A useless person with five spiritual roots? I sacrificed the proud daughter of heaven.

"The Fire Pearl contains abundant spiritual energy, and as for its function..."

Xu Ze gave a wink to the wolf demon waiting to the side, and the red wolf demon immediately stepped forward and took the Fire Pearl in its hand.

The wolf demon channeled a wisp of its spiritual power into the Fire Pearl, and in the blink of an eye, the spiritual power within the Fire Pearl flowed continuously into the wolf demon's body.

In just a few breaths, the wolf demon's size more than doubled, and countless fire elements gathered around it, creating a gust of wind in the venue.

This wolf demon looks like it's about to advance to a higher level!

Realizing this, the cultivators in the hall looked at the Fire Pearl with fervent eyes.

Xu Ze coughed twice at the opportune moment, and snapped his fingers again. The wolf demon immediately released the Fire Pearl, and its body gradually returned to its original size.

"This wolf demon is a rare fire-attribute wolf demon. As you can see, the Fire Pearl contains abundant spiritual power and has a very high affinity for the fire element, which can effectively help cultivators restore their spiritual power or even advance smoothly."

"Even in places isolated from spiritual energy, or in places like the far north or the Netherworld Cold Pool where fire elements are extremely scarce, the Fire Pearl can still be used. It is truly an essential item for home, travel, and exploration of secret realms!"

"However, similar to the Void Soil, the Fire Pearl is only applicable to those with fire spirit roots and is only effective for cultivators below the Golden Core stage."

"Starting bid: 200 mid-grade spirit stones."

After Xu Ze finished speaking, he winked gently at Sheng He.

Sheng He understood Xu Ze's meaning, of course.

When Xu Ze mentioned the "far north," he deliberately emphasized it, presumably to remind himself that he could use the Fire Pearl to search for the Void Soil in the far north.

This can be considered as thanks to Shenghe for just raising the price of Taixu Soil several times over.

In fact, even if Xu Ze hadn't reminded her, Sheng He would have still bid for the Fire Pearl.

From the moment the Fire Pearl appeared, Zhao Yanran's emotions were off. When she saw the wolf demon about to advance with the help of the Fire Pearl, Zhao Yanran was even more excited than when she successfully acquired the Void Soil.

At that time, Sheng He guessed that the opportunity Zhao Yanran obtained in her previous life was this Fire Pearl.

The Fire Pearl is indeed a perfect match for a single fire spirit root.

But what does this have to do with Zhao Yanran?

She doesn't have any spirit stones.

Sheng He raised his hand in a good mood.

"Three hundred mid-grade spirit stones."

There were significantly more people bidding for the Fire Pearl than for the Void Soil. After just a few rounds, the price of the Fire Pearl had already risen to 570 mid-grade spirit stones.

As Zhao Yanran watched the price of the Fire Pearl rise higher and higher, she became increasingly anxious. The system had stopped responding to her because she had just forcibly bid for the Void Soil, so she could only turn her attention to Chu Heng.

"Senior Brother, I want to bid on this Fire Pearl, can you help me?"

Seeing Zhao Yanran's pitiful eyes, Chu Heng helplessly spread his hands.

"Yanran, I just gave you all my spirit stones, and now I don't have a single spirit stone left on me."

Zhao Yanran hurriedly said, "Then what should we do? I don't want the Void Soil anymore. Can I exchange the Void Soil for this Fire Pearl?"

Chu Heng looked puzzled: "Yanran, don't you like the Void Soil? You just spent so many spirit stones to bid for the Void Soil. I thought you gave up other items. Auctions are not child's play. How can you just change your mind like that?"

"Senior brother, why don't you go and talk to the people at the auction house?"

Zhao Yanran tugged at Chu Heng's sleeve and said in a sweet, coquettish voice, "Just say that we are the personal disciples of Immortal Venerable Xuanxiao. Even if the auction house has rules, they will definitely agree to the exchange for the sake of our master."

Chu Heng pursed his lips, his voice turning serious: "Junior sister, do you know what the consequences of doing this will be?"

"What consequences could there be? My master is so good to me, he definitely won't care about these things."

"It is precisely because Master is so kind to you that we absolutely cannot do this, otherwise, where would we put Master's dignity?"

Zhao Yanran wanted to say something more, but Chu Heng had already put on a stern face.

"Alright, you don't need to say anything more. I won't help you, and don't joke about Master's reputation again!"

"Chu Heng's favorability has decreased by five points, and his current favorability is eighty-three."

Zhao Yanran almost lost her composure and hurriedly asked the system in her mind, "What's going on? Why has Chu Heng's favorability rating dropped?"

"Chu Heng's favorability rating is below 90, so it is not considered valid data. Please maintain a good relationship with your target. If the favorability rating of the main character drops significantly, you will be punished with electric shocks."

Along with the system's voice, Xu Ze announced that Sheng He had successfully bid for the Fire Pearl with 700 mid-grade spirit stones.

The Fire Pearl only costs seven hundred spirit stones!

She spent five thousand spirit stones to buy a pile of wasteland that she had no use for at all!

It's all because of Shenghe!

Zhao Yanran clenched her teeth, her face grim.

If it weren't for Sheng He, why would she insist on photographing the Taixu Earth?

If it weren't for Sheng He, the Fire Pearl would have been hers too.

Zhao Yanran gripped the hem of her clothes tightly, her face contorted in a grimace.

Shenghe deserves to die!

Shenghe must die!

……

"finished?"

After finishing the shortbread and cheese cake, Mu Yao looked up and asked.

"Not yet, there's only one item left to bid on."

Sheng He pointed to the stage, where Xu Ze was introducing the last item up for auction.

It was an incomplete ancient cultivation manual, said to have been left behind by a powerful figure who had ascended to immortality. Although only the first volume was available, it still caused quite a stir.

More than half of those attending this auction came for this cultivation manual.

After a fierce bidding war, the cultivation manual was finally sold to an unknown small sect for 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

Lingxiao Tower.

Sheng He looked at the man in white sitting in the corner of the first row. That was Jiang Yunzhi, the senior brother of Lingxiao Tower. It was he who had bought the ancient cultivation manual.

It was he who later obtained the second volume of this cultivation technique by chance.

Lingxiao Tower thus rose from an insignificant sect to a renowned major sect in the cultivation world.

In the end, Lingxiao Tower and Shenghe's fate in their previous lives were no different; they were both just stepping stones on Zhao Yanran's path to ascension.

Sheng He quickly looked away. She wasn't interested in other people's fates. In this life, she only wanted to change her own destiny and protect the people around her.

"It's finally over. Let's go back to the sect. I'm exhausted after wandering around all day!"

Mu Yao yawned lazily, then pulled Sheng He and Yun Qianshan to leave.

"Did you spend the whole day shopping? You probably spent the whole day eating. I can't even be bothered to talk to you."

Sheng He grabbed Mu Yao and Yun Qianshan, who were bickering, and said, "Senior sisters, don't rush, we haven't paid our spirit stones yet."