stonecrandall 23. Unexpected changes occur.
23. Unexpected changes occur.
Then Xue Ningyi carefully took out a jade container from her storage ring. Xiao Yan sensed that the jade container was clearly a treasure with extremely strong resistance. There was also a spatial seal at the opening. This container alone was probably already very valuable.
A Dou Zong appeared on the platform, his hands making complex and mysterious hand gestures, and the seal at the opening slowly weakened.
Xue Ningyi put on silk gloves and carefully reached into the container, slowly taking out the contents.
It was a green fruit, nearly round but somewhat flat. Although it resembled a fruit, it was entirely transparent, with clear green juice flowing through a nearly invisible membrane. Several tiny seeds floated among the flowing juice, emitting a faint fluorescent glow. Even before Xue Ningyi had revealed any information about the fruit, its unique shape alone had already captivated everyone's attention; calling it a work of art was truly an understatement.
"Teacher, what is this?"
"I have absolutely no recollection of this..."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan was slightly shocked. After all, with Yao Lao's experience, there was almost nothing that could escape his knowledge. Even with the ancient jade, Yao Lao could roughly guess that it was related to the Dou Di. But Yao Lao had no recollection of this thing. Could it really be related to the Dou Sheng?
What Xiao Yan didn't notice was that Xiao Xun'er, who was obediently staying by his side, had her brows furrowed at the moment.
"Everyone, the fruit in my hand is extremely rare to find on the Dou Qi Continent today. It is called the Emperor's Essence Fruit, and only Dou Di can nurture and cultivate it."
Xue Ningyi's words sparked a huge uproar.
"A Battle Emperor? Is it related to a Battle Emperor?"
"How is that possible? How could something like this fall into the hands of the Golden Alliance Chamber of Commerce?"
"If I possess what the Dou Di left behind, who in the Northwest Region can rival me?"
"It's fake, absolutely fake."
Amidst the cacophony, something unusual was happening, though most people were completely unaware of it.
Xue Ningyi's voice rang out again: "According to reliable records, this item was created by the Dou Di for his descendants. Consuming it can remove all obstacles before advancing to Dou Sheng. In other words, as long as one doesn't die after consuming this fruit, one will definitely become a saint!"
Xue Ningyi's words dropped another bombshell in the otherwise bustling auction hall.
"A Battle Saint? I didn't hear wrong, did I?"
"Are the people at the Golden Alliance Chamber of Commerce crazy? They're actually selling something like this?"
Even the people in the VIP room at this moment, including Lu Zhi, Xu Chengze, Su Zhang, Yang Yue and others, had changed their auras. They were clearly no longer calm about such a treasure. They had heard that the final treasure was of an exceptionally high level, but no one expected it to be this high.
"Going to raise money, going bankrupt... ah."
Suddenly, strange things happened at the auction house. Explosions echoed throughout the venue, each originating from a burst of brightly colored smoke. Anyone with experience in the auction house at that moment immediately recognized that the smoke was poisonous.
As the smoke spread and chaos erupted, dozens of fully armed customers sprang from their seats. Half of them brandished their weapons and charged into the crowd, while the other half, led by five key figures, rushed straight for the stage.
Blood flowed freely along the way, and all those who blocked their path were mercilessly slaughtered. In three breaths, they had regrouped their ranks, and in seven breaths, they had successfully approached the stage.
Xiao Yan saw that each of these people was at least a Dou Wang (Battle King) in cultivation, and the five leaders had even advanced to Dou Zong (Battle Ancestor).
Just as Xiao Yan was about to make a move, he saw Xu Chengze and Su Zhang. Instead of being excited to see Di Yunguo, he calmly sat back down in his seat.
Xu Chengze said with a hint of mockery, "Young friend Xiao Yan, please sit down and relax. The Golden Alliance Chamber of Commerce has businesses all over the Northwest Region of the continent. It's not because of any good luck."
Even though Xue Ningyi saw the assassins on the stage and could smell the blood on the leader, there was no panic in her eyes. Instead, her calm gaze carried a strange look of a cat playing with a mouse.
The moment the assassins stepped onto the stage, more than ten points of light appeared from behind it.
Spears! With terrifying force capable of severing metal and splitting stone, more than ten spears, each over three meters long, sealed off all space on the stage.
Upon seeing such power, the five leaders paused in their tracks. The Dou Huang powerhouses behind them activated their strongest defenses without fear of death, using their bodies to block this round of attacks. The spears were reaping the lives of these Dou Huang powerhouses who commanded the winds and rains outside, but indeed, the spears could no longer affect the five Dou Zong.
The leader swept forward, arriving before Xue Ningyi. The stunningly beautiful woman before him stirred his heart, but he forced himself to ignore her. Within that vessel lay the opportunity to directly ascend to the Dou Sheng realm, and that opportunity was about to belong to him.
Just as his fingers were about to touch the container, an overwhelming pressure descended. He had been a Dou Zong for a long time, and in the outside world, he had always controlled lightning and commanded the wind and rain. But at the moment when he was about to achieve his goal and open the path to Dou Sheng, a terrifying pressure that seemed to want to crush his body into powder poured down like a tidal wave.
He thought back to that afternoon when he was just a junior fighter, begging his teacher, who was already a Fighting King, to show him his strength. The pressure his teacher released was like the might of heaven, and after only three breaths, his teacher helped him up and looked at him with a smile.
This time, a hand reached out again, but this time it was pinching his head.
"Hmph." A voice appeared in the hearts of everyone present at the same time, and everyone was in a daze for a moment before their panicked mood returned to calm.
The poisonous fog that had filled the entire area had vanished without a trace with the groan, and all the assassins were slumped on the ground like piles of mud.
A robust man who looked no more than forty years old dragged the head of the assassin leader to the front of the stage.
Then, the assassin was raised high, and with a slight force applied to his palm, the sound of a skull shattering rang out. For some reason, the sound of a skull breaking, which should have been audible only to those nearby, spread throughout the entire auction house.
"Auctions should be decided by price. Do you think the Golden Alliance Chamber of Commerce is easy to bully by resorting to despicable tactics?"
Everyone was shocked by the strong man's fierce actions.
"This person looks so familiar."
"He Kui, the Fiendish Hand! It's He Kui, the Fiendish Hand! I've seen his portrait."
"Wasn't he a renowned expert who shook the Northwest Region a hundred years ago? A ruthless man who could fight two Dou Zongs single-handedly at the Dou Huang level."
"I never expected that not only was he alive, but he was also the person behind the Golden Alliance Chamber of Commerce."
After seeing He Kui's startled expression, Lu Zhi laughed and said, "This old guy really isn't dead."
At the same time, Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao, "Teacher, what is this person's cultivation level?"
The calm, serene voice of the old man appeared in Xiao Yan's mind.
"Battle Master!"