Myriad Daos of the Heaven

Turning to look, he saw a young master and an old man walking over.

Soon, they were standing before the stall.

He didn’t even spare Jiang Jichen a glance, speaking directly to the stall owner, Guan Zhongze, "Name your price. This young master is buying this stone!"

The Young Master was dressed in gold-threaded brocade, an arrogant expression on his face.

Jiang Jichen noticed that the brocade-clad Young Master had a waist token hanging from his belt.

The word "Huangfu" was carved on one side of the token, and it emanated a shocking aura.

Clearly, those two characters had been written by an extraordinary individual, representing immense authority.

Moreover, Jiang Jichen could sense that the mysterious waist token was a very powerful Defensive Secret Artifact.

Upon being attacked, it would automatically generate a Defense Light Curtain to protect its wearer.

The old man was dressed in black and appeared plain, but the aura he emanated was that of the Nascent Soul Perfection Realm!

He was clearly the Young Master’s personal bodyguard.

From these details, it was clear that this Young Master had an astonishing origin and an unimaginably powerful background.

The stall owner, Guan Zhongze, had a sharp glint in his eyes, but he smiled faintly and said, "One hundred million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones!"

His voice wasn’t loud, but who among those present wasn’t a Cultivator with formidable Cultivation?

The moment the price was announced, the Five Domains Market was plunged into a sudden silence.

The Young Master’s arrival had already drawn a great deal of attention.

It was understandable that Jiang Jichen, being a newcomer, did not know who this Young Master was.

But how could the stall owners here, and the Cultivators who had spent a long time in the Central State, not know?

"Heavens, that scamming stall owner actually dared to demand one hundred million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones from the Fourth Young Master Huangfu. This..."

"One hundred million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones! Why doesn’t Guan Zhongze just go rob someone instead? In the entire Five Domains Market, even the most expensive Holy Artifact material, the Skyfire Stone at Zi Mingxuan’s shop, only sold for ninety million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones!"

"Hmm, I think it’s normal. Guan Zhongze is the most notorious swindler in the Five Domains Market. His prices are always outrageous, but it’s true that some amazing things have appeared at his stall before."

"Heh, I’m afraid he’s picked a fight he can’t win this time. To dare quote such a price to the Fourth Young Master Huangfu... he truly doesn’t know what’s good for him."

...

At this moment, these people were all discussing the Fourth Young Master Huangfu and Guan Zhongze, completely ignoring the presence of Jiang Jichen and his companions.

Jiang Jichen remained silent, watching quietly while taking in the crowd’s discussions.

And so, he more or less figured out who the Young Master before him was.

Huangfu Xingkong, son of the Grand Elder of the Huangfu Family, the number one Great Family in the Central State.

His status and background were incredibly astonishing and powerful, and he was also a famous figure.

Because he was ranked tenth on the Central State’s Young Experts Ranking.

And the tenth-ranked expert was already at the Nascent Soul Middle Realm. This was simply not comparable to the Cultivators of the Southern Continent.

The gap was too great!

After all, among the top five young experts of the Southern Continent, few were even Nascent Soul Middle Realm Cultivators.

Huangfu Xingkong was a regular at the Five Domains Marketplace, so almost everyone here recognized him.

He seemed to be searching for something!

Huangfu Xingkong had seen this Spirit Fusion Stone before, but hadn’t noticed anything unusual about it.

So, in the end, he didn’t buy it.

It wasn’t until he went back and researched it that he began to suspect it might be the legendary and rarely found Supreme Spirit Fusion Stone.

Thus, he had come back to buy it.

He believed no one would be able to identify the Supreme Spirit Fusion Stone because it was different from a normal Spirit Fusion Stone!

It had no strange features. Aside from its weight, everything about it seemed far too plain and ordinary. He should have been able to buy it for a low price.

If even a single grain of pure Supreme Spirit Fusion Stone, the size of a coarse grain of sand, could be refined from this rock, its value would be immeasurable.

It couldn’t be bought with Spirit Stones at all; it would have to be exchanged for a supreme treasure.

And if one were to truly calculate its price, forget one hundred million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones—even a billion or ten billion wouldn’t be enough to buy it.

Although Guan Zhongze himself hadn’t recognized it as a Spirit Fusion Stone, he saw Huangfu Xingkong trying to swoop in and snatch it up.

Besides, he remembered that Huangfu Xingkong had looked at this very stone before.

’Now that he has come back to buy it, it’s obvious that Huangfu Xingkong must have seen something special about it.’

’In other words, this stone must be extraordinary!’

That was why he had unhesitatingly quoted a price of one hundred million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones.

Of course, if he knew the stone contained a Supreme Spirit Fusion Stone, he would probably cough up blood in regret.

Because compared to the actual value of the Spirit Fusion Stone, one hundred million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones was far, far too low a price.

But for now, Guan Zhongze was smugly pleased with his own shrewdness.

As for Huangfu Xingkong, his expression changed abruptly when he heard Guan Zhongze’s price.

He was a smart man; how could he not understand Guan Zhongze’s scheme?

’If he knew this was a Spirit Fusion Stone, then quoting one hundred million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones would be one thing.’

’But he has no idea what it is! He’s quoting a hundred million just because I came back and am eager to buy it.’

’This is a blatant attempt to rip me off!’

’Normally—say, the other day when I first saw this stone...’

’...even for a swindler like Guan Zhongze, I could have easily bought it for one hundred thousand Eighth-grade Spirit Stones.’

’But now, he’s raised the price by a full thousand times!’

’He’s trying to scam me for all I’m worth.’

Besides, even as the Fourth Young Master of the Huangfu Family, he couldn’t casually pull out one hundred million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones.

’Especially when traveling, what kind of idiot would carry that many Spirit Stones on them?’

Huangfu Xingkong’s expression turned ugly.

Guan Zhongze knew who he was, yet still dared to try and rip him off.

"Hmph, Guan Zhongze, are you just going to jack up the price on the spot?"

Huangfu Xingkong hadn’t even spoken yet when the Nascent Soul Perfection Realm old man by his side spoke coldly.

A powerful Nascent Soul Perfection Realm aura surged out, pressing down on Guan Zhongze.

However, the Five Domains Market had a Restriction against fighting, so the old man naturally didn’t dare to actually attack. He only meant to pressure Guan Zhongze.

Guan Zhongze, however, remained unfazed. "The item is mine. I’m free to name whatever price I want. Likewise, whether you want it or not is your prerogative. Ahem, if this Young Master doesn’t have enough money, there’s no need to force it!"

What Guan Zhongze said wasn’t wrong. No matter how high Huangfu Xingkong’s status was, there were still some rules he could not break.

But he didn’t have that many Spirit Stones on him.

Besides, he was unwilling to pay such a high price for it.

Huangfu Xingkong gritted his teeth. "Twenty million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones, at most!"

This was the absolute limit of the Spirit Stones he had on him; he couldn’t produce any more.

However, just as his voice fell, a detached voice echoed through the area, "I’ll take this stone. Here is one hundred million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones!"

In an instant, the entire place fell silent once again. Everyone thought they had misheard.

All eyes stared blankly at the young man as he put the stone away and tossed a High-Level Storage Bag to Guan Zhongze.

’Damn, is there really an idiot who would carry one hundred million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones on them?’

’So bold and direct, tossing it out without a second thought.’

’It was as if one hundred million Eighth-grade Spirit Stones were nothing to him, no different from a rock on the side of the road.’

"Impossible! This has to be fake! What kind of idiot would carry so many Eighth-grade Spirit Stones on them?"

Huangfu Xingkong roared in disbelief.

It wasn’t just him; no one in the surrounding crowd believed it either.

But then Guan Zhongze’s voice rang out, "Sold!"

A single word fell, shocking everyone into stunned silence.