Shui Wushang knew Ning Cheng, and she hadn’t expected Ning Cheng to dare to step in and bid against Box 19 at this time. For a moment, she forgot to continue singing the bids.
While she did not continue to sing the bids, box number nineteen spoke, “I request that the auction take a short break, I want to talk to this Block 137 in row thirty-nine.”
Ning Cheng laughed coldly, this fellow really thought that he was someone else. Even if he was Qiao Kai Rui, he was not qualified to say that he wanted the auction to be suspended to settle a personal grudge, right?
What left Ning Cheng dumbfounded was that Shui Wushang had agreed to this fellow’s rude request. Not only did he agree, but he also stood on the auction stage and spoke out aloud, “Dearly beloved friends who have come to bid, as box number nineteen is among the top twenty. My Cang Pagoda auction has a clear rule that during the auction, if there is a conflict between the owner of the top twenty boxes and the guests in the hall, then the box owner has the power to temporarily have a word with the cultivators in the hall, so please understand my friends.”
Ning Cheng shook his head, he could not have imagined that the Cang Pagoda Chamber of Commerce had such odd rules. If this kind of thing happened in his Jiangzhou Star, he would have slapped the guy in box number nineteen away. No matter where you sat, as long as you participated in the bidding, it was an equal existence and spoke in terms of price. This kind of small doorway, just slap it away.
Ning Cheng was strange, but others didn’t find it strange. How many places in the entire starry sky would be the same as the Jiangzhou Star? The Cang Pagoda Chamber of Commerce had added this rule to add some honour to the guests in the top twenty boxes. Just imagine, which cultivator sitting in the hall would dare to bid against the owner of the top-ranked box? One must know that the entrance fee for these boxes is an astronomical figure.
But this kind of thing happened, and not only did it happen, it happened at such a large auction. As the third vice-master of this auction, Shui Wushang was naturally very clear about such rules.
The auction hall was silent as they all sat and watched how Box 19 would handle this matter. Some cultivators who knew Ning Cheng’s identity likewise did not speak. Those who had a few friendships with Ning Cheng knew that Ning Cheng did not fear anyone at all and did not need them to speak. Those who had no friendship with Ning Cheng, who cared if you lived or died.
At this moment, a man at the late Heavenly Fate Realm came out of box number nineteen and walked over towards Ning Cheng. Ning Cheng’s divine sense could see very clearly that there were two other cultivators in box number nineteen. One was seated at a late Life and Death realm cultivator, and behind this seated cultivator stood a Heavenly Fate realm cultivator, who should also be a follower. Looking at the disdain in that Life and Death realm cultivator’s eyes, it was an appearance of having Ning Cheng in his sights.
This Heavenly Destiny Realm man walked up to Ning Cheng, took out a ring and placed it in front of Ning Cheng and said, “This is five million Heng Yuan Dan, it is yours now.”
“What does it mean?” Ning Cheng asked with a frown.
The Heavenly Fate Realm man said coldly, “Young Lord is a reasonable person, this five million Constant Yuan Pills is for you, you take out that one Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spiritual Vein. As for the words of bidding for the Star Rainbow Purgatory Gun, it is not allowed to be said again.”
Ning Cheng understood, this was an exchange of five million Heng Yuan Pills for that one Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spiritual Vein of his, this was really reasonable. However, this kind of reasoning was obviously not directed at him, but at the auction party.
He had taken out a Starry Sky Qi Spirit Vein in exchange for a mere five million Heng Yuan Dan, so it went without saying that he was at a loss. That young master still exchanged five million constant yuan pills for the Star Rainbow Purgatory Spear, while the auctioneer also received a Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Vein.
Ning Cheng silently put away the ring containing the five million constant yuan pills and said, “I’ll take the stuff, you can go now.”
When this Heavenly Fate Realm cultivator saw that Ning Cheng had accepted the Constant Yuan Pill and did not even take out the Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spiritual Vein, a burst of killing intent immediately exploded from his body and he raised his hand to grab Ning Cheng’s neck.
Ning Cheng grunted and sat motionless as he also raised his hand and slapped.
“With a crisp sound, the man from the Heavenly Fate Realm was directly slapped away by Ning Cheng, hitting the defensive barrier in front of the auction stage and stirring up a burst of alarming sounds.
With a “bang”, the Heavenly Fate Realm man landed on the ground, spewing out a mouthful of blood and arrows. This was because Ning Cheng had left his cultivation for the sake that he had not said any dirty words.
Some cultivators who were worried about Ning Cheng looked at him in shock, Ning Cheng sat still like this and easily slapped a Heavenly Destiny Realm cultivator away with a slap, his cultivation level was at least above the Heavenly Realm. However, even if it was an Eternal Realm cultivator who had done such a thing, there would be death and no life, and he would not be able to leave the Guidu Starry Sky City.
“You seek death ……” The man in box number nineteen stood up in anger, his body filled with killing intent. Not to mention that Ning Cheng had taken his Heng Yuan Dan without taking out the Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins, he had even slapped the man he had sent out as far as he could with one slap. He had never seen anyone dare to be so unreasonable in front of him, and it was logical to say that it should be him who was unreasonable.
“That’s enough, the rights of box number nineteen have been exercised, the auction will continue.” A cold hum with a chilling tone came out, causing the man in box number nineteen to freeze for a moment.
Even though his forehead was bruised and his body was filled with murderous aura, he could only curb his anger under this rebuke. Another follower in the compartment hurriedly ran out and helped the Heavenly Fate Realm man who had crashed against the defensive ban back to the compartment once again.
Although all of them were clear that when the auction ended, the cultivator in box number nineteen would still not let Ning Cheng go, at least for now, many people looked at Ning Cheng with an extra hint of scorn.
Ning Cheng acted calmly, without any half-hearted fluctuation. If the cultivator from Box 19 dared to come up to trouble him again, he would take his hand to finish him off. Even if the auction party wanted to take the lead, he would still have to do it.
Unexpectedly, the auction had given Box Nineteen the right to do it, and after he had done it himself, the auction party seemed to be fair again. Since that was the case, there was no need for him to continue to make trouble. At least, he had picked up five million Heng Yuan Dan for nothing, hadn’t he?
Shui Wushang said in a clear tone, “Congratulations to this friend in row thirty-nine, number one hundred and thirty-seven, you have obtained the Star Rainbow Purgatory Gun.”
As Shui Wushang’s words fell, a ring containing a spear was teleported to Ning Cheng. Only after Ning Cheng swept his divine sense and determined that it was a magic treasure that surpassed the Extreme Dao Artifact, did he put away the spear. At the same time, he sent a Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spiritual Vein into the ring, and then teleported the ring back.
“The next thing we’re going to auction is very strange, and to be honest, I don’t know exactly what this item is. This is because the consignor has a very strange request that this item must be opened on the spot, and that if the auction is aborted, then the item must be destroyed on the spot. Don’t think that this is a worthless item, in fact the few items that were auctioned before it didn’t add up to as much as this item asked for.”
Shui Wushang’s words once again roused the curiosity of the cultivators at the auction, the previous few items combined were not as high as this item’s asking price? Where else could there be such valuable treasures? Besides, if there really were such valuable treasures, then who would be willing to destroy them if the auction was aborted? Isn’t that inconsistent? The most odd thing was not the item, but the fact that the person conducting the auction didn’t know what the treasure was.
Shui Wushang’s tone was even more seductive, “I believe all of you are as curious about this item as I am. In fact I am truly curious and would love to know immediately, what exactly is this item that is so mysterious? It is also very interesting to know why this consignor is so capricious and wants to destroy it if it cannot be auctioned.”
Duan Gantai suddenly frowned for a moment as a bad premonition came over him.
Ning Cheng sneered in his heart, he just couldn’t believe that Duan Gantai wouldn’t make a bid. He had made a deal with the auction, if this item could be auctioned off, then it would be at five percent of the proceeds to the auctioneer. If the item was ruined, then he would also take out half of the Starry Sky Yuan Qi Spirit Veins and give it to the auctioneer.
Even though this draw was less than ten percent, with such a generous reward, the auctioneer naturally agreed to Ning Cheng’s request without hesitation.
“Hurry up and open it, we can’t wait.” Some anxious cultivators in the hall had already called out. The focus of the conflict between Ning Cheng and Box 19 a moment before was taken up by this same mysterious item in this very moment.
Shui Wushang raised the jade box and said, “Now let’s come together to witness what mysterious treasure is this that is to be sent for auction in such a mysterious manner?”
All the people stared at Shui Wushang’s hand and watched as she slowly opened the jade box.
The moment the jade box was opened, Shui Wushang’s mouth was open as she stared in shock at the jade box in her hand, surprisingly stagnating in the main just like that.
There was a divine sense barrier in front of the auction stage, so before the auction allowed divine sense to sweep in, all people could only look at it with their eyes. When Shui Wushang was stalled, the people in the auction hall became even more anxious.
Likewise, those who came to the auction wanted to know more and more what it was, so much so that even the person presiding over the auction was shocked.
“What on earth is it?”
“Yes, hurry up and announce ……”
…….
A burst of noise and cacophony on the scene finally woke up the shocked Shui Wushang, whose shocked expression quickly returned to normal.
“Friends, just now I was indeed stunned, I was thinking that this thing was just a key, how could it be so mysterious? It wasn’t until I saw what kind of key it was that I realised why this key was so mysterious.”
After saying this, Shui Wu Shang completely calmed down, her tone even softer and clearer, “I think many people must know that there are three great mysterious halls in the Man Lun Star Space of the Middle Heaven, the Hall of Phantom Shadows, the Hall of Watching Gods and the Hall of Time. That’s right, this key is precisely the opening key of one of the three great halls, the Hall of Time, to be exact, it is one of the three opening keys of the Hall of Time.
No wonder this cultivator was asking for such a high price, the Time Hall was left behind by the Eternal Hope Saint Emperor, and I heard that not only could one comprehend the laws of time inside, there were also countless wondrous treasures of heaven and earth. Unfortunately, there is only one key here ……”
After the last sentence was said, Shui Wushang seemed to feel that something was wrong, she shouldn’t say such words that were detrimental to the auction. This was because she subconsciously wanted to keep the key for herself, or perhaps the key was originally hers.
Luckily, she reacted in time to reflect that she knew what she was doing and where this place was, and hurriedly turned her mouth to say, “Now let’s see the starting price of this key ……”
Shui Wushang’s words immediately caused a stir, even if it was a key, but this was the Hall of Time. The Time Temple’s Time Stone was famous throughout the universe, who didn’t know it, who didn’t know it? If they got a key, they were still afraid that the rest of the people would not come looking for it? In case one enters the Hall of Time and controls the laws of time, then ……
The only person with a grim face was Duan Gantai, who was sitting behind Ning Cheng.