Chapter 168: The Demon Spirit

  Guo Fei led Bai Yu and others, with the VIP card, into room 306. This was a three-story room, high above the auction floor, with windows that offered a perfect view of the stage. The rest of the people couldn't see into the room, and this kind of room wasn't something you could own just by spending money. Only cultivators with real power could enter here.

  Guo Fei speculated that he was able to enter here for two reasons: firstly, his identity made the Huo Xie tribe unable to see through him, so they didn't dare to treat him poorly; secondly, he had won 2.5 million Ling Stones, which was not a small amount, making the Huo Xie tribe feel that such a big customer and fat sheep were hard to come by, and couldn't be let go.

  "Gentlemen, the market in the Wan Kuang Mountain area is held every ten years, with Bai Pengya, Qingmu Mountain and Huoyun Cave taking turns to host. This year it's my turn, Huoyun Cave, thank you for your support from fellow Taoists. This grand event has been very successful so far, and today's auction will bring even greater surprises, making this trip to the market absolutely worthwhile. No more idle talk, let's get down to business." The old man who hosted the auction on behalf of Huoyun Cave said, gesturing with his hand towards the back.

  Then, four burly men in full armor walked out from around the auction platform, each holding a long red spear. Next, a seductive woman with half of her body exposed, carrying a tray, walked up to the platform, swaying her hips, and placed the tray on the auction platform.

  "The first item is a sacred artifact, the Wood Attribute's Qingyun Rope! The starting price is one million Spirit Stones!" The old man said as he lifted the red cloth, revealing a rope that shone with a cyan light, its origins unknown, but it seemed extremely spiritual.

  As the old man spoke, the people below suddenly let out a cry of surprise. The first item was a Taoist instrument, which looked like at least a medium-grade Taoist instrument, and it was also a rope-like magical instrument. This kind of magical instrument is the most difficult to forge and is also relatively precious.

  However, Guo Fei was not interested. In Guo Fei's Flying Universe Team, the only one with a wood attribute physique was Jin Ying. She had the Xuan Yue curved knife, which was also a Years' Festival artifact. Although its quality was currently not as high as Qing Yun Suo, it was still a Years' Festival artifact and had room for growth, making it more valuable than Qing Yun Suo.

  However, Guo Fei didn't like it, but some cultivators were extremely envious. The starting price of 100,000 spirit stones skyrocketed to 500,000 spirit stones and was eventually bought by someone.

  "That room belongs to the Qingmu Wolf Clan! It must be Qingya who got it." Baiyu, knowing the grudge between Guo Fei and the Qingmu Wolf Clan, whispered beside him. Baiyu's intention was clear: warning Guo Fei to beware of Qingya. This demon was already hard to deal with when empty-handed, now that he had a sacred artifact in hand, it would be even more difficult to handle.

  The next five items did not interest Guo Fei at all.

  "The sixth item, still a magical tool, please take a look." The auctioneer's voice rang out, and the red cloth was lifted, revealing a black glow. This was a claw, unknown what material it was forged from, emitting an aura of dark light, looking extremely eerie. Judging from the fluctuations in its elemental energy, this item's grade is not low, higher than the previous Qingyun Index by one level.

  "This artifact is the Soul Hook Claw, suitable for cultivators with yin attribute primordial energy to use. It's a top-grade sect artifact and only one step away from becoming a revered artifact! The base price is 5 million spirit stones!" The old man said with a faint smile.

  His words were measured, and the scope of the Yin attribute was very broad, including wood, water, darkness, and ghostly energy. Such a high-level artifact suited so many types of energy, indicating that its materials were extremely expensive. Otherwise, it wouldn't have such high quality. Generally speaking, artifacts that suit more types of energy attributes won't be too high in quality, unless they're made from rare metals.

  "Young master, I'd like to buy this artifact. Although it can be activated with any yuanqi as he said, I feel that using yin qi is the most suitable for it. I can sense that this is a yin artifact, and it must have come from the Netherworld Realm. I don't know why it appeared here." Tianhunzi's eyes gleamed as he spoke in a low tone.

  "Dawn Moon, take it down!" Guo Fei nodded and said in a low voice.

  "Six hundred thousand spirit stones!" Someone led the bidding, and it immediately rose by one hundred thousand spirit stones.

  "Seven hundred thousand spirit stones!"

  "Eighty thousand spirit stones!"

  Then someone else made a bid, and Guo Fei's heart sank, he didn't think this treasure could be so valuable.

  "One million spirit stones!"

  "Grandma's, another greenhorn!" Hearing someone call out a price of one million spirit stones, Bai Yu scolded harshly.

  "Xiao Yue, don't rush for now, wait a moment and raise the price suddenly, we must get it." Guo Fei said calmly.

  "One in a million!"

  "One million twice!"

  "One hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones!" Just as the old man who was presiding over the auction raised his hammer to strike a deal, Hu Xiaoyue made a bid according to Guo Fei's instructions.

  "Hmm!" Qingya's eyes turned cold, looking towards Guo Fei and others' window, suddenly saw Hu Xiaoyue, and a fierce glare flashed in his eyes. He hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't increase the price. One million was already his bottom line. For Qingmu, one hundred and fifty thousand was indeed not worth it.

  "This man is not simple!" Guo Fei looked at Qing Ya and didn't raise the price again, saying calmly.

  "What Fei Yu's brother said is right, this person has a wolf-like nature, both cruel and good at hiding his true self. Being targeted by him is not a good thing!" Bai Yu floated out with a faint worried expression, softly reminding Guo Fei.

  "Haha, I'd like to see what he can do?" Guo Fei sneered. Having already offended the Ling tribe, Guo Fei didn't mind offending the Qingmu Wolf tribe as well. In fact, Guo Fei was secretly looking forward to a big battle, perhaps this would be the stepping stone for his rapid growth.

  After that, several items were not very attractive. Until the last item was taken out, Guo Fei was shocked. For a moment, Guo Fei's heart was shocked, and he secretly made up his mind to shoot this object.

  This is a demon spirit, the king of demon spirits, a golden attribute Golden Winged Peng Bird Demon Spirit. Not only was Guo Fei shocked, but even Bai Yu was also shocked. Among the golden attribute flying demons, the bloodline of the Golden Winged Peng Bird is the most noble, and it is above the White Feather clan. The bloodline of the Golden Winged Peng Bird is extremely rare, and it is almost impossible to see in the Northern Plains and other continents, only in the Southern Wilderness Demon Domain do they have their own tribe, who would have thought that there would be a Golden Winged Peng Bird demon spirit here?

  Who killed this powerful demon beast, just thinking about it is terrifying. This demon beast, even if its spiritual wisdom has not been opened, its flying speed is extremely astonishing, and it's not something that ordinary cultivators can catch up to. Once it has cultivated to the realm of a king, it's even more terrifying.

  Guo Fei didn't want to delve deeper into where this demon spirit came from, what he was interested in was the effect of this demon spirit. Currently, his Xuan Iron Sword had already evolved to the realm of Zong Qi Da Yuan Man, and the next step would be to produce a Ling Spirit within it, but this step was very difficult. The best way to do this was to let the Xuan Iron Sword devour a spirit body of the same attribute, in order to strengthen its Ling Spirit.

  However, the body of a demon spirit is originally a combination of yuanqi and soul body, making it more suitable for the evolution of a spiritual instrument than a simple beastly spirit. According to the theory in "Instrument Dao Cultivation", an instrument that has undergone the ritual of the ages must absorb a spirit of the same attribute in order to have the possibility of entering the ranks of a noble instrument. And absorbing the first spirit is its foundation stone, if it can lay a good foundation, this instrument will have more space for growth and a faster evolution speed.

  The Golden Winged Peng Bird was originally made for the Xuan Tie Sword's body measurement. Guo Fei Yan couldn't help but want it.

  "Xiao Yue, spare no expense and bid for this demon spirit!" Guo Fei shouted.