I, a prison guard in the Heavenly Prison, secretly became invincible thanks to the system.

Chapter 374 King Baomu

A graceful woman, dressed in light gauze and with bare, snow-white feet, lightly touched the auction stage with her toes and smiled sweetly at the crowd.

"Welcome to the Xiangji Auction. We have many new faces here today. I am very pleased to greet you."

The woman spoke in a seductive tone, glancing around at everyone before her eyes met Ye Kang's for a fleeting moment.

She continued, "Let me introduce myself. I am Lingxiang. Without further ado, the auction will begin. The first item is yet to be auctioned."

Lingxiang clapped her hands, and the next second, the rope on the auction stage moved, and a table was lowered down, with a candlestick on it.

"Fellow Daoists, the first item up for auction is a Ghostly Light Lamp. This item can emit ghostly light simply by igniting true qi. It is especially effective against evil spirits and demons, and it also suppresses monsters. It has miraculous effects on those below the Lotus Realm. The starting bid is 3000 spirit crystals."

As soon as Lingxiang finished speaking, an anxious voice rang out.

"3500!"

Everyone looked over and saw a man and a woman, two young people dressed in standard monastic robes, walking out from the corner.

Everyone was shocked.

"Inner sect robe of the Tyrant Whale Sect!"

Many people bowed to the two of them.

Being an inner disciple of the Tyrant Whale Sect represents absolute authority. No one dares to clash with them, and naturally, no one dares to compete with them.

Many people who were about to bid gave up when they saw them.

Tang Yi whispered, "Those two are my good friends. The man is called Wan Qing and the woman is called Jin Yuan. They are childhood sweethearts and grew up together in the Tyrant Whale Sect."

Ye Kang nodded. No wonder they wanted this Ghost Light Lamp; it was indeed helpful for killing demons.

Seeing that no one else was bidding, Lingxiang gave Wanqing a resentful look and said, "Senior Brother Wan, couldn't you have waited a while before bidding? Now look what's happened, I'm going to sell it to you at the bottom price."

Wan Qing apologized, "I'm sorry, I was in a hurry. This item is important to me, so I shouted it out quickly. There will never be a next time."

"I'm glad you understand, Senior Brother Wan. Then I declare the auction a success! Next item!"

The rope moved again, the glowing lamp disappeared, and the second item fell to the ground.

This was a longsword, shimmering with light and radiating spiritual energy, immediately attracting the attention of many.

Ye Kang and Tang Yi were naturally not interested. This weapon was far from being a true master-level combat weapon, and there was no need to bid on it.

In the end, the longsword was bid up to a high price of 70,000 spirit crystals and was bought by a wealthy merchant.

After bidding on more than ten items, Ye Kang lost interest, while Tang Yi made a bid for a treasure map, something that naturally attracted him.

After a few more items were auctioned, Lingxiang clapped her hands.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the appetizer is over. Now, we'll move on to the final item for today's auction. I believe most of you are here for this item, so I won't keep you in suspense any longer. Just a final reminder: if you don't have sufficient financial resources, it's best not to participate in the bidding for this treasure."

Lingxiang smiled slyly, then clapped her hands, and the last treasure slowly fell down.

Tang Yi crossed his arms and frowned slightly: "What is this thing? It's all so mysterious, and most people are here for it."

"Brother Tang, you don't know either?"

"I don't know. I haven't paid attention to the Xiangji Association for a long time. If Brother Wan hadn't invited me, I wouldn't have come."

"That would be even better; let's witness it together."

Ye Kang smiled, not holding any expectations.

The treasure box was opened, and inside was a square piece of wood.

"This is the King's Precious Wood, a sacred material for weapon forging. As long as it is handed over to a master weapon forging master, it will surely be able to forge a true grandmaster-level weapon!"

These words caused an uproar, with many people's eyes gleaming with determination.

Ye Kang didn't feel anything at first, but as Lingxiang finished speaking, the system voice suddenly sounded.

【Ding】

[Divine Martial Furnace Hint: The direction for upgrading the Azure Blade is now available.]

[Task issued: Obtain the King's Treasure Wood]

[Task Reward: Comprehension]

Ye Kang's expression changed, and he immediately looked at the system panel.

The Divine Martial Furnace was opened, and sure enough, one of the four enhancement directions for the Azure Sky Blade lit up again.

Of the four skills: 【Azure Heaven and Yellow Springs】, 【Easy to Lift Heavy Weights】, 【Light Weights as Heavy Weights】, and 【Spirit Infusion】, the skill 【Light Weights as Heavy Weights】 has been fully enhanced, while the remaining three have not.

What lit up this time was effortless mastery.

In other words, the Great King's Treasure Wood can strengthen the Azure Blade once more!

Ye Kang's breathing was heavy. He knew the power of the enhanced version better than anyone. The Azure Sky Blade was already a top-grade weapon among Grandmaster weapons. If it could be fully upgraded, it would definitely become the best of the best!

Can't let it go!

He took half a step forward and looked around.

There are quite a few people like him who are determined to win.

"Gentlemen, without further ado, I trust your judgment. The starting bid for this King's Treasure Wood is 10 spirit crystals!"

"what!"

"10! That's way too high!"

"Alas, so be it, I am not destined for this."

Once the starting price was announced, many people sighed and withdrew from the auction.

The ambition that had just been ignited was immediately extinguished.

At that moment, a man in red slowly raised a sign: "110,000."

Before he could finish speaking, the second sign was raised.

"One hundred twenty thousand!"

"One hundred and fifty thousand!"

"A bunch of poor bastards, daring to compete with me! Two hundred thousand!"

"Two hundred and fifty thousand? Who are you calling a pauper?"

"Hmph, I advise you all to back down. This item is mine, Mirror Heart Island, for 260,000!"

"Mirror Heart Island is nothing! I am an elder of the Spirit Radiance Sect, and this item must be obtained by our sect! Two hundred and eighty thousand!"

Almost instantly, tensions rose within the auction hall, with several powerful auras being released without any concealment.

There was no need for an auctioneer's introduction; the representatives from various factions immediately began bidding, much to the delight of the onlookers.

Ye Kang wanted to bid, but he didn't open his mouth and decided to wait.

Seeing this, Tang Yi transmitted his voice and asked, "Brother Wang, do you want it too?"

Ye Kang nodded: "This item will be of great use to me."

Tang Yi thought for a moment and said, "Brother Wang, just name your price. The Tang family will cover anything under 500,000."

Ye Kang was stunned for a moment, but then he realized what was happening.

That's normal. Famous families known for their array formations would never lack spirit crystals. They could easily make a living for a whole year by simply setting up an array for someone else.

He gave a grateful look, then turned his head and said, "Five hundred thousand."

Huh.

The dispute came to an abrupt end, and many representatives of different factions immediately lowered the placards they had just raised.

What the hell is this lunatic?

Raising the price so much right off the bat, are you trying to prevent others from playing?

Tang Yi panicked and quickly transmitted his voice, "Brother Wang! I can only give you 500,000! Any more than that, I'll have to lend it to you. Why did you call it all out at once!"

Ye Kang smiled slightly: "It's alright, I still have some savings."

"How many?"

"Half a million."