"I bid—" Su Yi began.
"WAIT!" An urgent voice cried out with haste and significantly high volume. The eardrums of those present felt great discomfort and naturally drew the irritated and bewildered gazes of those at the table, including Su Yi. The voice's owner was none other than Guo Heng, the talkative and petty Exalted Worldly Saint Alchemist of the Refinement Zone.
"World-Saint Inversetoxin, it is rude to interrupt another participant while in the process of making a bid on the future wager," Sun Jiazhen sternly informed with a chilly tone.
"But it's not against the rules!" Guo Heng hurriedly spat. Then, he ignored Sun Jiazhen who could only accept that it was more of an unspoken rule rather than an established one. Communication as a whole wasn't outlawed, and while verbal communication was the most disruptive, all except Wei Wuyin had performed various forms of communication. If it was against the rules, they would have been penalized.
Guo Heng looked to Su Yi, "Fellow Daoist Su, if you start a bid, you will re-open the action. Do you understand the consequences of your decision?" His voice was uncharacteristically soft and friendly as he spoke, attempting to dissuade Su Yi from re-opening the bid. He emphasized certain words, and especially the word 'consequences' as he glanced openly at Wei Wuyin.
It had to be understood that fifty-three Mystic-Heaven grade essence stones worth of value were disgustingly high on a galactic scale. If the entire galaxy's worth was taken into account, it wasn't exactly wallet-shattering to any of the Seven Utmost Towers individually, that number would change significantly if Su Yi managed to double the opening bid, and Wei Wuyin increased it to 424 essence stones somehow!
Su Yi seemed to take a page from Wei Wuyin's book, only smiling calmly in response. The sight irked Guo Heng to no end, and his heart birthed animosity within that moment. Just as he was about to flare, Grand Seer Rippledark interfered.
"You don't need to convince Daoist Su of anything, World-Saint Inversetoxin. He's not fearful of any challenge. He loves challenges. What's a better challenge than comparing wealth to a Supreme Sage's several dozen millennia of concoction efforts who possesses their own empire with leagues of skilled lineage-blessed Alchemists, and the rightful claim of any and all wealth and even the spatial territorial rights of not one or two galaxies but three.
"That would certainly be worthwhile to face, especially if he could win it all in the end." Grand Seer Rippledark's words were discomforting to the ears, containing drops of mockery here and there, especially to Yue Baoyue. She was on the verge of fuming, her eyes narrowed sharply with a dangerous light. Grand Seer Rippledark turned to her, his eyes containing the utmost casualness against her hostility, seemingly considering her as threatening as a newborn kitten.
Su Yi laughed. Grand Seer Rippledark's move was rather brilliant; he was both reminding Su Yi of Wei Wuyin's words of upping the bid and dropping details of his absurd wealth. Moreover, it was unclear if Grand Seer Rippledark wanted him to acquiesce to the bid opportunity or go for broke out of indignation and ego. Wouldn't he be able to provoke Su Yu later by insinuating that he was easy to manipulate?
Tianshi Ya remained a silent observer, but she was hoping that Su Yi wouldn't re-open the action. Wei Wuyin's threat still lingered in her ears, and while she was absolutely confident in claiming victory in the game itself, on the off-chance that she lost...
It was just better not to.
Qin Yingyin's reaction was lukewarm, almost disconnected from events. Instead, from beginning to end, her eyes observed Wei Wuyin with a peculiar glint. She was unsure if it was her imagination, but when she sensed that Spiritual Will that Wei Wuyin sent in, given her extreme sensitivity to concealment arts and spells, she didn't sense any. This was shocking because the Spiritual Will that was sent in felt remarkably like Spiritual Force.
It was not Spiritual Power or Spiritual Resonance Qi. The former belonged to all Ascended beings at or beyond the Mystic Ascendant Realm's Soul of Mysticism Phase. The latter belonged to those supreme existences in the Resonant Soul Realm, imbued with a source of soul origin that can naturally resonate with the heavens.
She was unsure of her senses. Could it be a profound concealment spell that could disguise itself from or confound her intuitive senses? Moreover, why? Why disguise one's Spiritual Will with a shell of Mystic-grade Spiritual Force that only a single stage in a single realm possesses? The Mystic Star Phase!
To her, this made very little sense. Even if this foreigner was playful and being deliberately mystifying of his cultivation base, it would be easy to make it indistinguishable.
Wei Wuyin could sense the mental fluctuations of confusion and discovery from Qin Yingyin, alongside her hidden murderous intent disguised by charm and indifference. In truth, Wei Wuyin's concealment was a natural state of being, especially relating to his physical body, as it contained the True Void Dragon's innate ability. However, there were a few flaws, especially around such high-level figures. Not toward discerning his cultivation base, but analyzing any exertion of his strength or powers.
What Qin Yingyin and Dai Yangdao sensed was not his Mystic Force, but the lack thereof regarding any evidence that it wasn't Mystic Force. It lacked the quintessential qualities of Spiritual Power, which often contained signs of the Way of Mysticism's complete Spirit-type and the other Rune's aura or of Spiritual Resonance Qi that naturally resonated with the heavens, granting it the immensity of a supreme force.
He lacked those qualities that were almost impossible to remove or hide without deliberately suppressing one's cultivation base on a fundamental level, which was a decision that very, very few would ever make.
Meanwhile, his various innate energies and Mystic Force contained all the properties of Mystic Star Phase cultivator. Wei Wuyin couldn't do anything about that either nor did he see a need to disguise himself further.
Su Yi finished his laugh, sneered at both Guo Heng and Grand Seer Rippledark, and then said to Wei Wuyin: "World-Saint Neo-Dawn, do you want to have a go?"
"..." Guo Heng's expression darkened.
Wei Wuyin blinked curiously. Given the condition to cripple oneself, everyone here who wasn't panicking suggested that they had the utmost confidence in claiming victory, and besides Yue Baoyue, not a single person was panicking! However, he fully understood Su Yi's meaning behind those words.
"Your move," Wei Wuyin gestured with a smile.
Su Yi nodded, his aura as unfettered as wind and as unfathomable as the depths of an ocean, "I bid 424 Mystic-Heaven grade Essence Stones."
"...!"
"ARE YOU INSANE?!" Guo Heng couldn't hold in his enraged shock. It wasn't the max bid that shook him, but the re-opening to Wei Wuyin! Did this bastard want to bring himself down with the rest of them?!
Sun Jiazhen was calm, announcing: "The bid is currently four hundred and twenty-four Mystic-Heaven Essence Stones worth of value—Lady Qin, it is your bid." While Shang Liu was flabbergasted by the events, salivating at the potential wealth, the winner wouldn't win just 424 Mystic-Heaven Essence Stones worth of value, but six times that! Unless someone instantly loses, of course.
"I stay," Qin Yingyin had to shift the focus of her thoughts after Su Yi's bid.
"Grand Seer Rippledark, your bid."
Grand Seer Rippledark's emotions were rather difficult to discern, unable to know if this was the result he wished for or not. Fortunately, Su Yi didn't care. Not in the slightest.
"I will stay on the bid here," Grand Seer Rippledark stated flatly.
Sun Jiazhen nodded, "World-Saint Dazzling Jewel, your bid."
Yue Baoyue was unable to comprehend Su Yi's thoughts here, but she trusted him nevertheless. She wanted to see if he wanted to indicate that she should elevate the wager by bidding again, perhaps another maximum, but he only gave her a relaxed look without any advice. She took in a deep breath and exhaled a wad of turbid air, "I will stay on this bid."
Sun Jiazhen announced, "The first round of bidding has concluded. All except World-Saint Neo-Dawn and Daoist Su Yi have exercised their right to bid. I will remind each participant, that you do not have to display the value of the newfound bid, but you will have to showcase your possession of the initial bid of fifty-three Mystic-Heaven Essence Stones. However, the final bidder will have to show possession of their bid."
As for Su Yi, even if he stopped right now, he would have to reveal that he was in possession of something of that or higher of his bid, and that was 424 Mystic-Heaven Essence Stones worth!
Wei Wuyin couldn't help feeling a pulse of admiration for Su Yi. Unfortunately, Wei Wuyin's goal in this stage wasn't to induce an instant loss. Given the absurd degree of wealth and highly inflated value of impure-quality products, trying to send any of these forces into an instant loss with his initial bid would be very difficult unless he decided to wager the three galaxies. He didn't want a million impure Mystic-World graded pills dumped on his lap.
This was the stage he picked to promote his alchemic ability! As for Su Yi's plans? He thought little of it. As for causing these forces to suffer a significant loss? He genuinely didn't think he would have a chance! But now? There was one!
"World-Saint Neo-Dawn, your bid."
The jade table they sat upon was humongous, but it had a unique function. Wei Wuyin touched the table lightly, and it began to defy space as it expanded. Those seated only felt themselves moving further away from the center, but there was no other discomfort.
Yue Baoyue gasped. Was this the Law of Space?!
Grand Seer Rippledark's eyes brightened. According to their divinations, the foreigner had grasped the Minor Law of Space and the Minor Law of Time, including the Minor Law of Imperial. Of course, this was all verified after Wei Wuyin had exposed those hiding in the folds of space and crushed that headless idiot.
Wei Wuyin waved his hand, instantly causing a swathe of seven-colored alchemical light to bloom across the table. The light wasn't intense. In fact, it drew one's gaze. The hundreds of billions of spectators were not excluded from this!
Suddenly, hundreds of thousands of vials, bottles, boxes, and other containers were fit on the table, from edge to edge, each exuding an aura of absolute peak-quality. Not a single one was less!
"I bid thirty thousand low-tier, peak-quality Mystic-Earth grade Essence Pills, three thousand low-tier, peak-quality Mystic-World grade Essence Pills..." Wei Wuyin began listing them all out, slowly but surely, beginning with the most mundane products, and then including rare and extraordinary products that would easily cause entire wars or enough to entice Sages to fight by your side!
He kept going and going, taking a full hour to list out every product. There was no type of product missing, including pills, potions(elixirs), pellets, and paste, and they included all tiers, from low to peak. Moreover, not a single one...NOT A SINGLE ONE WAS BENEATH PEAK-QUALITY!!!
Wei Wuyin was essentially revealing the result of his several decades of effort and casually at that!
Sun Jiazhen was always great at arithmetic, capable of making numerical calculations at stupendous speed, even as a mortal, and he was experienced enough to identify and discern the value of each product. None of them contained the Neo-Dawn Alchemical Lineage products, their prices were yet to be firmly set without Wei Wuyin's input, especially given their extreme scarcity and lack of presence in any market.
However, there were some extraordinary products! They included products such as the Yin-Yang Dao Union Pills, the greater Dual Cultivation variant of the Yin-Yang Blessing Pills that helped Nepit reach the True Sage Phase! This was a specialized product of the Great Unity Sage Tower's Great Unity Alchemic Saint, belonging to the Seven Towers of the Heavenly Sages, which was not to be confused with the Seven Utmost Towers!
The Seven Towers of Heavenly Sages were a matter of continuous debate and conflict as they possessed seven Mystic-Heaven Alchemical Lineages that were notably inferior to some well-established Mystic-World Alchemical Lineages. They established their own force, but the Utmost Purity Galaxy didn't recognize them as a Tower-level organization, beaten out by the Seven Utmost Towers Alchemic Saints.
There were low-tier Mystic-World grade Rousing-Soul Demi-Mystic Elixir! This was the same elixir that Wei Wuyin used to push the near-death Ma Zheng to his ascension, becoming a top-tier Earthly Saint!
There were various pills and elixirs with the effects of recuperation, impurity expulsion, lifespan extension, and so, so much more. All were highly diversified! Some of them were renowned in the Utmost Purity Galaxy, rare and valued, while others were things given to lesser galaxies such as the White Abyssal Galaxy and Resolute Dusk Galaxy at absurdly high costs.
Instantly, the entire world with over two hundred billion viewers went absolutely silent!
Meanwhile, Sun Jiazhen was obsessive as he discerned each product in his mind and calculated their prices if they were genuinely peak-quality. "With that, the final value of all products will be 795 Mystic-Heaven Essence Stones...exactly!"
Su Yi finally lost his calm entirely. His eyes were wide. His mouth was agape with shock and disbelief. Finally, his heart was pounding violently.
What was this?! He wasn't the only one!
After seeing this, Sun Jiazhen didn't wait. He had more or less seen signs on each product that were consistent with peak-quality with a mere glance, especially given his cultivation base, he didn't need more than the time it took to calculate to determine that, so he moved on.
"Daoist Su, your bid."
Instantly, Su Yi was stumped. He thought about his original plans to skyrocket the wager, but after seeing this load of products, he instantly realized that playing further would certainly be dancing with fire.
He took a deep breath, and said with a strong tone, staring at the eternal smile of Wei Wuyin, "I will stay."
"Ah, you're no fun. I haven't taken out much. We can go a few more times. Maximum bid all the way." Wei Wuyin urged, adding at the tail end: "This little bit of wealth isn't much for a wager."
Despite saying that, 795 Mystic-Heaven grade essence stones were enough to hurt any organization.
Unfortunately, since Su Yi had already decided, there was nothing else to it. The bidding would end here.
"We will begin with the proof of your 'stay' bids. I will warn you, if you're unable to procure your wealth with your current carried possessions, you will be considered as disqualified with an instant loss. That said, the actual wager doesn't need to be matched here. You'll only be responsible for paying out the wager within seven days after losing. No less than seven days.
"If you die during or as a result of this game, the debt will follow your descendants or respective organizations. Do remember this."

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