Chapter 0117

Chapter 117: little demoness: Only I get to take the lead!

Mu Rong Ya looked shocked as she said, “So this light is that strong!” She really had only nipped him like a spoiled cat, yet it caused a real wound.

She spoke in a guilty, tender tone: “Be good and let your master rub the wound. I’ll rub it and it won’t hurt…”

Zhou Tong pulled his hand back and snapped, “Do you take me for a kid?” He had walked through blades and fire countless times. A small bite like this didn’t bother him.

She grinned and said, “In front of your master, you are a kid.” Zhou Tong could only feel helpless. She was clearly getting him back for calling her childish earlier.

Just then, nine-colored glow wove across Mu Rong Ya’s body and formed a cocoon of light around her.

Zhou Tong’s face grew serious as he said, “Master, you just gained this talent. You can’t control it yet. You need to learn to handle it fast.”

Through the clear cocoon, Mu Rong Ya nodded and said, “No problem. Trust me.”

Zhou Tong pointed to the metal walls and said, “Until you master the Glazed Divine Radiance, stay in this cabinet made of nether gold. No one can disturb you.” With that, he stepped out of the cabinet.

He looked up and met the gaze of the little demoness. Like a curious baby, she looked him over from head to toe. When she spotted the fresh bite mark on his hand, she gave him a look full of disdain.

Zhou Tong showed an awkward smile and asked, “If I said this was part of a treatment… would you believe me?”

The little demoness grabbed his hand without a word and bit down hard as she said, “I believe you… so I’ll treat you too, you big flirt!”

Zhou Tong could only look helplessly at the new set of teeth marks.

He changed the subject and asked, “How’s the auction?”

“It’s almost over. The big moment is about to start,” said the little demoness.

“Let’s hope it won’t disappoint,” said Zhou Tong. He sat down and sent out his spiritual power, sweeping every corner to watch.

According to the Heavenly Dao Hall’s flyers, the final, headline item was the Yin Yang Dao Physique. But Zhang Chu Qiao had already been rescued. Without that draw, how would Zhao Wu Tian explain himself?

Right then, the attendant’s excited voice rang out: “Everyone… the moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally come. Please welcome the final treasure!”

The crowd erupted. Even the high-and-mighty experts on the peaks couldn’t hold back. They leaned forward, eyes bright.

Someone shouted, “Enough talk. We’re here for this. Bring out the Yin Yang Dao Physique!”

The old auctioneer chuckled and said, “Then I won’t keep you guessing. Please enjoy!”

A loud bang followed, like a heavy door opening. A wave of freezing cold poured out. Four strong men carried in a block of ice crystal. Inside it, a girl was sealed.

As soon as the ice block hit the high platform, it pulsed with a powerful wave. Yin and yang energy.

Zhou Tong sprang to his feet in shock. This aura was almost the same as Zhang Chu Qiao’s, like it had been carved from the same mold.

He frowned and thought: [Could this be another Yin Yang Dao Physique?] Then he shook his head. [Impossible. A body this heaven-defying cannot exist twice in the same Heavenly Dao system, unless one dies and another is born many thousands of years later.]

“Such a beauty. Is this the legendary Yin Yang Dao Physique? Just seeing her today is worth it,” someone sighed, already lost.

More people stared with hungry eyes at the stage. This was a chance to reach the top in one step. If they could get the Yin Yang Dao Physique and dual cultivate with it, they would become peak experts in the future.

Zhou Tong narrowed his eyes and sent his spiritual power through the barriers to touch the girl in the ice. At once, pain stabbed his brow, and he pulled back.

He understood and murmured, “So that’s it.”

The girl was not even human, not even a living being. She was a strand of Primordial Yin Yang Qi. When the chaos split at the dawn of the world and turned into all things, this yin-yang strand was one of the first-born products. It was priceless.

Sadly, a layer of Chaotic Baleful Qi wrapped it. Anyone who touched it would be struck back by the curse and turn into a dried corpse. Zhao Wu Tian had put it up for auction to spend other people’s lives to drain that baleful layer, while he profited in the end. No wonder he gave Zhang Chu Qiao back to Zhou Tong without a second thought. He had already found a substitute.

If one could fully absorb this Primordial Yin Yang Qi, one might break through a limit and become a Yin Yang Dao Physique too.

That thought lit a fire in Zhou Tong’s chest. [If Senior Sister can refine this, she could soar right here and now.]

The little demoness caught his look and asked with a smile: “Want to bid?”

“We have the Rivers and Mountains Seal. We could move a hundred billion spirit stones. No one could beat us,” she added, half teasing.

“No need,” said Zhou Tong at once. “No one can hold that ice. In the end it will go back to Zhao Wu Tian. When it does, we’ll take it from him directly.”

She snorted and said, “That empress really is clever. She found a partner like you to save her the trouble. She must be laughing in her sleep.”

“You,” Zhou Tong said with a grin, “as soon as you’re happy, you poke at me for no reason.”

“What, do you disagree?” The little demoness pouted like a proud queen, lips lifting as if to say: come coax me.

Zhou Tong didn’t hold back. He stepped close and pressed a kiss to her cheek.

She squeaked like a frightened rabbit and jumped back: “You… you dare…”

“This is a warning,” Zhou Tong said, feeling very pleased. “If you pose like that in front of me again, I’ll take it as an invitation.”

“You little… you think I can’t handle you?” she sputtered. “How rude! I’m the only one who gets to make the first move!”

She was about to bite back when the old auctioneer spoke again on the stage.

He said, “This final treasure is priceless, so it cannot be sold for spirit stones.”

“Stop playing around. What will you take then? A trade for another treasure?” someone yelled.

“Of course not,” the old man said, a cold light flashing in his eyes. “We will charge no fee. Whoever can seize it, owns it.”

The whole auction fell silent.

“You… what do you mean?” someone asked, sucking in a breath.

“Still don’t get it? How slow. Only the strong deserve such a treasure. The weak don’t deserve to touch it,” the old man said.

At once, countless terrifying auras blasted upward. If not for the great formation holding the hall down, the place would have been blown apart. Nearly ten Half Saints were present, and there were about a hundred Reincarnation-stage experts. All of them had been blinded by greed.

“The Yin Yang Dao Physique is mine!” a Reincarnation expert screamed and charged the stage. He didn’t even reach it before the crowd joined hands and tore him into pieces.

Zhou Tong’s pupils shrank. He saw through Zhao Wu Tian’s plan. To start the Grand Array of Silent Death, enough sacrifices had to be offered. Stirring the crowd into a bloodbath was the prelude to opening the array.