The young man standing before him had delivered a psychological shock so powerful it defied description. Again and again, he had shattered the limits of what
"Young Lord Zhen, you're practically trying to defy the heavens," the Emperor of Wushuang finally exclaimed after a long pause. "The Emperor Sovereign Pill, the Imperial Ascension Pill, the Crane Pine Pill… any one of these pills appearing on the market would send shockwaves through the entire human domain. I never imagined…"
Had it been any other young man boasting like this in front of the Emperor of Wushuang, the latter would have dismissed it as the reckless arrogance of youth, hardly worth a second thought.
But when
Indeed—why should their gaze be limited to the human domain? Given the enormity of the ancient
This Young Lord Zhen harbored ambitions that reached far beyond the horizon.
At this thought, the Emperor of Wushuang let out a hearty laugh. "Young Lord Zhen, I used to think that reaching the status I hold today was more than enough for a lifetime. If not for your words awakening me from my slumber, I'm afraid I would never have pursued anything greater. Hearing you speak like this fills me with shame. From now on, I'll follow in your footsteps and see just how high you, Young Lord Zhen, can take us all!"
The Emperor of Wushuang's fighting spirit had been ignited. He felt as though he had returned to the bold, daring days of his youth.
A pill that could unconditionally raise an Imperial realm cultivator's cultivation by a full stage—such a pill was practically priceless!
"Imperial realm cultivators certainly have less spending power than Emperor realm cultivators on average. But for the Imperial Ascension Pill, there would be no shortage of buyers at two to three hundred million. There are plenty of rogue cultivator emperors with that kind of purchasing power. And among sect cultivators, there are even more who could afford it!"
"And the Emperor Sovereign Pill?"
"The Emperor Sovereign Pill… the Emperor Sovereign Pill…"
The allure of the Emperor Sovereign Pill was indeed quite different from that of the Imperial Ascension Pill.
The Emperor Sovereign Pill targeted the absolute apex of the human domain's cultivator hierarchy—those who controlled the greatest concentration of wealth and resources in the martial world.
Their purchasing power was nothing short of staggering.
Moreover, at this level of cultivation, the desire for further advancement drove a fixation that outsiders could scarcely comprehend.
In the martial world, breaking through to the next realm of cultivation was the ceaseless pursuit of virtually every cultivator. Many powerful figures, in their quest for the ultimate pinnacle of the martial path, repeatedly threw themselves into mortal danger, seeking enlightenment on the razor's edge between life and death.
Such martial madmen had never been in short supply.
Both the Celestial Meteorite Iron and the Eight Treasure True Insect Grass had appeared at this trading assembly.
As for the Golden Crown Cloud Crane—there had been no word of it at all.
"Could it really be that the Golden Crown Cloud Crane is that rare?"
By the time the three-day trading assembly drew to its close, the Golden Crown Cloud Crane still hadn't surfaced, which left
He had originally assumed that among all the items he was seeking, the Golden Crown Cloud Crane would be the most likely to appear. Yet it was precisely this one that never showed.
After all, the Golden Crown Cloud Crane was the key ingredient for refining the Crane Pine Pill.
Ten rogue cultivator emperors had participated in the siege of the Asura Emperor. Besides the Emperor of Jingzhong, who had already received his pill, none of the others had obtained their Crane Pine Pills yet.
Over the course of the three-day trading assembly, it was evident that many people had walked away with notable gains. Even those rogue cultivator emperors all looked quite pleased.
They were clearly satisfied.
The auction itself would last only one day. The number of items that could be included would necessarily be limited.
These administrative details, of course, did not require
An hour later, registration closed. The submitted list contained a total of fifty-six treasures.
"Young Lord, all of these treasures come from rogue cultivators. The sect powers and the heavyweight figures among the rogue cultivators have not registered."