Chapter 701: Joint Auction

Ye Feng counted the storage ring left to him by the Heavenly Dao. The ring itself was actually a true treasure, and Ye Feng couldn’t determine its grade, as it was his first time seeing one. Inside the ring, there were 23 corpses at the Dongxu level, 18 at the Half-True Realm level, and 5 at the True Realm level. Further up, there were those at the Chongzhen Realm, with three layers of realms within their bodies; the number of corpses here was even greater—16 in total. At the Cangzhen Realm, there were 12 corpses, and even those at the Pozhen Realm, with four layers of realms within their bodies, numbered as many as 8.

There were a total of 106 storage rings, among which 58 were at the Xu Bao level, with the rest all being true treasure-level storage rings. To Ye Feng’s delight, among those 58 rings, only 6 were of the top-tier Xu Bao level, 50 were at the peak Xu Bao level, and 2 were the strongest Xu Bao level. Although they were merely rings, they still counted as Xu Bao, and Ye Feng knew well that these rings could also help restore the Void Domain.

Ye Feng entered the Refining Domain and emptied everything stored in those 58 Xu Bao-level storage rings. It was a vast fortune—just the strongest Xu Bao items numbered 12, while there were 33 at the peak Xu Bao level. The remaining treasures were also valuable, with hundreds of billions of Void Crystals among them.

After spending some time erasing the consciousnesses of these Xu Bao items, Ye Feng informed the Void Domain and threw all the peak and strongest Xu Bao items along with the storage rings into it. As for the scattered items in the Refining Domain, he collected them all using the Sky Ring. He guessed that once the Void Domain had absorbed everything, it should be sufficient to recover to 50% and unlock the seventh domain.

As for the true treasure-level storage rings, Ye Feng didn’t count them. He planned to do so when the Void Domain needed to consume true treasures.

Instead, he spent some time extracting all the universes from those corpses and placing them inside the Tower of Heaven. This time, it was these corpses that yielded the greatest gains. Now, in the Tower of Heaven, there were already over 40 finished miniature universes—5 at the second-layer realm, 28 at the third-layer realm, and even 8 at the fourth-layer realm. This made Ye Feng feel as if he had become more than twice as strong.

After entering the Tower of Heaven, those universes, which had been lifeless before, quickly regained vitality and began to function at an accelerated pace. After completing these tasks, Ye Feng swiftly left that area and returned to the inn where Luo Yan and the others were staying. “Master, only a few dozen days have passed—why have you returned? Did you obtain the inheritance?” Luo Yan couldn’t help but ask. “I have it,” Ye Feng nodded, then turned to Yin Ling’er and the others. “Ling’er, I heard you once had some influence in this virtual realm, right?” “Yes, young master,” Yin Ling’er and the others replied, though they were somewhat puzzled about what Ye Feng intended to do. “I want to use your influence to help me investigate a few things,” Ye Feng continued. “What does the young master want?” Yin Ling’er asked curiously. “The Fast Sword Dao technique, the Dominant Blade Dao technique, as well as the Stack Punch Dao and Shadow Step Dao from the martial arts techniques, plus the Supreme Virtual Treasure,” Ye Feng listed the techniques he lacked. “Help me find out which auctions might have them recently.” “Actually, the Fast Sword Dao and Dominant Blade Dao techniques, even the Shadow Step Dao technique, aren’t that hard to find. But the Stack Punch Dao technique… it’s likely difficult, because people who obtain such offensive techniques usually don’t want to sell them,” Yin Ling’er explained. “As for the Supreme Virtual Treasure, it’s hard to come by. In this virtual realm, no one who obtains it will sell it easily.” “I know. Please try your best to find it for me,” Ye Feng nodded. He was well aware that the Stack Punch Dao was the most difficult of the martial arts techniques to find. As for the Supreme Virtual Treasure, the chances of encountering it at an auction were extremely slim. In fact, he had made two plans: if the Virtual Realm couldn’t absorb enough treasures to unlock the seventh realm, he would still need to purchase the Supreme Virtual Treasure to feed it. But if the Virtual Realm could unlock the seventh realm, he wouldn’t waste so much time and could obtain the techniques directly through the exclusive privileges of the Virtual Realm. In the worst case, if the Virtual Realm failed to unlock the seventh realm and he couldn’t buy the Supreme Virtual Treasure or the Stack Punch Dao technique at auctions, he would have to wait three years until the secret realm opened, then search there for the Supreme Virtual Treasure. Since the Virtual Realm couldn’t absorb real treasures if its restoration level wasn’t over 50%, Ye Feng was essentially stuck there. Without unlocking the seventh realm, he couldn’t leave the virtual realm, because once he entered the real world, the Virtual Realm wouldn’t be able to restore its level.

Of course, the best option would be to wait until the Virtual Realm has consumed these virtual treasures, raising the restoration rate to 50% so that one can ascend directly to the Real World. After Ye Feng made his request, Yin Ling’er and the others immediately issued this order to their subordinates. It took only a short while before they received a reply. “There will be a large auction in King’s City in twelve days. It is said that several martial arts techniques will be on sale, though no detailed information has been disclosed,” Yin Ling’er relayed. “Twenty-eight days later, there will also be a large auction in General’s City, adjacent to King’s City, where martial arts techniques will be available,” Jiang Ba added. “There’s also a large auction in Prince’s City in thirty-five days, with various martial arts techniques for sale. Prince’s City is also near King’s City. These three auctions are held consecutively and constitute the largest joint auction in the entire Virtual Realm. Among them, the auction in King’s City is the largest, lasting as long as fifteen days. General’s City offers the most practical items, mostly those closely related to cultivation. As for the last auction in Prince’s City, it is known as the nobles’ auction, or perhaps an exclusive auction for the wealthy. The items up for auction are quite peculiar—some may be worthless in the eyes of cultivators, including mere collectibles or artworks for display. However, it’s most likely that special items will appear at this auction,” Yin Hong explained further. “If that’s the case, let’s go take a look! Hopefully, we can find what we want at this joint auction.” Although no top-tier virtual treasures are on sale, this was within Ye Feng’s expectations.