68: Miss Yafei, do you dare to take this job?

"Clatter—" Several guards from Wanbao Pavilion scrambled to dig Young Master Zhao out of the pile of Spirit Stones; he was already rolling his eyes and foaming at the mouth.

He was still alive, just looked a bit unintelligent.

He was probably scared out of his wits.

Inside the auction hall, there was still dead silence.

Everyone's gazes were focused on the five seemingly ordinary youths in the corner.

Their eyes were filled with awe, fear, and... deep wariness.

Smashing people with Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

Such a thing, let alone seeing it, they hadn't even heard of it.

This was no longer just about being wealthy and imposing.

This was nakedly telling everyone—money, to us, is just a number.

We are not short on money.

On the high platform, for the first time, a grave expression appeared on Elegant Concubine's charming, beautiful face.

As the chief auctioneer of Wanbao Pavilion, she had seen countless nouveau riche, Saints, and old monsters.

But something as outrageous as today was a first.

She knew that these few people were definitely not ordinary bumpkins.

To be able to casually take out a 100,000-year-old Ginseng King to snack on, and to smash people with Top-Grade Spirit Stones without even blinking...

The influence standing behind them was likely... even more terrifying than she had imagined.

"Your Excellency, have you caused enough trouble?" Elegant Concubine took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in her heart.

She slowly walked down from the high platform, her swaying, Phoenix-like eyes falling upon Xiao Chen, who was the Senior Brother.

Although her voice was still charming, it held a hint of subtle gravity.

"Causing trouble at Wanbao Pavilion, wrecking our private box, and injuring the Young Master of the Zhao family."

"This debt is not easy to settle."

She was testing them.

She was also applying pressure.

The background of Wanbao Pavilion was equally unfathomable, spreading throughout the entire Xuanhuang Great World; even the Revered Masters of Holy Lands would not dare to easily act wildly here.

Xiao Chen looked at the alluring woman before him, his expression unchanged.

Mimicking his Revered Master, he said indifferently, "He provoked us first."

"We were just... acting in self-defense."

Elegant Concubine was amused by his righteous demeanor.

"Self-defense?"

She pointed to the still-glistening mountain of Spirit Stones, then pointed to Young Master Zhao, who was still twitching on the ground.

"Burying someone alive with millions of Top-Grade Spirit Stones—this is what you call self-defense?"

"Little brother, isn't the cost of your defense a bit too high?"

"Then what do you propose?" Xiao Chen was also quite straightforward, "I have no money, and if you want my life... why don't you come and try to take it?"

As he spoke, the iron sword on his back let out a soft hum, and a faint, elusive Killing Intent leaked out.

Elegant Concubine's expression changed.

She could feel that this Killing Intent could even threaten her, a Golden Core Peak cultivator!

This youth was definitely not simple!

Seeing the atmosphere was about to reach a stalemate, "Ahem." Xiao Chen suddenly cleared his throat, changing the subject.

"Young Miss Elegant Concubine, my Junior Brother was impulsive just now."

"We will pay for the damaged items."

"As for that Young Master Zhao..." Xiao Chen glanced at him, "We will also cover his medical expenses."

"It's just that..." He scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed, "We just came from the countryside and didn't bring much cash on us."

"Can we... pay the debt with items?"

Pay with items? Elegant Concubine was stunned, then a flash of realization crossed her eyes.

So they were just putting on a brave front.

That made sense; taking out so many Top-Grade Spirit Stones casually was probably their entire fortune.

It was normal that they had no money now.

"Very well." Elegant Concubine nodded, recovering her merchant nature.

"My Wanbao Pavilion is honest and fair; as long as it is something valuable, we will accept it."

"I wonder what you young gentlemen would like to use to pay off the debt?"

She had already prepared herself mentally.

She figured it would just be a few thousand-year-old Spirit Medicines or perhaps a few Earth Rank Magical Artifacts.

However, the next second, Xiao Chen's actions once again left the entire venue petrified.

He simply flipped his wrist. A flash of light appeared repeatedly.

"Clatter-clatter-clatter—" A table made of ten-thousand-year cold jade was instantly piled high with various, colorful, and treasure-radiating objects.

It was a pile of... true "trash."

An ordinary-looking ancient animal-skin book was carelessly thrown on top, with "Burning Heaven Technique" (Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique) written on the cover.

A palm-sized bone, still burning with golden flames, was used to weigh down the corner of the book (Divine Beast Remains).

A long, blood-red blade, reeking of heaven-defying Evil Qi, was stuck diagonally to the side like a pair of chopsticks (Demonic Path Sacred Weapon).

There was also a pile of bottles and jars, containing Medicinal Pills where the lowest grade was Earth Rank High Grade; there were even a few Heaven Rank precious pills, just rolling around without any protection.

The entire auction hall was instantly flooded with an aura of treasure so dense it couldn't be dispersed.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Looking at the table full of supreme treasures, any one of which would be enough to cause a bloodbath in the outside world, they felt their breathing about to stop.

"That... that book... is it the legendary 'Burning Heaven Technique' that can Cultivate strange fire?!"

"And that bone! It's the bone of a Golden Crow! I can sense the aura of the Sun's True Fire!"

"Heavens! That blade! It's the Blood Fiend Sect's lost treasure, the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade, missing for eight hundred years!"

"This... is this really a case of emptying out a Holy Land's treasury?!"

Elegant Concubine stood before the table, her usually calm and composed beautiful face now completely drained of color.

Her jade hands, gripping the teacup, were trembling violently.

She stared fixedly at the treasures on the table, enough to drive Nascent Soul or even Soul Transformation Old Ancestors mad.

Then she looked at Xiao Chen's calm expression, which said, "I'm just clearing out my inventory."

She understood. She completely understood.

These people were not putting on a brave front at all.

They were clearly... immortals descending to earth to experience life!

In their eyes, these things might really just be... trash!

"Gulp." Elegant Concubine swallowed with difficulty.

She felt like her heart was about to jump out of her throat.

In all her years in the industry, this was the first time she had seen such... a wasteful scene.

"Young... young gentleman..." Elegant Concubine's voice was wavering, carrying a hint of fawning that she herself hadn't even noticed.

"These... these... are you... are you sure you want to sell them all?"

Xiao Chen looked at her unsophisticated appearance and frowned slightly, somewhat impatiently.

"Yes."

"Revered Master said these are all 'trash' confiscated from some blind Sects in the Eastern Wasteland, and they are taking up space."

"When he told us to come to the Central Plains, he said to handle them along the way and exchange them for some travel expenses."

He pointed to the pile of treasures, then pointed to the pile of Spirit Stones on the ground.

"These should be enough to compensate for your losses, right?"

"Enough! Enough! More than enough!" Elegant Concubine nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, afraid he would change his mind.

It was more than enough! Even selling the entire Wanbao Pavilion wouldn't be worth half of what was on the table!

Xiao Chen nodded with satisfaction.

He looked at Elegant Concubine, his pitch-black eyes flashing with a depth that did not match his age.

Mimicking his Revered Master, he spoke slowly, his voice calm yet carrying an undeniable sense of oppression.

"Since it is enough."

"Then now, we can talk about the next business deal."

"Young Miss Elegant Concubine."

"The things on this table are just an appetizer."

"We have another batch of 'goods' in our hands."

"I wonder if your Wanbao Pavilion... dares to take it?"