Chapter 694 - 691: Eastern Land’s First Divine Maiden

Chapter 694: Chapter 691: Eastern Land’s First Divine Maiden

All eyes were fixed on the auction platform!

There, a blue crystal stone had appeared.

A rich aura of water-elemental Spiritual Qi and Life Energy instantly filled the entire auction hall.

Mysterious, ancient patterns swirled across the blue crystal stone, making it look exceptionally remarkable.

"This is a Saint-level Top-Grade Life Crystal. Due to a great upheaval in the world, it fell from the Life Spirit River into a spatiotemporal passage, where someone chanced upon it."

"The Life Crystal is not only ethereal and beautiful, but more importantly, it possesses unrivaled healing abilities and a vast, supremely pure reserve of Life Energy."

"Even an expert at the Eighth Layer of the Holy Dao, no matter how grievously wounded, can be restored to perfect condition in an instant with a single Saint-level Top-Grade Life Crystal, so long as a single breath of life remains!"

"The bidding starts at ten thousand Top-Grade Holy Spirit Stones!"

The auctioneer concluded his passionate introduction by announcing the starting bid.

Top-Grade Holy Spirit Stones were the highest grade of Spirit Stone in existence.

Anything higher was a currency that transcended Spirit Stones, known as Primordial Stones!

Primordial Stones were Cultivation Resources that, generally, only figures at the Supreme realm and above could utilize.

Ten thousand Top-Grade Holy Spirit Stones—it was an astronomical price!

That was equivalent to ten million Low-grade Holy Spirit Stones!

The crowd was utterly shocked, but a Saint-level Top-Grade Life Crystal was clearly worth the price.

Auctions usually featured their headline treasures at the beginning and the end.

The appearance of the Saint-level Top-Grade Life Crystal sent a wave of commotion through the hall.

After all, for an expert at the Eighth Layer of the Holy Dao, possessing this Saint-level Top-Grade Life Crystal was like having an extra life in battle.

Therefore, this Saint-level Life Crystal was bound to be fiercely contested by many powerful experts.

’A fine treasure, indeed, but a shame it’s useless to me.’

Jiang Jichen thought to himself.

And it was true; the Saint-level Top-Grade Life Crystal was of little use to him.

He possessed both the Demon Phoenix Technique and the Undying Scripture, granting him a vast and peerless Life Force and an innate ability for self-recovery.

Beside him, the young cultivator Wentian’s eyes gleamed with fascination as he exclaimed in awe, "What an incredible treasure! If I had more Spirit Stones than I could ever spend, I’d buy it in a heartbeat!"

The young Wentian continued, practically drooling as he daydreamed.

"Heh... Some piece of trash who probably can’t even produce a single Top-Grade Holy Spirit Stone dares to spout such shameless nonsense. How ridiculous!"

Just then, a derisive voice sounded from nearby.

Jiang Jichen glanced over. The speaker looked like a young master, dressed in fine clothes and adorned with impressive accessories, all of which were powerful Secret Artifacts.

Clearly, he was a Cultivator with a wealthy background.

However, his family’s standing had its limits; otherwise, he wouldn’t be on the lowest floor.

Wentian flushed with shame at being mocked, looking incredibly embarrassed.

But Jiang Jichen said calmly, "If you don’t even dare to dream or speak boldly, how will you ever find the heart and motivation for the pursuit?"

"Wentian, Brother Jiang believes in you. It’s only a Saint-level Top-Grade Life Crystal. I’m sure that one day, you’ll be able to acquire one without a second thought!"

Hearing Jiang Jichen’s words, an inexplicable surge of confidence welled up inside Wentian.

At that moment, he felt there was something truly extraordinary about the Brother Jiang before him.

His every gesture, his very speech, carried the air of one who could look down upon the world and dominate the Nine Heavens.

"Brother Jiang, do you really think so?"

The young cultivator Wentian never imagined that this young man of the Holy Dao realm would not only refrain from mocking him but actually encourage and trust him.

He found it almost unbelievable.

"Of course you can!"

Jiang Jichen’s response was confident and direct.

"Haha... Morons only associate with other morons, and trash only clumps together with other trash. The ancients were right all along!"

The man’s friend, who had accompanied him, also chimed in with a sneer.

In an instant, both Jiang Jichen and the young cultivator Wentian became the targets of the group’s ridicule.

"You..."

Wentian, being young and hot-blooded, was about to retort.

He could take the insults, but he couldn’t stand seeing Brother Jiang get dragged into this because of him.

But Jiang Jichen stopped him. "Calm down. If we were outside, we could just kill people like them. Here, we’ll just humiliate them in a moment."

"You..."

Hearing Jiang Jichen’s words, the expressions of the wealthy young man and his friends changed dramatically.

But clearly, they couldn’t start a fight here.

"Wait until they’re out of the Five Domains Marketplace. Kill them!"

"How dare you offend Young Master Jin of the Five Domains Marketplace! You’re dead!" clamored the friend of the wealthy young Cultivator.

These people were all Cultivators between the First and Second Layers of the Holy Dao, their Cultivation levels far from ordinary.

No wonder they were so arrogant!

Naturally, this scene drew a lot of attention.

"They offended Young Master Jin of the Jin Family from the Eastern Five Domains Square. What a pity. Those two won’t live long."

"Heh, they can only get away with bullying low-level Loose Cultivators!"

Some Cultivators whispered among themselves.

But their whispers were soon drowned out by a new round of bidding.

The bidding for the Saint-level Top-Grade Life Crystal had reached a sky-high price.

"One hundred thousand Top-Grade Holy Spirit Stones!"

A calm voice drifted down from a private room on the third floor.

It had doubled the previous bid in one go.

Furthermore, it was a woman’s voice, delicate and enchanting.

"It’s the Eastern Land’s First Divine Maiden, Luoo Xiaoshuang!"

"It’s really her! Heavens, if I could just catch a glimpse of the Divine Maiden’s face, I would have no regrets in this life."

"Goddess Luoo reached the Eighth Layer of the Saint Realm in less than fifty years of cultivation. She’s the youngest Great Saint in the Eastern Land!"

"Now that the Goddess has spoken, I doubt anyone will dare compete with her!"

...

The crowd below broke into hushed discussion.

Even Young Master Jin and his group, who had just been mocking, sneering, and threatening to kill Jiang Jichen, now wore expressions of complete infatuation.

In the end, no one competed with Goddess Luoo, and she won the Saint-level Top-Grade Life Crystal.

The auction continued!

Although the next items were all supreme treasures, they naturally couldn’t compare to the Saint-level Top-Grade Life Crystal.

Just then, a blood-red, thumb-sized fruit was presented on the auction platform.

"The Nether Blood Fruit. Rumor has it that it comes from the Netherworld and can only grow in desolate lands rich with Nether Qi. Its uses are limited, but its value lies in its rarity. It can also be used to awaken the Netherworld King’s bloodline in your body—assuming, of course, that you possess a dormant Netherworld King bloodline to begin with."

"Of course, due to its rarity, many are still willing to purchase it as a collector’s item."

"The starting bid is ten thousand Low-grade Holy Spirit Stones!"

The auctioneer’s voice had barely faded when the young cultivator Wentian exclaimed, "That’s it! The Nether Blood Fruit is what I came for! Haha... Brother Jiang, it’s finally here!"

"Congratulations!"

Jiang Jichen was genuinely happy for him.

"Heh, so what if you want it? We’ll see if you can even outbid anyone!"

However, just then, Young Master Jin’s derisive voice rang out once more.