Moon cleared her throat and said, "The next item is a rare spiritual beast in the cultivation world."

As soon as she finished speaking, there was an uproar among the audience. Spiritual beasts were precious treasures in the cultivation world and were rarely seen. They were divided into several types. Wu Tian looked at the jade slip and saw that spiritual beasts were divided into three types.

The first type was the treasure-hunting spiritual beast. These beasts were able to explore and find precious refining materials and medicines, making them very useful for wandering grandmasters. However, they were only possessed by powerful grandmasters from large sects and were rarely found among lower-level ones.

The second type was the medicinal refining spiritual beast. They were usually captured and raised by large sects to refine precious pills, and their bodies were considered treasures. Some could even be used as refining materials. However, they were extremely fast and difficult to catch unless they were surrounded by many people. Even grandmasters in the combined period might find it difficult to catch them. Since these beasts usually appeared in pairs, they were usually raised to breed and produce offspring to refine pills, which was considered cruel. However, in the cultivation world, survival of the fittest was the norm.

The third type was the attack spiritual beast, which was not easy to encounter. They were difficult to catch and required a lot of strength. If one could train them, they could be used for combat.

If a cultivator in the initial stage of the Yuan Ying realm had an attack spiritual beast, they could fight against a cultivator in the middle stage of the Yuan Ying realm, and even kill them. However, there were many types of attack spiritual beasts, some strong and some weak.

Wu Tian did not know what kind of spiritual beast was coming up next, but he was looking forward to it.

Several palace servants carried a small box in and placed it on the counter.

Moon opened the black cloth cover amidst everyone's anticipation, revealing a furry insect-like spiritual beast.

Wu Tian immediately stood up, his eyes emitting a cold light, and he angrily cursed, "Damn it, what a bad omen!" He had a strong impulse to rush over and kill it.

If someone were to ask what Wu Tian hated the most, the answer would undoubtedly be known to everyone...

When Landy saw the "adorable" spiritual beast, her eyes sparkled with joy, and she had the urge to rush over and hold it. It was too cute, with big round eyes, a brilliant golden light shining all over its body, and a hard shell protecting its body. Any young girl would be moved by it, especially when they saw its eyes full of spirituality and wisdom.

Just at this moment, Lu Yan suddenly felt Wu Tian's killing intent burst out, and she was puzzled and overwhelmed by the pressure. Her face turned red from being suffocated.

When Wu Tian took a deep breath and suppressed his impulse, he noticed Lu Yan's situation and immediately dissipated his killing intent, but also left Lu Yan gasping for air.

Wu Tian quickly apologized, but Lu Yan dared not accept it and quickly said it was okay, secretly wondering what was going on with this senior. Did he discover some enemy down there?

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Because Wu Tian's momentum had been shrouding the seventh private room, his killing intent did not leak out, so others did not notice anything strange in the room.

Wu Tian didn't even glance at the "cute" insect spirit beast shining with golden light on the counter.

Meanwhile, the auction continued.

Moon nodded and chuckled softly after looking at the people in the hall. This thing was not worse than the few top-grade items, and she wondered what price it could fetch.

Moon continued to introduce, "This is a treasure-hunting spirit beast - the Golden Silkworm Butterfly."

Boom!

There was an uproar and commotion below. These were all children of major sects and aristocratic families who must have heard the news and realized that the competition would be fierce this time.

Moon frowned slightly and said lightly, "Please be quiet, seniors." The noise below indeed subsided.

Moon said, "This treasure-hunting spirit beast - the Golden Silkworm Butterfly - is a relatively rare spirit beast, and is also a high-grade spirit beast in the category of treasure-hunting spirit beasts. I believe you all know that it can evolve into a butterfly in the future. Right now, it is still in its larval stage."

However, for cultivators, even when it grows up, few can break through to the next realm. Whoever can obtain it must have at least a split-stage cultivation base. Some people may not be able to break through the next realm even after thousands of years.

Moreover, the lifespan of the Golden Silkworm Butterfly from larval stage to adulthood does not exceed 500 years, so what Moon said was not false.

Moon continued, "Because this is a cherished spirit beast, the starting price is five million immortal stones, and each bid must not be less than one hundred thousand immortal stones."

The fierce bidding began, with many cultivators offering higher and higher prices. In a moment, the price was raised to ten million immortal stones.

Wu Tian was wondering whether he should buy the damn insect and kill it.

If the thoughts of Wu Tian were known by those bidding, they might gang up on him.

The price kept rising, and those in the Yuanying stage were clearly from the major sects, as they were all bidding.

The disappointment of many people could be seen when the price reached 30 million immortal stones.

However, Wu Tian noticed a strange figure. The "cute" golden silkworm butterfly kept looking in his direction, and had been looking at him since he appeared.

This drove Wu Tian crazy. Was it provoking him? Did it know about his killing intent and was challenging him???

Wu Tian stared fiercely at the golden silkworm butterfly, and a staring contest began. Lu Yan was confused. At first, she thought the butterfly was looking at her, but when she saw Wu Tian and the butterfly having a "staring contest," she realized that the butterfly was facing off against Wu Tian.

Huh? Did the senior just emit a killing intent at the golden silkworm butterfly? It doesn't make sense; this little spirit beast doesn't have the power to fight Wu Tian. Lu Yan thought strangely. The more she thought about it, the stranger it became, and the more she wanted to know...

No one had any idea what the "staring contest" between Wu Tian and the golden silkworm butterfly was about.

The price continued to rise, and only a few scattered people were bidding when it reached 50 million immortal stones. Not many sects could come up with 50 million immortal stones; even a small immortal stone mine wouldn't have that much.

Yue'er was happy to see these people bidding, as the higher they went, the more she would earn. She felt so delighted watching those few still competing. She really wanted to kiss the cute little creature, but when she looked at the golden silkworm butterfly, she found it oddly staring at the seventh box.

Slightly perplexed, she also looked at the seventh box, but it was impossible to see inside from the outside.

The moon is not a cultivator, so it doesn't have the powerful ability to reveal itself.

The Golden Silkworm Butterfly seemed to have intelligence and stared at Wu Tian without blinking. The longer he stared, the more Wu Tian realized that this little creature was not ordinary. During this process, through some strange eye contact, Wu Tian had a weird feeling that maybe, just maybe, the little creature liked him.

No, it couldn't be. Wu Tian thought about how he was nearly killed by bugs in the Heavenly Battle Formation. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became and continued to glare at the Golden Silkworm Butterfly.

The Golden Silkworm Butterfly's watery eyes responded to Wu Tian's gaze, as if asking, "Why don't you like me?"

Wu Tian completely fainted...