Ms Xi Lin walked barefoot onto the stage and opened the box, revealing a long sword with scabbard.

  The blade emerged from its scabbard, nearly two meters in length, with intricate patterns and strange characters etched into the sword's body.

  Xilin's gentle voice spread throughout the scene: "The Lei Ting Huo family fortunately obtained a golden-tiered weapon in the Spirit Ruins, please take a look."

  Li Rui felt that this sword was very strange, it was too thin! Two meters long but only as thick as a finger, like an ice cream stick with a hilt, very awkward.

  Bart seemed to know his doubts and hinted: "Look closely at the blade."

  Concentrating his strongest gaze, he finally made out that the wide part of the finger was only the sword body, while the blade was thin and transparent!

  The blade is only about 1/10 the thickness of a hair, approximately 8 micrometers, and even with extraordinary vision it would be very difficult to observe.

  Ms Xi Lin effortlessly shaved a steel plate into potato chips as smooth as silk without any rough edges.

  Li Rui was shocked, this thing is fierce!

  Armor and weapon-type artifacts are extremely rare and expensive, with huge material consumption and high requirements for the creator's ability. Golden ones are even family heirlooms.

  The auction started, but it wasn't as hot as imagined. Most people tried a little and then gave up. The most enthusiastic ones were Jiarate and Aiqi.

  "This sword is a spirit weapon, and its power doesn't match human martial arts. It's not something that can be wielded with simple swings; it requires corresponding techniques and training methods to bring out its true strength. So, while it may be precious, its value isn't as great as you imagine."

  Li Rui nodded and joined the auction. After all, it was a rare equipment, might as well take it down first.

  Everyone present cast sideways glances, the bidding was all for gold, when suddenly a silver bid appeared, very eye-catching, and some people thought this was someone Ru Yi had brought to raise the price.

  After exceeding 100,000, Li Rui also stopped increasing the price. It's not that there's not enough money, but rather fear of revealing too much wealth and inviting trouble.

  Ba Di was speechless, his sister's subordinate actually had more money than him...

  After a fierce bidding war, this weapon was finally won by Aqi for 200,000 yuan, and everyone congratulated her.

  Aqi's domineering aura was overwhelming, and Rui and Bate's faces were twisted into awkward smiles.

  It goes without saying that the auction was a huge success and everyone involved, including Bate, got their share of the profits.

  ~~~~~

  Aki smiled and gently stroked the sword's body.

  The little finger lightly swept across the blade, and the tough skin of the Golden Strong was cut open, revealing a thread of golden blood.

  Everyone noticed something was off and stared at her, wanting to know what she was doing.

  All I saw was Aki dripping blood onto the sword and slowly reciting a sentence in Elvish:

  "Blood and wine, love and hate, fate intertwined."

  The runes on the sword shone brightly, and a vast amount of ether converged and surged into the sword.

  Li Rui was astonished to find that this sword was vibrating at an astonishing frequency, and the air around the sword became blurry.

  A'qi once again stretched out her little finger towards the long sword, a faint sound, and her thumb cut off cleanly, causing a burst of exclamations.

  The body of a Golden Stage strongman is as hard as everyone knows! This sword has undergone a qualitative change!

  The severed finger flew back and reattached itself before it even hit the ground, and healed in just a few breaths.

  Akei sheathed his sword and nodded in satisfaction.

  "The family records have recorded this weapon named 'Wailing of the Lost Souls', making a mockery of everyone."

  Everyone gasped in surprise, and Rui also congratulated with a big smile:

  "I've heard rumors that the Yanjing family has a lineage of spiritual blood, I didn't expect it to be true. Congratulations on obtaining a powerful artifact."

  A'qi stroked the divine sword with a smile and softly spoke a sentence that reached everyone's ears:

  "Lord Rui, you see, I kept my promise and didn't disrupt the auction, did I? So isn't it time to get down to business now?"

  ~~~~~

  Everyone looked over upon hearing this.

  Aiqi put away her smile, patted her chest and bowed solemnly, saying:

  "I represent the Yanjing family, exercising the right to defend the south border, and interrogate the west border defender Rui Thunderfire. I request that all noble families bear witness."

  Here it comes! It's finally here! Everyone's spirits suddenly lifted.

  Three Realms Guardian only sent a representative, but Aqi came in person, definitely to stir up trouble. Everyone is waiting to see the show, so as to make a judgment on the imperial situation.

  But she's having a fit now seems a bit late, the auction is over.

  Rui and Irwin exchanged a glance and walked forward calmly:

  "Although the timing is not right, you indeed have this right."

  Aiqi turned her gaze to Xiya beside Rui and asked:

  "What is your relationship with this woman named Shia LaBeouf? Are you really siblings? There are many bad rumors outside."

  Is that it? The crowd was somewhat disappointed. The news that Rui's younger sister might be his daughter had been circulating secretly for some time and wasn't a big deal.

  Families will stop at nothing to purify their bloodline and obtain extraordinary offspring. It's so easy to get a Silver Rank descendant, everyone else can only envy.

  Xia looked anxiously at Li Rui, she had also doubted the sibling relationship before, and now she was very afraid that her heartthrob would mind this point.

  Li Rui made a reassuring gesture to her, and the little sister felt slightly relieved.

  Lu Yi's face was expressionless, his words laced with sarcasm:

  "If you think having a Golden Tier weapon means you can do whatever you want, then you're sadly mistaken."

  Including several Western strongmen within the Bart Belt, as well as Irwin, they quietly surrounded Aki.

  Ai Qi seemed to have not seen it at all, her serious expression disappeared, and she smiled sweetly:

  "I'm not so bored that I'd care about your relationships, whether you're siblings or parent and child, it's none of my business."

  Turning his gaze to the representatives of various families in the field, he exhorted them gently:

  "Descendants of the extraordinary are rare, and those with innate talent are even harder to come by. Reaching the Silver Rank at 40 is already a remarkable feat."

  "Has anyone ever thought about it - why the imperial family and the families guarding the western and northern borders all have silver-rankers in their teens? Is it a coincidence or luck?"

  The whispers came in waves, Aki gave everyone time to think, and then a large amount of ether burst forth, big and round apricot eyes opened wide, black hair danced, and shouted at Rui:

  "I, the Southern Guardian Aki Inochi, accuse the Western Guardian Rui Raikou of twisting human relationships and desecrating nature by using the evil 'Homunculus' method to create artificial life - Shia Raikou!"

  The crowd erupted in an uproar. Lu Yi's expression remained unchanged, and he coldly said, "A pack of nonsense!"

  Ai Qi didn't refute, but instead snapped her fingers. A middle-aged man in a luxurious robe with a pale complexion walked out of the crowd, accompanied by a beautiful woman.

  The man bowed to the lords and shouted:

  "In the lower David Creek, the patriarch of the Creek family. Every word Mrs. Ai Qi said is true! 17 years ago, I personally saw Rui use demonic means to put a fetus into my concubine's belly, and later gave birth to a baby, who was indeed Xia Lei Thunderfire!"

  Lu's face suddenly changed! He never expected his subordinate to betray him!

  David Creek pushed the woman behind him forward:

  "I was coerced by Rui and obeyed him, with a thousand regrets. This is the concubine who gave birth to the child back then."

  It was Mel's aunt - Lina!

  Li Ru did not expect that the Xigou family he had always wanted to visit would be involved in this matter.

  Lina is Merle's biological aunt and must be rescued!