I, a spoiled young master, conquered the Crown Princess right from the start!

"puff……"

Chu Feng almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Thirty million?

Top-grade spirit stones?

Why don't you just die!

He'd seen people raise prices on the spot, but he'd never seen anything like this where prices just jumped off the ground!

Just now it was three million, and in the time it takes to slap someone, it increased tenfold?

"Old man, do you think I'm easy to fool?" Chu Feng's eyes turned somewhat dangerous.

"Hehe, kid, don't look at me like that." The one-eyed old man wasn't afraid at all. Instead, he took another swig of wine and said slowly, "This old man's tortoise shell is only sold to those who are destined to have it. That kid just now was all about money and vulgarity. Selling him three million was already doing him a favor."

"And you..." The old man's cloudy, single eye sized Chu Feng up and down, "You're much more interesting than him. So, the price should naturally be more interesting too."

"Thirty million top-grade spirit stones, not a single one less."

"Of course, you can also choose to take it by force." The old man grinned, pointing to his neck. "I'm just an old man with a worthless life. You can kill me now, and the tortoise shell will naturally be yours. But..."

He changed the subject, his eyes becoming meaningful.

"This thing has a spirit and recognizes its master. If you try to take it by force, it will hide itself. At that time, forget about the innate power inside. Even if you smash it to pieces, it will just be a pile of useless junk."

Chu Feng's pupils suddenly contracted.

This old man actually knows about innate power!

He is definitely not an ordinary person!

"Who exactly are you?" Chu Feng asked in a deep voice.

"Who I am is not important." The old man waved his hand. "What's important is whether you buy it or not. If you don't, I'm closing up shop. I've had enough to drink today, it's time to go home and sleep."

As he spoke, he slowly began to tidy up the pile of junk on the ground.

Chu Feng's expression shifted between light and dark.

Thirty million top-grade spirit stones were not something he couldn't afford.

However, he was still somewhat annoyed at being extorted by an old man of unknown origin.

"Give it to the little brother."

Just as Chu Feng hesitated, Yao Ji's voice rang in his mind.

"This old man is a bit strange; I can't see through him. Moreover, since he can point out 'innate power,' it means he knows the true value of this tortoise shell. Thirty million top-grade spirit stones to buy an innate object that may contain the secrets of the beginning of heaven and earth—you've hit the jackpot."

"That's right," the Master echoed. "This person has a... very strange aura about him, neither human nor object, exuding a contradictory sense of decay and rebirth. Try not to antagonize him."

Hearing that even the Demoness and the Master said so, Chu Feng no longer hesitated.

"OK!"

He squeezed out a single word through gritted teeth.

It's just 30 million, isn't it?

I gave it to you!

With a thought, a storage bag filled with thirty million top-grade spirit stones appeared in his hand.

"Here you go. Now, this is mine." Chu Feng tossed the storage bag to the old man, then put the tortoise shell into his storage ring.

The one-eyed old man took the storage bag, scanned it with his divine sense, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Heh heh, kid, you've got guts."

He put away his storage bag, stood up, dusted off his backside, and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute," Chu Feng called out to him.

"Is there anything else?" the old man asked, turning around.

"I spent 30 million to buy a piece of broken tortoise shell from you, so you have to tell me what this thing is and how to use it, right?" Chu Feng asked, staring at him.

"Heavenly secrets must not be revealed."

The old man smiled mysteriously, swayed unsteadily, and blended into the crowd, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Only a faint sentence remained, echoing in Chu Feng's ears.

"The beginning and end of a relationship are all preordained. When the time comes, you will naturally know... Hehe, I hope you won't be crying then..."

Chu Feng's brows furrowed tightly.

"Playing tricks."

Chu Feng looked in the direction the old man had disappeared and muttered a curse under his breath.

He spent 30 million top-grade spirit stones, only to be told "Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed." No matter how you look at it, this deal feels like a huge loss.

"Let's go back."

Afterwards, Chu Feng led everyone back to the Ascending Heaven Tower without continuing to wander around.

Upon returning to the No. 1 courtyard, Chu Feng immediately activated all the restrictions on the courtyard and then eagerly took out the tortoise shell.

"Master, is this the treasure that cost you thirty million top-grade spirit stones?"

Shi Xuanfei curiously came closer, picked up the dark, earthy tortoise shell, and examined it from all angles.

"No matter how you look at it, it looks like an ordinary piece of junk."

"Yes, Young Master Chu, there isn't even a trace of spiritual energy fluctuation on it," Lin Wanyin couldn't help but say.

Although Chu Qingge and Zhuge Yue did not speak, the doubt in their eyes said it all.

"You don't understand, this is called the great way is simple, returning to the original nature." Chu Feng said this nonsense in a serious tone, and took the tortoise shell back from Shi Xuanfei's hands.

He probed it with his divine sense, but was bounced back by an invisible force, making his head buzz.

"What a powerful restriction!" Chu Feng was shocked.

"Boy, don't waste your energy." The Master's voice rang out, "The seal on this contains a trace of the laws of heaven. With your current cultivation level, forcibly breaking it will only result in a backlash."

"What should I do? I can't just spend 30 million to buy a decoration, can I?" Chu Feng said, somewhat annoyed.

"Try it," the Master suggested. "Since this item is destined for you, it might have an unexpected reaction."

Chu Feng nodded, agreeing with the statement.

He took a deep breath, mobilized the chaotic power within his body that combined the power of a saint, the origin of the abyss, and the blood of immortality, and carefully transferred it towards the tortoise shell in his hand.

hum-

The moment his power touched the tortoise shell, the originally ordinary tortoise shell suddenly burst forth with a dazzling nine-colored divine light!

An ancient, weathered, and vast aura emanated from the tortoise shell, instantly filling the entire courtyard.

Faced with this aura, both Zhuge Yue, who was at the Saintly Monarch Realm, and Chu Qingge, who was at the Great Saint Realm, felt a sense of insignificance and awe emanating from the depths of their souls.

It was as if they were facing not a tortoise shell, but an ancient world that encapsulated the history of an era!

Within the nine-colored divine light, countless profound and complex golden runes, like swimming fish, emerged from the cracks in the tortoise shell, slowly flowing and finally converging in mid-air to form a... incomplete star map!