You can't escape being robbed on the street.

"To be honest, you've certainly come to the right place by visiting my Hanging Treasure Pavilion."

"Looking at the entire Treasure Pavilion marketplace, there's only one establishment that could possibly be better than mine..."

On the way to the top floor, the shopkeeper of the Hanging Treasure Pavilion spoke incessantly.

In short, his message was: my goods are the best.

But whether the goods were actually good or not would only be known after seeing them.

While heading upstairs, Su Ming suddenly spoke up, "Shopkeeper, I'm curious about something."

"Honored guest, please speak."

"Right now, the Sword Pavilion is keeping a close eye on Hang City, yet you still dare to open a marketplace here. Aren't you afraid of being considered an enemy by the Sword Pavilion?"

Su Ming voiced his biggest question.

Ever since he learned that the Treasure Pavilion still intended to hold the marketplace, this question had been lingering in his mind.

"So it's about that. Heh..." The shopkeeper of the Hanging Treasure Pavilion smiled slightly and said something that utterly shocked Liu Ziwen: "It's just the Sword Pavilion; we don't even take them seriously."

Su Ming sized up the shopkeeper in front of him, trying to see if there was anything special about him.

But no matter how he looked, the man was just an ordinary Nirvana Realm Cultivator.

Seeing Su Ming observing him like that, the shopkeeper quickly added, "I know what you're thinking, honored guest, but those weren't my words. They were spoken by our Supervisor."

"Oh? If I wanted to communicate with your Supervisor, is there a way?"

"Well... the Supervisor only appears when presiding over the Auction. I have no way to introduce you beforehand."

"I see..."

Since he couldn't meet the Supervisor for now, Su Ming didn't pursue the matter further and silently followed the shopkeeper to the top floor.

The shopkeeper walked up to a massive cabinet and spoke mysteriously, "These are the finest swords in the Hanging Treasure Pavilion. Please, have a look."

As he pulled open the cabinet doors, several sharp, brilliant swords were revealed to everyone.

Su Ming could tell at a glance that these items were all of extraordinary value.

Some of them were even better than the seven he had given to Su Yingluo.

Seeing their expressions, the shopkeeper was full of confidence: "Honored guests, are these worthy of your Dharma Eye?"

"Go ahead, pick one from inside," Su Ming said to Lin Zhaodi on his back.

The Little Girl had been waiting for this. Upon hearing Su Ming's words, she immediately jumped down and ran over to the cabinet.

The shopkeeper and Liu Ziwen finally realized that Su Ming had come to the Hanging Treasure Pavilion just to choose a sword for Lin Zhaodi.

"My father and mother always said my judgment was a bit lacking. I didn't believe them before, but now it seems they were right..." Liu Ziwen mocked himself in his heart.

Counting the previous times, he had already misjudged Su Ming twice.

Lin Zhaodi looked at the swords in the cabinet, and after hesitating for a long time, she returned to Su Ming's side.

Seeing her behavior, Su Ming was a bit surprised: "Not a single one caught your eye?"

The Little Girl made a conflicted face and replied, "I'm... not familiar with them."

"If you're not familiar, then forget it." Stroking her head, Su Ming looked at the silent Su Yingluo beside him: "What about you, Yingluo? Do you see anything you like?"

"No, Master. I don't like these swords."

The words of the two Little Girls were completely incomprehensible to Liu Ziwen and the shopkeeper.

The items here were clearly among the very best, yet these two Little Girls didn't want any of them at all?

Was it because they knew Su Ming couldn't afford them, or did they truly feel nothing for these swords?

Su Ming, however, could guess the reason to some extent.

Both Little Girls were related to that Peerless Sword Cultivator and were born with a strong intuition when it came to choosing swords.

Their intuition would immediately report whether something was suitable or not.

Since neither of their intuitions had reacted, it meant that this entire cabinet of swords was indeed unsuitable.

Still, since they were already there, Su Ming didn't want to make things difficult for the shopkeeper. He casually selected some Medicinal Pills and Heaven And Earth Treasures to take with him.

Watching all of this, Liu Ziwen found it hard to believe.

Those Medicinal Pills and Heaven And Earth Treasures were enough to make Samsara Realm Cultivators fight to the death outside.

Yet he couldn't find the slightest bit of joy on Su Ming's face, as if he were just purchasing a pile of useless items.

This time, Liu Ziwen's judgment wasn't wrong, because to Su Ming, these things were indeed useless.

These Medicinal Pills might be extremely precious in the outside world, but Su Ming had far too many similar things on him.

Su Wu and Ling Xiao had long ago placed all the cultivation treasures they could collect inside the heaven-reaching pagoda for Su Ming to use as he pleased.

With such vast wealth, Su Ming naturally didn't think much of these items.

After finishing his purchases and heading downstairs, Su Ming thought of something and asked, "Shopkeeper, when does the Auction begin?"

"It will begin in four hours. If you are interested, honored guest, you may take your Token to attend the Auction then."

As the shopkeeper spoke, he pointed out a shortcut to the Auction for Su Ming.

"Thank you."

After leaving the Hanging Treasure Pavilion, Su Ming said to the two Little Girls, "Now we'll have to check the Auction to see if there's anything you want."

Liu Ziwen hesitated for a moment but still chose to follow Su Ming.

By staying by his side, he might just be able to get some benefits.

So he took the initiative to speak: "Senior, I know of a restaurant nearby that has delicious food at a fair price. It's a good place to pass the time. What do you think?"

Hearing there was good food, Lin Zhaodi was already clamoring to go before Su Ming could even speak.

They had already visited the second-best Hanging Treasure Pavilion, and the remaining shops likely didn't have anything that would please the two Little Girls. There was no need to keep wandering around; finding a restaurant was indeed a good idea.

However, before Su Ming could say anything, they were surrounded by a group of people.

The leader was a man with a fleshy, fierce face, and the others with him didn't look like good people either.

"What are you trying to do? Fighting is strictly forbidden in the Treasure Pavilion! Do you want to be expelled?!" Liu Ziwen shouted.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't go accusing people. We just happen to be standing here," the lead thug sneered, having no intention of respecting the Treasure Pavilion's rules.

The reason this group had come looking for them was simple.

It was because Su Ming and the others had just come out of the Hanging Treasure Pavilion and had been personally seen off by the shopkeeper.

In the eyes of this group, Su Ming and Liu Ziwen, who were only at the Star Realm, were nothing more than fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

"You call this just happening to be standing here?!"

"What else? Is our standing here bothering you?"

Faced with the group's arrogance, Liu Ziwen laughed out of anger. He wanted to continue arguing, but Su Ming reached out and stopped him.

"I didn't think I'd run into this kind of thing..." Su Ming took out the heaven-destroying whip.

However, just as Su Ming was about to act, someone suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Publicly violating the Treasure Pavilion's rules. Will you hand over your Tokens and leave on your own, or shall I throw you out?"