Chapter Ten: Taiyi's Thunderbolt

  Tianbao Pavilion 2nd floor, Fine Products Pavilion.

  Zhang Youren was stunned as soon as he stepped into the hall.

  The empty hall had nothing but rows of chairs and private rooms.

  "What's going on here?!"

  There was some anger in Zhang Youren's eyes.

  He looked at Zi Yun, and for the first time, he felt impatient with this enthusiastic female immortal.

  "Great Immortal, don't you know?"

  "What?"

  "The Great Immortal calmed his anger, and this immortal will slowly tell you."

  As Zi Yun's cherry lips opened slightly, it took Zhang Youren a while to slowly understand the cause and effect of things. However, after understanding the truth, he was embarrassed with a red face and ears.

  So this is an auction!

  He still claims to be a worldly and knowledgeable earthling, yet he made such a fool of himself.

  It was Zi Yun who looked at him and felt a slight wavering in her heart.

  "Even the auction house of Jingpin Pavilion doesn't know who this person is. Judging from his demeanor, he doesn't seem like a swindler, could it be that some hidden master's disciple has come out to gain experience? This is also too..."

  Zi Yun didn't know where to place Zhang Youren next.

  Zhang Youren, a man of the world, remained unmoved by the treasures on display. By rights, he should have been seated in a private room to reflect his status, but since entering Tianbao Pavilion, Zhang had yet to make an offer for even half a price, nor purchased any item at all, which left Zi Yun perplexed and suspicious.

  "But if he were placed in the main hall, and if he was a disciple of some hidden high-ranking official, it wouldn't be worth offending that power for nothing."

  As a business entity like Tianbao Pavilion, no matter how powerful its background is, it must balance all parties' forces in all aspects and survive in the cracks. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, it may suffer from unprovoked disaster.

  Just as Zi Yun was in trouble, Zhang Youren walked straight to the second row of the main hall.

  "It's his own choice; it won't implicate this immortal maiden."

  Zi Yun, as a shopping guide, would naturally follow the customer and look forward to the commission after the auction starts.

  At this time, an auction that lasts for one watch every day is about to begin, and some immortals of various shapes and colors are coming to the Treasure Pavilion one after another.

  "Move over, move over, let Ben Shao through, you stupid pig head, can't see that Ben Shao is coming and still blocking the way, get out of here!"

  "It's him!"

  "This is terrible! How did this guy get here? Looks like it's going to be tough to find some good stuff today!"

  "Who is this, being so arrogant."

  "Shh, don't let him hear, I'm telling you, this is the infamous Mixed World Demon King of the Heavenly Court."

  "Evil King of the Mortal World?"

  "Yes, Mixed World Demon King, descendant of a noble family who no one dares to provoke, be low-key for once."

  "Damn it, the Demon King of the Mortal World has arrived. It seems that we should tighten up our universe bag a bit more, or else we'll lose both the lady and the soldiers."

  Among the many discussions, Zhang Youren looked at a young fairy with a gloomy expression walking into the Jingpin Pavilion Hall with a look of "I am the best in the world" with his nose pointing towards the ceiling, and just looking at him made one want to punch him.

  "Look who's talking, you little white face."

  Zhang Youren didn't expect that just taking a glance would bring about an unexpected disaster.

  "You little white face, you think you're the head of the White Nima, but in fact, you think that I, the master of this heavenly court, am not worthy!"

  Zhang Youren's fire energy surged, and he was about to scold him. Although his cultivation is now completely gone, it's as if he really didn't dare to fart at all. In the Heavenly Court, there are special seals, and countless heavenly armor generals patrol, no one dares to be reckless.

  At this time, Zi Yun beside him pulled his robe and looked at that delicate appearance, as if afraid of getting into trouble because of this matter, Zhang Youren, who had always been at the bottom of society, was so angry that he couldn't bear it.

  "Alright, I'll spare your life this once, for Zi Yun's sake."

  Zhang Youren sat in the second row of chairs in the hall, looking at that bastard swaggering into the private room. Zi Yun lowered her head and whispered: "The one who just went in is Lei Tiandong, the youngest son of Emperor Hou Chen. He's also known as the Devil King of the Mortal World, no one dares to provoke him."

  "Who dares to provoke?"

  "Yes, it's Gouchen Dadi, one of the Four Marshals, in charge of heavenly punishment and war, who dares to provoke him?"

  Zhang Youren heard this and let out a silent cold laugh. A useless son of the Great Emperor Xuan Chen actually made these usually high-and-mighty immortals lower their voices and humble themselves like this. If they were to encounter himself, the real Heavenly Emperor, who knows what kind of commotion it would cause?

  However, thinking again, the heavenly court is so vast that even immortals don't know how many there are. For deities who have reached a certain status, where would they find the time and leisure to participate in an auction at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion? If they fancy something new, it's just a matter of speaking. Only he, this earthling who crossed over from another world, would be interested in these trinkets, and so he brought Xiao Qing along for a stroll to clear his mind. Otherwise, such gatherings are merely ordinary meeting places for immortals.

  In the mountains with no tigers, the monkeys claim to be kings!

  So, people like Leitian Dong naturally became unattainable figures in the eyes of others.

  Just as Zhang Youren was chatting with Zi Yun, the auction of Jingpin Pavilion officially started.

  A tall and slender manager stood at the front desk, introducing each auction item with eloquence, truly a master cultivated by Tianbao Pavilion, whose functional introduction alone was enough to excite everyone.

  "I, Laozi Xianren, preside over this auction. Next, we will be auctioning off the first treasure of our pavilion, the Taiyi Leiyan, which contains a hint of the origin of the Heavenly Thunder Law. Please raise your paddles, esteemed immortals. This Leiyan is one-of-a-kind in the Three Realms, and once it's gone, there won't be another opportunity to acquire it."

  The fierce immortal smiled, placing a ball of thunderbolt with a destructive aura on the auction table. With full expectation, he swept his eyes across the hall filled with immortals and said: "Taiyi Thunderbolt, starting bid price, one million immortal stones."

  "One and a half million, I'll take out one and a half million spirit stones."

  As soon as Leng Xianren's voice fell, an old immortal held up his sign and started bidding, directly increasing the price to 1.5 million, with a determined look on his face.

  "Hmph, 1.5 million also wants to get this Taiyi Lei's portrait, I'll offer 2 million."

  "Two hundred and fifty thousand."

  The hawkers' cries rose and fell, in just a moment, the price of the immortal stone doubled, with still room for further growth. Zhang Youren, however, was unenthusiastic, this thunderbolt-like move was good but did not resonate with his own techniques.

  "This Thunderbolt is quite good, I'll take it. I'll offer 2.5 million plus 100 spirit stones, what do you think?"

  "Pshaw!"

  "Even if you add 100 coppers, it's still a joke."

  "What's the big deal? He just has a good father, that's all. If you had a father like Tian Ting Liu Yu, you wouldn't even need to use a single Spirit Stone, you could just take it by force."

  "Ah..."

  When Leitian was about to make a deal, the old immortal's face suddenly changed. His lifespan was approaching its end, but he had been unable to break through for a long time. Today, after much difficulty, he finally found an object that matched his skills and might allow him to break through to a new realm and increase his lifespan. He had thought of spending all his wealth to get it, but unexpectedly ran into this demon king of the mortal world.

  He gritted his teeth, stood up and bowed in the direction of the private room, saying: "Lei Shao, Taiyi Leijiang is a matter related to my life, please show mercy." His face turned bright red, he steeled himself and held up the sign: "Three... thirty million Xian stones."

  "Bastard!"