God Emperor - Chapter 992

Chapter 992: 992

The three Withered Pills were auctioned separately . The first one’s starting bid was 100 million Spiritual Crystals .

After a dozen bids, the price reached 1,370,000 Spiritual Crystals . The Withered Pill was indeed precious, but many largescale pill clans could make them . It wasn’t monopolized . Thus, its price was mostly stable and was controlled within 150 million Spiritual Crystals . The variations weren’t that big .

“One hundred thirty-seven million, once . ”

“One hundred thirty-seven million, twice . ”

Just as Qi Feiyu raised her jade gavel, Zhang Ruochen bid for the first time . “One hundred fifty million Spiritual Crystals . ”

Many Monks at the auction looked over at Zhang Ruochen, a bit surprised . The Blood God Sect’s Deity was very high-key today . He showed off his wealth whenever possible . Now, he’d directly bid the highest price for one Withered Pill .

No one continued bidding . After all, the Withered Pill was at most worth 150 million .

Sitting across from Zhang Ruochen, Kong Hongbi sneered coldly . He’d finally found a chance to take revenge . Thus, he called out, “One hundred fifty-one million . ”

Hearing Kong Hongbi’s bid, all the Monks present smiled . They knew he was purposely going against Gu Linfeng .

Eyes not even twitching, Zhang Ruochen called, “Two hundred million . ”

“Two hundred and one million,” Kong Hongbi continued provoking him .

“Three hundred million Spiritual Crystals . ”

“Three hundred and one million . ”

…

The price continued rising . Zhang Ruochen soon called out 600 million . Finally, Kong Hongbi didn’t continue bidding . If he continued, it would become risky . Kong Hongbi worried that he would fall into Zhang Ruochen’s trap .

He already felt proud and accomplished for raising a Withered Pill, worth 150 million Spiritual Crystals, to 600 million .

Many Monks at the auction were smiling . They thought that the Blood God Sect’s Deity was a foolish spender . After all, 600 million Spiritual Crystals could buy four or five Withered Pills .

Only Murong Yue knew that 600 million Spiritual Crystals was too insignificant for Zhang Ruochen to care .

After that, the auction for the second Withered Pill began . The starting price was still 100 million and each bid needed to be at least 100 thousand higher .

This time, Kong Hongbi went against Zhang Ruochen again . He didn’t stop until he raised the price to 600 million again . In the end, Zhang Ruochen bought the second Withered Pill, again with the price of 600 million Spiritual Crystals .

Now, Kong Hongbi was very happy . His depression from before was gone . Smiling, he prepared to help raise the price for Zhang Ruochen again .

The other Monks just watched the show and didn’t get involved .

“Next, we will begin bidding for the third Withered Pill . The starting bid is 100 million Spiritual Crystals . ”

Qi Feiyu looked toward Kong Hongbi and Gu Linfeng . She was curious if they could continue fighting with the price .

Kong Hongbi stared at Zhang Ruochen, looking as if he wanted to try .

Zhang Ruochen finally opened his eyes and glanced at Kong Hongbi . “Kong Hongbi, will you continue competing if I wish to buy the third Withered Pill?”

Proud, Kong Hongbi chuckled . “You took Beauty Shi and you won’t let me compete for the Withered Pill?”

“Well, no,” Zhang Ruochen said, unhurried . “I just wanted to tell you that since I could take Beauty Shi, taking this Withered Pill is easy too . You’re destined to be unable to win from me . ”

With that, Zhang Ruochen called out a price that shocked everyone . “Six hundred million . ”

Kong Hongbi clenched his fists . His eyes shone with cold light while anger burned inside his heart . No one had dared to speak to him like this throughout his entire life .

It was a simple phrase, but it was like a harsh slap in his face .

“Gu Linfeng is too wild . He actually called out 600 million like that . This time, Kong Hongbi won’t dare to continue bidding . ”

Someone unknown said that and Kong Hongbi managed to hear it . He sneered coldly . Six hundred million Spiritual Crystals was a small number to him . Earlier, he hadn’t continued bidding because he had some worries .

It was different now . Gu Linfeng was obviously provoking him . How could he lose this time?

“Seven hundred million,” Kong Hongbi called .

Without even blinking, Zhang Ruochen said, “One billion Spiritual Crystals . ”

Without hesitating, Kong Hongbi once again bid, “One billion one hundred million Spiritual…Crystals…”

He already started regretting it before he’d even finished bidding . Oh no, he thought .

As expected, Zhang Ruochen didn’t continue . Clearly, he was giving the third Withered Pill to Kong Hongbi . Seeing this, Qi Feiyu shook her head softly, feeling disappointed toward Kong Hongbi .

She’d heard many rumors about Kong Hongbi before meeting him . He’d defeated the saints of the imperial court and slaughtered Beast Kings in the Savage Barren Territory .

Both disciples of the Yin and Yang Sect and Demonic Sect made him sound like a perfect god . He was undefeatable and was known as the top fighter of the humans below the Saint Realm .

However, after meeting him, Qi Feiyu discovered that he had too many obvious flaws . He was too easily angered by others and couldn’t control his emotions at all .

Kong Hongbi couldn’t be compared to flawless people like Ouyang Huan and Zhang Ruochen . He was a bit weaker than Gu Linfeng too .

Gu Linfeng seemed lustful and arrogant, but he was actually very wise . He wasn’t that easy to deal with .

In the end, Kong Hongbi used 1 . 1 billion Spiritual Crystals to buy the third Withered Pill .

In this battle, both Kong Hongbi and Zhang Ruochen suffered losses . Zhang Ruochen only had a bit of an upper hand .

The following few treasures included secret scriptures of the saint level, spiritual medicines that were thousands of years old, saint weapons, and saint pills .

None caught Zhang Ruochen’s attention, so he didn’t buy any . Sikong One, though, had his eyes on a 7,000-year-old gold Bodhi fruit . He spent 1 . 7 billion Spiritual Crystals to buy it .

Finally, they entered the last half of the auction . The saint soul of a Green Armor Divine Elephant was brought forward as the 57th item . The elephant soul was sealed in an incense burner the size of one’s hand .

Rays of blue-green light shot out of the holes in the burner, forming overlapping patterns . One could vaguely hear an elephant screaming inside the burner .

Qi Feiyu held the burner daintily in her hands . Gracefully, she said, “The Green Armor Divine Elephant is a seventh level lower savage beast . One of our palace lords had killed it in the Savage Barren Territory . The starting bid for the elephant soul is 5,000 saint stones . Each bid must be one saint stone higher .

“Begin . ”

Five thousand saint stones was equal to 50 billion Spiritual Crystals . Evidently, a seventh level savage beast’s soul was too expensive for even a saint family . Only two forces bid for the elephant soul: the Inscription Guild and an ancient clan with a rich heritage .

The Green Armor Divine Elephant’s soul was not only used to create a pill . It could also be used as the spirit of a saint weapon . It was naturally very valuable . If it was made into a pot of Divine Elephant Quenching Pills, it could produce a value of 8,000 to 10,000 saint stones . Thus, the alchemist elder of the Inscription Guild insisted on getting the elephant soul .

Finally, the alchemist elder called out 6,000 saint stones, causing the Taishang Elder of the ancient clan to stop bidding .

Just then, Sikong One started bidding from beside Zhang Ruochen, “Six thousand five hundred saint stones . ”

His voice was very loud . It shook the walls and ground of the auction arena . Everyone looked over at him and shook their heads . Many people wondered how a monk could be so rich .

“If this monk buys the elephant soul, he might want to cultivate some mysterious Buddhist technique,” the cultivators present started discussing .

Actually, it was Zhang Ruochen who’d wanted to buy it . However, he was worried that Kong Hongbi would get in his way again . If that happened, he might not even be able to buy the elephant soul with 20,000 saint stones .

Zhang Ruochen wasn’t afraid of that cost . It was just that his clash with Kong Hongbi would let the Demonic Sect get an advantage . This wasn’t wise .

But no matter how he bought it, he had to have the Green Armor Divine Elephant’s soul .

Kong Hongbi glanced at Gu Linfeng . Seeing that the man had his eyes closed, he also looked away and didn’t get involved . He didn’t think that Sikong One was bidding for Gu Linfeng .

In his opinion, Gu Linfeng was a very arrogant man . If he could bid for himself, why would he have someone else do it?

Right now, the most annoyed person present had to be the alchemist elder of the Inscription Guild . He was about to get the elephant soul . Who would’ve expected that a savage monk would come out of nowhere?

The alchemist elder thought carefully for a moment . Gritting his teeth, he called out, “Six thousand six hundred saint stones . ”

“Seven thousand saint stones,” Sikong One called, facing the alchemist elder . The sound waves flooded out, making the old man dizzy .

He glared at Sikong One . Shakily, he extended a wrinkled finger and said, “Monk…you…”

“Seven thousand saint stones, once . ”

“Seven thousand saint stones, twice . ”

“Seven thousand saint stones, sold!”

Seeing Qi Feiyu bang the jade gavel, Sikong One’s expression instantly turned ecstatic . Rubbing his hands, he laughed and said, “Senior Uncle, I said I could buy it under 10,000 saint stones and you didn’t believe me . ”

Zhang Ruochen nodded with satisfaction . “I’ll still give you 10,000 saint stones . Pay 7,000 to the Pearl Light Pavilion and the remaining 3,000 is yours . ”

Sikong One’s eyes widened . “Three thousand saint stones all for me?”

“No need to be so shocked,” Zhang Ruochen said nonchalantly . “These are saint stones you earned with your skills . ”

Kong Hongbi naturally heard their conversation and grew more furious . He felt like he’d been toyed with . If he’d known that Gu Linfeng was the one buying the elephant soul, he would have at least doubled the price .

Zhang Ruochen didn’t even see Kong Hongbi’s murderous eyes . He stood up immediately to leave the auction . Since he’d gotten the Green Armor Divine Elephant’s soul, there was no point in staying here .

“The next item in the auction is the national treasure weapon of the past Sacred Central Empire,” Qi Feiyu’s lovely voice sounded at the auction podium .

Zhang Ruochen had already stood up, but then his body trembled and stopped abruptly . He sat back into his seat .