Despite the fact that the other party only asked a single question and didn't speak again after莫无忌 gave no news, 莫无忌 already knew he was being watched.

This was unavoidable. He was an ant sitting in the main hall, and without enough divine crystals, being targeted after bidding on something was inevitable. If he wanted to become stronger, he had to act when the time was right.

"The next item up for auction is a barrel of fifth-grade spirit herb liquid. This liquid is refined from various fifth-grade spirit herbs. It has been verified to have a significant effect on planting Azure Dew Rice, with a high probability of turning it into a top-grade product. The starting price is 350,000 top-grade divine crystals, with each increment not less than 10,000 top-grade divine crystals..."

Hearing Ni Zijian announce the spirit herb liquid, 莫无忌 knew this was exactly what the Nirvana Learning Palace assessment required. He was certain that this barrel of spirit herb liquid would attract fierce competition.

Indeed, in just a short time, the price of the barrel of spirit herb liquid soared to 500,000, and it showed no signs of stopping, continuing to climb.

Finally, the barrel of liquid was purchased for a price of 1.03 million.

After purchasing a drop of Duckweed Water, 莫无忌 made no further bids. Firstly, he didn't have enough divine crystals, and secondly, he had already attracted unwanted attention.

After waiting for the better part of half a day, 莫无忌 finally heard the sound he had been longing to hear.

Having presided over the auction for more than a day, Ni Zijian's voice was still crisp and melodious. "This auction item is called Rootless Divine Iron. I believe very few Divine Continent cultivators don't know what Rootless Divine Iron is. Before the Divine Realm was fractured, Rootless Divine Iron was one of the Divine Realm's five acquired materials. Even compared to innate materials, Rootless Divine Iron is not inferior. Rootless Divine Iron is one of the few treasures that allow the magic weapon forged from it to continue to advance."

As Ni Zijian spoke, she waved her hand, and a two-foot square block of dark iron ore landed on the white jade auction table.

Almost as soon as the iron ore landed on the table, 莫无忌's spiritual will swept over it. Just as he had expected, the Rootless Divine Iron had no restrictions whatsoever, and his spiritual will could not penetrate it even slightly.

After everyone had finished observing it, Ni Zijian waved her hand and placed the Rootless Divine Iron into a large jade box. "Rootless Divine Iron is a treasure that is no less valuable than innate materials. The starting bid is five million top-grade divine crystals, with each increment not less than 100,000 top-grade divine crystals..."

莫无忌 gasped. The price wasn't just high, it was outrageously high. It hadn't even been bid on yet, and it was already in the millions. Once the bidding started, how high would it go?

"Six million top-grade divine crystals!"

"Six million five hundred thousand top-grade divine crystals!"

"Seven million..."

The prices on the bidding screen fluctuated rapidly and soon exceeded ten million. 莫无忌 fell silent. He didn't know if his piece of golden Quiet Dao Sand could be exchanged for the Rootless Divine Iron. If the golden Quiet Dao Sand couldn't get him the Rootless Divine Iron, then he would have to use one of his origin beads.

莫无忌 didn't want to part with either the Thunder Origin Bead or the Darkness Origin Bead.

When the price jumped to twelve million top-grade divine crystals, it continued to rise, albeit slowly, but the increments were getting larger.

莫无忌 directly offered a piece of golden Quiet Dao Sand, then displayed it on the item display screen. Learning from his previous experience with the Shaping Dao Fruit, 莫无忌 added a bracket after the golden Quiet Dao Sand, noting that there was also a condition for the deal: he needed a batch of fifth-grade spirit herbs, in a quantity that he approved of.

Because 莫无忌 didn't know the exact value of the golden Quiet Dao Sand, he couldn't specify a particular quantity. If the auction house ignored his offer, it didn't matter. He could continue bidding and remove the condition.

The next moment, the golden Quiet Dao Sand offer appeared on the auction hall's giant bidding screen.

莫无忌 felt a bit uneasy. This was the downside of not knowing the value of something.

As soon as the golden Quiet Dao Sand appeared on the bidding screen, 莫无忌 heard gasps of surprise.

"Golden Quiet Dao Sand?"

"Does Quiet Dao Sand actually come in gold?"

...

If 莫无忌's previous offer of the Shaping Dao Fruit for Duckweed Water had only caused Ni Zijian surprise, then 莫无忌's presentation of the rumored golden Quiet Dao Sand completely stunned her.

As an executive of the trade association, Ni Zijian's understanding of Quiet Dao Sand was even deeper than the Azure Robed Divine King's. Because it was her job. If she hadn't even heard of golden Quiet Dao Sand, she wouldn't be qualified to stand here.

She knew better than anyone else how rare golden Quiet Dao Sand was, because golden Quiet Dao Sand couldn't be found in Clear Sea Dao. That meant that to obtain golden Quiet Dao Sand, one had to search after Clear Sea Dao disappeared; otherwise, it was impossible to find it.

Similarly, the entire auction hall was stunned by 莫无忌's golden Quiet Dao Sand.

莫无忌's golden Quiet Dao Sand had made him the focus of everyone's attention.

At this moment, the Rootless Divine Iron's bid had reached fifteen million, but the price had stopped rising.

Normally, based on the value of the Rootless Divine Iron, it definitely wouldn't stop at fifteen million top-grade divine crystals. The reason was that 莫无忌 had produced golden Quiet Dao Sand, which stopped the price from rising any further.

Even though the price of the golden Quiet Dao Sand hadn't been evaluated yet, everyone here knew that it wouldn't be long before the golden Quiet Dao Sand's bid would definitely appear at the highest price.

"This Dao friend, I am willing to bid on the Rootless Divine Iron for you, and I'll give you a top-grade spirit vein plus ten million top-grade divine crystals, in exchange for your golden Quiet Dao Sand. How about it?" A slightly hoarse voice reached 莫无忌's ears. The restrictions in the auction hall didn't block sound.

莫无忌 was inwardly amazed. Was the golden Quiet Dao Sand really that valuable?

Before 莫无忌 could answer, the price of the golden Quiet Dao Sand was evaluated, and the bid jumped to the top spot.

"That Dao friend from earlier, my Dripping Dew Merchant Association does not allow private transactions. This is your first warning. A second offense will result in your removal from the auction hall." A stern voice rang out, and the hoarse voice was not heard again.

莫无忌 didn't care. Even if the auction house allowed him to trade privately with the other party, he wouldn't agree. Trading with the auction house meant that he only needed to put the item here, directly transfer it to the auction house, and then the items he wanted would directly appear in front of him for him to take away.

This method was the safest and most reliable.

Trading privately with others meant face-to-face transactions. Even if he was offered a billion divine crystals, he wouldn't agree. With his cultivation level, what gave him the right to trade with others? He wouldn't even dare consign the golden Quiet Dao Sand.

No one in the auction hall continued to raise the price. Golden Quiet Dao Sand had already appeared; how could they raise the price? By a hundred million? Even if they raised the price by a hundred million, the auction house might not let their price become the highest. The highest price was very likely still the golden Quiet Dao Sand.

Ni Zijian finally calmed down, her voice still somewhat excited. "My Dripping Dew Merchant Association agrees to exchange the Rootless Divine Iron for the golden Quiet Dao Sand, and we are also willing to offer seven hundred medium-level fifth-grade spirit herbs of various kinds. What does this Dao friend think?"

Seven hundred medium-level fifth-grade spirit herbs? 莫无忌 was overjoyed. He secretly rejoiced that he had added a condition; otherwise, where would he get these hundreds of fifth-grade spirit herbs?

Moreover, 莫无忌 knew from the other party's offer that if he raised the price again, the auction house could continue to increase their offer. 莫无忌 didn't want to raise the price. He simply changed his voice and said, "I agree. Because the item is quite valuable, I hope your auction house can send someone to my location for a face-to-face exchange."

Ni Zijian agreed without hesitation to 莫无忌's request, since he didn't act like a lion opening its mouth, but only requested to exchange face-to-face. 莫无忌's request was very reasonable. Who would feel at ease if such an important item wasn't exchanged face-to-face?

The hall buzzed with discussion. Golden Quiet Dao Sand, something that had always been rumored, had actually appeared. If they had known earlier that the auction would feature golden Quiet Dao Sand, it was estimated that many more Divine King experts would have attended the auction.

Before long, a male cultivator at the Divine Lord level entered the restriction at 莫无忌's location. When he saw that 莫无忌's dao rhythm was not apparent, and it was clear that he was a cultivator without much aptitude, the professional smile on his face stiffened.

How could someone like this have obtained golden Quiet Dao Sand?

莫无忌 casually set up a soundproof restriction, stood up, cupped his fist, and then transmitted his voice. "Because I have taken out a piece of golden Quiet Dao Sand, I am worried that someone will hunt me down. So I hope that after the transaction, I can leave immediately, and you stay in my seat to replace me. How about it?"

According to 莫无忌's original plan, he was planning to return to the Small Rest Inn, take out the puppet he had already refined, place it in the inn, and infuse it with his aura and restrictions. He himself would then use Wind Escape to leave Dripping Dew Divine City as quickly as possible.

Now, because the value of the golden Quiet Dao Sand was too heaven-defying, he temporarily changed his mind and decided to leave immediately. And he believed that having taken out the golden Quiet Dao Sand, and making this request, the auction house should agree.

The Divine Lord immediately understood and transmitted his voice, "I'll ask."

In just a few breaths, the Divine Lord transmitted his voice to 莫无忌, "It's possible. As long as we finish the transaction, you can leave wearing my clothes. I will wait here for an hour."

"Thank you." 莫无忌 directly took out the golden Quiet Dao Sand.

The Divine Lord also handed over the Rootless Divine Iron and the seven hundred fifth-grade spirit herbs to 莫无忌. 莫无忌 slightly checked them and confirmed that it was indeed the Rootless Divine Iron. Compared to the Dan Qian Merchant Building, these seven hundred fifth-grade spirit herbs were incredibly generous. They were basically all useful spirit herbs, with no duds.

After the transaction was completed, the Divine Lord immediately transmitted the golden Quiet Dao Sand out. In just two breaths, he received feedback. Then he quickly took off his coat and handed it to 莫无忌.

莫无忌 was already disguised. After putting on the Divine Lord cultivator's coat, he easily changed his appearance and swaggered out of the auction hall's side door.

As soon as he left the auction hall, 莫无忌 immediately used Wind Escape to leave. He was equally afraid of the Dripping Dew Merchant Association.

(Today's update ends here. Good night, friends!)