Transcending Limits 66 The Auction

Everyone was in a party dress, ahem, stylish clothes as they entered the auction. The seats were packed despite the outrageous entry fee.

Whistling lightly, Sheng Tian made his way in with a new disguise of a 25-year-old handsome man. The last time, he came to auction the manual in the disguise of 'Ling Tian'. Hence, he didn't want to enter in his 'true form' lest it might lead to suspicions from some 'intelligent' people that are often present in the novels.

A huge stage held the attention of the audience. There were three layers of seatings following hierarchy. The lowest one is the cheapest. The seats at a higher height equivalent to the seats on a higher floor being costlier. Finally, the VIP rooms being the absolute luxury at the top.

Sheng Tian sat in the second layer.

There were multiple screens projecting the stage, so no one would have any problem viewing the auction items.

His eye caught a person's silhouette. He stood up and walked towards the person. The person is in a group of elites. Most people wouldn't dare to even walk near them. He, however, just pa.s.sed by her and spoke in a low voice "Miss Ice G.o.ddess wouldn't benefit from buying the main item."

Without even giving the surrounding people to react, he left as soon as he appeared.

The person he talked to—Leng Yue Yan, had her eyes wide open. She entered the auction for the Cultivation Manual. Her master arrived at the Qin Capital representing the sect. And she is representing the younger generations of the sect in the auction.

The voice, tone, way of address, she was sure that he was 'Ling Tian' she knew. She also saw an extremely handsome young man in the room with Meng Xin the other day. He should be the true form of 'Ling Tian'—Sheng Tian. But just who exactly is he?

She was 95% sure that both are the same person. But who is real and who is fake? And the form he is in now seems to be different from Ling Tian and Sheng Tian. And about the thing he told her just now....what did it mean she wouldn't benefit buying the manual?

The Ice G.o.ddess got perplexed at the situation. She didn't know what to do. This was not completely under her control. Looking at the questioning gazes of her fellow sect disciples, she chose to remain silent. It is better not to divulge his ident.i.ty since he is somehow related to her only best friend Meng Xin.

As his words resounded in her mind, she reached the VIP room.

In the next VIP room, a handsome young man sat with a sword by his side with a beautiful young woman and the sword duo brothers. They were none other than Ling Chen and Liu Feifei representing the Sacred Sword Sect.

In the VIP room a.s.signed to Blazing Fire Sect, an ordinary looking youth sat with two young men and a woman. These were clearly the people who talked about the battle in the restaurant.

For the Rising Valley Sect, a very handsome and scholarly Young Man sat with two ladies. He had the aura of a n.o.ble, graceful scholar with no sense of danger at all. However, his eyes were filled with shrewdness.

In the Qin Clan sect, Qin Qing was present along with Qin Lie. Surprisingly, they somehow mended their relations.h.i.+p.

Representing the Yang Clan was a st.u.r.dy looking teenager with a woman in each hand. His hands were roaming their bodies and the sounds of panting increased with each pa.s.sing second.

For the Lin Clan, their Young Miss sat with a haughty look on her face. Even her clothes couldn't cover the arrogance coming from her bones. She had a young man and woman accompanying her.

Finally, there was Xiao Clan. There were four people sitting in the room but there were clearly two distinct factions. Both had a man and a woman as the four people represented the Xiao Clan.

While the juniors of the faction came to the auction, the Seniors were in the Qin Clan territory.

Each region of the Continent had a Sect and a Clan. In a sense, they are like King and the protector. When a Clan faces something they are unable to solve, it's usually the Sect which helps them. Hence, one can say that the bonds between them run deep.

However, a Sect is still a Sect and a Clan is still a Clan. No one wanted to back down from the compet.i.tion. Each man for himself.

...... ........ ....... ........

Far away from the Qin Capital:

In a magnificent building exuding elegance and royalty:

*Crack*

An exquisite drinking gla.s.s was crushed in a fierce palm as the red wine splashed on the ground.

Wiping the wine from his hand, the man with the mask looked at the two shattered crystals in front of him. One of the gla.s.ses was in the shape of "W", the other "S".

Recalling them, he clenched his fist and said "Blood Wolf and Alluring Snake. You both died before we even conquered a single continent. It's a disgrace for the commanders who led the devils who almost conquered the Mythical World to die so easily."

"Lu Xiya, you disobeyed orders and went ahead to find Blood Wolf. It's a crime. I should be the one to punish you. The one responsible for your death won't be spared from the most cruel torture." Extreme killing intent seeped out of his eyes.

"However, Alluring Snake Devil at least managed to achieve something before her death. Fear. She planted the seeds of fear inside the hearts of those people. Once we show them our power, they would lose all sorts of resistance and bow their heads." He laughed arrogantly.

"The time is drawing closer-kill the chicken to scare the monkeys." he slowly muttered looking out of the window as the lofty sight of the Royal Capital enters his vision.

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Soon, the Auction began. The auctioneer was a Young Woman who seemed to be in her mid-twenties. She wore a fiery red dress with lots of openings. She is a gorgeous and s.e.xy. And not just that, she emitted a charm which affected a large number of people below.

Even though the charming profound skill she used was not as strong as Alluring Snake, it was commendable.

Sheng Tian squinted his eyes at the Young Woman, for he knew that she was a daughter from one of the n.o.ble families-which are just below the clans, and her cultivation itself was Sky realm peak. There is no way this woman is taken advantage of!

Everything turned dark leaving only the stage in light.

The auctioneer spoke in a clear and enchanting voice "Everyone attending the auction, I promise you that you will not only be not disappointed by the displays and they would even exceed your expectations. I am looking forward to who will be the lucky owners of the items.

The first auctioned item is here."

Few beautiful girls brought a tray covered with a red silk cloth. The auctioneer gracefully took out the red cloth to reveal a bowl filled with brown soil. "This treasure is called the 'Great Soil blessing'. Any herb which is grown in this soil would mature at least thirty times faster, the upper limit is unknown."

"Hiss."

Everyone sucked a breath of cold air. This is a really divine treasure for any big organisations. If they are able to use this along it for a precious tree, then.....it would be unimaginable!

Sheng Tian was also not expecting such a treasure but aii, he had no use for that. For him, herbs are supposed to be plucked not grown. And it's not like he knew any alchemy.

"The base price is 1,000 mid-grade spirit stones. Each increment should not be less than 100 spirit stones. Now, the bidding begins."

"2,000 spirit stones." a plump woman shouted.

"2,200 stones." an elegant young man competed.

"2,500 stones."

"4,000 stones." an unrestrained voice shot out, everyone looked at the high-level seatings and found a Man in his thirties. He looked extremely robust and had a strong aura.

"5,000 stones. I hope everyone can give me face." a female voice sounded as a middle-aged woman spoke from the same row.

The man in thirties grit his teeth.

"10,000 stones." an overbearing price with an even more overbearing tone shocked everyone. "I see that this can be very useful for my Sect. I don't see a reason to not take it." the voice send everyone to shock.

Sects.....it's a giant no one wanted to offend.

Sheng Tian knew that this came from the Blazing Fire Sect. They are known for their explosive temper.

"15,000 stones." a sharp voice sounded as Ling Chen bid from the VIP room.

Sheng Tian started eating his mutton skewers as he enjoyed the show. He was even thinking of writing poetry in his free time.

Why waste time on growing herbs when he can just steal, ahem, borrow them?

"18,000 stones" the Rising Valley sect disciple entered the war.

"25,000" an extremely cold voice chilled everyone's back as the bid continued.

Sheng Tian smiled lightly as he imagined the Ice G.o.ddess making the bid with an ice cold indifferent expression. He should have gone to her room to see that!

"26,000" the bid went on.

Sheng Tian was munching on his mutton skewers without care as the bid came to an end. The soil was brought for 30,000 low-grade stones by Blazing Flame Sect.

The next item was a broken heavy sword filled with ancient inscriptions. Though broken, it had an great power and was able to cut diamond like b.u.t.ter.

It was sold for 45,000 mid-grade stones. The auction continued as Sheng Tian dozed off after asking Xiao Lian to watch out for anything useful.

Fortunately, everyone was focused on the auction and the whole place is dark, so no one spotted this unusual sleeping fellow.

Xiao Lian sighed lightly. Without any hesitation, she took the remaining mutton skewers in his hands and started eating. She thought 'One shouldn't waste food. If you don't want to eat, fine then! I shall bear the weight and finish this tasty mutton skewers.' she couldn't help but praise herself for her generosity.

Yang Monarch Flower, Moonstone, Purple Red Ore, ... these were materials one rarer than the other. Most of the ones in the auction hall only heard of them but never had the chance to see them...until today.

The major sects didn't monopolize everything and left some leeway for the clans and others. After all, incurring public wrath was not a good option.

There was a profound art called "Thousand Fart" which caused a huge commotion. That is, with how lofty and n.o.ble the Auction House is, how can they sell art with such a cheap sounding name?

Even the face of the auctioneer was red when she introduced the item.

However, the effects of the technique left everyone dumbfounded. Once one reaches the peak of the art, they can fart a thousand times.

These farts are fuelled by Wind Profound Energy as they carry the gas. Thus over the fart, he has control over Wind Elemental Energy.

Not only that, but he can also use the Fire Profound Energy to blast the fart creating a giant explosion. A single profound art was able to use two types of elemental profound energies. How awesome was that?

But the marvel of the technique doesn't end there, the cultivator can also use Ice Profound energy to condense the fart into icicles and pierce his enemies or he can just use Ice Profound Energy to make his fart extremely cold and thus freeze his enemies or kill them by freezing the fart they inhaled into their lungs.

It had control over three Elemental Energies. It was an absolutely terrifying fart!

As everyone imagined how they could be killed by a random fart, they looked at other's a.s.ses in fear. After all, your enemy can just fart you to kill you and you wouldn't even know how you died!

Xiao Lian jaw dropped long ago and decided that if Sheng Tian seem to wake up, she would knock him out, even if she had to unseal her powers!

She didn't dare to imagine the dark future if Sheng Tian gets his hand on this technique. She guessed that this might be the legacy of that Old b.a.s.t.a.r.d Fart Lord.

Previously, Sheng Tian told her about his tale many times and couldn't stop laughing. Xiao Lian didn't want him to become the New Fart Lord.

Thankfully, the rising valley sect won it. But no one dared to joke at them openly.

With occasional controversies and conflicts between the future leaders of the Greatest Powers, the auction drew closer to the end.

Ling Chen rebuked both Blazing Flame sect and Rising Valley Sect as he increased the price of the items he couldn't get or brought what he wanted without forgetting to mock them.

Only the last three items were left.

Time seemed to slow down. Everyone felt their breathing ragged, there were even some moans here and there. If no one knew that this was an auction hall, they would have thought that this is a high-cla.s.s brothel with the pants in the air.

Then, the auctioneer's alluring lips slowly moved as she spoke word by word "The third item before the end, ..." slowly removed the red cloth over the trolley.

A red cloth was shown as it covered the item underneath. The auctioneer took a look at everyone as if to see the growing antic.i.p.ation in their hearts. She took off the final red cloth with extreme care.

Everyone saw a transparent Container. There was a thick white fluid in it. Everyone squinted at the sticky substance. All the men were reminded of something and gave a 'I know what it is' look.

"This is 1,000-year virgin milk. It is found in ancient ruins and was stored in a jade container . A huge price was paid to obtain it.

As the legends say, one drop of the virgin milk can increase your cultivation speed by at least 20%, enhance your const.i.tution and increase your talent. This bottle contains 100 drops of the Virgin milk.

Though the effects do not stack, if you can use it properly, it can change your life!"

Everyone felt their hearts tighten as they looked at the Virgin Milk and wanted nothing but to have a drop, well, except a sleepy someone.

Xiao Lian saw Sheng Tian's sleeping face forming a naughty smile, it was even a bit....lecherous.

She thought to her self 'Who knew what this pervert is dreaming of? If he is dreaming of inappropriate things about me...Hmph! I will show him who is the boss.'

Then, she a.n.a.lysed the Virgin Milk. Glancing at Sheng Tian, she shook her head in defeat.

With his body having the bloodline and marrow of a Dragon G.o.d alone made his body transcend mortal limits. Even though he is not a divine pract.i.tioner yet, his body's grade is definitely above the mortals. So, the Virgin Milk would have no effect on him.

In fact, she knew that he had secrets beyond the scope of Divine Realm itself. His abnormal battle power, his beyond perfect const.i.tution and the most surprising thing—his profound veins only 'added' the attributes of Dragon G.o.d veins, and didn't transform into the Dragon G.o.d Veins themselves.

As if that wasn't enough, his Dragon bloodline was very docile and didn't ever try to become his main bloodline. It was as if it was a part of his original bloodline.

It was inconceivable as dragons are known to be proud creatures, down to their last drop of blood. The dragon blood not wreaking havoc was an unfathomable mystery, which even the Mythical G.o.ds wouldn't be able to explain.

'As expected of this pervert, he is too awesome. At least, he has the right to brag.' She thought.

She wanted to pinch his cheeks and praise him but held herself back thinking of the smug expression he would give her.

And their first kiss appeared in her mind from time to time.

It was short, yet pa.s.sionate, filled with sincerity. She didn't know what happened until everything was over.

He should have told her to prepare! She stomped her foot in anger. Doesn't this fellow know how important her first kiss was?!

The bid has begun and this time, a bizarre thing happened. Qin Clan and Mystic Ice sect formed an alliance, and bid together for the Virgin Milk.

With a clan and a sect combined, others had no chance. So, the only option-get into an alliance themselves.

Thus the eight compet.i.tors turned four as each Sect and Clan of the same region made a bid together.

This made the auction only more intense. But everyone knew that it was all worth it. At least 20% increase in cultivation speed means a cultivator can become an Emperor at 80 instead of 100. That is saving a total of 20 years. And it only increases as time pa.s.ses!

Also, the increase of const.i.tution is a marvelous effect that everyone wanted. A better const.i.tution gives a better battle power and an edge over peers in practicing profound arts. Things started getting spicy.

East-Xiao Clan and Rising Valley Sect.

West-Yang Clan and Sacred Sword Sect.

North-Lin Clan and Blazing Fire Sect.

South-Qin Clan and Mystic Ice Sect.

"5 million mid-grade stones." North side.

"15 million" West side.

"30 million!" North Side.

The biddings went higher and higher and even the ones in the VIP rooms felt their breath ragged.

The Ice G.o.ddess decided to trust Sheng Tian on this one. They were acquaintances and can be considered battle comrades. Besides the fact that he had no reason to deceive her, he was someone Meng Xin had some relations.h.i.+p with.

Hence, she decided to not hold back like the rest who were saving up for the final item.

"50 million!" South Side.

Her bid hit everyone's bottom line. Even though their organisations gave them the fortune to get the items in the auction, they emphasised the Cultivation technique more than anything else!

Everyone knew that the battle at the end would be the fiercest. So, they had to save up all they could.

Hence, this move by Ice G.o.ddess left them in an awkward defeat. But they let it go.

For a gentleman knows better than to fight when the odds are against him.

Xiao Lian gaze penetrated the special gla.s.s of the VIP room and gazed straight at the Ice G.o.ddess.

She saw Leng Yue Yan having the same ice-cold expression, but her fists were clenched and a look of belief was displayed in her eyes.

It seems that making this decision was hard for her. She needs to have faith in Sheng Tian and their relations.h.i.+p to take this risk.

Xiao Lian smiled in approval.

It seems like this girl is not bad. She can be a good wife. But thinking of the victory smile Sheng Tian would have if she showed him her approval of the Ice G.o.ddess, she decided to shut her mouth and let the pervert suffer.

'Hmph! This Divine Lady is right before your eyes and you go for others. Why don't you just sleep on her lap then?' she scolded him as her mind was filled with jealousy.

'But.....think that I owe you in my past life. I know I can't stop you. You would be happy like this.' a sad yet genuine smile appeared on her face. she felt that it would be worth it for his happiness.

Xiao Lian had to take a great effort to say those words. After all, who would want their loved one to love someone else besides themselves? But Xiao Lian thought out things from Sheng Tian's perspective.

A guy from college on earth, who loved reading novels came to a world full of cultivation. When he can break all the laws and customs from his previous world, would he still stick to monogamy?

The answer is definitely a no! If she did force him to give up the rest of the members he is interested in, though he might not reject her, it would still be painful to him.

Wanting to let him be with her alone is going to be painful for both of them in the long run.

So, Instead of stopping it forcefully why not embrace what is to come and be happy for the rest of their lives? Though it might be difficult for her at the beginning, once she gets used to it, then everything will be alright.

She is faithful in him that his feelings for her would never decrease. This way, she could also make sure that everything will be fine in the future.

After all, Polygamy is a very common custom in Divine World and all the cultivation worlds.

Xiao Lian who always acted spoiled, mischievous exhibited shocking wisdom on this occasion.

That is to say, she is not ignorant. She is simply playful but stunningly mature in some matters. She is indeed qualified for a top female lead.

'But if you dare to neglect me, Hmph! I won't let you have your darling sleep, never!' she warned him in her mind as she imagined herself threatening him and him obediently nodding his head.

She shook her head immediately. How can this guy be obedient? He is anything but that.

She was also feeling a little insecure. She didn't have a physical body currently, what if this fellow got impatient with his perverted fantasies?

Wouldn't she be the one to suffer the losses? 'Ai, It seems like I need to find a sacrifice.' she thought.

Meng Xin and Leng Yue Yan suddenly felt their lips twitch for some reason.

And the instigator, Xiao Lian was thinking hard and soft about testing the candidates who might possibly become her 'sisters'.

She was having a hard time trusting people. 'Trust' became a foreign word to her. Only Sheng Tian became her salvation from the darkness.

For her to trust others and especially accept someone as 'sister' is really really hard. But she knew that for her to be happy and lead a good life and for the people around her to be happy, she has to learn to trust people again.

Xiao Lian took a deep breath as she made the decision. Whether she lives past the three years or not, she would try her best to trust the people who deserved it. She is not doing this just for herself but also for both of them.