Shifang City Auction House

While Yang Jian and Zhou Yue were busy together,

the words he spoke in the group chat had already started to spread among ordinary people.

People were already very sensitive to news about the apocalypse.

What's more, these words were spoken by Yang Jian himself!

Immediately, the outside world almost instantly sprang into action.

For a time, many domestic pets with aggressive temperaments or tendencies were 'harmonized'!

While enjoying the post-coital bliss with Zhou Yue, leaning against the headboard,

Yang Jian casually mentioned his plan to travel far again.

"The home front will depend on you to watch over it!"

"Where are you planning to go this time?"

Yang Jian thought for a moment.

"First to the Tian Yao Realm. The Howling Moon Wolf Clan said they would give me news within half a month, and the time is about up! I plan to go and see what's happening first!"

"Go and see? Didn't they say they would notify you once there was a result?"

Yang Jian put his arm around Zhou Yue's shoulder.

"Mainly, I was thinking that since I have acquaintances in the Tian Yao Realm, I could go to the Abyss Gate there and experience the true strength of the Abyssal Monsters!"

Zhou Yue was a little curious.

"Didn't you feel the ones in the Dragon Tomb?"

"Those things were, after all, Abyssal Clan members born and bred on the Eastern Continent, merely parasites on dragon corpses."

"Then be careful on your journey!"

Logging in again, Yang Jian first checked the ranking list.

First place: Tianmu Zhenjun, Level 40, 13%, Profession: Hunter, Guild: Star Palace (Guild Master).

Second place: Yueyin Qingya, Level 33, 26%, Profession: Element Controller, Guild: Star Palace (Vice Guild Master).

Third place: Thousand Years of White Clouds, Level 27, 67%, Profession: Void Hunter, Guild: Star Palace (Vice Guild Master).

Fourth place: Qingqing Zijin, Level 24, 83%, Profession: King of Beasts, Guild: Star Palace (Vice Guild Master).

Fifth place: Thunder God Envoy, Level 23, 71%, Profession: Thunder Mage, Guild: Asgard (Guild Master).

Sixth place: King Arthur, Level 23, 64%, Profession: Arcane Mage, Guild: Norse Pantheon (Guild Master).

Seventh place: Western Cowboy, Level 23, 58%, Profession: Mechanic.

Eighth place: Bai Xiaobai, Level 23, 47%, Profession: Element Summoner, Guild: Star Palace.

Ninth place: Bettina Sanchez, Level 23, 39%, Profession: Gunner.

Tenth place: Freedom of America, Level 23, 37%, Profession: Undead Mage, Guild: Skull Society.

Bai Xiaobai's ranking started to drop, which was unavoidable.

After all, her purple talent was still a long way off compared to those on the leaderboard.

Most of them acted alone, killing monsters as easily as killing chickens.

Although the Purple-Gold Squad was powerful, they were still 20% behind in experience.

Just like last time when Xia Mingwei was forcibly dragged up, as time passed, she gradually fell to over thirtieth place.

Although Bai Youyou leveled up with the Purple-Gold Squad,

she had an additional 30% experience bonus!

For others, 100 experience, for her, 130.

One or two monsters wouldn't show much difference, but over time, the gap widened!

And Yang Jian noticed that Thunder God Envoy, King Arthur, and Western Cowboy were almost consistently following behind the Star Palace members!

They probably all had golden-tier talents.

Just by their names, they all sounded incredibly arrogant... Although their rankings would fluctuate slightly when they occasionally went offline to rest,

they would quickly readjust their positions.

After all, if you take advantage of others resting to climb, you'd have to never go offline yourself... And the competition between eighth and fifteenth place was extremely fierce.

It could be said that these seven or eight people were constantly taking turns appearing on the first page of the rankings.

Yang Jian directly transformed into a leopard, stealthily heading to the Zhenhai City teleportation array.

He wanted to leave quietly.

Yang Jian didn't want to make a big fuss.

He didn't block his name on the ranking list.

Anyway, for this recent period, Yang Jian's level had been stagnant for a long time.

If it remained stagnant for a while longer, he believed others wouldn't notice.

Through the teleportation authority of the heart of khaz'goroth,

Yang Jian opened the seventeen-page list of teleportation destinations.

Looking at the fees, they were all zero.

To be honest, although the Star Palace was a large organization,

the cost of such inter-realm teleportation, one could guess, would not be low.

Last time, the teleportation fee was paid by the Howling Moon Wolf Clan.

After all, Yang Jian was working for them!

Besides, they probably thought that Yang Jian at the time couldn't afford the inter-realm fees!

However, when teleporting via the necklace's function, it was entirely free!

The destinations of the teleportation array should be arranged in order from nearest to farthest.

On the first page, besides the other six major cities,

the Eastern Continent's capital city was listed after them.

Further back were the North Continent's seven major cities and the North Continent's capital city, followed by the West Continent... Yang Jian looked around and his eyes glazed over.

Fortunately, with a thought, all the content on the teleportation page disappeared.

Only the destination of Shifang City in the Tian Yao Realm remained.

Yang Jian activated his Deception skill!

Last time in the Pandaren territory, he had secretly copied a Pandaren's aura.

Now, his entire being shifted and changed.

Then he clicked teleport... When Yang Jian appeared at the Shifang City teleportation array, he was already in the image of a Pandaren.

Pandaren were a race that liked to be cool.

They liked to wear bamboo hats and cloaks.

Some even liked to wear face masks to cover their mouths and noses.

This attire was very convenient for Yang Jian to impersonate a Pandaren.

After all, once the Deception skill was used,

his appearance would be identical to the target... But with this style of dress,

just a slight change would make him unrecognizable to anyone!

Last time he came, Mo Xuan directly dragged him away.

This time, revisiting the old place, Yang Jian was determined to explore the city properly.

Shifang City was located on a flattened mountain.

The entire city didn't look even half the size of Zhenhai City.

The commercial area was also sparsely populated... Yang Jian knew why.

After all, he still had a piece of intelligence given by the Pandaren!

In fact, the system's main cities generally followed similar templates.

However, the Tian Yao Realm was invaded by the Abyssal Lord leading the charge.

So, the original Shifang City was destroyed in the war.

This one was rebuilt after the war by the combined efforts of seventeen surrounding races.

In truth, these races all had their own territories.

When building Shifang City, they didn't want to spend money, but they couldn't do without it... After all, if there were no system main city, then many functions that private territories didn't have would be inaccessible.

So, they ended up with this rather incongruous, half-finished main city.

Yang Jian looked at the hurried demon races around him.

He thought for a moment.

First, let's check the Auction House!

After all, Yang Jian still wanted to forge his own divine bow.

Yang Jian's strength was growing stronger and stronger.

Ordinary purple bows could no longer unleash even a tenth of his power.

If he went all out, a purple bow's sixty or seventy durability could shatter instantly.

As for the orange bow gifted by Zhu Xi, he couldn't use it at his current level.

Even if he could use it at level fifty... by then, Yang Jian's strength would probably have advanced by leaps and bounds beyond measure...

"Hello, Mr. Pandaren, what can I help you with?"

A female who looked like a fox demon saw Yang Jian enter and enthusiastically ran over to greet him.

Yang Jian looked at the layout of the Auction House.

It was similar to Zhenhai City.

However, Zhenhai City's Auction House was bustling with people.

The auctioneers operating the machines inside were all aloof.

He wondered if it was a case of a big store bullying customers or something...

"I'm here to look at materials."

"This way, please!"

The fox demon led Yang Jian to her workstation.

Several demon-folk who arrived late glared at her.

Yang Jian discovered that although the game system in the Tian Yao Realm had been uninstalled,

this Auction House still retained the ability to communicate throughout the entire Tian Yao Realm.

It even connected not just to the Tian Yao Realm,

but also to the Auction Houses of one world above and one world below... Yang Jian blinked.

Over the past half-month, during breaks from forging, Yang Jian would carefully review the intelligence he had obtained.

However, that intelligence mostly contained records of game rules.

The types of Abyssal Monsters, their invasion methods, and various habits.

As well as the changes in the world at different stages when it was being invaded.

There wasn't much information about the main cities.

Since the Auction House's functions hadn't been reduced, the operating methods were all the same.

Unfortunately, Yang Jian found that there weren't many good things inside!

Mostly, there were ordinary ores, herbs, and equipment.

How ordinary? The ores and herbs didn't even have purple quality.

And most of the equipment was purple-tier.

Even if he occasionally saw one or two orange-tier items, they were all marked with an exorbitant price!

After all, this world was not yet peaceful.

It was at this moment that Yang Jian realized that the items the two clans had given him back then were already very sincere.

Don't think that without the game system,

those high-tier equipments were useless.

Good equipment is always useful, regardless of whether there's a system or not.

For example, there was no system in "Water Margin," right?

But the ancestral treasure saber sold by Yang Zhi, the Blue-Faced Beast, could cut hair blown onto it and cleave iron like mud.

It could even kill without staining blood.

And you, my friend, with the kitchen knife in your hand, struggle to cut pork!

Think about it, when fighting the Abyss, would you rather wield Yang Zhi's saber or use your household kitchen knife?

Yang Jian did indeed see some good things.

For example, [star glow wood (Purple)], this item cost five gold each, and the Auction House was practically flooded with them!

This made Yang Jian realize that this world, or perhaps a neighboring world above or below, must be rich in this purple wood.

This also opened up a new line of thought for Yang Jian.

If I visit all the merchant guilds across the myriad worlds, what good things can I not buy?

There was also [water of life (Orange)].

Although there was a lot of this item, the price was not cheap.

One thousand gold coins each... It wasn't that Yang Jian couldn't afford it, but that he couldn't use it!

A small quantity was not very meaningful, but buying too much would bankrupt the entire Star Palace!

Of course, the purpose of the Star Palace's existence was to serve him.

Yang Jian naturally wouldn't compromise himself for the development of the Star Palace.

However, he hadn't found saronite ore yet.

Secondly, his forging level wasn't high enough... Besides, a large quantity indicated that this item had a drop rate in the two adjacent worlds above and below.

Yang Jian could completely follow the scent and seek it out... With his current strength, he believed there were no wild monsters dropping level forty or fifty materials that he couldn't defeat!

He looked around the Auction House a few more times.

Then, he started to buy up materials needed for upgrading in his forging list.

Market conditions varied from world to world.

Materials that seemed cheap on the Eastern Continent

might not be cheap in this world.

And materials that were cheap in the Tian Yao Realm... Yang Jian, of course, bought them!

Yang Jian had also brought ten thousand gold coins with him when he left!

After spending about five thousand gold,

Yang Jian noticed that the goods he was buying were all increasing in price...

Yang Jian was forced to suppress his impulse to keep buying.

He could only stop buying for now!

He'd wait until these materials were used up!

The fox demon beside him saw Yang Jian stop and secretly felt it was a pity.

After all, she also received a commission for products purchased from the machine she managed.

The Auction House charged a 2% handling fee.

The fox demon could get 30% of that!

During wartime, an auctioneer was a highly sought-after and good profession.

But once the war subsided, the Auction House would be deserted.

After all, in places like the Tian Yao Realm,

levels and ranks were basically fixed, with no room for further advancement.

The strength of the new generation mostly depended on self-cultivation.

At most, they would use an Awakening Stone to awaken an additional profession and talent for a boost in power.

Their reliance on external items was relatively small.

So, as long as there wasn't a large-scale invasion by the Abyss,

the Auction House was usually quiet and deserted.

After buying things, Yang Jian intended to leave.

"Sir, please wait a moment!"

Yang Jian turned back in surprise, looking at the fox demon!

What?!

Are you trying to rob me?

The fox demon noticed Yang Jian's somewhat ill-intentioned gaze.

She gritted her teeth and still came closer.

"Sir, are you a Blacksmith?"

Yang Jian wasn't too surprised that she knew this.

After all, he had just bought nearly five thousand gold coins worth of various forging materials.

Anyone who didn't know would be an idiot.

"Then why don't you join the Blacksmiths' Association? If you pass the assessment, you can use their materials to improve your forging skills!"

Yang Jian: ...