BTTH : From Humble Beginnings to Dou Di

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Given Lin Feng’s immense potential, if they offended him, Yao Chen definitely didn’t want to let him live.

After all, having such an enemy fixated on you was never a good thing.

At this thought, Yao Chen warned once more:

”But Xiao Yanzi, if you truly decide to seize that kid’s Heavenly Flame, I must remind you—Lin Feng’s foundation is incredibly strong. His future achievements may not even be inferior to mine. So, if you make a move, be sure to kill him, eliminate all future threats!”

”What? He’s a sixth-tier alchemist too!”

Xiao Yan exclaimed in shock, then his expression turned grim.

”Master, I understand.”

After venturing out for so long, he was no longer the ignorant youth from Wu Tan City.

Naturally, he knew that once a cultivator had absorbed a Heavenly Flame, it couldn’t be separated easily.

To forcefully strip it away—at best, it would cost more than half one’s Dou Qi level.

At worst, it could damage one’s foundation.

If that happened, dreaming of higher achievements in this lifetime would be pure fantasy.

So, if he were to try and seize the Green Lotus Core Flame, then it would mean both sides would become mortal enemies.

And he absolutely could not let Lin Feng walk away.

After all, with an eighth-tier alchemist guiding him, Xiao Yan himself had only just broken through to sixth-tier.

But Lin Feng, with clearly worse resources, still managed to surpass him.

This clearly showed that Lin Feng’s talent in both cultivation and alchemy was stronger than his.

If he were to offend such a person and then let him go, the consequences might be more than he could bear.

Xiao Yan understood the principle well—cut the weeds, eliminate the roots.

While Xiao Yan and Yao Chen were discussing this, the elderly auctioneer from the previous auction—

With hair already white—

Walked slowly up onto the auction platform via a special staff-only passage built into the auction hall.

This passage exited inside the area locked by spatial restriction.

Unless someone could destroy either the restriction or the passage itself, there was no way to attack anyone exiting it.

Moreover, the passage had been reinforced by Queen Medusa herself.

Even someone of equal strength would need a few seconds to break through it.

And in those few seconds, Medusa would be more than enough to arrive and intervene.

Bang!

Just then, the auctioneer struck the stone table in front of him with a wooden mallet.

The sharp sound of the specially-made mallet echoed slowly across the grand auction hall—

Drawing the attention of the entire crowd to him.

Seeing that everyone was focused, the old man pressed a button on the stone table.

Not long after, a rather pretty maid walked in through the staff passage, her long legs drawing many gazes.

In her hands, she carried a jade tray.

Once the tray was placed on the table, the old man pointed at a wooden box atop it and announced:

”Fifth-tier pill, Spirit Ascension Pill. Starting price: 300,000 gold coins.”

At the mention of the Spirit Ascension Pill, several people in the crowd suddenly lit up.

This pill could help those at the peak of Da Dou Shi to break through to Dou Ling.

On the Dou Qi Continent, such pills that could help increase Dou Qi levels were always highly sought-after.

Even though this pill was ineffective for Dou Ling and above—

How many people in the crowd didn’t have juniors or successors?

They may not need it, but those younger ones with lower strength absolutely did.

”Three hundred twenty thousand!”

As soon as the auctioneer’s words fell, a man in a black robe stood up and called out his bid.

”Three hundred fifty thousand!”

Someone else immediately followed with a higher price.

And so, as the mood of the auction hall steadily heated up…

As one rare treasure after another was brought up onto the stage,

the bidding in the hall became more and more intense—voices rising and falling, never ceasing.

However, all the pills being auctioned at this event were relatively common and widely circulated.

As for those extremely rare pills, Lin Feng did not bring them out.

After all, Han Feng’s storage ring contained an enormous wealth of pill recipes—many of which even he himself had never heard of before.

And now that Yao Chen was present—

If he happened to bring out some rare pill that turned out to be one Yao Chen had created, that would be quite the problem.

For the time being, he had no desire to let the master-disciple pair of Xiao Yan and Yao Chen know that he was cultivating the Flame Mantra.

Sitting calmly on a sofa in a concealed VIP room, Lin Feng silently gazed at the auction hall below.

Just now, he had clearly sensed the greed in Xiao Yan’s eyes.

But he had long predicted such a situation.

Naturally, he could guess what Xiao Yan might try to do next.

After all, when it came to the allure of Heavenly Flames for someone cultivating the Flame Mantra, Lin Feng knew it all too well.

Though he didn’t wish to expose himself so early—wanting to lay low and grow quietly for a while—

He hoped to wait until he reached a high-level Dou Huang before stepping into the public eye.

But for this auction, he had to show up in person—because he needed to trade for a number of extremely important resources:

Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva, the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Corpse, and more.

These were simply too valuable to entrust to others.

Especially the final grand item—it concerned information about the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

He had very high hopes for that.

If he hadn’t known that such information wasn’t considered top-secret,

he never would have dared to put anything related to a Heavenly Flame up for trade.

But if he could obtain a revival method scroll through this, then it would all be worth it.

After all, based on the original story, the Three Thousand Burning Flame was only acquired by the Pill Tower after Yao Chen’s death.

Which meant—Yao Chen himself had no knowledge about it.

As the auction entered its second half, the quality of the items on stage gradually soared.

And from this point forward—

All items could only be traded through barter.

As for gold coins?

Heh, sorry—not accepted.

After all, Lin Feng now lacked neither coins nor any real use for them.

To him, pill recipes, spiritual herbs, cultivation techniques, and Dou Techniques were far more valuable.

As time passed, the auction neared its final moments.

When the auctioneer successfully auctioned off a Mighty Huang Pill, Lin Feng knew—

It was his turn to step onto the stage.

”Let’s hope everything goes smoothly…”

A soft murmur echoed through the room.

The next instant, Lin Feng’s figure vanished.

”Haha, everyone—these last few items in today’s auction will be personally conducted by our Pavilion Master. I, this old man, will now take my leave.”

After the Mighty Huang Pill was taken away by a maid, the old auctioneer suddenly spoke.

Then, under many curious gazes, he slowly stepped into the staff passage.

Moments later—Lin Feng emerged.

From the shadows, Xiao Yan’s eyes flickered with a glint of killing intent upon seeing Lin Feng appear.

But he quickly concealed it.

As Lin Feng stood on the platform, he calmly met the curious, cautious, and even greedy gazes from below.

A soft smile appeared on his face.

Then, in a calm voice that echoed throughout the venue:

”Everyone, the next three items are the final pieces of this auction. And I will be personally overseeing them.”

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