62: Chapter 62 A Battle of Geniuses Among Billions of Cultivators! Auction

Meanwhile, the group was flying towards Tianque City!

Throughout the journey, Gu Chen's face hadn't returned to normal!

He secretly glanced several times, and every time he did, his heartbeat quickened!

It was the feeling of being love-struck!

Tianque City was right before their eyes, its city walls towering into the clouds!

Two city guards stood at the gate; they were actually Saint Kings. In the Eastern Region, they would be overlords, but here, they could only stand guard!

"Central Plains is truly different!" Li Shuangxu exclaimed.

The group arrived at the registration point, which was packed with a sea of people as far as the eye could see!

Gu Chen stood among them, absent-minded, his gaze unconsciously drifting towards Ru Shuang.

Gu Qingshan shook his head continuously from behind.

"If you keep looking like that, your eyeballs are going to fall out!" Gu Qingshan whispered.

Only then did Gu Chen regain his senses, pretending he hadn't been looking.

In front of the testing platform, young people walked up one by one to test their cultivation and age.

The Sovereign Realm was the threshold; those who passed received a token, while those who didn't left dejectedly.

The old man in charge of testing was expressionless, reporting numbers like he was chanting sutras: "Sovereign Realm, Second Level, twenty-nine years old, pass."

"Sovereign Realm, First Level, forty-two years old, failed by two years."

"Sovereign Realm, Third Level, thirty-seven years old, pass."

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After waiting for a long time, it was Gu Chen's turn. He walked onto the testing platform and pressed his hand against the crystal ball.

The crystal ball lit up, and the old man looked up, "Sovereign Realm, First Level, twenty-one years old, pass."

His tone was objective, and he even took an extra look at Gu Chen.

A twenty-one-year-old Sovereign Realm Cultivator could be considered a Prodigy even in the Central Plains!

Gu Qingshan tested next, "Sovereign Realm, Third Level, twenty-four years old, pass."

Ru Shuang walked up, and the gazes of many people around were drawn to her!

The light lit up, and the old man took a look, unusually saying a few extra words: "Sovereign Realm, Second Level, twenty-one years old, Taiyin Spirit Body, not bad."

Whispers spread through the crowd!

"Taiyin Spirit Body? No wonder she's so beautiful."

"Isn't this Ru Shuang from the third spot on the beauty ranking?"

"That's her!"

"I heard her father wants to marry her off to a ten-thousand-year Quasi-Emperor; she probably ran away!"

"Really? A ten-thousand-year Quasi-Emperor, how old must he be?"

Hearing these discussions, Gu Chen's brows furrowed slightly.

A ten-thousand-year Quasi-Emperor?

Marrying an old man?

His hand trembled involuntarily!

As for Li Shuangxu, his cultivation was stuck at the Peak of the King Realm, one step away from the Sovereign Realm, but he had no regrets.

He was just here to tag along and lead the way.

He couldn't even defeat the Prodigies of the Eastern Region, let alone the Prodigies of the Central Plains!

He didn't want to seek abuse, or it would damage his Dao Heart!

It would be detrimental to his future cultivation!

The group received their tokens and walked out of the registration point.

The square was still a sea of people, filled with young Cultivators in groups of three or five, whispering to each other.

Li Shuangxu held a race schedule manual, reading as he walked, his expression becoming increasingly grave!

"Young Master Gu, this elimination round is a bit brutal!"

Li Shuangxu handed over the manual.

"The first round of elimination eliminates 99% of people directly! There are billions of Cultivators participating, divided into countless battlefields, with ten thousand people in each battlefield, and only one victor remains!"

Gu Qingshan gasped: "Ten thousand people and only one remains? Isn't that just a free-for-all?"

"Yes! Those who are killed will be teleported out; they won't actually die, but their spot will be gone!"

Li Shuangxu turned to the next page, "The second round, the third round, layer by layer, only one thousand people will remain to enter the main tournament! Those who can fight their way into the top one thousand among billions of Geniuses are monsters among monsters!"

Gu Chen was also shocked to hear about the billions of Cultivators; he hadn't expected so many people to participate.

One had to realize that these people had all reached the Sovereign Realm before the age of 40!

In their own regions, they could be called Geniuses among Geniuses, but here, it was just the threshold!

He didn't expect the first round of elimination to be so intense!

Ru Shuang also felt the pressure, but she had to win the reward in this Genius Tournament to help her grandfather reshape his Physical Body!

She needed to completely escape her father's control and not have to marry that ten-thousand-year-old monster!

Suddenly, her grandfather's voice rang in her mind, weaker than yesterday.

"Girl, when entering the city, I saw an auction house in the east of the city. I sensed the aura of soul nourishing wood there. If we can bid for it, my Soul can last for a few more months."

Ru Shuang's heart tightened; her grandfather probably couldn't last too long.

Ru Shuang calculated silently; the Spirit Stones she brought when escaping the Family weren't many, but it should be more than enough to bid for a piece of soul nourishing wood.

She just hoped there wouldn't be any accidents at the auction.

Just as she was thinking, Gu Chen's voice came from the side, "Miss Ru, where are you going next?"

Ru Shuang turned to look at him, "I heard there is an auction in the east of the city tonight. I want to go take a look. Is Young Master Gu interested?"

It sounded like she was inviting Gu Chen.

Gu Chen couldn't resist at all!

His heartbeat accelerated sharply, and his voice almost faltered, "Yes! I'm idle anyway, let's go take a look together!"

Gu Qingshan and Li Shuangxu looked at each other behind him and sighed at the same time!

Gu Qingshan muttered, "He has completely fallen!"

Li Shuangxu nodded gently, his tone tinged with helplessness, "He hasn't been normal since he started blushing!"

But the girl was indeed beautiful; they would have fallen too!

But it wasn't their turn!

The group continued to walk towards the east of the city.

Gu Chen walked beside Ru Shuang, still having to pretend to be nonchalant.

He calculated in his heart that if Ru Shuang took a liking to anything at the auction, he must help her bid for it!

After all, there were plenty of Spirit Stones given by the Old Ancestor, and the Old Ancestor had personally told him to spend and use them as needed!

Surely he could use them to woo a girl, right?

Anyway, there were more Spirit Stones than he could ever use!

For Gu Chen, the most important thing right now wasn't the elimination round, but the auction tonight!

East of the city, Tianque Auction House.

The group arrived at the entrance, and a waiter greeted them, "Dear guests, are you here to participate in tonight's auction? The entrance fee is one thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones per person!"

One thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones was basically a year's cultivation expense for a Loose Cultivator in the Sovereign Realm!

But Gu Chen didn't even blink; he took out a handful of Spirit Stones, handed them over, and walked in.

The hall was already filled with many people, in groups of three or five, whispering.

Gu Chen scanned the room, didn't head to the hall, but walked straight to the front desk and tapped on the counter!

"Do you have any Heaven-class private rooms?"

The old man behind the counter looked up and sized up Gu Chen.

Heaven-class private rooms were prepared for Imperial Clans and longevity families; ordinary forces wouldn't even dare to ask!

But looking at this young man's confident demeanor, it didn't look like he was faking it!

The old man smiled, "Yes, yes, yes. What a coincidence, this is exactly the last one left! But the price is a bit expensive!"

He held up five fingers!

"Five million High-Grade Spirit Stones!"

Li Shuangxu gasped!

Five million High-Grade Spirit Stones just to rent a room?

But Gu Chen didn't even blink; he took out the Spirit Stones from his Storage Pouch and placed them on the counter.

This was just the tip of the iceberg of his Storage Pouch!

Never mind five million, he could take out five hundred million from his storage!

These were just High-Grade Spirit Stones; the Top-Grade Spirit Stones in the Storage Pouch given by Gu Xuan were as numerous as hemp!

Gu Chen didn't care about this money at all!

The old man took the Storage Pouch, counted it, smiled, and then bowed and scraped, "Valued guest, please come this way, I will personally take you up!"

Ru Shuang stood behind Gu Chen, looking at his back, a strange light flashing in her eyes.

The money he spent on a private room was already an unreachable fortune for her!

A man who spends money freely is really handsome!