Book 11 Chapter 32

Auctioning The Sundering The Heavens Diagrams

On that day, the atmosphere was obviously different over the entire Snow Fish Island. The situation between the subordinates of the various factions were stabilized, and no one made any moves that would cause friction. At the same time, the interior of the central courtyard on Snow Fish Island also underwent a series of renovations, and Loose Practitioners of the Chaotic Astral Sea were individually scattered around the central courtyard.

“Depart.”

Reverend Ming Liang, Reverend Ming Shan, Reverend Lan Bing, Reverend Chi Yang, and Xue Yu Yang followed behind Sword Immortal Hua Yan as he took the lead, and directly walked towards the direction of the ‘Four-sided Courtyard’ where the auction event would be held.

Concurrently.

The Dragon Clan’s Emissary Ao Feng, together with Fang Tian beside him, advanced. Behind them were the three great elders, Ao Yan, Ao Xu, and Yan Shan.

Yu Liang, Kong Cao, Xing Shou, and Wu Shan were led by the Demon Realm’s Emissary — Purple-Eyed Bull Demon King ‘Man Gan’.

Wu Kong Xue, Lady Lian Yue, Fire Devil, and Wu Hei were led by Blood Devil ‘Du Zhong Jun’.

The people of those four sides came from the various places where they were staying, and all walked towards the courtyard where the auction event would be held — Four-sided Courtyard. No matter if, for the past few days, whether the various factions had secretly plotted against each other, flirted with each other, or if they were even shamed into anger, they all had smiles on their faces on that day.

Within the Four-sided Courtyard.

The setup of the Four-sided Courtyard was very simple. There were four circular stone tables that were arranged in one straight line to one same side. Meanwhile, in the opposite direction, there was a rectangular stone table and three chairs that were arranged side-by-side with each other.

In contrast, there were eight chairs surrounding each of the four circular stone tables.

Moreover, two rows of assistants stood within the courtyard, all of whom were people from the Chaotic Astral Sea.

There were three people who were currently sitting on the three chairs beside the rectangular table — Zong Jue, Lan Feng, and Qin Yu.

Qin Yu sat at the very center, while Zong Jue and Lan Feng sat beside him, one to his left and the other to his right. Since Qin Yu was the host of the current auction event, he naturally had to sit at the very center.

“Brother Lan Feng. For the past few days, the relationship between the various factions were very chaotic. However, it has now come to the final moment, and I also do not know who will receive this Sundering The Heavens Diagrams.” Zong Jue’s face carried a faint smile. He already had Qin Yu’s guarantee of a few places for his Chaotic Astral Sea to enter Ni Yang’s Realm.

Sundering The Heavens Diagrams?

Zong Jue was currently there only to watch a show.

Meanwhile, Qin Yu and Lan Feng were obviously also there to watch a show.

“What I do not know is how many pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stone will the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams finally be auctioned off for,” said Lan Feng with a slight smile on his face. He promptly looked at Qin Yu. “Qin Yu, take a guess. In the end, who do you think that the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams will belong to?”

“To me!”

A soft and melodic voice was heard. Immediately, Sword Immortal Hua Yan led five great martial experts and entered into the courtyard from the Western Door. Sword Immortal Hua Yan had a face that was brimming with confidence. “Brother Lan Feng, since you do not want this Sundering The Heavens Diagrams, then of course it is up to me to receive it. You are a Sword Immortal, while I am also a Sword Immortal. So, it is only natural that I receive it.”

Having said that, Sword Immortal Hua Yan led his men and took their seats.

“Everyone knows how to brag, but the reality is instead usually the opposite.”

An indifferent voice that was filled with an arrogant and overbearing tone resounded throughout the Four-sided Courtyard. Man Gan and his party stepped through the Eastern Door. His cold, purple coloured pupils lightly swept once over Hua Yan, revealing the hint of arrogance hidden in them.

Hua Yan, instead, politely smiled at Man Gan and nodded, seemingly not even in the least bit angry.

The reason why that courtyard was called Four-sided Courtyard, was because the courtyard was initially constructed solely for the current auctions, and had a total of four doors. Those four doors were, namely, Eastern Door, Western Door, Southern Door and Northern Door.

Promptly, Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun and his Loose Devils, as well as the Dragon Clan’s Ao Feng and his people walked in from the Northern Door and Southern Door, and sat at their respective places.

Four round tables. Each of the four factions occupied one of the round tables, and they naturally emanated forth their respective auras. Each of all the four factions were unwilling to be even a little weaker than the others in terms of presence.

Suddenly —

“Everyone. Today, I want to auction the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams, and the person hosting the auctioning of the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams is my Martial Nephew Qin Yu. Regarding the auction’s process, auction’s requests, and so on, everyone has to listen to my Martial Nephew’s instructions. If anyone is unwilling to follow his instructions, then he or she may very well leave.”

Sword Immortal Lan Feng’s voice resounded forth, and at the same time, he swept his glance over the audience who were seated.

Zong Jue also smiled as he looked at the audience.

Looking at those two people who sat beside Qin Yu, one at the left while the other at the right, it was very obvious that they were there to support him.

“Correct. Participating in the auction of the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams naturally requires for rules to be followed. Whoever do not follow the rules, will mean that the very first person they disagree with, is me.” Man Gan’s tiger-like gaze swept through the other three people. He then promptly gave Qin Yu a smile. “Brother Qin Yu, feel free to proceed with the auction in the way that you deem fit.”

Sword Immortal Hua Yan, Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun, and even the Dragon Clan’s Ao Feng, as well as Fang Tian, all understood. It seemed like Man Gan also had a special relationship with Qin Yu.

Qin Yu smiled and stood up. “Everyone, this Junior has received instructions from his Martial Uncle to host this auctioning of the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams event, and will naturally ensure that this auction will proceed in a fair and transparent manner. I will now simply announce the rules. The bids for the current auctions will be in units of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, and we will not accept any other treasures. This also means to say, that whoever offers the highest number of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones will be the winning bid. Also…… after the successful auction, the winning bidder has to exchange the Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones for the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams on the spot. If that person do not possess that amount of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, and had made a false bid, then……”

“Whoever makes a false bid will be surrounded and killed by everyone here!” continued Man Gan with a cold snort.

“Correct, whoever dares to make a false bid will be surrounded by everyone here and killed,” agreed Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun with a face filled with killing intent.

Sword Immortal Hua Yan chuckled. “Words from the mouth are not enough, it is still better to make an oath. I will take the lead. During the process of the auctions, if a person makes a false bid on the number of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, then that person will be surrounded and killed by everyone here. At the same time, that person’s soul will be scattered into pieces, never to reincarnate. Everyone, do you dare?”

Having said that, Hua Yan’s gaze swept through the audience.

“Who does not dare?” Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun also gave a cold chuckle, and at the same time made the oath.

Under Qin Yu, Lan Feng, and Zong Jue’s smiling faces, the four factions all made the oath.

“Very good. Since every Senior here is this sincere, then I should also show some sincerity.” Qin Yu waved a hand, and a scroll instantly appeared before everyone. Immediately, the eyes of every single person belonging to the four factions lit up.

Qin Yu slowly began unfurling the scroll.

“Currently, Senior Blood Devil, as well as the Dragon Clan’s Ao Feng and Senior Fang Tian, have seen the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams. I definitely think that they also know how the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams look like, as well as the aura that it exudes. Everyone can verify it for the moment,” said Qin Yu as he graciously smiled at the audience.

“Sundering The Heavens Diagrams.” Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun’s eyes lit up.

The Dragon Clan’s Emissary ‘Ao Feng’ also voiced out, “Correct, this is the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams. I will absolutely not be wrong about it.”

Hua Yan also looked at the Reverend Ming Liang who was beside him.

Initially, Reverend Ming Liang had once obtained the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams, and naturally knew the aura and appearance of the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams. After a careful and momentary inspection, Reverend Ming Liang also nodded towards Hua Yan. Hua Yan’s face immediately hinted a relaxed smile.

“All right. Does anyone have any suspicions?” Qin Yu asked in a laughing tone.

The audience shook their heads to express that they did not have any suspicions.

“Begin the auctions then, there is no need to waste any more time,” said Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun.

“All right, since everyone can endure it no longer, then let us begin with the auction.” Qin Yu’s voice gradually became loud and sonorous, “Sundering The Heavens Diagrams. It is a key to entering Ni Yang’s Realm, and is valuable beyond measure. The minimum bid for the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams is one piece of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stone. Whoever offers the highest amount of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones will receive the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams. Now, everyone, please state your bids!”

Qin Yu announced while standing.

Whilst speaking the words from his mouth, Qin Yu was instead carefully observing the four great Emissaries.

“From the looks of it, only Man Gan and Hua Yan are determined to win this Sundering The Heavens Diagrams.” From just looking at the gazes of those two people, Qin Yu could easily guess their intentions. “However, that Dragon Clan’s Emissary Ao Feng always has that smiling expression on his face, and no one knows how he thinks. That is a variable.”

Qin Yu made a conclusion in his mind.

Actually, at the moment, the Dragon Clan as well as the side of the Blood Devil each possessed a piece of the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams, so even if there were to be any competition, it would be from the other two factions. Naturally…… it was also possible for the Dragon Clan, as well as the side of the Blood Devil, to also partake in the bidding war for the Sundering The Heavens Diagrams to prevent any interference by others.

“I offer two pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones.”

The voice of the first bidder resounded forth.

Qin Yu looked towards the direction of the voice. It was Blood Devil ‘Du Zhong Jun’.

Having heard the voice of Blood Devil ‘Du Zhong Jun’, Sword Immortal Hua Yan instead smiled. “Du Zhong Jun, ah, you really still dare to offer a bid? Are you not afraid of the oath that you have just made? I offer three pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones.”

“Hua Yan, I know that you are determined, and that is also why I went along for a moment just to liven things up,” said Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun as he grinned.

Others might not know, but Sword Immortal Hua Yan was instead clear. If they were to compare who amongst the audience had the fewest amount of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, that was very possible to be that Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun. According to Sword Immortal Hua Yan’s guess, that Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun might not even have two pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones.

That was because almost all of Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun’s Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones were already in Sword Immortal Hua Yan’s hands.

Obviously, Sword Immortal Hua Yan had also paid a huge price.

“I offer four pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones,” said Man Gan as he smiled. “All right, Hua Yan, you can stop wasting time. There is only us competing with each other in this auction. You can just say out how many pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones you have.”

Qin Yu, who was on the stage, instead secretly felt happy.

“Compete then, ah, just bring out how many pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones you have and compete, the more pieces the better…… after all, I will not resent having more.”

Qin Yu smiled while looking at the contest below.

As the number Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones increase, his own Sword Immortal Puppet’s capabilities would become stronger.

“Why should I say out how many pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones I have?” Sword Immortal Hua Yan smirked.

Sword Immortal Hua Yan was very clever. If the number of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones that he had exceeded what Man Gan had by far, and he were to raise the bid by a huge margin, it was true that Man Gan would be unable to compete. However, wouldn’t he, Hua Yan, then have given extra pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones to Qin Yu in vain?

That was why, everytime he made a bid, Hua Yan would always only increase by one piece of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stone.

“Five pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones.” Hua Yan once more made a bid.

“Humph, I offer seven pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones.” Man Gan once again made a bid, then smiled while looking at Hua Yan. “Hua Yan, I just want to see how many pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones you actually have.”

Hua Yan suddenly smiled and looked at the Dragon Clan’s Emissary ‘Ao Feng’ and said, “I heard that the Dragon Clan is ostentatious, and definitely think that Brother Ao Feng also has a lot of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones. So what happened? Brother Ao Feng did not make even a single bid, are you waiting to make a sudden attack right at the very end?”

“Ostentatious? Hurhur…… Ah, the number of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones that I have cannot compete with what you, Hua Yan, have.” Ao Feng had always maintained a smiling face.

“Hua Yan, stop wasting time already. Ao Feng will not participate in the bidding,” said Man Gan lightly.

“Orh…… Looks like the Dragon Clan’s Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones are already in your hands?” Hua Yan frowned.

“Clever. Just say it, I have offered seven pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, do you have more, huh?” Man Gan’s eyes had an incandescent glow, directing an offensive sense of pressure towards Hua Yan.

Qin Yu, who was on the stage, was constantly listening to the various bids.

“Seven pieces already huh? Adding to the one piece that I originally have, my Sword Immortal Puppet will at least be able to unleash the capabilities of an Eighth Tier Golden Immortal at the end of the auctions. Ah, Eighth Tier Golden Immortal!” Even thinking about it made Qin Yu feel a sense of excitement. It was only that Qin Yu understood one point.

There was a limit to that Eighth Tier Golden Immortal.

The moment the eight pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones had exhausted their energy, the Sword Immortal Puppet would become a piece of scrap iron. That was why…… he needed even more pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones.

“Ah, Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones. They are also extremely precious even in the Immortal Realm and Devil Realm. Ah, the price of using this Sword Immortal Puppet is still really high.” Qin Yu felt his heart ached.

However, the Sword Immortal Puppet was, after all, powerful. Even if more Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones were to be exhausted, Qin Yu also needed to use it.

Meanwhile, at that moment, the side of the wilderness Demon Clan and the side of the Loose Immortals had already entered the final stages of their competition.

“Ten pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, I just don’t believe you still have more!” Man Gan said in a cold tone.

The four great Emissaries. Before each of the Emissaries had descended to the Mortal Realm, they did not request any Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones from the person who was backing them. That was because they had never expected that the Mortal Realm would require any Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones. Even if it was to replenish their martial powers, they also had their various own Spiritual Elixirs.

Those Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones were their very own, and it was estimated that common First Tier Golden Immortals did not even have a single piece of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stone. It was only that those Emissaries were part of the elites amongst the various factions, and that was why they possessed those few pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones.

Sword Immortal Hua Yan was momentarily startled.

“Haha, don’t have anymore huh? Ah, admit defeat if there isn’t anymore,” said Man Gan with an icy smile.

“I offer eleven pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones!” Both of Sword Immortal Hua Yan’s eyes were almost bloodshot.

Man Gan’s facial expression momentarily changed. “Good, good, I never thought that you actually have this many Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones!”

When Sword Immortal Hua Yan thought of the eleven pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones beside him, he felt his heart ache. In order to obtain a few pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones from Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun, he had been ‘mercilessly slaughtered’ by that Blood Devil Du Zhong Jun. That was how he had managed to gather eleven pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones.

He only had a total of eleven pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones at his side. If Man Gan offered even a single piece more, he would have no hope.

“Good, I do not have that many Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, and only have a total of twelve Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones. I offer twelve pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones. Ah, if you are capable, then offer more.” Man Gan’s body had also begun to emanate forth a horrifying atmosphere. At the very end, they could both feel that their opponents had also reached their very limit.

Sword Immortal Hua Yan’s face unintentionally began to pale.

Twelve pieces?

It was only one piece more than what he had.

On the stage above, ever since the bid had exceeded more than eight pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, the Qin Yu who had been rejoicing all along finally voiced out.

“Currently, the Demon Realm Emissary Man Gan has offered twelve pieces of Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones, is there anyone capable of offering higher?” Qin Yu momentarily looked around the audience. He had placed most of his focus on Sword Immortal Hua Yan, and at the same time gave an ‘encouragement filled with expectations’ kind of look at Sword Immortal Hua Yan.

Sword Immortal Hua Yan’s face instead remained pallid, and he did not even speak.

Qin Yu understood…… That Hua Yan absolutely did not have any more Finest Grade Elemental Spirit Stones.

“If there are no higher bids, then this Sundering The Heavens Diagrams will soon belong to Brother Man Gan.” Qin Yu’s voice gradually became loud and sonorous.

“Wait!”

The Dragon Clan’s Emissary Ao Feng stood up with a faint smile on his face, and said, “Little Brother Qin Yu, please do not be hasty. Things have not ended yet.”