Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

The stark white streets stretched out from the depths of the No Return Warehouse.

One by one, the copper coin lamps on both sides lit up.

Under each lamp, there was a price tag.

[Entry fee: A breath of life.]

[Viewing Fee: Three breaths of life.]

[Price: Five breaths of life.]

[Sale fee: Ten breaths of life.]

As soon as Shen Ye stepped onto the street, a grayish-white copper coin appeared beneath his feet.

Inside the hole of the copper coin, a pale eye opened.

"Enter the market."

"Give up your life."

The system prompts an error.

[The rules for the "Buy Life" market are now in effect.]

Objective: To identify the host as a buyer.

If the buyer's identity is confirmed, all of the host's actions will be priced.

[Current charge: One breath of life.]

Shen Ye kept walking.

The Night King's Classic unfolds suspended in mid-air.

"I am not a buyer."

"I'm here to recover the stolen goods."

The copper coin's eyes darted around.

The voice of the third seat came from the deepest part of the street:

"Those who enter the market are all buyers."

Shen Ye said:

"You placed this order?"

"The market price for buying lives is fixed."

"Then let's change it."

Turn the page of the Night King's Classics.

[Buying stolen goods failed] lights up.

The message "Stolen goods must not be sold" is displayed.

[Buying is prohibited if the item is not for sale] is highlighted.

Subsequently, the new evidence was formed.

[Entering the market is not buying.]

[The recovery of stolen assets is not an auction.]

[No one may force a price on a person without verifying their identity as a buyer.]

boom!

The copper coin that had entered the market at Shen Ye's feet cracked open.

The price tag, which read "Entry Fee: One Breath of Life," was immediately extinguished.

The copper coin lamps on both sides swayed simultaneously.

Deep in the street, the pale eye narrowed slightly.

"interesting."

"Then let's see if you can hold off on buying it."

The next instant, all the price tags flipped over simultaneously.

[Breath: A fleeting moment of life.]

Heartbeat: A fleeting moment of life.

[Raises hand: One breath of life.]

[Draw your sword: Three breaths to live.]

Shen Ye felt a slight heaviness in his chest.

His breathing, heartbeat, and blood circulation were all being watched by the eyes of each copper coin.

Guixu bared his teeth.

"Not for sale."

Night Feathers Chirped:

"Can fate be marked?"

The shadow of the candlestick cast a chilling light.

"Dirty City".

Longyuan clashed his fists together.

"Smash it."

Jie Chen closed his eyes and listened for a moment.

There's a hidden danger in the price.

Shen Ye raised his hand and pressed down on Night King Mingdian.

"Life must have a seller."

"I didn't sell it."

"Who set the price for you?"

Deep in the street, the black price tag on the auction stage slowly lit up.

[The bidder: The Fourth Seat - The Court Thief.]

[The Price Insurer: Third Seat - The Life Buyer.]

[Bottom Price: Guiming Road, Section 3, Guixu]

[Price increase: Shen Ye's future life.]

Laughter from the fourth seat echoed from all directions of the Wuguiting Warehouse.

"The Night King"

"You don't have to buy it."

"But your future is already in my hands."

Shen Ye's eyes were icy cold.

"Future destiny?"

"Whom I will kill in the future, which path I will take, and which seat I will slay."

"You know?"

The fourth seat did not answer.

The third voice rang out softly:

"The future is predictable."

"A valuation is all that's needed to list it on the market."

Shen Ye smiled.

"Estimated value?"

The Night King's Book of Names is opened.

The message "My life is not for sale" is displayed.

[No guarantee without a signature] is highlighted.

[No Signing Without Authorization] is highlighted.

Subsequently, the new black gold certificate was issued.

The future is yet to come; this product is not for sale.

No one may price my life.

[Estimated value does not represent a transaction price; listing does not constitute authorization.]

boom!

All the price tags on both sides of the street that read "breathing" and "heartbeat" simultaneously shattered.

The oppressive feeling in Shen Ye's chest subsided.

He looked up at the auction stage.

"Now."

"Inspect the goods."

On the auction stage, the broken golden section of the road glowed faintly.

The two seals on Guixu's forehead, representing the road to returning to the capital, were simultaneously burning hot.

It took a step forward.

Shen Ye did not stop him.

Night King Mingdian followed closely behind, his black and gold light protecting the path beneath Guixu's feet.

The voice of the third seat rang out:

"Inspecting goods is a matter of life and death."

Shen Ye said:

"The stolen goods will be recovered and examined, but payment will not be made."

Just as the price tag was about to be generated, Night King's Classic had already been pressed down.

[The recovery and examination of stolen goods is not a form of consumption.]

The price tag is broken.

Sure enough, three layers of something were wrapped around the golden broken road.

The first layer is the theft mark of the fourth seat.

The second layer is the price guarantee pattern of the life-saving market.

The third layer is the true third section of the path to returning to one's true identity.

Guixu stared at the third layer of the golden path.

"mine."

The third seat said:

"Things that enter the market must be sold."

Shen Ye said:

"wrong."

"Reclaim the stolen items."

He raised his sword.

It is not about cutting off the third section of the road to returning to one's name.

Instead, cut off the marks on its exterior.

The fourth seat sneered:

"Ten breaths to kill."

The price tag had just been displayed.

Night Feathers flapped their wings.

The black sun and ghostly fire burned right through the price tag.

"His sword."

"Not for sale."

The candles, like nine candles, spread out in the underworld, locking in the shadow of the price tag.

Long Yuan stepped onto the street and smashed two rows of copper coin lamps with his fists.

The Heavenly Punishment of Calamity shone down on the bottom of the auction stage.

Guixu opened its mouth and bit down on a price guarantee line.

Click!

The coin pattern has cracked.

Shen Ye brought his sword down.

The black and gold sword flashed, cutting through the theft marks.

The golden road suddenly broke, causing a jolt.

The laughter from the fourth seat abruptly stopped.

The system prompts an error.

[Breaking through the first layer of the fourth seat's theft mark.]

[The lock-in rate for the third section of the Return to Name Path has been increased.]

Current lockdown status: 43%.

The third seat's voice finally turned a little cold.

"Night King Shen Ye".

"You made your move in the life-or-death market."

"That's tantamount to crashing the market."

Shen Ye looked up.

"I said that."

"I'm here to stir up trouble."

He stepped onto the auction stage.

The copper coin lamp shook wildly.

Countless price tags flew up at the same time.

[The cost of destroying a light bulb is equivalent to one year's life.]

[Breakthrough fee: Ten years of life.]

[The fee for humiliating the city: a hundred-year life.]

[Refusal to buy fee: One life.]

Shen Ye didn't even glance at it.

The Night King's Scripture unfolded with a bang.

[Stolen goods and lives are not valued] Lights up.

[Contractual Non-Price Goods] is highlighted.

[War Profits, Not Debts] is now active.

New certificates are being hammered into the market page by page.

[Redemption is not buying.]

[No need to purchase after retrieving the item.]

[Illegal price tags lead to no debt.]

Those who set a fixed price are obligated to accept a different price.

boom!

All the price tags flying towards Shen Ye flipped upside down at the same time.

They didn't break.

Instead, it was pasted back onto the coin lamp in reverse.

A lamp.

Two lamps.

Ten lamps.

A hundred lamps.

A new price tag appeared on each copper coin lamp.

[Illegal pricing.]

[Price reversal in one minute.]

[Ten-fold interest rate adjustment.]

[Price reversal with 100% interest.]

For the first time, the life-buying market began deducting the price of its own life.

From deep within the street came countless low, muffled sounds.

It's as if there are unseen vendors whose backs are bent under the weight of their own price tags.

The third seatman remained silent for a moment.

"You dare to bid against the market's trend?"

Shen Ye said:

"Don't you like prices?"

"Try it yourself."

Gui Xu's eyes lit up.

"Not expensive."

Shen Ye glanced at it.

Guixu Supplement:

"It's cheap."

Longyuan chuckled softly.

"This sentence is also good."

The third seat remained silent.

Suddenly, a small gray-white gavel rose from the center of the auction stage.

With a single strike of the gavel, the price tags rearranged.

[Section 3 of Guiming Road failed to sell.]

[After failing to sell at auction, the item belongs to the bidder who secured the bid.]

[The Price Insurer: Third Seat - The Life Buyer.]

Shen Ye's eyes turned cold.

So this was the real trap.

No purchase; the item failed to sell.

It failed to sell at auction and went to the third-place winner.

To buy it is to risk your life.

If you don't buy, you'll lose your way.

The fourth person chuckled again.

"The Night King"

"The market rally has to be launched before the hammer falls."

The gray-white mallet slowly fell.

Guixu lunged at the auction stage.

Immediately, a ring of copper walls appeared around the small hammer.

[Impact fee: A century's worth of life.]

Shen Ye raised his hand.

"Return to the Ruins".

The journey to the Ruins came to a halt.

Shen Ye said:

"Don't bang your head against the wall."

"Biting Hammer Shadow"

Gui Xu was taken aback.

He then looked down at the area below the auction stage.

The gray-white mallet casts a shadow.

The shadow was so thin it was almost invisible, hidden in the light of the copper coin lamp.

The two Guiminglu seals on Guixu's forehead lit up simultaneously.

[Return Path Marker] Expand.

It took a step forward and, following the path of the falling hammer, bit the hammer's shadow ahead of time.

Click!

The hammer's shadow broke.

The gray-white hammer hovered in mid-air.

It was just an inch away from falling.

All the copper coin lamps in the life-saving market went dark at the same time.

The voice of the third-place candidate finally began to waver.

"Gateway Cub"

"Can you bite the shadow of a transaction?"

Guixu, biting the mallet shadow, mumbled:

"It tastes awful."

Shen Ye stepped forward, his sword pointing at the gray-white hammer.

"The deal fell through."

"The bid is invalid due to failure to attract any bids."

"Price protection is invalid."

"The stolen goods have been returned."

The Night King's Classic Black Gold Light Surged.

No sale until the hammer falls.

[Illegal price guarantees are strictly prohibited; bidders must not accept them.]

[Stolen goods will be auctioned off, but will not be returned to the person who insured the goods.]

The three certificates were put on hold.

The auction table suddenly shattered.

The second layer of protective patterns outside the golden broken road was finally mostly shattered.

A system notification sounded.

[Breaking the rules of the first round of auctions in the life-buying market.]

[Establish new evidence: Redemption, not purchase.]

[New Certificate Established: Illegal Price Lists Cannot Form Debts.]

[New evidence established: Stolen goods will be auctioned off, but the proceeds will not go to the person who insured the goods.]

[The lock-in rate for the third section of the Return to Name Path has been increased.]

Current lockdown status: 71%.

Shen Ye raised his sword, preparing to cut through the last layer of coin patterns.

But at that very moment...

The entire stark white street suddenly went dark.

All the copper coin lamps turned towards Shen Ye at the same time.

Inside the hole of the copper coin, all the pale eyes were closed.

At the end of the street, a black money door slowly opened.

A calm voice came from inside the door.

"No bidding."

"I will not surrender."

"We do not recognize the buyer."

"It can even break my city regulations."

"Night King Shen Ye, you are indeed qualified to see me."

Behind the black money gate, an even larger auction house emerges.

In the center of the auction hall, there was more than just the third section of Guiming Road on display.

There is also a life lamp.

Within the wick of the lamp, a familiar name burns.

Shen Ye.

The third voice faded softly:

"Round Two"

"I'm not selling my road."

"I'll sell your life-saving lamp."

"The lights go out, the road appears."

"If the lamp is not extinguished, there will be no return to the ruins."