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The manager's smile grew even wider.

"Young Master Xiao is joking. Who in the entire Northern Region would dare to snatch something from you?"

Qin Yu took something out of his storage ring, and when the steward's gaze swept over it, his smile froze on his face.

It was a brick-sized piece of purplish-gold metal, its surface radiating an aura unique to the Chaos level.

"Chaotic Refined Gold".

The manager's voice changed. Chaos Refined Gold is the top-tier material among Nascent Soul level materials. A piece the size of a fingernail can be exchanged for a city. The piece Qin Yu took out could buy an entire street.

Xiao Jiuxiao's smile also disappeared. He recognized Chaos Refined Gold. His father, the sect leader of the Spirit Sword Sect, had forged his natal flying sword using Chaos Refined Gold, but the Chaos Refined Gold used in his father's sword was only the size of an egg.

"Where did you get this thing?"

"What's it to you?"

"I'm asking you a question, so you'd better answer honestly."

Qin Yu placed the Chaos Essence Gold on the verification platform, and the spirit stone plate on the platform exploded. A purple-gold light shot into the sky, alarming the entire Heavenly Secrets Chamber of Commerce.

The manager's legs went weak. He had been guarding the entrance to the core area for a hundred years and had never seen anyone use Chaos Essence Gold to verify their qualifications.

"This...this young master, please come in, please come into the VIP room."

Xiao Jiuxiao's face turned extremely ugly. Just a moment ago he was a poor, rogue cultivator, and now he has become a VIP in a superior private room. This change was too fast for him to accept.

"May I have your name."

"It has nothing to do with you."

After saying this, Qin Yu followed the steward inside. Xiao Jiuxiao tried to stop him but was held back by the guards beside him.

“Young Master, the rule of the Heavenly Secrets Merchant Guild is that money matters, not people. That person can produce Chaos Refined Gold, so his status here is higher than yours.”

"He's taller than me, so what is he?"

Although Xiao Jiuxiao was stubborn, he didn't move. He couldn't afford to offend the rules of the Heavenly Mystery Chamber of Commerce. Even his father, the Sect Master of the Spirit Sword Sect, had to give the Heavenly Mystery Chamber of Commerce some face.

The VIP boxes are located on the top floor of the core auction hall. Through the windows, one can overlook the entire hall. The boxes are decorated in an extremely luxurious manner, with all kinds of spiritual tea and fruits available.

"Boss, this place is nice."

Kui Wu's bull-headed creature circled the private room and discovered that the concentration of spiritual energy here was ten times higher than outside.

Before the auction began, the steward personally brought over a list of items for auction.

"Young master, this is tonight's auction catalog. The Nine Nether Soul Nourishing Grass is the thirty-seventh item, and its estimated selling price is around ten thousand spirit crystals."

"Ten thousand."

"Yes, the Nine Nether Soul Nourishing Grass is extremely rare. No more than three plants are produced in the entire Northern Region each year. This one is of excellent quality, so the competition will be fierce."

Qin Yu glanced at the list, and several items caught his attention, including the complete skeleton of a Nascent Soul stage demon beast and a batch of ancient ores.

"I want them all."

"I want...all of it."

The manager's mouth was agape, wide enough to fit an egg. The list contained forty-two items, with a total value exceeding two hundred thousand spirit crystals, and this man immediately declared he wanted them all.

"I don't want them all, I only want the few that I've set my sights on, and the rest will depend on the situation."

The manager wiped the sweat from his brow, relieved that the man wasn't really planning to buy everything; otherwise, the auction wouldn't have been able to proceed that night.

When the auction officially began, the seats in the hall were already full. The core area was occupied by representatives of major sects and aristocratic families, while the outer area was occupied by wealthy independent cultivators.

The first item up for auction is a high-grade Earth-rank flying sword, with a starting bid of one thousand spirit crystals.

"Two thousand."

Xiao Jiuxiao was the first to raise his sign. He was in the middle VIP box, a level below Qin Yu's VIP box.

"Three thousand."

Another representative from a prominent family followed.

"Five thousand, I'll take it."

Xiao Jiuxiao's voice was impatient. He didn't really want the sword; he just wanted to give that "poor rogue cultivator" a hard time.

"Ten thousand."

Qin Yu's voice came from the VIP box.

Everyone in the room looked up. The VIP rooms were usually reserved for experts at the Nascent Soul stage, but today there were new faces.

Xiao Jiuxiao's expression changed slightly; he had heard that voice at the door earlier.

"Fifteen thousand." "Twenty thousand."

"Twenty-five thousand? I'd like to see how much money you have."

"Thirty thousand, plus a Heaven-Rank flying sword that I just forged."

The room erupted in cheers. Using magical artifacts crafted on-site as bargaining chips at an auction was unheard of.

The manager looked toward Qin Yu's private room and saw the Chaos Furnace fly out from Qin Yu's shoulder. The lid opened, and a pile of materials were thrown inside.

Thirty breaths later, a dark gold flying sword flew out of the furnace, its patterns radiating the aura of a top-grade Heaven-rank weapon.

"He forged a top-grade Heaven-rank flying sword in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."

"What is that furnace? How can it refine things so quickly?"

"Look at that color, it looks like the fire of a chaotic furnace."

The discussions inside the arena grew louder and louder. Xiao Jiuxiao gripped the armrest in front of him tightly. He finally understood why that person was able to take out the Chaos Essence Gold.

That furnace is a Chaos-level refining magic weapon. When you use Chaos Furnace Fire to refine things, even if the materials are garbage, the product will be top-notch.

"How much is that sword worth?"

The guard next to Xiao Jiuxiao leaned over and whispered something.

"A top-grade Heavenly Rank flying sword starts at five thousand spirit crystals on the market. If it is forged in the Chaos Furnace, its quality will be doubled."

Xiao Jiuxiao gritted his teeth. He had just offered 25,000, and the other party immediately raised the price to 30,000 plus a flying sword worth 10,000.

"I don't want it."

Qin Yu won the first item in the auction, but he didn't keep it. Instead, he instructed the manager to give the flying sword and the other sword to the person who had bid the highest price.

"What do you mean by this, young master?"

The manager was taken aback.

"I don't lack swords. I was just testing the feel of them. Give them to someone who needs them."

These words caused the room to erupt in excitement once again. Giving away something worth tens of thousands of dollars so casually was a gesture rarely seen in the entire Northern Region.

Xiao Jiuxiao's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He had been publicly humiliated and couldn't refute it. He couldn't very well say that the other party was provoking him by giving him something.

The auction continued, and Qin Yu won three items in a row, all of which were the skeletons of Nascent Soul stage demon beasts and ancient ores. He raised the price of each item to more than double the market price.

"How much money does he actually have?"

"I heard he used Chaos Refined Gold to verify his qualifications; that piece of refined gold is worth at least 200,000."

"Two hundred thousand spirit crystals, that's more than the entire Spirit Sword Sect earns."

Xiao Jiuxiao's breathing became more and more rapid. He sat in the arena for half an hour, watching helplessly as that person snatched away everything he wanted, one by one.

The thirty-seventh item has finally appeared: the Nine Netherworld Nourishing Grass.

"The starting price is 8,000 spirit crystals, and each bid must be at least 500 spirit crystals higher."

Xiao Jiuxiao was the first to raise his sign.

"Ten thousand? I'm determined to have it."

"Fifteen thousand!"

Qin Yu's voice came from the VIP box, and Xiao Jiuxiao's hand trembled slightly.

"Eighteen thousand."

"Twenty thousand."

"Twenty-three thousand? You dare to try and take it from me?"

Xiao Jiuxiao stood up and roared towards the VIP box. He was going crazy. He hadn't gotten a single thing he wanted since the auction started.

"Twenty-five thousand, plus a set of newly forged top-grade Heaven-rank armor."

The Chaos Furnace Fire reignited, and thirty breaths later, a set of dark golden armor flew out of the furnace. The armor was of the same Heaven-rank top grade as the flying sword from before.

"Thirty thousand, plus two sets."

The person in charge was so shocked that his legs went weak. This man wasn't auctioning off money; he was printing money on the spot.

Xiao Jiuxiao opened his mouth. Thirty thousand spirit crystals plus two sets of top-grade Heaven-rank armor, the total value of which exceeded forty thousand, even his father, the sect master of the Spirit Sword Sect, could not afford that much.

"If you don't have money, shut up and don't waste my time."

These words pierced Xiao Jiuxiao's heart like a knife. As the young master of the Spirit Sword Sect, he was fawned over wherever he went, and no one had ever dared to speak to him like that. (End of Chapter)