Chapter 358: Bidding War

"Two million six hundred thousand top grade spirit stones, once!"

"Two million six hundred thousand top grade spirit stones, twice!"

"Guest in Seat Ninety One bids three million top grade spirit stones!"

"Three million top grade spirit stones! Does anyone wish to raise the bid?"

"Three million top grade spirit stones, once!"

"Three..."

"Uh! Guest in Private Room Ninety Nine bids thirty thousand supreme grade spirit stones!"

"Young’er, if it’s something you care about, you should at least bid more seriously! Look, you almost missed it."

After entering the bid, Xiao Shou glared at Fu Young.

Fu Young looked at him with an aggrieved expression. "I saw it dissolving all that garbage earlier. It was disgusting, so I didn’t want it anymore."

"Hey! You’re a man. How can you worry about something so trivial? Being a clean freak is usually more common among women!" Xiao Shou then sighed helplessly and said, "Forget it. I’ll buy it. What you do with it afterward is up to you!"

"Oh!" Fu Young could only respond helplessly. Both of them had assumed that thirty thousand supreme grade spirit stones would be more than enough to secure the Crimson Earth.

However, at that moment, the auctioneer suddenly shouted in an almost cracking voice.

"Guest in Seat Ninety One bids one Ten Thousand Year Five Colored Jade Lotus, valued at fifty thousand supreme grade spirit stones! Does anyone wish to raise the bid? Fifty thousand supreme grade spirit stones..."

"Private Room Ninety Nine bids one hundred thousand supreme grade spirit stones! One hundred thousand..."

"Who could the person in Seat Ninety One be? Someone actually capable of bringing out a Ten Thousand Year Five Colored Jade Lotus!" Xiao Shou rubbed his forehead as he thought about the extremely generous bidder who had already purchased quite a few valuable treasures during the auction.

Why was he sitting in the main hall instead of taking a private room?

Fu Young wore an expression that suggested everything was already within his expectations. "Who else could it be except someone capable of using the Heavenly Orb to cultivate large quantities of spiritual herbs?"

"Xiao Ran?"

Ah! That actually made sense.

The Heaven Origin Grand Competition had been moved forward, but as a disciple of an Heavenly Void sect, Xiao Ran would naturally still participate.

Since she had come to the Holy City, there was no way she would miss the auction and now that she was here, even though the plot had already changed beyond recognition, her connection to the Crimson Earth would not disappear.

So... ╮(╯▽╰)╭

How had he not thought of this?

Before leaving, he had even deliberately checked his notes to see roughly what part of the story Xiao Ran would be involved in when she was twenty seven.

After all, several months had already passed since Xiao Ran escaped. There was a chance that she had somehow been pushed back toward the original plot.

Didn’t novels always say that the plot possessed an incredibly powerful ability to repair itself?

Who could have expected that this troublesome little creature called "the plot" would be so stubborn?

Once it was led astray, it simply refused to come back.

That had rendered all his notes practically useless.

Now Xiao Ran was appearing everywhere, desperately forcing her presence into the story.

Sigh.

How was he supposed to recharge his intelligence so that he could become as clever as his beloved disciple?

Fu Young seemed capable of thinking of everything and predicting everything.

Meanwhile, Xiao Shou could only sit there miserably, lost in his own thoughts.

It seemed like he had dealt quite a blow to his Master.

Should I pretend to be an idiot for a while?

Fu Young was having similar thoughts. Even while their minds wandered, however, neither of them forgot to place their bids.

The price quickly climbed all the way to three hundred thousand supreme grade spirit stones.

At this moment, Xiao Ran who is sitting in Seat Ninety One was about to use her bidding artifact to add another valuable spiritual herb when a voice suddenly rang out inside her mind. "Enough, idiot! Do you want to die here?"

"But Ting Lu, I can feel that the Crimson Earth is extremely important to me. If I miss it, I will definitely regret it," Xiao Ran said unwillingly.

Ting Lu’s voice was cold and filled with intense impatience. "Then choose for yourself. Do you want to die here in the Holy City, or would you rather live with the regret and find another opportunity to take it back later?"

"I understand." After hearing this, Xiao Ran reluctantly nodded. Her cold expression then transformed into an extremely gentle one. "Ting Lu, thank you. If you hadn’t warned me, I would have made a terrible mistake. Sigh... I wonder who the person in Private Room Ninety Nine is. They are incredibly generous. Three hundred thousand supreme grade spirit stones is practically equivalent to all the spiritual veins and spirit mines owned by a major sect, isn’t it?"

Perhaps influenced by Xiao Ran’s gentle voice, Ting Lu’s tone became less harsh, although he was still far from polite. "You don’t need to concern yourself with who they are. In any case, they are all people you cannot afford to provoke. Just cultivate quietly and honestly. Only by ascending to the Immortal Realm as soon as possible will you have a chance to find the materials needed to repair the place where I reside."

"Yes. You are my ancestor and the source of my bloodline. I am willing to do anything for you." Xiao Ran spoke words sweeter than anyone else could have imagined and her expression quickly transformed from that of an icy beauty into that of a gentle and refined young woman.

At that moment, the auctioneer shouted himself hoarse.

"Three hundred thousand supreme grade spirit stones, once!"

"Three hundred thousand supreme grade spirit stones, twice!"

"Three hundred thousand supreme grade spirit stones, three times!"

"Sold!"

When those words rang out, Yu Lin who was sitting in Seat One Hundred Twenty One angrily slammed her hand against the armrest.