Transcending Limits 65 The Demoness and the Grand Auction

"Never thought you would have the heart to kill a beauty." behind him, Xiao Lian appeared.

"A beauty who is not wanted is a gem without value. When it isn't desired, no matter how rare it is, it is worthless."

A bit taken back, she was tongue tied.

Sheng Tian slowly spoke: "Say Xiao, is she evil?"

After a short while, Xiao Lian stared at the clouds "I don't know. To me, she is a person with her own beliefs and principles. Her ambition is vile, only to humans. Since the dawn of life, countless races came into existence and many of them are now extinct. Does that make the surviving races evil? It's only the survival of the fittest!

If humans were strong enough, they would have wiped out devils. So, you can't blame the devils for attempting the same. While the ambition of devils to slaughter the humans of this world can be selfish and not necessary for the survival, to expand in power and become the ultimate race of the Mythical World, it is inevitable.

There is no good or bad—Only strong and weak."

"Strong and Weak, huh. Having natural enmity, Devils and Humans are preordained to have no mutual peace. Only one of the races would remain standing. This is a play of destiny per se." Sheng Tian shook his head.

"Why do I feel like you are not regarding yourself as a human?" Xiao Lian had a slight frown on her stunning face.

"You are too perceptive. I don't regard myself as a human of this continent. I have no obligation to the land of this world or its people. They can rot to death for all I care. I only hope the devils don't provoke me. I just want more strength." his lips curled into a lazy smile, showing his honest disinterest.

"To be honest, despite how fucked up my life was on Earth, I still miss it." his eyes shone with nostalgia as Sheng Tian sighed deeply and muttered under his breath "Perhaps, one day, I can visit it."

Humans desire a sense of belonging. It is one of the most fundamental needs in life after food, shelter, and clothing. Having no place to call "home" is a sour feeling.

Some of Life's most precious possessions are realized only after they are lost.

Cherishing what we value before they perish is probably what leaves our life without regrets.

His words stuck a chord in her heart as a bitter smile appeared on her flawless face "I miss Earth, miss my home."

Looking at her sadness, something inside him pushed him as he lifted her chin gently and looked into her eyes "You are not alone now, are you?"

She snorted and turned her head sideways "I would rather stay alone and safe than stay with a pervert like you. Who knows how many dirty things you have in your mind?"

"Arrgh! I'm hurt. I'm trying to comfort you yet you slander me. How can someone like me purer than a baby have dirty thoughts?" He seemed like an innocent man wronged by the cruel world.

His face was so honest that Xiao Lian almost doubted herself. Snapping out of it, she glared at him with a pout directly knocking out Sheng Tian with cuteness.

"Alright, let's go back. We had something planned for the auction, didn't we?" He could only use his trump card seeing her.

As soon as she heard those words, a proud smile with anticipation and excitement appeared on her face as she strode forward and waved her hands "I'm treating you to dinner tonight as an advanced celebration."

"Hey, but you are still using my money!" he protested.

"What the hell? I am letting you store the things in the Snow Lotus so naturally, I own 90% of them as rent. I was only giving you the right to use them all this while." Xiao Lian said in a matter of fact tone.

Sheng Tian, who heard it almost fell his head first.

Rent? Rent my sister! Why don't you take 100% as rent then?

When he didn't reply, Xiao Lian said without turning back "What? You are thinking that I'm too generous, aren't you? It's fine, only 90% for the rent, even I feel admiration for my own generosity sometimes. Aii, I shouldn't be so kind. Kind people are always taken advantage of." she sighed in defeat.

Sheng Tian's jaw was wide open watching her becoming more and more shameless.

'Why can't anyone be like me? Humble, modest and full of Humility! If she even had at least 1% of my good qualities, she would have already ascended to heaven! Alas, It seems like I am lonely at the peak of kindness and humbleness.' Sheng Tian humbly thought.

He held her hand and the couple enjoyed the rare silence.

When Xiao Lian finally wanted to return to Snow Glazed Lotus, Sheng Tian suddenly held her face, kissed her luscious lips "Thank you. If you didn't tell me about her bloodline, I wouldn't even try fighting her."

Panting after the short, yet deep kiss, Xiao Lian's mind went blank. Only after a while did she recover her senses, but to cover up her shyness, she glared at him "Who asked you to ki...kiss me? You pervert! I am not easy."

"Then why didn't you reject me?" Sheng Tian licked his lips provocatively, relishing the sweet taste on his lips.

"You.....!" Xiao Lian's face turned bright red like a tomato as she fiercely twisted his waist and disappeared.

Screaming in pain to cover his sore waist, Sheng Tian nearly cried "You demoness. One day, I will make you obedient!"

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The battle of Yesterday left the Capital in chaos. Though the majority of the damage was taken by the buildings of Qin Estate, countless structures in the city also suffered from the collateral damage. Either from the shock waves or the debris, the homes collapsed, stalls were destroyed.

Yet, within one night, 50% of it was recovered by the Qin Clan. The buildings in the battle area of Qin Estate would take at least a month or more to finish. This is a world of cultivation where things like building a house is done extremely fast.

The epic fight left a shadow in everyone's heart. It planted a seed of fear. How can someone be so powerful? Most of the people may not see the truth but the ones who did couldn't hold their tongue and spilled the information.

Thus, it became known that a fight took place between OverLords in the Qin Estate. The one who fought the intruder was precisely the Head Grand Elder of the Qin Clan, Qin Mu. He was rumoured to be at the third level of the OverLord realm! He was not only not able to not kill her, but was also almost killed due to the sneak attack from the Alchemist 'Yu Yang'.

Apparently, the intruder—a luscious lady and Yu Yang seemed to be related judging by the nature of their powers.

The pathetic thing is that even 'Yu Yang' was able to escape. The Qin Clan practically lost all face they ever had.

However, even the oppositions of Qin Clan were not happy. Because no one had any idea about the enemy. An enemy in dark is the most dangerous!

If even the Qin Clan could not match them, then only the Sects and the Royal Family are capable. But who are these terrifying enemies? Why are the profound arts of the lady unknown to everyone?

The bloodlines of every human was suppressed severely the moment the python appeared!

Not just the citizens of the capital, everyone who heard the news had a lingering feeling of fear hearing the astounding news.

The other major powers would surely demand an explanation. The Qin Clan is going to be busy.

Whenever they recalled the scenes, they felt their backs drenched in sweat. So, The Grand Auction held today became the best topic to shift their attention to.

As the highlight of the Auction, the cultivation technique naturally became the most popular topic.

The capital was in a hustle as Countless cultivators across the continent arrived at Qin Capital City.

The disciples from the Sects, the Great Clans and even the noble families arrived.

The majority of the cultivators came to expand their horizons for they knew that there was no chance for them to snatch the technique from the giants.

Though the sects thought they had more valuable techniques, it doesn't hurt to have one more.

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In a restaurant:

An ordinary looking youth is eating with two young men and a young woman. The three had a look of reverence facing him.

The youth had a burning aura but the people around him only felt warm like spring and were comfortable.

One of the Young Men asked slowly "Senior Brother, Do you know about the battle yesterday?"

The youth's eyes burned with flames " It was an epic battle. The Whole city shook. The enemies remain unknown. But she is at least third level of an OverLord!" the last sentence of the youth was full of passion.

It was not a passion for strength but for the life it brings.

The three others nodded obediently. One of them asked, "Senior Brother, What if the enemy like that comes to our sect?"

The youth was silent before he laughed out loud. After taking his time, he slowly said "Do you think the Grand Elder of a Clan is the same as the Grand Elder of a Sect? Humph! Even our Senior Elders are OverLords! Not to mention the Head Grand Elder!" he snorted disdainfully.

The three seemed to enlighten as they smiled from ear to ear but the young woman asked slowly with a fearful expression "But what if she is not the leader of the enemies?"

Everyone fell silent. This is one of the darkest fears they all had in their hearts but didn't wish to reveal because if it is true, then it means that they are in serious danger.

The youth too didn't answer and kept eating. If he were to choose again, he would rather not bring this naive junior sister of his.

To avoid the topic, one of the young men spoke "Elder Wang would meet the head of the Qin Clan after the auction for information. He is now meeting those from other sects. I wonder if the Qin Clan reveals the truth..."

.... .... ...

Sheng Tian looked out of the window at the Monumental Tower.

He said "Xiao Lian, do you think the dead can reincarnate?"

Xiao Lian put down the candy stick and frowned in displeasure "How do I know?"

Sheng Tian didn't want to let go and spoke with a flattering face "Now, Now, the Great Divine Beautiful Young Lady is a person with a great heart and forgives this little one's mistakes, no?"

Xiao Lian rolled her eyes at him and didn't answer. Sheng Tian spoke out hurriedly "Fine, how about I kiss you as fee?"

"Hmph!" she snorted and turned around. The candy vanished.

It seems like the tsundere wants to play hard to get.

Sheng Tian approached her and rubbed his hands "You want something more?"

Xiao Lian hurriedly denied and surrendered "No, No. I will tell you, alright."

She jumped off the bed and went over to wash her hands. Her sweet yet enticing voice sounded out "There is probably only one person in the entire Divine Realm who can willingly reincarnate—the Mythical Goddess of Death!"

Goddess of Death.....Sheng Tian got a peculiar feeling when he heard this name. What was it? And how did Xiao know this? Probably, everyone in the Divine Realm knew? But this sounded more like a secret.

Looking at her back, he probed "You two are related, right?"

She continued washing her hands.

Sheng Tian sighed and didn't continue. "Alright, There are only two hours for the auction. Wake me from meditation later."

This time, she turned around fiercely "Che, You really seem me as a maid who wakes you up?"

Sheng Tian face had a righteous expression "No, these are the duties of a wife." and closed his eyes.

Xiao Lian blushed a little at his words, but soon sighed in distress thinking of his former question.

In the end, she didn't want to tell him. At least, not yet.

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"Big Brother Ling Chen, don't worry. The Sultry Snake was severely injured and would probably take a lot of time to recover. We did everything we could." Liu feifei comforted Ling Chen who looked like he got cuckolded.

"No, it is going to be troublesome. Little Feifei, I will grow strong and protect you." he held her hand. The next moment, he took Qin Qing's hand who was sitting next to Liu feifei and said: "and you too."

Qin Qing shed tears of joy as she used all her strength to nod and utter "En."

The author almost wanted to end her character in this chapter but alas, being the good man he was, he couldn't bear to do such a thing, It seems like he needs to learn to be more ruthless from the MC.

But he secretly thought 'Poor guys, they didn't know that the devil was already slain by a more terrifying devil.' and evilly chuckled from schadenfreude.

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Qin Mu, the Grand Elder was having a discussion with his son, Qin Feng.

Although yesterday he fought a big battle and was injured, he was, after all an OverLord. So, even though he was not back to his peak, he was still able to exert a lot of his strength and is recovering very quickly.

Qin Feng spoke hurriedly "Father, what do we tell those people from the sects and other clans? Event the Royal family is asking for an explanation. If it isn't convincing, we might be in deep trouble."

Qin Mu sighed lightly. He asked Qin Qing how she knew about it. She only told that Liu feifei told her. He wanted to interrogate the young woman by hook or crook and let out the secret.

However, she was a disciple from a sect with a renowned master and more importantly, Qin Qing said that she would rather die than let Ling Chen and Liu feifei suffer.

Qin Mu believed that Qin Clan would reach an unprecedented level under Qin Qing's leadership. So, if he became the reason for her death, then he wouldn't' be able to answer the ancestors in the underworld. He would become the biggest sinner of the clan. He had no choice but to give in.

Surprisingly, when he was about to give up hope, Liu Feifei told him the reason.

She had a treasure which can help to see other's cultivation level. She always keeps it with her, so when she saw an OverLord with Ling Chen and connected it to the recent news of Bloody Wolf added with her woman's intuition, she knew that things were really really bad. Hence, she pleaded to Qin Qing for help.

Qin Mu believed her words. He even admired her a little. If not for that treasure and her intuition, how can she find the enemy when even he couldn't?

Liu Feifei only asked to keep the matter of them having the treasure a secret and let it be known that the Qin Clan gifted the treasure to Qin Qing, who accidentally discovered an enemy with her guest and reported it to him. This would make everyone satisfied.

Qin Mu explained the 'reason' to Qin Feng. He didn't know the actual story and actually believed what Qin Mu said. Qin Mu was pleased with the result.

Then he spoke "Alright, tell them the truth. I have had that treasure long since and gave it to Qin Qing secretly after she won the trials. Who knew that we would discover such an enemy? Haai!"

"Send Qin Qing to the auction tonight. If possible, get the cultivation manual." Qin Mu spoke.

"Yes, Father." Qin Feng complied and left.

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On the top floor of the Myriad Treasure Star House, the young woman in golden clothes, was looking at the Qin territory where the battle took place.

Her solemn expression soon relaxed. "Did you find anything?" she said, to no one in particular.

"Royal Princess, we found the traces of the aura of that woman. It showed the north of the city leading to a desolate path. But....." the voice hesitated.

"But what?" the young woman raised her voice.

"But her traces vanished when she reached a mountain." it finished.

"Hm,...It is very likely that she used a teleportation token. But they are very rare nowadays that it is hard to believe she could use them twice-for escaping from the city and fleeing. However, considering her cultivation and strange techniques, it is not surprising." the young woman muttered.

"Leave"

'I need to check the Royal library for information. I hope it is not what I think it is.' she thought. Her eyes showed wisdom which was far beyond her age.

Chapter end