Transcending Limits

For the second items, the attendants brought out a large plate covered with red cloth. Something was bulging from in.

She slowly removed the red cloth. Everyone saw a small creature. Many high-cla.s.s guests held their breaths in antic.i.p.ation.

They all saw a well grown, ancient looking.....country chicken? Is this a joke?

The auctioneer, Yuo Fei spoke with an enchanting smile "This is an ancient chicken. It lays ancient eggs once every month. Eating the omelet made from its one egg would be double the speed of cultivation, provide one month equivalent of cultivation.

If you eat the boiled egg of the chicken, then it would heal your internal injuries, temporarily increase comprehension and allow one to gain a temporary power-up." saying so, she couldn"t help but look at the chicken as she licked her lips.

The chicken felt its a.s.shole tightened as it saw the hungry look on everyone"s faces. It used both its wings and covered its b.u.m in feared they would try to pull the eggs from there.

Every guest except a sleeping one felt their hearts beating. This is not an ancient chicken anymore, this....this is a treasure trove! If they could get one boiled egg...Ahaa....It would be incomparably great. One omelet and a month"s practice. Wow~

This chicken is even greater than the legendary phoenix. Even the Phoenix can"t be this useful, right?

Someone questioned with his face full of desire "Miss, what if one eats the body parts of the chicken? Like its legs for example. There won"t be any harm in it laying the eggs if we eat the legs, right? Won"t it bring great benefits?"

Everyone with a head nodded like crazy. The woman on the stage was also considering whether they should have auctioned the chicken after eating its legs. Who knows how much benefits the legs would bring when just the eggs themselves were so miraculous?

Gulping down her saliva, she looked at the crowd and said "About this, I can only tell you that it would be definitely much more miraculous than the effects of eggs. You can have a fried leg and your cultivation would never be unstable and you would have an immediate breakthrough, your life span would increase by 50 years.

However, if you take a barbecue grilled leg, then you would have a permanent increase in comprehension, a permanent increase in range of spirt sense and five senses. It was also said that the filth inside a pract.i.tioner"s body is cleaned. Their rate of regeneration would increase by a great margin.

*Huff* *Huff* Everyone was feeling suffocated listening to the effects of the Ancient Chicken"s leg.

They couldn"t believe it. It was too good to be true. Is this what they call a miracle?

Meanwhile, the Ancient Chicken was looking at the guests who were worse than drug addicts in desperation and thought "b.a.s.t.a.r.ds, You are not grateful for my eggs and you still want to eat my legs. What b.a.l.l.s! Wait till I get out, I will eat rip your a.s.s into two!

To think that this daddy Chicken has to face such a situation. What disgrace! If it wasn"t for the fact that I liked this hot chick"s b.u.t.tocks, I wouldn"t have even stayed here."

Alas, except those big words in his mind, it couldn"t do a thing. Poor chicken fighting against its cruel fate of becoming the fried chicken.

This time, the bidding was even more intense. Finally, the Northside consisting of the Blazing Fire sect and Lin Clan won the bid at a whopping 120 million stones.

Because this chicken is as much as worth if not higher. The eggs it gave had no requirements for the consumer. Meaning, a commoner or an expert can eat them alike and gain benefits!

Xiao Lian felt her head hurt hearing the discussions of the crowd. One fellow is saying that he would have 10 years lifespan less if he could get that chicken and the other is boasting that he would give half his lifespan.

What the h.e.l.l are the morons thinking? Are their lives greater than a chicken"s? More importantly, aren"t those words supposed to be said when you see some beauty in the novels? Plus, how the h.e.l.l is this pig sleeping so well in the middle of this chaotic discussions?

Finally, the auctioneer coughed twice to gather the crowd"s attention.

"Well then, this would be the final auction item." she clapped her hands and the next moment, an old man with a strong build brought an ancient book to the stage. He held it carefully and spoke in a deep voice

"I am the famous Elder Con Man. I do business very honestly and have never conned anyone before. This is the Cultivation Manual-One Punch! It is the most profound cultivation manual I have ever seen.

Think about it carefully, the Virgin Milk will be used up. The chicken will die one day. But this ...this cultivation manual, as long as it is pa.s.sed on to the next generations, it could be used forever.

The Sect or Clan which obtains this cultivation can use them as the secret cultivation technique for the core disciples or the special descendants. It would become the secret for a sect, heirloom for a clan and above all, a priceless treasure for all!

This is the only chance you have to do obtain this manual. Once you cultivate this technique, no one can imagine how high your cultivation might reach. You might attain heights which were previously thought to be unattainable and become a Legend itself.

And if it falls into the hands of someone who don"t like you then.... " he didn"t continue.

"Now, let the bidding begin."

There was a momentary silence in the hall. Everyone was still digesting the words of Elder Con Man.

His words explained the greatness of the manual, exaggerated its use, enticed their desires and instilled fear.

It was a terrifying yet effective way to get the guests into spending more money. Their psychology and thought process was affected by his speech earlier and stirred them into his desired path.

"150 million" a single bid filled the hall with silence.

An amused smile formed on his lips as Sheng Tian slowly woke up after his precious nap. "Tsk, I didn"t think you would really bother waking up." Xiao Lian chided in his mind.

"Yeah Yeah I know it might seem the dumbest thing to do, but I always wanted to try this. It"s not like I have the money to buy those things even if I wanted to and get out unscathed. Got anything interesting?" he asked.

Xiao Lian only told him about the last two items. Sheng Tian nodded lightly, he understood that having a body which transcends mortal level might not always be good. Even though mortal medicines would still work, to increase the quality of the body itself is nigh impossible by them.

Dispersing his thoughts, he focused on watching the show.

"300 million" The Sacred Sword Sect Ling Chen spoke representing his sect and the Yang Clan.

The clans and sects were still grouped together as the Qin Clan and Mystic Ice Sect resulted in others doing the same.

Now the alliance of the Sect and Clan were having a shared investment with some conditions. For example, in the case of Virgin Milk, the Ice G.o.ddess-Leng Yue Yan gave Qin Qing a condition that they would divide the fluid based on a fixed ratio.

"400 million" The Genius of the Blazing Fire Sect, Lu Yang.

"500 million" Leng Yue Yan.

"700 million" The scholar looking young man from the Rising Sect Valley, Tang San spoke in a clear tone.

Everyone in the bidding war paused. Even with the wealth of the sects and clans, this was probably reaching the limits already.

"720 million." Ling Chen didn"t want to give up. Naturally, this technique was not for him but it was asked by his sect master. He didn"t want to disappoint him.

And if what Elder Con Man said is true, then this cultivation technique might s.h.i.+ft the balance of power itself in a decade if not more.

If the ones who got this were to turn against his sect then,...Ling Chen knew it would be anything but good.

So, he made a decision and gritted his teeth. He called Qin Qing and asked her to join him. Qin Qing agreed to help him on the condition that the Qin Clan would also get to use the cultivation manual.

He agreed and thus Sacred Sword Sect, Yang Clan and Qin Clan formed a team. This forced others to do the same.

Rising Valley Sect and Blazing Fire Sect along with the clans formed a team of four. Finally, Mystic Ice Sect had no choice to but to join as well.

Thus the four teams were now broken into two teams showing their stance clearly.

Sheng Tian was watching everything with interest. To him, it doesn"t matter who won or who lost, the money they spend is what matters. And the stronger the alliances, the higher the bids, he had all the reasons to be happy.

Finally, the bid reached all the way to 1.5 billion stones. It was just too ma.s.sive and at this point, Leng Yue Yan didn"t continue. The result, the alliance of Rising Valley Sect and Blazing Fire Sect won. But they still had to pay a huge price for it.

They used up almost all of their funds but for the sake of the future, it is worth it!

Sheng Tian looked inside the Snow Glazing Lotus. Xiao Lian was also looking at him and gave him a high five. He did the same as both shared an evil chuckle.

Finally, after the Cultivation Manual was brought, Sheng Tian left the auction hall which was on the third floor peacefully. Since he was in a new disguise, no one was tracking him-neither the devils nor the Qin Clan nor the grandmas.

Sheng Tian came to the ground floor and showed a maid both his VIP card and the card showing his owners.h.i.+p of an item sold in today"s auction.

The maid bowed deeply and led him to the VIP room. As expected, the Manager Fatty made his appearance. Upon seeing the young man at 25 years , he inquired "You are..."

"He sent me to collect the fortune." Sheng Tian showed him the token of his item.

The fatty manager quickly understood. This "Ling Tian" who gave them the manual was being searched everywhere by Qin Clan. So, he naturally couldn"t come. But sending a trusted aide to do the job was not a problem.

Due to the rules of the Myriad Star Treasure House, he cannot divulge the details of the sellers. If he did that, even if the Qin Clan decides to protect him, the Treasure House would torture him for three days and nights before slaughtering him.

So, he could only act like he didn"t know anything. After he checked the token once again, he nodded and smiled "Alright."

Then, he returned with Elder Con Man. Elder Con Man was exceptionally happy as his old face had a ruby red complexion.

He laughed out loud as he gave the spatial ring to Sheng Tian and declared "Esteemed Guest, Thank you for choosing us. We didn"t take any commission as your item already gathered us more than enough attention. We only hope that you would let us auction any items you want."

Sheng Tian looked at Elder Con Man, he suddenly felt a bit of sympathy.

"Aii~Elder Con Man, it was for fun. No hard feelings."

Then he bid farewells and left via secret route just like before.

On the top floor of the Treasure-house, the young lady was watching Sheng Tian"s every action.

When she first saw the expression on Sheng Tian"s face when he saw Elder Con Man, she felt that it was strange but couldn"t pinpoint it.

It became one of the mysteries she had to solve. Naturally, she didn"t want to meet him when he is not even the one who owned the manual.

.... ... ..... ...

At the Inn, Sheng Tian was back in his true form and Xiao Lian was looking at the storage ring. She laughed excitedly and said "1.5 billion. We"re rich!"

"Say, Missy, you don"t even need the money of this mortal realm, why do you care about it so much?"

"Hmph. What do you know except eating, sleeping and cultivating? This is the result of my hard work. Of course, I would be happy!"

"Hey, you used my profound energy for that! So, I worked the hardest." Sheng Tian retorted.

Xiao Lian looked at him in disdain and chided "Che. How ungrateful a person can be? Sheng Tian, I never thought you were this kind of person!"

"Oii, Oii. What the h.e.l.l are you making that face for? Even I"m doubting if I"m such guy." Sheng Tian almost doubted his own character due to her performance.

"See, your inner heart knows the truth. Give up, Sheng Tian and go back to cultivating. This lady will forgive you with her great heart."She waved her hands like a generous person.

Sheng Tian had enough of her antics and pushed her down on the bed. He held her wrists as his pressed hers.

Xiao Lian didn"t expect him to be so bold!

Humph! She snorted and used her strength to roll.

Now, she is on top holding his wrists.

Sheng Tian looked at the snow valleys which were vaguely visible from her black dress. He lost himself in a daze. Slowly, Xiao Lian felt something hard was poking her at the stomach.

Subconsciously, she stretched her hand and held it for inspection. Seeing it hardness and warmth, she traced it with her hand.

A light groan escaped Sheng Tian"s throat.

What?!

Xiao Lian finally snapped out of her actions and instantly understood what was happening after she saw his face. Her face became beet red like it could drop blood any second.

Without delaying a second, She pinched his waist hard and fled in shouting "Pervert!"

Sheng Tian looked at the lotus symbol on his left arm and thought "Missy, it was your mistake I got aroused and it was perfectly healthy that I did. And you didn"t even finish what you were doing! A cold shower and a tissue are my only solutions now."

He picked up a tissue and headed to the bathroom. Aii, Hormones!