33: This weapon master understands men.

“Twenty-one hundred million high-grade spirit stones.”

“Twenty-two hundred million high-grade spirit stones.”

“Three billion high-grade spirit stones.”

Gu Qing's eyes flickered, and he made his bid.

He had been bored earlier, so he had removed the seal on Qiankun Sword and chatted with He Ni.

Unexpectedly, when He Ni saw the soul infant fruit, her ethereal and clear voice even broke, and she insisted that he buy it.

Gu Qing was confused. With her cultivation realm, she shouldn't need the soul infant fruit.

No, that's not right. He Ni was a remnant soul now, so perhaps she really did need it.

“Three billion high-grade spirit stones, is there anyone else bidding?”

Chu Yao tapped her hammer and asked with a smile.

“Thirty-one hundred million high-grade spirit stones.”

“Thirty-five hundred million high-grade spirit stones.”

“Thirty-six hundred million high-grade spirit stones.” In the private room, Xu Tiefu's voice was filled with gritted teeth.

This was his limit.

“Thirty-seven hundred million high-grade spirit stones.”

Gu Qing said.

“You…”

A terrifying aura of slaughter erupted from Xu Tiefu, and wisps of bloody killing intent permeated the entire private room.

He had just uttered one word when he forcibly held it back.

The one presiding over this auction was the Guild Master's daughter, and he dared not gamble whether he would be thrown out and blacklisted.

Xu Tiefu glared sinisterly at Gu Qing's private room, making up his mind that even if the person inside was the master of a Holy Land.

He would still snatch it.

“Thirty-seven hundred million, first call, second call, third call, sold!”

Chu Yao sealed the deal with a bang of her hammer, then had the soul infant fruit sent over.

“Damn it…”

The Holy Land successor, who had been determined to win, slammed his fist on the table.

It wasn't that they didn't want to bid, but that they simply didn't have that many spirit stones.

Over three billion spirit stones was a huge sum, and even a wealthy Holy Land would feel the pinch.

“The second item up for auction is the Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron Core, with a starting bid of fifty million high-grade spirit stones. Each bid must not be less than one million.”

This was precisely the piece Gu Qing had obtained, which could be used to refine an Earth-grade artifact.

In terms of preciousness, it was far inferior to the soul infant fruit, so there weren't many bidders.

The next few dozen items were also not very precious, with prices ranging in the hundreds of millions.

This was also quite normal.

It was impossible for an entire auction to be filled with rare treasures of heaven and earth.

“This is a top-grade Earth-grade artifact, the Fairy Flowing Light Skirt.”

Chu Yao took out a long white dress with golden threads, its colorful light shimmering, making it look exquisitely beautiful.

“Hmm?” Gu Qing fixed his gaze on it. Why did this Fairy Flowing Light Skirt seem a bit off?

It was a bit transparent.

It looked amazing.

Gu Qing's gaze involuntarily fell upon the cold and beautiful Su Qingyue.

If she wore it, her fairy-like appearance and temperament, combined with the sexy Fairy Flowing Light Skirt… Hiss… it would definitely be amazing.

“Such a beautiful Fairy Flowing Light Skirt, I don't think any girl wouldn't like it.”

“If you have a girl you like, buy it and give it to her, and you might just win her heart…”

“Moreover, the Fairy Flowing Light Skirt doesn't just have this one style; it can change into various styles, at will.”

“At the same time, its defense is also top-notch among Earth-grade artifacts, and it can also transform into flowing light shadows to confuse enemies…”

Chu Yao endlessly introduced the marvelous uses of the Fairy Flowing Light Skirt.

She even activated the Flowing Light Fairy Skirt with true essence, transforming it into various styles, and even changing it into furry tails and ears.

Wherever one wanted flowing light, there would be flowing light; wherever one wanted exposed light, there would be exposed light.

It had to be said that the person who refined this artifact understood men.

“Vixen, shameless.”

Su Qingyue watched, her face flushed and her heart pounding. She covered her face, unable to look, and cursed in a low voice.

Gu Qing “…”

He hadn't intended to buy it, but seeing Su Qingyue so shy, he decided to buy it.

After all, the cultivation world was too dangerous, and it wouldn't do for his junior sister to be too shy.

What if the enemy used this trick against his junior sister?

As her senior brother, it was his duty to train his junior sister.

He was doing this for the justice in his heart.

He wanted to uphold justice.

Yes, that's right.

With a reason, Gu Qing directly spent a huge sum, sixteen hundred million high-grade spirit stones, to buy it.

This made Chu Yao a little surprised, and then a hint of disdain appeared in her charming, seductive fox eyes.

Pretending to be so pure, but behind the scenes, she was still the same, a seductive little vixen.

Clearly, Chu Yao misunderstood, thinking that Su Qingyue had asked Gu Qing to buy it for herself.

“Senior Brother, you…” Su Qingyue's cheeks were completely red, and a shy mist appeared in her clear, beautiful eyes.

“Junior Sister, don't be fooled by that little vixen. Setting aside the disguise, it's a very powerful Earth-grade artifact…”

Gu Qing lectured her seriously.

“Is… is that really true…?”

“Of course…”

“Then…”

“It's for you.”

“No.”

Su Qingyue shook her head repeatedly, her rejection evident.

Since it was already bought, how could she just refuse it?

Gu Qing silently put it away, planning to give it to her later.

Once they returned to their cave dwelling, with only the two of them, Su Qingyue should not be so resistant.

“Next, we are auctioning a leg of an artifact cauldron. Although we haven't identified what kind of artifact it is, it is definitely not an ordinary item.”

“We couldn't even damage it a bit with a King-grade artifact, so I suspect this is a Supreme-grade Artifact, a Saint-grade artifact, or even a Divine Artifact.”

“If any genius can gain its recognition, they might acquire an astonishing inheritance.”

Chu Yao introduced it with a serious expression.

However, everyone scoffed at her words.

What kind of inheritance could a leg of an artifact have?

If there truly was an inheritance, would Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion be willing to take it out?

“The leg of the solar divine furnace, that's right, it must be it.”

Xiao Yi's Ring Old Man's voice was excited, but he quickly deflated.

“If it were the body of the cauldron, that would be great. The body of the cauldron is the core of the great cauldron, and there might be inherited cultivation techniques and divine abilities.”

“Then… should we still buy it?”

Xiao Yi was incredibly excited when he heard the first half of the old man's sentence, thinking he could pick up another bargain.

But when he heard the second half, his heart turned cold.

“It's useless, the cauldron leg… No, you can buy it, you must buy it. Later, when your cultivation is high, you can melt it down into an artifact.”

“This is a Divine Artifact refined from solar divine metal.”

The Ring Old Man said excitedly.

“Okay.”

Hearing this, Xiao Yi revealed a look of determination.

“This is a remnant of a Divine Artifact, you should buy it.” He Ni transmitted her voice.

“I know.”

Gu Qing nodded.

“You know?”

“Yes, the body of the cauldron is with me.”

Gu Qing was somewhat disdainful of the solar divine furnace.

For no other reason than that the solar divine furnace was too severely damaged, and all its divinity had been worn away.

A Divine Artifact without divinity was simply not a Divine Artifact.

Furthermore, the array patterns and material wear of the solar divine furnace were also very severe.

It was almost a dead object that could no longer carry spiritual power.

One could only say that the protagonist's items were truly good, but also truly damaged.

To repair it would be even more difficult than refining a new Divine Artifact.

As for refining and using it, that was also unrealistic.

The restrictions on a Divine Artifact were too profound and complex, with nine layers of restrictions, and each layer having eighty-one circulating restrictions.

Even a King Realm expert would probably only be able to refine the first three layers after several hundred years.

Moreover, the solar divine furnace also had the drawback of high consumption and weak power.

All in all, refining the solar divine furnace was not as good as diligently refining the reincarnation divine halberd.

“Oh.”

“Judging by your expression, you don't like the solar divine furnace very much?”

“Well, it's somewhat tasteless to eat, but a pity to discard. I can only wait until my cultivation is high enough to extract the solar divine metal from it, taking whatever I can get.”

Gu Qing said helplessly.

With the solar divine furnace so severely damaged, the solar divine metal inside was probably mostly worn away.

“Why don't you take me as your master, and I'll teach you a supreme method that will double the power of your Little Thousand Swordplay.” He Ni said faintly.

“No.” Gu Qing shook his head.

Although he was tempted by the supreme method He Ni mentioned, it wasn't by much.

Gu Qing had his own persistence and beliefs.

There were so many divine abilities in the world; he couldn't be tempted by every single one he saw.

It was good if he could learn, but it didn't matter if he couldn't.

Anyway, with his righteous father around, what he didn't have now, he would eventually have in the future.

“Alright, alright, I'm giving you one last chance and you're refusing it, so don't blame me for being heartless.”

He Ni gnashed her teeth in anger.

She had cultivated for countless years and had never seen anyone like Gu Qing.

How many people had knelt for tens of thousands of years for her divine abilities and secret techniques, yet she hadn't even spared them a glance.

But when it came to Gu Qing, he treated them like worn-out shoes.

“Alright then, this is my ultimate secret technique, which cannot be passed on to outsiders.” He Ni calmed her emotions, her voice ethereal and clear, like the sound of a celestial being.

“What kind of ultimate technique is it? Is it very powerful?” Gu Qing asked curiously.

An ultimate technique even more powerful than the Little Thousand Swordplay, Gu Qing genuinely wanted to know, if only to broaden his horizons.

“It is the method of refinement and nurturing, which can refine divine metal of the world, nurture peerless divine swords, and temper an unparalleled physique.”

This was the core of her swordsmanship.

It determined the strength of her swordsmanship.

“Refinement and nurturing…”

Gu Qing's eyes lit up, and he murmured.

Couldn't his Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal melt down all things in the world for his own use?

Although the Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal hadn't reached the point where it could melt divine metal, his Golden Gourd certainly could.

Thinking of this, Gu Qing couldn't help but get excited.

Indeed, there was a saying that was true: one's vision determines future achievements.

If it weren't for He Ni's words, he wouldn't know when he would have thought of using divine metal to melt into his three thousand aperture grotto-heavens and nurture peerless divine swords.

It seemed he would have to chat with He Ni more often in the future.

“Three hundred million high-grade spirit stones, first call.”

“Is there anyone else bidding?”

“This item is truly difficult to damage even with a King-grade artifact. Before it was damaged, it was definitely an artifact above the Supreme-grade Artifact level.”

Chu Yao was somewhat dissatisfied with this price, so she had to boast a bit more.

“Damn little vixen, hurry up and call, hurry up and call!”

Xiao Yi was extremely anxious. If someone was tempted, he wouldn't be able to compete with them.

“Four hundred million high-grade spirit stones.”

Gu Qing said.

“Four hundred million high-grade spirit stones, first call.”

“Four hundred million high-grade spirit stones, second call, third call, sold!”

Chu Yao sealed the deal.

“You…”

Xiao Yi was so angry when he heard this that he burst into a rage.

Knowing that this was a remnant of a Divine Artifact, he would definitely have followed the bid.

He just didn't want to follow too quickly, so as not to reveal any clues.

He didn't expect Chu Yao to call out the third time so quickly, leaving him no time to react.

Thinking of how the Divine Artifact leg had slipped through his fingers, Xiao Yi's eyes blazed with fire as he questioned,

“Chu Yao, why did you call so quickly? Does your auction house have some kind of inside information?”

Hearing the words “inside information,” Chu Yao's eyes completely turned cold.

As a business person, the last thing she feared was being accused of shady dealings. One wrong move, and the reputation accumulated over countless years would be ruined.

Xiao Yi had touched the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion's reverse scale.

Chu Yao's eyes were as sharp as knives as she spoke coldly, “Xiao Dan Shi (Alchemist Xiao), if you can't give a good explanation today, then you'll leave your life behind.”