Post-Mythical Era: I don't want to die in the third reincarnation

Ding Huan said indifferently, "I have no interest in the Nine-Colored Immortal Mortal Lotus. If I want to advance to the Immortal Bridge Realm, I'll rely on my own skills and understanding. What's the need for Spiritual Medicine and Spirit Pills? Just tell me if you'll make the trade or not."

"Trade," the sullen-faced man said without hesitating, taking out a Jade Box.

Ding Huan directly threw the ring in his hand to the sullen-faced man.

The sullen-faced man caught the ring and was somewhat confused. Wasn't the trade supposed to happen simultaneously? He hadn't yet handed over his item, yet the other party's item had already reached his hand?

He scanned the ring with his Divine Will and found that everything was in place, so he handed the Jade Box to Ding Huan: "You're a decent trade partner."

Ding Huan's Divine Will touched the Jade Box and discovered that it indeed contained an Immortal Quan Flower, which made him sigh with relief.

He had, in fact, bought the Immortal Quan Flower at a much higher price.

But as long as the Immortal Quan Flower was in his hands, the Louxi River would have no chance of obtaining it.

"I have another favor to ask of you," Ding Huan said as he put away the Jade Box and clasped his fist.

"Go ahead. I think you're a good person; I'll help you if I can," the sullen-faced man replied, forgetting to maintain his displeased facade, which unexpectedly made him seem a bit brighter.

"I've just arrived and don't have a place to sit. Would it be possible for me to stay in your private booth for a while?" Ding Huan asked.

Upon hearing Ding Huan's request, the sullen-faced man's disguised face darkened once again.

He even suspected Ding Huan might have ulterior motives.

"No, but I have bought both a private booth and a seat. The seat is number 1321 in the 'Ding' section; you can sit there."

After saying that, the sullen-faced man tossed an Array Talisman to Ding Huan.

Ding Huan was overjoyed; he really did need a place to sit down.

"Thank you," Ding Huan said as he took the Array Talisman and turned to leave.

The sullen-faced man watched Ding Huan's retreating figure with puzzlement, thinking to himself, could this person really just be looking for a place to sit down?

After a long silence at the auction, Fu Yuanqi finally spoke up loudly: "Just now, a friend mentioned they would gather Spirit Stones and Spirit Veins to bid for the Nine-Colored Immortal Mortal Lotus.

Since I had previously said that gathering resources for the lot is allowed, I will give the party a time of one incense stick to gather resources, and after that time, the auction will continue.

For this incense stick break time, our Wanjie Auction will provide Spirit Fruit and Spiritual Wine for everyone to enjoy."

After he finished speaking, Fu Yuanqi hastily left.

The cultivators attending the auction were somewhat stunned, thinking, when did you say we could wait for someone to gather Spirit Stones?

You only mentioned that participants are allowed to seek help from outside and bring Spirit Stones into the auction hall, and even transactions after the auction are fine.

But you never said that we could wait on-site.

However, the Wanjie Commerce had a significant reputation, so although there was dissatisfaction in their hearts, no one voiced it. After all, the time of one incense stick would soon pass.

Before heading to seat number 1321 in the 'Ding' section, Ding Huan passed by Jia Baihe's seat and handed over a ring to her:

"Remember two things: first, follow my lead during the transaction; second, there's a Teleportation Talisman inside the ring. Once you trade for the Nine-Colored Immortal Mortal Lotus, don't open it. Use the Teleportation Talisman to send it to me immediately."

After saying this, Ding Huan quickly left Jia Baihe's seat and went to seat number 1321. He took out the Array Talisman, unlocked the seat's prohibition, and sat down.

As if welcoming Ding Huan, just as he sat down, Spirit Fruit and Spiritual Wine were teleported in front of him.

...

In the back of the auction hall, a stunningly beautiful woman coldly stared at the young man sitting before her; beside them sat two others, an elderly man and a middle-aged man.

"Elder Peng, you asked our auction to raise the price, saying the other party had more Ten Million Year Old Sea Marrow and Emerald Crystals of the Sea Depths. Now what? They're no longer raising their bid," she said.

This young man was the Young Master of the Peng Family from Wanjie Commerce and also one of the elders.

The Wanjie Commerce did have a shareholding from the Peng Family, not much, but this made the young man's position in the Wanjie Commerce quite significant.

Moreover, he was the youngest elder of the Wanjie Commerce.

The beautiful woman was Jin Lingzi, the person in charge of the Void Flying City branch of Wanjie Commerce. Read exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire

That is to say, she was responsible for all business matters on the Void Flying City.

As for the old man, his name was Guan Qifeng, one of the head executives at the Wanjie Commerce headquarters, mainly liaising with the Void Flying City.

The middle-aged man was a Record Officer, codenamed Fifty-One.

Anything discussed by Wanjie Commerce needed to be documented by the Record Officer. As for participating in the discussions, this was neither required nor permitted for the Record Officer.

As a Record Officer, he had no name, only a number.

The Record Officer had just one task: to document everything on the Void Flying City, including significant events like the auction. However, the Record Officer was not allowed to form relationships with any people from the Wanjie Commerce, so there was no need for him to speak.

"What exactly is going on? Why is the Commerce raising bids without reason? Who's behind this?" came Fu Yuanqi's angry voice. Don't let his role as an auctioneer fool you; his status was higher than anyone else present.

Jin Lingzi took a deep breath, pointed at the young man, and said: "The bid for the Ten Million Year Old Sea Marrow just now, I felt it was enough. What's most important is, we urgently need the Ten Million Year Old Sea Marrow.

Peng Sa believed that the price could still be raised. He felt that the other party possessed more Ten Million Year Old Sea Marrow and Emerald Crystals of the Sea Depths. Not only that, Peng Sa had secretly instructed someone to raise the price.

"Peng Sa, are you trying to interfere with the auction of Wanjie Void Flying City?" Fu Yuanqi's gaze towards Peng Sa carried a tinge of murderous intent.

Peng Sa snorted, "Elder Fu, there's no need to threaten me; you can't threaten me. I'm doing this for the benefit of the commerce group."

Fu Yuanqi coldly said, "I can't threaten you, but the commerce group will deal with your Peng Family's affairs. Your Peng Family holds just a tiny share in the commerce group, yet you meddle in its business everywhere.

Don't think I'm unaware of your dirty thoughts, you just want to claim the Nine-colored Immortal Mortal Lotus for yourself.

If you have the ability, show us what you're bidding with; it's fine to give you the Nine-colored Immortal Mortal Lotus if you can produce it. But if you can't and instead want to delay the auction of the Nine-colored Immortal Mortal Lotus, you might actually prevent us from acquiring the Ten Million Year Old Sea Marrow."

"You're slandering me," Peng Sa said angrily.

"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, everyone knows, and you know it yourself; the commerce group will investigate too," Fu Yuanqi said before looking at the elder, "Elder Guan, what do you think we should do about this?"

Guan Qifeng sighed; he had no place in the struggle between the Peng Family and Fu Yuanqi, so he could only say,

"Why don't we just let it pass? We can withdraw the Nine-colored Immortal Mortal Lotus from the auction for now. When it's time for the final bid, we'll present it again, calling it the second Nine-colored Immortal Mortal Lotus, letting others bid on it."

Jin Lingzi said coldly, "If we do that, the reputation of Wanjie Commerce will plummet, and the trust built up over many years will collapse.

That would be even worse than if the item went unsold. Elder Guan, do you think you can take responsibility for such an outcome?"

Guan Qifeng fell silent; he could not take such responsibility.

Withdrawing the Nine-colored Immortal Mortal Lotus now was feasible, but to offer it again for bidding would be insulting the intelligence of others.

Of those who come here to bid, how many would be fools?

Just then, the Prohibition outside was knocked upon.

Jin Lingzi opened the Prohibition, and a shop assistant hurriedly said,

"Deacon Jin, just now a man in red approached me, saying he's willing to spend two prime Spirit Veins, twenty superior Spirit Veins, two billion superior Spirit Stones, and a pot of Ten Million Year Old Stone Bamboo Marrow to purchase that one Immortal Quan Flower.

And he said, the price is negotiable."

"What?" everyone was stunned.

After a moment, Jin Lingzi asked, "Did you just misspeak? The person wants the Nine-colored Immortal Mortal Lotus, right? Where do we have the Immortal Quan Flower?"

The shop assistant hurriedly explained, "There's no mistake; he indeed mentioned the Immortal Quan Flower. He said he went to inquire about the cultivator who had the Immortal Quan Flower, and that person said it had been purchased by someone else.

He said that since this is the auction venue, the only party that could buy it must be our auction, so he came directly to us to purchase it."

Everyone drew a sharp breath.

What's this if not a premium overoffer? It's practically handing over Spirit Stones and Veins. Since when has an Immortal Quan Flower been worth so much? These resources could buy dozens of Immortal Quan Flowers and there would still be some left over.

But no one doubted the shop assistant's words.

In Flying City Commerce, no assistant would dare to tell such a falsehood.

Furthermore, if the other party really was on the verge of physical collapse, then to them, the Immortal Quan Flower was indeed a priceless treasure.

What use are treasured items if you don't even have a physical body to use them with?

The other party offered such a price out of desperate need to restore their body, not wanting to delay even a single breath.

"Let's see who bought the Immortal Quan Flower," Elder Fu was the first to speak.

Soon, images from the Monitoring Array were pulled up; the buyer of the Immortal Quan Flower was Ding Huan.

"That's the one who came to buy the Nine-colored Immortal Mortal Lotus with Ten Million Year Old Sea Marrow and the Spiritual Blue Fruit. Seeing that he couldn't get the Nine-colored Immortal Mortal Lotus, he simply used these items to buy the Immortal Quan Flower – we were a step too late," Jin Lingzi said in a grave voice.

"This person is sitting at number 1321 of the 'Ding' section; we can purchase from him. If he's unwilling, I, the auction, can fully justify keeping him here by force," said Peng Sa with a harsh tone.

Everyone looked at Peng Sa with disdain. From the commerce group's perspective, indeed, that would be the most valuable action.

But Peng Sa, the person, indeed disgusted them.

Wanjie Commerce had built its reputation and credibility over the years through consistent effort.

It's not that a commerce group couldn't act in such a manner, but to do so for an Immortal Quan Flower, it would be squandering all the credibility Wanjie Commerce had accumulated over the years.

Once you commit such an act, even just once, it is bound to get out.

Elder Fu coldly said, "We cannot use this method; I have another way."

"What way?" The crowd turned to Elder Fu.

Elder Fu calmly said, "We must obtain the Ten Million Year Old Sea Marrow and the Immortal Quan Flower.

As representatives of the commerce group, we cannot forcefully buy it. Our business credibility established by Wanjie Commerce over the many years, once destroyed, cannot be shouldered by anyone.

What I mean is, we have to find a legitimate way to acquire these two items..."

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