Chapter 298
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Chapter 298: Doubts
After Wu Laoda placed his bid, some cultivators were still unwilling to give up and continued to shout bids:
"Seven thousand one hundred spiritual stones!"
There were only a few top-quality spiritual grains available at the auction. If they missed out on these grains, they didn’t know if there would be more in the future.
Seeing others bidding, Wu Laoda just smiled confidently and waved his hand again:
"Eight thousand spiritual stones!"
This much higher bid quickly scared off the other cultivators who still wanted to bid for the spiritual grains.
Clearly, if they continued to bid, Wu Laoda was likely to go up to nine thousand spiritual stones or even ten thousand!
From Wu Laoda’s expression, it was obvious he was the type who had more money than sense!
Many cultivators quietly glanced at Wu Laoda and secretly noted him in their hearts.
"Eight thousand spiritual stones once!"
"Eight thousand spiritual stones twice!"
…
"Eight thousand spiritual stones sold!"
"Let’s congratulate this friend once again!"
The host’s words made many unsuccessful bidders scoff.
Having successfully auctioned the item that Ji Yang needed, Wu Laoda felt quite pleased. What were these people’s identities? They dared to compete with him for wealth, but they would never know how many spiritual stones a mountain of top-quality spiritual grains could exchange for!
Wu Laoda’s continuous high bids drew many scrutinizing glances from the upper boxes in the auction house.
However, once they sensed Wu Laoda’s low realm, they stopped paying much attention.
To them, this was small fry that wasn’t worthy of their attention.
Inside the box where Ji Yang was seated,
Elder Guan glanced at Wu Laoda through the screen and suddenly remarked:
"I remember that Ji Yang seems to really like planting spiritual grains, right?"
Upon hearing this, Ren Yuning furrowed her brows tightly and replied,
"Yes, according to our investigation, this person has filled the entire peak with spiritual grains!"
Ji Yang’s heart sank upon hearing this. He didn’t expect them to be so well-informed, even discovering that he had planted an entire mountain of spiritual grains. It seemed there was a traitor in the sect!
But thinking carefully, Ji Yang realized it might not be difficult to find out, after all, such a large mountain was hard for anyone to ignore.
Their doubts made Ji Yang feel a bit anxious. If Wu Laoda was discovered, he probably wouldn’t have a good time either.
Even though he could continue changing his appearance and identity, wouldn’t that make his investment go to waste?
After all, that was one of his few sources of wealth!
He had even cut back from Little Black and Little White’s rations to save for it!
Thinking about Wu Laoda’s blatant behavior, Ji Yang felt a tinge of regret. He realized he had picked the wrong person!
“Uncle Guan, shall we capture this person now and interrogate him in detail? Perhaps we can find Ji Yang’s whereabouts through him! Then we won’t need to trouble Uncle Qu to set up formations,” Ren Yuning said urgently.
Elder Guan shook his head slightly:
“No, it’s currently the auction hosted by our Heaven Demon Sect. If we take action to capture someone now, it may invite criticism from others and harm our sect’s reputation.”
“But what if he escapes?”
Elder Guan smiled upon hearing this:
“It’s fine. I just sent someone to keep an eye on him. We can wait until the auction ends before taking action!”
“Elder Guan is right. Yuning, there’s no need to rush. As long as Ji Yang is still in the city, he won’t be able to escape.”
Elder Qu, who was nearby, comforted her.
Ren Yuning didn’t say more after hearing this; indeed, she felt a bit anxious.
With two uncles present, she didn’t think that this person could escape from the Heaven Demon Pavilion. Besides, this was the territory of the Heaven Demon Sect.
“Senior Sister Ning, if you need anything, please don’t hesitate to ask your junior brother!”
At that moment, Ji Yang also spoke up.
“Thank you, Feng Yu!”
Ren Yuning nodded, her expression easing.
Ji Yang smiled back, but inside he was already thinking of ways to help Wu Laoda evade the scrutiny of the two Heaven Demon Sect elders.
However, given Wu Laoda’s level, it was highly likely he wouldn’t be able to hide from the two elders, but there might still be some opportunity. At least he could make some small moves nearby.
But the prerequisite was that Wu Laoda should stop acting so high-profile afterward.
After successfully purchasing two types of spiritual grains, Wu Laoda fell silent again. The following auction items didn’t include any spiritual grains, which relieved Ji Yang.
Thankfully, it seemed Elder Guan still had some sense!
He knew to keep a low profile.
However, good times didn’t last. After a series of auctions, the Nascent Soul Stage host on stage smiled slightly and then pointed to a nearby tray, continuing his introduction:
“Dear friends, the next item for auction is ten high-level spiritual plant seeds!”
“These ten seeds include Di Jin, Xin Yi, Qian Ri Hong, Tian Nan Xing… They are all rare and precious high-level spiritual plants and are also key ingredients for many alchemy recipes!”
“Although they are just spiritual plant seeds, if cultivated carefully, even if you don’t need them yourself, they can benefit future generations!”
“Given the guests’ requests, these ten high-level spiritual plant seeds will be sold separately! Each seed starts at five hundred spiritual stones, and the bidding increment must be no less than one hundred spiritual stones!”
“Now, let the auction begin!”
As Ji Yang looked at the high-level spiritual plant seeds on the tray, a faint glimmer appeared in his eyes.
These ten seeds might take others years to yield results, but in his hands, the growth period would be significantly shortened.
Once they grew, each high-level spiritual plant would provide him with steady Blue Light Points, and together, ten plants would be quite an impressive gain.
Plus, now that he had learned alchemy, he could reap some additional benefits from the finished spiritual plants.
From the birth of the spiritual plant seeds to their planting, he would achieve the perfect utilization of spiritual plants.
Moreover, among the items Wu Laoda purchased earlier, there were only a few high-level spiritual plant seeds since such seeds were quite scarce in the market, most of which had been bought by the sect.
So, Ji Yang really wanted these ten high-level spiritual plant seeds, but unfortunately, he couldn’t bid and could only rely on Wu Laoda.
He hoped Wu Laoda wouldn’t be as high-profile as before!
Even if he couldn’t buy all ten, purchasing a few would be an acceptable outcome for Ji Yang!
As Ji Yang was deep in thought, the bidding for the first spiritual plant seed at the auction began!
“Seven hundred spiritual stones!”
“One thousand spiritual stones!”
“One thousand two hundred spiritual stones!”
Compared to top-quality spiritual grains, the base price of high-level spiritual plant seeds wasn’t very high. One reason was that they took a long time to grow; high-level spiritual plants needed at least several decades, and in slower cases, even hundreds of years.
Another reason was that planting high-level spiritual plants required certain conditions, such as excellent spiritual fields and cultivators proficient in planting.
Thus, the starting bid for the spiritual plant seeds was relatively low.
