Chapter 540
Nian Linglian
"boom."
Without saying a word, Ning Qi punched him, sending him flying.
Fortunately, this private room has security measures in place.
The room wasn't smashed.
When they went to check again, the person had already fainted.
"Boy, you are courting death."
Upon seeing this, the young man from before immediately became enraged: "Do you know who we are?"
"Who is it, and what does it have to do with me?"
Ning Qi glanced at the people in front of him with disdain, and then said, "Get out, or I'll kill you all."
"You wait."
The young man left with a remark and then stormed off in a huff.
He could already sense the powerful aura emanating from Ning Qi, and he knew very well that the rest of them were no match for him.
They could only leave dejectedly.
"Young master, I'm sorry to have troubled you."
The guy who had just arrived quickly apologized to Ning Qi.
"Don't mention it, this has nothing to do with you!"
Ning Qi waved his hand, then continued, "Your auction is about to begin, isn't it?"
"Yes, it's about to start. Look, some people are already getting ready!"
The waiter nodded and pointed down.
And sure enough, people were already cleaning up.
Many people quieted down.
"it is good!"
"Bring some spirit wine and spirit dishes!"
Ning Qi nodded and then sat down.
"Yes!"
After agreeing, the waiter hurriedly left.
"Master, those bastards might come back!"
Yao Ling looked behind her, a solemn expression on her face.
"The strongest person in this city is only at the early stage of True Immortal strength."
What's so scary about it?
"Let them come."
Ning Qi smiled dismissively, then turned his attention to what was below.
By this time, the auction hall was packed.
Some people were even standing nearby.
This shows how lively the auction was.
"Ladies and gentlemen, our auction is now beginning!"
"Let's cut to the chase. Our first item for auction today is a suit of armor."
"It's something we brought back from the outside world!"
At this moment, the auctioneer stepped forward and announced the first item to be auctioned.
"From outside?"
"Then this must have been brought back by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, right? I heard they just returned a few days ago."
"Not necessarily. There are quite a few sects that have gone out."
"Stop arguing and see what's going on!"
"..."
Immediately afterwards, people started talking about it.
“Master, it really does look like it came from that fragment of my continent.”
Yao Ling's attention was also focused on the armor in front of him.
"Everyone, the starting bid is 500,000 spirit stones."
At this point, the auctioneer spoke again.
"Five hundred and fifty thousand!"
"Six hundred and fifty thousand."
"..."
Immediately afterwards, people started bidding.
Ning Qi, however, showed no interest in this and instead crossed his legs, saying, "Let's wait and see if there's anything useful."
"Third Uncle, it's him."
Just then, the sound of several people's footsteps came from the doorway.
There was another familiar voice, clearly the same young man from before, who had arrived with his men.
Ning Qi turned his head and saw several people standing at the door.
Among them was a burly middle-aged man.
Judging from his strength, he is very powerful, already at the level of a half-step True Immortal.
It was just one step away from that final kick.
"Master, a formidable opponent has arrived."
Yao Ling also noticed something amiss.
"Oh? Not bad, there's another medicinal spirit."
At the level of strength attained by a middle-aged person, one can already see the spirit of medicine.
"Medicine Spirit?"
"Third Uncle, what kind of medicinal spirit is it?"
The young man was unaware of this and was somewhat curious.
"If you've come to apologize, then kneel down and beg for forgiveness."
"If not, then get out and wait. We'll talk after I finish the auction."
Ning Qi merely glanced at them before continuing, "Right now, I'm in a good mood and don't want to go on a killing spree."
"Oh? You sound pretty arrogant."
"You're just a rogue cultivator. Who gave you the audacity to run wild in our city!"
Upon hearing Ning Qi's words, the middle-aged man couldn't help but stay.
Instead, he walked in and asked with a disdainful look.
"You want to die? I'm ready to grant your wish anytime."
Ning Qi never unleashed his full power, but instead glanced at him indifferently: "You're just a piece of trash at the half-step True Immortal level. Who gave you the courage to sit next to me?"
"you!"
"you……"
Ning Qi saw through the middle-aged man's strength at a glance, and he couldn't even speak properly.
"Within two months, you will be able to pry open the gate to immortality."
"Don't do anything foolish."
Ning Qi glanced at him and had already seen through his strength.
They even guessed when he would break through.
"Third Uncle, don't listen to his nonsense!"
Upon seeing this, the young man quickly came over and said something.
"You bastard, get out of here."
The middle-aged man snorted angrily, then turned his gaze back to Ning Qi: "Senior, we apologize for disturbing you. We'll be leaving now."
"Walk slowly."
Ning Qi simply waved his hand, ignoring him.
"Uncle Three!"
The young man watched as the middle-aged man stood up, and wanted to say something.
However, he was met with a look from the middle-aged man: "Let's go!"
In the end, the young man left dejectedly with the middle-aged man.
From beginning to end, he didn't understand what was going on.
He was clearly the strongest expert in this area, yet he was intimidated by a young man.
After everyone left, Yao Ling pouted and said, "How annoying."
"Never mind that, let's keep watching the show."
Ning Qi didn't take it to heart and continued looking ahead.
Meanwhile, the people below had already begun auctioning off a new round of treasures.
However, Ning Qi only glanced at it and felt it wasn't very interesting.
"Everyone, the next one is a spiritual herb."
"It was also obtained from outside sources!"
"It is a snow lotus."
"It is said that possessing it allows one to refine top-grade elixirs!"
At this point, the auctioneer began the auction again.
"What snow lotus?"
"Let everyone see it!"
"..."
This immediately attracted the attention of many people.
When Yao Ling heard about the elixir, he immediately became interested.
He leaned forward to check the situation.
"Bring it here!"
The auctioneer gave an order to the clerk.
Then, a waiter brought out a snow lotus.
He then opened the brocade box containing the snow lotus.
The entire snow lotus was crystal clear, and it didn't look like a plant at all.
It is more like a condensation of the essence of heaven and earth, gathered and nurtured by him.
Yao Ling glanced at it and said with great certainty, "You are really ignorant. This is not a snow lotus."
"This is a thousand-year-old spiritual lotus."
"Although it was indeed born from the snow-capped mountains, it absorbed the essence of the sun and moon."
"It has nothing to do with ice attributes; it's just that its growing environment gave it some ice attributes."
"This can purify the human body."
"If it's been corrupted by boundless evil energy, it can be purified!" Yao Ling looked at the thousand-year-old spiritual lotus below, a hopeful expression on her face: "If I could devour it, I would become even stronger!"
"Do you want it?"
Upon hearing this, Ning Qi couldn't help but smile and ask.
"Of course, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
"Master, can you help me get your hands on it?"
Yao Ling nodded vigorously and looked at Ning Qi expectantly before asking.
"Why not?"
Ning Qi looked down and then said, "Tell him to wait and name his price. I'll get it for you."
"Thank you, Master!"
Upon hearing Ning Qi's words, Yao Ling was so grateful that she kowtowed repeatedly.
Don't try that on me!
"Just don't cause me any more trouble in the future."
Ning Qi rolled his eyes at him, then looked down again.
"The starting bid for this snow lotus is five million spirit stones."
"These are top-grade spirit stones! Those who want them can start bidding!"
The auctioneer waited until the murmurs subsided before he began to speak.
Six million!
"Six and a half million."
"Eight million!"
"..."
The people below began bidding.
Each of them wore an expression of absolute determination.
Neither side would give in.
"Fifteen million!"
As everyone argued heatedly, Ning Qi spoke up.
"Who?"
"That bastard, he's setting such an outrageous price!"
"Doubling the price directly? Are they trying to cause trouble?!"
"..."
After he announced his price, many people turned to look at him.
Their eyes were filled with anger.
If it weren't for the restrictions protecting them, they would have rushed up to settle scores with him long ago.
"Twenty million!"
After Ning Qi announced his price, no one had time to react.
In another private room, someone had already started raising the price.
Five million!
At this point, Ning Qi quoted another price.
Those below were amused by his words.
"Others are offering 20 million, and you're offering only 5 million."
"This kid is deliberately trying to cause trouble."
"Aren't you going to do anything about him?"
"..."
Many people started to mock them.
Some people started clamoring for the auction house to deal with Ning Qi.
"I'm talking about five million spirit essences, not spirit stones."
As everyone began to discuss, Ning Qi added, "If you're not convinced, then continue. Calling for spirit stones is a waste of our time."
"What, spiritual essence?"
"There aren't many like that in the entire lower realm, and he actually traded them for precious spiritual essence?"
"Has this kid gone mad?"
"He must be here to cause trouble."
"..."
This time, the discussion was even more heated.
Everyone was eagerly waiting to see what would happen.
"Since you don't believe me, then I'll show you!"
"Auctioneer, here you go."
Ning Qi was too lazy to argue with them, so he simply tossed a storage bag down from his side.
"Shh!"
The auctioneer caught it and explored it with his divine sense.
His face immediately showed a look of shock.
"How about it?"
"What is it?"
"Spiritual essence?"
"..."
The onlookers kept asking him what he had discovered.
Everyone's face was filled with curiosity.
"There are ten million spirit essences inside."
The auctioneer swallowed hard and said with difficulty.
"Yes, if you're not satisfied, keep asking me for more. If you don't, then it'll be five million spirit essences."
"Furthermore, regarding the extra items, I will see if there are any good ones later. If so, I will auction them off as well!"
In his private room, Ning Qi said to everyone, "Don't be so cowardly. If you want to join me, then be quick about it."
After his provocative remarks, no one dared to raise the price any further.
Spiritual essence is a very rare thing for them.
Ten thousand spirit marrows are equivalent to fifty thousand top-grade spirit stones.
This is the most basic method of exchange.
However, the essence of this spirit is extremely rare. Even now, it's worth 10,000 for 100,000, and there's no supply available.
Some people offered 150,000 top-grade spirit stones, but they still couldn't get it.
It's not that they give too little, it's that they don't give anything at all.
These things are controlled by large families and sects; ordinary people can't even dream of getting their hands on them.
"Five million, sold!"
The auctioneer knew that others could no longer afford to pay the price.
This rich young master gave far too much; it far exceeds the value of this snow lotus.
“Master, in fact, if this were a sect of immortals, let alone five million spirit essences, even if you offered ten times that amount, you still wouldn’t be able to get a single leaf of this thousand-year-old spirit lotus.”
"It's precisely in poor places like this that nobody recognizes the value of something!"
Yao Ling, standing next to Ning Qi, said with a smile, "However, you really gave us too much spirit marrow. Aren't you afraid these people will cause us trouble?"
"This place is secluded; who would know I'm here?"
Ning Qi smiled dismissively, then said to the people below, "Cash on delivery."
"Bring me the snow lotus."
"Okay, I'll send it over right away!"
The auctioneer agreed and gave the assistant a look.
The shop assistant quickly closed the brocade box and then hurriedly left.
They've obviously come to deliver snow lotus to Ning Qi.
After a short while, the waiter finally came upstairs.
After entering, he hurried over.
"Young master, your snow lotus."
The waiter stepped forward and respectfully placed the snow lotus and the brocade box on Ning Qi's table.
"it is good!"
Ning Qi simply nodded and said, "Go down."
"Yes!"
The man accepted the order and hurriedly withdrew.
Ning Qi looked at it, then pointed at the snow lotus: "Alright, you can take it and devour it!"
"Thank you, Master!"
Yao Ling was so excited that she rushed forward.
It opened its mouth wide and swallowed the thousand-year-old spiritual lotus in one gulp.
The thousand-year-old spiritual lotus stirred within his stomach for a long time before shrinking at a visible rate.
It disappeared completely in just a few breaths.
At this moment, the medicinal spirit in front of him was lying on Ning Qi's shoulder.
"So full!"
He also let out a burp.
Overall, her body looked more translucent and radiant.
It feels like it's possessed by a thousand-year-old spiritual lotus.
"That's it?"
"You haven't gotten stronger, have you?"
Ning Qi looked at the medicinal spirit in front of him with a regretful expression: "This good stuff has been fed to the dogs!"
"Master, you can't say that. My becoming stronger is also beneficial to you!"
"The spiritual energy and life force I emit in the future will be able to bring people back to life!"
Yao Ling pouted and continued, "Now that I'm with you, I can help you replenish your energy and replenish your immortal and demonic power during battles!"
"Oh? Is it that amazing?"
Ning Qi looked at the spirit with curiosity after hearing this: "It seems that my expenditure on this spirit essence was well worth it!"
"Of course!"
The medicinal spirit said proudly, "I'm a medicinal spirit that's been around for tens of thousands of years, so I'm very valuable!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, our next auction item also comes from outside!"
As the two chatted, the auctioneer below spoke again. (End of Chapter)