Walking into the Martial Market, Zhang Ruochen walked straight towards the central auction house.
A Spirit Grade Lower Grade Martial Skill was not something that those ordinary shops could eat, and only by taking it to the central auction house and auctioning it to those big families could the value of the Martial Skill be maximised.
Zhang Ruochen had just walked into the auction house, a neatly dressed and pretty looking maid greeted him, seeing Zhang Ruochen’s mysterious attire, she didn’t feel surprised in the slightest and said very politely, “Sir, what kind of help do you need?”
“I want to see the Archdeacon of your Central Auction House!” Zhang Ruochen slightly changed his voice to appear rather deep and muddy, sounding like a middle-aged man in his 30s or 40s.
What kind of person was this? As soon as he opened his mouth, he wanted to see the Archdeacon, so it seemed like he came from quite a big place.
“The slave girl will go and report to the Archdeacon now, but the Archdeacon is usually very busy with receiving VIP clients and may not have the time to come out to see you. You wait for a moment first!”
After saying this, that one servant girl immediately walked into a large door and went forward to report to the Archdeacon.
Zhang Ruochen was not in a hurry, and just stood in the lobby quietly waiting.
It wasn’t long before that one attendant led a slightly chubby old man in a flashy robe out, pointing in Zhang Ruochen’s direction, saying, “Archdeacon, that’s the man.”
The Archdeacon glanced towards Zhang Ruochen, who was dressed in a black cloak suit, from afar, and his gaze fixed on Zhang Ruochen’s feet as his pair of pale eyes narrowed slightly, flashing with a hint of essence.
The boots on Zhang Ruochen’s feet were called “Kirin Gold Boots”, and only people in the royal palace were qualified to wear such boots.
Zhang Ruochen naturally revealed his boots on purpose, after all, he was auctioning off a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique, so it was inevitable that it would not be coveted. With his current martial arts cultivation, he could not protect a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique.
But if people knew that he was a big shot in the palace, then there would probably not be many people who would still dare to hit him.
In the case that he was not strong enough, he could only pretend that he was very powerful, and it was still necessary to use it to scare people.
“The source is not simple!”
The Archdeacon looked at the pair of boots under Zhang Ruochen’s feet and thought so in his heart.
The Archdeacon’s attitude towards Zhang Ruochen immediately became respectful, treating Zhang Ruochen as if he was a big shot in the palace as he walked up to Zhang Ruochen and said in a low voice, “Your Excellency, this way please!”
“Hmph!”
Zhang Ruochen, in order to shock the other party, put his hands behind his back and showed full poise as he gently nodded his head.
Those martial artists in the lobby, seeing that the Archdeacon actually displayed such an attitude, were secretly speculating in their hearts that it seemed that a remarkable big shot had come to the Central Auction House.
Ascending to the third floor of the central auction house, Zhang Ruochen sat at the top in a calm manner, took the cup of tea handed over by the maid, and said in a tone of superiority, “I have a treasure here that I want to consign for auction at the central auction house, call your topmost appraiser over here to help me appraise it.”
Seeing that aura of Zhang Ruochen, the Archdeacon was even more certain that the other party was an important person inside the Royal Palace, and immediately ordered someone to go and invite the appraiser.
A few moments later, an old man with grey hair walked in.
The old man, who looked to be in his seventies or eighties, but had a pair of eyes that were shining, looked Zhang Ruochen over and realised that he couldn’t even see through the other party’s cultivation, and his heart couldn’t help but be shocked.
The old man immediately bowed respectfully to Zhang Ruochen, “I am the Chief Appraiser of the Centre Auction House, I wonder where the item that Your Excellency wants to auction is located?”
There were only three scenarios when he could not see through the other party’s cultivation: the first one was that the other party’s martial arts cultivation was higher than his.
The second, the other party cultivated a technique that was much superior to the one he cultivated.
For example, a martial artist who cultivated human level techniques could not see through the cultivation of a martial artist who cultivated spirit level techniques, and could only roughly guess the cultivation of the other party from some of their details and the aura they displayed.
Of course, if the levels of the techniques were similar, the person with a higher cultivation level would still be able to see through the cultivation level of the person with a lower cultivation level.
The third type, the other party’s body had treasures that hid their cultivation.
The second and third scenarios were not common, so that one old man instinctively assumed that it was the first scenario, thinking that Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation was above his, which was why he immediately bowed respectfully to Zhang Ruochen.
One must know that Zhang Ruochen was cultivating the Nine Heavenly Bright Emperor Scripture, what a profound technique, unless he deliberately showed the meridians in his body, otherwise, there were probably not many people in the entire Yunwu County Kingdom who would be able to see through his martial cultivation.
Besides, Zhang Ruochen’s previous life was originally a strong person of the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Circle, and even though he was reborn in the body of an ordinary person, there was no difference between that wave of understanding of the martial dao and the essence carried by his soul and that of a martial artist of the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Circle.
To see through his cultivation, unless the other party’s martial dao realm was above the Heavenly Extreme Realm Great Circle.
Zhang Ruochen’s hand reached into his sleeve and touched on top of the Time and Space Crystal Stone, his palm directly entering the inner space of the Time and Space Crystal Stone, taking out the recipe of the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique and handing it to that old man with grey hair.
“What I want to auction is this volume of Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique!” Zhang Ruochen said indifferently.
The Chief Appraiser had just received the “Heavenly Heart Sword Technique” recipe when he heard Zhang Ruochen’s words, and his heart was slightly shocked. Surprisingly, he wanted to auction off a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique!
The Chief Appraiser immediately unfolded the papers rolled together and studied them carefully.
The Archdeacon, who was standing by the side, also immediately walked over to examine the “Heavenly Heart Sword Technique” recipe together.
The Chief Appraiser and the Archdeacon were both martial arts experts, and quickly identified the results, nodding at the same time.
“Indeed, it is the recipe of a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique… I wonder how many sword moves your lordship has mastered in his hands?” The Archdeacon asked.
The mnemonic and sword moves worked together to bring out the true power of a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique.
Even if the Archdeacon and the Chief Appraiser had forcefully memorised the recitation of the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, if there were no sword moves to go with it, then the recitation would be of no use whatsoever.
Zhang Ruochen said, “The entire set of swordsmanship has twelve moves in total. The original version of the sword technique has been lost, and the “Heavenly Heart Sword Technique” that I have in my hands is a sword stance diagram drawn by the hand of a Heavenly Extremity Realm powerhouse, which is not any different from the original version of the sword technique.”
The Chief Appraiser pondered for a moment and said, “In that case, the starting price for the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique will be set at 200,000 silver coins. However, there is a prerequisite, after the auction is successful, the buyer will have to review the sword strokes and phrases of the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, and if the review reveals that it is not a Spirit Grade inferior sword technique, the auction result will not be counted.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “Everything will be done according to the rules of the auction house!”
The auction of the “Heavenly Heart Sword Technique” was this evening, and it became the grand finale of the Middle Grade Auction House tonight.
Before the auction house started, the central auction house immediately spread the news to all the great clans in the King City.
Important figures from all the great clans had rushed to the martial city with huge sums of money, all wanting to buy that complete set of Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t care about the auction process, only the results.
After roughly two hours passed, the auction ended and the results of the auction came out.
Amidst the competition from all the great clans, the price of the “Heavenly Heart Sword Technique” was raised to one million two hundred and forty thousand silver coins, and was finally won by the Lin Family’s family head.
“It’s actually the Lin Family!” Zhang Ruochen was also slightly surprised after hearing this result.
Not long after, under the leadership of the Archdeacon, Lin Fengxian, the Lin Family Head, one of the Lin Family’s clan uncles, Lin De, and one of the four great young beauties of the Yunwu County Kingdom, Lin Mishan, walked in from outside.
“Lin Family Lord, this lord, is the owner of the ‘Heavenly Heart Sword Technique’.” With a smile on his face, the Archdeacon pointed over towards Zhang Ruochen, who was sitting at the very top of the room.
Lin Fengxian’s gaze lingered for a moment above the pair of ‘Kirin Inlaid Gold Boots’ on Zhang Ruochen’s feet, gently nodded, slightly arched his hand, and said, “I am Lin Fengxian, the Lin Family’s Family Head, I don’t know how to address you, my lord?”
Before coming in, Lin Fengxian had heard the Archdeacon describe this mysterious person, and knew that the other party had a great deal of importance, and was most likely a big shot inside the Royal Palace.
Therefore, it was only after Lin Fengxian walked in that he took the initiative to lower his posture as the Lin Family’s head.
Seeing Lin Fengxian and Lin Mishan, Zhang Ruochen became even more careful in case he was recognised by them.
Zhang Ruochen coughed dryly twice and his voice became deep and muddy, “You do not need to know my name. This is the ‘Heavenly Heart Sword Technique’ recipe and sword stance diagrams, so take it over to review it, Lin Family Master!”
As he spoke, Zhang Ruochen took out the recitation and sword stance schema from his sleeves and placed them on the table.
Lin Fengxian did not review the recipe of the ‘Heavenly Heart Sword Technique’, he believed that the central auction house had already identified the recipe before the auction.
He unfolded the sword stance pattern of the “Heavenly Heart Sword Technique”, only to see twelve small figures engraved on the paper.
If an ordinary person looked at the twelve drawings, they couldn’t see any special features, but when Lin Fengxian’s eyes fell on the paper, the twelve villains holding long swords looked like they had come to life, standing on the paper and dancing with their swords.
Each sword move was exquisite, containing a profound and profound martial arts meaning, even just learning one of the moves, it would already be of infinite use.
“This set of sword techniques definitely belongs to the top level amongst the lower grade Spirit Grade martial arts, it’s simply worth buying!” Lin Fengxian’s heart was incomparably excited.
