Chapter 564: Child of the Magma (Part 3)

"I'll screw your ancestors." At that moment, Shentu Jiang's mouth twitched as he cursed silently in his heart. He realized he'd been played by that Chu Feng — that guy never had any intention of buying the strange weapon. He'd been deliberately driving up the price just to screw him over.

"Is there anyone with a higher bid than ten thousand Heavenly Pearls?"

"Going once at ten thousand, going twice at ten thousand, going thrice at ten thousand."

"Ding! This strange weapon — the precious fan — belongs to this young hero."

The hammer fell, and dark lines of frustration crawled across Shentu Jiang's forehead. He knew he'd just spent ten thousand Heavenly Pearls on a run-of-the-mill strange weapon. He'd played the fool to the fullest extent this time.

Especially when he saw Chu Feng and the others clapping and cheering with such undisguised schadenfreude — it made his teeth itch with rage. But he couldn't say a word about it. He had to swallow his pride and quietly eat this bitter pill.

"Very well. The previous items all came from extraordinary origins or were crafted with exquisite skill, but regardless, they were all treasures made by martial cultivators and Spirit World Masters."

"Next, we shall auction some items that were not created by human hands but were naturally formed by heaven and earth."

The elder clapped his hands, and two beautiful women rolled forward elegant auction carts. When the cloth curtain was pulled aside, there sat an object about the size of a watermelon but soft as cotton, radiating a faint, gentle glow.

It was a natural treasure of heaven and earth, containing dense Heavenly Power. The moment this treasure appeared, nearly everyone's eyes lit up with interest.

This was a cultivation treasure — far more useful than Heavenly Pearls for training. It could be considered a sacred artifact for Heaven Martial realm experts to break through their bottlenecks.

"This is a natural treasure of heaven and earth — Fluorescent Silkworm Silk. The Heavenly Power it contains is comparable to ten thousand Heavenly Pearls, but its absorption efficiency is vastly superior, far beyond what Heavenly Pearls can offer. When you're on the verge of a breakthrough, refining it will produce astonishing results. The starting bid is one hundred thousand Heavenly Pearls," the auction elder announced in a booming voice.

"One hundred thousand Heavenly Pearls? That's insane! It has the same amount of Heavenly Power as ten thousand Pearls, yet it sells for a hundred thousand?" Zhang Tianyi, Jiang Wushang, and the others all found it unbelievable.

"It really is a treasure. For ordinary people, its price is justified — one hundred thousand Heavenly Pearls is absolutely worth it. But for me, it doesn't have much use," Chu Feng shook his head.

He acknowledged that the Fluorescent Silkworm Silk was indeed a treasure. When ordinary people refined Heavenly Pearls and other cultivation resources, they could only absorb a portion of the energy — which was precisely why some natural treasures of heaven and earth commanded higher prices. The power contained within certain natural treasures allowed ordinary martial cultivators to absorb it more efficiently.

But Chu Feng shook his head because he was different from ordinary people. Even with Heavenly Pearls, he could absorb all of their power completely. So for him, there was no difference between this special natural treasure and regular Heavenly Pearls.

"Eleven thousand!"

"Twelve thousand!"

"Thirteen thousand!"

"Fifteen thousand!"

"Twenty thousand!"

After a round of bidding, someone had driven the price all the way from the starting bid of one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand. And in the end, this so-called Fluorescent Silkworm Silk was taken down for the staggering price of two hundred thousand Heavenly Pearls.