24: Tianluo Fighting Field

The next day.

Wu Ning brought Xu Ziqian and the other two to the Fighting Arena located in the north of the city.

The full name of the Fighting Arena was Tianluo Fighting Arena.

Together with the Dragon Beast Arena, the Alchemist Guild, the Blood Fiend Guild, the Listening Rain Pavilion, the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, the Xuan Yue Auction House, the Exquisite Chamber of Commerce, the Myriad Treasures Chamber of Commerce, and the Divine Weapon Pavilion, they were collectively known as the Ten Top Forces of the Eastern Region.

They were only below the Three Giants of the Eastern Region and could contend with the Nine Top Holy Land Sects.

The Tianluo Fighting Arena not only allowed people to watch others compete in matches and bet on one side of a match, but also allowed them to personally go on stage to fight and earn a share of the wagers.

This was definitely a good place to hone combat power and accumulate experience.

Xu Ziqian and the other two, one at Transformation Sea Realm Ninth Heaven, one at Transformation Sea Realm Sixth Heaven, and one at Transformation Sea Realm First Heaven, just met the threshold to participate in the matches.

Wu Ning sat in the audience seats.

The first to appear was Li Yuanbao, and his opponent was also at Transformation Sea Realm Sixth Heaven.

His name was Gu Xiu.

"Oh, there's actually a newcomer?"

"Damn it! It's Gu Xiu again, this guy has fought twenty-six matches in half a year and hasn't won a single one. Why hasn't he been beaten to death?!"

"This guy repeatedly loses and repeatedly fights, I'm truly impressed!"

"Damn, a newcomer and a weakling, I don't even know who to bet on to win!"

"It must be the newcomer. If that trash Gu Xiu can win, I'll call him dad!"

"Newcomers' first matches are always against opponents of the same Realm. That trash Gu Xiu can't even beat a Transformation Sea Realm Fourth Heaven, so he's definitely going to lose this time!"

"Among those of the same Realm, he's the weakest, and I don't accept any refutations!"

Seeing the two people appear on the stage, the audience area immediately erupted, discussing incessantly.

Wu Ning smiled without speaking. This Gu Xiu was indeed quite weak, but even among the weak, there were weaker opponents.

This time, if Li Yuanbao didn't use his trump card, he might not necessarily lose.

On the stage, as soon as the two exchanged blows, Li Yuanbao fell into a disadvantage, and he was defeated in less than a hundred rounds.

Gu Xiu was a bit stunned, "No way, brother, why are you so bad? You can't even beat me?"

Li Yuanbao's face darkened. This guy was definitely not weak.

It was just that those who dared to come to the Fighting Arena to fight were basically elite outstanding individuals of the same Realm; very few came looking for abuse.

This guy could only be considered mediocre, and coupled with some bad luck, he lost twenty-six matches in a row.

"Win... won?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could that trash Gu Xiu possibly win?"

"Damn it, there's a conspiracy! It's definitely a rigged match!"

"Refund! I bet all my assets..."

The audience area was filled with angry voices.

Soon, the person in charge of the auction house was alarmed.

"Manager Han, what do you think we should do now? There's a big commotion at Ring Number Seven, and everyone is clamoring for refunds."

"Refunds are impossible! If we refund the money, wouldn't that be admitting we're involved in a conspiracy? Are we involved in a conspiracy?"

"This..."

"What 'this'? Directly send out the Tianluo Guards, be firm in your attitude. If anyone dares to cause trouble, suppress them directly!"

"Yes!"

A farce quickly ended. The prestige of the Tianluo Fighting Arena was something that small figures could not provoke.

Wu Ning left after watching Xu Ziqian's match.

Among the three, only Xu Ziqian barely won his first match; Li Yuanbao and Zhang Liang both suffered crushing defeats.

Compared to those Cultivators who had Cultivated for decades and experienced various difficult battles, they were still too green.

...

In the days that followed.

Wu Ning lived a very leisurely life, spending his days tasting delicacies, strolling with his bird, or listening to music in the pleasure quarters.

He experienced the local customs of Yunzhou City.

As for Xu Ziqian and the other two, besides occasionally accompanying Wu Ning in their free time from Cultivating, they spent most of their time in the Fighting Arena.

With at least one battle every day, the combat experience of the three rapidly improved.

By the tenth day, Li Yuanbao and Zhang Liang were no longer losing so badly.

The two of them, along with Gu Xiu, were jokingly referred to as the Fighting Arena's Three Weaklings.

And Xu Ziqian had already achieved three consecutive victories, his strength advancing by leaps and bounds.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

In front of a magnificent and grand building in the east of the city.

A long queue had formed at the main entrance.

There were over a thousand people, with very few at Transformation Sea Realm; most were at Fa Xiang Realm, and there were even quite a few Heavenly Palace Realm powerhouses!

Wu Ning glanced at the lofty golden characters "Xuan Yue Auction House" and led Li Yuanbao and the other two towards the VIP passage.

After presenting the VIP invitation, a servant respectfully escorted them to Box Number Two of Tian Class.

"Please enter, honored sirs. This is Box Number Two of Tian Class. If any of you need anything, please feel free to call me. I will be waiting outside the door."

The servant said humbly, then gently closed the door.

"Tsk tsk, as expected of a top force in the Eastern Region, it's truly luxurious!"

Li Yuanbao surveyed the box and the auction hall, sighing with emotion.

The entire box was resplendent, with luxurious Yao Beast fur carpets on the floor, various precious gems inlaid in the walls, and all tables, chairs, and utensils crafted from Spiritual Wood or Artifact Refining metals.

It was utterly extravagant!

But the auction hall's level of luxury was even greater than that of the box.

The entire hall was at least tens of thousands of square meters, with the floor entirely paved with incomparably hard strange stones that even Fa Xiang Realm powerhouses would find difficult to damage.

The ceiling of the hall was inlaid with a large number of luminous Moonlight Gems, and clusters of magnificent crystals hung below, reflecting the light and illuminating the entire hall down to the smallest detail.

At this moment, more than half of the three thousand seats in the hall were already occupied.

Most of the twelve Tian Class boxes and twelve Di Class boxes also had people in them.

"Later, if you like anything, just bid. Since we're already here, we can't leave empty-handed."

Wu Ning, as if clearing out inventory, directly gave them more than half of his Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

There were a full thirty billion, which seemed like a lot, but converted to Top-Grade Spirit Stones, it was only thirty thousand.

Due to the exchange rate difference between low-grade and High-Grade Spirit Stones.

It was even less than thirty thousand.

Xu Ziqian and the other two, however, were utterly astonished.

A Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact usually cost around one billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones; a full thirty billion dazzled their eyes.

"Boss, how much do you think a Sacred Artifact is worth?"

Li Yuanbao looked hopeful. He had eleven Quasi-Emperor Weapon fragments, equivalent to eleven Sacred Artifacts!

The Quasi-Emperor Weapon fragments were currently useless to him, and he had long planned to sell one or two of them to exchange for various resources that would be more beneficial to himself.

Wu Ning pondered, "A Sacred Artifact would probably cost hundreds of millions of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and they are priceless but have no market."

"Hundreds of millions of Top-Grade Spirit Stones!"

Li Yuanbao felt a bit dizzy.

Top-Grade Spirit Stones circulated very rarely in the market; even King Realm powerhouses generally used High-Grade Spirit Stones for transactions.

Only Saint Realm powerhouses had the ability to casually produce large sums of Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

For low-level Cultivators, Top-Grade Spirit Stones were Heaven And Earth Treasures!

They would even appear as auction items in auction houses.