Battle Through the Heavens, Reborn as Xiao Yan's Sister

Chapter 20 Bartering for Things
"Ladies and gentlemen, all the items entrusted to us by the third party for auction have been auctioned off. Now, everyone present is free to trade!"

"However, Ya Fei, let me make this clear from the start: we will only provide the venue. The subsequent exchange will be a matter of personal choice, and you will have to judge for yourself whether it is true or false. If you are mistaken, you will have to bear the consequences yourself."

"Now, please make yourselves at home!"

finished,

The woman in the red cheongsam swayed her sexy waist as she left the auction stage.

No one in the audience was surprised by this scene. Instead, people began to move around, and several streaks of light shot out from below the stage. However, one of them was clearly a step ahead of the others and arrived on the stage first.

"Thank you for your kind words. I arrived first. Please wait a moment!" The old man, shrouded in black robes, said in a hoarse voice. The aura emanating from him clearly indicated that he was a Great Dou Master.

Seeing this, the other dark figures who also wanted to move forward had no choice but to fly back to their original seats.

After bowing slightly to the left and right, the black-robed old man's hand flashed with red light, and a palm-sized jade box appeared in his hand. The jade box was made of an unknown material, and was entirely emerald green, with a faint green flame-like red light flickering within it.

Upon seeing this scene, everyone's attention was drawn to it, and they stared at the jade box with various expressions.

"As you can see, this is a beast fire seed taken from the body of a second-tier magical beast - the Azure Fire Ghost Toad. It is very beneficial to some people who cultivate fire-type techniques. I won't go into its other benefits. The person who needs this fire seed knows it better than I do. I want to exchange it for a bottle of fourth-grade healing pills!"

The old man spoke up.
These words immediately caused a slight commotion in the room. Most of the dozens or hundreds of people who were here had already reached the top of the food chain in Wutan City. Gold coins, such mundane items, were hardly of interest to them. Bartering was much more practical.

However, the fourth-grade healing pills that the old man requested were truly rare in Wutan City. After all, there were practically no people in the entire Wutan City who could refine fourth-grade pills. The old man waited on the stage for quite a while before a mysterious person stepped forward and made a deal with him.

After receiving the pills he wanted, the old man nodded in satisfaction and slowly walked off the stage.

The next few people came up one after another, bringing out their treasures and proposing to trade. The exchanges went smoothly, and everyone gained something, more or less.

but,

When a green-robed figure, holding a piece of mysterious, blood-red metal, specifically requested to exchange it for a second-tier magical beast core that none of the people present had ever heard of, he asked three times in a row, but no one came forward to trade. The figure could only walk away somewhat dejectedly.

"One dark-attribute magic core from a third-tier magical beast, the Four-Armed Demonic Ape, can be exchanged for either extremely yang or extremely yin spiritual herbs. Those interested may proceed to trade..."

Xiao Yue finished speaking concisely.
She then opened the jade box in her hand, and a dark, crystalline demon core, a few inches in size, slowly floated out, emitting a faint black aura. It was the core crystal of the four-armed demon ape she had killed a few days ago.

As soon as she finished speaking, the entire dark underground world erupted in chaos.

A third-tier magic core! Isn't that equivalent to a Great Battle Master in humans? This level of magic core hasn't appeared in the underground world of Wutan City for several years!

After all, monsters are often several levels stronger than human warriors of the same level, and usually require several warriors of the same level to defeat them. Moreover, a lot of preparation is needed, which makes it easy for monsters to escape when they launch a counterattack before they die, resulting in a loss instead of a gain.

For a time,

A series of surprised and doubtful whispers rang out one after another.

Even the black-robed figures who had been meditating with their eyes closed at the edge of the open space opened their eyes in surprise, staring at the third-tier magic core in front of Xiao Yue without blinking, their eyes flashing with strange light.

"A third-tier magic core? Are you sure you're not joking?" someone questioned. After all, the underworld is full of all sorts of people, and all sorts of deceptively realistic technologies emerge endlessly; there are countless examples of people who have been caught off guard and ended up failing miserably.

"Whether it's true or false, as long as someone can produce what I need, I will let everyone examine it carefully..." Xiao Yue said calmly.

Upon hearing Xiao Yue's confident statement, the previously restless crowd immediately fell silent, all staring at the demon core with varying expressions in silence.

"That's right, it is indeed the aura of the four-armed demonic ape's demonic core. Such a powerful dark attribute energy fluctuation is unmistakable! No one is allowed to take this from me. I'm determined to have it!" Suddenly, a black shadow flickered, and a masked man in a gray robe appeared there eerily.

"Hmph, Night Owl Old Demon, you have quite the nerve. Do you think you can monopolize this third-tier magic core?"

At this time,

Another person appeared. Although his face was not clearly visible in the black cloak, he was vaguely tall and his voice was unusually cold.

"Heh heh! What, do you want to compete with me? Young man, if you know what's good for you, you'd better go back obediently!" The gray-robed old man's face darkened, and he said in a sinister tone, the threat in his words was extremely obvious.

The aura of the two Grand Masters spread throughout the underground hall. Apart from a few people who were immune to this pressure, everyone else couldn't help but feel a sense of unease.

Faced with the two ignoring their master and discussing the ownership of the magic core diamond on their own, Xiao Yue's expression remained unchanged. She simply stared at them coldly without saying a word.

"Ahem, why are you two so tense? Don't forget the rules here."

A voice broke the tense atmosphere. The newcomer was an elderly man in a blue robe with slightly graying hair and a ruddy complexion. Although his blue robe seemed ordinary, it faintly shimmered with light, clearly indicating that he was also a master of the Great Battle Master level.

"Hmph, since Master Gu Ni has stepped in to smooth things over, I am not an unreasonable person. Let's go by the rules here!" The gray-robed old man snorted coldly, his imposing manner slightly diminished.

After all,

With a slight movement of his hand, a crimson wooden box flew out from his storage ring and landed steadily on the table. It was entirely blood-red and exuded a scorching aura.

“Little girl, didn’t you want herbs that are either extremely yin or extremely yang? I have a nine-hundred-year-old top-grade Crimson Essence Ganoderma here. It is a spiritual plant that is extremely yang and strong. How about it? Is it enough to exchange for your third-tier magic core?” The gray-robed old man said, and after speaking, he did not forget to glance triumphantly at his competitor next to him.

"The Netherworld Ginseng is also a top-grade spiritual medicine that has been around for hundreds of years. It is extremely yin and cold!" The tall, mysterious man next to him was not to be outdone and took out a black wooden box from his storage ring.

This scene,
The people in the hall were all whispering among themselves.

These two medicinal herbs are rare and precious; it seems like they haven't appeared on the market for many years.

Now that someone has brought it out again, it has naturally surprised and made many people jealous. It seems that it is not a rare and precious item, but rather that most of them are kept in their hands and not easily shown to others.

"Indeed, they are all top-quality..."

Xiao Yue examined the two spiritual herbs carefully for a while, and then, after a moment's thought, she said, "I'll exchange the thousand-year-old Crimson Sun Ganoderma."

(End of this chapter)