Sure enough, in the private room on the second floor, Huo Tiandu's eyes were so gloomy that he almost shed tears. The look he looked at Ye Feng was no longer contemptuous, but full of greed and murderous intent.
In his opinion, Ye Feng is just a fool who was lucky enough to dig out a huge fortune from some ancient ruins. This kind of person is the best fat sheep to attack.
The auction continues.
Soon, the last treasure arrived.
That is an ancient formation map, called "The Sky Fire Formation of Destruction". It is an ancient killing formation with infinite power. Once it is successfully arranged, it can trap and kill even the monks who have transcended the tribulation period.
This is Huo Tiandu’s real goal.
However, just as the auctioneer was about to announce the starting price.
"Wait a moment."
Ye Feng stood up again.
Everyone’s eyes focused on him again.
"Sir, what else do you want?" the auctioneer asked politely.
"It's no big deal." Ye Feng walked slowly to the stage, picked up the fragment of the Heart of the Stars that he had just photographed, weighed it in his hand, and then shook his head in front of everyone.
"This thing seems to be fake."
One stone stirs up a thousand waves!
The entire auction house exploded instantly.
"What? Fake?"
"No, Baoyuan Pavilion's reputation has always been very good."
"Who is this person, dare to talk nonsense here?"
"Quiet! An Quiet!" the auctioneer shouted hurriedly, with cold sweat falling on his forehead, "Young master, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense! Everything we bring out from Baoyuan Pavilion has been appraised by top appraisers, how can it be fake?"
"Really?" Ye Feng sneered, "Then did your appraiser tell you that this so-called "Star Heart Fragment" actually contains a poison called "Soul-Eating Star Evil"? Once absorbed and refined, the soul will be unknowingly eroded by the evil spirit and eventually turn into a walking corpse that only knows how to kill."
His voice was clearly heard in everyone's ears.
Everyone was stunned.
On the second floor, Huo Tiandu's face instantly turned pale.
The old man next to him also looked in disbelief.
"You...you are talking nonsense!" Huo Tiandu slammed the door open, pointed at Ye Feng and shouted, "You are slandering our Leihuo Hall!"
"Slander?" Ye Feng smiled brightly, "If you don't believe it, you can find a monk who is proficient in the way of the soul to investigate for yourself. Or, it's easier..."
As he said this, he suddenly flicked his finger.
A ray of undetectable star fire fell on the fragment.
"Buzz——"
The crystal that originally looked bright and dazzling suddenly began to tremble violently. The deep blue layer on the surface receded like a tide, revealing its true appearance - a magic stone as black as ink, constantly exuding a strange black energy!
A cold, evil, and disgusting aura instantly enveloped the entire auction house.
Some monks with lower cultivation levels feel dizzy and their souls tingle just by smelling that breath.
"It's really...the Soul-Eating Star Evil!" In the audience, a knowledgeable old monk exclaimed.
"Oh my God! Leihuotang actually put such vicious things up for auction! Do they want to kill us?"
"The devil! Leihuotang is the devil!"
"Everyone, run!"
The entire auction house was in complete chaos. Countless monks rushed out in fear, fearing that they would be contaminated by a trace of the terrifying black energy.
"No! That's not the case! Listen to my explanation!" Huo Tian was completely panicked. He could never have imagined that this crystal, which his father regarded as a treasure, could be such an evil thing.
However, at this moment, no one listened to his explanation.
Just when everyone was in chaos.
"Boom!"
A loud noise came from outside the auction house.
The door of Baoyuan Pavilion was kicked to pieces.
A middle-aged man with a burly stature and a domineering aura rushed in with a large number of elites from Leihuotang. It was Huo Zhenshan, the leader of Leihuo Hall.
He was originally sitting at the back, waiting for the auction to end, and then went to receive the scroll of the formation diagram. Unexpectedly, what was waiting for him was the news of chaos in the auction house.
"Everyone, stop!" Huo Zhenshan let out an angry roar, and the pressure of half-step through the tribulation swept across the audience, temporarily calming the chaotic scene.
He immediately saw the magic stone emitting black energy on the stage, then looked at his pale son, and instantly understood something.
His eyes suddenly turned to the initiator of everything - Ye Feng.
"Boy, is it you?" Huo Zhenshan's voice was as cold as a knife.
"It's me." Ye Feng admitted frankly, with an innocent expression on his face, "I just...exposed a scam. Everyone, do I do the right thing?"
"Yes! This person Young Master is right!"
"Leihuotang, give us justice!"
Incited by Ye Feng, the monks who had just been suppressed began to make noise again.
"Looking for death!" Huo Zhenshan was completely furious. He stopped talking nonsense, and with a big hand burning with blazing flames, he went straight towards Ye Feng and grabbed Ye Feng on the head!
This grasp contains the power of law, sealing the space, and is about to crush Ye Feng into flying ash.
However, at the moment when the giant flame hand was about to fall.
A strange smile appeared at the corner of Ye Feng's mouth.
He snapped his fingers gently.
"Buzz——"
Countless runes suddenly lit up on the floor, walls, and beams of the entire auction hall. These runes were instantly connected together in a mysterious way, forming a huge illusory array.
"No! It's the formation!" Huo Zhenshan's expression changed drastically and he wanted to stop, but it was already too late.
The next second, before everyone’s eyes, the scene changed drastically.
They are no longer in the auction house, but in a sea of blood and corpses. Countless evil spirits and ghosts rushed toward them from all directions.
"Ah! Ghost!"
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
"Wang Laosan, how dare you attack me!"
"Li Laosi, I will fight you!"
The entire auction house fell into chaos again and more completely. Everyone fell into hallucinations and began to madly attack everyone around them regardless of friend or foe.
Huo Zhenshan and Huo Tiandu were also involved in the illusion formation. What they saw were countless Tianxuan's law enforcement teams, holding magic weapons and shouting "Destroy the demons", coming towards them.
"Dad! What to do!" Huo Tiandu was scared to death.
"Why are you panicking! Fight out!" Huo Zhenshan roared angrily, took out his magic weapon, and fought against those illusions.
The center of chaos, the source of the storm.
The figures of Ye Feng and Xiao Wuhen, like two fallen leaves, slipped out of the back door quietly.
"When did you set up the formation?" Xiao Wuhen couldn't help but ask as he walked. He felt that following Ye Feng, his heart could hardly bear it.
"It was just a matter of convenience when I came in." Ye Feng said calmly, "That box of top-quality spiritual stones is not for nothing."
Xiao Wuhen understood. Those spirit stones are the energy core of the formation.
This guy, from the beginning, had no intention of participating in the auction. From the moment he stepped into Baoyuan Pavilion, he had everything planned out.
"Where are we going now?"
"Of course, let's get our reward."
Ye Feng smiled and turned into a deep alley.
At the end of the alley, the bookkeeper of the calligraphy and painting shop was standing there quietly, waiting for a long time.
The way he looked at Ye Feng was full of complexity. There was shock, fear, and awe.
"Tianji Tower, I admire you." Mr. Accountant bowed deeply to Ye Feng, "Your Excellency, with one person's power, stirred up the storm and destroyed the century-old foundation of Leihuo Hall. This method is called wonderful."
He handed a new jade slip to Ye Feng.
"This is the news you want. In addition, the poster has an order. From now on, you will be the most distinguished "Heaven"-level guest of Tianji Tower. All information will be discounted by 30%."
Ye Feng took the jade slip and nodded with satisfaction: "Thank you, the poster, for me."
After saying that, he and Xiao Wuhen disappeared into the night.
The accountant looked at the direction they were leaving for a long time before sighing.
"Tianxuan City is about to change."
In the secret room of the inn, Ye Feng sank his consciousness into the jade slips. The information in Tianji Tower was extremely detailed and shocking.
"Found it." Ye Feng opened his eyes, but his expression became more serious than ever.
"Where?" Xiao Wuhen asked.
"The situation is much more complicated than we imagined." Ye Feng handed him the jade slip, "The center of the formation is not in a secret location, but... integrated with the entire Tianxuan City."
After Xiao Wuhen read it, his face darkened.
According to the information from the Tianji Tower, the core power source of Tianxuan City's ability to float above the Nine Heavens is a sacred treasure called the "Nine Heavens Floating Cloud Core". The center of the "All Souls Gathering into One God Refining Formation" was cleverly grafted onto this treasure by the experts of the Holy Land.
To destroy the center of the formation is equivalent to attacking the "Nine Heavens Floating Cloud Core".
The "Nine Sky Floating Cloud Core" is guarded by Tianxuan City's city defense formation. The sect leader of Tianxuan City in the early stage of the Tribulation and several Mahayana-stage Supreme Elders are in charge all year round. One of the Supreme Elders, who was proficient in formations, stayed with him every step of the way.
This is simply a dead end with no solution.