"Where did those high-level martial artists come from?"

"How come the Purple Dragon Auction House has these many high-level martial artists?"

"Look how strong they are!"

Tons of questions circulated within the minds of the people in the auction house. They specifically had questions about those martial artists who guarded Wang-Lin-Chan by the cages. That was because they had never seen these martial artists before, no matter how many times they had been to the auction house.

They were only familiar with a few security guards that were in and in front of the auction house. However, those security guards were only at the Golden Core stage…

"It's about time for us to show you those special items, so please be prepared. And since the items that we're about to show you are highly expensive, we think that you might want to go back to your sects and offices to get more money for the auction. You might need to take as much as you have back here." Wang-Lin-Chan, who was in the middle of the stage, said charmingly with utmost elegance…

"Is that so, Lady Wang-Lin-Chan?" One of the men in the audience asked because he wondered why the bidders needed to go back to their places to get more money…

"Of course, sir. If you don't want to miss one of the best items around, you have to go get more money for them. Unless you want to be sorry for missing a chance to own them, then you don't have to."

Bang!

All of a sudden, the door was flung open. A group of several grown men entered the auction room. No one had ever seen these men before. The people in the auction room noticed that each of them had a pin on their chest. So, they knew that the group was not from the city…

"Is this the place where we can bid for Spiritual Qi energy stones?" A middle-aged man in the group shouted the question, so everyone heard his words…

"Spiritual Qi energy stones!?"

After the middle-aged man mentioned the Spiritual Qi energy stones, the people in the auction room started to get all excited instantaneously. Even the genius young man from the Golden Lion Protection Sect widened his eyes out of disbelief. He turned to look at Wang-Lin-Chan to see her in a stunned state of mind.

It was like she was shocked to hear the middle-aged man mentioning the Spiritual Qi energy stones. That meant that the next items that the auction house would show might be the Spiritual Qi energy stones…

"Quick! Go back to the Sect and inform the news to my father. Tell him to get a lot of money for the Spiritual Qi energy stones. It looks like we're going to have some fun today!" The young man rushed to order one of the Elders in the room to go back to the sect to send the news to his father for more money. He believed that the other Sects or other influential people would do the same…

And it was exactly like what the young man thought, all the influential Sects and clans quickly sent their people back to their places to report the news to their leaders to send them more money for the auction. So, they could win the Spiritual Qi energy stones. Even though no one knew how big the stones that the auction house prepared for them were, they were willing to pay any amount for them…

The excitement about the news on the Spiritual Qi energy stones started to subside a while after the middle-aged man checked with Wang-Lin-Chan about the auction of the stones. It was about the same time that Wang-Lin-Chan and the staff finished setting up security systems to protect the precious items.

The protections they prepared ranged from three-layered cages to the Nascent-Soul martial artists stationed by those cages. The auction house made sure that they used fine materials such as first-grade iron. They even put the spell on the cage with spelled traps…

"Ladies and gentlemen! Everything is all set and ready. So, in order to not waste your time, let the auction…"

"Wait a minute, young lady! Why are you so rushing? We just got here." As Wang-Lin-Chan was about to start the auction of the Spiritual Qi energy stones, another middle-aged man, who just arrived at the auction house, stopped her from starting the auction. When everyone turned to look at the man, they got startled and bewildered instantly…

"The Third Prince!?"

Wang-Lin-Chan exclaimed the title of the person who just stopped her the minute she knew who the man was. She was surprised, all of a sudden, to see the Third Prince at her auction house. That was because everybody knew that he was on duty protecting the border on the side that was next to Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven country. He had been sent there many years ago.

And it seemed like the situation at the border had not been under control…

What people did not know was that the Third Prince was sent to wipe out the savages of the Baku Tribe that occupied the area between Green Land and Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven country. The reason why he could turn up at the Purple Dragon Auction House was that the Baku Tribe had already withdrawn from the area.

On the way back to the palace, he happened to hear about the auction of the Spiritual Qi energy stones. And he wanted to participate…

Clomp! Clomp! Clomp!

"Respecting, Third Prince! I'm Wang-Dai-Su, the great Elder of Purple Dragon Auction House. I'd like to welcome you to our auction house. On behalf of the owner of the Purple Dragon Auction House, He would like to apologize for being unable to personally welcome you. He is being caught up in an important errand. However, he already had someone prepare a VIP room for you.

Let me take you to your…"

"That's fine. You don't have to. I already have my own seat. Please extend my greeting back to Master Wang-Ke for me." The Third Prince smiled at Wang-Dai-Su before looking for a seat on the first floor. He chose the seat that was next to the man in the yellow outfit, the one who was sitting next to Zheng-Fu…

As the Third Prince was approaching the seat that he aimed to sit, the people around the seats rushed to get up instantly. They were afraid to upset and anger him. Several high-level martial artists who guarded him were also the reason why the crowd was scared of him. That was because each of the guards looked extremely terrifying…

However, Zheng-Fu did not seem to be frightened by the appearance of the Third Prince and his bodyguards at all, even when they were approaching closely. It made the Third Prince admire him tremendously, but he did not say anything. He just sat down by the middle-aged man in the yellow outfit.

Zheng-Fu was sitting still and calmly as if the situation at the auction house had always been less dramatic…

"Why didn't you tell me that you're in town?" The Third Prince asked the person next to him as he finally seated himself…

"Hahaha! I didn't think that I would come to the capital city. I was nearby and felt like I should stop to visit. It was like something pulled me into this auction house. And I'm not disappointed at all to be here." The middle-aged man in the yellow outfit replied with a joyful smile while looking at Zheng-Fu, instead of the Third Prince…

"Why is that?" The Third Prince was curious about his friend's statement. But when he noticed that his friend was looking at someone else, he had to look in the direction where his friend was looking instantly…

"What's so special about that kid?" The Third Prince asked his friend about Zheng-Fu after he turned to look at him. He did not see anything in Zheng-Fu because he felt that Zheng-Fu did not have a high energy level. Besides, he had never seen him before…

"Nothing. My gut tells me that he's different." The middle-aged man in a yellow outfit said before turning back to the auction stage. Then he let out a smile…

"Your gut? You always trust your gut and have to find ways to see if it tells you the truth. Anyway, it always helps me get out of every crazy situation safely. So, I'm going to trust you too this time. Hahaha."

The Third Prince and the middle-aged man in a yellow outfit were having a friendly conversation while the people in the room stared at them. They did not know who the middle-aged man was. Even the VIP people did not know him…

"Alright! Since everybody's ready, let the auction of the Spiritual Qi energy stones begin!"

Rustle!

"What are these!? Boxes!? Not the Spiritual Qi energy stones!?"

When Wang-Lin-Chan finished the sentence, she immediately uncovered the Spiritual Qi energy stones under a cloth. However, what she found under the cloth turned out to be tightly sealed, wooden boxes instead. It was something she did not expect to see at all. But before she made any move, somebody approached her from behind…

Thud!

Wang-Lin-Chan turned to look at the person who just reached her. That was when she found out that it was her father, Wang-Ke. His appearance made her crinkle her eyebrows…

"Father!?"

"The items in the boxes are very invaluable, so I have to come to protect them myself. Here, take it." Wang-Ke said while handing something to Wang-Lin-Chan. Then he said, "That's the key to unlock the four boxes in front of you. I'll let you continue to host the auction. I hope you'll do your best." Wang-Ke said to his daughter with a warm smile…

"Yes, Father!"

Wang-Lin-Chan was so overwhelmed that she could hardly respond to her father properly. She was glad that not only his father did not yell at her that she sneaked in to host the auction, but he also trusted her to continue to lead the auction…

Click!

Wang-Lin-Chan took the key and unlocked the first box right away. She heard the unlocking sound and saw a spell-bound box open slowly…

Boom!

"Ah…"

The minute the box was opened, the aura wave from the Spiritual Qi energy stone was projected out instantly. It started to fill the air in the auction house within no time, even though the room was as huge as a big theater. The aura wave was also tremendously dense. It caused everyone who felt it to let out a satisfying sound with an extremely joyful face without them realizing it…

"What dense energy! And this is just its aura wave too. How powerful would it be if I get to absorb the energy directly from the stone?"

"Right! I could feel my energy level improving when I felt it."

"Mind you! I even break through to the next level!"

The sound of joy permeated the auction room after everyone felt the aura wave from the Spiritual Qi energy stone after the box was opened. That was because some of them could break through to the next energy level. A lot of them moved from the mid-level to the high level…

It took a short while for the dense aura wave in the room to subside. The people in the auction room got to enjoy it like that because the Spiritual Qi aura wave that leaked from the stone had been kept in the box and was ready to be emitted once the box was opened…

Wang-Lin-Chan was probably the one who was shocked by the aura wave the most. That was because she felt it first right after she opened the box. It was so surprising that she could not make herself open the box entirely. She just paused right there, letting the aura wave come out. When she got back to herself, she looked at the box in front of her. Then she thought…

*Wow! What would happen if all four boxes were opened at the same time!? They're absolutely something hard to grasp. Who is it that wanted to auction them off? Doesn't the person regret selling them? What would happen if the person absorbs them…?* Wang-Lin-Chan started to imagine the owner of the Spiritual Qi energy stones in front of her.

She wondered what the owner was thinking to want to sell these stones at her auction house…

All the while Wang-Lin-Chan was thinking, she did not know that Zheng-Fu, her notorious bidder, was the owner of those Spiritual Qi energy stones. Zheng-Fu did not mind selling those stones at all because he had a lot more of them. A lot of the stones that he had were even bigger. He just had to auction off a few of them, so he could turn them into cash, which was something that he lacked…

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