The Sinew Washing and Meridian Weaving (4,000 words; please vote!)

The Four Seasons Auction.

Su Cha's eyes burned with desire.

Li Xiuwen said helplessly, "Can't afford it. Let's go, boss."

Even the cheapest treasure armor

started at several thousand Tongbao.

Most experts newly advanced to the Golden Network Gate couldn't afford that.

He had a bulletproof vest. Cheap and effective.

It restricted his movement a little, but that was hardly a problem.

What mattered now

was refining the Great Elixirs and raising his cultivation.

After Li Xiuwen left,

an assistant brought out a jade tray.

On it lay a folded blue undergarment.

A faint glow shimmered across it. It was clearly no ordinary garment.

The six Raccoon Cats of Azure Hall's Four Great Factions, along with the independent Raccoon Cats, stared fixedly at the treasure armor.

The assistant smiled. "This is the auction's centerpiece: Silk to the End, a suit of treasure armor excavated from the Martial Tomb of a lord of Great Gan. It protects as well as a bulletproof vest, yet weighs next to nothing and won't hinder a Martial Artist in combat. Its value speaks for itself. Opening bid: 1,000 Tongbao!"

The moment Silk to the End appeared, the crowd went wild.

Little Loudspeaker and the others stayed to watch.

"Is that... the legendary treasure armor?"

Green-Haired Turtle's eyes gleamed with envy.

He figured even a Raccoon Cat, or an expert from Tiger Hall, would have to scrimp for ages to save that much.

But with that many Tongbao, would most people buy treasure armor or Great Elixirs? The latter, obviously.

Treasure armor was wonderful, but far too extravagant.

A bulletproof vest could serve as a passable substitute.

Great Elixirs had no substitute!

That was right. Gui Xuanling wore a bulletproof vest too.

It was a little life-saving trick he had learned from his master.

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