The moment the White Dragon Jade Pillar appeared, the entire auction hall erupted into an uproar. Countless burning gazes locked onto the jade pillar.
If the White Dragon Hill had truly revealed a Sovereign Spiritual Treasury this time,
then the White Dragon Jade Pillar might very well be the key to opening it.
If they obtained the White Dragon Jade Pillar, would that not increase their chances of seizing the Sovereign Spiritual Treasury?
Many people's eyes burned with greed—if they obtained the Sovereign Spiritual Treasury, their path of cultivation would surely soar to the heavens in a single step.
Su Ling'er was also intrigued by the White Dragon Jade Pillar and was about to call out a bid, but Futu Yun stopped her.
"Why are you stopping me? If we get the White Dragon Jade Pillar, we might be able to obtain the Sovereign Spiritual Treasury." Su Ling'er pouted.
"If we buy it, countless people will follow us the moment we leave the auction house." Futu Yun shook his head.
Guo Xiong, beside them, nodded in agreement. By then, forget searching for treasure—even before they left the city, trouble would come one after another.
With a group of just five, they simply would not be able to handle it.
Even if Su Xuan possessed Heaven Transformation Realm strength, she could not possibly suppress every covetous person.
Li Qing gave Futu Yun another look. She had not expected this freshman to truly have some ability.
"Mm, Little Yun is right." Su Xuan nodded gently as well.
She shot a glare at the pouting Su Ling'er. "Stop fooling around, or I won't take you on the next mission."
Frightened by Su Xuan's words, Su Ling'er immediately shrank back.
"What do you think we should do now?" Su Xuan asked Futu Yun with a smile.
Though Futu Yun was about the same age as Su Ling'er, his maturity did not lose out to those older students who had spent years venturing outside.
"Let's go. It doesn't matter who gets it in the end." Futu Yun yawned.
"This thing isn't a key. Besides, even if it really is one, once it opens, it won't close again."
"Whoever gets it won't affect our treasure hunt."
In truth, Futu Yun was not worried about exposing their whereabouts at all. He simply found trouble bothersome.
Before coming to the auction, he had made Su Ling'er and the others wear bamboo hats so that the wastrel young city lord would not set his sights on them.
That young city lord was nothing, and White Dragon City was nothing, but White Dragon City was backed by the Dragon Demon Palace.
Over the years, students of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy who went out to train had often encountered all kinds of attacks.
Nearly half of those attacks had been carried out by people from the Dragon Demon Palace.
Futu Yun was not afraid of the Dragon Demon Palace, but there was no need to take the initiative and clash with them. Needless disputes were best avoided.
Leaving early while the auction had yet to end would also reduce the chance of being watched.
Night gradually descended, finally shrouding the vast White Dragon City bit by bit.
Yet even beneath the cover of night, the city's bustle could not be concealed in the slightest.
The roaring clamor rose straight into the sky; even from far away, one could sense the city's vigorous vitality.
White Dragon City was clearly far more lively than usual today.
The source of that excitement was naturally the news of the Sovereign Spiritual Treasury that had spread from the auction house that afternoon.
The four simple words "Sovereign Spiritual Treasury" had made countless eyes turn red.
Because everyone understood the weight carried by those four words.
A Sovereign was the true designation of the Great Thousand World's genuine powerhouses.
Only an existence at that level was qualified to preside over an entire continent and be regarded as a regional giant.
As for Heavenly Reaching Realm powerhouses, though their strength was already remarkable,
they were clearly still unqualified to preside over a continent and receive the reverence and worship of the masses.
Naturally, the spiritual treasury left behind by a Sovereign could not be compared to the legacy of a Heavenly Reaching Realm powerhouse.
If someone were fortunate enough to obtain a Sovereign's inheritance, their cultivation path would surely advance as though aided by the heavens, allowing them to completely cast off mediocrity.
The reason White Dragon Hill had attracted so many people over the years
was half due to the White Dragon Sovereign, who had once fallen there.
For hundreds of years, countless people had come in search of his spiritual treasury, yet no one had ever found any trace of it.
Now that news of the Sovereign Spiritual Treasury had finally emerged, whether the news was true or false, it was enough to make countless eyes turn red.
The entirety of White Dragon Hill would be thoroughly shaken by the spread of this news.
As the darkness receded, countless sounds of rushing wind suddenly rang out through the mountain range.
Everyone headed straight for the deepest region of White Dragon Hill.
Occasional miserable screams rang out, clearly from unlucky people being torn apart by spirit beasts.
At the same time, many spirit beasts were slaughtered, their enormous bodies crashing to the ground amid sprays of scalding blood.
This bloody scene played out everywhere throughout the mountain range, and a thick stench of blood surged into the sky.
The White Dragon Hill of this moment was completely different from last night's tranquility.
All the factions and powerhouses hidden here revealed themselves as the night retreated.
The powerful spiritual energy fluctuations erupting one after another were enough to show just how many powerhouses the Sovereign Spiritual Treasury had drawn here.
"We should speed up as well." Su Xuan swept her beautiful eyes over the surroundings, lightly waved her jade-like hand, and spoke softly.
"There's something good here." Futu Yun suddenly smiled faintly.
A fierce roar suddenly came from the right. Everyone looked over to see a massive crimson beast glaring at them viciously.
"A mid-Fusion Heaven Realm creature dares to block our path." Futu Yun shook his head, and a bolt of Thunder Light pierced straight through its skull.
"There's treasure!" Su Ling'er merely glanced at the Blood Spirit Beast's corpse before immediately turning her gaze forward.
Upon a huge boulder amid the rocky ground grew a dark-red Blood Ganoderma, its faint fragrance slowly spreading through the air.
"This is it." Futu Yun nodded.
His Divine Soul was the mutated Dragon Soul Thunder Spirit, which could use Electromagnetic Force to greatly enhance the effectiveness and range of his senses.
It could search for treasures and precisely locate others.
It could also predict an opponent's movements in battle and evade attacks in advance.
"Blood Ganoderma?" Su Ling'er's beautiful eyes immediately lit up.
This was an exceedingly rare natural treasure and greatly benefited cultivation.
She landed atop the boulder, bent down, and plucked the Blood Ganoderma.
But the instant she removed it, a piercing whistle of rushing wind suddenly sounded.
Su Xuan pointed through the air with a jade finger. A streak of spiritual energy shot out and directly shattered the cold gleam aimed at Su Ling'er.
Guo Xiong and Li Qing immediately entered combat stance, their eyes cold as they looked toward the source of the cold gleam.
Figures flashed through the forest. Around twenty people swiftly rushed out and landed in the rocky clearing.
"What do you want?" Guo Xiong stared at these uninvited guests and demanded coldly.
This adventuring group was indeed not weak. The two men leading it both possessed Quasi-Heaven Transformation Realm strength.
Nearly eight of the others had reached the Fusion Heaven Realm, while the rest were all at the Divine Soul Stage.
An adventuring group with such a lineup could already be considered quite formidable.
Yet Futu Yun frowned and threw a punch accompanied by a tiger's roar.
The metallic energy of gengjin, wrapped around surging killing intent, instantly engulfed the entire group.
This was the Minor Divine Ability, White Tiger Divine Seal!
It was even more formidable than the Divine Spiritual Art recorded in the original work, and what spread out now was merely its aftershock.
The White Tiger had not even truly struck; its aftershock alone directly wiped out the entire Lion Tiger Group.
"Let's go." Futu Yun rolled his neck, unwilling to waste any more time on this bunch of trash.
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