Chapter 1 Brother and Sister

  Through the spacious crimson lacquered gate, entering the Xianmeng auction house, first is a circular corridor. The corridor is also extremely spacious and can accommodate several people walking shoulder to shoulder without appearing crowded. The four walls of the corridor are carved with dragons and phoenixes, clouds and tigers, vividly lifelike, obviously having undergone long-term meticulous craftsmanship to possess such grandeur and magnificence. Just one glance gives a person a feeling of blood boiling excitement. Inside the corridor, lanterns illuminate everything, crystal tiles reflecting dazzling brilliance, and all around is thick spiritual energy lingering. Lu Chen knew in his heart that this place must be enveloped by an array formation to produce this scene, and he was truly shocked.

  To say nothing of other things, the grandeur of the Xianmeng Auction House alone has far surpassed that of the Qianyu Gate. It's no wonder it can rival the seven major sects of Daozong and is a large-scale immortal gate organization.

  Lu Chen nodded silently and followed Lin Hongjin upstairs to the second floor.

  The second floor is also a corridor, but compared to the first floor, there are many more doors, which should be the entrance of individual rooms. Similarly, this corridor is more luxurious than the one on the first floor.

  He walked all the way to the end of the corridor before Lin Hongjin slowed down his pace, gave Lu Chen a signal with his eyes, and then knocked on the door...

  "Come in..."

  From the other end of the house door came a thick, slightly hoarse voice. This sound made Lu Chen's soul stir, and he couldn't help but secretly sigh: "It's an expert, at least at the ninth level of Qi refinement."

  Lin Hongjin received the order and pushed open the door, and the two of them stepped in at the same time.

  As soon as he entered the room, Lu Chen's first glance fell on a low white jade platform where an old man was sitting cross-legged. The old man was about fifty years old, with white hair and a face full of wrinkles, and a wispy goatee that quivered with each breath.

  When he saw this person, Lu Chen suddenly became vigilant, not for anything else, because he felt danger from the old man's body.

  That was due to the aura on the old man's body, making it difficult for Lu Chen to control the rise of his resistance.

  Desolate land, full of crises... This maxim is not only talking about the internal desolation with countless demons and beasts, but also that sometimes humans are more terrifying than demons because demons do not have evil intentions, while humans have a thousand faces.

  Can't help but be on guard, Lu Chen secretly operated the Great Evolution of the Immortal Technique, although he didn't think about making a move, he also made preparations for any possible situation.

  In fact, the old man was also intentional, because he had just learned from Lin Hongjin's mouth that a little guy who practiced Qi for five layers actually wanted to sell materials for over a thousand single-horned fire wolves, and 99% of them didn't believe it, so when Lu Chen came in, he used his momentum to probe Lu Chen's cultivation.

  Lu Chen's guess was not wrong, the old man's strength was indeed extraordinary. Although his talent was not good, due to the years of practice, he still reached the tenth layer of Qi Refining, and was only one step away from the Foundation Establishment stage.

  Lu Chen saw this and smiled slightly in his heart, thinking: "Old mixed hair, wanting to probe the depth of my cultivation, go dream on."

  Thinking of this, Lu Chen gave up his resistance and retracted his aura: "You little thing, it's no use getting angry with you."

  After all, he had obtained Lin Hongjin's token, and the old man was afraid of hurting Lu Chen. His momentum seemed fierce, but it was slowly pressing down on Lu Chen. Just as the old man who had intended to take a closer look had just suppressed his momentum, he suddenly found that the other party had already withdrawn his momentum. This time, the old man was shocked.

  He had obtained the Great Expansion Immortal Technique, and Lu Chen's cultivation was not something that a strong foundation-building cultivator could see through. The old man wanted to use his aura to analyze it, but he didn't have any way to do so now. He didn't know that Lu Chen's Great Expansion Immortal Technique itself had the effect of hiding one's aura. So the old man immediately misunderstood.

  "Hey, does this kid have a treasure that can hide his presence on him?"

  The treasure that hid its breath was not particularly precious, and could even be said to be quite common. The old man merely blinked slightly, without showing too much surprise. Seeing Lu Chen give up resisting, he withdrew his aura in disappointment...

  Lin Hongjin had been watching from the side, not daring to speak out. Seeing the old man's demeanor recede, he then introduced them: "Magistrate Qi, this is the Jade Lake Daoist I mentioned."

  "Yu Hu Dao You, this is Qi Xiang Hai, the chief executive of the Xian Meng Auction House, in charge of the procurement department..."

  "I understand." Lu Chen nodded, as if what had just happened hadn't occurred at all, and calmly clasped his fists: "Qī Dào friend..."

  It's just a buyer-seller relationship, no need to give Qi Xianghai a flattering title like "senior" or something. Moreover, this old man has ulterior motives, he was just trying to check out his own cultivation, not giving him any face. Hmph!

  Lu Chen's behavior, as if he didn't care about anyone else, naturally led Qi Xianghai to misunderstand him again. He thought of what Lin Hongjin had just said, that Lu Chen had materials for over a thousand single-horned fire wolves, and added to this person's extraordinary demeanor and eccentric expression, which was essentially disdainful of others. Qi Xianghai's heart grew more cautious by several degrees.

  "Qigong of five layers can kill thousands of single-horned fire wolves, it's unbelievable even if you tell a ghost, this person must have been assisted by a big shot..."

  Zhi Xianghai smiled slightly, trying to show his kind side, and pointed to the couch opposite him, saying: "Yu Hu Daoist friend, nice to meet you, please sit down."

  The three of them sat down around a low white jade platform.

  As soon as they sat down, Qi turned to Hai and went straight to the point: "Yu Hu Daoist friend, I heard from Hong Jin that you have some materials for sale. Is this true?"

  Qizhi Xianghai asked, Lin Hongjin hastily said to Lu Chen: "Yu Hu Dao friend, Qizhi is one of the managers of the Xianmeng Auction House. Generally, he won't personally appear to manage this kind of matter. However, this time Qizhi attaches great importance to this transaction and specially instructed me to bring you in. You can rest assured to take out your items. As long as the quantity is sufficient, the price will naturally be negotiable."

  Lin Hongjin may not be as experienced as those old-timers, but he is also very familiar with this matter. The Xianmeng Auction House has an unwritten rule that whenever someone brings materials to sell, according to the number of demon beasts, fewer than a thousand are not even worth having someone like Qi Xiang handle it personally, but once they reach over a thousand, they will be treated as a major client by the Xianmeng Auction House and naturally require someone with weight to handle it personally, which is also a sign of respect for major clients.

  As for why Lin Hongjin was so enthusiastic, the reason is even simpler: as a matchmaker, he has a 5% commission to take. Of course, most importantly, if he can bring some long-term big clients to Xianmeng Auction House, his status will also be rapidly elevated. For example, becoming the confidant of the executive, it would naturally have only benefits and no drawbacks for his future cultivation.

  Zhi Xianghai and Lin Hongjin each played their own roles, how could Lu Chen not see through it? After struggling in the city for many years, he was already familiar with these things.

  Lu Chen Dao said: "Since it's like this, Yu Hu will believe you."

  As he spoke, Lu Chen waved his hand and a beam of light burst forth. Suddenly, the large room was filled with piles of demon beast hides, numerous unicorn horns, and at the other end of the wall, tens of thousands of small bottles filled with red ** were stacked neatly.

  In an instant, the entire room seemed crowded...

  "As expected..."

  "Really? There's actually this many?"

  In the room, Qi Xianghai and Lin Hongjin's eyes suddenly lit up, with a shocking color flowing out of their eyes...

  Their spiritual senses swept out, and in an instant, the two of them had counted out the number of materials that Lu Chen had taken out...

  A thousand wolf pelts with single horns, a thousand single horns, ten thousand bottles filled with beast blood...

  Lin Hongjin, who had lived for nearly thirty years, had never seen so many materials. He rubbed his eyes and looked at Lu Chen in surprise again: "Yu Hu Daoist friend, this... how did you do it?"

  Lu Chen didn't look at Lin Hongjin, he just smiled slightly, reached out to take the clear tea that had been placed on the white jade tray earlier, and lightly sipped it.

  "Are you kidding me? You're also a cultivator, can I even tell you these things?"

  Zi Xianghai's face first turned red, then quickly covered it up, and glared at Lin Hongjin, saying: "Hongjin, you must not be rude!"

  "Uh..." Lin Hongjin's face turned red as he hastily apologized to Lu Chen, "No offense, Brother Yuhu, it was my fault."

  Lu Chen naturally didn't mean to blame him, put down his teacup and said to Qi Hai: "These materials are still passable, right?"

  " Barely made it..." Lin Hongjin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, thinking to himself: "This is more than just barely making it, there aren't many people in the entire Xianmeng City who can bring out so much stuff at once, and those are usually teams of five or six people, but you're alone."

  According to the appearance of the single-horned fire wolf in the Honghuang forest, its group characteristics, time, luck... and so on, Lin Hongjin made a small calculation in his heart: "The distance between Xianmeng City and Honghuang, the amount of spiritual stone needed for cultivation, the time spent on the road, if more than three single-horned fire wolves are encountered and cannot be fought hard..." He calculated everything, almost to the point of splitting hairs. After a long silence, he finally got a number that could explain the problem. That is, if he were to hunt and kill 1,000 single-horned fire wolves by himself, with his current strength still at the seventh layer of Qi Refining, it would take him at least five years...

  "Five years... three months..., damn, what kind of freak is this......" Lin Hongjin looked at Lu Chen again, and the reflection in his pupils seemed to be a creature he had never seen before.

  Zhi Xianghai was also shocked, but he had seen a lot of big scenes before, so he quietly stabilized his shocked mood and smiled lightly: "The fur is intact, the unicorn's cut is even, not too damaged, it's okay."

  He smiled and said, "Brother Yuhu, I suppose you're also aware of the price of this single-horned fire wolf material. Previously, Hongjin also mentioned it to you. We're willing to exchange one piece of spiritual stone for nine bottles of beast blood. You have 10,000 bottles, so that would be 1,111 pieces of low-grade spiritual stones. For the fur, one piece of spiritual stone per pelt, and two pieces of spiritual stone per single-horned wolf. Calculating this way, it should be 3,000 pieces of spiritual stones. Adding both together makes it 4,111 pieces of low-grade spiritual stones. Since this is our first transaction with Brother Yuhu, I don't dare to give too much. How about we make it 4,112 pieces?"

  As he spoke, the Qihai Ling's micro-movement was detected, and the Qiankun bag suddenly floated up, quietly suspended above the White Jade Platform, with its opening facing downwards...

  Whoa...... A large pile of sparkling spirit stones spilled all over the table, forming a small mountain...

  Although Lu Chen was somewhat unhappy in his heart, he secretly thought that this Xianmeng auction house was not great either, and only took a small amount of money for the sake of it. However, facing such a large number of spirit stones for the first time, Lu Chen was still extremely excited...

  "4,112 pieces of low-grade spirit stones, I'm rich."