Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 118 A King-Level Expert's Spatial Comprehension Notes
A bald, middle-aged man with a flame mark between his eyebrows and wearing a robe that looked as if it were woven from flames stood in the center of the auction hall, while a nearly thousand-meter-tall 'three-dimensional phantom' of the middle-aged man appeared in the sky above.

"Haha, everyone!"

The man in the fiery robes spoke, his booming voice resounding throughout the auction hall, "Welcome everyone to this year's Mid-Level Auction. I am Jiu Yan from Virtual Universe Company, and I will be hosting this auction!"

"This year's medium-sized auction was jointly organized by 46 universe countries, including Gu Chen Universe Kingdom and Lan Ting Universe Kingdom, with more than 31 participants, making it an unprecedented event in the recent hundreds of auctions."

"There will be many good items at this auction, haha. Without further ado, I hereby declare the mid-sized auction officially open!"

The man in the flame-robed robe waved his hand gently, and streams of light converged, instantly forming a gigantic battle armor phantom that was a thousand meters tall, entirely emerald green, and with faint conch-shaped patterns on its surface beside him.

"As usual, before the official auction begins, let's have a warm-up auction first!"

The man in the fiery robe pointed to the enormous, armored phantom beside him.

"This is the Pupae Shell Armor. I believe many of you have heard of its great name. The Pupae Shell Armor has extremely strong material defense. Even a first-level World Lord can withstand non-soul attacks below the Immortal level without being harmed when wearing this Pupae Shell Armor! If Immortal level friends use it, the defense will be even more astonishing!"

Even many high-ranking spiritual masters prefer this pupa-shell armor.

The man in the fiery robe raised his voice slightly, "The item for today's pre-auction auction is this Pupae Shell Armor. The starting price for the Pupae Shell Armor is 400,000 Chaos Units, and each bid must be a multiple of 100 Chaos Units. Friends, you can start bidding now!"

As the man in the fiery robe finished speaking, a subtle commotion arose throughout the auction hall.

It should be noted that the total assets of an ordinary immortal deity who has lived for about a hundred million years are only around tens of thousands of Chaos Units.

The vast majority of these were converted into weapons and armor, or secret techniques to enhance their strength. In fact, many immortal gods didn't even have enough cash to reach the ten thousand Chaos Units mark.

The starting bid for this snail shell is 40 Hunyuan units, which means many people present probably don't even have the right to bid!

"Pupal snail shell"

Qi Yuan found the name vaguely familiar, and after a moment's thought, he recalled the origin of the pupa snail shell.

In the original novel, after Luo Feng completed the cosmic-level 'Demon Mountain' mission, the super strong Tianyu King, who was stationed at Demon Mountain, gave him three reward options, one of which seemed to be this 'Chrysalis Armor'.

According to Babata's description in the original work, the auction price of this pupa snail shell can reach around 80 to 100 Hunyuan units.

Although Qi Yuan was somewhat tempted by the pupa shell, he decided to give up participating in the bidding after a moment's thought.

"Since this is my first trip to the outer battlefield, I'll just use the few ordinary immortal weapons and armor I received before. There's no need to bring anything too valuable, otherwise I'll just be throwing myself to the enemy."

Besides, with the return system at his disposal, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to obtain items of this level in the future, so there's no need to waste a lot of cash on such a suit of armor right away.

However, his absence does not mean that the other immortals are not interested in this pupa shell.

Especially for mentalists who are already skilled in soul defense, having such a suit of armor that can effectively resist physical attacks would greatly ensure their safety!
At this moment, on the large screen beside the man in the fiery robes, a line of numbers was rapidly changing and rising—

"41 mixed units."

"45 mixed units."

"77 mixed units."

"78 mixed units."

The price skyrocketed, quickly approaching the 80 Mixed Yuan Unit mark!

Finally, when the man in the fiery robe announced the end of the auction, the final price of this pupa armor was '864600 Mixed Yuan Units'!
This number is absolutely astronomical, even for some ordinary immortal gods!
"Haha, the warm-up is over, the auction officially begins!"

The man in the fiery robes spoke with a booming voice.

"Now we have the first batch of auction items. On your auction tokens, you can see the 1000 items that will be auctioned. The first item is the 'Prt-6025 Series Detector', a mechanical technology product."

"As you all know, the technology of the Machine Race is very powerful, in no way inferior to our Virtual Universe Company. This detector has a detection radius of 1 million kilometers, and its signal detection and shielding capabilities are much stronger than the detectors of the same specifications popular among our Human Race. Even some less powerful Marquis Immortals may not have detectors with this powerful function."

The man waved his hand, "This Prt-6025 series detector is an extremely useful treasure, whether you're going to the outer battlefields or exploring secret realms. The starting price is 8000 Chaos Units, and each bid must be a multiple of Chaos Units. You may start bidding now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, many people in the auction hall began to bid.

Qi Yuan, seated in his seat, looked down at the silver token in his hand, and also became somewhat interested.

The man in the fiery robes was right; a good detector is absolutely essential for exploration and training.

When he first went to the extraterrestrial battlefield, he was only facing some world lord-level and ordinary immortal god-level teams. There was no need to buy those expensive detectors worth millions right away. This one was just right.

The detectors used by ordinary immortal gods usually cost only a few hundred Chaos Units, and this mechanical race technology detector is more than enough for his initial use.

The bidding price on the central screen kept rising until it reached 19852 mixed units, at which point it temporarily stopped.

Without further hesitation, Qi Yuan immediately typed '20000 Mixed Yuan Units' on his token screen.

After a period of waiting, the voice of the man in the fiery robes atop the central platform rang out in the auction hall:

"Prt-6025 series detector, final price 20000 Mixed Yuan Units. Congratulations to the successful bidder. We will now proceed to the next item's auction."

Under the direction of the man in the fiery robe, the auction proceeded rapidly.

Items were auctioned off one after another, like a flowing stream. The lowest price was over a hundred Hunyuan, and the usual prices were several hundred or even a thousand Hunyuan.

Occasionally, rare auction items will appear, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Aside from the detector he initially purchased, Qi Yuan only gradually acquired a longsword weapon suitable for cultivators of spatial laws, as well as two spatial attribute combat secret techniques.

The three items cost less than 20,000 Mixed Yuan Units in total.

It wasn't that he didn't want to spend money, but rather that he was preparing for the final auction. The last 100 items at each auction are the true essence of the event!
Compared to the first-tier auction, the second-tier auction has fewer participants and the process is faster.

As time went by, batches of treasures were continuously auctioned off.

Soon, the auction reached its final and most important stage!

……

"Haha, friends from all the universes, all the ordinary auction items have been sold out. Now we're reaching the final climax of this auction—"

"Next, we will auction off the final 100 items. Each item in this final auction is either unique or extremely valuable, and the starting price for each item is 0!"

On the central platform, the man in the fiery robe spoke with impassioned voice.
"The first and final item is a learning notebook on spatial perception by a powerful immortal king named 'Zhuan Kong Wang'. It contains all the insights he gained on spatial perception, which he recorded in the form of various practical secret techniques."

"The entire notebook contains 351 secret techniques, including research aids, combat techniques, and movement techniques. It can definitely serve as an excellent textbook for comprehending the laws of space!"

"The opportunity to learn from 'Zhuan Kong Wang's' Space Insight Notes is for personal study only or for one designated person. Real-name authentication is required in the virtual universe. There are a total of 5 slots available this time, and each bid increment must be no less than 1 Hunyuan Units."

"Everyone, we can start submitting our bids now!"

The auction of this first and final item instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the entire audience!

For ordinary immortal gods, their mastery of a particular lower-level law has reached its limit. To further improve, they must continue to comprehend the higher-level law corresponding to that lower-level law.

This refers to the laws of time or space.

However, the laws of time and space are extremely difficult to comprehend.

Especially for ordinary immortal gods who have no famous teachers to guide them or secret techniques to refer to, it is as difficult as ascending to heaven!
The first and final item in the auction was a record of a powerful, immortal king's complete understanding of the Dao of Space, and it even detailed hundreds of secret techniques for his demonstration!

This is absolutely the 'learning material' that these ordinary immortal gods have been dreaming of!

Immediately, a large number of people in the hall began to bid frantically.

5 Mixed Yuan Units. 10 Mixed Yuan Units. 16 Mixed Yuan Units. 21 Mixed Yuan Units.
The numbers displayed on the central screen soared and soon broke through the 30 Mixed Yuan Units mark!
"A Space-Based Insightful Notebook of an Immortal King"

Qi Yuan, who was seated, also showed great interest in the auction item.

His Shangqing clone possesses extremely powerful spatial talent, but due to a lack of sufficiently powerful spatial cultivation inheritance, his progress is somewhat slow.

This notebook not only records all the spatial insights of an immortal king, but also contains more than 300 practical secret techniques, which can fully meet his research needs at this stage!

Qi Yuan entered his bid on the token in his hand, then stared at the changing numbers on the central screen.

78 Mixed Yuan Units. 79 Mixed Yuan Units. 80 Mixed Yuan Units.
The price on the central screen quickly broke through the 80 mixed units mark, and continued to rise at a slow but steady pace.

This price is not low. Qi Yuan remembered that in the original work, it was mentioned that the True Yan King, whose strength was comparable to that of an invincible king, only had a secret technique that cost 80 points to exchange.

Even at the highest exchange rate, it's equivalent to 80 Mixed Yuan Units.

The auction price of this spatial insight manual is now almost catching up with the price of a secret technique created by an invincible king!

However, Qi Yuan understood that there was nothing he could do about it.

The 'treasure trove' of the core members of the Virtual Universe Company is different from the 'treasure trove' used by ordinary members of the Virtual Universe Company.

Only the four geniuses from the four secret realms of the Virtual Universe Company, as well as elites at the Immortal level or above, can be considered the company's 'core layer'.

The items in the core members' treasure vault can only be redeemed using the company's internal 'points'. It includes everything imaginable, including some restricted items that are rarely seen even at high-level auctions, because the five major powers do not want to let some extremely precious items leak out.

Even if some less valuable items occasionally appear on the market, they will definitely fetch a much higher price.

A spatial insight manual like this 'King Zhuankong' may not necessarily be more valuable than the secret techniques created by King Zhenyan, but if it appears at an auction, its price will be driven up.

The auction continues.

During this period, Qi Yuan adjusted his bid several times to ensure that his offer always exceeded the displayed number.

Finally, the price on the central screen reached 106 million units, and then it finally stopped.

"Congratulations to the top five bidders! You will each receive a spot to study the 'King Zhuankong's Space Manual. Now, we will proceed with the auction for the final item."

The core of the Virtual Universe Company includes geniuses from the core secret realm, members above the Immortal level, and possibly some members from special departments.

We might think that ordinary immortals are worthless when reading novels, but that's not true. It was mentioned later when the human race rose to power that the current Venerables and immortals of the human race were accumulated over billions of epochs. Each immortal is an elite of the race and represents the true foundation of the race.

It's precisely because Luo leveled up too quickly, slaughtering immortals like dogs in just a few thousand years, that ordinary immortals seem rather low-class in comparison.
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