From Battle Through the Heavens Simulation to The Great Ruler

With a smile on her face, Ya Fei said softly, "The technique recorded in this scroll is a high-level Xuan-rank technique with wind attributes—Wind Scroll Technique!"

"..."

The entire auction hall fell silent; you could hear a pin drop!

Let alone in Wutan City, even in the entire Gama Empire, a high-level Xuan-rank cultivation technique like the Wind Sweep Technique is considered a top-tier technique.

Recovering from their shock, the crowd turned their burning, greedy gazes toward the scroll, forgetting even to look at Ya Fei's long legs.

Xiao Yan couldn't help but mutter to himself, "A high-level Xuan-rank cultivation technique~ No wonder the patriarchs of the three major families have all come."

"It's just a mere high-level Xuan-rank cultivation technique, what's so special about it?"

Sensing the disdain in Yao Lao's tone, Xiao Yan rolled his eyes speechlessly, then revealed a sly expression and whispered in a barely audible voice, "Teacher, since you look down on this level of cultivation technique, could you please show me a few Heaven-rank cultivation techniques to broaden my horizons?"

"piss off!"

Old Yao retorted irritably, "Do you think Heaven-rank cultivation techniques are as easy as cabbage? Even for a Dou Zun expert, obtaining a Heaven-rank cultivation technique is as difficult as ascending to heaven!"

"What about Earth-rank cultivation techniques?"

Xiao Yan ignored Yao Lao's complaints and instead tentatively asked, "Since you look down on high-level Xuan-rank cultivation techniques, you must have plenty of Di-rank techniques, right? How about giving me a wind-attribute Di-rank technique to broaden my horizons?"

"A wind-attribute Earth-rank cultivation technique? Are you trying to broaden your horizons? You clearly want to give it to that little madwoman, you're really selling your father's land without a care in the world!"

Xiao Yan, whose true thoughts had been exposed by Yao Lao, touched his nose somewhat embarrassedly and said, "Teacher, you should have seen how good my third brother is to me these days."

If it weren't for my third brother protecting me all these years, I would definitely have had a miserable life in the Xiao family.

Now that I've finally managed to help my third brother, I can't just pretend I didn't see anything, can I?

Moreover, to some extent, my third brother also deserves some credit for your quick recovery.

"If my third brother hadn't secretly shared some of his cultivation resources with me, I wouldn't have so much battle qi to offer you!"

"Where did you learn this from, you brat? You've got a whole bunch of high-sounding principles to spout."

The old doctor looked pleased and said, "What you said makes some sense. It just so happens that the little madman's recovery ability is amazing. I actually have a cultivation technique here that is suitable for him to practice."

If it were a cultivation technique of other attributes, Yao Lao might not be able to come up with a suitable Earth-rank technique, but fire and wind attribute techniques are exceptions.

There's no need to elaborate on fire-attribute cultivation techniques. Yao Lao is known as the "Number One Alchemist of the Dou Qi Continent," and the cultivation technique he practices is at least a high-level earth-rank fire-attribute technique.

As for the wind-attribute Earth-rank cultivation techniques and combat skills, it's because Yao Lao has a close friend, who is none other than the famous Wind Venerable.

When Yao Lao was refining pills for others, he would occasionally ask those people to give him wind-attribute cultivation techniques and fighting skills as payment, which would then be handed over to Wind Venerable.

Therefore, Yao Lao also possesses many copies of wind-attribute cultivation techniques and combat skills.

At the same time, Ya Fei, standing on the auction stage, smiled and said, "The starting price for this Wind Scroll Technique is 200,000 gold coins. Each bid must be at least 100 gold coins higher. You may now place your bids!"

"..."

As soon as Ya Fei finished speaking, the auction hall fell silent again.

Even Xiao Zhan and his group were twitching; this starting price was equivalent to two years' worth of the Xiao family's profits.

Despite the somewhat awkward silence, Ya Fei maintained her smile, well aware of the allure of this advanced Xuan-level cultivation technique.

"Twenty-one thousand!"

As Ya Fei had expected, a middle-aged man with a receding hairline soon couldn't resist bidding.

Xiao Feng glanced at the man and immediately recognized his origin.

That bald man was a well-known arms tycoon in Wutan City. Although his family's power was not as great as the three major families, he was still a prominent figure in Wutan City.

"Two hundred and twenty thousand!"

"Two hundred and thirty thousand!"

"Two hundred and forty thousand..."

The quiet atmosphere in the auction hall was broken as the bald man called out a bid, and people from all sides began to compete for the money.

Soon, the price of the Wind Sweep Technique was raised to 400,000 gold coins.

Once the bidding price broke through the 400,000 mark, everyone else lost the qualification to compete for the Wind Sweep Technique, leaving only the patriarchs of the three major families continuing to bid.

"Four hundred and thirty thousand gold coins!"

"Forty-four hundred thousand gold coins!"

"Forty-five hundred thousand gold coins!"

Faced with Obap's continuous bidding, Xiao Zhan and Jialiebi followed suit without hesitation, both displaying an attitude of being determined to win.

"You win."

Seeing this, Obapa shook his head helplessly and gave up on continuing the bidding.

Among the three major families in Utan City, the Oba family is the weakest in terms of overall strength. More than 400,000 gold coins are enough to plunge the Oba family into an economic crisis.

Furthermore, since Obapa's fighting spirit is not wind-attribute, even if he manages to acquire the Wind Sweep Battle in the auction, it will be difficult to maximize its value in a short period of time, so there is no need to compete for it anymore.

Seeing that Obapa was backing down, Galebi glanced at Xiao Zhan and shouted fiercely, "Five hundred thousand gold coins!"

"Five hundred and one thousand gold coins!"

Xiao Zhan ignored Jia Liebi's provocative gaze and said calmly.

"..."

Jialiebi's face stiffened slightly, and he unconsciously clenched his fists. With a desperate, resolute shout, he declared, "Five hundred and fifty thousand gold coins!"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 14 The Little Rich Girl (Please read on, please vote!)

"Five hundred and sixty thousand gold coins!"

No sooner had Jia Liebi finished speaking than Xiao Zhan followed up with his own words.

"You... Clan Chief Xiao, you really have guts!"

Jia Liebi forcibly suppressed the urge to curse and snorted coldly, "I just wonder if spending so much money to bid for this Wind-Swept Technique will cause a financial crisis for the Xiao family?"

Just now, Jia Liebi spent more than 30,000 gold coins bidding for the Foundation Establishment Elixir. Now, being able to come up with 550,000 gold coins to bid for the Wind Sweep Technique is almost his limit. Otherwise, it could easily lead to an economic crisis for the Jia Lie family.

The overall strength of the Jia Lie family and the Xiao family is about the same. Since Jia Lie Bi can't come up with any more money, he doesn't think Xiao Zhan can be any better off.

"Thank you for your concern, Clan Chief Jia Lie, but you don't need to worry about the Xiao family's finances. I'm not foolish enough to use all my working capital to buy this Wind Scroll Technique."

Xiao Zhan shook his head with a hint of amusement, then took out a white jade elixir bottle from his sleeve and asked Ya Fei on the auction stage, "Miss Ya Fei, does your Mittel Auction House allow barter?"

"Of course!"

"That's good. The pills in this white jade bottle are Qi-gathering powders personally refined by Pill King Guhe. I wonder what their value is?"

More than half a month ago, Xiao Feng defeated Nalan Yan and then won a Qi Gathering Powder and a Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill from her.

Xiao Zhan has already taken the Purple Heart Breakthrough Pill, which enabled him to successfully break through to the sixth-star Great Dou Master level, while the Qi Gathering Powder has yet to find a suitable user.

Xiao Zhan and the three elders had originally planned to give the Qi Gathering Powder to Xiao Xun'er, but she revealed her cultivation level as a one-star Dou Zhe in front of the four of them.

Apart from Xiao Xun'er, among the younger generation of the Xiao family, the eldest elder's grandson, Xiao Ning, has the highest cultivation level.

However, Xiao Ning's cultivation level was only at the eighth stage of Dou Qi, and he had not yet reached the qualification to take the Qi Gathering Powder, so the Qi Gathering Powder was still in Xiao Zhan's hands.

"The Qi Gathering Powder is a grade four, low-level pill, with a market price of around 180,000 gold coins."

Ya Fei was the first to recover from her surprise and smiled, saying, "If Clan Chief Xiao really wants to sell this Qi Gathering Powder, our auction house is willing to purchase it at a high price of 190,000 gold coins."

"Then let's say 190,000 gold coins!"

Xiao Zhan nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Jialiebi and asked, "Chief Jialie, do you want to raise the price?"

"..."

Jia Liebi's face was ashen, and he coldly snorted with displeasure, "You win!"

Xiao Zhan smiled slightly at Ya Fei and said, "Miss Ya Fei, I think we can announce the results now, right?"

"Congratulations, Clan Chief Xiao Zhan, on successfully winning the Wind Sweep Technique!"

With a charming smile, Ya Fei gently raised her jade hand and tapped the auction gavel once, signifying the end of the auction.

Upon returning to the Xiao family, Xiao Zhan immediately made a copy of the "Wind Sweep Technique" and handed the copy to Xiao Feng.

Xiao Zhan patted Xiao Feng on the shoulder and said, "Feng'er, this is all I can do to help you. From now on, you'll have to rely on yourself."

"Ok!"

Xiao Feng nodded slightly and said, "Father, then I will go back to cultivate now."

"Go!"

After watching Xiao Feng's departing figure, Xiao Zhan also began his seclusion, focusing on cultivating the Wind Sweep Technique.

"Brother Feng, are you there?"

Just as Xiao Feng returned to his residence, preparing to study the Wind Sweep Technique, Xiao Xun'er's clear and melodious voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng quickly got up and went forward to open the bedroom door.

Wearing a long purple dress, Xiao Xun'er stood gracefully at the door, like a lotus bud about to bloom, with a faint smile on her pretty face.

"Xun'er, is there something you need? Why don't you come in and talk to me?"

At Xiao Feng's invitation, Xiao Xun'er gracefully stepped into the elegantly decorated bedroom.

Xiao Xun'er's beautiful eyes looked around and finally landed on the open scroll on the bed.

"Brother Feng, if Xun'er is not mistaken, the content recorded on that scroll should be the Wind and Scroll Technique that Uncle Xiao Zhan just bid on, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng smiled and nodded, saying, "Not bad, you little girl are quite well-informed."

"That's great!"

Xiao Xun'er smiled and said, "It just so happens that Xun'er has obtained two wind-attribute combat skills, which can be used together with this technique."

As Xiao Xun'er spoke, she flipped her jade-like hand, and two light blue scrolls appeared out of thin air in her hand.

"Brother Feng, the combat techniques recorded on these two scrolls are called Storm Dance and Phantom Step, respectively. They are both high-level Xuan-rank combat techniques."

Xiao Xun'er opened her lips slightly and introduced in a clear voice: "Storm Dance is an offensive combat skill. It can release powerful wind blades to attack enemies, and it can also gather wind blades around the cultivator to form a wind blade barrier with considerable defensive power."