Chapter 754: The Highlight of the Auction

The auction proceeded smoothly thereafter. The sixth one was sold for 100 million, the seventh for 110 million, and the eighth for 120 million. But when it came to the last one—the largest of all—the pointed horn—no one was willing to bid at all…

Su Che had initially expected this last item to fetch at least 150 million. To his surprise, after the host set a starting bid of 50 million, no one raised the price for a long time. Even the Immortal Emperors like Wu Ling clearly gave up, probably thinking, “Since we can’t get it anyway, why let the seller earn more Immortal Crystals? Just watch them struggle.”

Although no one bid for the time being, Su Che knew it was impossible for it to go unsold. Anyway, those Wind Element Immortal Emperors would definitely buy this pointed horn.

“It’s quite frustrating…” Lan Ling whispered in the private room.

“It doesn’t matter. We’ve already made a lot of money,” Su Che said with a smile, understanding the value of contentment.

Inside the venue, everyone waited until the host raised the gavel, ready to announce that the item would go unsold, when suddenly one of the Wind Element Immortal Emperors bid, “100 million!”

An increase of 50 million right away clearly showed goodwill, as a way to thank Emperor Feng Lin for his earlier statement. After all, if these nine pointed horns fell into other hands, they might not necessarily bring disaster to many Wind Element Immortals.

After a long while, no one bid again. The host could only start timing: “100 million Immortal Crystals, first time…”

“100 million Immortal Crystals, second time…”

“Third time…”

Just as everyone thought the price would stand, a thunderous bid suddenly came from one of the private rooms: “200 million!”

“What?”

Everyone’s gaze turned to that room—Room 276. But due to protective barriers, no one could see the bidder’s true identity.

Su Che was also greatly surprised. He whispered to Zong Yi, “Could it be Emperor Feng Lin who arranged this in advance as a puppet to save the situation?”

“It doesn’t seem like it!” Zong Yi shook his head. “If Brother Feng Lin had planned this ahead, it wouldn’t have turned into such a strange situation.”

“That’s true…” Su Che nodded in agreement. If it were Feng Lin’s arrangement, he would have joined the bidding from the start, making everything appear very natural—never resorting to such extreme tactics as deliberately disrupting the auction.

Swish!

Emperor Feng Lin Xian once again teleported onto the exhibition stage, taking the place of the host with the Da Luo Jin Xian cultivation level. He raised his voice and asked the person in Booth 276, “Esteemed fellow cultivator, are you sure you just offered two hundred million immortal crystals as the price?”
At such a moment, Emperor Feng Lin Xian had to appear to prove his innocence to everyone—this was definitely not him pulling some trick in secret.
“Two hundred million immortal crystals? Is that not enough?”
A leisurely, delicate voice came from within the booth, sounding like that of a young boy still in his developmental stage.
“Of course it is.”
Emperor Feng Lin Xian frowned slightly. As the organizer of this auction, he naturally knew who was sitting in that booth. However, based on his understanding of that person, this voice definitely did not belong to him, nor was it in line with his usual manner of acting.
It was obvious that the situation in the venue was showing signs of getting out of control.
But since the auction had already begun, anyone present had the right to bid. With the gavel not yet dropped, no matter how strange the bid might be, it had to go ahead.
Feng Lin’s gaze shifted to the row of booths occupied by the Wind Element Xian Emperors. He shook his head slightly at them, signaling, “I don’t know who this person is. It seems you’ll have to keep bidding higher.”
The thirty-six Wind Element Xian Emperors remained quite calm. They also believed that Emperor Feng Lin Xian would never resort to such crude tactics; someone else must be the one causing trouble.
“Two hundred and ten million,” one of the Wind Element Xian Emperors called out steadily.
No matter what the price, they were determined to obtain that Broken Wind Sky Horn at any cost.
Good heavens! That horn was as thick as a calf’s leg and over five feet long—comparable to four or five of the horns at the front. How could they allow it to fall into the hands of an unknown person?
“Two hundred and forty million!”
The delicate voice from Booth 276 still spoke in that leisurely tone. It said, “Esteemed Wind Element cultivators, if you bid two hundred and sixty million, I’ll give up. This Sky Horn deserves that price, doesn’t it?”
Upon hearing this, not only the thirty-six Wind Element Xian Emperors but also the more than five thousand Da Luo Jin Xians in the audience exchanged glances, all thinking to themselves: This Xian Emperor’s ways are truly bizarre!
“Agreed!”
The highest-ranked among the Wind Element Xian Emperors, a Fifth Heaven Xian Emperor, nodded slowly. “I also believe it’s a priceless treasure. Any price would be reasonable. I’ll bid two hundred and sixty million.”
“Then congratulations to all of you. A calamity has descended, but it has been successfully averted.”
A calm voice came from Booth 276.

Emperor Feng Lin snatched the mallet from his subordinate, raised it high, and declared, “I’ll ask just once more—260 million immortal crystals, no further increase. The bid is final when the mallet hits the table!”
Within moments, no one replied.
Snap!
Deal!
Emperor Feng Lin wasted no time and completed the transactions for each of the nine sharp corners with the successful bidder right there on the spot. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the money and goods were exchanged fairly, without any deception.
With all nine sharp corners in hand, all the Wind Element Immortal Emperors let out long sighs of relief. For them, the value of these sharp corners surpassed even that of the Jade Radiant Wish Fruit.
Just now, although the guy from Booth 276 rushed in to interfere, he was right—this great calamity for the true Wind Element immortals had finally been averted…
“Who is that man?”
Su Che chuckled and said, “It’s really a twist of fate.”
Though he appeared relaxed and smiling, Su Che was already prepared to flee at any moment. If anything went wrong, he would use whichever of the three teleportation portals nearby was the most convenient.
Zong Yi, however, warned, “Su Che, never let such things appear in the world again. Strictly speaking, this matter is indeed serious.”
Su Che replied, “But I promised you and Senior Feng Lin that I’d give each of you a few more as well.”
“No need,” Zong Yi waved his hand. “Since this thing shouldn’t exist, let it vanish.”
Su Che nodded in agreement. At the same time, he was secretly amazed by his own creative abilities—something casually created by the Creation Divine Tree could have such a terrifying effect of disrupting the balance of a certain element’s power.
This served as a warning that he should be more cautious in handling such matters in the future…
“The nine sharp corners were sold for one billion ten million.”
Lan Ling said proudly, “In the end, it turns out I was the most farsighted. I said it might exceed one billion, and it exactly hit that figure. How about that? Am I amazing?”
“Indeed amazing!” Su Che gave a thumbs-up.
The nine sharp corners were auctioned under Emperor Feng Lin’s personal name, and this huge sum would be temporarily held by her. After the entire auction was over, it would definitely be handed over to Su Che in full, without any deductions or commissions.
Next came the highlight of this auction: the Jade Radiant Wish Fruit.
The over 300 Immortal Emperors present, along with more than 5,000 Great Luo Golden Immortals who had come to watch, all focused their attention eagerly!

Emperor Feng Lin stood on the exhibition platform and spoke loudly to everyone, “Let me make it clear from the start—I will also participate in the bidding for the Jade Radiant Wish Fruit, and I am determined to win it.”
At these words, the immortals in the audience immediately began to discuss among themselves. Although they had known in advance that this was a private, special auction with no guarantees of fairness or justice, only a degree of openness, Emperor Feng Lin, as the organizer, now participating in the bidding herself undoubtedly gave her a huge advantage, making her the strongest contender for the Wish Fruit. Overcoming her would be extremely difficult.
Even so, none of the attendees would give up. In fact, some would surely resort to extreme measures, using any means necessary to steal or seize it…
Emperor Feng Lin raised her hand, and the crowd immediately fell silent. Even the worst among them were Great Luo Golden Immortals, so they still had some self-control.
Feng Lin continued, “Perhaps most of you don’t know that the qualification to bid for this Wish Fruit isn’t based on Immortal Crystals, nor other kinds of precious treasures, nor even top-tier magical artifacts. Instead, it’s a certain number of living worldlets! Starting from 30 billion intelligent beings per worldlet, the starting bid is 5,000 of them.”
“What?”
The immortals were shocked.
“It has to be living worldlets?”
“How could it be something like that? Without any preparation in advance, who can afford so many living worldlets?”
“Who is this person? What does she want so many living worldlets for? Isn’t this just trying to trouble people?”
It could be said that at least 90% of the attendees were uninvited guests who had only heard that Emperor Feng Lin was holding a semi-public auction, with the star item being a successfully transformed Jade Radiant Wish Fruit. They didn’t know that to win this fruit, living worldlets had to be offered as payment, nor did they realize that this auction was purely a show, with the winner already predetermined.
These people simply received the news, packed all their possessions into their personal spaces, and rushed to Emperor Immortal Mountain, determined to obtain the Wish Fruit at any cost.
To their surprise, the seller didn’t recognize what they considered wealth or a price—what they wanted wasn’t that at all.
Living worldlets, with 30 billion intelligent beings each, starting at a bid of 5,000—wasn’t that excessive?
Who would have time to wander around the immortal realm carrying so many ordinary beings? Even if prepared in advance, it would take months to gather that many!

At that moment, an Immortal Emperor raised his voice and asked, “Feng Lin, fellow Daoist, may I ask further—would it be feasible to use treasures of equal value as collateral to temporarily replace the living beings’ small worlds?”
“Yes.”
Other Immortal Emperors also chimed in, “There’s no problem providing as many living beings’ small worlds as needed. The key point is that we weren’t prepared at all before coming here. We’re willing to use valuables of equal value as collateral. After the auction, it will only take a month to gather the required number of small worlds and deliver them all to the seller without fail.”
Feng Lin on the stage slowly shook his head. “I’m very sorry, but in today’s auction, payment and delivery must occur simultaneously. There’s no room for collateral or credit.”
“But we weren’t prepared at all. We had no idea that living beings’ small worlds would be used as auction items. In this case, don’t we have any chance?”
“That definitely won’t work. It’s too unfair to us!”
“Yes, it’s too unfair. We can’t accept such an auction method!”
The crowd below was in an uproar, with many losing control of their emotions. They had completely forgotten that they had intruded uninvited and forced their way in. Now, they were once again arguing about fairness and justice…