Chapter 2359: Chapter 2338: Internal Auction Sky-High Price

At this time, Lin Feng had already arrived at a place seven hundred li away from Ning City. He picked a very special spot. The reason he came so far was that he now had enough Yuan Stones on hand to squander, and he wanted to set up a large Spirit Gathering Array to speed up his Yuangang Transformation!

This place was called special because it was surrounded by mountains on three sides, each thousands of zhang high. Lin Feng could safely set up the Spirit Gathering Array without disturbing the direction of Ning City. He only needed to pay attention to the mountain pass and avoid attracting any powerful Demon Beasts.

As for this point, Lin Feng had already come up with a countermeasure. First, he laid down an enormous Maze Formation at the mountain pass. And to make sure the Maze Formation could truly confuse and trap enemies, he spared no expense setting up this Super Maze, burning through several thousand Yuan Stones and some rare formation materials. At the same time, he stationed the Fire Spirit Xiao Huo at the mouth of the valley; once any Demon Beasts rushed into the Maze Formation, they were to be slaughtered on the spot!

After making all these preparations, Lin Feng directly set up a Spirit Gathering Array with one hundred thousand Yuan Stones this time. He was going to run an experiment: if it worked, his speed in Transforming Yuan Gang would increase dramatically. If things went as he hoped, finishing this transformation within a few years would be perfectly normal.

Under Lin Feng’s incomparable Divine Sense, arranging this Super Spirit Gathering Array didn’t take long at all. It took him less than an hour. Sitting atop the Formation Eye, Lin Feng himself was looking forward to what kind of result this attempt would bring. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"Boom!"

With a low rumbling shock, the Super Spirit Gathering Array was activated. In an instant the Formation took shape, and began devouring Spiritual Energy from within a radius of dozens of li like a whale gulping water. The sky changed dramatically in a single moment. Almost instantly a super tornado formed, and all the Spiritual Energy in that radius surged toward the Spirit Gathering Array. Within dozens of li around him, a storm was born out of thin air...

As for Lin Feng at the center of the Formation, he was already completely enveloped by Yuan Energy. It was no exaggeration to say that even if the Yuan Energy around him had not yet reached the point of liquefaction, it wasn’t far off. Faced with this situation, Lin Feng felt that the almost tangible Yuan Energy was frantically drilling into his body, as if it were trying to suffocate him. He had no time to think about anything else, and immediately started to Circulate the spell for Yuangang Transformation, beginning a new round of Yuangang Transformation.

Boss... Boss is too freakish!

Tangyuan stood far away, watching Lin Feng at the center of that storm, staring at the almost liquefied Yuan Energy around him. Its beady little eyes were about to pop. It never imagined the scene around Lin Feng this time would be so outrageous. Last time Lin Feng had set up a Spirit Gathering Array with ten thousand Yuan Stones; now he was using a Spirit Gathering Array formed from one hundred thousand Yuan Stones. This was basically burning Yuan Stones. Except for Lin Feng, probably no one else could do such a thing. It was just too over the top. If only all those Yuan Stones had been given to it instead...

Meanwhile, on the other side, the higher-ups inside the Myriad Gods Tower had all heard the news about Scarlet Beauty. In an instant almost everyone within the Myriad Gods Tower went crazy. After all, it was Scarlet Beauty. Who didn’t have a Dao Companion? A treasure like Scarlet Beauty was irresistible to any woman, so even the high-levels of the Myriad Gods Tower specially invited the Ten Great Elders and the two protectors. As for the elusive Tower Master of Myriad Gods, who appeared and disappeared like a divine dragon, they wanted to notify him too, but they couldn’t find any trace of the Tower Master, and there was nothing they could do.

Looking at the full room of people, Great Elder Xu Li placed the Scarlet Beauty in front of everyone and let them examine whether the Scarlet Beauty was genuine. Instantly, the hearts of all the Elders’ Dao Companions were moved.

"Great Elder, this Scarlet Beauty is indeed real. I wonder how exactly these Scarlet Beauty are going to be auctioned?" At this moment, the Dao Companion of the Seventh Elder spoke up, her eyes fixed on the Scarlet Beauty, shining with an unusual light.

"Great Elder, how should it be auctioned? You make the call." Another Elder’s Dao Companion also spoke at this time. This was the question she cared about most.

Although the other women didn’t speak, they all turned their gaze to the Great Elder. Their meaning was obvious: the value of Scarlet Beauty was extraordinary, and they all wanted to know whether they could buy it directly.

Seeing how excited they all were, Xu Li smiled calmly and said to them, "In fact you all failed to notice that the container holding the Scarlet Beauty is itself a Space Treasure with four times the internal space. So in reality, the amount of Scarlet Beauty is four times what you see. Considering the true value of this item, auctioning it off in separate lots would be inappropriate, and the consignor has also requested that it be sold as a whole. The reserve price is three million Yuan Stones. You all know that this much Scarlet Beauty and a single bottle of Scarlet Beauty are on completely different levels of value. If this were put up for an open auction outside, its final price is something no one could even imagine!"

"Then I’ll bid three million Yuan Stones!" The Ninth Elder immediately called out a price. He could still take out this many Yuan Stones. To exchange it for more than four thousand years of unchanged youth for his Dao Companion was definitely worth it.

"I’ll bid three point two million Yuan Stones!" At this moment, the Dao Companion of the Tenth Elder also shouted out a bid, then pleaded to the Tenth Elder in a beseeching tone, "I don’t have enough for this price on my own. Can you make up another one million Yuan Stones for me?"

The Tenth Elder gave a wry smile and nodded. How could he not understand the attraction of Scarlet Beauty to women? Chipping in to win his Dao Companion’s favor was also worth it. Besides, his Dao Companion was already beautiful; if she could keep her youthful looks forever, a few Yuan Stones really didn’t matter.

"Three point three million Yuan Stones!"

"Three point four million Yuan Stones!"

"Three point five million Yuan Stones!"

...

Once the first two people opened the bidding, everyone else followed suit and started calling out prices. The price shot up all the way until it reached four point three million Yuan Stones before slowing down. It wasn’t that the price was too high, but that none of them had that many Yuan Stones. At their level, Yuan Stones were basically no longer of much use to them, and the Yuan Stones they still had on hand were just leftovers they hadn’t spent in the past.

"Great Elder, we don’t have enough Yuan Stones. Can we use other things instead?" The Third Elder saw how much his Dao Companion liked it, but he didn’t have enough Yuan Stones left to keep bidding. He looked at the Great Elder and asked.

"Of course. But the consignor has set conditions: only life-preserving Dharma Treasures and Elixirs, or Alchemy Prescriptions and artifact manuals. Nothing else will be accepted." The Great Elder smiled as he replied. He knew that this was where the real bidding would begin, and he also wanted to see what kind of price this Scarlet Beauty would fetch within their internal auction.

"I bid four million Yuan Stones plus one Heavenly Dragon Nine Apertures Pill!"

"I bid four million Yuan Stones plus one Nine Dragons Heart Attack Kite!"

"I bid four million Yuan Stones plus..."

...

One after another, everyone offered the highest bids they could muster. Because there was simply too much Scarlet Beauty in this Heavenly Origin Treasure Box, everyone went insane. The Elders and protectors present all felt a deep ache in their hearts, but for the sake of their Dao Companions, they had no choice but to keep bidding.

In the end, it was the Third Elder who won the Scarlet Beauty with four point five million Yuan Stones plus the Dragon’s Chant Armor and two Life-Snatching Nine Hearts Pills, leaving the other Elders and protectors utterly helpless. Calculated together, the value had already exceeded seven million Yuan Stones, and the others simply couldn’t afford to trade away their remaining items. They could only watch as the Third Elder took this whole box of Scarlet Beauty.

After the auction succeeded, the Third Elder’s Dao Companion showed some tact. She gave two bottles of Scarlet Beauty to each of the other women so as not to damage their sisterly bonds. Then, right in front of them, she drank down all the remaining Scarlet Beauty. Doing it this way also saved her from future trouble—no one would come asking her for any, and she wouldn’t have to feel embarrassed about refusing.

When the auction ended and everyone else had left, the Great Elder looked at the four point five million Yuan Stones, the Dragon’s Chant Armor, and the Life-Snatching Nine Hearts Pills in his hands, unable to hide the envy in his eyes. In his heart he marveled at the luck of the person Elder Chu had mentioned, someone who had actually managed to find so much Scarlet Beauty. He even thought of something else: he didn’t know if the person Elder Chu mentioned still had more Scarlet Beauty. If there was more and it entered the Myriad Gods Tower’s auction, what kind of sky-high price would it fetch?

Thinking of this, he immediately went back to his residence and activated the Exquisite Tower to contact Elder Chu.

"Great Elder, you..." Elder Chu was in his room appraising an item when the Exquisite Tower suddenly lit up. Seeing that it was the Great Elder, he immediately greeted him.

But before Elder Chu could finish his greeting, the Great Elder spoke first from the other side, "The Scarlet Beauty has been sold in the internal auction. In total: four point five million Yuan Stones, one Dragon’s Chant Armor, and two Life-Snatching Nine Hearts Pills."

"Ah! Th-this..." Hearing the Great Elder’s words, Elder Chu was dumbfounded on the spot. He knew the value of Scarlet Beauty, but even so, he had never imagined it would go for such a price. This was practically defying the heavens. And this was only an internal auction. If it were auctioned publicly outside, what kind of price would it reach? He couldn’t even begin to imagine...

"In fact this price is quite fair. You have to understand, the quantity of Scarlet Beauty you brought this time is unprecedented. No one has ever auctioned off so much at once before, so the greater the quantity, the higher the total value!" The Great Elder said with a smile, then continued, "I’d like you to check if that person still has any Scarlet Beauty. If it can be auctioned again, it would be quite an opportunity for both the Myriad Gods Tower and for you."

"I can ask, but I don’t know what the situation will be." Elder Chu nodded at his words. Of course he understood the Great Elder’s meaning. Bringing in such a heavyweight lot would be a tremendous merit. He might even get transferred to serve in a great city—or even a super city’s auction house.

"The value of this auction is too high. I’ll send you the proceeds directly using the auction house’s internal Teleportation Formation. You go and receive it." Seeing that everything had been arranged, the Great Elder said this and then cut off the communication between them.

Seeing that there was no longer any image on the Exquisite Tower, Elder Chu immediately rose and headed toward the auction house’s internal Teleportation Formation...