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

Ding.

After that copper coin fell, all the roads in Wuguiting Warehouse became curved.

It's not broken.

It's not broken.

Instead, it was as if it were being moved by invisible fingers, inch by inch converging towards Shen Ye's feet from its original position.

Golden Ancient Road.

Black Warehouse Road.

The trial platform offers no escape route.

The City of Deaths is a desolate street.

Even the three segments of Guiming that Guixu had just reclaimed were slightly affected.

Gui Xu's forehead seal suddenly lit up.

"There's someone there."

"On the road to buying us."

Shen Ye looked up.

Above the Wuguiting Granary hangs a copper coin inscribed with the number "one".

The copper coin was very small.

But it was heavier than the entire city of life-buying just now.

The system prompts an error.

[The first focus of attention has been detected.]

[Unknown authority: Starting price.]

[Current objective: The path surrounding the host and the five beasts.]

[Warning: The other party is not directly purchasing the road itself, but rather the "price of the road."]

Shen Ye's eyes darkened slightly.

"Buy the price?"

The voice of the Fire Keeper came from the Night King's Book:

"The most troublesome part of the first seat is right here."

"The third seat is a life-saving measure."

"The fourth seat was stolen from the court."

"The first seat doesn't buy anything."

"It buys the rule that 'everything can be bought'."

The voice just fell.

Price tags appeared beside a broken ancient road on the warehouse shelves.

This path has a price.

Article .

Article 3.

Article 10.

The same price signs appeared along all the roads.

This path has a price.

Then, all the price tags were flipped over at the same time.

[Buyer: First Place.]

Price: One mace.

Status: Priced.

The ground beneath Shen Ye's feet suddenly sank.

It wasn't bought.

Instead, it was marked as something that could be bought.

Once this rule is established, every step Shen Ye and the five beasts take could become a transaction.

Guixu growled.

"My path."

A very faint voice emanated from within the copper coin.

It's not the calm of being in the third seat.

It's not the frivolity of the fourth seat either.

The voice sounded like someone casually saying something from afar.

"Anyone willing to pay a price may purchase."

"What is available for purchase can belong to me."

Shen Ye raised his hand, and the Night King's Codex unfolded.

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

The message "The traveler is not lost, and the road must not be stolen" is displayed.

[The road to returning to one's name belongs to those who return to their names] lights up.

The three pages of evidence pressed down on the one-coin in mid-air.

This time, however, the black gold certificate did not directly shatter the copper coin.

It only made it pause for a moment.

A system prompt then appeared.

[Note: Existing credentials can protect against "selling," "stealing," and "competitive buying."]

However, the first seat's current action is "pricing".

[Pricing does not equate to transaction.]

Shen Ye's eyes turned cold.

"Price first, then trade."

"A good approach."

The fourth voice came from deep within the warehouse shelves, carrying a hint of barely suppressed apprehension:

"The Night King"

"Don't let it set the price."

"Once it's sold out, I can even buy my warehouse."

Shen Ye said calmly:

Are you scared?

The fourth seat did not laugh.

"I'm just reminding you."

The next instant, price tags began to appear on the shelves of the Wuguiting Warehouse.

Half of the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts has a price.

The Beastmaster Trial Platform is available for purchase.

[The shared essence of the remnants of the fire vein has a price.]

[All beasts return to the courtyard; there is a price to be paid.]

The fourth seat's voice suddenly turned cold.

"First seat."

"This is my warehouse."

The one-coin coin turned slightly.

[The Wuguiting Cage has a price.]

The entire warehouse shook violently.

The fourth seat has fallen completely silent.

Seeing this, Shen Ye finally understood.

The first seat wasn't there to save the third seat.

It's not that I'm here to relay a message from the second seat.

It smelled the third seat was dead and conveniently came to close the position.

Roads can be bought.

You can buy warehouse space.

Life can be bought.

Even the half of the First Courtyard stolen by the Fourth Seat can be bought.

As long as the word "valuable" is mentioned.

Everything will be incorporated into its rules.

Shen Ye looked up.

"Return to the Ruins".

Guixu looked up.

Shen Ye asked:

"Does your path have a price?"

Guixu didn't even think about it.

"no."

Shen Ye said:

Explain yourself.

Gui Xu walked up to Shen Ye.

The golden light formed by the three "Return to the Gate" seals on his forehead shone brightly.

"My path."

"I'm leaving."

"I admit it."

"I'll go back."

"Not for sale."

No price listed.

"It doesn't belong to anyone else."

The Night King's Classics turned abruptly.

The five contracts are named by themselves.

The name is to be chosen by the individual.

Place of return is not a place of belonging.

Colleagues are not private entities.

Pages of certificates lit up one by one.

Subsequently, the new black gold certificate was completed.

[The path I choose is not priced.]

[The return journey is not for goods.]

[The path of shared understanding and cooperation is unaffected by external prices.]

[Without an appraisal, there is no price.]

boom!

The golden line of return suddenly appeared at the foot of Guixu.

It extends from Guixu's forehead to Shen Ye's feet, then to the Night King's Name Canon, and finally connects with the Five Beasts' Name Canon to form a circle.

Night Feather.

Candle Nine.

Longyuan.

Calamity.

Return to the ruins.

The names of the five covenants lit up simultaneously.

The price of that one-coin was blocked from entering the circle for the first time.

A system notification sounded.

[The "Return to the Void" ability is now active.]

One return route has been reserved.

The starting price authority for the first bid cannot be marked at this level.

[New certificate established: Return route is not for goods.]

Shen Ye gripped his sword.

"Walk."

Guixu nodded.

It took a step.

The return line was forcibly laid out in the Wuguiting Warehouse.

The paths that curved toward Shen Ye's feet were all bounced away when they hit the return line.

Night feathers transformed into a black sun, illuminating the path ahead.

Candlelight Nine locked away the shadows on both sides that wanted to change their path.

Longyuan smashed the price signs along the way.

The Heavenly Punishment of Calamity shines through every hidden copper coin.

Shen Ye walked at the front.

With each step, Night King Mingdian would leave a mark.

The path beneath our feet is named after the traveler.

The path already trodden has no external price to pay.

[No price increases are allowed within the designated price range.]

The coin in mid-air trembled slightly.

The voice rang out again:

"interesting."

"You have hidden the way in Cheri."

Shen Ye looked up.

"It's not hidden."

"It's because you can't buy it."

[One] The money stopped for a moment.

Then, it stopped pressing down on the return line under Shen Ye's feet.

It turned forward.

At the end of the Return Gate Line should have been the exit from the No Return Warehouse.

But at that moment, a new price tag suddenly appeared above the exit.

The path yet to be walked has a price.

Shen Ye's eyes narrowed.

The path we've walked, we can preserve in the ruins.

But for roads never traveled before, the first seat is always priced.

The exit ahead is starting to drift slightly.

Laughter from the fourth seat echoed from the darkness once more.

This time, it was tinged with schadenfreude.

"The Night King"

"It doesn't buy the path you've walked."

"It buys the path you haven't yet taken."

Shen Ye stopped in his tracks.

Guixu gritted his teeth.

I'll bite.

Shen Ye said:

"etc."

He looked at the price tag for "The Road Ahead" and suddenly smiled.

"The road yet to be traveled."

"Of course it has a price."

The copper coin in the first seat gleamed slightly.

Shen Ye continued:

"But that's your path."

"This is not my path."

Turn the page of the Night King's Classics.

The message "[The future is yet to come, not for sale]" is displayed.

The message "[No one may price my life]" is highlighted.

Then, the new certificate slowly solidified.

The path I haven't taken is not my path.

I have not set foot there, therefore I do not claim its value.

[By first marking the route, we can prove the enemy's route.]

boom!

The price sign in front of me jolted violently.

The first seat holder wanted to buy Shen Ye's path in advance.

But Shen Ye simply refused to acknowledge that it was his path.

Before leaving.

It's just an empty road.

Whoever sets the price first leaves a record first.

Whoever leaves a mark first becomes the master of the road at that moment.

Gui Xu's eyes lit up.

"Don't lose your way."

"Found it."

It opened its mouth and bit at the back of the "Unexplored Path" price tag.

Click!

It bit out the very fine trace of a copper coin.

That's not the money for the third seat.

It wasn't the fourth seat that was stolen.

Rather, it was the starting price left by the first seat.

The system detected an explosion.

[Captured: The starting bid for the first seat.]

[Analysis of the First Seat's Authority Begins.]

Current resolution: 5%.

[Warning: Analyzing the authority of the First Seat may draw deeper scrutiny.]

Shen Ye swung his sword backhand.

The black and gold sword light slashed at the starting price mark.

That one-coin was the first to develop a crack.

Very fine.

Yet it is clear.

The entire Wuguiting Warehouse suddenly trembled.

The distant voice paused for a moment in mid-air.

Then, it chuckled softly.

"Shen Ye."

"You are harder to buy than the previous ones."

Shen Ye sheathed his sword.

"You're quieter than the previous ones."

The voice said:

"Because the price hasn't been negotiated yet."

Shen Ye's eyes were icy cold.

"I'm not selling."

"There's always something you'll sell."

【One】The money slowly rose.

It did not continue pressing the return line.

They did not purchase any more for export.

It left only a faint mark in the deepest part of the Wuguiting Warehouse.

There, the fourth seat conceals half of the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts.

The voice of the first seat faded into the distance:

"The fourth seat."

"Your warehouse."

"Let me give you an estimate first."

The next moment, the coin disappeared.

Deep within the Wuguiting Warehouse, a huge price tag was lit up.

[Half of the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts.]

[Pricing in progress.]

The fourth seat finally changed its voice completely.

"First seat!"

Shen Ye glanced at the price tag, his eyes turning slightly cold.

The first seat is gone.

But it left behind even bigger trouble.

If half of the Beast Garden is appraised, the things stolen by the Fourth Seat will be directly taken over by the First Seat.

At that time, the Path of Ten Thousand Beasts Returning to the Court will also fall into the hands of the First Seat.

The firekeeper's voice deepened:

"We can't let it finish estimating."

The seal of Guixu on his forehead lit up.

"My path."

Shen Ye nodded.

"Then let's eliminate the fourth seat first."

He looked up and gazed at the inverted half-courtyard at the deepest part of the Wuguiting Warehouse.

There, the fourth seat was finally forced to reveal itself.

It stood in the shadow of the porch of half of the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts.

She is very thin.

Behind it hung countless stolen courtyard gates, road signs, trial platforms, and fragments of the Guiming seal.

It looked at Shen Ye, then glanced at the huge price tag that was flashing above its head.

For the first time, his voice lost its laughter.

"The Night King"

"Join forces?"

Shen Ye gripped his sword.

"Are you worthy?"