The "Profound Heaven" Auction House

Yanshan Commandery City.

Linnan Street.

Gu Fan looked at the sparsely populated street and could not help shaking his head.

He had just come from Vermilion Bird Street, which was bustling now, with people everywhere.

With such a stark contrast between the two streets, it was no wonder he had secured the auction house for a mere hundred and seventy thousand spirit stones.

Still.

The fragrance of wine could reach deep beyond an alley.

He refused to believe that, with him here, Linnan Street could not become the most popular place in the city, just as it had in Guangyang City!

Putting those thoughts aside, Gu Fan brought Uncle Fu to the auction house.

Heavenly Tiger Auction House!

That was the name of this auction house.

Looking at the utterly unremarkable gilded characters on the signboard, Gu Fan clicked his tongue slightly.

With such an awful name, coupled with its location on the sparsely visited Linnan Street, it would have been strange if business were good!

At that thought.

Gu Fan smiled at Uncle Fu behind him. "Heavenly Tiger sounds terrible. Uncle Fu, what do you think of Profound Heaven?"

"Young Master Gu..."

Uncle Fu was somewhat dazed.

Profound Heaven was the name of the auction houses under the Gu Lineage.

Was it really appropriate for Gu Fan to give his auction house that name too?

Still, the name was indeed extraordinarily imposing.

After all, the continent beneath their feet was called the Mysterious Heaven Continent!

"Then let's use that name."

Gu Fan rubbed his chin and nodded.

There would be two Profound Heaven Auction Houses in Yanshan Commandery City. Although the other one was better than his now, there was no guarantee that would remain true...

Having settled on the auction house's name, the two pushed open the doors and went inside.

Although the Heavenly Tiger Auction House was only a small auction house.

That rough-looking man had been so simple-minded that he had decorated its interior lavishly.

Although it could not compare to the Profound Heaven Auction House they had visited that morning, it was still very nice.

One could say that after buying this auction house, they could put it to use the very next day!

Moreover.

There was also a steward inside the auction house.

According to him, everything at the Heavenly Tiger Auction House was operating normally.

They had maids, auctioneers, appraisers, and the like, but they were temporarily away from the auction house.

Still, with just a word... business could resume!

Two blossoms bloomed; let each branch be told in turn.

At that moment.

Outside the Heavenly Tiger Auction House.

The guard responsible for following Gu Fan and Uncle Fu watched, dumbfounded, as someone took down the signboard and replaced it with a new one.

The five glittering golden characters on it nearly blinded him!

"Profound Heaven Auction House..."

He was stunned, but boundless anger immediately followed!

The Profound Heaven Auction House was a powerful organization spanning the Great Qian Dynasty!

Now, someone had actually been so blind as to give their establishment the very same name!

But soon.

The guard calmed down.

He had personally witnessed the old man following Gu Fan slap the auction house master to the ground with just a few blows!

And the auction house master had not even dared say another word, only watching them leave in humiliation.

So.

After a moment's hesitation.

Instead of stepping forward to stop them, he turned and hurried back to the "Profound Heaven Auction House."

The "Profound Heaven Auction House."

Inside a side room.

Yang Zong listened to the guard's report with a dark expression.

The guard had followed Gu Fan and Uncle Fu all day and reported every place they had visited and everything they had done.

And what angered Yang Zong was this.

Gu Fan had indeed not left Yanshan Commandery City!

Instead, he had wandered all over Yanshan Commandery City.

He had even... bought an auction house and named it-Profound Heaven!

Humiliation!

Yang Zong felt utterly humiliated!

He believed that Gu Fan's actions were meant to humiliate him!

Otherwise, who would buy an auction house for no reason and even give it that name?

Yet Yang Zong could do nothing, because that old man was a Divine Treasury Realm cultivator, a powerful cultivator whom only the commandery prince could match!

What frightened Yang Zong most, besides that.

Was that the royal capital had repeatedly instructed him to make absolutely certain he drove Gu Fan back to Guangyang City.

But now, it seemed.

Gu Fan clearly intended to stay in Yanshan Commandery City!

If he failed to carry out the elders' orders, would he not be in terrible trouble?!

At that thought, Yang Zong could no longer sit still.

But!

Even so, he could not think of any way to drive Gu Fan back to Guangyang City!

All because of that old man in the Divine Treasury Realm.

"Ah!"

He sighed.

With no other recourse, Yang Zong could only send word back to the royal capital.

The royal capital, the Gu Lineage.

Inside a side room, the eighteen elders gathered, their expressions grave.

"That brat really went to Yanshan Commandery City?"

"There's no mistaking it! Word came from Yanshan that he even bought an auction house and named it... Profound Heaven!"

As those words fell.

All the elders' faces darkened.

No one else in the Great Qian Dynasty dared use the name Profound Heaven.

Because it belonged to the Gu Lineage. The name Gu Lineage alone was enough to make people abandon the idea, not daring to offend them.

But this time, someone had used it, and he was even a descendant of the Gu Lineage's main branch!

This was undoubtedly a joke.

A laughingstock that their competitors could use to mock them!

At that thought, the elders immediately spoke in anger.

"We cannot let that brat run wild! In my view, we should send someone to throw him back to Guangyang City!"

"Exactly! Though Gu Fu is in the Divine Treasury Realm, surely that old fellow would not dare defy our words!"

"Hmph! Gu Fu serves the patriarch. Tug one hair and the whole body moves. If the patriarch grows angry over this, none of us will come out of it well."

"Then what should we do? Just let him act however he pleases in Yanshan Commandery City?"

"So what if we let him? Once the lineage tournament ends in half a month and the young patriarch is chosen, he will be powerless to turn the heavens back!"

"Indeed, nothing matters more than the lineage tournament..."

The elders spoke in discussion, one after another.

In the end, the most prestigious among them, the grand elder, decided, "He will not live much longer. Even if he names the auction house Profound Heaven, he will only end up covered in dust and disgrace. We... need only do everything we can to ensure that the lineage tournament in half a month... proceeds without mishap!"

"As the grand elder commands!"

The elders cupped their fists and answered in unison.

Meanwhile.

Far away in Yanshan Commandery City, Yang Zong also received his orders.

There were only two words... wait quietly!

Looking at the order.

Yang Zong could not help breathing a sigh of relief.

So long as he was not made to act against Gu Fan, that was enough, because he truly could not afford to provoke that old man in the Divine Treasury Realm!

Then.

A sinister smile could not help appearing on Yang Zong's face.

Could Gu Fan possibly run an auction house well with his strength alone, even with that old man added to the mix?

"I'll just watch... how you end up covered in dust and disgrace!"