Return of the Immortal Emperor Daddy

Chapter 486 - 487: The Female Thief of the Generation [Third Update, Please Subscribe]

The Sect Leaders and Family Heads were all stunned. They hadn’t expected the young Sect Hierarch to hold Wu Tian in such high regard. They figured this Wu Tian was about to strike it rich. He had caught the eye of the very person currently taking the Underground World by storm, and she even wanted him to join her Great Sect. In their eyes, Wu Tian was on a fast track to success.

Just as the young woman was about to ask Wu Tian more questions, a sudden commotion erupted from the auction below. She couldn’t help but glance down. On the high stage of the tavern’s auction floor, a pot was now on display. One could tell at a glance that it was no ordinary item. Its body exuded magnificence, embellished with paintings of a hundred beasts. Moreover, the energy it emanated was distinctly different from Yuan Energy.

Lv Hengliang approached the Beast God Pot and gently flicked its body with his finger. Instantly, a clear, resonant sound echoed out, reverberating in everyone’s ears and seizing their minds.

"Is this the legendary cookware? It must be an Immortal’s possession!" an unknown person shouted. The cry seemed to detonate the venue, which instantly erupted with excitement.

Yes! The aura of this pot is extraordinary, completely different from Yuan Energy. The energy on this pot... it must be Immortal Energy!

Inside the Tian-class private room, the young woman let out a soft, "Huh?" and abruptly stood up from her chair. Many believed that the pot that produced the Peach Blossom Sauce must be an Immortal’s possession. However, the Great Sect possessed other information about Immortals.

How could an Immortal’s Magical Treasure be a piece of cookware?

For that reason, Luo Qingyi had only come to watch the spectacle. But now, she hadn’t expected this legendary cookware to genuinely be related to the Immortals. Other than the legendary "Immortal Energy," she couldn’t fathom any other type of energy that could be so different from Yuan Force, yet so profound.

And the Peach Blossom Sauce? The rumors of its theft must have been true, as was the panic of the Lv family in the days that followed. Yet, Lv’s Spring and Autumn Pavilion just presented the Beast God Pot that makes the sauce. This means they must have come into contact with an Immortal! If not an Immortal, who else would so casually present such a treasured artifact? Only an Immortal would be this nonchalant.

"Apart from conveying my message to Wu Tian, you must also help me investigate Lv’s Spring and Autumn Pavilion. See who they’ve been in contact with recently."

Those Sect Leaders and Family Heads, though highly esteemed, dared not be presumptuous in front of Luo Qingyi. Zhao Tianxia had high status, but even he was not as lofty as she was. The Sect Leaders and Family Heads immediately promised, "Yes!"

In the grand auction hall, those who had heard that the Peach Blossom Sauce had been stolen and had come specifically to mock the Lv family were now both disappointed and thrilled. Meanwhile, Bai Yang and Wu Wo stood in the crowd, their expressions pained. Their plan had been shattered before it had even begun. It was as if they had been caught daydreaming, leaving them utterly mortified.

"In addition to auctioning dishes made using this Beast God Pot today, the Beast God Pot itself will also be auctioned!" When Lv Hengliang announced this, the scene erupted once more. Many people stared, dumbfounded, so overjoyed they nearly fainted.

"Is it true?"

"I must win the bid! I will certainly discover the traces of the Immortals from it!"

"No, I will be the one to get it! And I will be the one to find the traces of the Immortals!"

Everyone was ecstatic, each one eager to obtain the legendary cookware.

"Traces of the Immortals!" Inside the Tian-class private room, it wasn’t just Luo Qingyi; the other Sect Leaders and Family Heads were also incredulous, their eyes burning with desire. As Immortal Seekers, their greatest ambition was to find such traces. This legendary cookware... it must belong to an Immortal!

The eyes of every major power and every Immortal Seeker present burned with eagerness.

Getting their hands on the legendary cookware through legitimate means would be ideal, of course. But if not... many of the self-proclaimed righteous Immortal Seekers present wouldn’t mind resorting to banditry. To obtain this Immortal’s Magical Treasure and discover the traces of the Immortals... what was a little thing like ’face’ in comparison? What did it even matter?

The auction began, with the first items up for sale being the prepared dishes. Luo Qingyi and the representatives from the other major powers all managed to win bids. Upon tasting a single bite, their faces filled with astonishment. Who could have imagined that simply eating a dish could increase one’s Yuan Force? It was something they would have never dared to even dream of, yet such a dish truly existed!

"This dish was made by that Beast God Pot... that pot is simply divine!"

"It must be an Immortal’s Magical Treasure! How else could this be possible?"

"Yes!"

Their gazes were glued to the Beast God Pot.

"The bidding will start at 200,000 milligrams of Antimatter!"

Finally, Lv Hengliang announced the starting price. What is Antimatter? It is, without question, the most expensive substance on Earth. In theory, it can be used in future spacecraft, but its production method is exceptionally complex. It would take scholars on Earth’s surface an entire year of nonstop work to produce a single gram. Of course, using Yuan Force changed things, greatly increasing efficiency. Nevertheless, it remained undeniably expensive. One milligram was equivalent to 170 million yuan. Two hundred thousand milligrams... it was an astronomical price!

Yet no one in the tavern was surprised, dissatisfied, or uttered a single word of protest. They all felt the Beast God Pot was worth the price. After all, it was an Immortal’s possession. It might lead them to the traces of the Immortals, and perhaps, they too could achieve immortality. In their minds, Immortals were beings who never died. From that perspective, a starting bid of two hundred thousand milligrams of Antimatter seemed perfectly normal.

"210,000 milligrams of Antimatter!" an Immortal Seeker immediately called out.

"220,000 milligrams of Antimatter."

"..."

In less than an hour, the bid had already soared to a staggering three million milligrams of Antimatter. And that wasn’t the final price—it was still climbing!

Meanwhile, Wu Tian himself was not in the tavern. He had asked Yin Fengxue and the others to keep an eye on things for him. The Beast God Pot, an invaluable treasure to everyone else, was merely one of his own casual creations.

While some of the Sect Leaders and Family Heads were busy bidding, Wu Tian had taken the little one to cultivate near their headquarters. He and the little one were absorbing all the ambient Spiritual Energy in a frenzy. If those Sect Leaders and Family Heads were to return, they would be so devastated they wouldn’t even be able to cry. As prominent regional powers, the territories they occupied were naturally rich in Spiritual Energy, far beyond what other places could compare to. But now, so much Spiritual Energy had been siphoned away that the areas were almost as barren as any ordinary place in the Underground World.

"Dad, even thieves should know when to stop, you know?" the little one suddenly said.

She felt they had absorbed enough Spiritual Energy. After eating the meat, you should at least leave the bones for others, right? If those Sect Leaders and Family Heads returned, she’d be discovered and truly become a thief. That was something the little one could not allow. She was destined to become an Emperor, not a master thief!

"What thief? We aren’t stealing Spiritual Energy, we are borrowing it!" Wu Tian said earnestly.

"But we’ve already taken the Spiritual Energy, and we can’t give it back."

"You child, why do you have to speak such blunt truths?" Wu Tian carried the little one and left. He didn’t like being considered a thief either!

At that moment, they entered a large city in the Underground World. As Wu Tian’s Spiritual Sense spread to cover the underground metropolis, he suddenly sensed something and involuntarily let out a soft, "Huh?"