Transcending the Nine Heavens

’s lean and intelligent-looking face entered his line of vision.

Chu Yang’s pupils contracted ever so slightly and then a smile crept up his face.
It was Chu Yang’s request to the Medicine Valley to especially send an invitation to the Diwu Clan.

And now, Diwu Qingrou was indeed here.

Chu Yang had a slight smile on his face as he thought to himself that the Diwu Clan was indeed short of elixirs after all.

The auctioneer on stage held his hammer high as he yelled, “Bids? Bids? Any more bids?” In the blink of an eye after the three calls, he immediately shouted, “Going once! Going twice! Going thrice! Sold!”

“Thump!”

The hammer fell!

Everyone was drenched in perspiration.

This quick and decisive pace… Others probably hadn’t even weighted their gains and losses and he actually already let the hammer fall so resoundingly.

In the time that followed, Diwu Qingrou made his move without stopping.
8,000 for the first, 10,000 for the second, 18,000 for the third… and won thirteen types of elixirs successively! Spending a grand total of 400,000 Purple Crystals!

Thereafter, Diwu Qingrou turned contemplative.

“The price is getting higher and higher.
While it’s not that we cannot afford it, we would end up offending others if we were to bid.
Our Diwu Clan cannot afford to make enemies that are too powerful yet, so our gains from this auction shall cease here.”

Diwu Qingrou remarked calmly.

“Why? That’s such a pity!” The Supreme Martial Artist at his back still could not really understand what Diwu Qingrou was thinking.
The grade of the elixirs was getting increasingly higher and though they were still stated as mid-grade, everyone could tell that they already far exceeded the usual benchmark of what was considered mid-grade, be it the effectiveness, price or other factors!

The hammer price was already more than 25,000 Purple Crystals!

Furthermore, Diwu Qingrou was on a roll right now.
The moment he called a bid, no one would compete against him! The clan was in dire need of these, so why was Diwu Qingrou giving up this opportunity? They had brought a full two million Purple Crystals today too.

Diwu Qingrou closed his eyes.
He said impassively, “The first wave of goods is a throwaway, the kind that is considered to be of standard to the Nine Super Clans, but not worth investing huge amounts of money and lowering their status to fight for.
It is obvious that they are intended for the smaller clans.
That is why I did not hesitate to use our absolute advantage and devoured them all! The real show after this is not something that we can stomach.
Moreover, us acquiring these is just right, neither too much nor too little, able to satisfy our needs for quite a long time but will not raise any suspicions.”

He continued, “One must be content! Only take what you can stomach, for fear of overeating and die from bloating.
Poverty will not take a man’s life but once you are well-to-do, you will be able to take a man’s life.”

Seeing that the Diwu Clan was no longer bidding, Chu Yang’s eyes intentionally or otherwise flitted over every now and again.
When he saw that Diwu Qingrou indeed did not have the intention to bid any further, Chu Yang sighed inwardly, a little disappointed and secretly impressed at the same time.

He shook his head and mentally canceled this phase of his plan! He gestured in mid-air the character for ‘tolerance’.

A little disappointed, Dong Wushang gave a little shake of his head before looking at Mo Lei’er.
On the accounts book, she wrote a few words —’Diwu, high level of tolerance’, followed by a mark of emphasis.

Chu Yang looked away from Diwu Qingrou and instead started to frown, as if pondering over something.

This move was, at present, half a success and half a failure.

The success was in the Diwu Clan’s acute lack of elixirs, while the failure was in Diwu Qingrou’s own perseverance.
Chu Yang abandoned the plan at once, in favor of an alternative.

As expected, the herbs up for auction subsequently were of an increasingly higher grade.
Three of them were consecutively won at high prices by another Wang Clan.

However, Diwu Qingrou could already feel, clear as day, that in the highest level of the three classes of chambers, eyes starting to move around the whole venue.

Thick discomfiting waves of aura, bringing with them their owner’s strong displeasure, swept to and fro across the venue.

Diwu Qingrou’s eyes flickered.
The moment a clan bidded more than once on something, he would detect and trace the aura to its respective owner.
A precise web of data started to slowly take form inside his mind.

The Zhao Clan had already stepped on the Li Clan’s toes.
Before the Li Clan could call out a bid, the article that they were eyeing was already snatched by the Zhao Clan…

The Wu Clan’s bid this time seemed to have angered the Yè Clan…

All these seemed to have no connection to each other, but Diwu Qingrou instead linked them all to the terrain, strengths and weaknesses, and self-interests of each respective Super Clan.
In no time at all, a mental list of potential candidates whom he could, according to these factors and various circumstances, make use of, sow dissension among, use as a scapegoat, or frame and set up, etc… formed within his mind.

Chu Yang’s brows were furrowed as he schemed and plotted.

Diwu Qingrou’s brows were similarly drawn together too as he schemed, plotted and strategized.

If anyone were to observe these two at the same time, they would surely discover that these two were doing the exact same thing right now! In fact, even their analysis of the pros and cons in their minds varied little from each other!

…

Since these were all treasures anyway, some clans basically waited with their mouths open, ready to shout the moment the starting price was announced.
They had the same mindset — there was no loss no matter what they were to buy anyway!

Since they so conveniently encountered such a silly and inexperienced auctioneer, they would be a fool not to quickly call out their bids.

On the fifteenth level, the few Super Clans opened their mouths but before they could even call out their bids, the items were already won by others.
Yet they couldn’t bring themselves to fight with these people, so they could only watch as the elixirs disappear from them.

Below, many were beaming with joy, completely unaware that tempers were already quietly flaring in the upper levels with great danger lurking in the dark! And thus, the foundation for a fatal disaster was so easily laid down.

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