All is Fair in War and War

A Phoenix Crystal?! A High-Ranking one at that?! How is the even possible?!

A Phoenix Crystal is something that most clans would kill for. This was especially true for the Black Dragons and Demon Qilin clans that have the highest affinities to fire in the Federation, other than the Dark Phoenix Clan.

This crystal is said to originate from the Phoenix Empire which has close ties to the Federation. It can help one comprehend the dao of fire five times as fast with 5 times less effort. The affinities to fire for the Black Dragons and Demon Qilins could make a genius in my generation who would be between the first to the third layer of dao comprehension increase their comprehension all the way to the sixth layer at least. It was a resource that even I was tempted to bid for it, but that was just to sell at a higher price as I was already at the peak of the third layer of dao comprehension in the dao of fire. The only reason why I didn't continue is because the dao of fire is not what I want to make my foundational dao since once you break past the third layer of dao comprehension you complete one of the 2 requirements to break through to the Realm of Dao.

I still don't know much about the Realm of Dao but what I do know is that the daos you want to make your foundational dao should be at least at the peak of the third layer. You can have at most two foundational daos and you have to choose them carefully as while you still learn more daos, your foundational daos would without a doubt be the most important as they will be the daos you will use in all of your battles going from the Realm of Dao onwards. I have already decided to make time and space my foundational daos and while I could easily reach the realm of dao in both daos I was hoping to see if there was a treasure or resource that contained spatial or chronon essence. It would help me gain an even deeper understanding of time and space allowing me to use them in ways I never thought possible.

"The bid will start at 20,000 noctcoin with an increase of a minimum of 5,000 every bid," Lia said almost making me fall out of my seat.

Thanks to Genesis being at the damn near the apex of cultivation and technology the price of crypto was much more than it did on earth. For example, 1 bitcoin is $30,000 on earth but on Genisis 1 noctcoin is 50,000 Zelle which is the paper currency in the Federation. So the fact that the starting bid for the crystal was one billion Zelle, an amount of money that most of the mortals in the Federation would never see, most people would not even bother to bid but...that was not even pocket money to the poorest person in here.

"40,000 noctcoin." Said a man in one of the normal seats in front of the stage. He raised the initial price by twenty thousand which means he either has no knowledge about auctions which is very unlikely or he is trying to weed out the weak bidders early, thus helping find out which bidders to watch out for and who he can strong arm.

The door of my private room opened and I turned to see the satisfied and cheeky face of Everen who seemed to be in a very good mood coming from wherever he came from

"How did it go?" I asked already knowing the answer.

"We are good. They have already secretly planted cameras and bugs in all of the private rooms and they will send everything to our holocubes when the auction is over. Now we just have to sit back, enjoy the show and bid on anything that we might want." He confirmed making me sigh a breath of relief inwardly. With this, my plans and life in the academy can proceed much easier.

Everen took his seat next to me and asked "What are they bidding for?"

"Phoenix Crystals," I replied and enjoyed the disbelief that marked my uncle's face while the bids kept on rising.

"Looks like they were right, everyone is bound to make enemies with somebody when all this is over. I would say I hope they don't start beef with the wrong person but I would be lying to myself." He said solemnly but I knew he was just acting.

"150,00 noctcoin, anybody who bids higher will become an enemy of me and the Immortal Blood Sect!" shouted a loud and masculine voice that quieted down the whole auction and put most in the normal seats in fear while the rest acted like nothing happened, nothing needed to be said for the rest of the bidders in the private rooms.

The Immortal Blood Sect was a peak seven-star force that was the overlord of Sin City, a lawless and chaotic city that resides in the south of the Federation. At first, it was supposed to be a place where the top class can dump their money in and become a tourist attraction but due to gang wars and other conflicts made the investors pull out and there are just half-finished luxury builders and other places that faintly resemble the place that it was supposed to be. Of course, the Immortal Blood Sect was able to become the overlord thanks to either eradicating or forcing other organizations to join their banner causing them to have a strong hold on the city while of course giving a cut to the crime syndicates, royals, and other members of the top class.

Recently there have been rumors of 2 more forces that have been giving the sect trouble, causing them to invest heavily in their disciples and make deals to gain valuable resources. There has been some small conflict here and there but anyone could tell war was inevitable.

I shook my head at the fool who I think was the supreme elder of the sect throwing his weight around when he really wasn't qualified to even be here. My only guess is that because rumors say that the sect master of the Immortal Blood Sect is the personal cum drainer of Duan Ru Feng, the young master of the Duan family from the Black Dragons.

"Old Dog Wang, don't think because the sect master of your sect is the favored cum dumpster of one of the Black Dragons' most talented geniuses you can strong-arm people like you own the place. This isn't Sin City where you can play king amongst a bunch of ruffians, this is the big leagues where you are nothing but a water boy so with all disrespect SHUT THE FUCK UP AND KNOW YOUR PLACE!!!" responded a person who I never expected to even be here let alone respond like that.

Everen laughed out loud in pure amusement and mockery at the voice who just bitched the supreme elder of the Immortal Blood Sect and said while still wheezing "Of all the fucking people it had to be him?! Does this fucking idiot still think we don't know what happened to his son?!" he laughed in contempt and I couldn't help but find myself nodding.

After all, if I was in his shoes I would be finding any way possible to kill Zantar after what he did. Personally, I wouldn't go like that, but that's just me since I and him are for sure not of the same caliber. I honestly couldn't find a sensible reason why he would do this as even if you wanted to bid you could've gotten an assistant to speak for you or at least come in a disguise but now that everyone knows whose voice that is I can only imagine the demons that are about to come out right now.

"Well I can only guess that he is still very mad after everything that happened so for him to be strong-armed by someone who he sees as inferior must have finally made him snap. A pity as him speaking is now going to make him a target of complete humiliation but enough of that let's watch. Things are about to get good." I answered.