Creation of the Universe

Shen Zhan said, "I know the rules. You guys take the spirit stones, and this Xuanling Wood belongs to me."

He completed the transaction readily, and King Kitano, who witnessed the whole process, laughed even more wildly.

"Did you all see that?"

"Jia Zhong's friends are just as foolish as he is. Xuanling wood is not a rare thing. Even if I spend time searching in this vast mountain, I can find more than a dozen pieces. It's just a little trouble at most."

Several of his men around him also laughed.

Shen Zhan ignored their noisy quarrels. He was now eager to admire his spoils and had no time to pay attention to the ridiculous faces of a few frogs in the well.

Jia Zhong looked at the dark, almost imperceptible Xuanling Wood and asked, "My benefactor, you must have your reasons for wanting to buy this Xuanling Wood, but I really don't see what's so special about it."

Shen Zhan pointed at the white dots on the surface of the Xuanling Wood and replied, "Although the Xuanling Wood is not valuable, these insect pupae attached to its surface are rare treasures."

"Ah, if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have figured it out. What's so special about this insect pupa?"

"It's a blood-winged insect, a third-grade intermediate spiritual insect. It can also be used for medicinal purposes. They often like to make cocoons on certain spiritual trees."

Jia Zhong couldn't help but move closer to take a closer look. When he looked closely, he found that there was indeed a small insect inside the white dot, twisting its fat body constantly.

It's already difficult to see it from this distance. Just now, it was so far away that Shen Zhan was able to identify that this was a third-grade intermediate blood-winged insect.

"My benefactor, you are truly amazing. You can even spot the blood-winged insect. Doesn't that mean I only spent two hundred spirit stones and got a third-grade intermediate treasure?"

Jia Zhong shouted with joy.

Shen Zhan originally wanted to keep a low profile, but now that he had obtained the blood-winged insect, the purpose of his trip had been successfully achieved, and he was not afraid of any further changes.

"What blood-winged insect? Jia Zhong, what nonsense are you talking about?"

King Beiye stood up angrily. He was very unhappy because he failed to trick Jia Zhong. When he heard that the other party accidentally obtained a third-grade spiritual insect, the blood-winged insect, he became even more unable to remain calm.

He walked straight over without believing in evil, and just then, blood-winged insects slowly crawled out of the white cocoons. There were hundreds of tiny white insects, and they began to shed their skin and grow wings on their ribs.

In a short while, the blood-winged insect grew several times larger and took on its most familiar appearance.

That's because Shen Zhan was using his own spiritual power to nurture them. After greedily absorbing the spiritual power, the blood-winged insects grew abnormally rapidly. They turned into large flying insects with a pair of blood-red wings, flying back and forth around Shen Zhan constantly.

"Really... is it really a blood-winged insect?"

"You guys are so lucky this time!"

A touch of emotion flashed across King Beiye's eyes, but he could not deny that what was in front of him was indeed the blood-winged insect. This thing was of the third grade, and it only cost two hundred spirit stones to get it.

Jia Zhong took this opportunity to retort, "Prince Beiye, are you dumbfounded now? Don't you always boast of your intelligence? How come you've fallen into such trouble today?"

"Stop talking nonsense. It's nothing more than a third-grade spirit insect. Could it be that I, King Beiye, am short of such a thing?"

Although they are all third-grade, the value of third-grade spiritual weapons is usually higher than that of third-grade spiritual insects. Therefore, King Beiye's target is the spiritual weapon that will be put up for auction later, and he sneers at the blood-winged insect.

The auctioneer of Longling Pavilion was also very surprised when he saw this. They rarely made mistakes in this line of work, but today they also met with a setback.

If I had noticed earlier that there were blood-winged insects on the Xuanling wood, only a fool would have sold it for two hundred spirit stones!

But at this point, there is nothing that can be done. If one goes back on one's word, Longling Pavilion's reputation will be ruined. The auctioneer can only pretend to be magnanimous and say that the blood-winged insect is what Shen Zhan deserves.

"These little bugs seem to contain very powerful spiritual energy!"

Jia Zhong stretched out his finger, and a blood-winged insect flew and landed on the tip of his index finger.

"Oh, it hurts me to death!"

Suddenly, he felt a burning pain from his fingertips. Jia Zhong quickly withdrew his hand and put it to his mouth and blew it.

Shen Zhan took a closer look and was shocked this time.

Because these blood-winged insects actually have other secrets hidden in them!

The blood-winged insect that had just hurt Jia Zhong began to slowly burn on its abdomen, like a ball of blue flame.

Shen Zhan said: "I didn't expect that this is not an ordinary blood-winged insect, but a blue-flame blood-winged insect. This is no longer a third-grade insect, but a fifth-grade one!"

"What? It's actually a fifth-grade spiritual medicine?"

Jia Zhong was horrified. He had been searching for so many years and had seen many rare treasures, but he had never seen such a magical blue flame blood-winged insect as the one in front of him.

"Your cultivation is too low, be careful you will be burned by the blue flames!"

Shen Zhan did not forget to remind Jia Zhong to keep his distance. Even now, he could feel the intense burning sensation emitted by the blue flame blood-winged insect.

Upon learning that a fifth-grade blue-flame blood-winged insect had appeared, King Kitano was completely dumbfounded.

He could still accept a third-grade one, but if it was a fifth-grade one, how could he tolerate such a good thing falling into the hands of others?

What should I do? Should I snatch it immediately?

He did have such an impulse, but it was too inconvenient to do such a thing in public.

A fierce light flashed in King Kitano's eyes, and he had secretly decided in his heart that he must find an opportunity to seize the Blue Flame Blood Winged Insect. After all, the person was right under his nose, and there was no way he could escape!

"What blue-flame blood-winged insect? Stop being so mysterious, you two. Do you think we are all fools?"

"Quickly take a picture of something!"

King Beiye deliberately changed the subject, causing others present to mistakenly believe that Shen Zhan and Jia Zhong were just talking nonsense, so they didn't pay too much attention to it.

Afterwards, several items were auctioned off one after another and returned to their respective owners, but King Beiye and Jia Zhong did not choose to act rashly.

It was not until the last two items were brought onto the stage at the same time that the expressions on their faces became extremely grim. This was the last chance to grab the treasure, and no one was willing to give in.

The auctioneer began to introduce, "Today's highlight has finally arrived. On my left is the third-grade spiritual weapon, the Soul-Suppressing Iron, and on my right is the third-grade spiritual weapon, the Lingxi Horn."

The two spiritual weapons finally revealed their true appearance. Everyone present paid close attention to them and exclaimed in admiration from time to time.

The Soul-Calming Iron helps one maintain inner peace during cultivation and avoid external interference, so as to achieve a multiple of the cultivation effect. It can also be refined into a personal weapon, which is very rare.

The Lingxi Horn is a container for absorbing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. Those with lesser cultivation can use it to quickly absorb the spiritual energy for their own use.

Jia Zhong looked at the two treasures and asked Shen Zhan, "My benefactor, how should I choose between these two?"