281: Nine Nether Saint King

The two then discussed the Eternal Great World and some powerful Great Worlds in the Extraterritorial Battlefield.

Through this casual chat, Xun Xiuyuan's understanding greatly improved, as the Southern Region was relatively weaker and more isolated.

Early the next morning, City Lord Gong Yuwei arranged for an elder to personally lead Xun Xiuyuan to the auction.

The elder was Long Xie, and he greeted Xun Xiuyuan with a smile.

"Although the auction only has one auction stage, the audience seating is divided into three levels. The third level consists of exclusive private rooms for Saints. World Lord Xun, this is your private room."

Long Xie introduced as they walked.

Xun Xiuyuan glanced at the room number: 306.

Xun Xiuyuan's interest in the Fragment of the Law of Time was genuine; he even showed City Lord Gong Yuwei the Law Comprehension Pill and claimed that all his comprehension of laws was due to this pill.

City Lord Gong Yuwei's initially indifferent expression completely changed. He took one pill for testing.

After the test, he valued Xun Xiuyuan's Law Comprehension Pill at one hundred 'fang'.

Xun Xiuyuan didn't understand what this price meant, so City Lord Gong Yuwei explained.

One 'fang' is a cubic unit of time- or space-type spiritual material. Items here cannot be auctioned with ordinary currency; the most basic material is spiritual material that can perfect one's inner World.

However, among spiritual materials, time and space spiritual materials are the most precious and always in demand. Therefore, the currency used in the Extraterritorial Battlefield's auctions consists of space-time spiritual materials.

Xun Xiuyuan now understood this unit of measurement. According to his inventory, if he didn't provide Law Comprehension Pills,

he still had quite a lot of spiritual materials, several hundred 'fang' worth.

However, most of them were in Qing Mian's ring; his own spiritual materials were not abundant, as he had given all his acquisitions to Zhuge Lun.

At the same time, Xun Xiuyuan also realized the preciousness of space-time spiritual materials, considering that a Saint's entire fortune was only a few hundred 'fang'.

As Xun Xiuyuan settled down, the wall of his private room facing the auction stage suddenly became transparent, and the other three walls of the room slowly disappeared, transforming into a vast starry sky.

Upon seeing these starry scenes, Xun Xiuyuan's thoughts became hazy.

Since Xun Xiuyuan had arrived in this World, he had seen all sorts of wonders, but he had never seen stars.

At this moment, Xun Xiuyuan couldn't help but recall the Blue Star that Bai Lun had once mentioned.

He said that Blue Star people had descended upon the Initial Domain, and later, the people of the Initial Domain were descendants born from the union of Blue Star people and Initial Domain inhabitants.

Xun Xiuyuan had asked Xie Cangtian about this matter, but Xie Cangtian only smiled and did not answer.

He also said that he wasn't very clear about these questions and that he should ask the old ancestor of the Ling family.

At this moment, Xun Xiuyuan felt as if he were sitting alone in the boundless void, looking at the auction stage before him.

With his mental power, he couldn't detect anything beyond his private room.

A tall human beauty walked onto the auction stage. Without even an opening remark, she went straight to the point: "The first item for auction is a God King Realm soul defense secret treasure, the Glazed Bell. Bidding begins."

After speaking, the beauty stood to one side, showing no intention of further introduction.

At this point, a voice called out: "One 'fang'."

Seeing someone bid, the beauty interjected: "Guest No. 206 bids one 'fang'."

As if this person merely served to initiate the bidding, subsequent calls for bids rose and fell, creating a lively atmosphere.

Xun Xiuyuan had no interest in such secret treasures; the Ling Tian Pagoda was its progenitor.

The final bid reached a staggering sixty 'fang'.

Clearly, this price was the accurate value of the Glazed Bell, as later bids increased by one 'fang' at a time.

The beauty did not excessively push the price. Seeing that no one continued to bid, she announced: "Congratulations to this fellow Daoist, who has acquired this God King Realm soul defense secret treasure, the Glazed Bell, for sixty 'fang'."

Just then, a knock came at Xun Xiuyuan's private room door.

A maid entered and said: "World Master Xun, City Lord Gong saw you were alone and sent me to keep you company."

Xun Xiuyuan frowned, about to refuse.

The beauty continued: "I am very familiar with the prices of auction items. My name is Xiaorou."

When Xun Xiuyuan heard this last sentence, he swallowed the words of refusal he was about to utter.

"Then I shall trouble Miss Xiaorou."

The beauty, Xiaorou, smiled gently and sat in the chair next to Xun Xiuyuan, accompanying him to watch the entire auction.

The auction went on for a long time, but these items truly held no appeal for Xun Xiuyuan.

That is, until a secret realm key appeared.

The key was shimmering with a brilliant glow.

Xun Xiuyuan's eyes narrowed.

He also possessed this key, having obtained it from Xuan.

Xun Xiuyuan couldn't help but ask: "What is this?"

Xiaorou had been sitting for a long time and finally encountered something that interested Xun Xiuyuan.

She immediately spoke clearly: "It's the key to the Saint King's Secret Realm. Legend has it there are a total of one hundred keys. It's a secret realm set up by the late Saint King Jiuyou to select disciples."

Xun Xiuyuan thought of the figure with an unclear face in the secret realm, likely Saint King Jiuyou.

He asked, puzzled: "Saint King Jiuyou?"

Xiaorou truly knew a lot: "It is said that Saint King Jiuyou was the only Saint King who was independent of the Yuan Ling Sect. As for why and when he fell, the outside World does not know."

Seeing Xiaorou's extensive knowledge, Xun Xiuyuan asked: "Out of one hundred keys, how many have appeared so far?"

Xiaorou said: "This is the fortieth key that has appeared and been auctioned. If the first owner has cleared too many stages, its value isn't high. Although the owner can change, the progress of the secret realm cannot. For example, if the previous owner cleared stages up to the Saint Realm, who would still buy it?"

Xun Xiuyuan understood Xiaorou's meaning. His own key must not have been publicly revealed, as he was still in the first stage when he entered.

Xuan Yue had also entered when she obtained it, but she came out without clearing any stages, so Xun Xiuyuan was left with a complete secret realm key.

"Is there no way to discern its progress?"

Xun Xiuyuan continued to ask.

Xiaorou said: "Currently, there's no way to discern it. So, everyone knows it's a good item, but the price isn't high. The key is that at least Saints compete for it each time, so people on the lower two levels generally won't bid."

Xun Xiuyuan had even less interest in this item, as he already possessed one.

However, Xiaorou's statement about the price not being high was only relative, as the first person to bid offered five hundred 'fang'.

After all, it was a secret realm key related to a Saint King, so this price was truly not much.

Ultimately, that key was bought for three thousand two hundred 'fang', but Xun Xiuyuan didn't know who the buyer was.

However, the beauty on the auction stage did eventually say, "Congratulations to the esteemed guest in private room 307 for acquiring this secret realm key."

Xun Xiuyuan couldn't help but glance to his right. Although it was still the vast starry sky, that was precisely the location of private room 307.