King of Creation
Chapter 566 - 559 Fierce Feng Qingyue

Chapter 566: Chapter 559 Fierce Feng Qingyue

"Three million, two hundred and twenty thousand mid-grade spirit crystals for the second time, is there no one else bidding? This is a mid-grade spirit artifact that rivals a high-grade one—is there no one else willing to increase the bid?"

The auctioneer Youx Fang used this method to dilute the impact of Yua Hanjing’s cursing, reminding everyone that the auction should get back on track. After all, harmony breeds wealth. In Heavenly Spirit Auction House, doing business sometimes requires a certain level of tolerance towards some powerful entities.

Of course, this was under the condition that one did not touch the bottom line of Heavenly Spirit Auction House—malicious bidding!

"Three million, two hundred and twenty thousand mid-grade spirit crystals for the third time—is there no one else wanting to bid..." Auctioneer Youx Fang eagerly looked towards the VIP room on the third floor. According to the auction process, if Yua Hanjing did not bid again, then the auction for the Mystic Light Purple-Cyan Ring would end.

"Wait! I suspect someone is bidding maliciously and request a verification of funds!"

Auctioneer Youx Fang did not hear any sound of increasing bids, but instead was met with another complication.

Mid-auction verification of funds was a taboo at auctions, seldomly done under normal circumstances. However, if a customer raised this request, Heavenly Spirit Auction House had to address it.

Such a significant matter wasn’t within the capabilities of auctioneer Youx Fang to resolve, and he looked towards the back of the auction stage for help.

"Since a customer has requested a verification of funds, according to the rules of Heavenly Spirit Auction House, we must check the funds of both the party requesting and the party being verified to ensure fairness. We ask both parties to please be understanding!" A heavy male voice rose from behind the auction stage, likely the Master of Heavenly Spirit Auction House.

"Check away, I don’t mind!" Yua Hanjing quickly replied, and at the end of her sentence, her trademark giggle echoed, startling some martial artists, especially those with lower cultivation. Fortunately, the laughter did not contain a divine soul attack.

Fengh Qingyue did not directly respond to whether she agreed to verification, but the issue of verification was not really dependent on Fengh Qingyue’s consent.

Within moments, a knock sounded on the door of VIP room number twenty-four, and three deacons from Heavenly Spirit Auction House entered.

"Master Fengh, we apologize, but someone has raised an objection, so as per the rules, we are proceeding with the verification of funds. However, as compensation, for this auction, the commission on items you’ve consigned with us at Heavenly Spirit Auction House will be reduced from five percent to one percent!"

Heavenly Spirit Auction House seemed to know how to handle things—the offered compensation was not much, but at least it could lessen the resentment from the verification process, at least in Ye Zhen’s view.

But at this moment, Fengh Qingyue seemed somewhat despondent, and with a soft ’oh,’ her divine sense moved, and spirit crystals piled up like a small mountain filling the entire VIP room.

The deacons of Heavenly Spirit Auction House were very efficient. They took out several empty storage rings and quickly tallied the number of spirit crystals.

"Master Fengh, the high-grade, mid-grade, and low-grade spirit crystals you have offered, after being converted, total only one million, six hundred and thirty thousand mid-grade spirit crystals. The items you consigned with us have all been auctioned off, raising a total of nine hundred and thirty thousand mid-grade spirit crystals.

After deducting one percent commission, you are entitled to nine hundred and twenty thousand, seven hundred mid-grade spirit crystals. Together you now possess a little over two million, five hundred and fifty thousand mid-grade spirit crystals, which is sixty thousand mid-grade spirit crystals short of your bid of three million, two hundred and twenty thousand.

If you cannot produce another sixty-five thousand mid-grade spirit crystals, we will consider it malicious bidding and will punitively deduct two hundred thousand mid-grade spirit crystals and then expel you..."

The rest of the deacon’s words were not completed, giving Fengh Qingyue some semblance of face, but that was all, mere semblance. If Fengh Qingyue could not produce sixty-five thousand mid-grade spirit crystals, they would not hesitate to throw her out of the auction house.

That was the bottom line of Heavenly Spirit Auction House!

Fengh Qingyue pondered for a moment, then continued to take items out from her storage ring—pills, spirit wine, and various kinds of spirit plants, a few mid-grade and low-grade artifacts, a mid-grade spirit armor, and about a dozen cultivation technique manuals.

Ye Zhen glanced over them and noticed that most were earth rank cultivation technique manuals, with only two heavenly rank manuals, and even those were only of the heavenly level lower grade.

Ye Zhen understood that Fengh Qingyue was now pledging items as security.

Ordinary auction houses have this rule—if a bidding customer does not have enough funds, they can offer valuable items for the auction house to appraise and price, acting like a pawnshop.

Within a month, the items could be redeemed; if not redeemed in that time, they would become dead pledges, at the auction house’s disposal.

Normally, customers would not pledge their items unless absolutely necessary, as auction houses notoriously undervalued pledged goods—reaching 70% of market price was already considered a high valuation.

An elderly appraiser with graying hair stepped forward to evaluate the items and swiftly calculated their value.

"Master Fengh, the total value of all these items, including your two bottles of Three Treasures Returning Pill and the two heavenly level lower-grade cultivation technique manuals, is roughly four hundred and sixty thousand mid-grade spirit crystals. This is the list and estimated value from the Divine Record. Would you please take a look to see if it’s acceptable? If there’s anything unsatisfactory, we can negotiate further," the appraiser handed over a freshly-inscribed jade talisman from the Divine Record.

However, Fengh Qingyue did not even glance at it, she simply put it aside, "How much more is needed?"

"Master Fengh, you still need nineteen thousand mid-grade spirit crystals..."

Before the deacon could finish speaking, Fengh Qingyue turned her head and looked directly at Tian Guizhang, clearly asking to borrow spirit crystals from him.

"That’s fine. I shall provide a loan to help Master Fengh through this emergency!" Tian Guizhang showed a wry smile. Although he had been ready to bid for the Demon Cloud Fruit and had an agreement with Ye Zhen, he surely needed sufficient spirit crystals as a backup.

However, he could not easily dismiss the face of Fengh Qingyue.

"Tian Guizhang, if you dare to lend that little strumpet even half a spirit crystal, you’ll have me to answer to!" Just as Tian Guizhang reached for the spirit crystals, Yua Hanjing’s scolding sounded again, and with it, a talisman light swiftly flew in, landing in Tian Guizhang’s hands.

After a mere glance at the Dao Talisman Communication, Tian Guizhang’s complexion changed drastically, then he sent a regretful and apologetic smile towards Fengh Qingyue, who was still looking at him.

Ye Zhen could deduce that this talisman communication must be a threat from Yua Hanjing, and although he did not know the content, it successfully compelled Tian Guizhang to comply.

Fengh Qingyue’s complexion abruptly stiffened, and her long, elegant eyebrows furrowed.

"Master Fengh!" the deacon urged.

As if having made a decision, Fengh Qingyue suddenly turned her head and looked to Ye Zhen with a plea for help in her eyes.

Ye Zhen could tell that Fengh Qingyue’s look, which now included a hint of supplication, was only lacking a verbal plea.

"Nineteen hundred thousand mid-grade spirit crystals, right?"

"Ye, if you dare lend this little whore even half of a spirit crystal, I assure you, I’ll make your life worse than death!" The threatening voice of Yua Hanjing directed at Ye Zhen suddenly rang out, causing Ye Zhen, who was in the process of getting out the crystals, to pause slightly.

This slight hesitation from Ye Zhen caused Fengh Qingyue’s gaze to tremble involuntarily.

"Two hundred thousand, count them!"

After a brief pause, two hundred thousand mid-grade spirit crystals piled up into a small mountain, as Ye Zhen ignored Yua Hanjing’s threat.

As for why.

It was simply because Ye Zhen was willing to!

Ye Zhen really did not like Yua Hanjing’s behavior and was annoyed by her series of targeted threats!

And so, Ye Zhen decided on a whim to help Fengh Qingyue.

If a reason was needed, then it was the words Fengh Qingyue had once said, that Ye Zhen owed her a life!

What Ye Zhen appreciated the most was that at this moment, Fengh Qingyue did not bring up this matter. Had she done so, Ye Zhen would have been obliged to help even if he did not want to.

But she did not mention it and only looked at Ye Zhen with eyes that asked for help.

"Validation complete! Master Fengh, our apologies for the intrusion. Please think carefully when bidding!" With a clasped fist, the three representatives from the Heavenly Spirit Auction House then left the number twenty-four VIP room.

Fengh Qingyue did not thank Ye Zhen, but instead, she said another phrase to him, "I will remember your gracious assistance!"

"Validation complete. The remaining bidders all possess sufficient funds! Let’s continue the bidding!"

Following the announcement from the master of the Heavenly Spirit Auction House, the voice of the auctioneer Youx Fang rose again, "Three million two hundred thousand mid-grade spirit crystals for the third call, does anyone else wish to bid..."

"I bid three million four hundred thousand mid-grade spirit crystals, you little whore, let’s see you outbid that!" Once again, the voice of Yua Hanjing came from the crowd, cursing unabashedly, which turned Fengh Qingyue’s complexion deathly pale, filled with despair.

Her gaze fixed on the Mystic Light Purple-Cyan Ring on the auction stage, two lines of tears silently flowed from her beautiful eyes.

Ye Zhen originally thought that Fengh Qingyue would ask to borrow spirit crystals from him again, but to his surprise, Fengh Qingyue suddenly stood up and walked towards the window of the VIP room.

"Fellow martial artists, I am Fengh Qingyue, the Moonlight Hall Master of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect. Due to the auction, I am in urgent need of a large number of spirit crystals and hereby ask my fellow martial artists to lend them to me. If any of my fellow martial artists can lend me the spirit crystals, I will repay double within half a year!"

When Fengh Qingyue’s voice rose within the auction hall, Ye Zhen was greatly shocked.

For a mid-grade spirit artifact, was it necessary to go to such lengths?

"Hmph, lend? Who would dare to lend! If anyone dares, I, Yua Hanjing, will make sure they lend with their lives but don’t live to collect. Even if there are those present who I can’t kill, I’ll cause enough trouble to make their lives miserable. I want to see who has the guts to lend!"

Almost immediately after Fengh Qingyue’s plea for a loan was voiced, the counterattack and threat from Yua Hanjing arrived, and at this point, Ye Zhen understood that Fengh Qingyue’s plea was an exceedingly foolish idea.

"You!"

Enraged by Yua Hanjing’s words, Fengh Qingyue’s eyebrows shot up and she clenched her teeth in fury.

"You demon woman, I will fight you to the death today, just so you do not get your way!" Fengh Qingyue suddenly shouted fiercely.

"Master Fengh, if you are willing to leave the Sun and Moon Divine Sect and join our Longevity Sect, I would be quite willing to lend you one million mid-grade spirit crystals," the Divine General Pan, one of the Eight Divine Generals of the Longevity Sect, suddenly spoke up.

"In your dreams!"

With just two words, Fengh Qingyue replied.

Ye Zhen frowned, considering how to help Fengh Qingyue, but before he could come up with a solution, Fengh Qingyue once again made an astonishing declaration!

"Fellow martial artists, if anyone can help me win this Mystic Light Purple-Cyan Ring, I, Fengh Qingyue, am willing to make a Divine Soul Oath right here and now, to serve as a slave or maid at your beck and call!" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)