Chapter 756: The Mysterious Person

Zong Yi took Su Che’s place as the seller. Although he temporarily stabilized the situation, it remained uncertain whether the public auction of the Wish Fruit could proceed smoothly.
Would the over 300 Immortal Emperors who had come from afar be willing to just watch helplessly as the Wish Fruit ended up in Feng Lin’s or someone else’s hands?
Some of the Immortal Emperors had already begun communicating with each other, secretly discussing what to do.
The biggest issue was: even if they united to snatch the Wish Fruit from the seller, who should end up owning it?
Thus, it was nearly impossible to reach a decision—no one wanted to give in, and no one wanted to benefit others at their expense…
Zong Yi, however, calmly took the mallet from Feng Lin’s hands and continued, “A small world consists of 30 billion intelligent beings. I only want this item—whichever bidder offers the most will get it! From now on, I, the seller, will oversee the auction. If anyone has any objections, please leave!”
“No collateral, no credit, and no exceptions of any kind… Once again, I only want small worlds of intelligent beings, with 30 billion as the standard unit. The starting bid is 5,000. Now…”
“The auction begins!”
Zong Yi’s attitude was extremely assertive—clearly signaling that since he held the item, he would decide everything.
Of course, in reality, the Wish Fruit was still in Su Che’s hands; Zong Yi was merely acting on his behalf.
The venue was dead silent, yet it seemed as though an extremely oppressive invisible force was drifting around. Whoever came under its influence might lose control completely, erupting like a volcano…
Ten breaths later, Feng Lin, standing on the stage, spoke clearly and loudly, “I bid 6,000!”
“7,000!” Another Immortal Emperor raised the bid, though it was unclear whether he truly had that many small worlds.
Feng Lin glanced at him and then called out, “8,000!”
The Immortal Emperor smiled, waved his hand, and said, “I’m just messing around to liven things up. Haha, I give up.”
He was the first Immortal Emperor to explicitly withdraw from the competition. His expression showed that he was cheerful and likely enjoyed joking around, taking things lightly.
His action was purely out of goodwill, intended to remind others to let go when the time came and stop doing things that harmed others without benefiting themselves.
Feng Lin nodded at him in gratitude.

With such a leader, there would be some effect to it, and surely some would think: Even Emperor Mo Yunxian of the Fifth Heaven has given up; we should also wisely withdraw.
“Eight thousand, first time! Second time…”
Zong Yi raised the mallet to start timing, seemingly eager to end this auction farce.
“Ten thousand!”
The mystery figure numbered 276 finally started bidding.
“Fifteen thousand!”
Feng Lin raised the bid by fifty thousand all at once, confident that no matter what the final price was, she would still get the Wish Fruit from Su Che for twenty thousand. Now, she would keep bidding loudly until she scared the other party into submission.
Under the attention of all the immortals, Number 276 remained silent until Zong Yi raised the mallet again to start timing, at which point he slowly said, “Seventeen thousand.”
This guy really seemed like a troublemaker intent on causing chaos. At that moment, no less than a hundred emperor immortals couldn’t help but want to drag him out of the booth and give him a thorough scolding.
However, everyone knew clearly that this person wasn’t crazy. To dare defy all the immortals, he must have some backing—he was definitely not an ordinary person. Could it be an emperor from the Eighth Heaven, or even the Ninth Heaven?
Many people guessed that.
“Eighteen thousand.” Feng Lin raised the bid further.
“Twenty thousand.” This time, the mystery figure followed closely, without deliberately delaying.
The number twenty thousand was actually called by him, which made Feng Lin slightly nervous. She continued, “Twenty-one thousand!”
“Twenty-three thousand!” Every time the mystery figure raised the bid, it was more than Feng Lin’s increase, seemingly indicating that he truly had an unimaginable number of small worlds and was extremely confident.
“Twenty-five thousand!” Feng Lin also went all in. Even if she had to pay Su Che that much, she was willing.
“Thirty thousand!”
The mystery figure said leisurely, “I really do have thirty thousand. Do you?”
“I do!”
Feng Lin forced herself to answer. In reality, she only had twenty-eight thousand small worlds ready at the moment; to get more would require more time to gather.
“Then let’s continue.” There was an obvious hint of amusement in the mystery figure’s tone, as if he could see through Feng Lin’s thoughts.
“Thirty-two thousand!”
Feng Lin kept raising the bid.
“Thirty-five thousand.” The mystery figure remained confident.
As these two kept raising bids, the other emperor immortals could only watch for now. They were truly unprepared—let alone ten thousand small worlds, they wouldn’t even carry a hundred with them.

Who could have predicted that in the Immortal Realm, some would treat living worlds as a form of bid for treasures? Yet, unwilling to just watch others win the Wish Fruit through bidding, over a hundred Immortal Emperors, who had already reached a consensus, acted together at a secret signal.
“Hold on!”
With a thunderous sound, the hundred-plus Immortal Emperors flew out of their private chambers simultaneously, hovering in the air. From their superior position, they forcefully interrupted Feng Lin’s ongoing bidding with the mysterious figure.
It was still the initially towering Immortal Emperor who spoke on behalf of everyone to Zong Yi: “We, the 126 Immortal Emperors, jointly request that this auction be suspended for a month before resuming. By then, we will surely offer you a more reasonable price—50,000, 80,000, or even 100,000 living worlds—without any problem!”
“Moreover, no one needs to leave the venue. We only need to send messages to our subordinates to collect living worlds… A mere month will pass quickly while we simply sit idle. May I ask, fellow cultivator, isn’t this request excessive?”
Was this request excessive?
By conventional standards, it wasn’t. In the Immortal Realm, the higher the level of the auction, the longer it lasted. To bid for the most elite and rare treasures, it was common for auctions to be suspended for months, years, or even decades.
Suspending the auction allowed bidders to raise more funds, sellers to maximize their profits, and organizers to earn more commissions—no one would suffer any loss. With everyone staying put and everything handled by subordinates outside, a one-month suspension indeed wasn’t excessive.
In the Immortal Realm, auctions, trade fairs, celebration gatherings, trials, duels, and other gatherings could all be suspended. After all, Immortal Emperors with almost infinite lifespans truly didn’t care about such a short period of time.
But from Su Che and Feng Lin’s perspective, they wanted things to be resolved quickly and everyone to go back to their own affairs—why suspend everything?
Faced with this request, Zong Yi fell silent, pondering a strategy.
These Immortal Emperors had united and clearly had the power to forcibly stop the auction. With over a hundred of them determined to do this, who could stop them? Who could drive them away?
Even though this was Feng Lin’s territory, she couldn’t do it either. Zong Yi, Lan Ling, and Su Che couldn’t either!
But someone else could…

“You really have no shame at all—do you plan to be completely shameless?”
It was still Room 276, and that same calm, slow-speaking voice broke the silence and deadlock in the room once again. He said indifferently, “If that’s the case, then get lost all of you!”
Whoosh!
The vast auction hall instantly became empty, with only a few people left.
Over 300 Immortal Emperors and more than 5,000 Great Golden Immortals were transported away in an instant by an irresistible force before they could even react after he spoke those words.
It was unknown where they were taken.
In the hall, aside from the mysterious person in Room 276, only Su Che, Lan Ling, Zong Yi, and Feng Lin remained.
It was obvious that this mysterious person knew very well that the four of Su Che were in cahoots.
Su Che and Lan Ling reacted quickly, flying out of the room and landing on the exhibition platform. Together with Feng Lin and Zong Yi, they bowed toward Room 276 and said, “We pay our respects to the Immortal Lord!”
There was nothing to guess about. Someone who could achieve such things and possess such power could only be an Immortal Lord.
However, it was still uncertain which Immortal Lord he was.
“Now it’s quiet.”
The mysterious person said slowly, “I offered 35,000 just now. Feng Lin, it’s your turn.”
Feng Lin shook his head with a wry smile. “Since the Immortal Lord desires this Wish Fruit, what hope does Feng Lin still have?”
“Who told you I want that Wish Fruit?” the mysterious person demanded unreasonably. “What use could that guy Yu Huang Tian’s Wish Fruit be to me? Can’t I do what he can do?”
Huh?
The four of Su Che were stunned, completely clueless as to what this guy wanted. Was an Immortal Lord, with nothing better to do, here just to tease people?
Then, the mysterious person continued, “What I want is the pill that Tian Yu provided to the Heavenly Luo Holy Mother… Well, I need one million of them, right now.”
“We don’t have them now.”
Su Che replied hurriedly, “Besides, I promised the Holy Mother Immortal Lord that I would prioritize supplying them to her within a thousand years and ensure I wouldn’t sell them to anyone else.”
“Is that so?”
The mysterious person said indifferently, “Let me remind you—refusing me will end badly for you.”
Su Che’s face immediately showed distress. At the same time, he sent a message to Feng Lin, quietly asking, “Among the Immortal Lords, who is known for being unreasonable?”

Feng Lin gave him a disdainful look, thinking to herself that at a time like this, he still had the nerve to tell jokes. Su Che understood her feelings at that moment; he tossed her a storage ring. Inside the ring was merely a single Jade Glow Wish Fruit.