Facing Mo Shaoyou’s mockery.
Ling Xiao merely smiled faintly and said, “What if I am rich? I can use fifty million low-grade spirit stones to feed a dog, so naturally I can also buy a Youying Sword. If you have no money, you have no money. If you cannot afford it, you cannot afford it. Why bother finding such excuses to save face?”
“Pfft!”
Someone in the audience finally could not hold back their laughter.
“This Mo Shaoyou is really lacking in grace. But this young man is impressive. He does not even care about fifty million low-grade spirit stones. He must truly be wealthy. We see it as wasteful, yet he treats it as nothing. Tsk tsk, envy, jealousy, hate.”
The people below all looked at Ling Xiao with faces full of envy.
He had two beauties by his side and a large amount of spirit stones in hand. By comparison, apart from being overbearing and unreasonably domineering, Mo Shaoyou seemed inferior in every way.
But was it really okay for this fellow to provoke Mo Shaoyou like this? Was he not afraid something would happen?
Mo Shaoyou and the people from Bi Bo Island were so angry they almost spat blood.
They had come to Sin City many times and had never lost to anyone in terms of wealth before. This time theyy they lost so thoroughly that they were utterly furious.
“Brother Mo, did you hear that? Others are saying you have no money. It is well known that the Life-Seizing Sword never suffers a loss. Today you are humiliated like this. Are you not going to do something about it?”
Mang Xiao had already recognised Ling Xiao. Speaking up now, he was naturally trying to incite Mo Shaoyou.
He did not dare face Ling Xiao alone, but if Mo Shaoyou helped, perhaps they really could kill this so-called Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty.
Then Mang Xiao could make his name resound throughout the entire Divine Phoenix Continent.
Ling Xiao glanced faintly at Mang Xiao and said with a smile, “The young master of the Black Python family. You dare not fight me yourself and act like a shrinking turtle, yet you want others to stand up for you. It seems the Black Python family is nothing much. I reckon that so-called great master is also just a shrinking turtle.”
Ling Xiao’s words rang out again, shocking the surrounding onlookers silly.
What kind of place was this?
This was Sin City!
It was understandable that Ling Xiao offended Mo Shaoyou, the young island master of Bi Bo Island. After all, Bi Bo Island’s reach was limited and could not extend to Sin City.
But the Black Python family was the greatest power in Sin City. Offending the Black Python family, this fellow was really something. Had he eaten the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard, or was he truly brainless?
Mang Xiao’s originally sinister smile instantly froze. In a violent rage, he stared fixedly at Ling Xiao, wishing he could rush up right now and tear Ling Xiao into ten thousand pieces.
“Mang Xiao, it seems this fellow has offended you as well. He does not give me, Mo Shaoyou, any face. I can understand that, since Sin City is not under Bi Bo Island’s control. But as the young master of the Black Python family, are you really going to let yourself be humiliated like this?
He even called your great master a shrinking turtle. Can you tolerate that?”
Mo Shaoyou looked at Mang Xiao with a smirk and said.
Mang Xiao’s mouth twitched. He said viciously, “Brother Mo, let us stop mocking each other. I will tell you the truth. This person is Ling Xiao, the Ling Xiao who has been in the limelight recently. It is said he proclaimed himself the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty and established a human empire on the Heavenly Dragon Continent,妄图 to revive the golden age of the human race.”
“The golden age of the human race? Hahahaha. Lowly humans also妄图 to rise again? That would be wishful thinking. If we kill this Heavenly Emperor today, I wonder whether the so-called Heavenly Dynasty would instantly collapse?”
Mo Shaoyou licked his lips and smiled maliciously.
“Yes, Brother Mo. How about we join forces? This fellow does have some tricks.”
Mang Xiao said.
“Agreed!”
After a moment’s thought, Mo Shaoyou nodded.
He would not allow anyone to be more impressive than him!
Sin City did not need someone as impressive as Ling Xiao!
“Ladies and gentlemen, the auction is still ongoing. If there is any issue that cannot be resolved, can you wait until after the auction to settle it?”
Yun Ya’s cold voice rang out, accompanied by the release of her powerful aura.
She usually kept a low profile, so few people knew her true cultivation level.
The aura she released now instantly suppressed Mo Shaoyou and Mang Xiao with ease. This was terrifying.
Though Mo Shaoyou and Mang Xiao were unwilling, they still nodded and returned to their seats.
“Everyone, that young hero has bid fifty million low-grade spirit stones. Is anyone willing to raise the bid?”
Yun Ya looked around and asked.
After a moment, seeing no one speak, Yun Ya finalised this auction.
“The Youying Sword belongs to Young Hero Ling!”
In fact, it was not that no one could afford it. Many people present understood that even if they won the Youying Sword today, it would be meaningless, because they would be killed by the combined forces of Mo Shaoyou and Mang Xiao. Everything would become completely futile.
Yun Ya smiled at Ling Xiao, then started the next item.
The eighteenth auction item was a precious pill. Ling Xiao had no interest at all and only hoped to quickly move to the next auction item.
Mo Shaoyou ultimately obtained this pill and even provocatively glanced at Ling Xiao, as if showing off how rich he was.
“You do not need to look at me. I have plenty of such low-grade yellow-rank pills. I am not interested in competing with you. I am rich, but I will not spend recklessly.”
Ling Xiao glanced at Mo Shaoyou. That look was as if he were looking at an idiot.
A low-grade yellow-rank pill, yet he spent a full ten million plus low-grade spirit stones to buy it. Pitiful.
The total cost for him to refine the same pill would not exceed five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones. The difference was like heaven and earth.
So indeed, being an alchemist and refining pills was truly a hugely profitable business.
“I am afraid it is because he has no spirit stones left?”
Mo Shaoyou said disdainfully.
Many people still believed him. After all, Ling Xiao had successively won the Ghost Fiend Mother-Child Swords and the Youying Sword, spending nearly eighty million low-grade spirit stones in total.
Logically, unless Ling Xiao was an exceptional alchemist, he should not have any spirit stones left.
Ling Xiao did not explain. He merely smiled faintly and waited for the next item.
“The nineteenth auction item is a precious seal from the ancient times. Made of bronze, it can be used as a magical treasure. Unfortunately, the item is somewhat damaged, reducing its effectiveness. Now it is only equivalent to an immortal-grade treasure weapon. However, according to the appraisal and inference of our Heavenly Dragon Firm’s experts, this object was probably a divine-grade spiritual device in the past, with heaven-defying power!”
A divine-grade spiritual device was something several levels stronger than a divine-grade treasure weapon.
Though it was not the Imperial Jade Seal, it still caught Ling Xiao’s attention.
While Yun Ya spoke, someone had already brought the seal up.
The seal was not too large, square in shape, with a dragon knob on top that looked very majestic.
The damage Yun Ya mentioned referred to some inscriptions on the seal being worn.
These were key inscriptions that formed powerful arrays. Once damaged, the power would naturally be greatly reduced.
In that instant, Ling Xiao’s Mountain-River Martial Soul actually produced some kind of throbbing reaction.
Puzzled, he activated his Taiji Eye to observe.
Not observing was fine, but once he did, he was immediately overjoyed.
