After finalizing the price of the transaction, the shopkeeper walked out.

After a while.

He dragged several heavy boxes back into the private room.

"Young friend, these boxes contain one hundred thousand medium-grade yuan stones. You can count them." The shopkeeper wiped the sweat off his forehead and gasped for breath.

Xiao Ming didn't hesitate and opened each box one by one.

Suddenly, a large pile of neatly arranged yuan stones, emitting a faint light, came into Xiao Ming's view.

There were a total of five boxes in front of him, each filled with twenty thousand medium-grade yuan stones.

Adding up to exactly one hundred thousand.

Opening his ink space ring, Xiao Ming put the one hundred thousand yuan stones into it one by one, then said, "If there's nothing else, I'll leave."

As he spoke, Xiao Ming walked towards the door.

"Wait!" The shopkeeper suddenly called out to Xiao Ming.

"What else?" Xiao Ming turned his head and asked.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "We have a small auction at the Golden Jade Tower today. Judging by the time, it's about to start. Are you interested in attending?"

Pausing for a moment, the shopkeeper added, "Small auctions like today's are usually unpredictable and hard to come by."

"From what I know, there will be many good things at today's auction. Young friend, this is your chance!"

Hearing this, Xiao Ming sneered and said, "You just want to make money from me!"

"I won't deny that I have such thoughts," the shopkeeper admitted openly, smiling. "But if you can buy something you like, it's worth spending as much money as you want."

"Young friend, don't you agree?"

Xiao Ming nodded slightly.

That's true.

Money can be earned again, but some things, once lost, are lost forever.

"Alright, lead the way and show me what you have." Xiao Ming waved his hand.

"Okay, please follow me, young friend..."

It didn't take long.

The shopkeeper led Xiao Ming to a closed and spacious hall.

Pointing to the hall, the shopkeeper said, "Young friend, this is the venue for the small auction. You can wait patiently here. I have other things to attend to, so I won't accompany you."

"Okay." Xiao Ming nodded slightly.

After the shopkeeper left, Xiao Ming looked around and saw a raised platform at the front of the hall, which was the auction platform.

Below the platform, there were many seats.

At this moment, the seats were filled with many powerful individuals. Some were in groups, while others were alone, all waiting quietly for the auction to begin.

These people were quite strong, mostly at the Core Lake realm, and there were even some at the Origin Energy Realm.

As for the Divine Sea realm experts, there wasn't a single one.

Xiao Ming randomly found a seat and sat down, then closed his eyes and patiently waited for the auction to begin.

After a few minutes.

The doors of the hall closed with a creak, and as the doors closed, the entire hall suddenly darkened.

An auctioneer stepped onto the platform.

After looking around, the auctioneer didn't waste any words and said directly, "This auction is of a small scale, so there are only five items up for auction."

"However, although there aren't many items, each one is extremely precious. I hope everyone will be satisfied today."

"Alright, enough talk. The auction officially begins now!"

As soon as the words fell, a maid carrying a tray walked up to the auction platform. On the tray was a pale blue four-foot-long sword.

"First item up for auction: Storm Sword!" the auctioneer announced loudly, "Storm Sword: a Profound Grade superior sword, equipped with sword techniques and storm sword qi."

"This sword has a starting price of five thousand medium-grade elemental stones, with each bid not less than one hundred. Please place your bids!"

As soon as the auctioneer finished his introduction, the crowd below suddenly became lively.

"I bid five thousand one!"

"Five thousand three!"

"Five thousand five!"

"Six thousand!"

Bids kept coming one after another.

Meanwhile, Xiao Ming only glanced at it before retracting his gaze.

Although the Storm Sword was decent, it was only of Profound Grade quality, which he didn't find appealing.

The bidding continued.

In the end, a thin man bought the Storm Sword for nearly eight thousand medium-grade elemental stones.

"Now, we will begin the auction for the second item," the auctioneer waved his hand, and another maid walked up to the auction stage.

"This time, we have five bottles of Earth-ranked pills that enhance cultivation, called Fire Vein Pills."

"As you can guess from the name, these pills are of the fire attribute," the auctioneer smiled, "All five bottles of Fire Vein Pills are of lower Earth-ranked quality, totaling 30 pills."

"The starting price is seven thousand medium-grade elemental stones, with each bid not less than one hundred and fifty. Please place your bids!"

This time, the crowd was not as lively as before.

After all, Fire Vein Pills could only be consumed by fire attribute cultivators, which filtered out many people.

Therefore, in the entire auction hall, only three people were bidding.

After a fierce competition, the five bottles of Fire Vein Pills were sold for a little over eight thousand five hundred.

"Congratulations to the buyer of the Fire Vein Pills. Now, we will begin the auction for the third item!"

"The third item is a Royal Grade superior cultivation technique called..."

The auctioneer enthusiastically introduced on the stage.

However, Xiao Ming was starting to feel drowsy.

Because these items that appeared were of no use to him.

Whether it was cultivation techniques, martial skills, weapons, or cultivation pills, Xiao Ming had no shortage of them. Moreover, the auctioned items were relatively ordinary, so Xiao Ming couldn't muster any interest.

Of course.

The so-called "ordinary" was only relative to Xiao Ming.

For the others present, they were all valuable treasures.

The third item, a Royal Grade superior cultivation technique, was quickly sold for nearly thirty thousand.

The fourth item was a body technique, also a Royal Grade superior, bought for over seven thousand.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Now, we will begin the auction for the fifth and final item!" the auctioneer shouted enthusiastically, "The fifth item is quite special, so please pay close attention!"

As he spoke, a maid walked up with a tray.

The tray was covered with a thick red cloth, concealing what was inside.

Upon seeing this, the crowd immediately became interested, craning their necks and staring intently.

Then, under the expectant gazes, the auctioneer pulled down the red cloth.

A broken sword fragment appeared in everyone's sight.

"What is this?"

"It's just a broken sword? And it's in pieces?"

"What is the auctioneer doing? What's so interesting about a piece of junk?"

"Damn it, the auctioneer hyped it up so much, and in the end, it's just a worthless fragment?!"

The people present began to complain, showing their dissatisfaction.

However, Xiao Ming, who was almost falling asleep, suddenly jolted awake and became instantly alert upon seeing the broken sword fragment.

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