King of Creation

Ou Tu's voice for raising the bid made every martial artist in Shangdan Building turn their heads.

At this price point, yet still raising the bid by one hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals in one go, his wealth is truly unmatched.

Ou Tu, the Tower Chief of the third floor of Stars Tower, made the Black Fiend Island's Island Lord Hei Tian's expression turn grim with his bid.

Hei Tian had full confidence when competing with others, but when competing with Ou Tu from Stars Tower, he had significantly less confidence.

"What's the matter, Brother Ou? Are you still in your prime and already considering for the younger generation?" Yang Ben, who withdrew from the bidding, started gossiping again.

"A person without immediate concerns must have distant worries; some things are better planned early. Moreover, King Peng Dan also said we don't know how many years it would be until the next pill refining," Ou Tu responded generously.

"One million one hundred and fifty thousand!" Hei Tian considered for a moment and raised the bid again.

"One million two hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals!" Ou Tu quickly raised the bid.

"I bid one million two hundred and ten thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals..."

Clearly, the Island Lord of Black Fiend Island was lacking confidence, as the amount of each bid dropped from tens of thousands directly to fifty thousand, then to ten thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals, already at the end of his rope.

Seeing this, Ou Tu smiled slightly, about to raise his bid when the voice of Dragon Alliance Leader Jie Tianhe suddenly echoed, "In that case, I will join the excitement as well.

One million three hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals!"

"Hehe, Brother Jie, the need for this pill should not be as urgent for you as it is for us, why not let us have it?" Ou Tu smiled and said, "I bid one million three hundred and fifty thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals!"

Upon hearing this, Jie Tianhe's face changed slightly, as Ou Tu's words carried deeper implications.

This mainly relates to the organizational structure of Dragon Alliance, which emphasizes strength above all. The position of the leader is generally inherited after obtaining affirmation from the elders and the leader, who must be a strong cultivator.

It's nearly impossible for Jie Tianhe's descendants to be the inheritors, because the most crucial rule in Dragon Alliance is that to become the leader, one's cultivation must break through to the Dao Entrance Realm.

Only a leader at the Dao Entrance Realm can command respect from all parties.

And so, the need for a pill used to enhance the younger generation's aptitude is not particularly urgent.

However, for Ou Tu and his group, their positions can only be inherited through direct bloodline, making this Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pill a necessity.

"Indeed, in that case, I'll let Brother Ou have this Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pill!" After considering for a bit, Jie Tianhe made the decision, reasoning that instead of spending a fortune on a pill offering little benefit, it would be wiser to exchange it for a favor!

After all, for Dragon Alliance, one million three hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals is equivalent to nearly one hundred and fifty million mid-grade Spirit Crystals, such massive quantities spent could elevate a mid Establishment Realm king to late Establishment Realm.

Using them to bid for a pill to enhance bloodline was not worth it.

Originally, the Purple Mansion True Marrow Pill was what he needed most, unfortunately, due to strategic error, he only won two.

"Alright, this favor is noted, thank you, Brother Jie!" Ou Tu smiled warmly.

Among the martial artists on the fourth floor, those eligible to compete with him were few, including Hei Tian, Dragon Alliance's Jie Tianhe, Heavenly Wing Island, and Yan Wuluo from the Stars Tower's Yan family.

Now that Hei Tian had wilted, Dragon Alliance had the strength to contend with him fiercely, but with a favor owed, it was resolved.

Yan Wuluo from the Yan family, competing under the same Stars Tower, also had eligibility.

Do not be fooled by the fact that Yan Wuluo depleted his personal savings on Spirit Medicine Points before and seemed lacking in strength.

During Spirit Medicine Points contest, Yan Wuluo utilized his personal fortune, adhering to the stringent internal rules of Stars Tower, he dared not misappropriate public funds.

However, one of the Yan family's goals was acquiring the Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pill, although the original intended user, Yan Yijun, is deceased, the Yan family can easily choose another descendant to use it.

Thus, once they begin bidding, Yan Wuluo will tap into public resources.

With public funds, Yan Wuluo could definitely contend fiercely.

But now, the situation differs.

A warning glance from Ou Tu caused Yan Wuluo to withdraw.

In this auction, the Yan family and Huang family suffered severe losses, upon returning, accountability would be sought, and among the remaining Yan family survivors, Yan Wuluo would be the primary responsible, rendering the attitude of the third floor Chief, Ou Tu, crucial.

A word of his might change Yan Wuluo's predicament.

Being a clever person, Yan Wuluo understood Ou Tu's warning glance, hence he withdrew immediately.

Failing to secure the Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pill was normal.

After all, he was recently appointed as the third elder of the Yan family, his autonomy was limited, he could not match the position of Ou Tu, the Patriarch of the Ou family and third floor Chief.

It's only normal to lose this competition.

In this way, in the entirety of Shangdan Building today, the only ones with the ability to bid for this Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pill against him were the Heavenly Wing Island.

However, the younger generation of Heavenly Wing Island, originating from the Demon Race, do not need this Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pill, so Ou Tu was not worried about them competing.

The only concern was his current arch-nemesis, Sea Suppression Great Saint Ye Zhen, whose cultivation at the peak Sixth Stage of Vein Forging Realm still has time to benefit from this Innate Bloodline Enhancement Pill.

Although at the moment, Ou Tu did not take Ye Zhen seriously.

In his view, despite Ye Zhen's willingness and financial capability, it was futile, as Ye Zhen's purchases previously amounted to over eight hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals.

Many kings at the Establishment Realm possess just such wealth; even if Ye Zhen's fortune was greater, including his previous Spirit Medicine Points, he could not compete with him.

Thus, after Jie Tianhe from Dragon Alliance yielded, Ou Tu smiled and gestured toward Shuili Dan King from afar, "Brother Peng, looks like this Innate..."

"Hey, isn't Tower Master Ou hosting the auction, not the auctioneer?"

"Hmm?" His speech interrupted, Ou Tu looked back displeased at Ye Zhen.

"Why can you end this auction when I haven't raised my bid yet?" Ye Zhen was equally displeased, enjoying the spectacle, yet this guy suddenly wants to end the auction, startling Ye Zhen.

If that were the case, wasn't his entire visit to the Shangdan Conference in vain?

"Oh, you still want to raise your bid, then please do!" Ou Tu remarked arrogantly, wondering what a young man had to contend with against his Ou family in Stars Tower?

"I bid one million three hundred and sixty thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals!" Ye Zhen declared in earnest.

"Oh, only raised by one thousand!" Ou Tu stretched the 'oh', his disdain was apparent.

In his view, Ye Zhen was most likely there to disrupt and annoy rather than actually bid!

"In that case, I bid one million four hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals!"

"I bid one million four hundred and ten thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals!" As before, once the bidding started, Ye Zhen followed closely.

"I bid one million four hundred and fifty thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals!"

"I bid one million four hundred and sixty thousand!"

"This old man bids 1.5 million..."

"I bid 1.51 million..."

...

"I bid 1.71 million high-grade Spirit Crystals!"

Quickly, the price soared to a completely astonishing figure of 1.71 million high-grade Spirit Crystals, causing the expression of the Stars Tower's third Tower Chief, Ou Tu, to suddenly become serious.

Initially, when he saw Ye Zhen's bid increase by only ten thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals, he thought Ye Zhen was just here to stir things up. Unexpectedly, no matter how much he raised the price, Ye Zhen kept consistently raising it by just ten thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals.

This approach suddenly made Ou Tu a bit uncertain, and he understood that Ye Zhen was truly playing seriously!

"This old man bids 1.8 million high-grade Spirit Crystals!" After some consideration, Ou Tu raised the bid once more.

"I bid 1.81 million high-grade Spirit Crystals!"

Ye Zhen quickly raised the bid again, causing Ou Tu to look at Ye Zhen with some suspicion, "Sea Suppression Great Saint, if you're just bidding for show, the consequences could be very severe. You won't be able to set foot on Shuili Island for sixty years!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen laughed, "What, is Tower Chief Ou scared?"

"Since Tower Chief Ou is scared, I'll raise the bid once more and see if Ou Tu backs down. Two million, two million high-grade Spirit Crystals, let's see Tower Chief Ou raise the bid!" Ye Zhen made a gesturing motion, full of confidence!

In reality, a price of two million for one pill was already astronomical.

But Ye Zhen had already made up his mind.

Spirit Crystals can be earned again, but once an opportunity for an innate bloodline is lost, no amount of Spirit Crystals can buy it back.

Thinking like this, Ye Zhen turned fearless!

If his own Spirit Crystals weren't enough, he'd borrow from his third brother Sea-Breaking Great Saint!

Ye Zhen raised the bid by nearly twenty thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals at once, which startled Ou Tu. At this level of bidding, even five thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals could decide victory.

Raising the bid so much once, Ye Zhen must either be crazy or utterly confident!

After all, Ye Zhen could afford a loss of not entering Shuili Island for sixty years, but others on Heavenly Wing Island couldn't.

"This old man bids..." At this stage of bidding, even someone like Tower Chief Ou Tu had to be incredibly cautious.

The reason is that this was nearly his limit.

Two million high-grade Spirit Crystals, over two hundred million mid-grade Spirit Crystals, losing such an amount all of a sudden would greatly impact many division towers and branches controlled by the Ou Family within the Stars Tower.

It would take at least five or six years to recover.

Ultimately, in his bid, Ou Tu had already utilized quite a bit of public funds.

Most importantly, the foundation of the Stars Tower is rooted in business.

Merchants chase profit, valuing cost-effectiveness above all else.

Actually, when the price exceeded 1.5 million high-grade Spirit Crystals, Ou Tu already felt it was not worthwhile.

With these two million high-grade Spirit Crystals, the Ou Family could cultivate at least two or even three Kings at the Peak Ninth Stage Establishment Realm.

Alternatively, they could set aside a portion of high-grade Spirit Crystals as resources to send Martial Artists everywhere to search for the rare spiritual medicines required by the Shuili Dan King. Acquiring just one of those could easily get them an innate bloodline enhancement pill in decades at base cost.

He could afford to wait!

Because he was in the prime of his life!

Alternatively, he could use part of these two million high-grade Spirit Crystals as bait, later inviting others to ambush Ye Zhen and directly rob the innate bloodline enhancement pill.

In that instant, several more cost-effective and higher value strategies to acquire the innate bloodline enhancement pill swirled through Ou Tu's mind.

So, during the bid, he hesitated.

His hesitant expression was keenly observed by Ye Zhen, who felt elated and suddenly understood that with a little extra pressure, the innate bloodline enhancement pill would be his.

"Why is Master Ou hesitating to raise the bid?"

Ye Zhen chuckled lightly and said, "In that case, I suppose we won't see a stagnation here. Then I'll raise my bid again, two hundred ten hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals!"

The figure Ye Zhen announced, "two hundred ten hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Crystals," sounded like the last straw to break the camel's back, prompting the hesitating third Tower Chief Ou Tu to finally make a decisive decision.

Abandon! Completely abandon!

If he bid any further, spending well over two hundred million high-grade Spirit Crystals for one innate bloodline enhancement pill, it would be an utterly foolish transaction. Better to find another way!

"Hahaha, Sea Suppression Great Saint indeed is a heroic youth, this innate bloodline enhancement pill, this old man gives up! But isn't it uncertain whether Sea Suppression Great Saint will actually have the opportunity for bloodline enhancement?" Ou Tu said, casting a meaningful glance at the Alliance Hierarch, Jie Tianhe.

Everyone present, being deeply shrewd, understood Ou Tu's implication.

Ou Tu implied that even if Ye Zhen won the bid for the innate bloodline enhancement pill, he might never get the chance to use it, as upon leaving Shuili Island, it could be the end of Ye Zhen's life!

Ye Zhen naturally caught on and smiled coldly, "Rest assured, Tower Chief Ou, there'll definitely be a chance!"

Saying this, Ye Zhen stood up tall and made a sweeping gesture to all directions, "If there's no further bidding, then this innate bloodline enhancement pill belongs to me!"

The Shangdan Building fell utterly silent!

The Young Palace Master of Xuanshui Palace, Leng Kang, bit his lip, wanting to create chaos and raise the bid against Ye Zhen, but dared not.

At this point, one wrong move could cost him dearly.

Losing face was no small matter; not being able to enter Shuili Island for sixty years would be a disaster.

Similarly, the Alliance Hierarch, Jie Tianhe, was also gnashing his teeth in hatred towards this.

If anyone else took the innate bloodline enhancement pill, he would be pleased, but seeing Ye Zhen take it, he was annoyed.

Yet ultimately, the innate bloodline enhancement pill was won by Ye Zhen.

He was so frustrated, wanting badly to compete against Ye Zhen, but at this price for someone who doesn't really need the innate bloodline enhancement pill, any action would be foolish!

If it fell into his lap, that would be tragic!

Moreover, for the next Grand Treasure Mansion Opening Pill auction, he was determined to win!

Thus, he had no choice but to let the innate bloodline enhancement pill go to Ye Zhen!

As Shuili Dan King announced the innate bloodline enhancement pill belonged to Ye Zhen and the auction for the Grand Treasure Mansion Opening Pill was about to begin, a bitter smile appeared on Ye Zhen's lips! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote recommendation tickets, monthly tickets on Qidian.com, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)