Joe Di wrote down an offer of ten thousand Starshards on his bidding screen. However, after a moment's hesitation, he changed it to one thousand.
"Twelve thousand supreme spirit veins, one hundred Heaven-Opening spirit veins, plus ten Void Cloud Divine Fruits, once..." Ji Ai began to call out the bids. At this stage, few people continued to bid.
As Joe Di submitted his bid, he recalled how the Fate Dao Lord once stole a Starshard to escape the Three Wisdom Universe.
A single Starshard was already so precious—how much more valuable would a thousand be? It was like when he scavenged nearly ten thousand supreme spirit veins in Zhu Sui Buling’s world, yet only managed to obtain a dozen or so Starshards.
From a certain perspective, the cosmic aura contained in a Starshard is a higher-grade energy than divine essence, much like how Immortal Crystals surpass Spirit Stones.
Zhu Sui Buling was no ordinary woman. She had controlled the outer city of Genesis City for so long and had extorted countless wealthy cultivators. So, even the true big shots of Genesis City might not be much richer than Zhu Sui Buling.
Besides, if not for a stroke of luck—encountering the opening of a cosmic passage in the Vast Chaos—would he have gotten so many Starshards? The Dao Master of Three Wisdom Universe, He Wang, had been just as fortunate, also encountering the creation of a cosmic passage.
Such opportunities aren’t simply found by staying in the Vast Chaos. Sometimes, even if you spend a lifetime there, you might never encounter one.
Thinking of this, Joe Di immediately changed his bid from one thousand Starshards to one hundred. He was prepared: if a hundred Starshards couldn’t secure the highest bid, he would raise it back to one thousand.
What Joe Di didn’t expect was that as soon as he submitted the bid of one hundred Starshards, the top price on the bidding screen instantly became one hundred Starshards.
Joe Di instantly understood—Starshards must truly be a higher-level resource. After cultivators reach the Third Step and attain the Creation Realm, is there a realm beyond that? Joe Di had never witnessed it, but he’d heard more than once of beings above Creation.
Now that Starshards are considered a higher-level resource, it suggests there might actually be a Fourth Step beyond the Creation Realm. The mysteries of Vast Chaos are endless, and cultivators’ realms always correspond with the wonders of the universe.
As Joe Di pondered the possibility of Fourth Step cultivators, the entire auction hall fell silent. Even Ji Ai was momentarily stunned—what was going on? She actually saw a bid of one hundred Starshards on the screen.
Since the Genesis City auction began, Starshards have usually been auctioned off as items, not used as bidding currency. Even if someone did use Starshards to bid, it was never more than one or two. But here, a hundred appeared at once—this was madness.
Ji Ai quickly recovered and excitedly shouted, "The current price is one hundred Starshards! Is there any higher bid...?"
The big screen remained eerily quiet. With a hundred Starshards on the table, who could possibly offer more?
Everyone was certain that whoever was bidding with Starshards didn’t understand their true value or purpose. Maybe this person was just using Starshards for cultivation—like a mouse eating barley, an utter waste!
In a secluded private box, another cultivator was so regretful he nearly smashed the room with his palm. This was He Wang, who had foolishly compensated Joe Di with tens of thousands of Starshards. Only after arriving here did he realize what Starshards truly represented.
He still didn’t know the true value of Starshards, but a bid of a hundred Starshards actually outweighed the price of twelve thousand supreme spirit veins and one hundred Heaven-Opening spirit veins. It was unbelievable.
Maybe Starshards aren’t quite that valuable, but they’re rare. And for true powerhouses, supreme spirit veins are already of limited use. In many cases, only Starshards will do—like for cosmic transmission passages.
This auction uses anonymous bidding. Although everyone wanted to know who the bidder was, only the auction organizers knew—the rest had no way of finding out.
"One hundred Starshards, twice... One hundred Starshards, thrice... Sold." Ji Ai dropped the gavel without hesitation.
Joe Di could sense from the crowd’s reaction that Starshards must have uses he didn’t know about, and that bidding one hundred was probably excessive.
Fortunately, he hadn’t gone mad and used ten thousand Starshards. If he had offered ten thousand, the outcome would have been even more unpredictable.
A hundred Starshards were transmitted away, and Joe Di received the Cosmic Edge.
Although Joe Di knew he could use Starshards here to buy countless things he desired—including the Worldheart—he didn’t dare stay any longer.
As soon as he obtained the Cosmic Edge, Joe Di immediately produced a puppet he’d refined. He left the puppet in the private box to continue attending the auction, while he transformed himself into a wandering cultivator and quietly slipped away.
In a place filled with powerful cultivators, even if you turned into a fly, you’d never fool anyone and slip away unnoticed. Fortunately, wandering cultivators were allowed to move openly among the auction’s private boxes, giving Joe Di a chance to leave.
Still, this depended on the auction organizers not investigating. If they did, he’d be exposed immediately.
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"Tall and thin, Convergence Realm. From the Extreme Tán Universe, fierce-looking. Gengxun box, number 3315. Hasn’t appeared in Genesis City before—likely arrived in disguise. As for whether the aura of Extreme Tán Universe’s Dao resonance has changed, that’s still uncertain..."
In a luxurious box at the back of the auction hall, a stern-looking man with a black beard had already received Joe Di’s information.
This was the president of the Genesis Chamber of Commerce, and also the fourth vice city lord of Genesis City—Xiang Chenchen.
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If you were to pick the five strongest people in Genesis City, Lie You wouldn’t make the list—Xiang Chenchen would definitely be among them.
After tapping his fingers on the table, Xiang Chenchen spoke calmly: "Send someone to guard Gengxun box 3315, but don’t alert him yet. When he leaves, bring him to me—just say I want to see him. Also..."
After a brief hesitation, Xiang Chenchen continued, "Go check who’s recently arrived in the outer city of Genesis City—see if there’s anyone worth paying attention to."
"Yes." The woman standing below Xiang Chenchen replied, though she seemed a bit hesitant.
Xiang Chenchen frowned. "If there’s anything, just say it."
"Yes." The woman replied again, then added, "I’ve heard a powerhouse arrived in the outer city of Genesis City. This person fought Nie Pingjian outside the Lock Dao Prison—the fight ended in a draw."
Xiang Chenchen smiled faintly. "Nie Pingjian is good for nothing except forging weapons—there’s nothing impressive about fighting him to a draw. In Genesis City, at least twenty or thirty people could suppress Nie Pingjian. As for his trump card—ha, it only scares the timid."
"But this person also killed Zhu Sui Buling," the woman continued.
"What?" Xiang Chenchen suddenly stood up, his expression darkening. "After killing Zhu Sui Buling, Lie You didn’t kill him?"
The woman replied, "After Lie You left, he never came back."
"What’s that cultivator’s name?" Xiang Chenchen’s eyes flashed with murderous intent—he understood better than anyone what it meant that Lie You hadn’t returned.
Zhu Sui Buling was dead and Lie You hadn’t come back. Xiang Chenchen wasn’t a fool. Would Lie You really let the cultivator who killed Zhu Sui Buling go?
"I heard his name is Joe Di," the woman replied.
Xiang Chenchen strode out of the room. "I’ll go meet the guest in Gengxun box 3315 myself."
(That’s all for today—good night, friends!)