" The Demon Battlefield? I'm going too."
Within the Cang Xuan Holy Heaven, a pretty girl in a white dress stood gracefully in front of the hall. After listening to her teacher explain the pros and cons, she agreed without hesitation.
Seeing the teacher's worried expression, Li Fufeng smiled and stepped forward, gently comforting him.
"Teacher, don't worry. Although my cultivation level isn't high right now, I'm still one of the top geniuses in our Cang Xuan Holy Heaven. If everyone else goes and I don't, people might look down on me. I can't let you down."
Holy Teacher Yueyao looked at her for a moment, then shook his head helplessly.
"Alright, then you can come along. It's been so long, and you've become more lively. That makes me feel relieved."
Has it become a bit more lively?
Li Fufeng smiled slightly and said nothing more.
That's just how she's always been.
However, as a former Holy Maiden of the Azure Yang Sword Sect, she was required by the sect leader to be poised, compassionate, and never to make light of things or do anything that would damage the sect's reputation.
That has always been the kind of education she received.
For the sake of Lin Xuan and the others, defying the Azure Yang Sword Sect was probably the boldest thing she had ever done.
However, she didn't regret it at all.
Now, she has a respected teacher, a loving Ancient Emperor brother and sister, and good friends.
She is an inner court student of Cang Xuan Holy Heaven, a top-tier prodigy who receives much attention. Although her strength is not high, her potential is limitless, and no one has any objections to that.
Everything went smoothly and to my satisfaction.
only...
After leaving his teacher's residence, Li Fufeng looked at the floating clouds on the horizon with a hint of worry in his eyes. A thousand thoughts gathered at this moment, but because he could not see anyone, he could not express them.
It hasn't been long since I left the Profound Domain, but it feels like an eternity has passed.
She didn't know whether Lin Xuan had received the letter she left behind.
How is he doing?
Where are they?
Are you alright?
The teacher said that the Profound Domain had been extensively invaded by Alien Race, and the messengers sent there hadn't found the Jade Balance Sword Palace; it seemed likely...
"You... you shouldn't perish, right?" Li Fufeng murmured softly, not knowing who he was speaking to.
I wonder if we'll ever see each other again.
"Young Master Lin!?"
At the same time, at the Yuan Household Auction House in Ten Thousand Paths City, just as the auction house opened to welcome guests, Yuan Yuyao saw Lin Xuan walking towards her. Her face lit up with joy, and she immediately went forward to greet him.
"Young Master Lin, what brings you here today? I was just about to go and look for you!"
Lin Xuan nodded calmly and said directly, "I need to talk to you about something. I need your help to auction off an Emperor Weapon."
" Emperor Weapon?" Yuan Yuyao's eyes widened in shock, her expression filled with astonishment. She never expected that such a thing would be reduced to being auctioned off.
She asked again and again, "Young Master Lin, is what you say true? Is it really Emperor Weapon?"
"It's just a low-grade Emperor Weapon."
Now that he has the Demon Subduer, he naturally no longer needs the Edgeless.
Although the sword formation requires more than one sword, Edgeless, despite its Edgeless, possesses an extremely fierce Sword Intent, making it unsuitable as a secondary sword. It would be better to sell it and exchange it for Cultivation Resources to prepare for the Demon Battlefield.
Perfect, this can also help boost the auction house's reputation.
Even a low-grade Emperor Weapon is still Emperor Weapon...
Yuan Yuyao was at a loss for words; the impact of auctioning Emperor Weapon was simply too great.
Young Master Lin truly lives up to his reputation as a student of Holy Heaven!
However, she quickly regained her composure and nodded firmly.
"Alright! Don't worry, Young Master Lin, leave this to me. I will make sure this auction is a resounding success!"
Lin Xuan was fairly at ease with the Yuan Household sisters when it came to handling matters.
He nodded casually, then asked, "When I came, you said you also needed to talk to me. What's up?"
When this matter was brought up, Yuan Yuyao's expression turned sour.
She pursed her lips and shook her head.
"Actually, it's not a big deal... A while ago, the auction house held a large auction."
"Um."
Lin Xuan nodded.
He knew about this.
At the time, Yuan Yuyao specifically told him and asked if he wanted to participate.
However, Lin Xuan was neither interested nor happy, and was quite busy, so he didn't pay much attention to it at that time.
Judging from Yuan Yuyao's appearance, something went wrong at one of the auctions?
Yuan Yuyao then continued speaking.
"Our auction house had prepared for that auction for a long time and invited celebrities from all walks of life, but... an unexpected incident occurred."
It's not that the auction house did anything wrong.
It should be said that this was a completely undeserved disaster.
The Great Emperor Realm clans who came to participate in the auction already had a grudge against each other. During the auction, they fought each other to seize a treasure.
The auction house did have powerful figures in charge, but no one expected it to turn out like this, especially since the two sides fought and it turned into a battle between the Thearch Realm experts!
The powerful figures on both sides completely disregarded their location and the fact that this was an auction house, engaging in a life-or-death struggle and causing destruction everywhere.
final...
"Our auction house was mostly destroyed, and many of the auction items were damaged," Yuan Yuyao said with a wry smile, shaking her head. "Now, we've barely managed to repair the auction house, at least enough to open for business, but..."
"But..."
That's all.
After the fight, the two families simply walked away without mentioning compensation at all.
They did leave.
But this caused trouble for the auction house.
Leaving aside the need to compensate the owners of those items for their losses, the auction house's reputation alone has been almost completely destroyed by this whole ordeal.
An auction that gets disrupted and can't even protect the auction items?
How could something like this happen when we're auctioning things here!
It's easy to imagine that in the future, who would dare to auction things here again!
Although the auction house has already compensated, what if they can't afford to compensate for items auctioned in the future?
Whom should they ask?
Is it just a matter of accepting your bad luck?
Don't be ridiculous!
There are more than one auction house here.
therefore...
"The auction house's reputation suffered a tremendous blow. My sister tried to reason with them and get some compensation, but..."
Yuan Yuyao didn't finish her sentence.
Lin Xuan, however, knew the answer in a moment's thought.
It's simply that those two companies are locked in a fierce battle.
An auction house with no real strength, do you expect them to lose money?
Pooh!
Don't even think about it!
Both of these powerful forces are Thearch Realm clans, and not just any ordinary Thearch Realm clans. Why would they care about a small auction house?
Even though this auction house is rumored to have Thearch Realm backing it...
Heh, Thearch Realm?
Do they care?
Is the Thearch Realm very powerful?
Both of their major clans have three or four Thearch Realm experts guarding them, so why would they fear a Rogue Cultivator who isn't even from an Emperor Thearch Realm?
Want them to compensate you? Dream on.
"So..." Yuan Yuyao said in a low voice, "Young Master Lin, my sister asked me to ask you how you plan to handle this matter."
Lin Xuan sneered immediately after hearing what Yuan Yuyao said.
"Unwilling to pay?"
How much compensation do you want them to pay?
Yuan Yuyao said helplessly, "Some of the items that were damaged were indeed quite valuable. Considering the auction house's losses and reputational damage, we only want them to compensate us with 200 million Spirit Stone."
Two hundred million?
Lin Xuan smiled slightly and said calmly, "Since that's the case, then spread the word."
"Within three days, both clans must fully compensate the auction house for all losses, and also compensate us for the reputational damage caused to our auction house."
"I want... two billion Spirit Stone!"