God Emperor

After entering the martial arts market, Zhang Ruochen went straight to the central auction house.

The lower-grade spiritual martial arts were not something that ordinary shops could afford. Only by taking them to the central auction house and auctioning them to those big families could the value of the martial arts be maximized.

As soon as Zhang Ruochen entered the auction house, a maid with neat clothes and pretty face came to greet him. Seeing Zhang Ruochen's mysterious outfit, she was not surprised at all and said very politely: "Sir, what help do you need?"

"I want to see the chief steward of your central auction house!" Zhang Ruochen changed his voice slightly, sounding quite deep, sounding like a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties.

Who is this person? He asked to see the chief steward as soon as he opened his mouth. It seems that he is not ordinary.

"I will report to the chief steward now, but the chief steward is usually very busy and has to receive VIP customers. He may not have time to come out to see you. Please wait for a moment!"

After saying this, the maid immediately walked into a door and went to report to the chief steward.

Zhang Ruochen was not in a hurry, but just stood in the hall and waited quietly.

Not long after, the maid led a slightly fat old man in luxurious robes out, pointed in the direction of Zhang Ruochen, and said: "Big Deacon, that's the man."

The big deacon looked at Zhang Ruochen, who was wearing a black cloak, from a distance, and his eyes were fixed on Zhang Ruochen's feet. His old eyes narrowed slightly, and a gleam of brilliance flashed.

The boots on Zhang Ruochen's feet were called "Qilin inlaid gold boots". Only people in the palace were qualified to wear such boots.

Zhang Ruochen naturally exposed his boots on purpose. After all, he was going to auction the swordsmanship of the lower spiritual level, which was inevitably coveted by others. With his current martial arts cultivation, he could not keep the swordsmanship of the lower spiritual level at all.

But if people knew that he was a big shot in the palace, then there would probably be few people who dared to take advantage of him.

When one's strength is not strong enough, it is still necessary to pretend that one is very powerful to scare people.

"He's not a simple person!" The chief steward thought as he looked at the pair of boots on Zhang Ruochen's feet. The chief steward immediately became respectful to Zhang Ruochen, treating him as an important figure in the palace. He walked up to Zhang Ruochen and whispered, "Sir, please come this way!" "Yes!" In order to intimidate him, Zhang Ruochen put his hands behind his back, showed great grace, and nodded gently. The warriors in the hall saw the chief steward's attitude and secretly guessed that it seemed that a great person had come to the central auction house. Zhang Ruochen sat steadily at the top of the third floor of the central auction house, took the teacup handed over by the maid, and said in a tone of superiority, "I have a treasure here, and I want to deposit it in the central auction house for auction. Call your top appraiser to help me appraise it." The chief steward saw Zhang Ruochen's grace and was more certain that he was an important figure in the palace. He immediately ordered someone to invite the appraiser. A moment later, an old man with gray hair walked in.

The old man, who looked to be in his seventies or eighties, had a pair of bright eyes. He took a look at Zhang Ruochen and was shocked to find that he could not see through his cultivation.

The old man immediately bowed to Zhang Ruochen respectfully, "I am the chief appraiser of the central auction house. I wonder where the things you want to auction are?"

There are only three situations in which you cannot see through the other party's cultivation: the first is that the other party's martial arts cultivation is higher than his.

The second is that the other party's cultivation method is much more advanced than his.

For example, a warrior who practices human-level cultivation methods generally cannot see through the cultivation of a warrior who practices spiritual-level cultivation methods. He can only roughly guess the other party's cultivation from some details and the aura displayed by the other party.

Of course, if the level of the cultivation methods is not much different, a person with a higher cultivation level can still see through the martial arts cultivation of a person with a lower cultivation level.

The third is that the other party has a treasure that hides his cultivation level.

The second and third situations are not common, so the old man instinctively thought it was the first situation, thinking that Zhang Ruochen's cultivation was higher than his, so he immediately bowed to Zhang Ruochen respectfully.

You have to know that Zhang Ruochen practiced the "Nine Heavens Ming Emperor Sutra", which is such a profound technique. Unless he deliberately showed the meridians in his body, otherwise, there would be few people in the entire Yunwu County who could see through his martial arts cultivation.

Besides, Zhang Ruochen was a powerful warrior who had reached the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm in his previous life. Although he was reborn in an ordinary person, his understanding of martial arts and the spirit carried by his soul were no different from those of a warrior who had reached the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm.

To see through his cultivation, unless the other party's martial arts realm is higher than the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm.

Zhang Ruochen reached into his sleeve and touched the time-space crystal. His palm directly entered the inner space of the time-space crystal, took out the formula of "Heavenly Heart Sword Technique", and handed it to the gray-haired old man.

"I want to auction this scroll of lower-grade spiritual swordsmanship!" Zhang Ruochen said calmly.

The chief appraiser had just received the formula of "Heavenly Heart Swordsmanship" when he heard Zhang Ruochen's words and was slightly surprised. He was actually going to auction a lower-grade spiritual swordsmanship!

The chief appraiser immediately unfolded the rolled paper and studied it carefully.

The chief deacon standing nearby also walked over immediately and looked up the formula of "Heavenly Heart Swordsmanship" together.

The chief appraiser and the chief deacon were both martial arts masters, and they quickly identified the result and nodded at the same time.

"It is indeed the formula of the lower-grade spiritual swordsmanship. I wonder how many sword moves you have mastered?" asked the chief deacon.

The formula and sword moves can be combined to bring out the true power of the lower-grade spiritual swordsmanship.

Even if the chief deacon and the chief appraiser forcibly memorized the formula of "Tianxin Swordsmanship", if there is no sword move to match it, then the formula written down will be of no use.

Zhang Ruochen said: "The whole set of swordsmanship has twelve moves. The original book of the swordsmanship has been lost. The "Heavenly Heart Swordsmanship" in my hand is a sword move diagram drawn by a Tianji Realm expert. There is no difference from the original book of the swordsmanship."

The chief appraiser pondered for a moment and said: "In this case, the starting price of the "Heavenly Heart Swordsmanship" is set at 200,000 silver coins. But there is a prerequisite. After the auction is successful, the buyer must review the sword moves and formulas of the "Heavenly Heart Swordsmanship". If the review shows that it is not a lower-grade spiritual swordsmanship, the auction result will not count."

Zhang Ruochen nodded and said: "Everything will be done according to the rules of the auction house!"

The auction of "Heavenly Heart Swordsmanship" will be held tonight, becoming the finale of the central auction house tonight.

Before the auction started, the central auction house immediately passed the news to the major families in the royal city.

The important figures of the major families rushed to the martial arts market with huge sums of money, all wanting to buy the complete set of lower-grade spiritual swordsmanship.

Zhang Ruochen didn't care about the auction process, but only the result.

About two hours later, the auction ended and the result came out.

In the competition among the major families, the price of "Heavenly Heart Sword Technique" was raised to 1.24 million silver coins, and was finally won by the head of the Lin family.

"It's the Lin family!" Zhang Ruochen was slightly surprised after hearing the result.

Not long after, under the leadership of the chief steward, Lin Fengxian, the head of the Lin family, Lin De, a clan uncle of the Lin family, and Lin Ningshan, one of the four young beauties of Yunwu Commandery, walked in from outside.

"Master Lin, this gentleman is the master of the 'Heavenly Heart Sword Technique'." The chief steward pointed to Zhang Ruochen who was sitting at the top with a smile on his face.

Lin Fengxian's eyes stayed on the pair of "Qilin-inlaid Gold Boots" on Zhang Ruochen's feet for a moment, nodded gently, and bowed slightly, saying: "I am Lin Fengxian, the master of the Lin family. May I know your name?"

Before coming in, Lin Fengxian heard the chief steward describe this mysterious man and knew that he was a big shot in the palace.

So, after Lin Fengxian came in, he took the initiative to lower his posture as the master of the Lin family.

Seeing Lin Fengxian and Lin Ningshan, Zhang Ruochen became more careful to prevent them from recognizing him.

Zhang Ruochen coughed twice, and his voice became deep: "You don't need to know my name. This is the formula and sword move diagram of the "Heavenly Heart Sword Technique". Master Lin, take it and examine it!" As he spoke, Zhang Ruochen took out the formula and sword move diagram from his sleeve and put it on the table. Lin Fengxian did not examine the formula of the "Heavenly Heart Sword Technique". He believed that the central auction house had already identified the formula before the auction. He unfolded the sword move diagram of the "Heavenly Heart Sword Technique" and saw twelve little figures engraved on the paper. If ordinary people looked at the twelve pictures, they would not see anything special at all, but when Lin Fengxian's eyes fell on the paper, the twelve little figures holding long swords seemed to come alive, standing on the paper and dancing with swords. Each sword move is exquisite and contains the profound martial arts artistic conception. Even if you only learn one of them, you will benefit a lot. "This set of sword skills is definitely top-notch among the lower-grade spiritual martial arts. It's totally worth buying!" Lin Fengxian's heart was extremely excited.