Chapter Seventy-six: The Auction

  "I'm telling you, brother, come and judge for yourself. Is this treasure not a good thing? They're offering such a low price, aren't they just trying to take advantage of me? I've known you for one meeting, but it's better to sell it to you at a discount!"

  The young man with mouse eyes seemed to be in a hurry and couldn't cope with those few people, so he quickly found Lei Chen for help, seemingly wanting to sell the gold-white stone block in his hand to him.

  Li Chen secretly laughed to himself, these people's acting skills were too clumsy, no matter how he dodged, several of them would still try to bump into him, and someone even took out a small knife and kept slashing at the backpack under his cloak.

  If he didn't mind looking for trouble, these few adventurers who were only around the seventh or eighth level of the Inner Breath Realm would have been knocked down by him with just a few punches.

  Unfortunately, he thought so, but others didn't think so and were convinced that he was a soft touch.

  Crack!

  After remaining unmoved at dawn, the golden white stone in the young mouse's hand somehow fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

  "Wow, you...you think I'm easy to bully, right? I was kind enough to sell my treasure to you at a low price, and yet you broke it. You...you owe me compensation!"

  The young man with a mouse-like face suddenly became angry and grabbed Li Chen's cloak, shouting loudly.

  "Damn it! I finally found this treasure with great difficulty, and you little brat broke it. Hurry up and compensate me!"

  Those adventurers cursed and scolded each other, but in an instant they turned from quarreling to cooperating, surrounding Li Chen together.

  Li Chen felt annoyed in his heart, but more was puzzlement.

  Such a big business in the Treasure Pavilion, how can someone be smashing things here and no one comes out to manage?

  Those martial artists and adventurers around aren't fools either, they can naturally see the cat's claw, but some people don't understand the situation and follow along to stir up trouble.

  Bang!

  Seeing the young man with mouse eyes making progress inch by inch, reaching into his cloak to grab his own backpack, Li Chen's anger ignited, and he pressed down on his wrist, using a bit of force.

  Ah!

  A shrill cry rose up, and the rat-eyed young man began to shout like a pig being slaughtered.

  Several others were shocked and rushed over to rescue the mouse-eyed youth without delay.

  "Get out!"

  Li Chen casually raised his hand and this young man with only seven layers of cultivation was suddenly thrown up and knocked down those few people.

  It wasn't until then that everyone realized the person wearing a cloak, whose face couldn't be seen clearly, was not some country bumpkin, but actually an overlord!

  "You... you just wait!"

  As soon as the master made a move, it was clear whether he had any skills or not. The young whippersnapper also knew that he had met his match and hastily retreated with the support of several accomplices.

  "What a disappointment!"

  Li Chenxing came to sell his treasures with great enthusiasm, but unexpectedly encountered two unpleasant things in a row. Although they were small matters, for him who was already uncomfortable at heart, it was completely adding fuel to the fire.

  "Come on, friend, let's have a chat over here!"

  The commotion subsided, and the crowd reformed their queue. As Li Chen waited, a martial artist dressed in the attire of the Treasure Pavilion suddenly walked up to him, bowed with cupped hands, and spoke in a rather courteous tone, completely unlike the haughty demeanor of those servants.

  "Is it over yet?"

  Li Chen's face was gloomy and he replied bluntly.

  "Haha, friend misunderstood. Regarding the disturbance you experienced in our house earlier, our steward said it's all settled with a 50% discount purchase!"

  The samurai was taken aback, and then smiled warmly.

  "Five percent? Are you sure?"

  Li Chen's eyes lit up, and the unknown fire in his heart dissipated a lot. The corners of his mouth hidden under his cloak also curled up involuntarily.

  "That's natural, the reputation of Jibao Ge, friends can go out and ask around, I have never cheated any fellow Taoist!"

  The warrior's face revealed a hint of pride, and he bowed his hands to survey his surroundings.

  Everyone nodded in agreement, and as they looked at Li Chen's gaze, a hint of envy flashed across their faces. If what had just happened had fallen on them instead, that would have been great.

  No matter what, selling all the treasures on his body can also add a few more suitable ones.

  "Good!"

  Li Chen nodded and followed the warrior up to the second floor, soon entering a luxurious room similar to the one on the first floor. The sign outside now read "Lingbing" instead of just "Bing".

  It's clear that these second-floor VIP rooms are all prepared for cultivators who have reached the True Intent Realm.

  In the room sat an old man in brocade clothes and two beautiful maidservants who were no more than twenty years old.

  "Sit down!"

  The old man in brocade robes waved his hand casually, and a maid bowed down, pouring water into the teacups on the table.

  Li Chen didn't mince words and directly sat down in front of the old man: "Did this gentleman just say that I have to add 50% to everything I sell?"

  "Don't worry, it's all right! The Treasure Pavilion wouldn't lie for such a small amount of money!"

  The old man in brocade clothes raised an eyebrow, somewhat displeased. Li Chen asked again, implying that he should quickly take out whatever it was and leave with the money.

  Obviously, the old man in brocade also didn't think that Li Chen had a very strong cultivation, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to the sales department below.

  "That's great!"

  Li Chen nodded in satisfaction and pulled out his backpack from under the cloak, starting to rummage through it item by item.

  "Feng Huo Jian, Ling Ya Ci, Duo Ming Bi, Qing Lang Zhao!"

  The old man in brocade clothes was not very concerned at first, but as the things were placed on the table, his eyes began to change, and finally even cold sweat came out of his forehead.

  This is a treasure that cannot be measured by wealth, it's clearly something that needs to be purchased with yuan stones, and not a small amount either.

  That warrior by the side, his eyes were wide with wonder, piece after piece of shimmering aura-edged blades, those were all spiritual weapons, he was just a ninth-level inner breath realm warrior, let alone owning one, he had never even seen so many.

  Could it be that this country bumpkin who doesn't even have basic common sense has found the hidden treasure of some lone powerful master?

  But that's not all, Li Chen reached into his pocket and suddenly pulled out a large hammer.

  Then he took out several pieces of somewhat damaged treasure armor, all of which were spiritual stage defensive gear.

  "That's enough... That's enough, we're talking about... Talking about..."

  The old man was sweating profusely, losing his previous composure. He had a mind to refuse, but ultimately gritted his teeth and said: "We're talking about the weapons you plan to sell below!"

  "What? You want to back out now?"

  Li Chen raised an eyebrow, which clearly indicated that he was going to tease him.

  "Haha, how can I regret it?!"

  Suddenly, from outside the originally soundproof room, a slightly hoarse laugh was heard.

  Li Chen turned his head to look, and saw an old man with white hair and a youthful face walking in slowly, whose spirit was sharp. What made him feel slightly chilled was the faint aura emanating from the other's body.

  "Master!"

  In an instant, Li Chen's mind flashed with this thought, and he hastily got up and bowed his hands: "I've seen the old master!"

  "Got it!"

  In the room, the old man who was originally there had already stood up and was standing on one side.

  "Haha, judging from your voice, you're probably quite young. I'm Guan Canghai, older than you by a few years, so let's just call each other friends!"

  Guan Canghai smiled and gestured for several people to sit down and talk, casually sitting beside the tea table.

  "Whatever you say, sir!"

  Li Chen slightly bowed his head, but didn't say out his own name, obviously he didn't want to reveal his identity.

  "Hehe, don't be modest, little friend. The Treasure Pavilion is going to hold an auction soon and we're still missing a show-stopping treasure. You've arrived just in time!"

  Guan Canghai didn't mind, took a sip of tea and smiled faintly.