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.

Di Jiu had also made some friends during his time on Earth. Returning to Earth now would also be a good chance to bid them farewell. Di Jiu had understood the Laws of Heaven and Earth much earlier than an ordinary cultivator. Hence, he also understood the importance of a complete Dao heart. The Earth was the place he had to visit in order to achieve that.

“This Plane Split Talisman is very rare. It could allow you to move from one cultivation plane to another. Of course, the Plane Split Talisman has another even more important function. It is able to allow you to escape from danger at any time.” Tai Yan tried his best to promote the Plane Split Talisman on the platform.

Di Jiu sighed silently upon hearing him. The price of a Plane Split Talisman would be very high even without any promotion. Now that it was being promoted, it would definitely reach an astronomical price.

“The starting bid of the Plane Split Talisman is five million high-grade Spirit Stones. Every raise should be no lower than 100,000 Spirit Stones. The bidding shall start now…”

With a wave of Tai Yan’s hand, the price on the massive bidding display panel started increasing.

Di Jiu frowned. This was indeed an astronomical price. The starting bid was already five million. He possessed less than 100 million high-grade Spirit Stones, yet he still did not know if he would be able to obtain this Plane Split Talisman.

In the blink of an eye, the price of the Plane Split Talisman had soared to 11 million.

Di Jiu hesitated before writing down ’30 million high-grade Spirit Stones’ on the bidding screen in front of him. Once had to be confident when it came to bidding like this.

Back when he had been in the Pearl City, Di Jiu had participated in numerous auctions. However, due to the fact that the Di Family had not lacked money, he had thrown money out in large amounts every time.

Di Jiu was also aware that his auction experience in the Ji Nation’s Pearl City was not reliable. After all, when he had been in the Pearl City, few people had dared to compete with him.

On the massive bidding display panel, the price had jumped from 11 million to 30 million, giving Tai Yan a shock. This was not the first time he had seen a bid like this. However, it was always the sect experts in the cabins who raised the bid by 20 million in one go. It was extremely rare for a cultivator sitting in the hall to increase the bid by 20 million high-grade Spirit Stones like this.

Di Jiu’s raise was so aggressive that it suppressed the heated bidding atmosphere.

Tai Yan, who realized that something was amiss, shouted hastily, “The bid for the Plane Split Talisman has reached 30 million. Is there a higher bid than 30 million? A Plane Split Talisman can sometimes represent a life, so it is worth that much.”

Di Jiu could do nothing, no matter what Tai Yan said. This was not his turf after all.

When the No. 39 seat in the 116th row bid 30 million, numerous Spiritual Forces scanned Di Jiu.

Di Jiu felt helpless against this turn of events. He knew that even if the auction house obscured his seat number, people with great abilities would still easily investigate and discover who the bidder was. Fortunately, around his seat was a shielding Spiritual Force Defense Array. No one dared to forcefully rip apart this Defense Array so long as he did not choose to deactivate it.

Despite knowing that it was impossible to purchase a Plane Split Talisman with 30 million, Di Jiu still hoped that no one would make another bid.

However, his wish was not granted. Within moments, someone else placed a bid of 31 million.

“The price of the Plane Split Talisman has reached 31 million. Looks like more than one person in this room knows the value of a Plane Split Talisman.” Tai Yan incited excitement once again at the right moment.

The 31-million bid had come from one of the cabins. Before Di Jiu could increase the bid, the price increased to 33 million, and then again to 35 million.

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.