Five Million Jin Purchase

Whoosh!

Instantly, the attention of over a thousand guests on the Multi-Treasure Peak shifted. Although they were all participating in this 'Treasure Competition Assembly,' most of them were only looking to buy treasures worth around a hundred thousand jin of Primordial Liquid. Those truly willing to pay over a million jin… were extremely rare. Many Loose Immortals didn't have that much in their entire net worth, and what they had was mostly tied up in their own magical treasures.

To casually bid two million, six hundred thousand jin of Primordial Liquid… only a small portion of the people on Multi-Treasure Peak could do that.

“It’s that Ji Ning.”

“A little Wanxiang Adept?”

“He dares to bid on the Five Elements Peacock Tail?”

“Does he even have that much Primordial Liquid?”

“He killed Shaoyan Nong and a Primal-level Fiendgod. Shaoyan Nong had a lot of treasures, and that Primal Fiendgod probably had some as well.”

The murmurs were all filled with shock that Ji Ning would dare to enter the bidding.

After all, the five people who had bid before him were all formidable figures, every single one of them an Immortal. And Ji Ning? Just a Wanxiang Adept.

“Two million, seven hundred thousand jin of Primordial Liquid. Little friend from the Black-White College, this is a forging material, not a finished magic treasure. Even if you buy it, you can’t use it directly. You’d need to combine it with other materials and have a master artifact refiner forge it into an Immortal-ranked magic treasure.”

“Two million, eight hundred thousand jin of Primordial Liquid. Whoever can pay the price gets it. Even if Ji Ning is just a Wanxiang Adept, or even a mortal, as long as he can pay, what business is it of yours what he does with it?”

“Three million jin of Primordial Liquid. Everyone, please don’t compete with me. My master has been needing such Five Elements treasures for a long time.”

The price rose sharply.

Ji Ning felt the pressure. After all, the treasures he had sold earlier had only netted him two million, six hundred thousand jin of Primordial Liquid. However, this was all within his expectations. After all, the Peacock Tail was a main material that could be used to forge an Immortal-ranked top-grade magic treasure. It wasn't comparable to his own 'Green Strand Divine Fire Lamp,' which was merely an Immortal-ranked low-grade treasure.

“Ji Ning, just shout the price high and shock them all.” The yellow-furred bear’s voice suddenly rang out in Ji Ning’s mind. “Raising the price slowly like this will only make it go way too high. Just bid four million jin directly.”

Ji Ning hesitated for a moment.

He carried the aquatic palace with him, and the spirit of the aquatic palace had a complete grasp of everything around him.

“Four million jin of Primordial Liquid!” Ji Ning shouted loudly.

Instantly, the entire Multi-Treasure Peak fell silent.

Everyone had been raising the price by a hundred thousand jin at a time. A sudden jump of a million jin was just too high. After all, this wasn't a finished Immortal-ranked magic treasure; it was merely a 'material' for one.

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“Does he even have that much Primordial Liquid?” The Xiyue Princess was worried. Seeing Ji Ning bid, she wanted to help him. But she spent most of her time in the prince’s manor and rarely went out. She seldom visited Heavenly Treasures Mountain and had no real need for spending. She only had some life-saving treasures on her. Right now, she was just a Wanxiang Adept, so she naturally didn’t have any Immortal-ranked treasures.

She never went out adventuring, always staying in the Grand Xia Imperial Capital. If she sold off the treasures she had on her, they’d probably be worth about one or two million jin of Primordial Liquid at most.

Four million jin of Primordial Liquid… even princes and princesses would have a hard time coming up with that much.

“If only grandfather were here,” the Xiyue Princess thought to herself. Her grandfather doted on her unconditionally; buying the Peacock Tail would be a trivial matter for him.

“Just how many treasures did Ji Ning get from killing Shaoyan Nong?” Green Willow Immortal said, emotional and moved. “He even dares to bid on treasures like the Peacock Tail. Four million jin of Primordial Liquid… enough to buy a finished Immortal-ranked magic treasure.”

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“Didn’t Ji Ning only kill a Shaoyan Nong? How much could Shaoyan Nong’s entire net worth be, that he dares to bid four million jin of Primordial Liquid?” The pale, beardless young man frowned.

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“Four million jin of Primordial Liquid?” The man who seemed to be cast from glowing, steel-like metal also frowned. This price was indeed very high. To forge a powerful Immortal-ranked magic treasure, you also needed other supporting materials. And you had to hire a Celestial Immortal who specialized in artifact refining to personally take action. The cost wasn’t low. Only then would you end up with a finished Immortal-ranked treasure.

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“What a formidable fellow.” Wood Pass Realperson, who had been watching from the sidelines, was also amazed. He couldn’t help but take a deep look at Ji Ning from afar.

Four million jin of Primordial Liquid. This Ji Ning was truly wealthy.

As they said, a horse won’t get fat without some night feed. Quietly cultivating and seeking treasures was far inferior to killing a Shaoyan Nong. Killing one Shaoyan Nong had made him rich!

“Fellow Daoist Xiushui, do you still wish to compete?” Wood Pass Realperson laughed. “I still have about a million jin of Primordial Liquid on me. I can lend it to you.”

“Thank you, Fellow Daoist Wood Pass.” Shaoyan Xiushui cast a glance at the servant behind him. A blue-robed servant immediately came over.

“Didn’t your investigation report that Ji Ning’s transaction with Heavenly Treasures Mountain was only for two million, six hundred thousand jin of Primordial Liquid?” Shaoyan Xiushui said angrily. “With just over two million jin, how dare he bid four million?”

The blue-robed servant quickly said, “Master, this information is absolutely correct. Please rest assured, Master. Heavenly Treasures Mountain’s headquarters is also aware that his transaction with them was only for over two million jin. For him to suddenly bid four million… Heavenly Treasures Mountain is also worried that Ji Ning will ruin this competition, so they will definitely go and verify his wealth.”

“Mm.” Shaoyan Xiushui nodded. His eyes suddenly lit up. In the distance, on the cloud where Ji Ning was, he saw a man and a woman flying towards him.

Ji Ning also noticed two people flying towards him from behind. They were Yu Qi, dressed in purple, and a bald woman dressed in white. As soon as these two flew into the cloud, a thick mist rose within the cloud, covering everything around them and preventing anyone outside from knowing what was being discussed inside.

The bald woman smiled gently. “Fellow Daoist Ji Ning, I am Yichen of Heavenly Treasures Mountain. I am aware that Fellow Daoist Ji Ning’s previous transaction resulted in a gain of two million, six hundred thousand jin of Primordial Liquid. But now you are bidding four million jin of Primordial Liquid. Our Heavenly Treasures Mountain is also worried that this transaction might ultimately fail.”

Ji Ning nodded.

For ordinary treasure competitions, if a bid failed, forfeiting the one-thousand-jin deposit was penalty enough. But this ‘Peacock Tail’ competition involved far too large a sum. If Ji Ning made a false bid and then didn’t buy it, forfeiting ten thousand jin would be useless.

“We hope Fellow Daoist Ji Ning can understand.” The white-robed, bald woman was very polite.

“I understand.” Ji Ning laughed. “I heard earlier that for this Treasure Competition Assembly, if any of us have treasures, we can also hand them over to you to auction, right?”

“That’s right.” The white-robed, bald woman nodded.

“I have one here.” Ji Ning flipped his hand, and an ancient lamp appeared in his palm. The lamp held a green flame. A small child’s face instantly appeared on the green flame, looking around and sighing emotionally: “Keeping me cooped up in a storage treasure for so long, it was suffocating me. Wow. What place is this?”

“An Immortal-ranked magic treasure?” The white-robed, bald woman was startled. “The Green Strand Divine Fire Lamp?”

The Green Strand Divine Fire Lamp was a relatively common type of Immortal-ranked magic treasure.

Simply put, it was a lamp that contained ‘Green Strand Divine Fire.’ It could be used to attack enemies with the Green Strand Divine Fire or to borrow the Green Strand Divine Fire to nurture the ‘divine fire’ within one’s own body. Although it was relatively common… it was still a treasure that all powerful experts rushed to snatch up. Who wouldn’t want to raise the Heavenly Flame within their body to the first grade?

“Fellow Daoist Ji Ning means to sell this Green Strand Divine Fire Lamp? At this Treasure Competition Assembly?” The white-robed, bald woman asked.

“Right.” Ji Ning nodded.

“Our Heavenly Treasures Mountain can buy it directly for three million jin of Primordial Liquid,” the white-robed, bald woman, Yichen, couldn’t help but say. This Green Strand Divine Fire Lamp was also extremely rare. Whenever one appeared, it was almost immediately snatched up. Heavenly Treasures Mountain naturally wanted to acquire it, too.

“No, let it participate in this Treasure Competition Assembly. Set the minimum bid at three million jin of Primordial Liquid. If no one buys it, I’ll sell it to you then,” Ji Ning said. “Fellow Daoist Yichen has no objections, right?”

The white-robed woman’s face twitched.

Set the minimum bid at three million jin of Primordial Liquid? If no one buys it, sell it to Heavenly Treasures Mountain?

“No objections, no objections.” The white-robed, bald woman immediately took the Green Strand Divine Fire Lamp and turned to leave.

Ji Ning wasn’t worried. Heavenly Treasures Mountain’s headquarters was a reputable business; they wouldn’t stoop to embezzling an Immortal-ranked low-grade ‘Green Strand Divine Fire Lamp.’

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The black-haired girl presiding over the Treasure Competition Assembly on the auspicious cloud had also been waiting for her people to go and verify. Now that she knew Ji Ning indeed had the financial means, she immediately announced, “Four million jin of Primordial Liquid! Any higher?”

“It seems this Ji Ning does have the strength,” the pale, beardless young man said, shaking his head regretfully. “Too high. The price is just too high.”

“Too high.”

Some people began to give up. Ji Ning’s sudden increase of a million jin had indeed intimidated some.

But there were still those who were very eager for this Peacock Tail.

“Four million, one hundred thousand jin of Primordial Liquid.” The glowing steel-like man spoke in a low, deep voice. “This is an item I need to transcend my tribulation. I ask everyone to grant me, ‘Dong Chou,’ this face.”

“Hmph. Dong Chou, you need to transcend your tribulation, and so do I. Four million, two hundred thousand jin of Primordial Liquid.” Shaoyan Xiushui also said in a low voice.

Dong Chou Immortal was merely a rogue cultivator. Although he was very powerful, Shaoyan Xiushui was, after all, a member of the Shaoyan clan.

“Four million, three hundred thousand.” Dong Chou Immortal said in a low voice.

“Four million, four hundred thousand.” Shaoyan Xiushui ground his teeth.

“Four million, six hundred thousand.” Dong Chou Immortal’s eyes held a killing intent.

“Four million, seven hundred thousand.” Shaoyan Xiushui glared at him coldly.

Transcending one’s tribulation was the most important hurdle on the Immortal path. Past it, one became a Celestial Immortal, free and unfettered, leaping beyond the Three Realms to attain immortality. To fail… at best, one would become a Loose Immortal. How could they not fight for treasures that could help them transcend their tribulation?

“Five million jin of Primordial Liquid!” Ji Ning shouted.

Shaoyan Xiushui and Dong Chou Immortal both turned to look at him.

All the guests present looked at him, and they couldn’t help but start discussing Ji Ning. This was insane. Five million jin of Primordial Liquid?

“Shaoyan Xiushui. Do you still wish to bid?” Ji Ning looked at the distant Shaoyan Xiushui.

If those two Earth Immortals wanted it badly, Ji Ning’s desire was no less than theirs!

The treasures of the Five Elements needed to cultivate the Starseizing Hand were already hard enough to find for the second cycle, but they were even rarer for the third cycle.

This ‘Peacock Tail’ would more than suffice for Ji Ning to train both the second and third cycles of the Starseizing Hand! Among the many techniques and divine abilities he practiced, the one that could be considered his strongest card was the ‘Starseizing Hand.’ This was a divine ability that ranked among the top ten since the creation of the world, one of the very best in all the Three Realms!

What were treasures or strange items to him? They were secondary. The divine ability, the ‘Starseizing Hand,’ was what would truly skyrocket his battle prowess!

This Peacock Tail… he had to have it!

“Five million jin of Primordial Liquid! Any higher? Is there any higher?” The black-haired girl was speaking loudly from her auspicious cloud. Throughout the Multi-Treasure Peak, discussions were everywhere, but no one bid again. Even Shaoyan Xiushui’s face was ugly, and he was hesitating. That Dong Chou Immortal could only grit his teeth and hold back.

“If there are no more bids, then this Peacock Tail goes to Fellow Daoist Ji Ning!” The black-haired girl shouted out one final, urgent reminder.