45: On-site verification of the treasure! Wang Teng: Good brother! Qin Feng: You idiot!

Watching Qin Feng look utterly grateful, as if he couldn't wait to dedicate his life to him, Wang Teng felt a heroic spirit, capable of dominating the world, soaring into the heavens.

He felt that he was currently a savior walking among mortals!

He was the Son of Destiny setting things right!

"Such a small matter is hardly worth mentioning!"

Wang Teng waved his hand grandly, his posture incredibly heroic. He warmly pulled Qin Feng along, disregarding their difference in status, and directly pressed him into the main seat beside him, which symbolized the place of honor.

"Come, Brother Qin Feng, sit!"

"Today, we hit it off immediately; we must not stop drinking until we're drunk!"

After three rounds of drinks, the atmosphere was already heated.

Wang Teng's face was flushed from the alcohol. He threw an arm around Qin Feng's shoulder and boasted wildly, spitting as he spoke: "Brother Qin Feng, you... you can rest assured, one hundred and twenty percent!"

"Wait until the Myriad Dao Auction is over. This Young Master... no, we brothers will seize the top prize and win the beauty. I will be the first to charge the Su Family and get justice for you!"

He drained the priceless Spirit Wine in his cup in one gulp. The liquid ran down his chin, and his face was twisted with arrogance.

In the depths of Qin Feng's eyes, a sharp gleam, sharper than a needle point, flashed and disappeared.

The fish should swallow the hook now.

He appropriately displayed a look of hesitation, as if he wanted to speak but couldn't, and then sighed heavily.

"Young Master Wang's heroism reaches the clouds. This Qin appreciates it."

Qin Feng lowered his eyelids, avoiding Wang Teng's gaze, and changed the subject, speaking with a hint of genuine concern, "It's just... the Myriad Dao Auction is a place where Dragons and fish mix. If we only rely on brute financial force, I fear we will only become a laughingstock and miss out on true treasures."

Wang Teng paused. His alcohol-fueled mind gained a bit of clarity. "Then, what is your opinion, Brother?"

Qin Feng did not answer immediately.

He stood up, walked to the window, and pointed to a dilapidated stall across the street below, which was selling various counterfeit and shoddy Magic Treasures.

"Young Master Wang, please look."

Wang Teng followed the direction of his finger and saw an unremarkable stall owner using a black, mud-caked stone to weigh down a piece of beast hide.

"Just a broken stall and a broken rock. What's so special about it?" Wang Teng frowned impatiently.

"Young Master Wang is unaware," Qin Feng's voice was extremely low and full of mystery. "That is not an ordinary stone. It is a 'Star Essence Iron Mother' sealed by mud and shoddy Restrictions. Its value... could at least buy half of the Star-Plucking Tower."

What?!

Wang Teng sobered up instantly!

Star Essence Iron Mother? That Divine Material born only within the core of a star? A supreme treasure more than sufficient for refining Emperor Weapons?

That broken rock used to weigh down the table leg?

He looked at Qin Feng suspiciously, wondering if this one-armed fellow was playing a trick on him.

Qin Feng seemed to see through his thoughts and gave a bitter smile: "This Qin is merely a cripple, how dare I deceive Young Master Wang? Whether it's real or fake, sending someone down to check will confirm it."

Wang Teng stared intensely at Qin Feng for a moment, then winked at a retainer behind him.

The retainer understood immediately and quietly went downstairs.

A moment later, the retainer returned, holding the black stone in his hands.

"Young Master Wang, I bought it back. It only cost one hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

Wang Teng's breathing grew heavy as he stared fixedly at the stone: "Open it!"

"Yes!"

The retainer summoned a short knife overflowing with Spiritual Qi and chopped down fiercely onto the stone!

With a "crack," the stone's outer layer shattered.

Buzz—!

A burst of brilliant starlight, impossible to conceal, erupted! The dense Stellar Power spread out in visible ripples, bathing the entire top floor of the Star-Plucking Tower in a layer of dreamy silver!

Down on the street, countless Cultivators looked up in shock, feeling the aura of this extremely pure Divine Metal, causing an uproar!

"Oh heavens! It's Star Essence Iron Mother!"

"It was right there at that broken stall? I passed by it a hundred times!"

Wang Teng looked at the Divine Material, and his mind exploded with a loud buzz!

He abruptly turned his head, and the look in his eyes when he faced Qin Feng changed completely!

It shifted from contempt and pity to extreme greed and fervor!

Treasure Appraisal Cheat!

This Qin Feng is no down-on-his-Luck Genius!

This is clearly a Lucky Star bestowed upon him, Wang Teng, by the heavens!

He is the right-hand man who will help him rule the world!

Qin Feng met his fervent gaze, suddenly dropped to one knee, his voice trembling with "excitement" and "loyalty."

"To be honest with Young Master Wang, This Qin was fortunate enough to learn a Divine Ability in his early years—the Qi Observation Divine Ability—which allows me to see through the Luck of treasures!"

He raised his head, his eyes bloodshot and full of temptation.

"This Divine Ability cannot allow This Qin to avenge himself and wipe away his humiliation!"

"But it can help Young Master Wang collect all the rare treasures in the world! It can help you ruthlessly trample Ling Qingzhu, who looks down on you, and that Su Chen, who only knows how to be born well, beneath your feet!"

"Hahahahahahaha!"

Wang Teng could no longer suppress the ecstasy in his heart. He laughed toward the sky, shaking the entire Star-Plucking Tower until it hummed.

He pulled Qin Feng up from the ground, gripping his hand tightly, too excited to speak coherently.

"Good! Good brother! You truly are my Lucky Star! You are the supreme Noble One sent by Destiny to help me, Wang Teng!"

"After this is done, all Opportunities will be shared between us brothers!"

"Thank you, Young Master Wang!" Qin Feng bowed deeply, his head nearly touching the floor.

[Shared?]

Inside Qin Feng's heart, there was only cold calculation.

[Wang Teng, you stupid dog, your Luck, your woman, and everything you possess will become the nourishment for This Qin to reach the Peak!]

...At the same time.

Across from the Star-Plucking Tower, on the second floor of a modest Tavern.

The disguised Liu Ruyan watched the clumsy monkey show with great interest.

"One is stupid to the point of bubbling, the other is rotten to the core." Her full red lips curled into a sneer.

"They truly are... a match made in heaven."

She looked in the direction of the Star-Plucking Tower, and her eyes, disguised as brown, revealed a trace of pathological possessiveness reserved exclusively for Su Chen.

"However, This Seat's Little Man doesn't seem to like having flies buzzing in his ear."

"Since he's too lazy to move..."

Liu Ruyan extended her fair fingertip and flicked gently toward Wang Teng.

A strand of Devilish Qi, thinner than a hair and almost merged with the shadow, silently crossed the long street like a living black spider, cleverly bypassing all Restrictions, and climbed soundlessly onto the collar of Wang Teng's magnificent Dragon Robe before disappearing.

"The Myriad Dao Auction is interesting. However..." Liu Ruyan's gaze shifted toward the depths of the Great Xia Divine Dynasty Imperial Palace. A deep, faint light flashed in her eyes, as if she saw another, grander performance. "This game seems to be more lively than I imagined."

She brought the wine cup to her lips again, taking a small sip, the smile on her lips growing even more enchanting.

"Your 'Lucky Star' is the death knell sounding for you, you poor idiot. You just don't know it yet."

The night over Tiandu seemed even more turbulent and secretive amidst Liu Ruyan's playful chuckle.

A storm was already brewing.