Chapter 2179 - 2180: Extremely Deadly Poison! (First Update)

"Dear esteemed guests, welcome to the Yingxiao Auction..."

After a brief opening speech, the host began the auction process. Everyone was incredibly familiar with these procedures, and the host knew that everyone was eager to see tonight’s auction items.

"The first auction item, the Cold Jade Infinite Sword, which reaches the level of a Fake Immortal Artifact, is a highly completed replica of the Cold Jade Divine Sword. Friends specialized in Water Element and Ice Attribute, absolutely don’t miss it. Starting price, three million Upper Grade Elemental Crystals!"

The host, a refined middle-aged gentleman, narrated the origin of the first auction item, quickly igniting the first round of excitement.

"Unexpectedly, the first auction item is so precious!"

"Three million one hundred thousand!"

"Three million two hundred thousand!"

...

The first round of bidding was extremely intense, quickly raising the price to five million Upper Grade Elemental Crystals. Even Ling Feng couldn’t help but be surprised; there were truly a lot of wealthy people at this auction!

Such fierce bidding for a Fake Immortal Artifact!

"Five million two hundred thousand!"

At this moment, Yeu Junyao suddenly picked up the bidding paddle and joined the bidding.

"..."

Ling Feng’s forehead went dark, "Lady Yeu, aren’t you a Fire Element Cultivator?"

"Can’t a Fire Element Cultivator buy an Ice Attribute sword? Who made that rule? I’m buying it for my collection, not allowed?!"

Yeu Junyao frowned and glared at Ling Feng.

Ling Feng felt a pang of pain, realizing it wasn’t her money being spent! Was this woman deliberately trying to cause trouble for him tonight?

However, buying a Fake Immortal Artifact for over five million Upper Grade Elemental Crystals wasn’t a loss.

Quickly, under Yeu Junyao’s reckless bidding strategy, she secured the Cold Jade Infinite Sword at a high price of six million Upper Grade Elemental Crystals, leaving Ling Feng sighing and with a strong feeling of regret.

"The second auction item..."

"The third item..."

Time ticked away, and soon ten auction items had been sold, none being passed over, and all fetching quite decent prices.

The most crucial reason being: among the ten items auctioned, Yeu Junyao alone won six of them!

And this was because Yeu Junyao found a few items not aesthetically pleasing enough and didn’t participate in those bids.

Even so, it seemed to others that Yeu Junyao was intent on sweeping up all the auction items tonight!

For a moment, many eyes were directed toward Ling Feng’s VIP room, among which several came from Saint Level experts.

Moreover, they were veteran Saint Level experts!

Ling Feng deeply felt the pressure, while Yeu Junyao appeared indifferent. The young lady of the Jiuli Divine Race truly spent money like water!

"Lady Yeu, you’ve done enough..."

Ling Feng’s forehead darkened, seeing the pile of auction items in front of Yeu Junyao, his own wallet was getting emptier.

"I only bought sixty percent of the treasures, giving you a lot of savings!"

Yeu Junyao acted as if she had given Ling Feng ample face, making Ling Feng roll his eyes, "Really, thank you!"

"You’re welcome!"

Yeu Junyao smiled brightly at Ling Feng, again pressing the bidding device beside her.

Fortunately, Ling Feng’s family was wealthy enough; otherwise, after the auction ended, he might have been detained by the Yingxiao Black Market for not affording the high Elemental Crystal payments.

After several "protests" from Ling Feng, Lady Yeu finally restrained herself a bit, but her lavish bidding style still left many deeply amazed.

Could it be that she was the legendary "rich woman"?

Finally, it came time for the "Scorpion Fruit" Ling Feng needed to start bidding.

"Hmm-hmm, next up for auction is a rare and precious herb that our Yingxiao Black Market paid a significant price to obtain."

The host lifted the red cloth on the auction stage to reveal a transparent container surrounded by layers of barriers. Inside the transparent barrier was a flowing dense black gas that seemed ready to break through the barrier and burst out of the container.

What emitted this terrifying black gas was a small flower that appeared entirely dark red, with something resembling a scorpion tail barb on the top, looking very bizarre.

"What is this thing?"

"It doesn’t look like anything good!"

Many people immediately showed surprise, judging by the eerie black gas, it should be a highly toxic or extremely Yin, extremely evil poison.

"This item is named Scorpion Fruit; perhaps not many know it, but its rarity can compete with Holy Treasure."

The host slowly introduced: "The poison gas emitted by this Scorpion Fruit, even diluted tenfold, can significantly impact Saint Level experts. If accidentally ingested, even just a bite can lead to a Saint Level expert’s death!"

"Please see, the barrier we set around the Scorpion Fruit is a Heavenly Level Absolute Array, plus the container made of Skyfire Divine Jade, sufficient to seal the terrifying poison gas. If I were to open this container, the poison gas inside would likely paralyze everyone here for three days and nights! What’s more, if someone is below the Emperor Realm or has a weaker physique, it’s liable to result in instant death."

"Hiss!"

Sounds of countless people gasping echoed one after another.

Such a toxic item was inconceivable.

The gas alone could kill a thousand troops, let alone the pulp inside—eating it would surely cause even an immortal to ascend.

"Oh my goodness..."

Xiao Juanyun’s mouth twitched; although he knew the Scorpion Fruit was extremely toxic, this level of toxicity was simply too shocking.

"Alliance Hierarch, what do you want to buy this for?"

Xiao Juanyun couldn’t help but ask again. How does one handle such a highly toxic item?

One wrong move, and you yourself might get poisoned.

"Would you believe me if I said I’m buying it to eat?"

Ling Feng smiled mysteriously; the notion of fighting poison with poison was valid against the formidable Soul Sealing.

Ordinary elixirs couldn’t do any damage to this sealing, and refining a Forbidden-breaking Pill required the Scorpion Fruit.

In fact, the Scorpion Fruit was the primary ingredient for the Forbidden-breaking Pill.

However, as Xiao Juanyun worried, dealing with the Scorpion Fruit was a huge hassle.

"Haha..."

Xiao Juanyun laughed sheepishly; he naturally didn’t believe Ling Feng would do something so foolish as to commit suicide — Ling Feng must have his own intentions for bidding on the Scorpion Fruit.

After the crowd’s brief shock and awe, the host took a deep breath and shouted: "Alright, let’s start the bidding. Due to its uniqueness, the starting price of this Scorpion Fruit is only thirty thousand Upper Grade Elemental Crystals, with each bid not less than one thousand."

But as soon as the host’s words dropped, an incredibly awkward situation arose. Previous auction items would immediately draw bids, whereas this time, there was no one bidding.