Harvest

The auction continued. Treasures kept appearing in the second half, surpassing the first half in every way.

Among them, a cultivation technique called the Heavenly Dipper Eight Steps left the deepest impression on Lu Wangchuan.

It was a movement technique that could increase one's speed. Though it was not a combat martial art, its value was not the slightest bit inferior. It ultimately sold for the staggering price of twenty thousand taels, even more expensive than the Speed Heart Art.

Lu Wangchuan watched with longing in his eyes and could only comfort himself inwardly. He was still too weak right now. Once he grew stronger in the future, he would have combat martial arts, movement techniques, and all of these things.

Just as the auction was reaching its most exciting moment, an accident suddenly occurred.

Boom—!

A heaven-shaking explosion erupted from the center of the auction hall, blasting everyone present off their feet. The martial artists at the heart of the explosion were even killed on the spot.

Although Lu Wangchuan was at the edge, he was still caught off guard and thrown through the air by the shockwave, his blood and qi violently churning.

However, he mainly cultivated blood and qi, and his physique had grown stronger day by day through relentless training. He was far tougher than others at the same level, and quickly calmed himself. With a glance, he saw Lao Tan more than ten meters away, already knocked unconscious by the blast wave.

At that moment, a severed hand holding a small black leather pouch had landed beside him. Without a second thought, Lu Wangchuan snatched it and tucked it into his clothes, then rolled away to change positions.

"What happened?"

"It was a Black Lotus Society Thunderclap Bomb! There are Black Lotus Society members here!"

"The Black Lotus Society!"

Lu Wangchuan's pupils contracted. He had heard that name before.

In troubled times, there would inevitably be people who took advantage of the chaos to establish their own forces and seek fame and fortune. The Black Lotus Society was one of Da Qian's foremost rebel factions, and it had countless experts in its ranks.

"Hahaha! I hope you have all been well. Our brothers in the Black Lotus Society have been short on silver for food lately, so we have no choice but to come ask you all for a little."

After that burst of laughter, cries of slaughter rose everywhere. Battle erupted, and the entire auction descended into utter chaos.

Lu Wangchuan's gaze turned icy as he spun around and ran.

The auction house was not his. He had come here to spend money, not to risk his life for someone else.

At that moment, two Black Lotus Sect core members burst in through the entrance and happened to run into Lu Wangchuan. His expression tightened, and just as he prepared to strike, the two men bypassed him and charged straight into the hall.

While Lu Wangchuan was still puzzled, he heard their discussion as they passed.

"Don't waste time on him. He only bought some trash Life Nurturing Art just now."

Lu Wangchuan did not know whether to laugh or cry. It seemed the Life Nurturing Art was truly considered garbage in ordinary people's eyes—they could not even be bothered to rob him of it.

Still, that was a good thing. He could take advantage of the chaos and escape.

Outside, things were equally chaotic. Lu Wangchuan was not the only one who had fled the auction house; everyone was fighting the Black Lotus Society members. Lu Wangchuan glanced at Lu Xianyuan and saw him strolling through the crowd as if taking a leisurely walk, as though the chaotic scene had absolutely nothing to do with him.

And whenever he passed by, Black Lotus Society martial artists would be cut down on the spot.

The sight made Lu Wangchuan's heart race with yearning.

Kill one man in ten steps, leave no trace over a thousand miles—this was probably what it meant, wasn't it?

After a brief moment of envy, Lu Wangchuan immediately left the area.

With the Black Lotus Society's invasion and the crowd's flight, the battle rapidly spread down the mountain. Life-and-death fights could be seen everywhere throughout the forests covering the slopes.

Lu Wangchuan leaped down from high ground at great speed, sometimes clearing heights of thirty or forty meters in a single jump.

After reaching the Bone Forging Realm, one's physical qualities had already attained an incredibly terrifying level.

Other Bone Forging Realm martial artists could not make repeated high leaps like Lu Wangchuan. The reason he could do so was mainly because his daily blood and qi training had tempered his physique to be even stronger than that of other Bone Forging Realm martial artists at the same level.

What should have been a journey of more than ten minutes took Lu Wangchuan less than three as he arrived directly at the foot of the mountain.

"Someone!"

The moment he reached the foot of the mountain, Lu Wangchuan encountered several Black Lotus Society followers.

These men appeared to be a small squad. Their leader was in the Bone Forging Realm, three others were in the Tendons and Membranes Realm, and four were in the Blood Solidification Realm.

Lu Wangchuan did not waste words and attacked decisively. He stepped forward and threw two punches, sending one Tendons and Membranes Realm martial artist and one Blood Solidification Realm martial artist flying on the spot.

A Bone Forging expert was not only immensely strong, but their fists were also incomparably hard. A single punch was like an iron hammer carrying several hundred jin of force!

"Don't be so arrogant."

The Bone Forging Realm expert's face darkened in fury as he charged forward. Lu Wangchuan met him with a punch. The other man's combat martial art was clearly of a much higher grade, but Lu Wangchuan's physique was stronger than others at the same level, so their exchanged blows ended evenly matched.

After that exchange, blood and qi surged within both men. Lu Wangchuan immediately followed with another punch aimed directly at the man's crotch, and the other man countered to block it.

"Trying to touch my lower road? You—┗|｀O′|┛Aoooh~~!"

It turned out Lu Wangchuan had merely feinted east and struck west. His foot had already stomped viciously onto the man's instep, twisting his entire face in pain.

Before the man could react, Lu Wangchuan seized both his hands and forced his way into close quarters, following with a knee strike that smashed his bird's nest. Even a Bone Forging Realm expert would be left with tears in his eyes and his entire body rigid from the pain. Lu Wangchuan then delivered an uppercut straight into his throat, thoroughly sending him to the afterlife.

Before he could rejoice, the sound of arrows tearing through the air came from behind him. Lu Wangchuan used the Bone Forging expert's body as a shield, and several sharp crossbow bolts buried themselves in its flesh. They were specialized Fine Steel Crossbow bolts!

Lu Wangchuan did not dare lower his guard. He shoved the corpse forward and closed in, unleashing the Mountain Splitting Fist with wide left and right strikes. With such overwhelming superiority in realm, it was simply one punch per child.

In moments, he wiped out the entire Black Lotus Society squad.

Not daring to linger, he quickly searched through their clothes and sleeves, taking their valuables before running all the way back to his home in the city. He lay on the ground and gasped wildly for air, and only after dozens of seconds did his blood and qi gradually settle.

Then, he suddenly burst into loud laughter. Xiao Wu and Xiao Yue in the courtyard were both utterly baffled.

"What is wrong with Young Master?"

They did not understand Lu Wangchuan's feeling of surviving a calamity, the satisfaction of escaping the brink of death and reaching safety. It was beyond words.

After laughing for a short while, he instructed the two not to disturb him, then quickly entered the Training Room to inspect his unexpected gains.

He had not known until he checked. The moment he did, he was stunned beyond belief.

The several Black Lotus Society followers did not have much money. Combined, they had only eight or nine hundred taels, and most of it had come from the Bone Forging Realm squad leader.

That small black leather pouch was the true prize. Lu Wangchuan had already vaguely guessed that it might be the legendary Storage Bag, and when he opened it, he found that it truly was.

What delighted him even more was that three items lay quietly inside.

That pill formula worth more than five thousand taels!

The Heavenly Dipper Eight Steps movement technique!

And a full ten thousand taels in silver notes!

At the sight of those three items, Lu Wangchuan's breathing caught. His heart pounded wildly with excitement, leaving him speechless.

He had only intended to bid on a few things that would aid his cultivation, yet he had unexpectedly picked up such an enormous bargain in the end. He had struck it rich!