The annual auction on Five Immortals Island continues. A mont ago, Ling Wangke’s old face was full of anger, but now there’s no trace of it as he casually chats with Ye Zhen and Ling Qianbi, occasionally comnting on the auction items.
This isn’t because Ling Wangke is carefree and indifferent, but over these days of interaction, he has gotten a sense of Ye Zhen’s character.
In Ling Wangke’s view, Ye Zhen is very individualistic, generous with actions, but definitely principled.
For instance, the True Dragon Essence Blood that even he exclaims over, which is practically no different from that of a Five-clawed True Dragon, was given to Ling Qianbi in ten barrels in one go.
Their Ling family also possesses True Dragon Essence Blood, but they currently have less than thirty catties of Five-clawed True Dragon Essence Blood in reserve.
Typically, they use about one to two catties annually to make dicine for the marrow cleansing and body refining of novice family martial artists.
Believe it or not, their entire Ling family dares to consu at most two catties of Five-clawed True Dragon Essence Blood annually, shared among tens of thousands of family mbers.
Yet Ye Zhen casually gave Ling Qianbi ten barrels, totaling one thousand catties.
Of course, Ling Qianbi secretly gave five barrels of Five-clawed True Dragon Essence Blood to him, his grandfather, but he definitely won’t tell Ye Zhen about it.
Just these five hundred catties of Five-clawed True Dragon Essence Blood would significantly boost his influence in the Ling family.
With a bit of selfishness, the younger generation of martial artists from his lineage would surely be stronger than those of other branches.
Moreover, Ling Wangke discovered that Ye Zhen’s little follower, whose cultivation is still at the Ninth Stage of Dao Entrance Realm, uses High Grade Spirit Stones for daily cultivation.
This is much too extravagant!
In their Ling family, anyone below the Divine Communication Realm uses Low Grade Spirit Stones for cultivation, and only upon breaking through to the Realm King Realm can they use High Grade Spirit Stones.
Even more extravagant, he found that the Thought Spirit Pills that the follower nad Nie Ting uses for cultivation are High Grade Thought Spirit Pills.
And it’s not just that little follower, even Ye Zhen’s two beasts, the Cloud Winged Tiger King and the Nine-Headed Beast, drooling as they hold a High Grade Thought Spirit Pill in their mouths daily.
Oh my, within their Ling family, only those at the mid to late stage of Realm King Realm or Dao Realm experts can continually purchase High Grade Thought Spirit Pills for cultivation through their own efforts.
For others, given what the family provides, using a Low Grade Thought Spirit Pill for a month in a year is already good.
From these observations, Ling Wangke realized that Ye Zhen treats his own people quite well.
Yet at tis, he is domineering, showing favoritism, like when Ye Zhen acquired the Green Lotus Jade Netting Hairpin at auction, he didn’t give it to his granddaughter Ling Qianbi, obviously it’s for the most important woman in his mind.
However, in this regard, Ling Wangke sowhat admired him.
He has assertiveness, not blindly forceful, but finds ways to persist with tact.
Moreover, he has great skill.
Reflecting on the mysterious thods Ye Zhen used to capture Jie Lue alive a few days back, Ling Wangke still doesn’t know how it was done. Even he couldn’t capture Jie Lue silently.
This is impressive.
He feels that since he couldn’t persuade Ling Qianbi to change her mind and cannot forcibly take Ling Qianbi back, letting her stay with Ye Zhen isn’t a bad choice.
It’s a conclusion Ling Wangke arrived at after being by Ye Zhen’s side these days.
Otherwise, why would a Dao Realm expert like Ling Wangke hang around Ye Zhen all day?
Is he really just bored with nothing to do?
He’s observing Ye Zhen, if Ye Zhen indeed makes his granddaughter live in perpetual vengeance or is utterly ruthless.
He would, at the risk of Ling Qianbi hating him forever and living in resentnt, kill Ye Zhen, or capture him alive and take him to the Ling family, never to see daylight again.
This is still better than letting his granddaughter suffer death and soul extinction.
As for whether he could actually capture Ye Zhen, Ling Wangke is quite confident.
As a Dao Realm expert, patience is sothing he has honed, and he doesn’t lack patience nor power, the only thing he lacks is the will to decide.
However, these days of observation have made him feel that having Ling Qianbi stay by Ye Zhen’s side isn’t completely unacceptable, since eventually, Ling Qianbi will have to venture out to train.
The only thing he is dissatisfied with is his granddaughter Ling Qianbi being more obedient to Ye Zhen than to him as her grandfather.
Nevertheless, rather than eliminating Ye Zhen and letting his granddaughter seek revenge leading her to her own demise, having Ling Qianbi stay by Ye Zhen’s side is not bad.
Up to now, this Ye fellow is one of the few people Ling Wangke can’t quite decipher in his lifeti.
Previously, those few whom Ling Wangke couldn’t see through either rose to beco dominant powers or rulers of one realm or several realms.
In short, Ling Wangke feels Ye Zhen has great potential, leading to the current situation.
Otherwise, why would a Dao Realm expert spend all day glaring at Ye Zhen?
That’s not idleness; it’s absurdity.
The auction continues, but since the Green Lotus Green Pure Hairpin as the mid-point highlight, no item dazzling enough has appeared.
Even though a Supre Suppression Artifact erged, drawing heated bids from various martial artists, Ye Zhen remained unmoved.
Ye Zhen now only lacks in cultivation, if his cultivation improves significantly, he could craft High Grade Suppressing Devices, and Supre Suppression Artifacts are not challenging given suitable Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
After all, Ye Zhen as an Artifact Refiner possesses strong Four-colored Innate Soul Light Divine Soul Power that others don’t.
Therefore, in nearly four hours of bidding that followed, Ye Zhen made few moves, spending a million High Grade Spiritual Stones to acquire three Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
One item was of Ice Attribute. If refined properly, turning it into a High Grade Suppressing Device is achievable.
This was prepared by Ye Zhen for his senior sister Liao Feibai’s Profound Ice Immortal Sword, which barely improved in grade with Ye Zhen’s recent efforts, still it’s inadequate now.
With Liao Feibai’s cultivation soon breaking through to Divine Communication Realm, a well-crafted High Grade Suppressing Device fitting Liao Feibai perfectly is crucial.
Only a High Grade Suppressing Device compatible with Liao Feibai’s Spiritual Power can allow Liao Feibai to exert maximum power with minimal Spiritual Power.
The other two Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were Water Attribute, collected by Ye Zhen for crafting tailor-made High Grade Suppressing Devices for the Great Saint of Jinghai and others.
After acquiring these auction items, the hundreds of items that followed nearly put Ye Zhen to sleep from listening, but Ling Wangke was ecstatic, thoroughly attending to every piece.
Suddenly, Ling Wangke flicked his fingers lightly, a thud purely forged from Spiritual Power hit Ye Zhen’s forehead, resonating a tallic sound.
"Kid, ti to wake up, this year’s annual auction’s grand finale treasure is here." Ling Wangke exclaid calmly, as if nothing happened, looking at Ye Zhen, who was glaring at him.
"Honored guests, the bidding for the grand finale treasures of this year’s annual auction is about to comnce...."
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