After leaving Xuan Dou's estate, Jianchen did not return to the Perched Phoenix Inn immediately. Instead, he strolled through the royal capital by himself, passing through the streets and alleys. He did not even let go of the free trade zone in the royal capital that was specially set up for independent cultivators.
The royal capital was extremely large. Just the surface area of the city was several times larger than the Kingdom of Gesun. However, with Jianchen's current strength, he only needed two days to stroll through it.
Speaking of which, his actions in the past two days were rather strange. When he sped up, he would cross several hundred or even several thousand meters with each step. He would basically walk through the streets whenever he came across them, purposefully going to places with many shops and free trade zones as if he wanted to buy something. However, he just happened to not enter a single shop along the way. His actions were rather unfathomable.
"Sigh, I've basically strolled through the entire royal capital, but I haven't even come across a single material for forging the twin swords." Jianchen returned to the Perched Phoenix Inn. He stared out the window of his room in a daze as he murmured to himself.
In the past two days, he had been searching for materials for the Azulet swords in the royal capital. Although he had not entered a single store, the sword spirits were secretly helping him investigate. As soon as he discovered these materials, he would be able to discover them immediately.
"There's still a day until the once-in-a-century auction held by the Imperial United Merchant's Association. The Soul-drawing Lotus is directly related to Caia's hope of awakening. Even if the chances aren't very great, I have to obtain it," Jianchen murmured. His gaze became extremely determined.
Afterwards, he tidied up all the divine crystals on him. Out of the ten blocks of high grade divine crystals that the divine king had bestowed upon him, he had used up six blocks to buy the Startling Rainbow sword. He only had four left.
Moreover, there was a small amount of supreme grade divine crystals that he had obtained from the Divine King Duanmu's Space Ring. Although it was not a lot, it was basically equivalent to a block of high grade divine crystals.
"Five blocks of high grade divine crystals. Even many God clans can't take out such wealth. Only Overgod clans have the capital to do so. It's more than enough to buy the Soul-drawing Lotus," Jianchen became confident.
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In the blink of an eye, it was already the day of the once-in-a-century auction held by the Di United Chamber of Commerce. Today in Pingtian Imperial City.
It was particularly lively. Discussions about the once-in-a-century auction could be heard everywhere in the streets and alleys. Many people were excitedly discussing just what kind of precious items would appear in the auction this time, or they would sigh regretfully, hating themselves for not having the ability to participate in the auction this time.
The surroundings of the Di Lian Chamber of Commerce were already packed with people. Many people were holding the Di Lian Chamber of Commerce's entrance tickets as they lined up at the entrance, following the flow of people as they passed through the tall and imposing entrance walls in an orderly manner and slowly entered the auction venue.
On the other side, a red carpet had already been laid out on the ground in the passageway for guests. It was covered in enchanting flower petals as young, beautiful female attendants stood in rows on both sides with smiles, welcoming the guests who constantly arrived.
All the people who could enter the auction venue through the passageway were people of great statuses. Most of them came from Overgod clans. It was not just the local organisations of the Divine Kingdom of Pingtian. Even the large clans and organisations in the surrounding divine kingdoms had come to take part.
This was because the Di United Chamber of Commerce was just too famous. Over the countless years that they had held auctions, there would basically always be precious items that could interest clans with Overgods.
"That's the carriage of the Guhun clan. The people of the Guhun clan have come …"
"Do you see that white carriage with the imprint of an ice flower? It's the people of the Yubing clan of the Frigid Snow province …"
"The people from the general's estate have come as well. That woman seems to be the young miss of the general's estate, Xuan Rourou …"
"The carriage of the Yang family has come as well. Hmm? That young man seems to be the young master of the Yang family, Yang Tie. Didn't I hear that his arm was chopped off a few days ago? He's actually completely recovered now … "
"Do you see that banner with the stars embroidered on it? That's a member of the imperial family of the Divine Kingdom of Nine Stars … "
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As the carriages that were extremely luxurious in the eyes of ordinary people arrived one after another, people from organisations with Overgods arrived one after another. The VIP passageway immediately bustled with activity, attracting the gazes of countless people in the surroundings. As a result, it had become the focus of everyone's attention.
"Wow, sister Xi Yu, there's so many people here. It's just too lively." At this moment, Mo Yan and Xi Yu arrived as well. They still wore veils, and they did not travel in luxurious carriages. Instead, they walked over from afar, entering the passageway through the red carpet.
"Who are these two women? Don't they seem a little too shabby by coming like this … "
"Everyone else has come in luxurious carriages, yet they've actually come on foot. It's more than enough to see that their background is just too weak …"
"They should be from a God clan. They obviously don't have the confidence of an organisation with Overgods …"
Many people stared at Mo Yan and Xi Yu as they secretly evaluated them. There was no fear or envy in their gazes when they looked at the Overgod clans.
Mo Yan and Xi Yu did not mind at all. They giggled as they made their way into the auction.
Afterwards, the guests from various organisations arrived one after another. Most of them were renowned clans with Overgods in the surrounding divine kingdoms. They either rode powerful exotic beasts or used luxurious carriages. They were all quite the ostentatious group.
Of course, there were a few clans with Gods in the passageway as well. They were naturally much less ostentatious, but all of them did their job very well, showing off their dignity. Very few of them kept as low a profile as Xi Yu and Mo Yan.
As more and more people entered the auction, fewer and fewer people remained outside the entrance of the Emperor United Merchant's Association. Just when the entrance was about to close, the white-robed Jianchen made his way in steadily from afar. He also entered the auction through the passageway, becoming the last person to enter.
The auction was extremely spacious, enough to hold several tens of thousands of people.
At this moment, Jianchen sat in a viewing box with his eyes closed as he rested. He waited for the auction to officially begin.
Around five minutes later, the auction officially began. The host of the auction was a mature, voluptuous, and alluring woman. Her cultivation was quite impressive as well. She had already reached the Heaven God realm.
"I am Ou Di, the host of this once-in-a-century auction of the Emperor United Merchant's Association. Greetings, brothers …" Ou Di smiled faintly as she stood on the stage gracefully. After making some introductory remarks, she cut straight to the chase, which was the first item to be auctioned.
"The first treasure is a flying sword. Even though it's only a medium quality saint artifact, it has reached the peak of medium quality saint artifacts. It's not much weaker than some of the slightly inferior high quality saint artifacts. It's a rare piece of supreme quality. Brothers, I'm sure you all know just how expensive high quality saint artifacts are. This flying sword has already caught up to a high quality saint artifact, so there's no need for me to go into detail about its value. Its starting price is ten thousand high quality divine crystals. " Ou Di introduced a long, embroidered box to everyone. To no surprise, a sword lay in the box. It flickered with cold light and gave off a threatening glow.
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