Ninth In the World

Dai He was so excited that her voice had become slightly hoarse. “The price is already 180 billion. This is not the first time items obtained from the Fairy Planet are being auctioned, but it is the first time we get a bid of 180 billion. This ring evidently contains a huge secret we are not aware of. I believe the bidder must know about it…”

In an ordinary theater box located at the third level of the auction house, a man wearing a cloak to obscure his face clenched his fist tightly. He was wearing a cloak to the Fairy No. 1 Auction House so that no one could see his face, but he actually stood out even more because of it. Not many people in a cloak were participating in the auction after all.

This was not an issue for him. He did not care what people thought of him; knowing what he was doing was enough for him. In his opinion, no matter how good a disguise was, his cloak would always be the best disguise.

He had pooled together a total of 210 billion specifically for this auction. He had only given up on the three jade slips because of this ring.

As Dai He shouted hoarsely, he unhesitatingly placed a bid of 210 billion. If he did not obtain this ring, he would just seize it. The three jade slips were also a few of the items he wanted to seize.

“Heavens, the price has already reached 210 billion. This generous guest wants to spend 210 billion in one go…”

As Dai He tried her best to promote the ring, Di Jiu could not help but sigh. He had to stop bidding. Although he wanted to, he just did not have that much money. Fortunately, he was not really interested in the ring. He was unfamiliar with it after all. The only reason he had bid on it earlier was because there were a lot of people bidding on it. That was all.

The auction was not going to be over anytime soon, so even if he did not obtain that ring, there could be some better items later on.

Di Jiu had already stopped bidding, when the last call for bids essentially stopped everybody else.

Di Jiu was suddenly reminded of Dharma Arrays. The ripples seemed to form the outline of a Dharma Array. Unfortunately, he had not studied Dharma Arrays, so he didn’t know what the hell to do.

When his mental strength permeated the jade slips once again, large amounts of information engulfed him in an overwhelming manner. Di Jiu moved the jade slip away as soon as his head began to ache.

He rested for quite some time before he placed the jade slip against his forehead once more. Now that he had experience, his mental strength permeated the jade slip slowly.

Reading the information the jade slip contained proved quite uneventful. The jade slip contained a language from the Cultivation World, as well as large amounts of information on cultivation, so it had to be written in a language specifically targeted for the cultivators’ use.

Half an hour later, Di Jiu felt dizzy from all the information on the jade slip.

As he put it down, he looked in astonishment at the unassuming jade slip in his hands. He dared not believe that he had actually learned an entire language in under 30 minutes. He was also able to use this language right away. This form of mental strength, which could extend beyond itself, defied the laws of nature. Anything Di Jiu learned seemed to be imprinted in his brain.

Di Jiu knew that this mental strength was not unique. All immortal cultivators possessed mental strength. However, it usually only developed when they reached the fourth stage of the Qi Refinement realm, which was also the middle stage of Qi Refinement. However, he had obtained this mental strength at the third stage of the Qi Refinement realm.

This form of mental strength even had a specific term; it was called Spiritual Sense or Spiritual Force. Spiritual force was born from one’s Spiritual Sea, which came from the Purple Palace. The more powerful one’s cultivation level was, the more powerful they would become.

Spiritual sense and jade slips were great items. Di Jiu also learned about specific terms, such as Dharma treasures, blacksmithing materials, spiritual herbs, cultivation sects and cultivation levels.

Spirit Stones were categorized into low-grade, middle-grade, high-grade and supreme-grade Spirit Stones. The Cultivation World consisted of practitioners of immortal cultivation techniques, alchemists, blacksmiths, array masters, talisman masters and many other people.

There were ranks for all items, including elixirs, Dharma treasures, and talismen.

Di Jiu found all these things acceptable. However, any knowledge on tribulation transcendence, the presence of a Principal Spirit and possession exceeded his understanding.

Still, Di Jiu was most moved by the knowledge that after the creation of a Spiritual Sense, he could use it to control a flying sword and fly in the air. This was not as simple as inertia in the air for 10 seconds, but was truly moving in the air. A flying sword, he had to obtain a flying sword.

The existence of this jade slip had opened the doors to a vast, boundless Cultivation World, something he would not have dared imagine in the past.

“Oh no, this is bad…” Di Jiu suddenly recalled something and stood up abruptly.

The ring. The ring auctioned off earlier must have been a storage ring.

Di Jiu grabbed his hair. Ignorance was scary indeed. If the ring had really been a storage ring, he would have fought to obtain it, no matter how much it cost him. He would have even bought it for 210 billion. If he had not had a sufficient amount of money, he could still have pooled some.

It was too late to regret it now, though. The ring had been bought by someone he did not know.

The three jade slips could not hold a candle to that ring. Who knew how many quality items had been stored inside it? Di Jiu sighed. He knew that he had missed this opportunity.

After a long while, he eventually sat back down. If there had been two objects in front of him—a ring and a jade slip—which one would he have picked? The jade slip had helped him attain cultivation knowledge, but the storage ring could contain a secret item. The bidder who obtained the ring had given up on the jade slips for it. What would he do?

“I chose the jade slips,” Di Jiu muttered, suddenly feeling at peace. If he had failed to bid for it, then the ring did not belong to him.

He had chosen the jade slips because knowledge was priceless. Despite the fact that he could have gained this knowledge later if he had chosen the ring, he might have missed some things of an even greater value. He had let go of the ring because he had been too ignorant, had he not? However, the person who had put the ring up for sale had not known its value either. It all boiled down to one’s lack of knowledge in this particular field.