The White Cat's Divine Scratching Post

Chapter 46: Counterfeit

Crack. Lord Shi Di crushed the armrests under his hands. He slowly extended a hand and pointed to the divine weapon on the stage, then pointed to Mo Tianliao and said "That's... that's... the divine weapon?"

"Correct." Mo Tianliao looked excited, like a drowning man who had finally found a life-saving straw.

The kitten jumped onto the lion's head, looked up and sneered. He had already said it was a piece of trash, yet everybody still regarded it as a treasure, anyone who bought it would surely regret it.

The atmosphere was somewhat awkward but the auctioneer on the stage seemed completely unaware. He was still vigorously extolling, "Great art conceals itself. This is characteristic of Lord Duantian's greatest works. Ladies and gentlemen, don't forget Shi Di's Taiji Sky Splitting Ax or The Xuanyuan Ground Tearing Hammer, which are among the best top-grade spiritual weapons, practically half Immortal Weapons..."

Shi Di frowned. Why did they have to use him as an example?!

Hearing this, the people in the crowd all nodded. They recalled that one of Lord Duantian's ultimate treasures looked just like a common wood chopping ax, and felt less doubtful about the pig-killing knife on stage.

"You should know that no one has been able to finish refining this divine weapon for the 300 years since the death of Lord Duantian," the auctioneer's tone became calm once more and he assumed an "I'm just an honest businessman" look. "For now, this is just an invincible magical weapon, nothing else."

This helped further allay the crowd's doubts, who hadn't heard the news? They naturally knew that this divine weapon had a problem, if it didn't, someone would have taken it long ago and started a blood bath.

"Over the past 300 years, many craftsmen have discovered more or less how to activate the divine weapon. Included in your purchase you'll also receive these research notes," The female auctioneer took out a jade slip and said with a smile.

After this remark, the atmosphere of the audience once again became excited. Those who wanted to buy the divine weapon were, of course, people who knew a craftsman or were themselves craftsmen, but no one had been able to complete it for three hundred years, even if they suddenly took over, they also wouldn't know how. Acquiring their predecessors' knowledge would, of course, save a lot of effort.

"The starting price is 300,000 top-grade lingshi," the auctioneer said.

Although it was an unfinished product, a divine weapon was a divine weapon, its price could not be lower than that of an immortal weapon, but it was also not much higher.

After the starting price was quoted, it kept rising by ten thousand lingshi at a time. In reality, only a few demonic Lords and several high-level craftsmen would bid. Other cultivators simply did not have the power to do so.

"Shishu, it seems some demonic Lords also want this divine weapon, I'm afraid we..." In a remote private room, a cultivator, dressed in a Taoist robe decorated with flowing clouds, was trying to dissuade the young man next to him. The youth had been born with fine features and was very handsome, he looked just like an ordinary teenager, but upon closer inspection, he was surprisingly already a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

"How will we know unless we try?" The boy said and motioned to the other cultivator to continue bidding, unconsciously rubbing the wrist guard under his sleeve, "Don't bid more than 500,000."

The wrist guard seemed to be made out of silver and was inlaid with various rare precious stones, most of them a deep sea-blue. It was very similar to the bracelet worn by Mo Xiaozhao, except that it was slightly wider and one end was rounded while the other end was convex. It had been Lord Duantian's wrist guard and it contained a huge storage space, but even so many years after Duantian's death, the soul mark on it had not faded and he had no way to open it.