Seeing many people attracted to stay, Zhou Qingyun, afraid of inciting public anger, quickly spoke:
"This Spirit Emperor's Cultivation insights are quite special. They are not the Cultivation insights of a human Spirit Master, but those of a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast that has transformed into a human. This auction item was discovered by an exploration team from an auction house near the Extreme North Land, in the Immortal Cave of a long-fallen Spirit Douluo. Inside..."
Hearing Zhou Qingyun's words, many Spirit Masters who had stood there wanting to hear what was going on complained about Zhou Qingyun for a bit and turned to leave, showing no intention of staying.
Cultivation insights of a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast transformed into a human—if there was anything real inside, how could it have failed to sell all the way from the Extreme North Land to Vast Sea City?
Hearing the complaints from below the stage, Zhou Qingyun explained the bidding conditions according to the process without blushing or his heart skipping a beat.
Because it was a previously unsold item, this auction item had no set starting price or bidding requirements.
"100 gold coins. I want to see what's written inside."
After listening carefully to the host Zhou Qingyun's narration, Yu Yan called out the price without hesitation, giving a reasonable excuse along the way.
Hearing someone bid, Zhou Qingyun quickly called three times, and Yu Yan successfully obtained the item.
Because of these Cultivation insights, Yu Yan, who had some interest in the unsold products, listened for a while before getting up and leaving quickly.
It was perfectly normal for no one to bid on these items.
For example, damaged storage-type spirit tools, broken thousand-year Spirit Bones that had lost their effect, or parchment scrolls with incomprehensible scribbles—it was a variety of miscellaneous and tattered things.
After paying the gold coins at the back of the auction house, Yu Yan successfully received the two items he had bid on.
Leaving the auction house, Yu Yan, worried that someone might be secretly following him, wandered around Vast Sea City for many circles. He changed his clothes in a clothing store and, after repeatedly confirming no one was following him, finally returned to the small rented courtyard.
It was always good to be cautious; after all, he had just flexed hard with this fake identity at the auction house.
"Yu Yan, you're back! Quickly tell me what interesting things happened at the auction?"
Seeing Yu Yan enter the door, Xiao Wu, who was playing with the Spirit Cat, immediately left the little cat and ran to Yu Yan to ask about the auction.
As luck would have it, when Xiao Wu ran over, the Spirit Cat also ran along with her.
"Don't rush, listen to me slowly."
After sitting down with Xiao Wu, Yu Yan began to recount his general experience at the auction today, specifically picking out some interesting items to share with her.
Hearing the interesting things that happened at the auction, a lingering joy appeared on Xiao Wu's face.
When she heard about the twenty-three-thousand-year Whale Dragon, Xiao Wu, who already knew its function, opened her mouth in surprise.
Hearing about the miraculous spirit tool cannon, Xiao Wu began to imagine the scene when this spirit tool was activated.
Finally, hearing that Yu Yan had bought the Cultivation insights of the human Spirit Emperor transformed from a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast out of curiosity, Xiao Wu felt both pleasant surprise and a sense of fright.
The surprise was because these Cultivation insights might not be of much help to human Spirit Masters, but they would definitely be of great help to her.
The fright was because she was really afraid Yu Yan would guess her identity; she knew very well the temptation of a hundred thousand year spirit ring and a hundred thousand year Spirit Bone for human Spirit Masters.
Feeling anxious, Xiao Wu tentatively asked Yu Yan: "Did you really buy these Cultivation insights just out of curiosity?"
"Otherwise, could there be any other reason?"
Yu Yan, who had been waiting for Xiao Wu to confess of her own accord, threw the question back at her.
The problem Yu Yan worried about was that proactively stating he knew her identity as a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast transformed into a human would scare her away.
Furthermore, Yu Yan felt that this matter really needed to be brought up by Xiao Wu herself.
"Hahaha, I'm also very curious about the contents of this book. Can I take a look first?"
Xiao Wu didn't answer the question; she used the method Yu Yan was best at to change the subject.
"Read it if you want, there's no need to ask me specifically, right?"
This Cultivation insight book was bought for Xiao Wu in the first place; if she wanted to read it, Yu Yan had no objection at all.
"Um..." Suddenly not knowing what to say, Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment: "Yu Yan, how do you view those Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beasts that transform into humans?"
"I've seen in some books that after a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast becomes human, they can't change back into a Spirit Beast and need to start Cultivating from scratch like humans. From this point of view, they should be almost the same as humans, right?"
"Also, have you heard about the matter of the Clear Sky Sect's Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao falling in love, marrying, and having a child with a Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Grass transformed Spirit Beast?"
Seeing Xiao Wu nod, Yu Yan continued to state his view:
"So, I think a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast transformed into a human is no different from a normal human."
As someone who had watched movies, TV shows, and anime like The Legend of the White Snake, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, The Seven Fairies, The New Mad Monk, Fox Spirit Matchmaker, and The Black Armor, Yu Yan didn't really care about humans falling in love with other species.
When he was young, Yu Yan had also fantasized about some little animal he might have saved in a past life coming to repay him after turning into a human, helping him with his homework and buying him Spicy strips to eat.
"Is that really what you think?"
"That's really what I think. There are no outsiders here, why would I lie to you?"
Facing Xiao Wu's inquiry, Yu Yan gave a definite answer.
Getting Yu Yan's definite answer, Xiao Wu clearly became even happier. She sat on the chair and opened the Cultivation insights of the human Spirit Emperor transformed from a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast to read, hoping to find something helpful inside.
After Xiao Wu was immersed in the book, Yu Yan got up to pack his luggage.
This trip to Vast Sea City had reached Perfection, and it had been a while since he left Balak City. Thinking that the attention he had drawn back then had likely dissipated, it was time to return.
The next day, after returning the current house at the Brokerage, Yu Yan carried the Whale Dragon he bought in Vast Sea City on his back, Xiao Wu held the Spirit Cat, and the two of them left Vast Sea City together.
When they came to Vast Sea City, they took a detour to Fasinuo City to see the scenery there.
When returning to Balak City, Yu Yan did not choose to take a detour; he planned to return to Balak City as quickly as possible in a straight line.
During this return to Balak City, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu continued to engage in Spirit Duels in cities with a Soul Fighting Arena, participating in gambling duels to win gold coins.
The two of them, whose Physical Body was equivalent to a Three-Ring Soul Venerable, were simply invincible among First Ring Spirit Masters.
Without using Spirit Abilities, the feeling of directly crushing opponents with Physical Body strength was, honestly, quite refreshing. This was Yu Yan's true feeling after sending an attack system Spirit Master flying with a single punch.