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No one bid for the 10,000 spirit crystals offer, and the auctioneer brought down the gavel to confirm the sale.

The spirit sword marked with three bamboo leaves was delivered to the VIP room on the third floor.

Qin Yu didn't lift his eyelids even once from beginning to end.

But his mind was racing. The appearance of Qingfeng Sect's items at the Martial Emperor City auction suggested two possibilities: first, the sect's disciples lost or were robbed while venturing into Martial Emperor City with their magical treasures; second, someone was putting pressure on Qingfeng Sect and deliberately letting Qingfeng Sect's items enter the auction channel to test Xue Sha's reaction.

Zhou Yaoyun said yesterday that Qin Weier and Xue Fengyin have arrived in the Martial Emperor Continent, in Yanlong Prefecture.

If they brought Qingfeng Sect's standard magical artifacts with them and someone discovered the Qingfeng Sect's insignia, then someone could connect Blood Fiend with the Qingfeng Sect through that connection.

The people in the VIP room have already started chatting.

The auction continued, and there were no significant developments in the thirty-first to thirty-sixth lots.

The thirty-seventh item has been brought to the stage.

"Lot number thirty-seven, a bottle of Soul Purifying Elixir, of superior quality, capable of repairing damage to the soul, starting bid one thousand spirit crystals."

As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, Lei Ming, from the fifth row of Section A, raised his paddle.

"two thousand."

He didn't hesitate for a second; this bottle of Soul Purifying Elixir was his sole purpose for coming today.

Qin Yu sat in a corner of Section B, looking at the bottle of counterfeit goods he had personally switched on the stage. There was no smile on his lips, but he was counting the numbers in his mind.

The bottle of spiritual liquid on the stage only had 30% of its medicinal effect. Ye Qingxue's flower fairy spiritual energy made its spiritual energy fluctuations consistent with the genuine product in the short term, but anyone who bought it and actually used it would find that it was just a bottle of waste water that had cost a lot of money.

"Three thousand."

Another sect representative followed.

Lei Ming glanced back at the man, his expression clear.

"four thousand."

The speed and magnitude of the price increase dashed most people's hopes. The market price of the Soul Purifying Elixir fluctuated between three and four thousand, with four thousand spirit crystals already close to the upper limit.

"Four thousand five."

The person bidding against the price changed; it was an unknown sect representative sitting in the back row of Section A.

"Five thousand."

Lei Ming immediately pushed the price over five thousand, his tone carrying an undeniable ruthlessness. With a budget of ten thousand spirit crystals allocated to him by the Thunder God Sect, he was confident he could hold out against anyone.

No one else followed suit; five thousand spirit crystals for a bottle of Soul Purifying Elixir was already beyond the normal price.

The auctioneer brought down the gavel, and the sale was completed.

When Lei Ming received the spirit liquid bottle, his expression was as if he had finally snatched a piece of fat meat. His sixth-grade demon beast was waiting for this bottle to repair its soul at the border of Wu Kui Prefecture.

What he didn't know was that he spent five thousand spirit crystals to buy a bottle of Flower Fairy Sparkling Water with only 30% of the medicinal effect.

When he returns to use it on that sixth-grade demon beast, he will find that the effect of repairing the soul is less than one-third of what was expected. Moreover, after the flower demon's spiritual energy dissipates, the low-grade soul-purifying dew remaining in the bottle will cause an adverse reaction. Not only will the demon beast's soul not be repaired, but it may also suffer secondary damage.

Qin Yu watched from a corner of Zone B as Lei Ming stored the counterfeit goods into his storage ring, but his mind was preoccupied with something else entirely.

At the checkpoint outside the city, Lei Ming said something like this: "After the auction, I will come to you personally and dig out the demon core of that bull demon."

That debt hasn't been settled yet.

The auction continued, and items numbered from thirty-eight to ninety-one were sold one after another. Qin Yu did not raise his paddle even once throughout the entire auction.

When lot number 92 was brought to the stage, the atmosphere in the entire hall changed.

"Lot No. 92, The Secret Records of the Western Netherworld, contains a complete map of the Western Netherworld Sea and information on the defense deployment of related areas. Starting bid: 2,000 spirit crystals."

All eyes in the audience instantly focused on the yellowed ancient book on the stage. The Western Nether Sea was the territory of the Demon God Clan, and this level of information was a forbidden item in the entire Martial Emperor City.

But strangely, there weren't many people holding up signs.

The first person to raise a sign was a rogue cultivator wearing a bamboo hat, who bid 2,500. The second person to raise a sign was a representative of a major sect whom Qin Yu did not recognize, in the front row of Section A, who bid 3,000.

Then there is nothing.

The bid of three thousand spirit crystals remained on the stage for ten breaths, but no one else followed suit.

Qin Yu understood why there were so few people holding up signs.

Anyone with a brain in the room knew this was a bait auction. Li Dijun wanted to find out who was secretly colluding with the demon race. Whoever raised the paddle would be recorded, and if investigated later, they would lose their head.

The two people holding up the signs were either genuinely stupid or shills arranged by Emperor Li himself.

"Three thousand spirit crystals per time."

"Three thousand spirit crystals twice."

The auctioneer's voice echoed in the hall as Qin Yu leaned back in his chair, watching this spectacle that he no longer needed to participate in.

The fourteenth item in the catalog, the three words "Netherworld Island," were already in his jade slip.

"Three thousand spirit crystals in three transactions, deal."

When the gavel fell, Qin Yu stood up from his chair.

The auction was still going on, but he didn't need to look at it anymore. One of the two items was in his storage ring, and the key information for the other was on his jade slip. The rest was irrelevant to him.

Just as he was about to walk towards the exit for the casual cultivators, someone in the front row of Section B suddenly stood up and blocked the passage.

Deputy of the Heavenly Thunder Sect's Demon-Slaying Team.

Lei Ming did not come in person, but his deputy stood at the exit of the rogue cultivators with a bronze plaque in hand. The official seal of the Martial Emperor City on the plaque swayed under the light.

"Routine check by the Demon Extermination Team. All rogue cultivators, please present your identity tokens before entering the area."

This wasn't directed at Qin Yu alone, but Qin Yu knew that it was no coincidence that Lei Ming had placed his deputy here.

Lei Ming spent a whole night figuring out that the young man with the minotaur he encountered at the checkpoint outside the city matched the information on the wanted poster in terms of build, height, and age. Now he's casting his net.

Qin Yu didn't stop walking and headed straight for the exit.

The deputy's gaze swept over his disguised merchant face, and he used his divine sense to probe his cultivation level.

In the early stages of Foundation Building, it's as ordinary as it gets.

"Identity token".

Qin Yu took out a fake identity token he had bought for three spirit stones at the city gate from his pocket and handed it over. These kinds of things were everywhere in the black market of Tian Shu City.

The deputy examined the spiritual energy imprint. The fake sign was crudely made, but it wasn't conspicuous among the rogue cultivators. The demon-slaying team could find dozens of these every day.

"name."

"Wang Ergou".

"Where did it come from?"

"Wu Kuizhou came to watch the excitement."

The deputy glanced at his storage ring again, and Qin Yu's heart skipped a beat the moment his spiritual energy probed into it.

There is Soul Purifying Elixir in the storage ring.

The spiritual energy fluctuations of that bottle of liquid were exactly the same as the one auctioned off on the stage earlier. If the assistant's perception was sensitive enough, he would have discovered that this small-time Foundation Establishment cultivator was actually carrying a bottle of auction-grade spiritual liquid worth tens of thousands of spirit crystals.

But the shielding effect of the Nine Ghost Tower saved his life at this moment.

Qin Yu stuffed the Soul Purifying Elixir into the outer layer of the Spirit Tower. The Spirit Tower itself could isolate all internal auras. After the deputy's spiritual power probed into the storage ring, he only sensed some low-grade spirit stones and a few worthless miscellaneous items.

"Passed."

The deputy tossed the fake identity token back, his gaze already shifting to the next rogue cultivator lining up to enter. (End of Chapter)