Ke Wuxin's exceptional talent and potential are revealed, with a sixth-rank power from the Grand Cosmos World planning to personally assess him for ascension. Su Chen learns that the Head of the Imperial Academy is at the peak of the Seventh Level of the Divine Lord Realm. Realizing his current strength is insufficient to confront the Academy's leaders, Su Chen decides to visit Xuanbaofang, a renowned auction house, in hopes of acquiring treasures to rapidly increase his power. Upon arriving, he notices a young woman wearing a mask, whose hidden strength intrigues him.
And that middle-aged woman was even more terrifying, Middle Stage of the Seventh Level of Divine Lord Realm!
Su Chen looked over deeply, waves were crashing in his heart.
Since when could you just casually run into such top-level experts of this caliber?
Especially that young woman—Peak of the Fifth Level of Divine Lord Realm at just over ten thousand years old, isn’t that terrifying? At the very least, she could completely crush Ke Wuxin across thirty whole tiers without any problem at all!
Who on earth is this woman? From the Imperial Academy? Impossible. If she were from the Imperial Academy, what would that leave for Ke Wuxin? Same as me, from Traceless Heaven? Even more impossible. Traceless Heaven, at least at this stage, definitely doesn’t have such a monstrously strong Monster, Su Chen was sure of that.
Su Chen even suspected for a moment that he had misread it.
"Iceflame, those two women..." Su Chen couldn’t help asking the Iceflame Vermilion Bird.
"Peak of the Fifth Level of Divine Lord Realm, Middle Stage of the Seventh Level of Divine Lord Realm." Iceflame directly gave the answer; Su Chen hadn’t seen wrong.
"This is really strange, to randomly bump into two such terrifying existences." Su Chen muttered to himself.
"Young Master, let’s go in." Jia Tiansheng didn’t know what Su Chen was thinking and spoke respectfully.
"Alright." Su Chen once again cast a deep look at the young woman and the middle-aged woman, then withdrew his gaze.
The very next second.
Two hundred meters ahead of Su Chen and Jia Tiansheng, the young woman and middle-aged woman who had already entered the auction venue were speaking softly.
"Aunt Lin, that overly young young man behind us, could it be he saw through something? He looked at us twice." the young woman asked, her voice pleasant to the ear, like a clear spring, with a faint hint of cheerfulness.
"How is that possible? Half-Step Divine Sovereign Realm doesn’t have that kind of Eye Power yet. However, that young man is not yet Five Hundred Years Old. He can be considered a top-level genius." The middle-aged woman called Aunt Lin smiled, somewhat teasingly: "That brat is probably interested in your back. After all, our Yu’er has great temperament and a great figure. Even if you’re wearing a mask, your figure and temperament can’t be concealed."
"Aunt Lin, you’re talking nonsense." The young woman was a little flustered and exasperated, her flower-like body trembling lightly, a pair of agile eyes flashing with a trace of shyness and a trace of willfulness.
"Alright, Yu’er, don’t overthink it. You insisted on coming to the Minor Thousand Worlds and even snuck out. Don’t waste time now. For today’s auction, properly experience the auction atmosphere of the Minor Thousand Worlds. Tomorrow, when Xia Geng goes to the Imperial Academy to assess that Ke Wuxin, we’ll be heading back."
A trace of anticipation appeared in the young woman’s beautiful eyes: "Father said that the Immortal Slaying Physique is one of the top-level physiques, ranking very high on the Grand Cosmos World physique rankings. I wonder if this Ke Wuxin, after going to our Blood Cang Realm, can create some Miracles and raise the might of our Blood Cang Realm."
"Yu’er, the Immortal Slaying Physique is indeed worth looking forward to, but Ke Wuxin is ultimately an outsider. Whether the Blood Cang Realm can finally be promoted to a Fifth Grade Power or fall to become a Seventh-Rank Forces still depends on you. You are, after all, the Territory Master’s only daughter." Aunt Lin said earnestly and sincerely: "This time, you wanted to come see the Minor Thousand Worlds, so Aunt Lin brought you here to help you relax. After you return this time, you must work hard in cultivation. The pressure on you is heavy."
The young woman nodded heavily.
Her name was An Yu.
The sole daughter of the Territory Master of the Grand Cosmos World Bloodstorm Sky Domain.
Within the Blood Cang Realm, she was the one and only Little Princess, enjoying an exalted status.
This time, the Blood Cang Realm had pretty good fortune and discovered a Super Genius from a Minor Thousand Worlds, named Ke Wuxin, who possessed the terrifying Immortal Slaying Physique. The Territory Master of the Blood Cang Realm intended to bring Ke Wuxin to the Blood Cang Realm and sent his True Disciple Xia Geng to the Minor Thousand Worlds to assess Ke Wuxin.
The so-called assessment was just going through the motions.
"Senior Brother Xia Geng can actually independently take charge and go assess others now." An Yu stuck out her little tongue, smiling playfully and willfully: "I still remember when Senior Brother Xia Geng had just joined our Blood Cang Realm, he was a famously useless good-for-nothing."
"Alright, that’s old history now." Aunt Lin said with a smile, tinged with affection: "Don’t bring that up anymore in the future. Although Xia Geng is, of course, far, far inferior to your talent for martial cultivation and your status in the Blood Cang Realm—worlds apart, really—he is at least a True Disciple and has now been favored by your father. His reputation has to be maintained; don’t go poking at his scars."
"Got it. Aunt Lin, you’re so naggy." An Yu said, quickening her pace: "The auction is about to start. Maybe we can pick up one or two good treasures."
Meanwhile.
Led by Jia Tiansheng, Su Chen had gone directly to the back hall of Xuanbaofang.
Su Chen sat in a chair within the back hall, sipping the tea that had been brought by a Maid, while Jia Tiansheng stood behind him, admittedly a little nervous. If Su Chen hadn't persistently insisted, Jia Tiansheng wouldn't have dared to come here at all.
Soon.
A middle-aged man entered from a hidden doorway within the back hall.
He was, in fact, at the Divine Lord Realm First Level.
He presented a very amiable appearance.
Yet Jia Tiansheng lowered his head even further in fear, becoming even more respectful. Amiable? Could someone "amiable" become the Old Emperor’s Child? Could someone "amiable" step into the Divine Lord Realm?
What’s more, this individual was the Third Hall Master of Xuanbaofang.
Xuanbaofang possessed a total of three Hall Masters.
As for the identity of the Grand Hall Master, no one knew to this day—only speculation existed. The Grand Hall Master's focus was not on Xuanbaofang, and the Third Hall Master, this seemingly amiable middle-aged man before them, was actually the current acting steward overseeing Xuanbaofang.
"This old man is Wang Yi. I do not know how to address Young Master..." The amiable middle-aged man approached, neither servile nor overbearing. His eyes, gleaming with a sharp light, fixed upon Su Chen and narrowed slightly. A Half-Step Divine Sovereign Realm cultivator under Five Hundred Years Old was quite a notable achievement.
"Surname Su." Su Chen did not reveal his full name, offering only his surname.
"What matter does Young Master Su require?" Wang Yi asked directly. As the de facto person in charge of Xuanbaofang, he was extremely busy and had no intention of engaging in idle chatter with Su Chen. He also presumed Su Chen to be a direct descendant of a significant figure from the Imperial Academy.
"Count these for me, and tell me their worth in True Stones." Su Chen directly presented Wang Yi with a Space Ring.
The Ring contained several dozen treasures.
All of them had been acquired from the Di Family’s Emperor’s Treasure Abyss. These treasures were of no use to Su Chen, so he had not utilized them. However, given their origin from the Di Family’s Emperor’s Treasure Abyss, they were undoubtedly excellent treasures and highly valuable.
And Su Chen, coincidentally, was completely penniless, lacking the True Stones needed to bid on the desirable items in today's auction, which led him to devise this plan.
Wang Yi examined the Ring's contents with an impassive expression. Initially, he hadn't held much expectation.
But upon his first glance, Wang Yi's expression drastically shifted.
His heartbeat accelerated wildly.
Pure ecstasy!!!
Utter disbelief.
These... these several dozen treasures, each and every one of them qualified as a rare treasure. Any single item among them could be presented at the auction to openly serve as one of the final ten featured lots.
