Devouring, Spirit Sea Fifth Heaven

Linnan Street.

Outside the Profound Heaven Auction House.

Two shadows suddenly flickered, vanishing without a trace in an instant.

The sight alone.

Made the elders of the several surrounding Lineages pale.

Upon receiving the news, they had rushed to the Profound Heaven Auction House as fast as they could.

Who could have known that just as they arrived, their target, Commander Wu, would be taken away by someone whose speed left them in despair!

The person who had taken Commander Wu away was none other than Uncle Fu.

After the auction ended, the seasoned commander had asked Gu Fan for help, promising to repay this great favor once he succeeded in his cultivation if Gu Fan could safely escort him into the Black Forest outside the city.

At this.

Gu Fan nodded and agreed at once.

The man had, after all, left 1.4 million spirit stones at the auction house. Escorting him a short distance was merely a lift of the hand.

"Are we still pursuing them?"

"With speed like that, go ahead and pursue them if you can keep up..."

Their faces dark, the crowd exchanged a few reluctant remarks before gradually dispersing.

Among them, some elders refused to give up on the supreme-grade second-tier martial technique and chased after the dark shadows.

However, Divine Treasury Realm cultivators were far too fast.

After pursuing them for a while, they could no longer see even their shadows.

Meanwhile.

Inside the auction house.

Having earned over a million spirit stones, a satisfied Gu Fan entered the secluded cultivation chamber under the reverent gazes of Feng Xu and the others.

This auction had returned four rewards in total.

Excluding the Eighteen Hands of Subduing the Tiger, which had been auctioned off.

Three remained in the system space.

The Vajra Demon-Subduing Palm, the Heaven and Earth Sword, and the Major Rejuvenation Pill.

Gu Fan intended to practice the supreme-grade third-tier Vajra Demon-Subduing Palm himself.

His repertoire of martial techniques had been very limited so far, consisting of only the Bright Moon Sword Record.

If he cultivated a palm technique as well, one palm technique and one sword technique would suffice for his use.

Moreover, both were supreme-grade third-tier martial techniques!

Speaking of sword techniques.

Gu Fan now possessed two swords as well.

One was the supreme-grade second-tier Heart-Questioning Sword, and the other was the low-grade third-tier Heaven and Earth Sword.

His plan was to devour the Heart-Questioning Sword later to raise his cultivation realm.

The Heaven and Earth Sword, meanwhile, would be for his own use.

That left only the Heart-Questioning Sword and the Major Rejuvenation Pill for him to devour.

Both were supreme-grade second-tier treasures. With his cultivation only at Spirit Sea Fourth Heaven, he would certainly be able to break through again!

At this thought.

With a thought from Gu Fan, two faintly shimmering balls of light appeared before him.

At the same time, a devouring force that swept through the entire chamber erupted from his acupoints.

The devouring began!

Time slipped away in cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, the next day had arrived.

Day had just fully broken, and the Profound Heaven Auction House on Linnan Street welcomed a new day.

At the same time.

Inside the cultivation chamber, a great golden palm imprint filled with boundless suppressive Qi was drawn back into Gu Fan's body.

"The Vajra Demon-Subduing Palm..."

Gu Fan murmured.

This martial technique differed from the Bright Moon Sword Record.

The latter involved practicing individual sword moves, while the Vajra Demon-Subduing Palm used the spirit to control its form, requiring the practitioner to comprehend the vajra's demon-subduing power within it to deepen the technique's might.

But Gu Fan's aptitude was astonishing. In just one night, he had gained a slight understanding and could unleash the great palm imprint.

Though it was not yet perfect, with further practice, this martial technique would surely unleash tremendous power in his hands!

Aside from the martial technique.

By devouring the Heart-Questioning Sword and the Major Rejuvenation Pill, Gu Fan had now reached Spirit Sea Fifth Heaven Perfection. Just one more step would take him into Spirit Sea Sixth Heaven!

Such speed could certainly be called astonishing!

Because of this, Gu Fan looked forward to tonight's auction even more.

After a night, news of yesterday's auction of a supreme-grade second-tier martial technique had presumably spread throughout Yanshan Commandery City.

Those rules should have spread far and wide along with it, right?

Those rules risked offending numerous auction houses. If people holding treasures still refused to choose this place, they would truly be fools beyond measure!

At this thought.

Gu Fan opened the cultivation chamber's door and stepped out.

At that moment.

The Profound Heaven Auction House had just opened its doors for business.

The steward, Feng Xu, was brimming with satisfaction as he gave instructions to his subordinates below.

Because this auction house had auctioned a supreme-grade second-tier martial technique, Feng Xu, its steward, had also reaped enormous benefits!

Leaving material gains aside.

The people who had invited him out for meat and wine last night alone were too numerous to count.

With all this, he naturally basked in glory.

Aside from him, the other subordinates also had glowing faces and were full of drive.

Back when Master Yan had been in charge, their daily concern had been when the auction house would close down.

Now, however, things were different.

They shared in the honor of auctioning a supreme-grade second-tier treasure!

Feng Xu was speaking from the platform when he suddenly caught sight of Gu Fan emerging from the secluded chamber out of the corner of his eye.

Seeing him, he hastily concluded his address and hurried over at a jog.

"Master, you've emerged from seclusion?"

Feng Xu bowed slightly as he spoke respectfully.

"Mm."

Gu Fan nodded in response. Looking around the hall, he finally noticed something very important.

The auction house... was simply too small!

The entire hall had only two hundred seats. Even with the aisles packed last night, there had been no more than three or four hundred people at the very most.

Gu Fan had attended the Thousand-Ren Auction.

As a medium-sized auction house in Yanshan Commandery City, it had around eight hundred people at each auction.

Presumably, the monthly auctions held by the three great auction houses could fill at least a thousand seats!

The Profound Heaven Auction House was surely very famous now.

There was no need to think about it: even more people would come to tonight's auction after hearing the news.

Gu Fan estimated that at least several thousand people would come to Linnan Street tonight because of the rumors about the supreme-grade second-tier martial technique!

Even that estimate might be too low.

Thus, expanding the auction house was imperative!

As it happened, Linnan Street was already out of the way, and the surrounding buildings were all residences. Buying them should not be much of a problem.

With this in mind.

Gu Fan immediately instructed Feng Xu to handle the matter.

However, something unexpected happened along the way.

The surrounding residents were no fools. After learning that the neighboring auction house had become far more famous, they opened their lion's mouths wide and demanded sky-high prices.

No matter how Feng Xu appealed to their feelings or reasoned with them, these people cared only about spirit stones.

There was no other choice.

Gu Fan took two hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones from yesterday's auction proceeds to make the purchases.

Only then was the auction house's space problem resolved.

After renovations, the hall would probably accommodate around three thousand seats, enough for tonight's auction!

Three thousand!

Without a doubt, if tonight's auction truly drew that many people, this auction house would become the foremost auction house in Yanshan Commandery City!

And it was only just after daybreak.

With so much time to spare, the entire auction house would surely be transformed before the auction began.