Ryoei was also a crafty old fox. He knew that only Ling Xiao could restrain Lie Ruyu and make Lie Ruyu change her willful habits. That was why he said this, to give Ling Xiao and Lie Ruyu more opportunities to communicate.
After all, through these days, he could see that Lie Ruyu was gradually changing a lot, which was indeed beneficial to her growth.
Although Lie Ruyu had the face of a beautiful woman, Ling Xiao didn't have much of a feeling no matter how he looked.
However, he had no choice but to bow his head when he was under the eaves!
Ling Xiao's face revealed a smile that he thought was the most charming. He looked at Lie Ruyu and said, "That … Ruyu, Young … Young Master Ruyu, can you lend me some Divine Crystals? I will definitely pay you back double in the future!"
Lie Ruyu looked at Ling Xiao's fawning expression and laughed. She thought to herself, "This guy is really good at acting. He's always changing."
"You're the young master. I don't know how many Divine Crystals you want, but I still have to see if I have enough!" Lie Ruyu followed Ling Xiao's words.
"I'm not sure about that. Let's go to the auction later and take a look. If there's something suitable, we'll buy it. I think ten million should be enough!" Ling Xiao said.
"Alright, I can lend you the Divine Crystals for now, but … there's a condition!" Lie Ruyu said with a sly look.
Ling Xiao immediately patted his chest and said, "Alright, I can agree to any condition other than to marry you!"
"Bah, if I want you to marry me, don't be impatient!" Lie Ruyu said with a drunken red face. She was disdainful, but she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.
No matter what, she was a proud daughter of heaven. The line of people who pursued her was longer than the Towering Sky River. How could this despicable guy in front of her say such words?
After the few of them walked around these scattered stalls, Ling Xiao collected a lot of Spirit Grasses.
Ling Xiao felt that he had gained a lot from the free trade alone. As for the auction, Ling Xiao did not want to compete with those Godkings in auctioning divine items. His agreement with Lie Ruyu to borrow divine crystals was just a precaution. If he came across an item that he wanted, he would fight for it.
…
In the afternoon, the auction finally began.
In order to enter the simple and spacious stone room to auction items, one must first pay an entrance fee, and the entrance fee was not cheap.
Those who hadn't reached the strength of a God King and didn't have God Crystals were too embarrassed to enter.
After all, this was the true place to trade divine materials, and they could only be purchased with Divine Crystals.
Ling Xiao, Lie Ruyu, Lie Xi, and the others chose a seat near the front, while Lie Xi and the other Godking split up and joined the others.
The purpose of this was to lock onto the people of the Bloodthirsty Roving Bandits as soon as possible. This was the only way to find their whereabouts.
The auction began. The auctioneer was a young woman who was dressed in revealing clothes.
Only three of her vital areas were covered by beast skin, and the rest of her tender flesh was completely exposed. She looked like a beautiful snake, causing the blood of humans and beasts to boil.
Many of the people below were people from the nearby forces, including the Roving Bandits of the Chaotic Mountain Range, rogue cultivators, and mercenaries. When they saw such a woman, they couldn't help but cry out in surprise.
"How disgusting, wearing so little!" Lie Ruyu looked at the young woman on the high platform in disgust.
"You feel disgusted because you're a woman. Didn't you see so many people around you screaming? This is called charm!" Ling Xiao said as he looked at the woman.
This kind of woman was full of wild temptation, and could indeed make people go crazy.
It was a pity that it was obvious at a glance that she was a coquettish woman. Ling Xiao didn't have much desire for her, he just looked at her for a bit.
"All the crows in the world are black!" Lie Ruyu said angrily.
Who knew that Ling Xiao's next sentence would make her smile.
"Although this woman is somewhat beautiful, in front of the young lady, she's a swan. Compared to an ugly duckling, the difference is like heaven and earth," Ling Xiao said respectfully.
He had no choice. The situation was against him. If he didn't please this girl, he wouldn't be able to get his Divine Crystals.
"Are … are you telling the truth?" Lie Ru Yu revealed some shyness.
"Of course. Even real gold and silver can't be so real!" Ling Xiao said with certainty.
This was the truth. Lie Ru Yu's beauty could definitely be called a heavenly beauty. Few could compare to her. However, her personality still needed to be trained.
"You have good taste!" Lie Ruyu glared at Ling Xiao and turned her face away, but her heart was beating very fast.
At this time, the first item to be auctioned was finally presented.
The young woman licked her sexy lips and said, "Low-grade Ninth Stage Sky Rubik Vine, the starting price is fifteen Divine Crystals, and each increment must be no less than ten thousand!"
As soon as she finished speaking, someone immediately rushed to bid, "One hundred and sixty thousand!"
After a round of bidding, the Sky Rubik Vine was sold for two hundred and fifty thousand Divine Crystals.
Ling Xiao swallowed and said, "Damn, if I had Divine Crystals right now, I would definitely bid for it."
Ling Xiao was an alchemist, and sooner or later he would become a God King. These divine herbs were all rare divine items, and they were all useful to him.
The atmosphere of the auction was very intense. This place wasn't like the auctions in the city that provided private rooms. Everyone was sitting in the same place, and it was easy to see each other's appearance and strength. Therefore, some people took the opportunity to pressure others.
After all, no one wanted the auction price to soar higher and higher.
Again and again, the killing and shouting pushed the auction to its climax.
Ling Xiao temporarily made three moves. The first was for a light attribute divine herb, the Moon Rubik Flower, the second was for an earth attribute divine herb, the Yellow Evil Bamboo, and the third was for a wind attribute divine artifact called the Wind Shuttle.
The Lunar Tide Flower was a divine flower that grew from absorbing the essence of the moon. It was beautiful and resplendent. It was said that it only grew in the places closest to the moon. To light-attributed cultivators, it was an extremely difficult divine herb to find.
The Yellow Evil Bamboo was a divine object that grew together with the Yellow Evil Dragon. This kind of Evil Dragon was only one step away from becoming a divine beast. The Yellow Evil Bamboo that grew together with it contained a boundless evil energy that could increase the divine power of the Earth Burrowing Technique.
The Wind Shuttle was just a god artifact. It was only the size of a disc, and there were sharp, octagonal gears around it. Once it locked onto an opponent, it could kill them with lightning speed. Even Godkings would fear it. It was a strange, cold god artifact.
Needless to say, the Moon Rubik Flower was collected by Ling Xiao for Yurou Fei to use in the future. The Yellow Evil Bamboo was for Xianyu Ye to use when he broke through to the God King realm. The Wind Shuttle was to be kept by his side for now, and he could give it to his master's wife in the future.
The prices of these three items were not very good. He spent a total of 4.5 million divine crystals to get them. Among them, the Wind Shuttle was the most expensive, costing him 3.8 million divine crystals.
This was not a small amount. It was not easy for any God King to take out such a sum.
However, Ling Xiao had a rich little mistress by his side, so he was very forthright when he called out the price. He was not afraid of not having enough divine crystals.
"So the auction is so easy to finish. Next time, let me call out the price. I want to let them all know how powerful I am!" Lie Ruyu said excitedly.
She unknowingly fell in love with this noisy atmosphere because it was her first time coming to such an occasion. It made her feel very lively and curious, especially when she was calling out the price. It made her even more excited.
"No problem. Eldest Miss, if there's anything you like, feel free to call out the price. The higher the price, the better!" Ling Xiao replied. In his heart, he added, "The items that you bid for will belong to me."
Ryoei's face turned a little green. Although he didn't care about these divine crystals, he really wanted to curse when he heard Ling Xiao's last sentence. "Do you think these divine crystals are useless rocks? The higher the price, the better!"
Although that was what Ling Xiao said, he would not let Lie Ruyu blindly bid for the items.
Therefore, he tried to persuade her again, telling her which ones she could bid for and which ones she could not bid for.
In the end, under Ling Xiao's guidance, Lie Ruyu auctioned the spiritual herbs. She got the chance to bid for them, so she was very happy to call out the price.
However, Ryoei almost fainted from fright.
The starting price of a mid-ninth-grade spiritual herb was 300,000 divine crystals, and the highest price was only about 600,000 divine crystals. However, Lie Ruyu called out three million divine crystals in one go.
The scene fell silent, and everyone was instantly dumbfounded!
They had seen many people bid very high prices in one go, but they had never seen someone bid so high. She had actually increased the price by ten times in one go.
She was simply not taking the divine crystals seriously!
A thought popped up in everyone's mind. "Is this guy an idiot?"
"Why isn't anyone bidding?" Lie Ruyu looked around at the people around her and asked in confusion.
Everyone wanted to vomit blood!
The value of that spiritual herb was extraordinary, but it couldn't compare to three million divine crystals!
Ling Xiao broke out in a cold sweat, and he thought to himself, This little rich woman is indeed a little rich woman. Her boldness really makes me feel ashamed of my inferiority!
"Miss, that's not how an auction is called. We have to bid for the item at the lowest possible price. In other words, the price has to increase gradually until no one is bidding for it anymore." Ryoei could only explain to Lie Ruyu from the side.
"I'm also increasing the price slowly. Why aren't they increasing the price as well? This isn't fun!" Lie Ruyu said in confusion.
As the items were auctioned off one by one, the atmosphere in the scene reached a climax.
Ling Xiao didn't bid anymore. He had been intentionally keeping people in the scene, hoping to find traces of Mad Monk, but he couldn't find anyone suspicious.
Instead, Ryoei sent him a voice transmission. "The six people in the second row on the left are the six God Kings of the Snake Faction!"
Ling Xiao looked in the direction that Lie Yong had pointed out, and indeed saw six people who stood out from the crowd sitting there.
They were wearing silver snake scale armor, so it was very easy to identify them.
Six God Kings … I wonder if Rou Fei's adoptive father has escaped … Ling Xiao thought to himself.
He was still very weak right now. Otherwise, he would have directly gone up to these six 'perverted snakes' and asked if they had any news of Mad Monk.
"Next up are the last three divine items, an ancient serpent egg. The starting price is three million Divinity Crystals!"