"What?" The woman at the treasure-selling convention seemed to not have heard clearly either, or she had heard clearly but couldn't believe her ears. Not only her, even Nine Tripod Immortal Venerable and Bai Xi beside Fang Han couldn't believe their ears.
That Old Man Ram also trembled slightly and stood up from his seat, turning his ear to listen closely.
"There is no mistake, it is two hundred billion," Fang Han stated resolutely and decisively: "This Old Man Ram said I am a young man who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. I'd really like to see exactly how immense heaven is and how deep the earth is. This Horn of Heavenly Majesty is also an item I must obtain. Whoever competes with me, I will definitely make them go bankrupt."
"Two hundred billion!"
"Added one hundred billion at once? Who exactly is this young man? Could he be an ancient old monster? No, the cultivation realm of ancient old monsters is either False Immortal or True Immortal, or even more tyrannical existences. It couldn't be at his realm. Although the Creation Realm is tyrannical, it is only outstanding among the rising stars."
"It truly is two hundred billion, two hundred billion medicinal pills. Who knows how many treasures that can buy. Fighting so fiercely over this High-grade Dao Artifact, is it truly worth it?"
"That young man isn't deceiving people, right?"
"He wouldn't. Having entered this Fenbao Rock, if you can't bring out that many medicinal pills, it's impossible for you to get out."
"This is already acting out of spite. Of course, it also cannot be ruled out that the two of them indeed want to refine an important magical treasure and require the Horn of the Azure Dragon. Two hundred billion Pure Yang medicinal pills can already buy close to ten High-grade Dao Artifacts."
"Let's see what that Old Man Ram will do. At two hundred billion, there's no way he can raise the price anymore."
Indeed, after that Old Man Ram confirmed Fang Han had called out the sky-high price of two hundred billion Pure Yang medicinal pills, his beard and eyebrows moved without wind. A chilling murderous intent flickered in his eyes, as if wanting to imprint Fang Han's appearance in his mind. However, he ultimately didn't make a move. Making a move in the auction venue was something not even False Immortals or True Immortals would dare do. Especially inside Fenbao Rock. Tens of thousands of years ago, there was a demon god who had cultivated to the False Immortal realm and tried to snatch treasures in Fenbao Rock. But he was besieged and heavily injured. Although he fled in a panic, all the Immortal Dao laws within his body were completely shattered, leaving not a single trace behind, making it forever impossible for him to advance.
"Hmph!"
Old Man Ram, in the end, chose to swallow this anger and slowly sat down, but his face remained extremely grim. Everyone knew that this terrifying expert at the eighth level of the Longevity Secret Realm was already brewing fury in his heart, and a grudge had been formed.
"Fang Han, you have to be careful in the future. Having formed this grudge, it will be very troublesome." Inside the Yellow Spring Diagram, Yan warned vigilantly, "With your current mana realm, you can contend against powerhouses at the seventh level of the Longevity Secret Realm, the World King Realm. But a powerhouse at the eighth level, the Mixed Hole Realm, can kill you. They can even create a heaven and earth mixed hole and turbulent space-time, rendering you unable to escape. The Great Shifting Technique would be useless, and even Peerless Dao Artifacts would be sealed."
"I know. But in order to refine the Eight部 Futu and elevate my strength, it doesn't matter if I offend even more people. Moreover, these enemies might not necessarily be unusable for me, serving as a chess piece to rescue Yan Shuitian! I must set up a massive board in this Cultivation Great World. This setup must be established as quickly as possible, and then, borrowing the power of the Cultivation Great World, I will go to the Taiyi Sect, rescue Yan Shuitian, and perhaps even cause the entire Taiyi Sect to be annihilated!"
Fang Han said to himself secretly.
During this telepathic communication, the Horn of Heavenly Majesty had already been brought up. Waves of primitive and desolate aura emanated from it. As Fang Han stroked it, his mind seemed to travel across distant space-time, returning to the primeval archaic era, seeing azure dragons soaring through the skies and countless war gods engaged in bloody slaughter and combat. The hot blood in his body ignited, and every inch of his flesh boiled with battle intent, entering a berserk state, his strength seeming to elevate.
"A good treasure. In my Spoon of the Barren God, there are also Immortal Pills that can make one's combat power soar, such as the Battle Immortal Heaven Combating Pill, but it requires the sacrifice of tens of thousands of years of lifespan as a price. And this Horn of Heavenly Majesty, the musical notes blown from it integrate into the body's bloodline, yet it can make the body go berserk without any cost! Excellent, excellent. By refining it into the Eight部 Futu later, it can make the power of the Twilight Drum and Morning Bell even more tremendous, bringing the success rate of advancing it to a High-grade Dao Artifact to one hundred percent."
With a swift move, Fang Han collected it into his body. Then, with another grab, a massive spatial puppet appeared again, flying to the grandstand and spewing medicinal pills into the twisted space. It spat out fully two hundred billion. Only then did this spatial puppet return to Fang Han's side and enter his body.
"Truly affluent and generous." The treasure-selling woman saw Fang Han casually hand over the massive sum of two hundred billion medicinal pills and was secretly amazed, pondering just who this Fang Han was. But she saw Fang Han stand up: "Daoist Friend Nine Tripods, Daoist Friend Bai Xi, let's leave."
"Hmm? Leaving already? You want to refine the Eight部 Futu, but there are still some special materials you haven't bought? Like the Blood of the Dragon Emperor, and some crystal stones unique to the Immortal World." Nine Tripod Immortal Venerable transmitted a divine thought to Fang Han.
"It doesn't matter. I have collected some of the materials myself, and the materials for refining the Eight部 Futu are basically all gathered. We will return first and find a safe place. You two can practice the Great Treasure Refining Technique, and then start refining the Eight部 Futu." Fang Han transmitted his thoughts into the minds of Nine Tripod Immortal Venerable and Bai Xi.
"Oh? Since you have also collected some materials, then let's go back immediately. My White Emperor Merchant Guild is extremely safe in the Cultivation Great World. In fact, the entire Cultivation Great World is also safe. Slaughtering and plundering are forbidden. Otherwise, with thousands or hundreds of merchant guild transactions happening daily, involving the communication of countless Dao Artifacts, Immortal Pills, and Pure Yang medicinal pills, if it were chaotic, how could business be done?"
"Indeed, if security were chaotic, doing business would indeed be very difficult." Although Fang Han hadn't toured everywhere since arriving in the Cultivation Great World, he had flown and shuttled through spaces to quite a few places, and he indeed hadn't seen scenes of slaughter or plundering. Everywhere there were scenes of people discussing business and trading items. Here, a small Golden Core expert could haggle with a magnate of the Longevity Secret Realm.
"Let's go. Within Bai Xi's White Emperor Merchant Guild, there is a dedicated grand formation for refining treasures, the Eight Poles Golden Lock Returning to Origin and Refining Form Soul Transferring Grand Array. This formation comes from the legacy of the ancient Eight Poles Golden Immortal. It is extremely formidable. In front of a Golden Immortal, we are nothing but ants." Nine Tripod Immortal Venerable sighed. He and Fang Han got up, and the three of them left this auction venue.
"Investigate it? What is the background of that young man? Why is he able to bring out hundreds of billions of medicinal pills without even blinking? I have spent fully thirty thousand years refining the Dragon Binding Rope, a Peerless Dao Artifact, but unfortunately, lacking the Horn of the Azure Dragon, it couldn't reach great success. It is currently still a Semi-Peerless. Once completed, I can go to the Dragon World to capture Heavenly Dragons silently, without being discovered by the experts of the Dragon World. At that time, wealth will roll in. What a pity! However, this young man spending two hundred billion to buy the Horn of the Azure Dragon definitely also wants to refine a supreme treasure of the Dragon Race. Just what treasure is it? The Dragon Suppressing Pagoda? The Angry Dragon Saber? The Progenitor Dragon Hammer? Or, could it be the highest treasure in the legends of the Dragon Race, the Eight部 Futu? But the Eight部 Futu requires too many materials; how could he possibly gather all of them? But it's hard to say. With this person's financial resources, coupled with the support of the Nine Tripod Pavilion Merchant Guild and the White Emperor Merchant Guild… maybe he really can refine that treasure. If I can seize this treasure, then when I enter the Dragon World… I will be able to possess the aura of the primeval Ancestor Dragon, harvesting the Dragon Race tribe by tribe! Earning even more wealth!"
Old Man Ram watched as Fang Han, Nine Tripod Immortal Venerable, and Bai Xi left. His eyes flickered unsteadily, and thoughts spun rapidly in his mind. He then spoke to someone beside him, "Go, investigate this person's background. What treasure exactly is he trying to refine?"
"Yes?"
Beside Old Man Ram, several shadows disappeared.
"Go investigate. What is the background of that young man?" The treasure-selling woman stirred her divine sense, transmitting it into the twisted space. This woman was actually a powerhouse at the sixth level of the Longevity Secret Realm, the Heaven Position Realm.
"Yes!" Within the twisted space, many figures shifted.
"Investigate, investigate it for me! Investigate ruthlessly! We cannot miss a fat sheep like this." On Dugu Feng of the Holy Light Empire's face, a greedy light appeared, "Like me, a person at the Creation Realm, yet daring to be so lavish. Inside the Cultivation Great World, there is order, so nothing will happen to him. But once he leaves the Cultivation Great World… Hehe! This person is just a meat chicken, a naked meat chicken!"
"I wonder how the Nine Tripod Pavilion Merchant Guild and that White Emperor Merchant Guild managed to pull in such a fat sheep. Nine Tripod Immortal Venerable is alright, but the White Emperor Merchant Guild… On the surface they appear proper and observe credit within the Cultivation Great World. Yet I know that outside the Xuanhuang Great World, they commit every evil deed imaginable! Specializing in scamming, swindling, murder, and robbery. That Bai Xi is not a human cultivator, and no one knows what his true form is. One can imagine that this Bai Xi definitely harbors ill intentions. However, my Four Seas Merchant Guild must also take a share of the spoils!"
The plump middle-aged man's body flickered, and he too exited Fenbao Rock's high-end auction venue.
"Ahead is the White Emperor City, let's go in."
Bai Xi, Nine Tripod Immortal Venerable, and Fang Han exited Fenbao Rock and flew towards another location. After flying for about half an hour, they saw a pristine white city established on the ground. Majestic as a thousand-zhang mountain range, it sprawled across the land, with the foundation of the city deeply rooted into the underground, an unknown depth down.
The underground of the Cultivation Great World definitely also contained vast space-times. Just like the underground of the Promise Great World, though it was unknown if there were demons and monsters.
"This is the White Emperor City?" Fang Han looked at the city before him, feeling that although this city was not a treasure, it was filled with formations everywhere like a maze. Yet, its business was not as prosperous as the cities of other merchant guilds. It seemed there weren't many cultivators moving in and out conducting trade. Business was not very good. It was sparsely populated.
However, despite the doubts in his heart, Fang Han still followed Bai Xi into the White Emperor City and gradually flew deeper. They actually went an unknown number of zhang deep underground until they finally stopped before a grand formation pattern spanning fully tens of thousands of miles.
"This is the grand formation inherited from the ancient Golden Immortal's legacy, the Eight Poles Golden Lock Returning to Origin and Refining Form Soul Transferring Grand Array. To complete this formation, I spent fully ten thousand years and wasted countless materials. Now, let Fang Han impart the Great Treasure Refining Technique to us, and then we will refine the Eight部 Futu."
As soon as Bai Xi stopped above this grand formation, he said to Fang Han.