This is what villains are like

The strange stone is placed horizontally on the jade platform in front of it, and wisps of rays of sunlight are gushing out from it, carrying a sacred aura, as if it can reflect the stone body into a gorgeous and transparent one.

In a trance, you can hear the loud voices of ancient ancestors offering sacrifices to God and praying for good weather.

"This strange stone was discovered by people from the Merchant Alliance under an isolated island overseas."

"One of them was an ancient bronze city that had been buried for who knows how many years. It was submerged under the sea. Almost 70% of the people sent to investigate were dead. In the end, only a few items were brought out, and this strange stone was one of them..."

"Some old scholars from the Merchant Alliance have personally studied it and read many classics for verification. They all agree that this strange stone may have existed for more than tens of thousands of years."

"But it's hard to tell what is in it, and it's very strange. The Merchant Alliance used various methods to explore and found that it was empty, and it didn't seem like something was sealed..."

"That's why this time the Merchant Alliance plans to take it out as an auction item."

The wealthy middle-aged man is the person in charge of the auction house, named Jiang Xun.

Like Uncle Ying, who had protected Jiang Lan before, he was given the surname Jiang and was responsible for many affairs of the merchant alliance.

He is also in charge of this auction meeting.

At this moment, seeing that Jiang Lan seemed to be very interested in this strange stone, he respectfully explained the origin of this strange stone to him.

In order to auction it at a good price, the Merchant Alliance has been building momentum for a long time, shaping this strange stone into something like a divine fetus and fairy egg, attracting the attention of many immortal sects.

Many monks and creatures came here after hearing the news precisely because of this.

This time the auction conference can be said to be a huge crowd and an unprecedented event.

"I see, let's go."

When Jiang Lan heard this, he waved his hand and asked Jiang Xun to go down.

"Yes, young master." Jiang Xun bowed respectfully.

Although the news about this strange stone spread out early, it attracted the attention of all parties.

But if Jiang Lan is interested in it and wants to keep it, then he can only think of an excuse and see if he can get rid of the matter at the auction meeting.

No matter what, the business alliance is about doing business.

If you don't show integrity on the surface, it will not be easy to deal with the major immortal sects in the future.

Jiang Lan knew what Jiang Xun was thinking, but he didn't care and didn't bother to explain.

He was actually waiting for the arrival of this strange stone yesterday, but due to the distance, this strange stone has not yet been sent to the imperial capital.

So I can only wait until today.

In the original plot, it was at this auction that Shang Mingyu, the remnant princess of the Shang Kingdom, spent a lot of money to auction off this strange stone.

Inside this strange stone is a piece of Taoist source condensed by the hands of a great supernatural power, and within the Taoist source, there is also a wisp of the emperor's aura sealed inside.

The Qi of the Emperor is a kind of aura, a kind of great atmosphere, which was condensed and gathered after the emperor in ancient times offered sacrifices to heaven, the people's aspirations, the world's aspiration, and the approval of heaven.

It not only contains the extremely mysterious meaning of the emperor, but also a kind of representative and symbol. To win the emperor's aura means that he is recognized by God and has the support of the people. He is the most orthodox emperor from ancient times to the present.

Shang Mingyu possesses the Great Wish Ball, the most precious treasure of the Hong Kingdom, which can be used to deduce chance and destiny, and he has known about the existence of this object for a long time.

Therefore, she planned to auction it off and use it to assist the sixth prince Qi Qingxuan in fighting for power in the future to compete with Emperor Xia.

Although Jiang Lan did not practice the art of the emperor, nor did he have the intention to govern his family and country, it did not prevent him from cutting off the emperor's spirit and taking it for himself.

Although he can't use it now, it doesn't mean that he won't be able to use it in the future.

In addition, he could also use this strange stone to plot against Shang Mingyu and Qi Qingxuan in advance.

"It's a bit troublesome to silently extract the Emperor's Qi from it, but we can only try..."

"In addition, Shang Mingyu only knows that it contains a ray of emperor's aura. She has never seen the emperor's aura herself."

"She may not be able to detect it if it is fake."

Jiang Lan has already made a lot of preparations.

As several jade talismans flew out, they turned into streams of light and scattered everywhere, completely covering up the atmosphere in the box.

Jiang Lan also put a lot of thoughts on the strange rocks in front of him.

The center of his eyebrows glowed, and his cheekbones were reflected completely transparently. An inexplicable aura surged out from the center of his eyebrows, as if there was a vague and terrifying shadow emerging behind him.

Then his spiritual thoughts spread, spreading like mist, and soon completely covered this strange stone.

The next moment, the little soul figure in his sea of ​​consciousness walked out and turned into a ray of light. It followed the cracks and gaps outside the strange stone, looking for the reflected sunlight, and went inside the strange stone.

The stone skin is full of cracks, but they are not deep and can only extend to half an inch inside.

There is an inexplicable force permeating it, like fetal membranes, blocking the invasion of the outside world.

This is the piece of Taoist source that contains the Emperor's Qi.

If ordinary people want to test and see what is contained in it, they will be blocked by that source of truth, even if they use exotic treasures to survey it.

The eyes of Jiang Lan's soul glowed with a faint light, as if there was an ancient calmness spreading from him, trying to erode the inexplicable power.

Through the stone skin, you can faintly see the piece of Taoist source wrapped in it.

However, as the soul eroded away, Jiang Lan soon discovered another problem.

Daoyuan's fetal membrane is getting thinner and has a tendency to diminish. If it continues to erode, Daoyuan will break in advance.

"If this piece of Taoist source is broken, the Emperor's Qi in it will escape, even if it is captured and sealed immediately..."

"There's only one other way."

Jiang Lan was not surprised by this.

He did not intend to destroy the structure of the strange stone and the source easily. Otherwise, with Shang Mingyu's intelligence and vision, as well as the most precious ball of great ambition, it would be easy for her to see its flaws and deduce the calculation within it.

The next moment, a hazy blood light shone on Jiang Lan's head, and a calm and waveless river of blood flowed, seemingly running through the void.

Jiang Lan thought, and the strange stone was immediately swept away by the river of blood, and was soon submerged in it.

Threads of blood continued to penetrate and permeate.

And in his hand, there was a wisp of bloody evil energy slowly condensing.

In order to make this bloody aura more realistic, Jiang Lan removed the bloody smell from it.

Then he used the Four Spirits Ancient Heaven Technique to condense four phantoms of the Four Saints, surrounding this wisp of blood evil energy, making his aura more solemn and solemn, and revealing a kind of sacred vastness.

At first glance, the aura of the blood evil is pure and strong, with the phantoms of the four saints Green Dragon, White Tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu surrounding it, forming a defensive posture, just like the emperor of heaven patrolling the common people in ancient times, with dignity and majesty.

"In this case, if I didn't know clearly, I would probably be frightened right away."

"After extracting the aura of the emperor, and then combining it with the remaining aura, it is not difficult to confuse the fake with the real one."

Jiang Lan nodded with satisfaction.