Chapter 90: Xu Jing

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  The old man in yellow clothes stretched out his hand and picked up the precious sword with a scabbard from the gold-inlaid wooden tray, then slowly drew it out.

  A moment.

  A flash of silver light flashed, a knife aura soared into the sky, cutting through people's souls, and the huge auction stage was cold and desolate.

  "This is a good sword, this sword is no longer just an inferior treasure sword, it's close to being a mid-grade treasure sword." In the private room, an old man in gray clothes had greedy light flashing in his eyes.

  Ye Chen's heart moved, the yellow-robed old man's Sky Slitting Knife seemed no stronger than the Tiger Headed Treasure Knife he had obtained in the underground world. Both had knife energy that pierced the sky and a blade that was cold and menacing. On a day when he lacked money, he could even entrust the treasure knife to an auction house for sale.

  "Sky Splitting Sword, the sword worn by the Sword Marquis a hundred years ago. It is four feet two inches long, with its widest part only two inches three, and the back of the blade is half an inch thick. The hilt is seven inches long, and it can emit sword energy on its own, doubling the combat strength of the person holding it. The starting price is 300,000 taels, and each bid increase must be at least 50,000 taels. Now we can begin."

  The precious sword was put back into its scabbard, and the old man in yellow clothes returned the Sky Splitting Sword to the gold-inlaid wooden tray. He looked around and saw that everyone was staring at the sword, unable to tear their eyes away, and he couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile.

  "One million taels!"

  Sixth package room, Lin Qi raised the wooden sign.

  "One hundred and fifty thousand taels!" The old man in gray clothes followed suit.

  Ouyang Ming was slightly surprised by the bid, but he naturally wouldn't give up on the Sky Splitting Knife and shouted: "Two million taels!"

  "Am I hearing this right?! It's already reached two hundred million two gold after just three auctions!"

  "Bei Xue's swift blade Lin Qi and Xiao Shen Tui Ouyang Ming have both made their moves, I wonder who the other old man is?"

  "I know that old man is nicknamed 'Knife Ancestor', his cultivation in the early stages of Bao Yuan Jing, and on the rivers and lakes, he still has a small reputation, with one hand knife skills, I don't know how many people have been killed."

  "Dao Sou? I remember now, Wu Wanshan, the Fast Knife, used to be his apprentice in his early years. Later, for some unknown reason, they parted ways and went their separate ways. Who would have thought that I'd run into him here?"

  "Wu Wanshan's current strength is probably not under Knife Sect, but what's even more terrifying is Northern Snow Fast Knife Lin Qi, who transcended boundaries and defeated him with just ten knives."

  "Don't underestimate Knife Old Man, haven't you heard that old ginger is still spicy? This person has been active for decades, he must have countless ultimate moves up his sleeve."

  Lin Qi's expression remained unchanged, "Three million taels!"

  "Little rabbit, you're not poor now, let's make a show of it. Once we leave the city, the Sky Splitting Knife will still be mine." The old man in gray clothes, Knife Master, couldn't bear to spend so much gold on bidding for the Sky Splitting Knife, thinking it was a waste. He'd rather wait for someone else to bid and then quietly follow them, kill them and take the treasure. After all, this wasn't his first time doing such a thing.

  With one less competitor, Ouyang Ming felt much more at ease, and like Lin Qi, he directly added 1 million taels, reaching a sky-high price of 4 million taels.

  "Five million taels!"

  Without hesitation, Lin Qi continued to spend money as if the gold on his body was just worthless rocks, and throwing out any amount of it wouldn't hurt him at all.

  "Five hundred and fifty million taels!" Ouyang Ming felt that he had underestimated Lin Qi, five hundred and fifty million taels was the highest price he could offer, of which thirty percent was still borrowed from 'Thunder Hand' Ouyang Lie.

  "Five hundred and fifty-five million taels!" Lin Qi had also reached his limit, adding only fifty thousand taels of gold.

  Turning his head, Ouyang Ming said to several people beside him: "Lend me all the gold on your body, and I will return it fourfold in the future."

  Li Ling said: "I previously bought two items and still have 20,000 taels left."

  "I still have 20,000 yuan left!"

  "Thirty-five thousand taels!"

  Ouyang Ming added another 100,000 taels of gold and shouted: "Five million six hundred and fifty thousand taels!"

  Lin Qi furrowed his brow, and suddenly remembered a brocade pouch that Mei Shimei had given him before he left, telling him to open it at a critical moment.

  Lin Qi took out a small pouch and opened it, revealing a rare smile on his face. His ordinary appearance transformed into that of a child's, pure and innocent.

  "Five hundred and seventy thousand taels!" Lin Qi quoted again.

  At these words, Ouyang Ming was taken aback, "Impossible, how could he still have any strength left?"

  Tang Man Lou and Li Ling stared at each other in dismay, feeling that Bei Xue's price was as unpredictable as Lin Qi's knife skills, leaving them defenseless and caught off guard.

  In the end, the Sky-Splitting Sword fell into Lin Qi's hands.

  "Five hundred and seventy thousand taels is too exaggerated, it's not even letting people live."

  "Look, Lin Qi is out, he seems to be leaving."

  "I heard he came here just for the Splitting Sky Knife, so it's normal for him to leave. Staying behind would be a waste of time."

  "Huh? The Knife Sect is following us, they wouldn't want to kill and steal our treasure, would they?"

  "It's really possible, but isn't he afraid of North Snow Manor's revenge?"

  "It seems that you still don't quite understand Dao Sou, this person has always been reckless and unpredictable, it's possible that after killing Lin Qi he escaped to another country, North Snow Manor may not necessarily be able to find him."

  People with hearts noticed this scene and whispered to each other.

  Lin Qi's departure did not cause much commotion, and the auction continued. The seventy-ninth item up for bid was a low-grade auxiliary manual called Qian Kun Wu Ji Gong. Its function was to stabilize one's true energy, suppress it, and calm it down. It didn't seem like much at first glance, but many skilled martial artists did not think so. When breaking through boundaries, martial artists often had floating true energy and unstable cultivation. If they practiced Qian Kun Wu Ji Gong, this problem would cease to exist. Moreover, when fighting others, it could suppress scattered true energy and increase combat endurance. For martial artists of equal strength, it was extremely deadly.

  So in any case, the value of Qian Kun Wu Ji Gong is still above that of Killing Void and Overbearing Leg, after all the latter are martial skills, which are not lacking in the True Spirit Continent, while Qian Kun Wu Ji Gong is an auxiliary technique, extremely rare and scarce, and there may not be a few sets in a large sect.

  Its starting price was indeed worthy of its name, reaching 200,000 taels, which is twice that of the "Killing Empty Air" leg.

  "Five hundred thousand taels." The martial artist who had previously bid for the Killer Empty Leg strike made another move.

  Ouyang Ming sneered, "I can no longer obtain the Sky Splitting Sword, but I'm not afraid of you. The Sky Splitting Sword will be mine sooner or later. That grey-robed old man is obviously a martial artist at the level of Wu Yuan, and he's following Lin Qi with ill intentions. As long as he kills Lin Qi, I have ways to seize the Sky Splitting Sword from him."

  Ouyang Ming's heart calmed down and he raised his signboard, "Three million taels!"

  The field fell silent, and the martial artist who had reached the state of Wuji was silent.

  No one followed suit, and Ouyang Ming revealed a smile.

  "Four million taels!"

  A crisp female voice came out, faintly.

  "It's Xu Jing." Ye Chen blurted out.

  Wu Zongming was surprised and said: "Are you sure it's Xu Jing Shizhi?"

  Ye Chen nodded, "I've met Xu Jing before and exchanged a few words with her."

  "Xu Jing Shijie is currently ranked eighth among the core disciples. It's said that her strength far exceeds this, but it's unclear whether it's true or false."

  "It should be!" At first, Ye Chen had no opinion when he saw Xu Jing practicing her skills. He thought that her strength was only around 3,000 to 4,000 jin, and although her combat power was very strong, she didn't seem to be using her full strength at the time. However, as his cultivation level increased, he recalled that scene and became certain that Xu Jing hadn't used her full strength, at most only using 30% of it, with the rest of her power stored inside her body without being fully released.