Chapter 31: Five Elements Immortal Spirits and Space Stone

Hearing Master Gong's announcement, Tang Yi couldn't help but be slightly startled.

"Goodness me, is the starting bid for this batch of items even higher than the total transaction value of all the preceding items combined?"

"Eighty-five hundred thousand!" someone shouted out the first bid.

"Eighty-eight hundred thousand!" Before the sound of the previous bid had even faded, someone else called out an even higher price.

"Ninety-three hundred thousand!" "One million!" "One million one hundred thousand!"... The price soared all the way. Although there were fifty thousand seats in the venue, plus the two upper tiers, there were at least fifty-five thousand people present. Yet, the number of actual bidders was quite small. Out of more than fifty thousand people, having just over thirty individuals bidding indicated that the gold content of this auction was exceptionally high. Those across the entire Immortal Realm who possessed immortal mansion-type immortal artifacts were extremely rare. No one had ever kept precise statistics, but it was definitely less than one in ten thousand. Having over thirty such people appear here was more than enough to prove that.

"Ten million top-grade immortal stones!" A voice bid from a VIP private box on the third tier. A brief silence descended upon the auction house.

"Heh, ten million? Twenty million top-grade immortal stones!" A new bid rang out from another box. Hearing this price, Tang Yi's heart gave a violent thump. If these items commanded such a price, then the Five Elements Immortal Spirits were truly priceless treasures. It seemed his luck was exploding with brilliance. Hmm, he had better hurry up and forge an immortal mansion; otherwise, constantly letting these five eccentric creatures wander around outside would inevitably spell trouble if they happened to catch the eye of someone with malicious intent.

"Hmph, Du Huaren, so it's you! Twenty-five million, I'm determined to have this batch of items." The previous voice gave a cold snort.

"Heh, Jin Qizhi, Brother Jin, we haven't seen each other in so many years, how is it that you still have this same temper? Thirty million, you must know that my Du family possesses an excellent Qiankun Realm; this batch of Five Elements Immortal Spirit items is something my Du family is determined to secure!" Du Huaren retorted in challenge.

"Thirty-five million, hmph! If you want the items, you have to show your strength!" Jin Qizhi immediately added five million.

"Haha, keep going, keep going, strive to bicker and drive the price up. It's best if it goes up to a hundred million. Haha!" Tang Yi chuckled secretly inside his private box.

"Forty million!" "Forty-five million!" "Fifty million!" "Fifty-five million!"...

"Aiyah! You two youngsters from the Du and Jin families, stop fighting over this! Ninety million, I want this batch of Five Elements Immortal Spirits! Do this old man the favor of letting me have them, how about that?" Just as Du Huaren and Jin Qizhi were bidding against each other endlessly, an aged yet extremely resonant voice echoed throughout the auction house!

Ninety million was definitely an exorbitant price for this batch of Five Elements Immortal Spirit items. Although the utility of the Five Elements Immortal Spirit items was undeniable, achieving a noticeable improvement in an immortal mansion or a Qiankun Realm using this quantity would still require a considerable amount of time. Moreover, it would require a formation master to lay down a Five Elements Living Spirit Array within the original immortal artifact, and the fee to hire such a formation master was also a substantial sum of immortal stones.

"Master Yun!" Du Huaren and Jin Qizhi blurted out simultaneously! Afterwards, the two of them fell silent and made no further bids.

"Ninety million top-grade immortal stones, going once!" "Ninety million top-grade immortal stones, going twice!" "Ninety million top-grade immortal stones, thrice! Sold! Fellow cultivator Xue Xi has won the Five Elements Immortal Spirit items with a bid of ninety million top-grade immortal stones!" Master Gong announced loudly!

"Whew, ninety million top-grade immortal stones, I've really struck it rich this time. Becoming rich, handsome, and powerful is so easy! Well, keep a low profile, keep a low profile!" Tang Yi muttered to himself.

The subsequent items failed to catch Tang Yi's eye. They were mostly regional specialties, the majority of which were already stocked in the warehouse of his Immortal Deity account.

"Next up, this item is something everyone will desire—a Space Stone!" Master Gong said in a loud voice.

A space stone was an essential item for forging an immortal mansion. The size of the space stone directly determined the scale of the internal space that could be forged within the immortal mansion. Forging a Qiankun Realm required another entirely different essential item.

On the jade platform appeared a grayish-white, irregularly shaped small stone, roughly the size of a ping-pong ball.

"Please take a good look, everyone. A space stone of this size, if used to forge an immortal mansion, can yield an internal space at least as vast as Red Pagoda City. The starting bid is two million top-grade immortal stones!" the old man shouted loudly.

"Two million five hundred thousand!" someone immediately bid. Bolstered by the paving of the way by the previous Five Elements Immortal Spirit items, the bids for this space stone quickly surpassed the prices of all previously transacted items.

Under normal circumstances, space stones were impossible to find; they wandered eternally through the void. Encountering one was a matter of pure luck, and even upon encountering one, only those with the cultivation realm of an Immortal Monarch or above would possess the capability to harvest it.

This particular space stone had been obtained by an Immortal Monarch who found three of them inside the Godly Weapon Star in the past, and this was one of them. In his box, Tang Yi browsed a jade tablet containing some introductory details about this space stone.

"Ten million!" Tang Yi called out his bid. A space stone of this magnitude usually commanded a transaction price of just ten million top-grade immortal stones. One had to remember that aside from the space stone itself, forging an immortal mansion required at least eighty different types of materials. In addition, it required the reinforcement and arrangement of formations by a formation master. All these combined expenses added up to at least a hundred million top-grade immortal stones.

"Fifteen million!" Someone immediately raised the bid.

"Eighteen million!" "Nineteen million!"...

"Twenty-eight million!" "Twenty-nine million!"

"Good grief, these people are driving me crazy! Fine! Let's drop a high price and settle it with one move!" Tang Yi muttered to himself!

"Forty million!" Tang Yi instantly pushed the price up to forty million! The moment this bid was uttered, the venue fell instantly silent! The atmosphere abruptly chilled.

"...Forty million for the third time, sold! Congratulations to this fellow cultivator!" Master Gong announced loudly.

"Next, this item has a direct connection to the current opening of the Godly Weapon Star. As everyone is well aware, entering the Godly Weapon Star actually requires an admission ticket, and once used, this ticket vanishes within the body. It belongs to the category of one-time consumable items. What is up for auction this time is precisely an admission ticket to the Godly Weapon Star!"

As soon as Master Gong finished speaking, an uproar broke out below! The crowd began to buzz with heated discussions!

"How can this be? We've never heard of Godly Weapon Star admission tickets being auctioned off for outsiders to use!" someone voiced their skepticism.

"Everyone can rest completely assured of this. This has been verified across three eons, and it was only after guaranteeing absolute infallibility that our auction house dared to bring it out for auction," Master Gong stated. Then, putting on a pair of specialized gloves, Master Gong retrieved several dozen large boxes made of dragon-locking wood from his spatial ring and opened their lids one by one.

Dozens of ordinary-looking meteorite fragments appeared before everyone's eyes!

"Hmph, this couldn't possibly be the so-called admission ticket, could it?" Tang Yi was utterly bewildered! What kind of admission ticket was this?

"These fifty meteorite chunks were subjected to numerous experiments by two Immortal Emperors of our Red Pagoda Mountain Auction House. Five eons ago, they finally succeeded in sealing the meteorites containing the Godly Weapon Star admission tickets within, utilizing these boxes crafted from dragon-locking wood and more than ten other materials, matched with internal arrays. By wearing these gloves, one can ensure that the admission tickets inside the meteorites will not be absorbed by the body!" Master Gong explained.

To further convince the people present, a woman also put on the gloves, retrieved another wooden box from her spatial ring, removed the gloves, opened the wooden box, and touched the meteorite with her bare hand. The meteorite suddenly shattered into pieces, and a ray of light displaying a Godly Weapon Star admission ticket appeared, which then rapidly expanded, disintegrated, and directly melted into the woman's body. A layer of red light appeared on the woman's body, subtle yet very distinct.

"Beep, beep. It is not the active period for the Godly Weapon Star; this ticket will now be voided! Beep, beep!" Along with a voice that suddenly rang out and then vanished, the red light on the woman's body gradually faded and then disappeared completely and cleanly!

"Hmm, that voice feels so familiar!" Tang Yi said upon hearing this sound.