500,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones?" Ye Xiao was stunned when he heard this. He was not stunned because they were giving him High-Grade Immortal Stones, he was stunned because of the amount. in his eyes, this amount was really too little.
Now that he has successfully created the Solar System, he regained the right to enter the Universe in his mind. He can mine as much as he wants after entering there. What is more, there were millions of these High-Grade Spirit Stones inside his spatial ring.
Seeing Ye Xiao's stunned expression, Feng Wuji and others thought that he was stunned because the amount they were giving to Ye Xiao was too much of an amount for a young man like Ye Xiao.
"I made a wager that you will win the competition. After you won, I received 50 million High-Grade Spirit Stones. I'm giving you 500,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones so Little Friend Ye Xiao doesn't have to refuse." Feng Wuji said with a wide smile on his face.
"Thank you very much." Ye Xiao said expressionlessly and took the spatial ring. But in his heart, he was cursing Feng Wuji, saying, "What a stingy man. Even after winning 50 million High-Grade Spirit Stones, he is only giving me 500,000 of them. Well, it is not like I care, I have an entire mine!"
After going through a fierce competition that almost caused a huge battle, the entire Blue Wind City seemed to have become a lot quieter.
Ye Xiao did not leave the Blue Wind City in a hurry but instead decided to stay within the City Lord's Mansion for a few more days. He wanted to complete some unfinished business that got stuck because of the destruction of his Small World.
In the blink of an eye, five days had passed and during these five days, the entire Blue Wind City was extremely peaceful. When the sixth day arrived, the entire Blue Wind City had also suddenly become fiery hot.
Even the City Lord's Mansion had become somewhat abnormal.
Early in the morning, Feng Zhidie, who was wearing gorgeous clothes, ran to Ye Xiao's room and knocked on his door.
"Little Zhidie, what are you doing here so early?" Ye Xiao opened the door and said helplessly. Ever since his trip to Nature's Chakra ended, Feng Zhidie would run over to him whenever she had time. If it was a man, Ye Xiao would have already sent him flying with a slap but this was a cute little girl, Feng Zhidie. He could not bring himself to even scold her, let alone sending her flying with a slap.
"It's still early? Big brother, what time is it now? Are you still sleeping? What a lazy pig." Feng Zhidie looked at Ye Xiao in dissatisfaction.
Sleep? I was clearly doing something very important, ok? During the day, I had to play with you. Only at night would I have the time to focus on myself.
Of course, Ye Xiao could only mutter all of this in his heart. He didn't say it out loud as he did not want to break the pure heart of this little girl.
"Ye Xiao, today is the day of the Auction House's auction. The Mayor specifically told us to come and invite you." Behind Feng Zhidie, the beautiful woman Su Xuan walked over and said with a smile.
Her eyes were soft and kind. All this while, she had always taken care of Feng Zhidie as her own daughter.
"That's right, that's right. This is a big day of Blue Wind City and there are always quite a few interesting things every time." Feng Zhidie also nodded excitedly.
"Fun…" Ye Xiao was a little speechless. All these days of his stay in the City Lord's Mansion, he gathered a lot of information not only about the Blue Wind City but also about this Immortal Star World.
Ye Xiao knew that this Auction House was the property of one of the Four Great Families, the Long Family. This auction house was called the Shining Golden Auction house and it was also called the number one auction house of the state even though it was established inside a small city like the Blue Wind City.
All of this is mainly due to the extremely good relationship of the Long Family with the City Lord Mansion. City Lord Feng Wuji was a
was a duke of the Royal Family of the Golden Kingdom after all. With his support, the Shining Golden Auction House became the number one auction house of the state.
Although the Shining Golden Auction House had the support of City Lord Feng Wuji, it doesn't mean he could get anything he wants from the auction house for free. No! If he wants some item, he had to bid it and compete with others.
This was also one of the reasons why this auction house was very famous and called the number one auction house of the state.
Ye Xiao was not interested in the auction. From his point of view, it was simply a waste of time. So, ignoring the expectant eyes of Feng Zhidie, he looked at Su Xuan and said, "I am sorry but I can not go. I am not interested!"
Listening to Ye Xiao's rejection, the smile on Feng Zhidie's face disappeared and was replaced with an expression of disbelief. She was about to say something but was stopped by Su Xuan who nodded her head at Ye Xiao and replied, "I'll inform City Lord about that so that he doesn't have to wait for long!"
"Please do that!" Ye Xiao nodded his head and closed the door again.
In these five days, although Ye Xiao only got time in the night because of Feng Zhidie, he still discovered many new things.
First of all, he entered the Universe in his mind and was shocked to the extreme after seeing that the whole land which he saw in the Heavenly Pearl had actually become a floating island that was floating in space.
There were four directions and Ye Xiao could visit and see everything in the three directions, leaving one direction which was covered with black fog which always gave off Ye Xiao a terrifying aura, making him dare not to go in that direction.
But now, that black fog was nowhere to be seen. Ye Xiao visited the place where once the black fog ruled over and was shocked to see that the land he was standing was actually floating in space and for some reason, he could see each and every planet, solar system, and galaxy from here.
He just needs to focus and the focused planet, solar system, or the galaxy will appear in front of him. Although it looks that it was in front of him but in reality, that planet, solar system, or the galaxy were still in their fixed space.
It was just that Ye Xiao got the ability to see anything he focused on in this Universe by standing or sitting at the place where once black fog was.
From there, he could see the entire Universe, making him forget about the purpose he entered this Universe for.
Only, now did Ye Xiao understand why he always felt terrified whenever he wanted to come near the black fog. It was because there was nothing here and if he would have taken another step forward inside the black fog after arriving here, he would have fallen down and started floating in the silent space where there was nothing far far away.
At first, Ye Xiao wanted to go and cultivate the Fourth Layer of the Nine Dragon Universal Circulation Technique but after seeing the entire Universe from here, he started to spend his time looking at the planets after planets, solar systems, and galaxies. He did that just to get some new ideas about the evolution of his Solar System.
Well, his time spent here was not wasted as he got many new ideas also got to know many things that were absent in his Solar System. Such as, he noticed that there were not only planets revolving around the Sun but there were also moons revolving around not every but still quite a few planets.
He also noticed many meteorites floating aimlessly in space.
Well, he discovered quite a few things lacking in his Solar System and decided to perfect his Solar System. He wanted to perfect the Solar System but it doesn't mean he will do that immediately, Ye Xiao decided to take it slow, one step at a time. There was no need to hurry!
Other than his decision of making his Solar System perfect, he also went to look at the newly opened cave and found the mine of Low-Grade Immortal Stones. It was just like what he had guessed after knowing the existence of the Immortal Stones. He also already guessed that the next two mines should be Middle-Grade Immortal Stones and High-Grade Immortal Stones!
_Inside The Auction House_
"Is the news that Master Yan told me related to the ruin true?" A middle-aged man stood up and said excitedly.
"That's right. According to the expert who came back from the ruin, the ruin is within the Sunfire Mountain Range which is only a hundred miles away from here." The man called Master Yan who was standing on the stage in front of everyone opened his mouth and said.
Master Yan's expression also became serious as he continues to say, "However, the relic has been set up with restrictions, so it's not easy to enter. The reason our auction house's expert was able to enter inside was entirely due to luck. Although he managed to successfully come out in the end, he received extremely heavy injuries and his life is still in danger."
"So, Master Yan wants to combine the power of many Blue Wind City's families to open up the restrictions of that ancient remains?" Inside the Mu Family's box, the Patriarch of Mu Family walked up and said with a serious expression.
"That's right." Master Yan didn't decline and nodded his head. With a serious expression, he said, "According to the search done by the Shining Golden Auction House, if we want to open the restrictions, we will need the cooperation of at least three Martial King Realm experts to break it."
"Hiss…"
Hearing this everyone was shocked. In the entire Blue Wind City, there was not a single Martial King Realm martial artist. No wonder the Shining Golden Auction House said it needed all the experts of the Blue Yan City to join hands in order to break the restrictions placed at the ruin.
"Are you sure, Master Yan?"
"It is indeed hard to imagine. However, this matter should be true. I hope that everyone will unite together here and break the seal. That's the key to enter the ruin." Master Yan replied.
It turns out that the true purpose of this auction was to gather as many martial artists as possible just to break the restriction placed on the ruin. The auction house did auction quite a few treasures but compare to the news of the ruin, those treasures were nothing.
The matter of the ruin was talked about after the end of the auction. With everyone's agreement, the auction officially ended and everyone ran towards their homes to prepare to go to the ruin. They needed to go back quickly and properly plan things out. If they could grab the initiative when they entered the ruin, they might be able to get the owner's inheritance.
After the crowd left, countless eagles flew up into the sky above the Blue Wind City, flying in all directions. It was likely that there would be many forces participating in breaking the restriction to enter the ruin.
After returning from the auction house, Feng Wuji called Ye Xiao and told him everything about the ruin.
"Ye Xiao, if you are interested, you can go take a look at that ruin as well. If your luck is good, you might even be able to obtain the inheritance of the owner of that ruin." Feng Wuji said with a smile.
"That ruin will definitely attract the attention of countless people. Perhaps even those big sects will come as well. Anyways, I will definitely give it a try!"
Hearing Feng Wuji's words, Ye Xiao also nodded his head and agreed to go to the ruin. As for the matter of obtaining the inheritance of the owner of ruin, Ye Xiao was not interested at all.
With his Nine Dragon Universal Circulation Technique and the abilities of the Nine Ancestral Dragons, there was simply no need for him to obtain any kind of inheritance. He agreed to go there simply for one reason, that is to obtain some kind of treasure to increase his cultivation base.
Let's go and have a good rest today. We will go take a look at the Sunfire Mountain Range tomorrow. Since the other families have already begun to move, our City Lord's Mansion naturally cannot be left behind." Feng Wuji smiled faintly with a deep look in his eyes, making it unclear what he was thinking.
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The next day, when the first ray of sunlight shone onto the ground, the entire Blue Wind City had also instantly boiled up. Countless martial artists roared and rushed out of the city gate, heading towards the back of the Blue Wind City. That was the Sunfire Mountain Range. After all, the ruin was also within that mountain range.
Dozens of people also came out from the three great families. The weakest of these people was at the Early Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm while the stronger had already reached the Late Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm.
However, not everyone moved this time. They also needed to keep guards to protect the family, otherwise, what would they do even if they obtained the inheritance from the ruins. Without the family, what use would there be for these inheritances?
Blue Wind City, City Lord's Mansion, there were more than a dozen people gathered here. Even though they were only standing there quietly, they could still feel fighting spirit radiating from each other's bodies.
"Dongfang Shang, this time, you will lead the team into the ruins. Ye Xiao is young and inexperienced. You must take good care of him." Feng Wuji said to the middle-aged scholar.
The middle-aged scholar nodded seriously: "Rest assured lord, I will take good care of Young Master Ye Xiao."
"Brother Ye Xiao, be careful." Feng Zhidie walked to Ye Xiao's side and asked in concern.
"Don't worry."
Ye Xiao smiled and then walked to Dongfang Shang's side. He didn't say anything when Feng Wuji told Dongfang Shang to protect him. He just kept smiling.
"Oh yeah, if you find anything good in the relic, remember to bring it back to me." Feng Zhidie said slyly.
Ye Xiao laughed. That was probably what Feng Zhidie wanted to say the most. After being together for so many days, he knew that other than being afraid of roaches and the dark, Feng Zhidie was also a person who was not afraid of the heavens or the earth.
If it wasn't for the danger this time, in addition to Feng Wuji and Su Xuan's strong opposition, this little girl would definitely have pestered Ye Xiao to bring her there.
"Got it, I will definitely bring you a big bag of good stuff." Ye Xiao smiled and mounted his horse. He turned to Dongfang Shang and said, "Mr. Dongfang, let's go."
In this period of time, he had gained some understanding of this middle-aged scholar who was following beside Feng Wuji. His thin and weak appearance, in reality, only meant to fool others. He was actually quite strong and other than those strong practitioners at the Half-Step Immortal King Realm or above, there were very few people who could be his match.
Most importantly, Dongfang Shang was extremely intelligent. If he wanted to play someone to death, the other party would not even realize it. He was definitely a dangerous person.
"Let's go."
After hearing Feng Wuji's voice, Dongfang Shang smiled then he cupped his hands towards Feng Wuji and the others, and with a pinch of his horse, he took the lead to rush out. Behind him, the guards of the City Lord's Mansion also swiftly followed.
Ye Xiao waved his hand towards Feng Wuji, Feng Zhidie, and the rest. Without wasting any time, he also jumped out.
Feng Wuji's eyes were deep and profound as he watched Ye Xiao and the rest leaving figures.
"Brother Feng, is it worth it for you to invest so heavily in Ye Xiao?" Su Xuan furrowed her brows as she asked. She knew that the way Feng Wuji saw people were extremely accurate. This had a lot to do with the cultivation technique one is cultivating. However, it was her first time seeing Feng Wuji invest so much in a teenager. An investment was something that would make any sect's genius jealous.
"Of course it's worth it. Su Xuan, your vision still needs a bit longer. Believe me, this small Blue Wind City is unable to trap Ye Xiao. Even this Golden Kingdom is not able to trap him."
Feng Wuji said in a deep voice with a smile in his eyes.
Su Xuan was shocked. This was the first time she had heard Feng Wuji give such a high evaluation of someone. Even 'that monster' from the Feng Family could not get him to praise her so much.
"Kid, you better not disappoint Big Brother Feng." Xuan Su softly sighed in her heart. Although she knew that Ye Xiao was extremely powerful and there was not a single person of the younger generation in the Blue Wind City that could defeat him but it was limited to the Blue Wind City only.
Blue Wind City was only a small city of the Golden Kingdom. There were hundreds of thousands of cities much more powerful than the Blue Wind City in the Immortal Star World.
The Sunfire Mountain Range was located a hundred kilometers behind the Blue Wind City. The Sunfire Mountain Range stretched for several hundred kilometers. Aside from Blue Wind City, there were also two other cities in its surroundings, namely Mo City and Green Leaf City.
The Sunfire Mountain Range was vast and there were countless ferocious Immortal Beasts amongst them. Deep in its heart, there was the legend of the existence of Immortal Beasts at the Late Stage Immortal King Realm.
As a result, under normal circumstances, other than a few professional Immortal Beast hunting adventurers, very few people would enter the depths of the Sunfire Mountain Range.
However, the previously quiet Sunfire Mountain Range had now become bustling with noise and excitement. Sounds of something tearing through the air continuously rang out in the surroundings of the Sunfire Mountain Range. Following this, figures appeared around the edge of the mountain range and proceeded to walk towards it.
Roughly estimating the numbers of people, it was likely that there were not less than a hundred thousand people. In the distance, there were even more figures rushing over in a crazed manner.
The appearance of the ruin in the Sunfire Mountain Range had indeed attracted a lot of people. Especially people from the Blue Wind City, Mo City, and the Green Leaf City's martial artists, they were all even more frenzied.
With Ye Xiao and the rest desperately rushing towards the Sunfire Mountain Range, the distance of hundreds of kilometers only took them about four hours to arrive here. The moment Ye Xiao got close to the Sunfire Mountain Range, he instantly felt chills down his spine as he looked over.
Looking around, there were already a lot of corpses lying on the ground. The rocks were shattered and the ground was a mess. It was obvious that this place had experienced an extremely intense battle.
Ye Xiao touched his nose as he smelled something. The faint smell of blood came from the surroundings.
"Let's go in as well." Dongfang Shang waved to everyone and walked to the front, exhorting Ye Xiao, "The Sunfire Mountain Range is very lush, it is easy to hide your whereabouts. You must be careful when you enter later."
"Yes!"
Ye Xiao nodded his head as he understood very well what Dongfang Shang was saying. Right now, the Sunfire Mountain Range was definitely filled with danger. Among them, there was not only the threat from the Immortal Beasts but also from martial artists.
For the sake of obtaining the greatest benefits, those people or powers would definitely secretly attack and kill some people.
Sure enough, not long after Ye Xiao and the rest stepped into the Sunfire Mountain Range, they were attacked. A man shot an arrow from the distance. It was very fast and powerful. A few trees and rocks were penetrated as they flew towards him.
"Keng!"
With a flash of cold light, the arrow was directly cut into two halves by Dongfang Shang. At the same time, two people from their group also rushed out. They turned into two black shadows as they pounced towards the direction of the arrows.
Moments later, the sounds of a battle could be heard from the depths of the forest. Following that, another two screams could be heard before everything quieted down.
"Swish!"
The sound of breaking through the air could be heard. The two martial artists who had rushed out before, returned with a bloody aura around them. They looked at Dongfang Shang and said respectfully: "Lord Dongfang, they have been taken care of."
"Ok, continue forward." Dongfang Shang nodded and said.
Ye Xiao was surprised in his heart. Although the battle earlier was far away and he had not seen clearly what had happened, but since the matter could be solved so quickly, it could be seen just how strong the City Lord's Mansion's trained warriors were.
They travelled through the forest and from time to time, they would encounter the ambush from the humans as well as some Immortal Beasts. After
about ten miles, they were attacked by at least a dozen waves of attacks.
Although the guards of the City Lord's Mansion were strong, some of them were still injured after this wave of attacks. This short journey of a dozen or so kilometers had also consumed quite a few hours of time.
Dongfang Shang raised his head and looked at the darkening sky and said, "It's already late, we will camp out here and continue our journey tomorrow morning."
No one objected to Dongfang Shang's words. The night was the most dangerous time to spend in the Sunfire Mountain Range. Some ferocious Immortal Beasts would also choose to come out at night. If they were to move at night, it was very likely that they would be attacked by a large number of Immortal Beast.
The night was unusually quiet. Even the breathing sounds were extremely clear.
The sixteen guards of City Lord's Mansion faced in all directions and chose their positions, surrounding Ye Xiao and Dongfang Shang to keep them safe from any unforeseen ambushes and attacks.
Ye Xiao's gaze swept across the 16 guards and frowned slightly. These 16 guards seemed to be scattered around casually, but in reality, they had their own rules. These sixteen people were in contact with each other. As long as any of them were attacked, the others would immediately react and rescue them.
"Ye Xiao, what did you discover?" Dongfang Shang looked at Ye Xiao's surprised expression and asked.
"They seem to be scattered around according randomly but in reality, they have already formed some sort of formation." Ye Xiao said uncertainly. Of course, Ye Xiao knew what kind of formation it was but he didn't choose to give Dongfang Shang a complete answer.
A hint of surprise flashed across Dongfang Shang's eyes. He let out a long sigh and said, "Indeed, they took up their positions according to the Eight Trigrams Formation. They are originally soldiers of the City Lord's Mansion and are chosen from tens of thousands of people. They have already practiced this kind of battle formation countless times and have long since become familiar with it."
A battle formation was a formation created for the sake of war. It was different from the great formation that the formation masters had laid down. A battle formation needed the cooperation of humans in order to unleash its full might.
"Mr. Dongfang, we arrived a bit later, someone couldn't have gotten to the ruin before us, right?" One of the soldiers asked with a smile. Only after arriving at the Sunfire Mountain Range did he realize how attractive the ruin was.
Not only that person, but many of the soldiers were also afraid that the martial artists of the nearby cities have already gone to the ruin. After all, if they could obtain ruin owner's inheritance, even if they were idiots, they could still soar into the sky and become extremely powerful. This sort of attractive force would make everyone want to fight to the death.
"Don't worry about that. Did you already forget what City Master Feng said earlier? To break through the restrictions of this ruin, one would need the full strength of three Immortal King Realm martial artists. Although quite a few powers have entered first and there should be experts at the Late Stage and even half-step Immortal King Realm amongst them, they will definitely not make their move right now."
"Hehe, this matter... I totally forgot about it!" That soldier laughed awkwardly.The next morning, when morning arrived, the area outside of the Sunfire Mountain Range was bustling with noise and excitement. Many groups had already put away their tents and were making their way towards the mountain range one after another.
"Let's go."
Dongfang Shang waved his hand and instructed the guards to put away the tent. Then, without saying anything unnecessary, he walked directly into the mountain range. Ye Xiao and the rest quickly followed behind him.
The deeper they went into the mountain range, the taller the trees became. The dense branches covered the sky. Only a few strands of sunlight penetrated through the gaps between the leaves and shone in. Even during the daytime, it looked dark and gloomy. The surrounding roars and screams were extremely horrifying.
"Roar!"
A ferocious tiger suddenly appeared in front of Ye Xiao and the others. Its crimson eyes were bloodthirsty. Its claws were covered in blood and not far away, there were two broken corpses. It was clear that they had unluckily met this big guy in front of him.
"It's the Black Gold Tiger."
A group of people not far away cried out in alarm. A few of them were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
Black Gold Tiger was an Immortal Beast with the strength at the Middle Stage of the Immortal Lord Realm. Its body was as hard as steel. Ordinary weapons wouldn't be able to harm it at all, making it extremely troublesome to deal with this beast.
"Haaargh!" Several of the city guards shouted and were about to attack when Ye Xiao stopped them and said, "Let me do it."