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"Someone actually placed another bid?"

A stunning figure sat upright atop her meteor platform, her face veiled in black, leaving only her delicate chin exposed. Even her loose silk robe could not conceal her graceful figure and breathtaking beauty. She seemed somewhat surprised as well.

After much effort, she had used indirect means to arrange for a high-ranking member within the other party’s legion to be persuaded into putting this item up for auction again.

The starting price of two A-Rank Plot Points was painful enough, but if she could obtain it at that price alone, she could still accept it.

Ever since her Heavenly Demon Secret had reached the sixteenth level, she had been unable to break through to the seventeenth. Yet her senior sister in that space seemed to have used the Longevity Art to achieve her breakthrough.

Two A-Rank Plot Points were already quite painful for her, especially since she had only just escaped those people’s pursuit and removed the curse on her.

She had not expected anyone else to be interested in this, though. That had been a miscalculation.

After adding one B-Rank Plot Point to her bid, she watched in secret, hoping the other party would not raise the price again.

But when she heard the bid of three A-Rank Plot Points, she could only feel helpless.

Most Reincarnators might keep some low-level Plot Points in reserve, but they would never leave many high-level Plot Points unused. Turning them into strength first was always the safer option.

Not to mention that she had already run into a series of troubles before. If she wanted to put up more now, she would have to auction off or mortgage some of her special items.

That would undoubtedly directly affect her strength. Besides, so many people had failed to uncover anything from the Longevity Art. Even with some hints from her senior sister, she might not necessarily discover anything.

She truly could not make up her mind to bid again. And judging by the other party’s determined attitude, even if she quickly converted and sold her possessions, she might not be able to win it.

Then she would have sold her things, only to be unable to buy them back at the same price.

"Still, if he is willing to pay this much, the buyer must be confident about this item. Perhaps I can try contacting him…"

On the other side, Xu Yue did not hesitate at all and directly raised the bid to the highest price he could accept.

If someone outbid him again, he would give up on this item, which might not even prove effective.

But clearly, two A-Rank Plot Points had already been a high starting price. Three A-Rank Plot Points completely crushed everyone’s interest.

It had changed hands thirteen times already, and no one had managed to figure it out. Tying up three A-Rank Plot Points in it only to perhaps have to resell it later at a loss for two A-Rank Plot Points was something no legion was willing to accept.

After Xu Yue successfully won the auction, the auction house system sent him more than a dozen anonymous contact messages.

All of them asked whether he was interested in selling the method to decipher the Longevity Art. They all claimed the price could be discussed and that money was no issue.

Clearly, his determined attitude had allowed quite a few old hands stationed at the auction house on behalf of their legions to smell something unusual.

Most of those messages were probably just probes and attempts. After all, sending one cost them nothing.

Among those messages, only one caught Xu Yue’s attention somewhat.

After discovering the secret of the Longevity Art, I hope to borrow your Longevity True Qi. Price negotiable.

Compared to the others, this brief message appeared more sincere to Xu Yue. Though the sender had not said much, they had made their purpose clear.

Borrow his Longevity True Qi?

Was it also someone seeking reinforcement through the power system of The Twin Dragons of Great Tang? Only someone who had obtained one of the Four Great Books would have such ideas. He just did not know whether it was the Heavenly Demon Secret or the Cihang Sword Canon.

A long-sealed memory flashed through Xu Yue’s mind. Tapping his fingers, he chose to reply anonymously as well, asking the other party to leave their contact information.

Both sides possessed relatively high military ranks, and their permissions allowed them to store one another’s anonymous contact codes.

Once that was done, Xu Yue returned directly to his personal space residence and ignored the other auction items.

Looking at the "book" in his hand, which was as impervious to water and fire as silk and recorded seven illustrations along with tadpole-like writing he could not understand, Xu Yue’s face took on a slightly strange expression.

"The seven illustrations aren’t metal, wood, water, fire, and earth after all…"

The original work had not explained the seven illustrations in detail. All he knew was that one protagonist was still while the other was moving, corresponding to something like yin and yang.

Yet after obtaining it and examining it carefully, Xu Yue found that he vaguely felt a connection and resonance with every one of the seven illustrations.

Having obtained a fully developed Sage Body and the Rinnegan, Xu Yue’s attributes had naturally been completed—fire, earth, wind, lightning, and water. Although he was nowhere near as proficient with Yin-Yang Release as Naruto and Sasuke had been after their cheats, he could use Black Rods and possessed the Sage Body’s recovery abilities, so he could be considered to have them as well.

And the seven illustrations of the Longevity Art corresponded precisely to those seven attributes!

Though he had not yet found a way to learn it, the fact that he could sense them proved that his judgment had not been wrong!

Fortunately, Xu Yue still had some legion training sessions left. And as the Second Legion, Beiyang’s legion training card was equivalent to the highest-grade card he could use.

Using an effect comparable to an Intermediate Training Card, along with Force Sense and the natural-energy absorption properties of his Sage Mode—

Relying on the exceptional physique of his fully developed Sage Body, as well as his soul, which had undergone strange changes—

Xu Yue finally gained the space’s recognition and entered the Longevity Art!

Perhaps because they had paid a great price when they originally obtained the Longevity Art, the space did not charge any additional fee for this initiation. It was just like learning a scroll such as Body Mastery normally.

However, Xu Yue did not feel that what he had obtained was of much help to him for the time being.

Strictly speaking, the Longevity Art was not some martial arts manual. Even the two protagonists of The Twin Dragons of Great Tang had merely used it to mutate the foundation of the Nine Profound Great Art they had mastered at the time, directly transforming acquired inner energy into innate energy.

After Xu Yue absorbed all seven illustrations and watched the Longevity Art in his hand disappear, completely "eaten" by him, he received a strange skill notification.

Longevity Art: Auxiliary ability. Can raise the level of energies one has mastered, strengthen perception, and strengthen control.

The description was quite simple. That was probably because he had only just begun learning it. He did not know whether it would gain other effects after being upgraded further.

When he tried to pour experience into it, he found that the minimum cost was an A-Rank Plot Point. Xu Yue decisively gave up for now, merely realizing that this thing was probably extraordinarily valuable.

For the moment, it had helped him in one regard: the time needed to enter Sage Mode had become shorter. He could enter it almost the instant he subconsciously wished to, completely skipping all preparation.

Moreover, what should have been violent Chakra had become incredibly gentle under his current control. The same was true even when he opened the Eight Inner Gates. He could manipulate it with effortless ease. Although the total amount had not increased, its quality had undergone a transformation he could not even describe.

It was rather similar to Chakra transforming into senjutsu Chakra, yet also different.

Xu Yue even felt that he could no longer describe the energy system in his body as merely Chakra…

That’s two updates finished. That’s all for today.

The Longevity Art is only an auxiliary ability for now, so the style won’t change that quickly.

Claymore is a classic, but Integrity Fungus definitely doesn’t dare write it.

One last thing: I meant that Apostles can forcibly consume N2, not that they would remain completely unharmed after eating it. Even Adam was blasted back into an embryo~