Chapter 150: The Yellow Springs Order

However, when they clearly saw the person who made the bid, they all wisely shut their mouths.

The chorus of condemnation came to an abrupt halt in a single instant!

Because the bidder turned out to be none other than Ling Yuzhi of the Dan Domain!

Although they could not understand why Ling Yuzhi would suddenly place a bid to snatch this Seven-Colored Exquisite Blade, the sheer influence of the Dan Domain was undeniable. In particular, the three Earthly-Gang realm guards standing right behind the young master made everyone too angry to speak out, forcing them all to obediently keep their mouths shut. What was the use of getting angry anyway? Were they tired of living?

Ye Youyou’s brows twitched slightly.

After hesitating for a moment, she still spoke up and asked, "Does Young Master Ling truly wish to purchase this blade? This Seven-Colored Exquisite Blade is more suited for female cultivators, so its utility will be greatly diminished in Young Master Ling's hands." Logically speaking, as the host of the auction, Ye Youyou should not have said such words. She had no right to question what customers wanted to buy, nor had she ever asked a single half-question about it. However, she shared a close personal friendship with Zhi Yuexin, and in her heart, she most wanted Zhi Yuexin to acquire the blade, which prompted her to ask this question.

To this, Ling Yuzhi did not show any anger.

Instead, he smiled dashingly and explained, "I purchased this blade precisely to present it to Fairy Linglong, solely to win a smile from the beauty. I humbly ask Fairy Linglong to graciously accept it."

Buying a blade to gift to a beauty—what a lavish gesture!

Everyone present instantly understood. Clearly, this Ling Yuzhi deeply admired Zhi Yuexin and wished to openly court her. To throw down thirty-five million profound stones in a single move showed he was truly willing to spend a fortune.

At this moment, Ling Yuzhi looked graceful and refined. Combined with his unique, otherworldly aura, he instantly captured the hearts of all the female cultivators present, who secretly felt jealous of Zhi Yuexin, wondering why she could win Young Master Ling's admiration while they could not. Yet they failed to consider that Zhi Yuexin was ranked sixty-third on the Glamour List, an immortal-level peerless beauty who could never be compared to ordinary mortals like them, who were mere mediocre flirts relying solely on spells to alter their appearances.

Unfortunately, the falling blossoms had passionate intent, while the flowing water was heartless.

Just when everyone thought Zhi Yuexin would accept and focused all their gazes upon her, the latter knitted her delicate brows slightly and parted her pearly teeth to say, "Thirty-six million profound stones!"

"Heh, things are getting interesting!"

"Haha!"

Inside the venue, the crowd instantly erupted like a boiling cauldron.

Whispers broke out everywhere.

Many people looked at Ling Yuzhi with a very peculiar expression.

Zhi Yuexin’s counter-bid expressed her meaning clearly: I have no interest in you! I will not accept your kind gift; I will buy it myself.

Her method was direct, and her attitude was extremely resolute!

In an instant, Ling Yuzhi’s face flushed crimson, and the aura around his body began to fluctuate. At that moment, he fell from being a phoenix in the skies down to earth, turning into an ordinary bird. Having been rejected publicly, he became the laughingstock of everyone.

This was the first time in his life, from childhood to the present, that he had ever been rejected!

Moreover, it happened right before the eyes of the crowd, dealing a severe blow to his self-confidence in an instant.

At this moment, a chilling, profound hatred flashed deep within Ling Yuzhi’s eyes.

Struggling hard to suppress his emotions, after giving Zhi Yuexin a dashing bow, Ling Yuzhi sat back down in his seat. However, the palms of his tightly clenched fists were already oozing blood.

"You pretend to be aloof, you set up a chastity archway for yourself... Zhi Yuexin, you just wait for me..."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ye Youyou on the grandstand quickly dropped the gavel and announced, "Very well, then this Seven-Colored Exquisite Blade belongs to Fairy Linglong!" She spoke with such speed, fearing that some other unexpected twist might arise.

With that, she signaled her subordinates to deliver the Seven-Colored Exquisite Blade to Zhi Yuexin.

Aside from Young Master Ling himself, probably no one else took the matter to heart. After all, a beauty of Zhi Yuexin’s caliber had already rejected countless even more outstanding men; a mere Ling Yuzhi was hardly worth mentioning.

Everyone simply regarded it as watching a joke.

However, insiders like Ye Youyou knew that deep within Zhi Yuexin’s heart, there was already someone she favored—and their affection was mutual. Although they had not made their relationship public, the two of them had been spiritually connected for a long time. Compared to that person's brilliance, ten Ling Yuzhi combined wouldn't even be able to catch up to his dust. Beside that person, Ling Yuzhi wasn't even worth dog feces.

"He's merely ranked ninth on the Human Spirit List, yet he acts as arrogant as that?" Secretly holding Ling Yuzhi in extreme contempt, Ye Youyou proceeded to auction off the final, grand-finale item.

"Is it finally time for that item?"

Ye Youyou’s hands trembled slightly, and her heart was filled with silent anticipation...

"The final item of this auction also originates from within the Nine Walls, and this item is rather unique..." Saying this, Ye Youyou wore a strange expression, then picked up an object from the tray held by the maid, turning the side with inscriptions toward the crowd.

Everyone directed their gazes toward the object in Ye Youyou's hand.

It was a black token, upon which was painted the skull of a vicious ghost, biting down on a piece of contract paper. Written across the surface of the paper were two intensely crimson, eerie characters—

Yellow Springs!

"This is... the Yellow Springs Token!"

Those with a discerning eye in the venue reacted as if they had seen a ghost the moment they laid eyes on it, crying out in immediate terror.

Qin Feng was momentarily stunned, then wore a puzzled expression as he waited for Ye Youyou’s explanation.

This time, Ye Youyou did not try to stir up the crowd. Instead, wearing a solemn expression, she held up the token and explained in a low, slow voice, "The fellow Daoist who spoke just now is quite right. This item is indeed the Yellow Springs Token. Legend has it that across the vast expanse of the Eastern Domain, there are ten forbidden zones of mortal peril; those who enter these ten regions face a hundred deaths with zero survival! These ten forbidden zones are ranked according to their level of danger, and the Yellow Springs Token originates from the Yellow Springs Ghost Guidance Ravine, which ranks second! Every ten times a decade, the Yellow Springs Ghost Guidance Ravine spews ten Yellow Springs Tokens into the outside world. Only those unfortunate enough to obtain a token are qualified to enter the Yellow Springs Ghost Guidance Ravine. This is a supreme ominous object that chooses its master of its own accord, so everyone need not bid on it!"

As soon as Ye Youyou finished speaking, the entire venue fell dead silent.

For a brief moment, everyone was deep in thought; the auction house became so quiet that the dropping of a needle could be heard.

A portion of those who knew the truth even began cursing fiercely in their hearts. The forces of Tianzhi were insidious enough to use this auction as a means to shift the disaster onto others.

They were truly shameless to the extreme!

Of course, this might also just be Tianzhi casting a wide net rather than targeting any single individual. The Yellow Springs Token was indeed, as Ye Youyou claimed, an object of supreme misfortune. However, Ye Youyou had not told the whole story: if the person who obtained the Yellow Springs Token did not wish to go, they had to find someone within ten years to transfer ownership to and have that person enter the Yellow Springs Ghost Guidance Ravine in their place. Otherwise, they would inevitably suffer a bizarre and horrifying curse and die a miserable death—a curse that had no solution! The curse would even extend to everyone who had ever touched the token until the token finally returned to the Yellow Springs Ghost Guidance Ravine. Once the Yellow Springs Token appeared, everyone wanted to avoid the calamity, and even Tianzhi was completely helpless against it.

Yet was transferring ownership such an easy task?

Only when the person chosen by the Yellow Springs Token itself carried the token into the Yellow Springs Ghost Guidance Ravine would the disaster spare them. But for everyone else present, it was a profoundly ill-omened affair. No matter who they were, as long as they saw this token, they would flee as far away as possible. Anyone tainted by this thing would inevitably be implicated and killed within ten years if no one carried the token into the Yellow Springs Ghost Guidance Ravine.

Although Ye Youyou claimed the item came from the Nine Walls, she was most likely lying. It was probably obtained inadvertently by some high-ranking figure within Tianzhi who refused to take the risk of entering the Yellow Springs Ghost Guidance Ravine, thus forcing them to resort to this desperate measure to find a scapegoat for the transfer of ownership.

Naturally, while everyone cursed Tianzhi angrily in their hearts, none of them dared to utter a word out loud. What a joke—this was the other party's territory, and there was even an Earthly-Gang realm expert sitting in charge here. Cursing here was simply courting death!

Unable to curse out loud, they could only choose silence.

Seeing the reaction of the entire crowd, Ye Youyou felt extremely helpless.

Holding the token in her hand, she wore a bitter expression. Indeed, she had misfortune enough to have touched this object as well, so unless she found someone to transfer it to, she herself might be implicated and killed.

After a slight silence, Ye Youyou spoke up once more, "Of course, if a fated individual obtains this item, it will also be considered a tremendous help to us. The forces of Tianzhi will do everything in our power to help them raise their strength, and can even satisfy certain demands within a reasonable scope. As for those willing to come forward and try, even if they do not succeed, the forces of Tianzhi will still provide a certain amount of compensation!"