Immortal Venerable's Order
Chapter 282 - 279: Intense Bidding

Chapter 282: Chapter 279: Intense Bidding

"Heh heh!"

Someone sneered.

"You said a Soul Reviving Pill is worth at least 3 million top-grade spiritual stones, but the entire table of dishes you called for only 1 million. You’re such trash. I bid 10 million..."

In the crowd, that person directly bid 10 million top-grade spiritual stones, hoping to dominate the scene, but miscalculated. Just as the person finished speaking, someone shouted.

"10 million? Who are you trying to fool? I bid 15 million top-grade spiritual stones. Any brave souls out there, raise the bid!"

"Heh heh!"

An old man in the crowd chuckled: "Young man, don’t get angry. 15 million top-grade spiritual stones is nothing to me. I bid 17 million!!"

"I bid 17.5 million top-grade spiritual stones!"

"What??"

Someone in the crowd sighed weakly: "For an entire table of dishes, they’ve already bid up to 17.5 million top-grade spiritual stones. Are their spiritual stones blown by the wind or what?"

Hearing this, Yan Rufeng’s eyes sparkled with anger as he thought: "Their spiritual stones may not come from the wind, but it’s pretty close..."

The auction continued, the current bid was now up to 17.5 million top-grade spiritual stones.

"I bid 18 million top-grade spiritual stones."

A domineering voice rang out from the crowd.

"Oh, oh, oh!"

Another elder with an immortal demeanor said calmly: "Daoist, now isn’t the time to see who shouts the loudest, but who has more spirit stones. What’s the point of yelling? I bid 25 million top-grade spiritual stones..."

Silence, an extraordinary silence fell over the hall. Everyone looked at the elder and lowered their heads. Someone whispered: "Damn, the Patriarch of the Li Family is here. Looks like no one dares to challenge him for this table of dishes, right..."

Just as this person finished speaking, a burly middle-aged man in the crowd, with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face, said lightly: "Brother Li, didn’t you say it’s about who has more spirit stones? I bid 30 million top-grade spiritual stones, your move!"

"Who? Who dares to challenge the Patriarch of the Li Family? Are they tired of living?"

"Shhh."

Nearby, someone whispered: "Brother, are you crazy? Do you know who’s bidding against the Patriarch of the Li Family?"

"Heh heh!"

"Who is it?"

"If I tell you, you’ll be scared to death."

"Heh!"

"I don’t believe it. Speak!"

"Duanmu Qinghe, have you heard of him?"

That person gasped and exclaimed: "Duanmu Qinghe is here too??"

"Of course. When Duanmu Qinghe is around, even the Patriarch of the Li Family needs to step aside. You know, his relationship with our City Lord is not just any ordinary bond."

"But the Li family is not weak either!" whispered someone in the crowd.

"Heh."

"The Li family can’t compare with the Duanmu family. Do you know how the Zhao Family was annihilated in Azure Dragon City?"

Someone turned and asked: "How was the Zhao Family annihilated?"

"It was because the Patriarch of the Zhao Family competed with Duanmu Qinghe for a Pseudo Immortal Artifact at the Cangmang Trading House. They angered Duanmu Qinghe, and not long after, the Zhao Family was destroyed..."

"Phew!"

Everyone around fell silent, unable to refute.

In this high-stakes bidding war, there was the powerful Li family, but also the ruthless, vengeful Duanmu Qinghe. A storm was brewing over bidding for a top-tier cuisine...

"Heh."

The Patriarch of the Li Family scoffed: "Brother Duanmu, my Li family may not be as strong overall as your Duanmu family, but if we’re talking about spirit stone reserves, not even two Duanmu families can compare. I bid 35 million top-grade spiritual stones."

"Ha ha..."

Duanmu Qinghe laughed skyward: "Brother Li, if you want to be the first to taste bear paw, there’s a price to pay. I bid 40 million top-grade spiritual stones. Keep going if you dare!"

"Hmph!"

The Patriarch of the Li Family snorted, his beard bristling in anger.

"Brother Duanmu, the Li family is not like the Zhao family. I, Li Chenglin, will win this. I bid 50 million top-grade spiritual stones..."

The entire hall fell silent. Everyone looked at Duanmu Qinghe, who exuded an overwhelming murderous intent, causing everyone to feel a chill in their hearts.

Indeed, Duanmu Qinghe roared in anger.

"Li Chenglin, you old rat, I’ll let you have this table of dishes. I hope I can compete with you again here next time!"

"Hmph!"

Li Chenglin, with his hands behind his back, exuded authority without anger, snorting coldly.

"Brother Duanmu, I hope you bring more spirit stones next time, or it’ll be no fun."

"Ha ha..."

Li Chenglin laughed and walked away without looking back, quickly reaching the top-grade private room on the third floor.

Duanmu Qinghe, enraged beyond measure, clenched his fists so tightly that his bones crackled, clearly on the verge of losing control...

Yan Rufeng saw all this and couldn’t help but laugh inwardly, thinking: "In just two days, not only have I seen the power struggle between the two major families of Azure Dragon City, but I’ve also caused an unexpected feud. Conquering Dragon Origin starts with these two families..."

The auction continued. In the second round, Duanmu Qinghe directly bid 40 million top-grade spiritual stones, and this time no one dared to compete with him. He reluctantly headed towards the luxury private room on the first floor...

In the subsequent auctions, people spared no effort, bidding even more fiercely than before. With Duanmu Qinghe setting the precedent, initial bids now started at 40 million top-grade spiritual stones...

The reason people were willing to spend such a high price for a meal was because of the ten Soul Reviving Pills.

In the Cultivation World, the Soul Reviving Pill is akin to a giant panda in the Elixir Medicine World. Putting aside how rare the primary ingredient—the Seven-star Fushen—is,

The process of refining the Soul Reviving Pill is such that if the alchemist doesn’t have powerful Divine Soul Power, the furnace will explode every time.

Explosions during the refining of the Soul Reviving Pill are due to its ability to enhance a cultivator’s divine soul attack.

A Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator who takes a Soul Reviving Pill can strengthen their divine soul attack once, and with ten pills, their divine soul attack amplifies tenfold.

This explains why the Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator earlier dared to challenge a Mahayana Realm cultivator after taking just one Soul Reviving Pill.

Generally, an Ascension Stage expert remains in the Mortal Domain not just to stabilize family strength but mainly to fortify their divine soul, so they can leap to become a Heavenly Immortal upon ascending to the Immortal World...

Imagine, beyond any other power-enhancing dishes, just having ten Soul Reviving Pills is enough to drive everyone mad.

At noon, when the auction of Yingxian Tower’s dishes ended, all 100 tables exclusively for Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivators were auctioned off. Surprisingly, the highest bid was not the 50 million spirit stones from Li Chenglin in room Tian Zi No. 1, but the last table that went for 55 million spirit stones.

The reason for the high bid was Yan Rufeng’s last-minute decision to only serve the dishes at noon, closing for the evening.

This decision caused those who were waiting to lose patience, driving them to bid frantically.

In a cultivation world that revered martial strength, only with absolute power could one crush everything and kill all schemes in the cradle.

And every cultivator sought this absolute power; Yan Rufeng was no exception...