Chapter 20: Auctioning the Fiendish Spirit Pill (Revised)

After about five minutes.

[Handsome Rich Second Generation: Brothers, I did check it out. From my resources, this beauty seems to have some serious connections. She’s withholding some key information, so I’m convinced she’s an extraordinary wealthy lady!]

[Big Pervert Here: Wow, isn’t that basically a perfect rich and beautiful lady? Getting such a stunning woman is worth living even ten years less!]

Yu Mengjia sat inside the car, reading the comments in the livestream chat, feeling a surge of jealousy.

Although she wasn’t exactly a top-tier beauty, she was at least a great beauty. Yet, when compared like this, her livestream viewers were flocking to the other woman’s side. Who wouldn’t feel upset about that?

Inside the hotel, after paying fifty thousand yuan, Zhen Yaofu had Yang Xuan translate all the ghost writings.

As for the ghost texts themselves, Yang Xuan didn’t understand them. However, when the little ghost wielding the machete left, he insisted on getting a full translation of the ghost writings.

“You’re not lying to me, right?”

“Absolutely genuine. I pride myself on integrity. If there’s any issue, I guarantee a refund.”

After sending Zhen Yaofu off, Yang Xuan reopened the Yin Xi Master system.

He had held the Evil Fiend Spirit Pill for a whole day.

Now he was at a loss about what to do with it.

According to the description, inside the pill was sealed an immensely powerful Ghost Emperor.

But it was currently sealed and required an extremely special ritual and conditions to break the seal.

Trying to open it himself was likely impossible. Keeping it would be of no value, so it was best to auction it off.

“Open the auction venue.”

“May I personally host the auction?”

“Of course, but the system takes no responsibility for any price discrepancies in the auction.”

“Alright, arrange an auction now. I want to personally auction the Evil Fiend Spirit Pill.”

“Understood. The system will arrange it immediately.”

Soon, the nearest auction was scheduled by the system with the Evil Fiend Spirit Pill displayed.

However, Yang Xuan couldn’t enter yet, as the system needed time to promote the event.

After leaving the hotel, Zhen Yaofu immediately hailed a taxi and headed straight to headquarters.

He hadn’t even taken out the translated ghost writings when the boss interrupted him.

“Wait, I have no time to deal with the ghost writings now!”

Zhen Yaofu leaned closer, and upon seeing the Evil Fiend Spirit Pill displayed on the boss’s auction device, he was stunned.

“Boss, what’s going on? Has the auction gone mad? They’re even auctioning off the Evil Fiend Spirit Pill? Can you find out who is auctioning it?”

The boss gave him a condescending look.

“You think I can find out? What a fool!”

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Elsewhere, deep in a valley, a one-star Ghost Emperor stared at the Evil Fiend Spirit Pill on the auction platform with near madness.

“Someone actually has the nerve to auction off the Evil Fiend Ghost Emperor! This is lawlessness! It’s an absolute insult to the Evil Fiend Ghost Emperor!”

After calming down, the one-star Ghost Emperor checked his shadow soul points, still holding a million.

“To break the seal on the Evil Fiend Ghost Emperor, even if I spend all a million points, I will not hesitate!”

[Everyone, the auction begins now. The holder will personally conduct the auction.]

Within the system, Yang Xuan cleared his throat and then lowered his voice to announce.

“The auction item is the Evil Fiend Spirit Pill, starting price: one million!”

A starting price of one million!

This was truly a sky-high price at this stage.

Yang Xuan wanted to host personally because his merit points were too scarce, and he had no pressing matters. Although the system rewarded him some merit points after subduing the little ghost, it was still a drop in the bucket.

To get rich quick, he wanted to offload this hot potato. The Evil Fiend Spirit Pill contained a suppressed Ghost Emperor. For him, it was a deadly risk. Though safe in the system, he couldn’t rest until it was gone.

Upon hearing the price, the one-star Ghost Emperor winced.

He had hoped to keep a sizable portion of his million shadow soul points, but this was barely enough for the entry fee.

Still, the one-star Ghost Emperor steeled himself; no matter what, he would win the Evil Fiend Spirit Pill.

“Bang!”

[One million bid!]

After bidding, the one-star Ghost Emperor immediately signaled his subordinates to recall them as fast as possible.

His plan was simple: gather money quickly, for strength lies in numbers.

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Back in the organization.

Upon hearing the auction sounds, Zhen Yaofu was taken aback.

“Boss, this voice sounds familiar.”

The boss, watching the auction prices, was visibly annoyed.

“Get out of here! When is this the time to be paying attention to that?”

Zhen Yaofu couldn’t blame the boss for kicking him out. The price was just too high. Even for the organization, it was a headache.

It wasn’t that the organization couldn’t afford it, but the boss was contemplating that if they won the auction, their internal merit points wouldn’t grow much.

They’d all have to tighten their belts.

But if they didn’t bid, the Evil Fiend Ghost Emperor’s reputation was well known. If it got loose and caused trouble, the organization could handle it but with far greater manpower and resource costs—probably more than a million merit points.

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So the boss had an idea.

“Bid! One million and one hundred.”

[One million and one hundred bid!]

The moment the bid was made, other participants watching the auction scorned the bidder.

Bid just one hundred more? How embarrassing!

In auctions like this, participants typically bid big if they can afford it; if not, they simply back off.

An extra hundred was a matter of pride.

[One million two hundred thousand bid!]

At that moment, the one-star Ghost King in the valley had recalled all four major Ghost Kings. Meanwhile, the organization’s headquarters was frantically gathering merit points.

But in the end, their merit points were still insufficient.

The boss was furious.

“Zhen Yaofu! Call that Yang Xuan and see if he has extra merit points! We want to borrow some!”

Without hesitation, Zhen Yaofu called Yang Xuan.

Yang Xuan was in the middle of the auction when the call came, which annoyed him.

“What is it? Why call now?”

Zhen Yaofu got straight to the point.

“You must have seen the Evil Fiend Spirit Pill, right? It’s being auctioned now! Our organization doesn’t have enough merit points. The boss wants to know how many you have and if you can lend some.”

Hearing “borrow merit points,” Yang Xuan was intrigued.

Can merit points actually be lent?

He checked his backend panel and saw the option to transfer or gift merit points. His eyes lit up.

Since he was the auctioneer of the Evil Fiend Spirit Pill, lending to the organization was just moving money from his left hand to his right.

So while it seemed like a sky-high auction on the outside, Yang Xuan’s maneuver was quite simple.

“Lending merit points is no problem, but how much do you want? You have to pay it back, right?”

Zhen Yaofu relayed the question to the boss.

“Boss, the new member wants to know how much you want to borrow.”

“The more, the better! We want to win this item!”

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