Chapter 446: Chapter 443: Causing Great Harm

"Young Fellow Mo, isn’t this a bit much?" one of the Immortals asked, displeased.

"If you think it’s too much, you don’t have to participate in the auction. Did I force you?" Mo Qi retorted, not giving him any face at all.

After speaking, he looked at the other experts and added, "That goes for the rest of you, too. If you don’t want to bid, you’re free to leave. I, Mo Qi, am an honest man. I never force anyone into a deal."

An honest man?

The experts could only scoff internally.

’If you’re an honest man, then there are no villains left in the world. We might as well have world peace,’ they thought.

"I’ll count to three. If no one makes a bid, then we’ll call this whole thing off. It’ll save me the trouble."

Mo Qi held up three fingers and glanced nonchalantly at the crowd. Without giving them any time to think, he began to count, "Three."

He didn’t pause. The moment the word left his lips, he lowered one finger. "Two."

Just as he was about to say "one," the experts couldn’t hold back any longer.

"I’ll offer two stalks of Immortal Spirit Grass!"

"I’ll offer three Blood Crown Flowers!"

"A section of Yellow Valley Immortal Root, plus a drop of Earth Core Flame Milk!"

"I’ll offer..."

Resigned, the Immortals began to bid one after another.

Regardless of whether Mo Qi was being unreasonable or whether they were willing, the peanuts that could solve the problem of the babies in their bellies were a necessity. Everyone wanted to get their hands on them as soon as possible.

The crucial part was that they couldn’t communicate and collude in secret, making it impossible to suppress the price.

If they all refused to bid, or all made low bids, who would go first and who would go last?

With only ten peanuts available each time, if they didn’t fight for a spot, who knew if they would die from the pain by the time their turn came around.

Seeing the prices climb ever higher, Mo Qi remained calm on the surface, but inwardly, he was ecstatic.

He faintly felt he had stumbled upon something incredible—’A foolproof method for getting rich quick!’

Meanwhile, in the Spirit Pool, of the eight hundred thirty-six people who had entered, only Liu Ruyan and Feng Liang were still standing. Everyone else had collapsed, unconscious.

Through the Spirit Pool’s Array, Liu Ruyan and Feng Liang saw everything that was happening outside.

Feng Liang was stunned by Mo Qi’s ability to manipulate the situation so masterfully. Faced with so many powerful Immortals, he not only remained perfectly calm but had also turned a desperate situation into a shocking reversal.

He was especially gobsmacked by the mass pregnancy incident; his jaw had dropped so wide it nearly dislocated.

’How the hell is that even possible?!’

"Brother Mo has fought for so much for us. We can’t let him down. Let’s begin our Cultivation."

Liu Ruyan gazed affectionately at Mo Qi outside the Spirit Pool and murmured to herself. Then, she averted her gaze, cleared out a Cultivation Area, and sat down cross-legged to begin absorbing the benefits of the Spirit Pool.

Hearing this, Feng Liang nodded, quickly composed himself, and sat down to cultivate a good distance away from Liu Ruyan.

Outside the Spirit Pool, although the Immortals were in the middle of a heated auction, they were still aware of every little thing happening inside.

Seeing Liu Ruyan and Feng Liang enter a state of Cultivation, the experts secretly shook their heads.

The ancestors of the Feng Family and the Liu Family did the same. The two sighed, the worry on their faces far outweighing any joy.

"Hahaha, you brat Mo Qi! Your methods may be heaven-defying and your schemes profound, but you still can’t plan for everything. You think you’ve helped them, but you’ve actually done them great harm!"

Inside the Treasure Tower Immortal Artifact, Huangfu Zhong paused his healing and burst out laughing, his voice filled with ridicule.

Hearing this, Mo Qi’s eyebrow twitched slightly, and he stopped stir-frying the peanuts.

He turned to the two Immortal Ancestors from the Feng and Liu Families and asked, "What does he mean by that?"

The two Immortal Ancestors from the Feng and Liu Families froze for a moment, then shook their heads in unison.

"It’s nothing. He’s just fearmongering, spouting nonsense to try and affect you."

"That’s right. Young Fellow Mo, you don’t need to pay him any mind."

"What’s really going on? Tell me the truth!" Mo Qi didn’t believe the two Immortal Ancestors. How could he not see they were being insincere?

Before the two Immortal Ancestors could speak, Huangfu Zhong interjected, "Hmph, if they won’t tell you, then I will!"

"The amount of medicine in the Spirit Pool was added based on a predetermined number of people. In other words, the amount that was supposed to be absorbed by eight hundred thirty-six people is now being funneled entirely into those two."

"The Spirit Pool has a unique characteristic: it cannot be opened until all its medicinal efficacy has been completely consumed."

"So... hehe."

Mo Qi raised an eyebrow. "So what? They’ll explode from the medicinal power?"

"Explode? Not quite," Huangfu Zhong sneered. "But an overdose of medicinal supplements is unavoidable. By then, although their Cultivation will take a quantum leap, their foundation will become incredibly fragile. I imagine you understand the implications of that, don’t you?"

Mo Qi nodded.

Spirit Medicines, after all, were just external aids. Relying on them occasionally wasn’t a big deal, but relying on Medicinal Power to break through realms consecutively would have a huge negative impact on one’s Martial Dao journey.

It was even trickier to deal with than hidden injuries.

"So, what do you think? I said you did them great harm. I wasn’t exaggerating or fearmongering, was I?" Huangfu Zhong was eager to see a look of vexation on Mo Qi’s face.

However, to his disappointment, Mo Qi was the same as ever—not anxious, not vexed, and certainly not regretful.

"You..." Huangfu Zhong was extremely displeased at not getting the reaction he wanted.

"I get it! You don’t care about them at all. That’s why you’re so calm."

As Huangfu Zhong said this, many of the Immortals showed looks of sudden realization.

Paving the road to hell with good intentions, only to wash one’s hands of the matter in the end—that was just human nature.

Even the Immortals from the Liu and Feng Families had slight changes in expression, their eyes complex.

It seemed there was no other plausible explanation.

"If that’s all you wanted to say, then you’re both boring and naive!" Mo Qi tossed out this sentence and ignored Huangfu Zhong, returning his focus to making peanuts.

Mo Qi’s composure made Huangfu Zhong feel as if he had just punched a bale of cotton—utterly powerless.

’Damn it!’

Huangfu Zhong cursed inwardly, then sneered, "And here I thought you were so noble. Turns out you’re nothing special. Such a pity, ruining two promising young talents just like that."

"Liu Family, Feng Family, it seems you’ve bet on the wrong horse this time!"

Just as Huangfu Zhong was about to say more to drive a wedge between Mo Qi and the Liu and Feng Families, a drastic change occurred with Liu Ruyan inside the Spirit Pool.

Liu Ruyan had already broken through to the Void Realm back in the Mountain and Sea Empire. Now, stimulated by the immense Medicinal Power in the Spirit Pool, not only did her Realm stabilize, but her Cultivation began to soar.

Early-stage Void Realm... Mid-stage Void Realm... Late-stage Void Realm... Peak of Void Realm...

Her ascent through the Realms seemed to have no bottleneck.

BOOM!

Before Liu Ruyan even had a chance to properly comprehend the mysteries of the Void Realm, her Cultivation had already reached the Profound Void Realm!

In a matter of minutes, she had crossed a chasm that many people might never surmount in their entire lives.

Moreover, the Medicinal Power was still abundant. The Profound Void Realm stabilized in the blink of an eye, and her Cultivation was already advancing toward the Mid-stage Profound Void Realm.

Liu Ruyan panicked.