Recaps

Gu Cheng used his reputation to win a mysterious gold coin that secretly boosted luck, then identified the power of a guqin that Xie Yuchen bought for his master. The chapter ended with Gu Cheng realizing Xie Yuchen’s master was February Red.

• Gu Cheng bid twelve million for the gold coin, and a middle-aged man who recognized him drove the price up to twenty million.
• Gu Cheng outbid the middle-aged man with twenty-one million and won the gold coin, while concealing his excitement from Xie Yuchen and Wu Xie.
• Gu Cheng identified the fourth lot, the guqin Spring Thunder, as a low-grade magical artifact that could make its music linger and convey the player’s state of mind.
• Xie Yuchen bought Spring Thunder for 215 million as a gift for his master.
• Gu Cheng realized Xie Yuchen’s master was February Red.

Gu Cheng bought the Welcoming Pine and learned that the Matchmaker's Red Thread linked its wearers' thoughts, while the auction price soared beyond 440 million. Huo Xiu Xiu tried to persuade Xie Yuchen to buy the cords for her, but he refused.

• Gu Cheng won the Welcoming Pine for seventeen million after seeing its ability to attract one thousand customers per day.
• A collector bought the ancient sword for sixty million, while Gu Cheng passed on it.
• Wu Xie explained that the Matchmaker's Red Thread let its two wearers sense each other's feelings.
• Bidders drove the Matchmaker's Red Thread's price from ten million to 440 million, and Wu Xie stopped Huo Xiu Xiu from bidding more.
• Huo Xiu Xiu asked Xie Yuchen to buy the cords for her, but he repeatedly refused.

Gu Cheng discovered that the auction’s eighth lot, the Immortal-Brew Gourd, was a supreme-grade magical artifact and tried to find a way to afford it. He offered Xie Yuchen divine items as collateral, but the chapter ended before Xie Yuchen agreed to help.

• Xie Yuchen told Gu Cheng that he was saving his funds for the auction’s grand finale.
• Gu Cheng inspected the fist-sized gourd and learned it could store one hundred kinds of liquid and brew Hundred Immortals' Brew from one hundred kinds of alcoholic drink.
• Gu Cheng realized he had only three hundred and sixty million available and asked Xie Yuchen for a loan or help securing credit from the Crescent Hotel.
• Xie Yuchen refused to lend money and said the Child-Giving Guanyin statue alone would not persuade the Crescent Hotel to extend credit.
• Gu Cheng presented the Little Divine Edge and described its powers, prompting Xie Yuchen’s interest; Fatty Wang then spoke up about their powerful axe.

Fatty Wang described the giant serpent and supernatural creatures he and Gu Cheng had encountered, while Gu Cheng sought the Crescent Hotel’s permission to buy a water-storing gourd. Xie Yuchen offered to lend him money, and the two agreed to be friends.

• Fatty Wang told Xie Yuchen, Wu Xie, and Huo Xiu Xiu about the giant serpent, White-Haired Jiangshi, and Little Ghost Kings, but Hu Bayi stopped him from revealing more.
• Wu Xie tried to persuade Hu Bayi to share their tomb-robbing stories, while Xie Yuchen admired Gu Cheng’s Little Divine Edge.
• Gu Cheng learned that the Crescent Hotel’s Listening Servants had likely overheard his request and waited for the hotel to respond.
• Xie Yuchen questioned Gu Cheng’s eagerness to buy the gourd, then offered to lend him money if the hotel refused to extend credit.
• Gu Cheng accepted Xie Yuchen’s offer and agreed to call him a friend.

Gu Cheng bid aggressively for the Immortal-Brew Gourd, trading challenges with two elderly bidders as the price soared. He left the auction at one point six billion, still competing for the treasure.

• Huo Xiu Xiu urged Gu Cheng to light the sky lantern, but he refused.
• Gu Cheng raised the bid to eight hundred million, startling the auction hall.
• Old Xu and the old man with Wen Walnuts outbid Gu Cheng, pushing the price to one point five billion.
• Gu Cheng identified himself as willing to follow the other man's limit and bid one point six billion.

Gu Cheng won the Immortal-Brew Gourd for 1.6 billion and accepted the Crescent Hotel’s offer of interest-free credit in exchange for three conditions. The auction continued with a stack of paper money that could summon a deceased person’s soul.

• Gu Cheng won the Immortal-Brew Gourd after no one challenged his 1.6-billion bid.
• A woman representing the Crescent Hotel offered Gu Cheng interest-free credit if he met three conditions.
• Gu Cheng agreed to auction the Child-Giving Guanyin statue, give the Crescent Hotel first consideration for future treasures, and help it once if needed.
• Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang worried that Gu Cheng had overpaid, but he reassured them that he knew what he was doing.
• The auction’s ninth lot was paper money that could summon a deceased person’s soul while it burned.

Gu Cheng recognized the auction’s grand finale as a Visualization Secret Slip, but discovered it contained the Five-Animal Exercises rather than a powerful cultivation technique. Xie Yuchen warned him that outsiders called it a Cultivation-Transmitting Bamboo Slip, leaving Gu Cheng ashen after he revealed his unfamiliar terminology.

• Xu bought the Spirit Money for 430 million after a fierce bidding war.
• The tenth auction lot appeared, and Gu Cheng recognized the bamboo slips as a Visualization Secret Slip.
• Gu Cheng identified the slip’s ability as instantly teaching a technique, then used his innate ability to learn it contained the Five-Animal Exercises.
• Xie Yuchen explained that the Crescent Hotel had informed wealthy buyers about the auction lots in advance and said Visualization Secret Slips caused trouble wherever they appeared.
• Xie Yuchen told Gu Cheng that outsiders called the item a Cultivation-Transmitting Bamboo Slip and warned him not to use the name Visualization Secret Slip again.
• Gu Cheng’s face turned ashen as the private room fell silent.

Gu Cheng tried to hide his knowledge of the Cultivation-Transmitting Bamboo Slip while Xie Yuchen joined the fierce bidding for it. Xie Yuchen raised his offer to 2.6 billion, and Gu Cheng spotted Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang longing for the slip as an idea came to him.

• Gu Cheng played off his use of the name Visualization Secret Slip, while Xie Yuchen smiled as if he had seen through him.
• Xie Yuchen explained that a previous Cultivation-Transmitting Bamboo Slip had sold for 2.8 billion and that the Superman Family had needed to borrow money to pay for it.
• As the bidding reached 1.9 billion, Xie Yuchen offered 2.2 billion, but an old man surnamed Xu raised it to 2.3 billion and a middle-aged man bid 2.5 billion.
• Xie Yuchen said he had only a little over 2.7 billion left after buying an ancient guqin, declined Gu Cheng's offer to lend him money, and bid 2.6 billion.
• Gu Cheng noticed Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang longing for the slip and suddenly came up with an idea.