Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 132 Demonic Possession, Auction
After deducting what was sold, the remaining spoils from this Red Tide event are as follows:

One eighth-grade essence has already upgraded the Azure Cloud Canopy to a seventh-grade rare magic weapon.

Five portions of the true dragon's blood were given to Ao Run to refine and enhance his bloodline.

I have already learned the Mysterious Forbidden Technique Hundred-Eyed Divine Light.

I have already learned the recipes for the Seven Grade Fine Wines – Moon Dew and Blood Soul Wine.

Six Grade 6 Essence Souls, including one Top-Grade Fire Demon Essence Soul.

A Tier 6 exquisite Fire Demon Robe, equipped with Fire Control and Five Fire Divine Thunder, and can also summon one hundred level 80 Fire Spirits.

Sell ​​all the miscellaneous items and now have 3744 gold.

In addition, the experience pool also contains 10250 million kill experience points and 3752 points of Taoist cultivation.

In addition, since leaving Raging Tide Island and arriving at Flying Star Island, I have accumulated some merits, and my total merits are now 2680, which is lower than expected.

Unfortunately, he didn't encounter another Blood God Child-like spirit that could grant a large amount of merit. In addition, when the demonic dragon was killed, he was in his true dragon form, and all the cultivation points, cultivation level, and merit he gained were consumed by his true dragon body. Otherwise, he would definitely have gained a lot of merit.

Super bosses like this slaughter a massive number of creatures during each Red Tide, accumulating a huge amount of negative merit. Killing one will definitely grant you a large amount of merit.

With this, the raging red tide in the sea has come to a complete end.

"After the auction tomorrow, we'll return to Golden Dragon Island to prepare for our journey to the Sword Palace."

Before I knew it, I had been a member of the sect for a year.

"By the way, after the trip to the Sword Palace is over, I still need to go back to Blue Mountain Island."

He had promised Gu Zhiqi and the others that he would return after a year in the sect, after all, he was the captain and couldn't just sit back and do nothing forever.

"Give him the Crimson Demon Robe and Crimson Demon Essence later, and give the other sixth-grade essences to the other subordinates."

Consider it compensation for them.

After taking stock of her spoils, with nothing else to do, Su Yu suddenly thought of something and tried sending a message to Leng Xijun:
"Sister-in-law, is Brother Qi back?"

Leng Xijun replied almost a minute later:
"He is on Flying Star Island. You can contact him now."

"Ok."

He then sent a message to Qi Dongyang:
"Brother Qi, when did you get back? How's your guild doing now?"

"Our guild has disbanded."

"???"

"Why? Aren't we going to rebuild?"

"Are you free? Come over for a drink."

"where?"

Qi Dongyang gave him an address, and he glanced at the nearby commercial area. He arrived in less than two minutes and saw Qi Dongyang drinking alone on the street.

I hadn't seen him for a few days, and he looked much more haggard and aged. I didn't know if it was from mental stress or the loss of life due to death.

"sit."

He poured Su Yu a glass of wine and began to speak directly:
“There have always been divisions within our guild. The guild has been established for more than ten years and has experienced four red tides. We have not been able to defend against any of them. We build and destroy, destroy and build, build and destroy again. Several partners have lost confidence.”

"The guild was destroyed this time, and most of its members perished in the Red Tide. After being resurrected, the accumulated conflicts completely erupted, and the partners decided to disband the guild and go their separate ways."

"Well"

Su Yu raised her glass to clink with his, drank it in one gulp, and asked:
"So what are your thoughts now? Which guild do you want to join, or start over?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. I'm not alone now; I have a group of brothers with me."

"how many people?"

"182 people, all of them are veterans."

"With so many brothers following you, and they're all veterans, it's actually a pretty good team. You could join a bigger guild and getting into an independent squad wouldn't be a problem."

Qi Dongyang took another sip of wine and nodded, saying:

"That's what I'm thinking too, but I haven't decided which guild to join yet."

"There's no rush, take your time to think it over."

"By the way, my second brother is on Golden Dragon Island. He is a disciple of Master Mingsu, an elder of the Canglan Association, and the deputy commander of the Second Main Regiment. Are you interested in developing your career on Golden Dragon Island? If you are, I can introduce you to him."

Qi Dongyang pondered for a moment and then said:
"let me consider it."

"No need to rush. I'll go back to Golden Dragon Island after the auction tomorrow. If you have any ideas, just let me know then."

"Row."

Men also need to confide in others. Qi Dongyang had drunk some wine and was a little tipsy. Since Su Yu was there, he took him as a confidant and told him about the founding of the Nuchao Gang, how he and his friends established the guild and grew it into a powerful force.

Since Su Yu had nothing else to do, she listened attentively to his experiences, as if they were stories.

The two chatted for a long time until her wife and daughter arrived.

Leng Xijun, supporting her husband, said apologetically:

"I'm sorry to trouble you today."

He smiled and waved his hand, saying:
"It's alright, I also really enjoy hearing about Brother Qi's past when he established the guild."

Watching the family leave, Su Yu turned around to pay the bill; the two of them had only spent a dozen taels of silver after drinking for so long.

Looking at his current funds while checking out, he suddenly remembered tomorrow's auction, and slapped his forehead, saying:

"Oh no, it seems we don't have enough money for tomorrow's auction."

He thought for a moment, then contacted Lin Qi, the head of the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce's Flying Star Island branch, sent him the attributes of the Longevity Fruit, and asked:

"How much can this sell for?"

A while later, Lin Qi sent a message, sounding somewhat urgent:

"Are you on Flying Star Island? Would you mind coming to our branch office for a face-to-face meeting?" "Is this valuable?"

"It's totally worth it!"

Lin Qi said with great certainty:
“This is fully qualified to be included in our Chamber of Commerce’s auction. If you are interested, I can add it.”

Su Yu glanced at the attributes of the Longevity Fruit and gained a new understanding of how it could break the lifespan limit.

"If this were put at an auction, how much could it fetch?"

"At least eight thousand gold. If you wish to sell, I, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, will offer eight thousand gold to purchase it."

"Well"

This price has far exceeded his expectations.

"Put it up for auction."

"No problem, where are you? I'll be right there."

Su Yu took to the air and flew towards the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce branch, saying:
“I’m standing at the entrance of your chamber of commerce.”

"Please wait."

Lin Qi was already waiting at the entrance of the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce in less than a minute. After a brief exchange, he was welcomed into the Chamber of Commerce, registered, and handed over the Longevity Fruit to the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce for auction.

"Your Excellency Su Yu, according to regulations, a 10% fee is required for all auctioned items, including handling fees and commercial taxes of Feixing City."

"Pay now?"

"Delivery after auction."

"can."

As Su Yu emerged from the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce, her eyes flickered with uncertainty.

The value of this Longevity Fruit was beyond his expectations, at least eight thousand gold coins each, which was simply outrageous. This made him involuntarily have a crazy idea—to use the Star Shifting Technique to frantically deprive people of their lifespan and condense a large number of Longevity Fruits.

Depriving someone of a year of life only consumes 1 point of merit. He currently has 2432 points of merit, so he can strip away 2432 years of life in one go. How much could he sell for?
Forty longevity fruits, even if each one is worth 8000, would amount to 320,000 taels of gold. That's an enormous sum of money.

This is just the beginning. By continuing to accumulate merit, one can further refine the longevity fruit.

One hundred?

Two hundred?
A thousand pieces?

Or ten thousand.
Suddenly, a faint black mist appeared in his eyes, and his face became ferocious, looking like he was about to devour someone—it was terrifying.

In his mind, he was already planning how to maximize his profits, how to balance the accumulation of merit with the depletion of merit by taking away others' lives, how to take away others' lives without attracting attention, and so on.
As his ideas became bolder and more dangerous, his expression grew increasingly ferocious, and the black aura in his pupils intensified, even slowly spreading from his skin.

He's going mad.

But at that moment, a struggle flashed in Su Yu's eyes, and she instinctively felt that something was wrong.

"wrong."

Am I possessed?

He snapped back to his senses instantly, pressed his hand to his brow, and let his consciousness sink into his sea of ​​consciousness. He saw the demonic energy that permeated his sea of ​​consciousness gather and form a vortex, in which a twisted black shadow was entrenched.

"I'm starting to develop inner demons!"

With a thought, a clear light surged forth from the sea of ​​consciousness, sweeping across like a tide. The demonic energy that touched it quickly dissolved, and the newly emerged, unformed inner demons were annihilated before they could even struggle.

Once she regained consciousness, Su Yu clutched her chest, her face filled with lingering fear.

"The enormous profits fueled my greed, and inner demons arose. If I couldn't see through them, I really would have acted that way, and how many people would I have killed?"

"I almost met my demise!"

Killing too many people will diminish your merit. Using this method to frantically deprive others of their lifespan is even worse than killing them outright.

Even if you use merit to cover it up, you can fool the world, but you can't fool the will of Heaven.

If he continues to act this way, when he faces the Heavenly Tribulation in the future, even if he accumulates tens of thousands of merits, he will be seen as a demon in the eyes of Heaven, and he will definitely be subjected to a high-difficulty Heavenly Tribulation. If he goes too far, he may even be directly punished by Heaven, and he will be doomed at that time.

"We must not do that."

"It can only be used against those who have committed heinous crimes."

Even when facing demonic cultivators with negative merit, one cannot use it casually, because in the eyes of Heaven, all beings are equal, except for great demons.

The so-called great demons are evil people who have accumulated too much evil and are still alive after being punished by Heaven. Such beings are hated by Heaven and Earth. No matter what means are used against them, it is considered to be acting on behalf of Heaven and they can even receive rewards from Heaven.

Unfortunately, such beings are extremely rare, even among demonic cultivators.

"Never mind, just don't use it casually in the future."

"As long as you are strong enough, there are plenty of ways to make money, so there is no need to risk your future."

After realizing his true nature, Su Yu picked up the jade gourd, took a sip of monkey wine, and slowly flew away.

Nothing was said that night. The next day, Su Yu met up with Luo Qingchan and headed straight for the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce auction house.

Upon entering the venue, he expected to sit in the main hall, but instead, he and Luo Qingchan entered a private room, room number 12.

After the waiter left, Su Yu asked curiously:
What level of membership are you?

Luo Qingchan was looking through the auction items, and said without looking up:

"Earth Rank, Five Stars".

"powerful!"

He raised his thumb and said he didn't want to talk anymore.

With a thought, he opened the panel. At this moment, he could view the auction items through his personal panel as if he were connected to the internet. However, as a member of the lowest yellow rank, he could only view the ordinary auction items and could not see the few final items.

He quickly browsed through the many auction items and found that the lowest-ranking items were flying swords or magic weapons of the sixth tier or above, priced at over two hundred gold. Ordinary sixth-tier magic weapons were not qualified to be auctioned.

(End of this chapter)