Ninth In the World

The Plane Split Talisman would actually appear in the auction? Di Jiu immediately clenched his fists in excitement. He had to obtain the Plane Split Talisman.

He possessed a Plane Split Talisman that he would use to return to Earth. The main issue was how he would return to the Small Central World from Earth. The fact that another Plane Split Talisman had appeared at this auction was good news for Di Jiu.

The Spirit Qi of the Earth was deficient, so he would not be staying on Earth for long. He actually wanted to return for two reasons. First, he wanted to search for Monk Red Dust from the Wang Chuan Temple. Although he had never met this monk, he believed that he was very strange.

He had one question he needed an answer to. Why could he see the physical body he’d had in his past life?

This was bizarre. Reincarnation Dao Law was not something he could touch upon. However, based on common deduction, this sort of thing should not happen. After all, when he’d appeared on Earth, he had not been just a soul.

He also suspected that the reason his past life had entered the Forgetful River Mountain Range was related to Monk Red Dust. He had been an ordinary person in his previous life. Why would Monk Red Dust tell him that there was a medicinal herb known as the Red Xue Flower? Even if the monk had wanted to tell someone, that someone should have been Shen Ziyu.

Besides, the Spirit Qi of the Earth was deficient. How could the Red Xue Flower possibly exist?

Di Jiu had seen a bridge at the Forgetful River Mountain Range.

He had felt strange when he had seen it back then, for it had seemed like a supernormal episode. Now that Di Jiu had cultivated to the Void Spirit Realm, he was aware that this bridge could have been a priceless treasure, or perhaps an item even more valuable than the Small World. Although he had not understood this at the time, he now suspected that the reason he had seen that bridge was most likely because of a form of Law.

The people bidding for the Plane Split Talisman were not individuals, as these bids had come from the cabins.

Di Jiu took a deep breath and bid 50 million.

When the 50-million bid appeared on the massive panel, a collective gasp was heard in the auction hall. The Plane Split Talisman might be valuable, but 50 million high-grade Spirit Stones were too much.

Even the cabins stopped bidding. In their opinion, the Plane Split Talisman was at most worth 40 million, so 50 million was too high. Besides, this was the first auction item. If one spent all their Spirit Stones on this item, it would be difficult to compete over the quality items coming later on.

The reason the auction house had chosen the Plane Split Talisman as the first auction item was to set a good foundation for this auction. This would make the bidding even more intense later.

Actually, the auction house wanted everyone to compete against each other and slowly increase the bid to 50 million. It did not like that Di Jiu had raised the price to 50 million in one bid. A lack of competition equaled a weak atmosphere that would not be beneficial for the auction house.

No one bid any further after Di Jiu’s 50-million bid. Tai Yan could only utter the last three calls. “Seat No. 39 in the 116th row has bid 50 million. Is there anyone who wishes to place a higher bid? If there’s no one, the Plane Split Talisman will soon belong to this guest…”

After a long time, no one placed a bid. Tai Yan lifted the auction hammer in his hand. “50 million going once… 50 million going twice… 50 million…”

“Hold on, I bid 51 million!” A crisp voice cut Tai Yan off.

According to the rules, no one could place a bid verbally. Everyone had to use the bidding panel to bid. It was against the rules for this person to verbally call out their bid, especially when the price on the bidding panel had increased to 51 million shortly after his voice was heard.

Although this action was blatantly against the rules, Tai Yan did not object. Instead, he said, “A guest in the cabin has bid 51 million. Is there a higher bid? If there isn’t, I will call three times. 51 million going once, 51 million going twice…”

Unlike earlier, when Di Jiu had bid, Tai Yan spoke faster this time, as if he did not want anyone to raise the price.

Di Jiu seethed. He swiftly wrote down ’60 million’ and placed a bid. He knew who the bidder had been. It had been Han Qingyi, a genius cultivator from the True Dominion.

Tai Yan had to be afraid of this woman. That was why he wished to end the bidding war for the Plane Split Talisman quickly. He also actually wanted to sell the Plane Split Talisman to this woman.

How could Di Jiu possibly let go of the Plane Split Talisman, an item he really needed?

Tai Yan sighed when he saw that the price on the bidding panel had changed to 60 million. He could only pray for Di Jiu. Now that the price had changed, he could only say, “The guest in seat No. 39 in the 116th row has increased the price to 60 million. Is there anyone who wishes to bid higher?”

“You have big guts. I bid 61 million!” said Han Qingyi in a frosty voice. The price on the bidding panel continued to change.

“70 million!” Di Jiu was not afraid of this woman. The more displeased he felt, the more aware he was of how much of a failure he had been in the past.

Back in the Pearl City, he had called out his name every time he had been bidding. Now that his family had been exterminated, many people would be celebrating.

Di Jiu took a deep breath. If the Di Family had not been exterminated, he would have kept living his life this way.

A powerful killing intent landed on his restrictions. Fortunately, Han Qingyi knew that her actions could not be over-the-top. Thus, she did not rip open the restrictions around his seat.

She did not raise the bid either. She was obviously unable to pay 70 million high-grade Spirit Stones. Di Jiu had obtained the Plane Split Talisman without any mishaps. A few cultivators who had guessed Han Qingyi’s background were silently impressed by his guts. However, although he had obtained the Plane Split Talisman, this talisman was a death sentence that would cause Di Jiu to lose his life.