'What are the benefits of the fruit, Xiao Ai?'
[Master, the fruit will help you break through a stage after you consume it, but you can only eat it once in your lifetime. Since your cultivation is about to break through to the Upper Xiantian Level, you must break through first.]
Tang Xiao's clone raised an eyebrow. 'Won't it be a loss if I eat that fruit at this level? Reaching the Peak Xiantian Level may take a long time, but it won't be as long as reaching the Tyrant Level. Moreover, I can only eat it once in my lifetime, so it's not worth eating it in my current cultivation.'
[The problem is that the fruit won't be able to wait for you that long, Master. Look at the fruit; it's not as fresh as the first time the person picked it. It will rot in a few days, so you can't wait for your cultivation to break through to that level.]
Tang Xiao's clone frowned and observed the fruit in Xuan Xi's hand. He could see that the red color had changed on some parts of its skin, indicating that it had begun to rot. 'Can you still clone the fruit in that condition?'
[I can, Master. However, they must eat the fruits immediately after I clone them, or they will rot more quickly.]
'I see.' Tang Xiao's clone turned to Feng Shen. "Senior Feng, I want you to bid on that fruit right now, and we must get it at all costs."
Feng Shen turned to him. "Are you sure you want to waste that many gold coins on a fruit with unclear benefits?"
"Senior Feng, I won't bid on anything worthless, okay?" Tang Xiao's clone pointed at the fruit. "That fruit has extraordinary effects, but I can't explain them to you now, and you can see for yourself later."
Feng Shen nodded and walked straight to the balcony. "Five hundred million and fifty million gold coins for the fruit."
Instantly, the attention of all the cultivators present at the auction house was drawn to Feng Shen because the effects of the fruit were not yet clear, and the price was too high even for first-grade clans.
Unlike them, Yan Huoling and Feng Xiaofang were familiar with Feng Shen's character. He wouldn't take the risk of buying a fruit with unclear effects, making them realize he was bidding for Tang Xiao's clone. However, they wondered about his purpose in bidding on the fruit, and they wondered if he knew its benefits enough to be willing to spend so many gold coins.
"Six hundred million gold coins for the fruit." Feng Shen and all the other participants looked at Huang Xiaotian, but he responded with a shrug. "You don't have to look at me like that, okay? I'm sure Old Feng knows the fruit's effects, or he wouldn't have dared to bid on it."
'This bastard!' Feng Shen cursed in his heart as those people looked at him. "I have no information about the fruit's name, let alone its benefits. However, I've never seen a fruit with such a powerful aura before, and it might have a beneficial effect on our cultivation, so I'm going to gamble big this time to get it."
Huang Xiaotian snorted at that and glanced inside Feng Shen's VIP room, and somehow, he guessed that it was Tang Xiao's clone who asked him to bid for the fruit.
'What are you doing, brother?' Huang Xianyu asked him via voice transmission and frowned. 'We don't have clear information about the benefits of that fruit, so you don't need to waste our gold coins just to buy something that's unclear.'
Huang Xiaotian looked at her. 'I'm sure that brat was the one who asked Old Feng to bid for this fruit, and he probably knows its effects. Since he dared to bid so high for this fruit, I will play along with him, and I want to see how much financial strength he can afford to bid for it.'
'Hmm?' Huang Xianyu looked inside Feng Shen's VIP room. 'Are you sure that kid asked Old Feng to bid for this fruit? Don't tell me that he was also the one who asked her to bid on the items before.'
'Yes.' Huang Xiaotian nodded at her. 'I couldn't hear their conversation, but I've been paying attention to that brat's movements. I think he's the one who asked Old Feng to bid for all those items, including the Seven Color Glazed Berry that you really want.'
Huang Xianyu frowned at that. 'Are you sure about that?'
'One hundred percent!' Huang Xiaotian seriously nodded.
Huang Xianyu nodded slightly, and she didn't say anything else, but she continued to pay attention to Tang Xiao's clone using her senses. 'Where did he get that many gold coins? Although I don't know the Tang Clan's financial situation, they shouldn't have that much money.'
"Six hundred million and fifty million gold coins for the fruit." This time, everyone's gaze shifted to Xue Jing's VIP room, and they never expected that she would follow Feng Shen and Huang Xiaotian's madness. "Since Old Feng is confident that the fruit has good effects on our cultivation, I decided to join them and gamble to get it."
"Haha." Wang Jishan laughed at that. "Since you're joining in on this madness, I'll join you three! Seven hundred million gold coins for the fruit."
"Seven hundred million and fifty million gold coins for the fruit." Liu Xun also decided to join them. "I'll join in your madness, and we'll see the effects later after one of us gets the fruit."
Among the first-grade clans, only the Feng Clan did not join in to bid for the Ascension Fruit. Since Feng Shen had already bid for the fruit for Tang Xiao's clone, Yan Huoling and Feng Xiaofang decided not to interfere.
"Eight hundred million and fifty million gold coins for the fruit!" They all turned to Xie Jun and frowned. "What? You guys can bid on the fruit, so why can't I? Are you guys afraid to compete with me? If you're afraid to compete with me, then get lost!"
They chose not to respond to Xie Jun, making him snort at them.
"One billion gold coins for the fruit." Once again, all the cultivators in the auction house looked at Feng Shen, and their gazes were filled with utter shock. One billion gold coins was simply unreasonable for a fruit, even though the previous price was only slightly lower. "Hey! You guys don't need to look at me like that, and you should increase your bid for that fruit."
Huang Xiaotian wanted to increase his bid for the Ascension Fruit, but Huang Xianyu hurriedly stopped him, so he chose to give up.
Liu Xun also wanted to increase his bid, but Liu Xing said that one billion gold coins was already unreasonable for an unknown fruit, let alone any higher.
Wang Jishan contacted Wang Fuxi first to discuss it, but she forbade him from bidding higher, so he also decided to give up.
Xie Jun glared at Feng Shen, but he suddenly received a voice transmission from Xue Shun, forbidding him from bidding any higher. His leader asked him to let the fruit fall to him, and they would snatch it after the auction was over. 'Haha! That old man does have unmatched speed, but we already have a solution to slow him down, and all the auction items he bought will fall into our hands.'
After waiting for some time and no other cultivators bidding for the Ascension Fruit, Xuan Xi immediately announced that Feng Shen was the winner.
A young girl flew in carrying the Ascension Fruit and handed it to Feng Shen, who paid the full price of one billion gold coins.
After receiving the fruit, Feng Shen sighed softly and returned to the room. However, he didn't have an opportunity to say anything because Tang Xiao's clone grabbed his shoulder and carried him out of the auction house through the void, shocking all the cultivators present.
"That kid has the space element!" Huang Xiaotian and all the cultivators screamed in shock as they flew to Feng Shen's VIP room to check.
Unfortunately, they had guessed wrongly about the element used by Tang Xiao's clone, mainly because no cultivator on Earth II had the void element before.
The people from the Feng and Zhang Clans didn't join them, and they hurriedly left the auction house while everyone was busy searching for the two. Despite this, they were curious about how Tang Xiao's clone could possess the space element, even though he already possessed the wind and fire elements, which meant he possessed three elements.
Xue Jing and Xue Lan did not join the cultivators, and the two women left the auction house. They wanted to speak with Tang Xiao's clone, but the situation did not permit it, and they hoped to meet him another time.
Xie Jun's expression was also not good after Feng Shen and Tang Xiao's clone disappeared, but he did not join those cultivators, and he left the auction house to join the people from his clan.
Xue Shun ordered all members of the Xie Clan to scatter in different directions, hunting down Feng Shen and Tang Xiao's clone.
"Are we going to do anything to the others?" Xie Jun asked.
"We have to find that brat as soon as possible." Xie Shun ordered the clans related to their Xie Clan to hunt down Tang Xiao's clone. "Let's go."
- To Be Continued -