I'm in the world of cultivation, and I get a system for becoming a wealthy urban tycoon?

Inside the private room.

Qin Nanyue took a deep breath, her voice trembling with barely suppressed emotion: "It's actually the Azure Jade Liquid! Someone actually put such a rare and precious material up for auction?"

Her handsome face twisted for a moment, then turned sullen.

"What a pity. This thing is too expensive; I can't afford it."

She said it very simply.

Even if she hadn't won the bid for the gold and white sword-marked waistband for Lu Yang, the price of the Azure Jade Liquid was still beyond her reach.

Lin Ying's reaction was much calmer.

Unlike Qin Nanyue, she didn't express regret. Instead, she chuckled lightly, her tone light and detached: "I couldn't afford it anyway, so I'll just treat it as watching a show. Hehe~~"

Qin Nanyue glanced at her irritably: "This is a spiritual object that can awaken its divine consciousness at the Qi Refining stage. Don't you want it?"

Lin Ying gently pursed her lips and smiled, "I know my limitations. This kind of thing is beyond my reach."

Qin Nanyue opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Suddenly remembering something, she turned to look at Lu Yang: "Junior Brother Lu, do you want to take a picture?"

Lu Yang nodded, a flame flickering in his pupils: "Of course."

For him, the Azure Jade Liquid was also a rare opportunity.

Now that we've run into it, there's no reason to let it go.

Qin Nanyue paused for a moment, then her tone held a hint of regret: "The price of this Azure Jade Liquid will probably exceed 80,000. Do you have enough spirit stones? I should have saved the money for you to bid on this earlier instead of taking that waistband first."

Lu Yang chuckled and said, "It's alright, I still have some left."

Despite saying that, he wasn't entirely confident.

He only had a little over 100,000 low-grade spirit stones on him.

If the price jumps even higher, then we'll really miss out.

But there was nothing he could do; none of the items up for auction were suitable for him.

Spending 100,000 yuan to buy items you don't need, just for the rebate, is such a waste.

Although Lu Yang is now quite wealthy, he has no intention of spending spirit stones like this.

As the three were talking, Liu Yaoyao's voice rang out from the high platform.

"Azure Jade Liquid, starting price 20,000 low-grade spirit stones, minimum increment 2,000 spirit stones. Auction—begins!"

Before the words were finished, a cool, indifferent voice came from a private room on the fourth floor: "Fifty thousand."

The atmosphere in the auction hall, which was almost boiling over, suddenly cooled down as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over it.

The air fell silent for a moment.

In the lobby on the first floor, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had already raised his hand froze in mid-air. He moved his lips twice and silently withdrew his hand.

Inside VIP room number nine on the third floor, Li Feng's mouth was open, but the bid he was about to utter was abruptly cut off, and he remained silent for a long time.

Li Yao, who was standing next to him, had been all heat up a moment ago, but now his expression was frozen as if he had been put to rest.

Li Feng gave a wry smile, leaned back in his chair, and said with a helpless tone, "Alright, give up. It's not that I'm unwilling to bid for you, but we can't handle a starting bid of 50,000."

Li Yao's expression twisted in disbelief, his eyes filled with resentment.

He stared intently at the fourth floor, lowering his voice to ask, "Brother, the private room on the fourth floor... it must be a very high-status place, right? Who's there?"

This time, Li Yao surprisingly didn't lose his temper.

He knew in his heart that anyone sitting on the fourth floor must have a Nascent Soul True Monarch level being behind them.

That's someone he can't afford to mess with.

Although Li Yao was arrogant, he still had some brains.

He was simply curious, and also somewhat envious... Why couldn't the Li family produce a Nascent Soul True Monarch?

Li Feng also looked at the private room on the fourth floor, his gaze complex.

There was reverence in it, as well as a hint of barely concealed burning passion.

"She's the strongest genius our Golden Rainbow Sword Sect has had in hundreds of years. Forget about it, with her around, no one else has a chance."

"The strongest genius in centuries?" Li Yao was stunned. A thunderbolt suddenly struck his mind. He widened his eyes and exclaimed, "Could it be Mu Yunxue—that monstrous genius with a superior spiritual root?!"

Although Li Yao joined the sect late, the name Mu Yunxue had already spread throughout Qin Prefecture four years ago.

Not only the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, but also the other five top forces are talking about this extraordinary spiritual root that has appeared out of nowhere.

For Li Yao, this name was like a distant legend. He had heard it countless times, but he never expected that one day he would be bidding against her at the same auction.

Li Feng nodded: "Yes, it's her."

The resentment in Li Yao's eyes slowly faded, replaced by a longing: "I've heard that this Mu Yunxue is extremely beautiful, like a fairy descending to earth... I wonder who will catch her eye in the future..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Feng suddenly shuddered as if he had been pricked by a needle.

His face alternated between pale and flushed, his voice strained and urgent, forced through clenched teeth: "Li Yao, are you insane?! How dare you speak ill of Mu Yunxue?! If you want to die, don't drag me down with you!"

He wished he could slap his arrogant cousin to death.

Li Yao also suddenly came to his senses.

Although he was somewhat dismissive of Li Feng's attitude, he wasn't stupid; he understood what he had just said.

He quickly forced a smile and softened his tone, "Brother, don't be angry, I was just saying it casually..."

Li Feng couldn't help but steal a glance towards the private room on the fourth floor.

In the dim light, he always felt that behind the half-drawn curtain, a gaze was slowly and deliberately falling on them.

A cold sweat instantly broke out on his back, and his voice became hoarse: "Don't even think about it! Mu Yunxue is not someone you can even dream of!!"

Li Yao frowned, a surge of anger rising within him, which he forcibly suppressed, muttering in dissatisfaction, "Can't I even think about it? What…"

Halfway through his sentence, Li Feng's cold voice rang in his ear.

"Mu Yunxue's protector is a sect elder at the peak of the Golden Core stage."

Li Yao froze.

He stared wide-eyed in disbelief, his neck stiffening as he turned to look at Li Feng, his throat involuntarily swallowing.

A fine layer of cold sweat seeped from his forehead.

The elders at the peak of the Golden Core stage are protecting the Dao. What's the difference between this and the protection by their Li family's ancestor?

The Golden Rainbow Sword Sect will not do anything meaningless.

The fact that a Golden Core Peak Elder could become her protector can only mean one thing: in the eyes of those high and mighty True Monarchs, Mu Yunxue's value is worthy of such protection.

In other words, in the eyes of those Nascent Soul True Monarchs, she would probably become a Nascent Soul cultivator!

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator might not be unable to touch it!

Li Yao shivered involuntarily, experiencing fear for the first time.

He opened his mouth, his voice unconsciously lowering a few decibels: "I understand, brother."

Li Feng slowly exhaled, but his tone remained firm: "Good to know."

He was genuinely afraid that this fool would drag the entire Li family down with his loose tongue.

If any one of the Nascent Soul True Monarchs from the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect were to step out and take a few steps, the Li family would be wiped out.

Meanwhile, in the auction hall, the others had also recovered from the shock of hearing the word "fifty thousand".

Fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones is indeed a lot, but for Kong Qingyu Liquid, it is clearly far from the limit.

In a private room on the third floor, an old man dressed in the robes of a Golden Rainbow Sword Sect elder looked up at the direction of the fourth floor.

His face was thin, his temples were gray, and his eyes were slightly sunken, yet his eyes still held a stern and imposing light.

He muttered to himself, "This one wants it too? Oh well... I should fight for it, I should still fight for it."

His days are numbered.

But a promising young talent has emerged.

He had to make some plans for the child's future.

The Golden Rainbow Sword Sect is a prestigious and righteous sect with strict rules.

Once the items are put on the auction stage, there's no reason for anyone to give way to anyone else.

The cultivators in the other private rooms were clearly having the same thought.

However, just as they were about to raise the price further, a calm voice rang out from the second floor.

"One hundred thousand."

The tone was so casual, it was as if he were saying "ten dollars".

Li Yao: "????"

Li Feng: "????"

In several private rooms on the third floor, some people almost dropped their teacups.

The entire auction hall seemed to have been paused.

Everyone turned their heads in unison, their eyes fixed on the private room on the second floor.

"Holy crap?! Number 15 on the second floor? It's that kid again?!" Li Yao's eyes practically popped out of his head, his voice filled with disbelief. "This kid can actually pull out 100,000 low-grade spirit stones?!"

Despite being born into a top-tier Golden Core family, he's not the only one in his family who needs to cultivate.

As a direct descendant, he does receive a considerable amount of resources each year, but there's no way he could possibly pull out 100,000 spirit stones at once during the Qi Refining stage.

Even for someone like Li Feng, who is at the Foundation Establishment stage, it wouldn't be so easy to come up with 100,000 at once!

Although they have access to a lot of resources, they also have a lot of expenses!

Right now, this kid sitting on the second floor has shouted out 100,000 without even blinking!

Inside the private room on the fourth floor, behind the gauze curtain, a rare hint of surprise appeared on Mu Yunxue's usually cool and aloof face.

She lowered her eyes slightly, her gaze falling through the half-drawn gauze curtain towards the private room on the second floor.