Chapter 617: The Auction Ends

The auction was quickly coming to an end. The powerful figures in the other VIP rooms noticed that the Number 12 VIP room, where Ye Feng was, had not made a single bid yet, which further strengthened their suspicions.
“The next item up for auction is the highlight of this event,” said Li Jingjing, her voice tinged with excitement. It was a second-tier divine technique—a thing even those who had surpassed the star rank would fight fiercely to obtain. To this point in her cultivation, she had only acquired one first-tier divine technique. Regaining her composure, she once again used her charm spell. “I’m sure many of you already know what it is. Likely, quite a few people came to this auction just for this treasure. Well, I won’t keep you in suspense any longer. Let’s introduce our final item—the second-tier divine technique of the lightning attribute!”
When the uniquely shaped wooden box was opened, two sheets of paper floated quietly inside, as if held by an invisible hand. Those who had seen divine techniques immediately recognized that this was indeed genuine. Most of the attendees, however, had never seen one before, so they held their breath as they stared at the two sheets.
“So this is what a divine technique looks like…” many thought to themselves.
“A second-tier divine technique—as you all know, there are fewer than twenty people in the entire galaxy who possess such a technique. Even those who already know one can buy this lightning attribute technique to further improve their skills. After all, lightning is the most powerful of the five basic elemental attributes. This is also an offensive divine technique. So, everyone knows its value. I won’t say much more. The starting bid is one billion, with each increase being at least one billion!”
“Twenty billion!” A mechanical female voice suddenly rang out, startling everyone. They turned toward the source of the voice—it was the Number 1 VIP room.
Everyone realized that someone extraordinary must be sitting there. Whenever he wanted something, he would double the bid on the first try, driving away most competitors.
“Twenty-five billion!” The Number 2 VIP room countered.
“Thirty billion!” The Number 3 VIP room bid as well.
“Forty billion!” The Number 4 VIP room raised the bid even further, pushing back many competitors in the auction hall.
“Sixty billion!” This time, it was the Asura from the Number 13 VIP room who bid.

“Hehe, anyway, it’s impossible to win the bid, so it’s not bad to just join in the fun.” Xiu Luo wore a mischievous smile. With his bid, most of the powerful individuals in the venue who wanted to participate in the auction were out of luck.

However, 6 billion clearly wasn’t the bottom line for many people. After Xiu Luo made that bid, there was only a brief silence before another voice from a VIP room bid, “6.5 billion!”

“8 billion!” Xiu Luo raised the price again before that voice could finish speaking.

“Anyway, I only brought a little over 8 billion. This item definitely won’t be mine. Might as well bid high twice to have some fun,” Xiu Luo said, still smiling mischievously.

Ye Feng, on the other hand, was overjoyed. Xiu Luo’s absurd actions were actually helping him. Under normal circumstances, bidding up by 1 billion each time would take about a cup of tea’s time to reach 8 billion, but in less than two minutes, the price had already soared so high.

At that moment, Yin Ling’er and the others’ expressions changed slightly. “A Juxu-level powerhouse has arrived and is getting closer!”

“What?” Ye Feng was stunned, feeling a sense of foreboding.

“That guy has already detected us three and the master,” Yin Ba’s expression turned even darker. Although they had suppressed their cultivation levels, they were easily exposed under the soul-probing ability of a Juxu-level powerhouse. Especially the three of them, whose Daxu-level cultivation was too obvious. If it had been just Luo Yan at the Zhenxu level, it might have been different.

“Hmph, just an early Juxu-level powerhouse. If the three of us work together and use the Silver Eyes’ power, we might not lose,” Yin Hong snorted coldly.

“Before we know their intentions, it’s better not to act rashly!” Luo Yan stopped the three who were about to rush out.

“Strange, why are there so many powerful individuals in this realm suddenly?” The white-haired youth frowned slightly. “Three mid-Daxu level, one at the peak of Zhenxu level… Huh, that auction item is actually a second-tier divine skill of the lightning attribute?”

In an instant, the white-haired youth appeared at the entrance of the auction hall. His arrival immediately drew the attention of all the powerful individuals present.

“You guys go on. I just have a few questions for the powerful ones in VIP Room Number 12!” The white-clothed youth said as he formed a seal. The restrictions in VIP Room Number 12, where Ye Feng and the others were, dissolved like ice meeting fire.

The crystal, which had previously isolated them from external probes like a mirror, became transparent, allowing everyone to see the more than twenty people inside VIP Room Number 12.

“It turns out to be these people.” Xiu Luo was also stunned. He secretly rejoiced, thinking, “This strongman clearly came looking for trouble. There’s going to be some interesting action now.”
“Good tactics,” Ye Feng said nonchalantly. He slowly stood up from the sofa and took a step forward. “May I ask this senior with a Juxu-level cultivation, what advice do you have for me?”
At his words, many strongmen were shocked, especially those who had reached the Puxu level—they naturally knew what Juxu level meant.
“Are you their leader?” the white-haired youth asked doubtfully. He had originally thought those three Daxu-level strongmen were the leaders, but it seemed not to be the case now. He carefully examined Ye Feng’s cultivation level—it was clearly only at the Xinghai level, yet something about Ye Feng was preventing him from probing further.
“That’s right. My name is Ye Feng!” Although Ye Feng’s cultivation was far inferior, his presence was by no means weak.
“I am Long Quan. This Long Quan City is my hometown,” the white-haired youth said indifferently.
“It’s Lord Long Quan!” The crowd immediately began to chatter. This Long Quan City was named after Long Quan, so obviously this white-haired youth was a strongman from ancient times. In fact, Long Quan was the first strongman to ascend to the intermediate main plane since the city’s establishment, which was why it was named after him. He could be considered one of the earliest original inhabitants of the primary main plane.
“Since my true self in the upper realm sensed an anomaly in the restrictions here, I was sent to investigate,” the white-haired youth frankly admitted that he was not the true self. “And since you all have the highest cultivation levels, I assume you know best about this.”
“I’m sorry. It’s my fault,” Luo Yan suddenly stepped beside Ye Feng. “My cultivation just reached this level recently, and it’s not very stable yet. While cultivating in this VIP room, I suddenly had an epiphany and, in my excitement, lost control and attacked the restrictions. When I realized it, I immediately retracted my power, preventing the restrictions from collapsing.”
The white-haired youth carefully examined Luo Yan and found that his cultivation at the peak of Zhenxu level had indeed just reached that level recently. And indeed, strongmen at the Zhenxu level could break such restrictions. He nodded hesitantly. “I see. Then let’s drop this matter. After all, my true self’s restrictions weren’t damaged.”
With that, he gave Ye Feng a deep look before leaving.
The restrictions in VIP Room Number 12 quickly returned to their original state.

“This restriction is so strong that even my strength can’t damage it in the slightest. Yet that man claimed a single strike could almost destroy it, and Longquan even believed him. Could it be that man’s cultivation level is above True Void?” The old man in VIP Room No. 1 asked his old butler with confusion.

“He should be at the True Void cultivation level. Our investigations were likely correct,” the butler replied calmly. “What concerns me more is that, despite his True Void cultivation, he isn’t even the leader of those people…”

“Then that second-tier divine technique must be what they’re auctioning!” The old man thought of something else.

After a while of interruptions, Li Jingjing cleared her throat. “Everyone, there’s no need to worry about what just happened. The auction will continue!”

“9 billion!” The old man in VIP Room No. 1 bid again immediately.

“9.5 billion!” The auction of this second-tier divine technique continued…

Two minutes later, that second-tier divine technique was won by the old man in VIP Room No. 1 at a high price of 11.8 billion, which thrilled Ye Feng greatly.

“Hehe, big profit!” After all, he had obtained this divine technique for free from the Void Realm. These 11.8 billion were pure profit. Converted to sixth-tier domain value, it equaled 11.8 trillion.

Throughout the entire auction, VIP Room No. 12 never participated in bidding. Now, all the powerful individuals who had made various guesses understood why—because the person in VIP Room No. 12 was the original owner of that second-tier divine technique.

Ye Feng wasn’t afraid to show himself. With Luo Yan and the others around, if anyone dared to have malicious intentions, he could simply ask Luo Yan to kill them and take their treasures. However, after that Giant Void-level powerhouse confirmed Luo Yan’s strength, all those who had planned to rob Ye Feng completely gave up the idea. It was already good enough that they wouldn’t be robbed by Ye Feng; they didn’t even want to try. They also secretly thanked that Giant Void-level powerhouse for revealing Luo Yan and the others’ true strength—otherwise, they would have really ended up in trouble. Losing something was minor, but dying would mean losing both life and treasure.

The auction finally came to an end. Ye Feng and the others had already gone to the back stage early to collect all the star crystals obtained from this auction.

“Mr. Ye, please wait!” At that moment, Sikong Youlan suddenly appeared.

“Miss Sikong, what can I do for you?” Ye Feng knew it must be someone who had entrusted Sikong Youlan to buy something from here.

“Please forgive me, Mr. Ye. How dare I give you any advice?” Sikong Youlan said with a smile, covering her mouth. At this moment, she was not as bold and spirited as Ye Feng had seen her last time; instead, she carried a greater sense of femininity. “It’s like this: I have a few clients who want to purchase some items from you, Mr. Ye.”