"I didn't expect that there would be a Spirit Gathering Array inside the VIP room of this auction house."

Xueyao said with a look of surprise in her eyes.

The spiritual Qi inside this VIP room is at least several times more abundant than outside, obviously due to the presence of the Spirit Gathering Array.

Wang Ruoxie naturally noticed this as well, but in his eyes, the Spirit Gathering Array in this VIP room was too ordinary. If he were to carve it, he could surely make the spiritual Qi here several times more abundant.

"Xueyao, come back to the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty with me. I will take you to the Ling Family's cultivation secret realm, where a real Spirit Gathering Array is carved, and the spiritual Qi is at least ten times more abundant than here."

Ling Yu said to Xueyao, "If you cultivate there for a year or so, you will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort, and you might even directly break through to the Meridian Passage Realm."

Hearing Ling Yu's words, Wang Ruoxie felt extremely speechless. This guy was being too pretentious.

Along the way, whenever there was a chance, Ling Yu would boast in various ways, as if afraid others wouldn't know that he was a son of a ninth-ranked Marquis of the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty.

Wang Ruoxie naturally knew that Ling Yu was doing this to please Xueyao, but the guy was too blind to notice the hint of disgust in Xueyao's gaze.

Clearly, Ling Yu's flattering words not only failed to win the beauty's heart but also had the opposite effect.

After the three of them sat down by the set of golden silk nanmu table and chairs, they ate the spirit fruit on the table and turned their gaze to the auction hall below.

They saw people entering the auction venue one after another, some sitting on chairs in the hall, while others directly entered other VIP rooms.

"Junior Brother Ruoxie, it's said that the storage treasure will be the highlight, so it looks like when the auction begins, it will definitely be a fierce competition, and I'm afraid the spirit stones we have won't be enough to win it."

Xueyao frowned slightly and said to Wang Ruoxie.

"Don't worry, Senior Sister, you will certainly not be disappointed."

Wang Ruoxie chuckled lightly and replied.

After the auction ends, he planned to give the storage bracelet he refined to Xueyao as an apology for the incident at the Dragon Transformation Pool.

"Xueyao, rest assured, I will definitely win that storage treasure and give it to you."

Ling Yu also said, "I would like to see who in this mere Fire Cloud Kingdom could compete with me."

However, Xueyao didn't pay him any attention, and as for Wang Ruoxie, he completely ignored him, as the two continued their conversation.

This made the smile on Ling Yu's face freeze completely, as he felt like a completely superfluous person.

"What a pair of shameless lovers, I, Ling Yu, will definitely let you know what happens if you humiliate me."

Ling Yu glanced at Wang Ruoxie and Xueyao with an extremely unpleasant look, a cold gleam flickering in his eyes.

At this moment, a group of figures walked into the hall below, causing many to gasp in admiration.

The man leading them was especially surrounded by many people, fawned upon like stars surrounding the moon.

He was a handsome young man in his twenties, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, a tall and straight figure, dressed in a silver long robe, exuding a high and proud aura.

"It's the Second Prince, Xiahou Yan."

"The Second Prince truly deserves to be the leader of the newly acclaimed Eight Young Lords of our Fire Cloud Kingdom. He is indeed extraordinarily graceful and elegant."

"I've heard that His Highness the Second Prince has recently elevated his cultivation to the Ninth Layer of the Innate Realm, with strength reaching the level of a half-step Meridian Passage Realm expert."

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Hearing the continuous discussions amongst the crowd, Wang Ruoxie's eyes narrowed slightly, as he didn't expect to encounter a prince so soon after arriving in the Royal City of the Fire Cloud Kingdom.

The Xiahou Lie he had killed earlier seemed to be the Third Prince of the Fire Cloud Kingdom.

This meant that Xiahou Yan was Xiahou Lie's second brother, and regardless of talent or strength, he seemed far superior to Xiahou Lie.

"I wonder if the news of me killing Xiahou Lie has reached the Xiahou Family."

Wang Ruoxie pondered silently. Although he didn't fear the royal family of the Fire Cloud Kingdom, the Xiahou Family, it was wise to be cautious since he was on their territory.

Moreover, the foundation of the Fire Cloud Kingdom far surpassed that of the East Victory Kingdom. The power of the Xiahou Family was surely far beyond the Tang Family, and even if they had no Essence Pill Realm martial cultivators, there were certainly many at the Meridian Passage Realm.

With his current strength, he still couldn't contend with the Meridian Passage Realm.

"So he is the favored son of the Fire Cloud Kingdom, the Second Prince Xiahou Yan."

Xueyao looked at Xiahou Yan below with a glint of intrigue in her eyes and said.

"What favored son? Who dares to be called a favored son in front of me, Ling Yu?"

Ling Yu snorted disdainfully.

Then he turned his gaze to Wang Ruoxie and sneered, "However, this Xiahou Yan is indeed considered a top-notch genius in your Eastern Domain, far superior to you."

"I'm not trying to put you down, but with the foundation of your Eastern Domain, unless you gain a heaven-defying opportunity, even Xiahou Yan would find it hard to break through to the Essence Pill Realm, let alone someone with inferior talent like you."

"Therefore, I'll give you one more chance. Are you willing to become an out-clan member of the Ling Family?"

"You should know that with the foundation of the Ling Family, even if your talent is poor, you still have hope of reaching the Essence Pill Realm in the future."

The reason Ling Yu repeatedly invited Wang Ruoxie to become an out-clan member of the Ling Family was naturally not out of goodwill, but to humiliate him.

For, although it sounded nice to be an out-clan member, in reality, it was just being a different kind of servant or guard.

Once Wang Ruoxie became an out-clan member of the Ling Family, Ling Yu could command his life and death, humiliate him as he pleased.

"Idiot."

Wang Ruoxie gave Ling Yu a cold glance, fully aware of his intentions.

If it were someone else, they might not be able to resist the temptation, but to him, a mere ninth-ranked Marquis clan of an Imperial Dynasty was nothing.

In fact, he considered the so-called millennial foundation of the Ling Family to be a joke. In terms of true heritage, who in the entire Yuanwu Continent could compare to him?

Solely the cultivation and martial techniques, divine secret techniques in his memory, along with his experience of cultivating to the Celestial Monarch Realm, as well as his knowledge in alchemy, artifact refining, and other fields, would surely drive any imperial dynasty, even a holy dynasty, mad with desire.

As for whether he could break through to the Essence Pill Realm, there was no doubt about it, and it wouldn't take long.

Seeing Wang Ruoxie ignore him again, Ling Yu's expression turned extremely unpleasant. If Xueyao weren't here, he might have already made a move to kill him.

"This Xiahou Yan must be here for the storage treasure as well. As the Second Prince of the Fire Cloud Kingdom, the spirit stones he possesses far surpass ours. It seems we might indeed leave disappointed this time."

Xueyao sighed lightly and said.

"I have millions of lower-grade spirit stones, tens of thousands of middle-grade spirit stones, and thousands of upper-grade spirit stones. Unless Xiahou Yan can freely use the resources of the Xiahou family, he won't be able to compete with me."

Ling Yu said proudly.

Turning his gaze, he said to Xueyao, "Xueyao, as long as you agree to be my woman, I will definitely win that storage treasure for you."

Upon hearing this, a look of disgust flashed in Xueyao's beautiful eyes. She then winked at Wang Ruoxie and said, "Junior Brother Ruoxie, I believe you will help me win that storage treasure, right?"

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