterious Celestial King appeared and won the bid for a Time-Space Sacred Beast egg for five thousand Celestial Crystals!
"The Time-Space Sacred Beast, a legendary being born with an innate Innate Being in the path of immortality, capable of traversing the long river of time, tsk tsk tsk..."
"Its bloodline is extremely pure; if refined, one can directly obtain the inheritance of a primordial sacred beast!"
"If one can master the inheritance of the Time-Space Sacred Beast, there may be a chance to obtain the Time-Space Great Dao, one of the Supreme Great Dao, in the future!"
"Hiss..."
Upon seeing this, Xiao Minghuang's eyes flickered slightly. Long ago, she had obtained an ancient character that meant "time and space".
However, at that time her cultivation level was too weak, and she couldn't even touch the ancient character.
"Now that I am the Celestial King, I should be able to investigate further..."
Xiao Minghuang thought to herself that she would study it carefully after the auction ended.
"The starting bid for this Golden Crow Feather is 1,500 immortal crystals!"
"Sixteen hundred!"
"Seventeen thousand!"
One thousand seven hundred and one!
As the auction progressed, one treasure after another was brought onto the stage, each revealing its unique wonder, sparking fierce bidding among countless immortals.
At first, there were also some rogue immortals bidding, but later on, those who participated in the bidding were basically the leading figures from various immortal kingdoms and star fields, while the rest of the rogue immortals could only watch with envy and jealousy.
Xiao Minghuang's gaze was indifferent. To her, these so-called treasures were basically like chicken bones—tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw away.
After all, the only treasures that can attract a Celestial King are those that can directly enhance cultivation, rare treasures containing Innate Power, or top-tier Chaos Rare Treasure.
But as the auction has progressed, the real treasures have still not appeared.
However, Xiao Minghuang kept wondering why the Weiming Immortal King had not contacted her yet.
"Has the Weiming Immortal King abandoned his plan?"
Just then...
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the private room.
When Li Chenzhu opened the door, she saw a sweet-looking woman in a red dress who said in a sweet voice, "This servant has come to serve tea to our honored guest."
"Okay, come in."
The woman in red entered the private room, poured tea into a teacup, and respectfully presented it to Xiao Minghuang with both hands, saying, "Please enjoy, esteemed guest."
Xiao Minghuang took the teacup, and her eyes flashed as a piece of information entered her mind.
"After the auction, lure Lifeng Immortal King out of Lifeng Divine City and make your move immediately!"
Upon hearing the voice, Xiao Minghuang remained unmoved and glanced at the maid in red.
The maid in red seemed to have expected this; she smiled silently, bowed, and withdrew.
At this moment.
A new treasure appeared on the exhibition stand, stunning the entire audience.
"The Myriad Ancient Years Divine Stone!"
"Starting bid: 3,000 Immortal Crystals!"
"The Stone of Eternal Time is said to be the remnant of an ancient Innate Immortal perished. Over countless years, it has evolved into this divine stone. Although it is only a small piece, it can distort the Time-Space Great Dao within a certain range, greatly slowing down the speed of matter and spirit, which is equivalent to slowing down time. It is a top-tier treasure!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Minghuang looked up and saw a ball of pure white light floating in the air. The surrounding void seemed to be distorted. Although the distance was only a few dozen feet, it seemed to be separated by endless void and countless ages!
Xiao Minghuang frowned slightly. This thing was not very useful to her, but it was still useful to Ye Ruoshui and the other five women.
It should be noted that the combined age of her and the five women (a total of six people) is no more than ten thousand years, yet her cultivation has already reached the level of a Celestial King with two thousand tribulations.