Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 331 - 15: Impossible Things [Seeking Monthly Tickets!]_1

Chapter 331: Chapter 15: Impossible Things [Seeking Monthly Tickets!]_1

People often feel overwhelmed by the wealth they can imagine. However, when the amount of this wealth exceeds their cognitive limit, they would oddly find peace.

At this moment, the bystanders in the Taotie City Xianyuan Pavilion felt this way.

What can you do by calling out eight thousand Azure Dragon Coins?

Is it any different from seven thousand to me?

As an average Divine Consciousness Stage Cultivator, I might just barely amass that number after saving for eight hundred years.

Heh.

However, most people were still curious about the identity of this tycoon who could bid eight thousand Azure Dragon Coins?

If it were the representatives of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands on the second floor who made that bid, it would have been shocking but acceptable. But it was surely curious when the bid came from someone on the first floor.

Countless blistering eyes fell on Chu Liang. His face remained unchanged, just holding his wooden sign and looking at the shopkeeper who was hosting the auction on the stage.

He had grown accustomed to being the center of attention once or twice.

After a while, the shopkeeper reacted.

For Xianyuan Pavilion, although it has a large business, it was the first time they organized an auction involving a Divine Artifact of the top hundred ranks.

They had anticipated a sky-high price, but still felt somewhat shocked when the figure really appeared.

In the final analysis, the Immortal Cultivation World is not yet an especially commercially developed stage. Even though Taotie City was flourishing, it is only a trading center.

Most of the Immortal Sects still remained in the primitive stage of slaying demons to earn resources, and they only exchanged things they didn’t need. The useful things were saved to enhance their strength.

After all, in the Immortal Cultivation World, strength was always more important than wealth.

Like the Demon-Subduing Pestle this time. It was only on auction because the Xianyuan Pavilion, its power behind, didn’t have a suitable user for the pestle. Plus, they just happened to need a lot of other resources, and thus chose to exchange it for money.

The shopkeeper was surprised that someone on the first floor had bid eight thousand Azure Dragon Coins, but he dutifully continued to ask, "This Daoist from seat number 88 with the character "You" bids eight thousand Azure Dragon Coins. Is there anyone else who would like to go higher?"

Not only on the first floor, but the representatives of Nine Heavens and Ten Lands on the second floor were also surprised.

Daoist Chi Niu’s face turned purplish due to the shock. He swept his Divine Sense over Chu Liang and grunted, "Where did this youngster come from?"

"Must be some young disciple from a major force." Daoist Xuan Lu deduced.

Because the behemoth forces including the Three Great Ancient Families, the Imperial Court... top-ranked powers of the Immortal Cultivation World that are part of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands were all on the second floor. All of them were given priority without any bias.

That made this young man’s background... highly suspicious.

The shopkeeper on the stage was still tremblingly asking if anyone else would like to go higher.

"Then, should we continue to follow?" Daoist Chi Niu asked again.

Actually, when he asked this, he gritted his teeth, because continuing to follow would undoubtedly be a great challenge for Fanghu Immortal Island.

If Guan Ying State Immortal Island borrows a large number of Spirit Stone Coins, they would need to pay a certain price. It may even lead to Fanghu Immortal Island becoming the lowest-ranked sect among the Three Islands.

That would be more loss than gain.

In fact, if the Yellow Dragon Daoist or Daoist Bailin were here, they would tell them that the handsome young man below is none other than Chu Liang, the new champion of the Speed Sword Race at Shu Mountain, the second-place winner of the Shu Mountain Peak Conference, the Master of the Purple and Green Dual Swords, the Berry Orchard Owner, and Eldest Senior Brother of Silver Sword Peak.

This guy is from Shu Mountain!

If they knew it was someone from Shu Mountain, they would definitely desperately add a little more. Because they had investigated Shu Mountain and knew what the budget of Shu Mountain could be. The previously quoted price of seven thousand Azure Dragon Coins was already a clear display of their determination to go all out, and it was impossible for them to go any further.

But at this moment, neither Daoist Chi Niu nor Daoist Xuan Lu could see through this young man. They couldn’t gauge the true force behind him and how many Trump cards he held...

After considering it for a moment, Daoist Xuan Lu finally said, "Don’t add anymore...If we add too little, it won’t make a difference for this level of competition, and it will just incur mutual hatred. If we add too much and the opponent no longer follows, it will be a loss for us."

"Okay." Daoist Chi Niu also nodded in agreement.

In fact, he was also secretly relieved.

He had strongly advocated for the competition of the Demon-Subduing Pestle on Fanghu Immortal Island, because if he could get his hands on it, it would complement his Demon-Cutting Knife and be of great benefit.

But now, if this goes way over budget, it would put him under immense pressure too.

"If no one else is bidding, congratulations to this fellow Daoist, you have obtained this Divine Artifact, the Demon-Subduing Pestle, which ranks within the top hundred of the Ten Thousand Treasures Record!" When the shopkeeper announced this news, he himself found it somewhat surreal. He had initially thought that this divine artifact would certainly land in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

"However, everyone, please stay seated for a moment," he continued. "As there was no prior verification of funds before entering this auction, we will conduct a brief check on our fellow Daoist to ensure that he can pay this sum of Azure Dragon Coins before we officially end the auction."

Chu Liang nodded gently.

That made sense, given the crowd of mixed fish and dragons here. What if someone intended to cause chaos, shouting out a high price and then shrugging off responsibility, saying he had no money - what would Xianyuan Pavilion do then?

If it were some other treasures, it would be fine to auction them again next time. But would this Demon-Subduing Pestle, a divine artifact of this level, fetch as many Azure Dragon Coins if it were to be auctioned again?

Not necessarily.

Hence, if Chu Liang’s wealth verification fails, Xianyuan Pavilion might immediately detain him and hand him over to Taotie City’s punishment. The auction would then restart from the previous bid of seven thousand five hundred Azure Dragon Coins.

Hearing about the wealth verification, Elder Chuan Jian upstairs became anxious.

As soon as he heard someone offering eight thousand Azure Dragon Coins, he felt desolate. But then, he saw it was Chu Liang.

Elder Chuan Jian and Dan Taijing were taken aback.

Where did this youngster get so many Azure Dragon Coins?

It’s impossible.

Although they knew Chu Liang had been making waves in Shu Mountain recently, at the very most, he could only have a volume of about fifty to sixty thousand Sword Coins. Converted to Azure Dragon Coins, that would be just five to six hundred. That would already be a fantasy for a Golden Core Realm disciple.

What’s going on now?

"Could it be that he intends to disrupt this auction?" Elder Chuan Jian guessed.

He thought Chu Liang might have casually shouted a high price to disrupt the auction today, to buy some time for Shu Mountain.

"But the auction house doesn’t know it’s him, so they will surely do a wealth check before ending the auction. They won’t let him leave on his own," Dan Taijing shook his head, "He will only suffer the punishment of Taotie City instead."

Before he finished speaking, indeed, news came that Xianyuan Pavilion would be conducting a wealth verification on Chu Liang.

Elder Chuan Jian couldn’t sit still, "No, I need to help him. He is the Master of the Purple Green Dual Swords, and he means more to Shu Mountain than the Demon-Subduing Pestle."

At this point, the servants of Xianyuan Pavilion were inviting Chu Liang backstage. But looking at the calmness in this young man’s face, it seemed like he had everything under control and wasn’t randomly bidding.

However, it was not known which major power he had backing him.

As the representative of the major power behind him, Elder Chuan Jian hurriedly flew backstage from the second floor.

After Chu Liang was invited backstage, the shopkeeper smiled, "Young Master, we ask your understanding, because after all, eight thousand Azure Dragon Coins is a significant sum, we dare not make any mistakes, you see..."

"I understand." Chu Liang smiled, "I am a disciple of Shu Mountain."

"Ah, so you are a young hero from the Shu Mountain Sect!" The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief. Now that there was a major power backing him, the shopkeeper felt reassured.

Just then, the door was pushed open with a bang as a tall old man strode in, "He is my disciple from Shu Mountain. Don’t make things difficult for him!"

The shopkeeper saw Elder Chuan Jian and immediately smiled, "Ah, it’s Shu Mountain’s Elder Chuan Jian! Are you here to collect the Demon-Subduing Pestle? This young hero has already announced his identity, we wouldn’t dare to put him in a difficult situation."

Elder Chuan Jian heard him say this and paused, then he turned to Chu Liang, "Why have you acted so recklessly?"

"Seeing that the Demon-Subduing Pestle was about to fall into the hands of outsiders, I acted impulsively and bid on my own accord," Chu Liang replied.

"Can you pay the eight thousand Azure Dragon Coins?" Elder Chuan Jian asked, somewhat vexed.

His dissatisfaction stemmed from the fact that the Demon-Subduing Pestle would still end up in the hands of an outsider in the end, leaving Shu Mountain with an image of not being able to afford the loss, only adding to their ridicule.

"What?" Chu Liang was startled, "Does our sect not plan to contribute anything at all?"