The old man’s starting price made everyone grumble, but when it ca to making offers, no one was willing to back down. Instead, the bids beca more and more outrageous. In just five minutes, the price had already reached an astonishing five million taels of gold.
At this point, the bidding slowed down, from an increase of fifty each ti to now an increase of ten thousand with each bid. The remaining bidders held on with gritted teeth, their hearts hanging in mid-air, because Zhao Yi had yet to make a bid.
"Ten million!"
"Ah!"
A voice triggered a gasp from the crowd, and they turned to look, only to find that it was indeed Zhao Yi. No one on-site increased the bid any further and they all withdrew, allowing Zhao Yi to successfully acquire the lting furnace. However, the crowd did not leave, as they remained to watch the upcoming signing ceremony.
"Zhao Yi is Zhao Yi after all! So rich! But, where’s your money? If you can’t co up with that much gold, I certainly won’t give it to you!" The old man smiled while looking at Zhao Yi.
Zhao Yi gave a slight smile, clapped his hands, and a mountain of gold slowly descended from the forest canopy, prompting another chorus of exclamations from the crowd. So of those greedy for money fainted on the spot.
"Master, I don’t rember us having so much money!" The Nine Dragon Jade Seal questioned in his heart.
"Shut up! Talk less!"
Chastised by Zhao Yi, the Nine Dragon Jade Seal fell silent.
At this mont, the old man had already unfolded the contract. Zhao Yi carefully read it and found no issues. Under the old man’s guidance, he pricked his middle finger and let the blood drip onto the contract. The old man then rolled up the contract once more and tossed it into the lting furnace, where it was burned up in a flash of flas.
"Congratulations Zhao Yi, the contract ceremony is now complete, and the lting furnace has officially beco your tool!"
The old man led a round of applause. Zhao Yi nodded and smiled, courteously offering to help the old man move the gold inside. The old man, surprised by Zhao Yi’s thoughtfulness, readily agreed.
However, an accident occurred while maneuvering the mountain of gold, directly crashing it into and collapsing the entire house!
Amidst the dust, Zhao Yi apologized with a smile, "I’m really sorry, I didn’t expect this thing would be so hard to control. But now that you have so much money, building a new house should be quite easy."
The old man’s face turned white with rage, his fingers trembling as he pointed at Zhao Yi in accusation, "Did you do this on purpose? To get back at for making you spend more money! You really are crafty!"
"Watch your words! Otherwise, I might get angry!"
Seeing Zhao Yi’s expression darken, the old man dared not say another word. To avoid being watched by the crowd, Zhao Yi chose to vanish from the spot. The crowd dispersed, and the old man hurriedly crawled into the rubble to check the gold, only to find it was a pile of rocks with just an ounce of gold on the top!
The old man picked it up and let out a cry of despair.
In the cosmos, Zhao Yi revealed the mystery to the Nine Dragon Jade Seal.
"I used the Ti Law to accelerate the ignorance of so materials that could transform into gold, and then let them revert to their original state!"
"Doesn’t that an you got it for free?"
"Not at all, there’s still an ounce of real gold!"
In the cosmos, Zhao Yi transford into a golden light, speeding towards the New World.
Upon returning to the New World, Zhao Yi did not head to the Royal Palace but instead went to a remote area, where the mountains were beautiful but scarcely populated. With a wave of his arm, Zuo Xiaoluo established a vast barrier to prevent people and animals from intruding, summoning the lting furnace to clean the prepared items.
"You stand guard for , I’m going to make black orbs! Not a single mistake can be made!"
The Nine Dragon Jade Seal received the command and transford into a divine dragon, spiraling above the seal. Zhao Yi placed all the prepared items into the furnace and gathered spiritual energy into flas. Instantly, the entire furnace was enveloped in flas as black smoke continuously spewed from inside, with sounds of collision resounding inside, each second ticking by.
Zhao Yi circled the furnace continuously, injecting spiritual energy to maintain the flas. Being the New World’s ruler, he started to feel weary after three days.
On the fifth day, Zhao Yi’s lips were cracked, yet he dared not rest. Even the plants and animals around seed to sense Zhao Yi’s efforts, gathering to watch, their eyes filled with concern and anticipation.
Finally, on the morning of the seventh day, Zhao Yi called out, "Quick, spray water!"
The Nine Dragon Jade Seal didn’t dare delay, and water cascaded onto the furnace like a waterfall, imdiately turning into steam upon eting the high temperature. However, instead of dispersing, the steam was guided by Zhao Yi straight into the furnace, where now the sound of collisions inside continued for a full quarter-hour before ceasing.
Everything returned to calm, with Zhao Yi’s lting furnace tense to the extre. The hours of hard work had led to this mont of harvest, and success depended on the first glance!
Open the furnace! Two strands of black smoke erged from the furnace, one black and one white, swirling in mid-air. Finally, they revealed their true forms: two black orbs, one black and one white. Zhao Yi, tensed with fear, imdiately infused them with spiritual energy, and the two small orbs sped towards the northern and southern directions.
Zhao Yi’s face bead with joy, as he followed the black sphere to the northernmost part of the New World. The black sphere emitted a black light, gradually attracting spiritual energy, which spiraled into the black sphere. At this mont, the earth trembled, countless mountains cracked open, and all were drawn to the black sphere, which gradually grew larger.
Everything was progressing smoothly, and just as Zhao Yi was about to celebrate a bit, a blue light full of murderous intent rushed towards the black sphere from the distance, but Zhao Yi stopped it directly.
"It’s you!"
Linglong, sensing the New World’s anomaly, ca alone to investigate. Upon seeing the black sphere absorbing the New World’s land, Linglong was shocked, thinking it was sothing formidable, never expecting the instigator to be Zhao Yi!
"Rember when I said that the four seasons are essentially the movents of yin and yang energies. Since the creation of the New World, it has been continually expanding, which is why there have been no poles. This ti, I crafted these two orbs to beco the poles of north and south, circulating the New World’s spiritual energy, thus seasons will erge."
"For you to think of such an idea is truly astonishing! I admire your wisdom!"
Linglong genuinely admired Zhao Yi’s wisdom, realizing that she herself would never be able to solve such an issue.
And yet, there was no excitent on Zhao Yi’s face. With the issue of the poles resolved, the problem of the forbidden world still lingered, and it had to be destroyed swiftly.
Zhao Yi relayed this news to Linglong, who was initially surprised, then exclaid upon hearing the exact location.
"My king! You must quickly head to the destination. According to Zuo Xiaoluo’s latest marching routes, she might very well collide with the antagonist’s New World!"
"What did you say!"
A chill of fear surged in Zhao Yi’s heart. He knew well of Zuo Xiaoluo’s strength, but compared to the antagonist, the gap was significant. Even with an army of a hundred thousand protecting Zuo Xiaoluo, they could not defeat the antagonist, especially when the enemy possessed new weapons and used the New World as a power source.
Without further dialogue with Linglong, Zhao Yi transford into lightning, heading straight towards the forbidden world, while a deep sense of unease arose in his heart.
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