#429 - Return to the capital
The auction of the spiritual seed had reached such a frantic level.
Not only the people in the hall, but even the high-level figures of various forces in the VIP rooms were dumbfounded.
At the same time, they were secretly grateful.
If it weren't for the spiritual seed today, whether it was Jun Wuxie or the mysterious old man and middle-aged man, they would have posed a great threat to their bidding for the seeds of the Blazing Sun Flower.
"Forty trillion."
Jun Wuxie bid, just as he said, he wanted to crush them.
Each time he shouted out a bid, it constantly impacted people's hearts.
The fine sweat that oozed from the temples of the middle-aged man and the old man did not escape his keen eyes.
Obviously, the current price had already touched the defensive line in their hearts.
The moment forty trillion was shouted out.
The muscles on the middle-aged man's face stiffened.
The old man's lips trembled slightly.
On their faces, which were filled with confidence, a slight look of panic emerged.
Although it was fleeting, it was completely captured by Jun Wuxie.
"I say, you two, is your pleasure silence?"
Jun Wuxie began to actively provoke them back.
From the beginning, the other party had provoked him with seemingly peaceful words.
They held back for a long time before pretending to be calm and shouting, "Forty-one trillion!"
As soon as this bid was uttered, everyone was stunned.
An increase of one trillion at a time.
It could be said that they were very wealthy.
However, compared to their previous behavior, it was obvious that they lacked confidence.
Feeling the astonished gazes of everyone.
The old man and the middle-aged man suddenly felt a burning sensation on their faces.
They had boasted so confidently just now, but they were slapped in the face!
"You two are really financially strong. Forty-one trillion is an astronomical figure. I have to marvel that being rich means being willful," Jun Wuxie said with great emotion.
Everyone was stunned, wondering what he meant by this.
Could it be that he was deliberately raising the price and was about to give up here?
The somewhat stiff faces of the old man and the middle-aged man also showed a slight smile.
"Fifty trillion."
This sound caused the muscles on their faces, which had just shown a hint of a smile, to stiffen again, and the corners of their mouths twitched constantly.
Their lips trembled several times, and they wanted to continue bidding, but after opening their mouths several times, they couldn't make a sound.
It seemed that all their voices were smashed back into their stomachs by the number fifty trillion!
People were completely stunned!
Just now, they said that others were rich and willful, but who the hell is rich and willful now?
The other party only added one trillion, but Jun Wuxie directly added nine trillion!
Crushing, this was absolute crushing!
This time, the old man and the middle-aged man were completely silent.
The expressions on their faces changed constantly.
Until the auctioneer finished the countdown, they didn't make any more sounds.
There was a strong unwillingness in their eyes, and a hint of coldness flashed from time to time.
"Everyone, next, we will auction the highlight of this event, the supreme-grade rare treasure, the Blazing Sun Flower Seeds! There are two Blazing Sun Flower Seeds in total, to be auctioned in two separate rounds!"
The auctioneer restrained the excitement brought about by the sky-high price of the spiritual seed and announced loudly.
Soon, beautiful young girls came to the stage holding two fiery-colored jade boxes.
The auctioneer opened the jade boxes, and a rich Blazing Sun aura instantly permeated out.
The temperature of the entire auction venue rapidly increased.
The air became very hot.
In an instant, some people were sweating profusely.
In those two jade boxes, there were quietly placed two flower seeds that were like condensed suns, dazzling and eye-piercing.
For a time, figures appeared in front of the windows of each VIP room.
"The efficacy of the Blazing Sun Flower Seeds, I won't elaborate on it. Considering that the Southern Domain Jubaosai has auctioned this item before, after evaluation, the starting price of the Blazing Sun Flower Seeds is ten trillion per seed, and each increase must not be less than one hundred billion! Now, the auction officially begins, please bid!"
The auctioneer's words caused an uproar in the audience.
Good heavens, the price was directly set at ten trillion!
"Ten trillion and five hundred billion!"
Someone immediately started bidding, it was the Nan family of Yunling.
"Eleven trillion!"
The Holy Gate began to bid.
"I think you all shouldn't waste time, everyone knows in their hearts that if someone wants to take both seeds, that's wishful thinking!"
The high-level figure of the Imperial Spirit Sect, who was also one of the creators of Jubaosai, stretched out a palm and said, word by word, "Fifteen trillion!"
Immediately, the high-level figures of many major forces in front of the windows looked at him.
But soon, those gazes turned to the high-level figure of the Holy Gate.
"Humph!"
The high-level figure of the Holy Gate had a gloomy expression.
The Imperial Spirit Sect was deliberately raising the price to consume their funds, making it difficult for them to obtain both Blazing Sun Flower Seeds.
But they came prepared, how could they easily give up?
"Fifteen trillion and five hundred billion!"
The Holy Gate continued to bid.
Other forces also followed suit.
The price soared all the way, and soon reached seventeen trillion.
"Twenty trillion!"
The high-level figure of the Imperial Spirit Sect once again shouted out an astonishingly high price.
The muscles on the face of the high-level figure of the Holy Gate twitched fiercely.
But they did not give up and continued to follow.
Blazing Sun Flower Seeds, supreme-grade resources, are rare in the world.
Supreme-grade rare treasures are hard to come by even in ten thousand years, so naturally, people will fight tooth and nail for them.
The last time in the Southern Domain Ancient City, the transaction price was fifteen trillion.
That was because time was short, and everyone didn't have time to raise much funds.
This time was different, with the previous experience as a lesson, the sects that failed in the previous auction had all mustered their strength this time.
Other forces also did not give up and were slowly following the bidding.
For a time, the bidding became fierce.
Jun Wuxie sat in the VIP room, and bids kept entering his ears.
He was very satisfied with this.
Bidding for the spiritual seed had cost a huge amount of spirit coins.
The price of fifty trillion, discounted by 30%, was thirty-five trillion.
Now, the Blazing Sun Flower Seeds had been bid to over twenty trillion, so two Blazing Sun Flower Seeds were conservatively estimated to be worth forty trillion.
The spirit coins spent could be 100% earned back, and there would still be a surplus.
And those thousand drops of Holy Marrow Liquid were worth tens of thousands of trillions.
Basically, he would not lack spirit coins for a long time to come.
He could now be said to have inexhaustible money.
The amount of Holy Marrow Liquid he had was quite astonishing, and just taking out a little was worth hundreds of millions of trillions.
On the flower plate of the Blazing Sun Flower, there were still dozens of Blazing Sun Flower Seeds!
If all the holy-grade resources on his body were converted into spirit coins, it would be unimaginable.
"Yao'er, Lingfei, Keqing, let's go."
Jun Wuxie glanced outside the window and didn't want to stay any longer.
He no longer cared about the final price of the Blazing Sun Flower Seeds.
Anyway, the current price was already higher than his expected price.
They returned to the small courtyard and asked someone to notify Ling Shan.
Before long, Ling Shan arrived.
"Young Master Jun, are you preparing to return to Great Zhou?"
Steward Ling Shan personally brought the Great Resurrection Pill, the Fountain of Life, and the spiritual seed.
"Yes, Great Zhou is in crisis, and I have to rush back immediately."
Jun Wuxie put the resources into the Eternal Divine Palace.
"The current situation of Great Zhou… In short, Young Master Jun, take care." Ling Shan sighed, and then said, "At today's auction, Young Master Jun spent a total of five hundred trillion and nine hundred and one billion. Young Master Jun is a distinguished VIP and enjoys a 30% discount, with a total consumption of three hundred and fifty-six trillion, three hundred and seventy billion after the discount."
"Alright, when the time comes, you can directly deduct it from the proceeds of the Blazing Sun Flower auction or the sale of the Holy Marrow Liquid." As he said this, he took out the Black Gold Spirit Coin Card and said, "Steward, record my spirit card rune sequence number, and when the time comes, all the spirit coins will be directly transferred into my card."
Ling Shan nodded, took the Black Gold Spirit Card, and recorded the rune sequence number.
"By the way, Steward, leave your communication rune number. If those spirit artifacts I need are refined, remember to tell me."
"Young Master Jun, rest assured, take care!"
Ling Shan sighed and patted Jun Wuxie on the shoulder.
He escorted Jun Wuxie and others to the entrance of Jubaosai and watched them leave.
"What a good young man, with extraordinary talent and limitless future. It's just that there are too many concerns in his heart, and there will be more thorns on the road ahead. Great Zhou is about to fall, so what can you do even if you rush back? If you are too persistent, I'm afraid…"
He shook his head and sighed before turning back to Jubaosai.
… …
Rare Beast Shop.
When Jun Wuxie and his party arrived here, the people of the Rare Beast Shop had already prepared the carriages.
Three carriages, twenty tenth-order high-ranking spirit beasts, Shadowless.
Two of the carriages were pulled by seven Shadowless spirit beasts, and the remaining one by six.
In fact, naturally, so many Shadowless were not needed. Two Shadowless spirit beasts per carriage were completely sufficient.
This was only to facilitate their driving so many Shadowless.
"Young Master Jun, take care!"
Four Saint Sects of the Rare Beast Shop personally came to see them off.
Since Ye Qingxue forcefully suppressed and killed many foundation experts of the Soul Hunting Hall that day.
His status had risen with the tide.
The strong experts in the Saint Sect realm could no longer put on the airs of super experts in front of him. Except for those who were hostile, they all expressed their goodwill to him without hesitation.
Jun Wuxie didn't say much, nodded, and bid farewell to the four Saint Sects.
Lingfei and Qin Keqing each drove a carriage, walking in the front and middle.
He and Yue Yao were in one carriage, walking at the end.
The three carriages sped away, and soon arrived at the ancient teleportation array in the city.
However, when he activated the map of the ancient teleportation array, he was shocked to find that the name of the Southern Domain Ancient City had turned gray and could not be selected.
He repeatedly tried several times, but it was still the same!
"What's going on?"
Jun Wuxie's heart sank. It was fine when he came, so why couldn't he teleport now?
Any other location would be fine, but the Southern Domain Ancient City is not an option.
If we were teleported to an ancient city in the Eastern Wilderness, Northern Territory, Western Territory, or Eastern Territory, the distance to the Southern Domain Ancient City wouldn't be any shorter than the distance between the Eastern Wilderness Ancient City and the Southern Domain Ancient City!
"Young Master, this situation probably means that there's a problem with the ancient teleportation array in the Southern Domain Ancient City," Lingfei said.
"Who did this!" Jun Wushang gritted his teeth and said, "Right now, we can only hurry back. Giddy up!"
The Shadowsteeds neighed loudly.
The three carriages sped away, leaving a trail of dust behind.
After leaving the city, they traveled through the air, creating sonic booms along the way.
However, they couldn't hear these sonic booms themselves.
After all, they were natural sounds that didn't contain the power of runes, so their propagation speed was far slower than the speed of the carriages.
The Shadowsteeds were indeed worthy of being Rank 10 high-level spirit beasts.
When they ran, their speed was over a hundred times the speed of sound.
And that wasn't even their fastest speed. If they were to burst forth, they could reach at least two hundred times the speed of sound, but they couldn't sustain that for long.
At a hundred times the speed of sound, they could run continuously, and the stamina they consumed could be replenished by absorbing spiritual energy from the world, almost achieving a perfect cycle.
"The teleportation array of the Southern Domain Ancient City has existed for ages. It couldn't have malfunctioned for no reason! Could someone be trying to delay my return to Great Zhou?"
As he pondered, Yan Qingcheng's name suddenly popped into his mind.
Could it be Qingcheng?
If it really was her, he would have to punish her severely when he got back!
His brow furrowed, and his heart was filled with anxiety.
The Eastern Wilderness Ancient City was tens of millions of miles away from Great Zhou.
Although the Shadowsteeds were fast, even if they ran continuously for twelve hours a day, it would still take more than ten days to return to Great Zhou.
With the Western Forest's billion-strong army pressing down, could the capital withstand them for more than ten days?
He was really afraid that by the time he returned, it would be too late, and all he would see would be a devastated capital and a dilapidated sect.
But right now, there was no way to return to the capital sooner!
The Shadowsteeds' speed wasn't slower than his own.
He could reach two hundred times the speed of sound, but that was a burst speed, and he couldn't maintain it for long.
On average, it was still not as good as the Shadowsteeds!
