Swallowing the Stars: Analyzing All Things

Virtual Universe, Shadow Auction.

The atmosphere in the auction hall gradually heated up with each bid. Lin Yan leaned back in his chair. He had looked at the items; most were not very valuable, but the truly valuable ones…

He can't afford it.

Now all he cares about is that copy of "The Spirit of the Tides," but just as the tenth auction was drawing to a close—

"Kuleni".

"You deserve to die."

A deep, cold voice came from the front row of the auction hall, immediately drawing everyone's attention. Lin Yan also looked in the direction from which the voice came.

Two figures in the front row were staring at each other coldly.

The one on the left is nearly three meters tall. Even when sitting in a chair, he is half a head taller than the person next to him. His eyes are like two burning flames, and his golden pupils are full of suppressed anger.

On the right is a tall, slender man with an almost otherworldly handsome face, and a faint smile always playing on his lips.

Two immortals.

Lin Yan glanced at it only once before looking away.

The feud between the immortal gods was none of his business, but he felt a vague unease. Judging from the tense atmosphere as these two continued their fierce battle, the subsequent auction was unlikely to be peaceful.

really.

In the subsequent auction process.

The first item, the second item, the third item... it was as if the two had agreed that as long as one party made a bid, the other party would definitely raise the price.

"8000 Mixed Units!"

"make a deal!"

An item with a starting bid of only five hundred Hunyuan units was driven up to several thousand by them, and was finally won by the handsome immortal on the right for eight thousand Hunyuan units.

"Hehehe~"

When the handsome immortal accepted the item, his smile deepened as he looked at the burly immortal beside him, making the other man's anger almost overflow.

And above the auction stage.

The host watched all this expressionlessly. There were no bidding rules at the Shadow Auction, and no rule that "malicious bidders will be expelled."

As long as you have the money, it's allowed to add it penny by penny, even if you deliberately raise the price to annoy your competitors. You can even secretly act as a shill, as long as you have enough funds.

Lin Yan frowned slightly as he looked at it.

These two immortals seem to have been deliberately using underhanded tactics, maliciously raising prices to disgust their opponent. He doesn't care about their personal grudges, but he's worried that these two immortals, blinded by greed, will spread the flames of war to that secret technique.

If the price is raised to an even higher level, he will suffer greater losses and may not even be able to acquire the secret technique.

time flies.

One item after another was brought to the auction stage.

The bidding between the two immortals grew increasingly fierce, and the tension between them intensified. If they weren't both in a virtual universe and separated by an invisible barrier, they probably would have started fighting on the spot.

However, it was precisely because of the fierce bidding between the two that the atmosphere in the entire auction hall was enlivened.

They all watched with excitement.

After all, what kind of existence are immortal gods? Now, two immortal gods have actually turned on each other in a public place like an auction hall, almost to the point of fighting on the spot.

Time passed slowly.

at last.

"Next item."

The host raised his hand and pointed in the air, and a light blue book appeared on the screen. The book's cover was formed by water ripples, like a miniature river flowing slowly.

The four large characters are clearly visible at the top of the cover.

The Spirit of the Tides.

"The Spirit of the Tides, a secret technique for researching the laws of water." The host's voice remained calm. "Starting bid: 1,000 units of mixed energy. Each bid must be at least 1,000 units of mixed energy."

There was a moment of silence in the auction hall.

A starting bid of 1,000 Mixed Yuan Units is already considered high in this Shadow Auction; the highest starting bid for previous items was only 800 Mixed Yuan Units.

This price...

It was enough to deter most people at the scene.

But Lin Yan did not hesitate. He directly raised the number plate in his hand, and his voice clearly reached everyone's ears, "Two thousand Mixed Yuan Units."

"Whoosh~"

In the auction hall, countless eyes were cast in his direction, and the two immortals in the front row also turned their heads at the same time.

A hint of surprise flashed in the muscular, immortal eyes, but he quickly looked away, seemingly uninterested in the secret technique. His handsome, immortal gaze lingered on Lin Yan's direction for a moment before turning back as well.

"Phew~"

Lin Yan breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the two immortal gods did not engage in malicious competition, he could acquire this secret technique at the lowest possible cost.

But the next moment, his heart jumped again.

"Three thousand mixed units."

A voice came from another corner of the auction hall. It was a figure whose face was also hidden, and could only be identified as a middle-aged man from the voice.

"Four thousand mixed units!" Lin Yan raised the price again.

"Five thousand mixed units!" the voice rang out again.

Lin Yan glanced at the figure, then at the two Immortals in the front row. No one else in the auction hall participated in the bidding, meaning that only this person was bidding against him.

"Ten thousand mixed units!"

The auction hall erupted in uproar.

The wealth of ten thousand Chaos Units is comparable to the entire assets of an ordinary immortal god, yet this enormous fortune was used only to purchase a secret technique that can only be used by an individual.

From a thousand mixed units, it has now increased tenfold to ten thousand, even the two immortals in the front row turned their heads slightly.

The voice bidding fell silent.

Lin Yan didn't look in that direction; he just sat there quietly, holding the number plate in his hand, his face as calm as still water.

After waiting a moment and confirming that no one else was bidding, the host raised his gavel and announced, "Ten thousand, sold."

"when--"

The mallet struck with a crisp sound, and Lin Yan leaned back in his chair, letting out a long breath.

I've got "Spirit of the Tides".

……

The secret technique has been obtained.

Just as Lin Yan was about to log off and leave, he saw the rugged, immortal figure in front of him suddenly stand up, his chair shaking violently behind him.

His entire aura was fluctuating violently—

Even with that invisible wall blocking his view, Lin Yan could still feel the barely contained anger.

"Sigus, stop staring at me like that!" Kuleni just smiled. "That was your own carelessness, you can't blame anyone else."

"Kuleni, don't be so arrogant!" Sigus's voice echoed like thunder in the auction hall. "I won't forget what you did to me in the Mirage Realm!"

The Mirage Secret Realm.

The moment those four words reached Lin Yan's ears, his pupils contracted slightly, and his body involuntarily leaned forward.

He was all too familiar with the name of this secret realm. It was the very secret realm that the Wind Scale Realm Lord had once entered. And according to the Wind Scale Realm Lord's message, the Feather of Time was brought out from the Mirage Realm.

In the front seat.

The rugged immortal clearly realized what he had said, abruptly shut his mouth, and sat back down in his chair.

But the words spoken aloud caused whispers to rise and fall in the auction hall.

Mirage Secret Realm —

The name was unfamiliar to most people, but those immortals sitting in the front row seemed to be thinking about it.

The host ignored all of this, simply raising his gavel and tapping it on the table.

"Next item."

……