The final struggle for the token was, as expected, exceptionally fierce.
However, it was mainly a contest between the major top-tier forces. Only Jiu You participated on behalf of the Great Luo Heavenly Region; Mu Chen and the others had no interest in it whatsoever.
After all, auctions that started at tens of millions of Supreme Spirit Liquid were indeed not something independent cultivators like them could take part in.
Without Lin Jing, the little rich girl, making a bid, the token's price did not reach the astronomical figure it had in the original story. In the end, Jiu You bought it for thirty million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
But everyone understood that merely winning it at auction did not mean they were its true owners.
After all, this was ultimately still the human world. Though they feared the forces behind those Divine Beasts, there would always be people willing to take risks when profit was involved.
In the end, one still needed sufficient strength.
And clearly, Jiu You and the others alone were not enough to make everyone back down.
Thus, beneath the bustling West City, undercurrents surged like a storm in the making.
Within the courtyard where Liu Bai and the others were staying, the gates were tightly shut. A spiritual array hovered above the courtyard, spiritual light flowing through it and blocking outside scrutiny.
Liu Bai stood in the courtyard, looking at the sky beyond it with a smile. "I'm afraid countless pairs of eyes in West City are watching us right now."
Behind him, Jiu You nodded as well and said calmly, "It seems it will not be easy for us to take the token away from here."
"At the root of it, they simply think we are not strong enough. I just wonder who will be