System Auction Shop, I'll sell out across all realms!

"Hahaha! Hahaha!"

Gao Qiming walked and laughed, his laughter so loud that it could be heard throughout the entire street.

The young cultivator steadied himself, rubbed his sore shoulder, and watched Gao Qiming's departing figure with a pursed lip.

"What's there to be proud of? You just got lucky."

He said it in a low voice, but everyone around him heard it.

Those who hadn't gone in across the street immediately became interested and swarmed around him, completely surrounding him.

"Fellow Daoist, what exactly was filmed inside? Tell us quickly!"

"Who was that person just now? What were they carrying?"

A barrage of questions rained down on the young cultivator, who was surrounded. The anger on his face hadn't subsided when a surge of smugness rose within him.

He straightened his back, cleared his throat, and deliberately dragged out his words: "Ahem, fellow Daoists, please allow me to explain slowly."

"Tell me about that person first!" someone urged.

The young cultivator glanced in the direction where Gao Qiming had disappeared, then looked away, a smirk playing on his lips.

"That one is Gao Qiming, the head of the Gao family in Yanfeng County."

"Do you know what he's holding in his arms?" He paused deliberately, his gaze sweeping over the anxious faces around him.

"A top-grade fourth-tier sword!"

A collective gasp filled the air.

"A fourth-tier top-grade item? Really?!" someone exclaimed.

"Is this even a lie?" The young cultivator waved his hand, his tone carrying a smug "you wouldn't understand" air.

He changed the subject, raising his voice again, "They only spent 300,000 spirit stones to acquire it."

"Three hundred thousand?!"

"A fourth-tier top-grade sword for only 300,000?"

The young cultivator felt even more smug as he looked at the shocked and distorted expressions on the faces of those around him.

He crossed his arms and raised his chin even higher: "What do you think? All those big shots have gone to the main headquarters."

"To put it bluntly, this branch is just a place for us small-town folks to have fun."

He paused, then added, "That old bastard Gao Qiming is a big shot in Yanfeng County, but what is he in the royal city?"

"But within the branch, he's the biggest fish. Nobody's competing with him. Don't you think he just got incredibly lucky?"

"And what about you? What did you photograph?" someone asked.

The young cultivator's expression stiffened for a moment, then quickly returned to its usual calm and collected demeanor.

"Me? I didn't get any pictures, but it was still worth it to broaden my horizons."

A chorus of boos erupted from the crowd, but the young cultivator remained unperturbed, chuckling and patting his chest.

"Even if I didn't get a chance to see it, I've already witnessed it. You guys haven't even seen anything yet."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of those around him who hadn't gone in immediately turned sour.

"Alright, alright," a middle-aged cultivator squeezed out of the crowd and waved to the younger cultivator.

"Stop showing off and get down to business. When's the next one?"

The young cultivator's eyes lit up: "Ten days later! The boss said it himself, the next event is in ten days!"

The young man was surrounded and kept talking.

He spoke with such fervor that people listened with wide eyes, and the entire street was completely blocked.

At the other end of the street, Gao Qiming's figure had long since disappeared.

He carried the sword and jogged back to the inn, leaving the wooden box on the table without even closing the door.

Then, Gao Qiming, with trembling hands, unwrapped the red silk cloth, revealing the sword inside.

The moment the sword was drawn, a streak of azure light shot out from the scabbard, illuminating the entire room.

Gao Qiming squinted as the sword light shone on him, but his mouth stretched into a wide grin, making him look like a fool.

"Hahaha, Sun Dong, that fool, is still a step below me. A fourth-grade top-quality sword, what can you use to play with me?"

……

Inside the Zhutian Auction House, the quiet room was so quiet that only the faint hum of the moonstone could be heard.

Lin Tian sat cross-legged on the futon, his eyes closed, his breathing steady and long.

But his consciousness was not in his body, but in the system space.

"System," Lin Tian murmured to himself.

The system panel immediately unfolded before his eyes, and a cold, mechanical voice sounded in his mind: "Please speak, host."

"The two guards you gave me," Lin Tian paused, tapping his knee lightly with his fingers.

"Wang Wei and Wang Teng are both at the first level of the Divine Sea Realm. I am currently at the sixth level of the Mortal Transformation Realm, but if it really comes down to a fight, the two of them combined are no match for me."

"Isn't this inappropriate? The guards are weaker than me, how can they protect me outside?"

The system remained silent for a moment, as if processing Lin Tian's request, before a new line of text popped up on the panel.

"Ding. The host can use spirit stones or other currencies to upgrade the realm of the system's guardian."

"Current guards: Wang Wei and Wang Teng, cultivation level: first level of the Divine Sea Realm."

The following upgrade options are available:

Lin Tian squinted and carefully looked at the text on the panel.

"Consume one million spirit stones to upgrade the guard to the early stage of the King Realm."

"Consume ten million spirit stones to upgrade the guard to the early stage of the Domain Realm."

There was more below, but the long string of zeros at the end made Lin Tian dare not look directly at it.

One million spirit stones for a beginner-level King Realm cultivator—that price isn't exactly expensive.

He earned over six million spirit stones from just one auction today; one million is nothing to him.

However, Lin Tian noticed that there was a line of small print below the plan, which was almost invisible unless you looked closely.

He leaned closer to look, and it read: "The host can also use essence blood or physique essence treasures to strengthen the guards. The effect depends on the treasure's rank."

"It is recommended to use high-grade essence blood, which can greatly increase the potential limit of the guards."

Lin Tian's eyes lit up. He had plenty of essence blood, but he couldn't use it himself. This was exactly the kind of blood he could use!

Without further hesitation, Lin Tian activated his mind, and a confirmation box popped up on the system panel.

"Confirm the expenditure of one million spirit stones to upgrade the guards Wang Wei and Wang Teng to the early stage of the King Realm?"

Lin Tian clicked "confirm".

"Ding. Spirit stones successfully deducted. Guardian upgrading..."

At this moment, Wang Wei and Wang Teng stood in the corridor, one on the left and one on the right, like two iron towers.

The two men stood in the corridor, their hands on the hilts of their knives, their faces normal, but their hands were trembling slightly.

His cultivation level surged upwards from the Divine Sea Realm. After a short while, it was as if something shattered, and his consciousness became incredibly clear in an instant, expanding his perception range by more than ten times.

King Realm!

The two were silent for a moment, then turned their heads at the same time to look in the direction of the quiet room.

Although they are system-generated, they are no different from real people in terms of emotions and thoughts.

The two knew that this was Lin Tian's doing.

The door was tightly closed, but a faint, warm glow from the moonstone shone through the crack.

They couldn't see the person inside, but they could sense that the person inside was watching them.