"The Brilliant Star Pavilion specializes in selling martial arts, medicinal ingredients, and pills. They deal in anything related to martial artists.
But the things sold at Brilliant Star Pavilion also test your eye and judgment. If you want to go, you should find someone who knows their stuff."
Yu Bu'e understood. Mr. Bai was worried he would get scammed, so he explained, "I heard they're holding an auction in a few days..."
"An auction?" Bai Qingqu asked in surprise. "Everything at the Brilliant Star Pavilion's auctions is carefully selected. There's absolutely nothing to worry about.
But as far as I know, their auctions are never open to the public. They're a perk for top VIP clients. Very few people receive invitations-the bar is extremely high..."
Yu Bu'e hadn't expected that. Meeting Bai Qingqu's puzzled gaze, he scratched his head and smiled bashfully.
"I'm enjoying a little sugar-mama support while it's hot. Hehe!"
[Bai Qingqu's Jealousy Points +80]
Only then did Yu Bu'e discover just how pleasant it was to chat with his teacher during martial arts class while watching everyone else slog through their fist training.
When the bell rang, he still hadn't had enough.
A whole period of conversation had yielded quite a haul.
As soon as the martial arts teacher left, a crowd surged around Yu Bu'e.
"Not cool, Yu! You're already in the Qi Refining Realm, and you didn't even tell us!"
"Seriously, Yu, you're incredible!"
Wu Yang slung an arm over Yu Bu'e's shoulders and pounded his own chest with his other hand.
"I regret everything! If I'd known, I never would've taken that crappy Meridian-Opening Pill. I should've waited for your Supreme Immortal Pill!"
At Wu Yang's words, quite a few classmates looked regretful.
"He's actually got a point!"
"I regret it too. Too bad you can only take a Meridian-Opening Pill once."
"Sure, nine hundred thousand per pill is way too expensive, but that's my problem, not the Meridian-Opening Pill's..."
Yu Bu'e knew perfectly well that his breakthrough to the Qi Refining Realm wasn't solely thanks to the Meridian-Opening Pill.
His Meridian-Opening Fist, upgraded to [Peak Mastery], had been just as crucial.
Standing at the back, Xu Hu watched Yu Bu'e surrounded by the crowd and nearly ground his teeth to pieces.
Seeing Yu Bu'e's life getting better and better was worse than being killed!
His two lackeys were also a little puzzled.
Xu Hu seemed unusually quiet today.
One of them rolled his eyes thoughtfully, then suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs.
"It's just the Qi Refining Realm! What's so great about that? My bro Xu Hu is almost there too!"
"Exactly! So what if he's in the Qi Refining Realm? He's still no match for Xu!" the other quickly chimed in.
Xu Hu stared at them in shock.
Seeing all his classmates turn toward him, he hastily waved his hands and launched into a triple denial.
"I'm not, I didn't... don't make things up!"
The two lackeys even patted him.
"Bro, we don't have to spare his feelings!"
"Exactly! We know you just can't be bothered to mock him anymore. I brought my mouth today, so I'll launch the first attack!"
Xu Hu shot them a vicious glare, turned, and left.
Seeing Xu Hu leave, the two hurried after him.
The other classmates exchanged bewildered looks, unsure what was going on.
"What's that supposed to mean? Is Xu Hu challenging Yu Bu'e?"
"I doubt it. He ran off pretty fast!"
Yu Bu'e was baffled too. He shook his head and decided to ignore it.
While he was eating lunch in the cafeteria, quite a few classmates came over to congratulate him.
News that Yu Bu'e had entered the Qi Refining Realm had already spread.
At the thought of harvesting another heap of jealousy points, he grinned so hard his face nearly split.
Not only that, after learning Yu Bu'e had entered the Qi Refining Realm, almost everyone credited it to his Meridian-Opening Pill.
They all started asking when the next "auction" would be held.
Quite a few of them had secretly mocked Chen Sinian for having more money than sense.
Only now did they realize he hadn't had more money than sense at all. He'd possessed that "keen eye" exclusive to the rich!
After fielding their questions one by one, Yu Bu'e was heading outside with Wu Yang when he heard people talking.
"Did you hear? Cheng Ruxin got a demon beast corpse too. It's on the sports field right now!"
"Come on, let's go take a look!"
Wu Yang was curious. "Hey, Old Yu, where do you think Cheng Ruxin got a demon beast corpse? Did he kill one too?"
"Who knows? But with Cheng Ruxin's abilities, it's not impossible," Yu Bu'e said with a smile.
He never underestimated anyone.
Wu Yang curled his lip. "I doubt it. You brought in a demon beast corpse this morning, and he copied you by noon. Looks like a copycat to me."
Yu Bu'e was curious about it too. "Come on. Let's take a look first."
By the time they reached the sports field, quite a crowd had gathered.
Cheng Ruxin was also carrying his demon beast on his shoulders, but those who saw it frowned in disappointment.
"Cheng, yours isn't as big as Yu Bu'e's!"
"Yeah, compared to Senior Yu's, yours is so tiny..."
Cheng Ruxin's expression froze, embarrassment and irritation crossing his face.
"Be specific! What do you mean, big and small?"
The others hadn't meant it that way, but Cheng Ruxin's explanation only made it sound as though he had something to hide.
They stifled their laughter, their eyes drifting toward his crotch, deliberately or otherwise. The girls blushed bright red and jostled one another...
Cheng Ruxin grew even angrier.
"Don't look down on my demon beast just because it's small. As the saying goes, good things come in small packages!"
Seeing Yu Bu'e and Wu Yang arrive, Cheng Ruxin put the demon beast down, looking rather pleased with himself.
"Yu Bu'e, see that? Whatever you have, I have too. And I've even got things you don't!"
"Oh, I'm not sick in the head," Yu Bu'e said with a smile.
Cheng Ruxin's face darkened, and he wanted to curse.
Wu Yang inspected the demon beast corpse, then shook his head with his hands behind his back. "Nothing special... it's this small? Old Yu, this is way worse than the one you brought in this morning!"
Cheng Ruxin flushed, but finding a fresh demon beast corpse on such short notice had been incredibly difficult.
Finding one at all was good enough. How could he afford to be picky?
Still, he argued, "Do you even know what you're talking about? A demon beast's size doesn't determine its strength! This corpse belonged to a Two-Stripe Demon Beast too!"
"Keep bragging," Wu Yang said, rolling his eyes.
Cheng Ruxin was about to argue further when Yu Bu'e spoke first.
"Cheng is right. A demon beast's size doesn't determine its strength."
Cheng Ruxin looked at him in surprise.
Yu Bu'e crouched down and examined the demon beast closely, reaching out to stroke its fur.
"Spotted Blaze, an agility-type demon beast. Catlike build, long, slender limbs, six toes on its front paws and seven on its hind paws. Stripes run from its chest to its neck, with diamond-shaped spots on its underbelly and a long, thin tail...
Its top speed can reach a hundred and seventy kilometers per hour. Its weaknesses are poor stamina and weak defenses, particularly around the abdomen, and it's afraid of loud noises..."
As Yu Bu'e murmured to himself, the classmates around him fell silent.
Wu Yang listened, dumbfounded. "Old Yu, how do you know so much?"
"I read it."
"Uh... that's not in our books, is it?"
"It was in last November's issue of Demon Beast Studies, published by the Great Xia Demon Beast Research Institute. I don't remember the page number," Yu Bu'e explained as he stood up.
Wu Yang gave him a thumbs-up.
The surrounding classmates showered him with praise too.
"That's our star student for you!"
"No wonder he got guaranteed admission to the Insight Academy. The gap between people is just..."
At first, Cheng Ruxin had been rather pleased, thinking Yu Bu'e was a decent guy for actually speaking up for him.
But as more and more voices around him praised Yu Bu'e, he could no longer smile.
He had paid for the demon beast corpse and drawn the crowd over, yet now Yu Bu'e was getting all the glory...
Was that fair?
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