Roh spiritual sejumlah tokoh mulai gemetar, melepas cahaya berwarna-warni yang membanjiri udara. Penawaran pertama sungguh menakutkan! Mengibidikan seluruh World Realm, dua planet herbal berskala kecil, dan empat puluh batu esensi mistis—sungguh sesuatu yang menakutkan!
Betapa pun punya batu esensi mistis, yang sering disebut sebagai batu mistis, nilainya terlalu tinggi. Sebagian besar mengira ini akan menjadi barang pertama yang habil sebelum planet, satelit bulan, dan alam dimasukkan. Hal-hal ini butuh banyak waktu dan usaha berat untuk dikembangkan, biasanya membutuhkan ratusan tahun hanya untuk mencapai tingkat yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan pas untuk kekuatan semacam ini!
Ma Sujiang Perlahan menarik napas. Ia menatap langsung pembicara, melihat seorang perempuan tinggi, langsung, berkulit sawo matang, mengenakan baju ketat dengan bagian perutnya yang pas. Perutnya yang teger dan tegap dengan otot-ototnya yang jelas terpampang. Ia memakai celana longgar yang mulai sempit di kaki, hingga ke kaki teliunya yang telihat dengan jelas—kuku kuku kakinya yang rapi dan kulitnya yang halus seperti anak kecil yang baru lahir. Bagi mereka yang berpikir sama, kakinya pasti akan menimbulkan perasaan beragam.
Ia adalah seorang kecantikan pahlawan yang luar biasa, dengan mata gelap yang terang dan kuat, rambut panjang hitam yang bersinar licin, diikat dalam gaya ponytail pendek. Meskipun tidak ada secara fisik, roh spiritualnya mengandung kehadiran yang sangat kuat.
' Chen Yili.'
Ma Sujiang langsung mengenali sosok ini dengan jelas.
Ia adalah High-Lord dari Klan Chen, salah satu Delapan Klan Bangsawan dari Starfield Langit Abadi, seorang kultivator Fase Tuan Demi-Mortal yang tulus!
Ma Sujiang tetap tenang dalam menjalankan tugasnya, lalu menjawab dengan tenang:
'Nilai dari World Realm Pengkalan Berapi Adink batu anyam adalah delapan belas batu mistis, dua ratus ribu batu astral. Dua planet berskala kecil yang berada di kelas astral akan dinilai berdasarkan rata-rata. Masing-masing bernilai tiga batu mistis dan empat ratus ribu batu astral. Dengan menambahkan batu mistis, penawaran sekarang berada pada lima puluh lima batu mistis.'
Konversi dasar dari Batu Esensi Qi ke Batu Esensi Astral adalah jutaan untuk satu, ini benar-benar berlaku untuk batu astral. Satu batu mistis dihargai sejuta batu astral. Harga-harga ini tidak jauh berbeda dengan Starfield Everlore, bahkan mungkin sama, dengan Astral Dipper Fountain Pill, sebuah produk alkimia kelas rendah, ketujuh kelas kualitas rendah yang dihargai satu batu astral.
Ini bukanlah harga sebenarnya, namun relatif dekat.
Beberapa terkesiap dingin terdengar dari pemuda muda yang belum pernah melihat sejumlah kekayaan semacam ini, terutama untuk penawaran pertama.
Ma Sujiang dengan indah menjalankan pekerkaannya, memungkinkan yang lain tahu tentang nilai yang disajikan. Seperti yang kebanyakan tidak menyadari tentu nilai dari suatu properti tertentu. Ini adalah alasan mengapa semua bentuk kekayaan, baik itu planet, alam dunia, alam rahasia, atau barang-barang tertentu harus terdaftar sebelumnya dan diberikan nilai sebelumnya.
Roh spiritual Chen Yili tegak seperti tiang surgawi, melepas aura yang mengintimidasi. Meskipun ia tidak langsung mengancam yang lain, jelas ia sedang menantang mereka semua. Penawarannya menghabiskan lima persen dari Klan Chen—total dua batu mistis dan lima ratus ribu batu astral. Ini dekat dengan rata-rata harga planet berskala kecil yang berada di kelas astral.
Tak terduga!
Wusssh…
Tiba-tiba, udara dingin menyapu kerumunan. Ini adalah aura spiritual yang seperti membekukan yang membuat para pemuda muda gemetar, meskipun mereka hanyalah roh spiritual!
'Jika kamu mengira penawaran sempit seperti ini dapat mengusir kami, kamu sebaiknya duduk kembali. Klan Bing menawarkan Frost Glades Secret Realm kami, tiga planet berskala kecil berkelas astral, satu tetesan Stellar Icy Dew, dan empat puluh batu mistis.'
Seorang wanita mengenakan pakaian putih tanpa ekspresi, dengan sepasang iris yang terang biru yang memantulkan cahaya seperti kristal es yang sejati, sungguh indah.
Metode penglihatannya menampak bahkan melalui roh spiritualnya. Sekadar pandangannya saja terasa seperti membekukan roh, banyak pemuda muda yang berbalik untuk melihat wanita berjalan panjang dengan rambut putih panjang yang bersinar seperti kristal, merasa mereka membeku sepenuhnya. Hanya dengan bantuan para seniornya mereka berhasil keluar, banyak yang merasakan rasa takut yang mengerikan.
Ma Sujiang memandang wanita ini, mencatat bahwa ia tidak terlalu cantik, hanya sedikit di atas rata-rata, dan auranya memberikan rasa dingin yang menakutkan.
'Bing Tian.'
Ia juga adalah seorang Demi-Mortal Lord. Ia termasuk dalam salah satu Delapan Klan Bangsawan yang lain, Klan Bing, yang menguasai metode kultivasi bertipe es. Koneksinya sangat dalam karena mereka memiliki banyak pernikahuan silang dengan Klan Tian—Klan Kekaisaran saat ini, mirip dengan Klan Tang.
Chen Yili berbalik untuk menghadapi Bing Tian. Pandangan tegasnya yang penuh keberanian dipadu dengan pandangan yang tidak peduli. Auranya saling bertempur, dan meskipun mereka tidak menggunakan bahkan satu persen kekuatan spiritual, ledakan kekuatan spiritual yang hebat terjadi!
BOOM!
Dunia langsung ditelan oleh angin blizzard dan badai.
'Ahhhh!' Sebuah teriak lembek terdengar. Apa pun jenis peristiwa ini? Roh spiritualnya langsung displit, umpan baliknya kembali ke lautan kesadaran. Dengan sebuah teriak tubuhnya yang sesungguhnya, matanya membeku dan kulitnya meletup dengan cepat. Dalam hitungan detik, ia tenggelam dalam darah dan tidak sadarkan diri.
Jika bukan karena bantuan tepat dari seorang ahli Fase Bintang Mistis, pemuda itu mungkin telah kehilangan nyawanya.
Ma Sujiang hanya melihat sambil menghitung:
'Nilai dari Frost Glades Secret Realm adalah dua puluh satu batu mistis, enam ratus ribu batu astral. Total nilai dari planet berskala kecil berkelas astral adalah sepuluh batu mistis dan dua ratus ribu batu astral. Stellar Icy Dew, sebahan sumber daya mistis tingkat mistis dari Pohon Es Bintang Bing, bernilai lima batu mistis. Dengan menambahkan batu mistis, penawaran sekarang berada pada tujuh puluh enam batu mistis dan delapan ratus ribu batu astral.'
Hampir tidak ada yang mengharapkan penawaran sempurnya tinggi untuk sekadar selembar pil dan dua puluh empat hak beli prioritas. Bahkan rata-rata produk tingkat kesembilan yang paling unggul diperkirakan hanya sekitar seratus ribu batu astral. Ini benar-benar gila!!
Hanya dua kekuatan yang bertempur, dan mereka bahkan tidak berada di kalangan kekuatan terkaya. Apakah mereka mengharapkan yang lain tidak ikut menawar? Bukankah ini hanya kehilangan uang? Beberapa pemuda muda di antara kerumunan merasa para ahli tua-tua ini terlalu kaya dan bosan, menawar literal planet!
Namun, bagaimana mereka tahu? Nilai dari Neo-Dawn Eclipse Pill jauh melebihi rata-rata. Efeknya melampaui langit—melanggar konvensi kultivasi dengan memberi orang satu hal yang paling kekurangan para kultivator: umur panjang.
Umur panjang pada akhirnya akan setara dengan keyakinan, dan keyakinan akan mengarah pada wawasan yang lebih lancar dan kultivasi. Masalah yang paling mendasar adalah masalah umur panjang ini—pengorbanan delapan ratus tahun untuk mencoba naik! Ini membatasi kebanyakan para kultivator, bahkan jenius, hingga tujuh ratus tahun sebelum mereka harus mencapai Tahap Kesembilan dari Alam Inti Astral, Tahap Inti Bintang, dan menyerang Realm Ascendant Mistis.
Mayoritas kultivator gagal karena faktor ini, mendekati batasnya namun tetap tidak cukup. Berapa banyak 'Ascended' palsu, mereka yang berada di Fase Bintang Mistis, yang berhasil jika diberikan tambahan dua atau tiga ratus tahun untuk memahami cara misteri?!
Tidak ada yang tahu berapa banyak pil yang akan tersedia ketika stok publik diluncurkan. Selain itu, berapa lama setiap pil butuh untuk diciptakan dengan usaha bersama para ahli alkemis? Sangatlah tidak mungkin Golden Life Pavilion akan mengoutsource kecuali yang lain terikat dengan sumpah yang sangat dibatasi. Ini bisa berupa satu tahun, satu dekade, atau beberapa tahun.
Dalam sekitar seratus tahun, banyak dari yang disebut 'Chosen' ini akan diganti oleh mereka yang dibesarkan menggunakan Neo-Dawn Eclipse Pill. Setelah semua, Worldly Domain bukan sekadar alat tempur, benih Domainnya bisa membantu memahami fase-fase, juga memberkahi World Pressure dan kemampuan konversi dapat membantu merefin bahan yang sulit.
Ini tidak semudah itu.
Satu jam berlalu dalam diam. Selama periode tersebut, Chen Yili dan Bing Tian masih berseteru. Intensitas bentrokan spiritualnya masih terus berlanjut. Kekuatan yang lemah ditakuti. Untungnya, hanya mereka yang bodoh dan belum berkembang yang mengorbankan hak menawar.
Mereka hanya kehilangan biaya penawaran awal itu. Harga saat ini bahkan melebihi sejumlah total kekayaan mereka. Cukup menjengkelkan.
Mereka yang benar-benar bersaing mengantisipasi apakah akan menawar. Aturan pengorban dalam lelang menginspirasi mereka untuk berhati-hati. Mereka tidak yakin apakah mereka punya kesempatan, namun memahami pentingnya hal ini. Sebagian besar kekuatan ini bisa melampaui Delapan Klan Bangsawan dari segi total kekayaan. Masalahnya bukan total kekayaan, tapi ke tidakpastian.
Berapa batas maksimal penawaran mereka?
Sudah dicapai belum? Mengapa Chen Yili terlihat kesal dan menantang terhadap Bing Tian? Apakah dia telah mencapai batasnya? Apakah Bing Tian menyinih dengan penawaran maksimumnya? Dengan melihat pandangan tegasnya—banyak yang yakin begitu.
Lantas, apakah Bing Tian juga berada di ambang maksimalnya? Mengapa ia menawar lebih dari satu belas batu mistis dari yang dibutuhkan?!
The spiritual incarnations of numerous figures started to tremble, releasing a variety of colorful light that tainted the air. The first bid was terrifying! To outright bid an entire World Realm, two small-sized herbal planets, and forty mystic essence stones was absolutely terrifying!
Just the value of the mystic essence stones, or mystic stones for short, were outrageously high, and most assumed thought it'll be the first exhausted by the forces before planets, lunar satellites, and realms were introduced! These things required immense time and arduous effort to develop, typically requiring centuries just to reach an appropriate level for these types of forces!
Ma Sujiang slowly inhaled. She looked directly at the speaker, seeing a tall, fit, bronze-skinned female with a tight top with a midriff. Her well-toned and muscular abdomen was proudly revealed. She wore a pair of baggy pants that grew tight around her ankles, leading to a pair of bare feet with carefully trimmed toenails and baby-like smooth skin. For those of a particular inclination, her feet would evoke all sorts of feelings.
She was an outstanding heroic beauty, with bright, powerful dark eyes and long, sleek and glistening black hair tied into a short-styled ponytail. Despite not being present physically, her spiritual incarnation contained an outrageously powerful presence.
'Chen Yili.' Ma Sujiang instantly recognized this outstanding figure.
She was a High-Lord from the Chen Clan, one of the Eight Noble Clans of the Aeternal Sky Starfield, a genuine Demi-Mortal Lord Phase cultivator!
Ma Sujiang performed her duties, calmly responding: "The value of the Obsidian Furnace World Realm is eighteen mystic stones, two hundred thousand astral stones. The two small-sized, astral-graded planets will be judged based on the average. Each worth three mystic stones and four-hundred thousand astral stones. Adding the mystic stones, the bid is now at fifty-five mystic stones."
The basic conversion from Qi Essence Stones to Astral Essence Stones is a million to one, this followed true for astral stones. A single mystic stone was valued at one million astral stones. The prices weren't that much different from the Everlore Starfield, if not exactly the same, with the Astral Dipper Fountain Pill, a low-tier, seventh-grade alchemical product at the low-quality being valued at one astral stone.
This wasn't its exact worth, but it was relatively close.
There were a few cold gasps from inexperienced youths who've never seen such a high amount of wealth, especially for a first bid.
Ma Sujiang beautifully performed her job, allowing the others to know the value presented. Since most weren't aware of the exact value of a specific property. This was exactly why all forms of wealth, be it planets, world realms, secret realms, or specific items must be registered prior and given a valuation beforehand.
Chen Yili's spiritual incarnation was standing upright like a pillar of heaven, releasing an intimidating aura. While she wasn't directly threatening the others, it was clear that she was outright challenging them. Her bid cost the Chen Clan five percent, a total of two mystic stones and five hundred thousand astral stones. This was close to the average cost of a small-sized, astral-graded planet.
Unbelievable!
Woosh…
Abruptly, a chilly air swept the crowd. It was a frost-like spiritual aura that caused the various youths to shiver, even though they were just spiritual incarnations!
"If you think such a small bid can push any of us away, you should sit back down. The Bing Clan bids our Frost Glades Secret Realm, three small-sized, astral-graded planets, a drop of Stellar Icy Dew, and forty mystic stones." A white-robed woman, expressionless with a pair of light-blue irises that refracted light like genuine ice crystals, being absolutely gorgeous.
Her ocular cultivation method had manifested even through her spiritual incarnation. Just her gaze alone felt freezing to the spirit, with many juniors who turned to look at the white-robed woman with long, calf-touching white hair that glistened like crystals felt themselves freeze entirely. It was only with their seniors' help that they shattered from their frozen state, many feeling horrific horror after.
Ma Sujiang glanced at this woman, noting that she wasn't particularly beautiful, just slightly above average, and her aura gave her an extremely cold, terrifying feeling.
'Bing Tian.'
She, too, was a Demi-Mortal Lord. She belonged to another of the Eight Noble Clans, the Bing Clan, that specialized in ice-attributed cultivation methods. Their connections ran deep as they had numerous intermarriages with the Tian Clan—the current Imperial Clan, similar to the Tang Clan.
Chen Yili turned to face Bing Tian. Her valiant gaze was challenging and fierce, but she was met by an indifferent stare. Their auras clashed, and albeit they didn't have even one percent of their spiritual strength, an explosively fierce collision of spiritual strength erupted!
BOOM!
The world was immediately drowned by a blizzard and violent winds.
"Ahh!" A careless junior screeched. What type of event was this? His spiritual incarnation was directly obliterated, the resulting feedback traveled back to his sea of consciousness. With a scream of his real body, his eyes frosted over as his skin burst out violently. In moments, he was drenched in blood and completely unconscious.
If it wasn't for the timely aid from a Mystic Star Phase expert, the junior might've lost their lives.
Ma Sujiang merely watched as she proceeded to calculate: "The value of the Frost Glades Secret Realm is twenty-one mystic stones, six hundred thousand astral stones. The total value of the small-sized, astral-graded planets is ten mystic stones and two hundred thousand astral stones. The Stellar Icy Dew, a unique mystic-level resource from the Bing Clan's Stellar Ice Tree, is valued at five mystic stones. Adding the mystic stones, the bid is now seventy-six mystic stones and eight hundred thousand astral stones."
Very few expected such an exceptionally high bid for just a single pill and twenty-four priority purchase rights. Even the average peak-tier, ninth-grade product was roughly one hundred thousand astral stones. This was completely insane!!
Just two forces had clashed, and they weren't even remotely amongst the top wealthy forces. Were they expecting others to not bid? Wasn't this just losing money?! A few of these juniors amongst the crowd felt these old experts were just too rich and too bored, bidding literal planets!
However, how were they to know the Neo-Dawn Eclipse Pill's value was far beyond the average. Its effects were heaven-defying, breaking the conventions of cultivation and giving one thing that most cultivators lacked the most: lifespan.
Lifespan will eventually equate to confidence, and confidence leads to smoother insights and cultivation. The most underlying issue was the lifespan issue, the sacrifice of eight hundred years to attempt to ascend! This limited most cultivators, even geniuses, to a seven hundred years of cultivation time limit before they must reach the Ninth Stage of the Astral Core Realm, the Star Core Phase, and assail the Mystic Ascendant Realm.
The vast majority of cultivators fail their ascension due to this fact, pushing it the limit yet still being insufficient. How many false Ascended, those at the Mystic Star Phase, would have succeeded if given an extra two or three hundred years to comprehend the ways of mysticism?!
No one knew how many pills would be available when the public stock was released. Furthermore, how long each pill will require to concoct with the joint effort of skilled alchemists. It was highly unlikely for the Golden Life Pavilion to outsource unless the other is bound by drastically restricting oaths. This could be a year, a decade, or several.
In a hundred or so years, many of these so-called Chosens will be replaced by those brought up using the Neo-Dawn Eclipse Pill. After all, a Worldly Domain wasn't just a combat tool, its Domain Seed can help with comprehension of phases, and also grants World Pressure and conversion abilities can help with refining difficult resources.
It was not so simple.
An hour passed in silence. During which, Chen Yili and Bing Tian remained in conflict. The intensity of their spiritual collisions were still running rampant. The weaker forces were cowed. Fortunately, only the ignorant and nascent were foolish enough to buy actual bidding rights.
They lost the initial bidding cost just like that. The current prices even exceeded some of their total wealth. It was quite embarrassing.
Those truly in the running were contemplating whether to bid. The sacrificial bidding rule urged them to be cautious. They were unsure if they had a chance, but they understood the importance. Most of these forces could eclipse the Eight Noble Clans in terms of total wealth. The issue wasn't total wealth, but the unknown.
What was their maximum bid potential?
Was it already reached? Is this why Chen Yili remained frustrated and confrontational towards Bing Tian? Did she reach her limit?! Did Bing Tian spit on her maximum bid? Looking at her fierce gaze, many believed so.
Then, was Bing Tian also at her limit? Is that why she bid over a dozen more mystic stones than necessary?!
Ma Sujiang broke the silence with a warning: "There is an hour left before the current bid is finalized."
"…" The tense atmosphere grew. A two-hour time limit. It might seem long, but this wasn't just some simple auction. There were far too many factors to consider! Damn it!
A male elder grew irritated. He wasn't a native of the Aeternal Sky Starfield, but an independent cultivator that nurtured his own talented disciples using his strength and personal wealth. He, too, was a Demi-Mortal Lord. Furthermore, his strength was incredibly high for his cultivation level.
When he stood up, a gushing pressure descended and obliterated the spiritual pressure from Chen Yili and Bing Tian. The entire seating area calmed. He wasn't handsome, being relatively heavy-set, but he had an amicable smile that made him seem kind and relaxing. Unlike the fierce tigress Chen Yili or the icy goddess Bing Tian that was terrifying, he seemed more approachable.
He patted his belly and lightheartedly chuckled after feeling the pointed gazes of the two women. "Please spare the juniors," he said with a smile, but the glint in his eyes was clearly alluding to his eventual bid. The crowd turned, waiting for his bid. The juniors were grateful, including the weaker seniors. These two were absolutely terrifying. The last hour felt like an icy tempest of hell.
'Huang Xiaoming.'
Ma Sujiang noted this foreign cultivator, who had once fought two Demi-Mortal Lords and defeated them. His reputation was not small. However, she wasn't disturbed. She merely smiled and waited.
Huang Xiaoming looked at Ma Sujiang, with a rub of his chest and a bright smile, he said: "I bid a drop of Mystic Origin Liquid."
A series of gasps, shocked and disturbed, resounded! Even Chen Yili and Bing Tian's eyes dilated. They almost visibly reeled at this bid, feeling intense, unadulterated shock!
They weren't the only high-level figures who reacted in this way. Almost every High-Lord and Venerable reacted! They all turned to Huang Xiaoming with startled expressions. Was he for real? Was he freaking serious?!
Mystic Origin Liquid wasn't something minor just because it was a single drop. It was an exquisite mystic-level material formed in very special circumstances, within an area filled in mystic essence year-round, and enriched with highly refined mana. It can be produced deliberately, but it would take ten thousand years minimum just to do so, the average lifespan of a genuine Ascended!
However, its phenomenal aspect wasn't its difficulty to produce, but its effects. The first effect renowned amongst most was its ability to be refined to enhance a cultivator's comprehension of the ways of mysticism, of Mystic Intent. This greatly increased the chances of a cultivator to ascend. Given to a Chosen, talented and youthful, it was said they'll increase their chance to ascend by ten percent!
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