What Have You All Done?

"Oh? I didn't expect this person to be so stubborn!"

Seeing that someone actually dared to keep bidding against her, Su Wan'er grinned, showing several pearly white teeth, and continued, "Let me show you what it means to be filthy rich beyond all humanity."

With that, she pressed the button beside the table marked two million.

Old Lu felt certain this was the craziest day of his career as an auctioneer.

An item appraised at no more than nine hundred thousand Spirit Stones had now been bid up to two million.

Looking at the conspicuous notification token beneath his table, he swallowed and said, "Private room two bids two million. Does anyone wish to bid higher?"

Once he said that, everyone in the private rooms instinctively glanced toward room two.

It wasn't that they couldn't afford two million. They simply found it strange.

Which family had produced this nouveau riche fool, willing to pay twice the price for an item?

The ones most devastated were the two black-robed fellow disciples in room eighteen.

Both of them were completely dumbstruck.

Only now did they understand what their master's words had meant.

Out in the world, paupers had no dignity to speak of.

At that moment, neither could hear a thing. Only after Old Lu called three times and nearly snapped his wooden gavel while hammering down the final price did they come to their senses.

"Senior Brother, what do we do?"

"Heh. Nothing. We're cooked!"

Meanwhile, in Su Wan'er's private room, Pei Zhujiu hugged her and planted a kiss on her, laughing heartily. "Thank you, Eldest Senior Sister!"

"Mm-hmm. Good, good. I like that title."

Utterly shameless, Su Wan'er accepted her junior sister's address of "Eldest Senior Sister."

After all, the actual eldest senior sister, Lin Shuishui, had already fallen asleep with Bao'er in her arms.

"Senior Sister, when can we get it?"

The two maids who had been attending them from behind smiled at her. "Honored guest, if you need it urgently..."

"You can pay the Spirit Stones now and collect the item you won."

"Really?"

Upon hearing that she could collect it right away, Pei Zhujiu immediately fixed her big, pitiful eyes on Su Wan'er.

"Here, take it!"

Su Wan'er casually pulled out a gold note worth two million Spirit Stones and handed it to her, looking utterly unconcerned.

"Thank you, Senior Sister!"

Just after Pei Zhujiu left...

The next item up for auction was the Heavenly Flow Essence Bao'er needed.

This time, nobody competed with Su Wan'er, because the stuff was quite common and came in different grades.

The Heavenly Flow Essence being auctioned this time wasn't of the finest quality, so it wasn't particularly sought-after.

In the end, Su Wan'er easily secured it for eight hundred thousand.

Their purpose for coming had been fulfilled, and they had no need for anything that followed.

So after winning the Heavenly Flow Essence, the group followed a Treasure Pavilion attendant to an inn owned by the Treasure Pavilion to rest.

This inn had been established by the Treasure Pavilion for guests who spent over a million at any given auction. Simply put, it catered exclusively to the rich.

After Su Wan'er and the others arrived, under Wu Suowei's guidance...

They began using the Heavenly Flow Essence and soul tree root on the two disciples Lin Shuishui and Pei Zhujiu had brought back.

"Are you ready?"

Su Wan'er looked at Bao'er, whose face was adorably vacant yet expressionless.

"Mm."

Bao'er nodded.

Su Wan'er poured the Heavenly Flow Essence into the air, then swept her palm through it. Under her control, the essence entered Bao'er through the crown of her head.

At that moment, Bao'er's body radiated dazzling white light.

She looked like a flawless piece of white jade.

Boom...

A streak of light pierced the heavens, and the spiritual root within Bao'er began shining with golden light.

"A golden spiritual root?"

The sight startled Wu Suowei into shouting.

Above the five-colored spiritual root stood the most precious golden root.

Someone with such a spiritual root was considered a supergenius seen only once in three thousand years.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Pei Zhujiu ignited the Soul Tree Root with her magical power.

The root quickly began burning, and under Pei Zhujiu's guidance, the smoke rising from it...

Was slowly drawn into Zhang Sanpang.

Bang...

Zhang Sanpang's soul suddenly emerged from his body.

Strangely, however, he was missing one ethereal soul and one corporeal soul.

At that moment, the Soul Tree Root began to work.

The strange smoke actually began slowly transforming into Zhang Sanpang's likeness.

Although it wasn't quite solid yet and looked as though a gust of wind might scatter it...

At least his soul was now complete.

Seeing this, Pei Zhujiu used her magical power again to press all of Zhang Sanpang's souls back into his body.

And at that very same moment...

Bao'er and Zhang Sanpang opened their eyes simultaneously.

Just then, Li Shouyi, who had emerged after recovering from his injuries, was in excellent spirits, whistling as he headed toward Good Fortune Mountain.

He was thinking that he ought to give those three disciples a good word of praise when he returned.

They were quite reliable after all!

They had even known to help their master recruit two good disciples.

But barely three seconds after that thought crossed his mind, he began regretting it.

System notification: Your disciple Su Wan'er has used Heavenly Flow Essence to restore the spiritual root of your useless disciple Bao'er. Her talent is unmatched in a thousand years.

System notification: Your disciple Pei Zhujiu has used the Soul Tree Root to restore the soul of your useless disciple Zhang Sanpang. His talent is peerless throughout the world.

At that moment, Li Shouyi froze in midair again.

After a long while, he came to his senses and asked the system, "What the hell did you just say?"

"Host, please snap out of it. I know you heard me."

"Heh. Tell me the truth, you trash system. You just don't want me to complete my mission, do you?"

"Heh. Host, you're truly humorous."

"Heh, my ass!"

The system fell silent again. Li Shouyi couldn't help forcing a smile, then thought...

Forget it. I'm used to it anyway.

But he desperately wanted to grab those three idiots by their collars and ask...

What exactly have you all done?

Those three disciples clearly knew their master was someone who liked teaching useless disciples.

Why had they gone to such great lengths to cure those two good-for-nothings?

Couldn't they have simply left the teaching to him?

The more Li Shouyi thought about it, the angrier he grew. He had wanted to take a step back and put up with those three idiots, but the more he endured, the more he felt he was getting the short end of the stick.

And so, his face twisted with fury, Li Shouyi accelerated toward Good Fortune Mountain.

Meanwhile...

A banquet was being held on Good Fortune Mountain.

Su Wan'er had suggested it. Young Lady Su felt that today marked Bao'er and Zhang Sanpang's rebirth from useless disciples.

Naturally, they had to hold a banquet to celebrate.

"Come, come! Your second martial aunt offers you this toast!"

Already red-faced and muddle-headed from drinking, Su Wan'er wrapped an arm around Bao'er's little shoulders and grinned as she brought the wine cup to her lips.

"Second Senior Sister, you can't!"

"Bao'er is still little. You can't give her wine!"

Alarmed, Pei Zhujiu hurried forward to stop Su Wan'er.

Did you think she was being kind?

Pei Zhujiu simply didn't want Bao'er to drink from childhood into adulthood like she had, then develop a drinking habit.

If that happened, there would be one more person in the sect competing with her for wine.