With the Shadow Armor, Murong Qingcheng's strength had increased imperceptibly, and her survivability had also increased. With Murong Qingcheng's demonic power cultivation base, she could probably maintain the Shadow Armor for a quarter of an hour. During this time, even 'strongest' half-step Kings wouldn't be able to do anything to her.
However, defense and survivability were only a last resort. To truly increase her strength, she still needed an extremely sharp offensive artifact.
As the two's guide, Wang Lan naturally gave them advice and suggestions.
"Gemstone Archipelago holds a large-scale auction every year. The location is the Golden Island in the middle of Gemstone Archipelago. Everything that can be auctioned is the best of the best. Although I've never been there, I've heard that even the lowest grade items are peak upper grade, with the majority being half-supreme grade items. The finale items can even make half-step Kings go crazy. Sometimes, even Life and Death Kings would come and participate in the bidding."
"How much time is left until the auction?"
Ye Chen's heart shook as he asked.
Wang Lan said, "About a month and a half. During this time, you two should prepare a lot of spirit stones."
"A month and a half, not bad."
Ye Chen faintly nodded. As for spirit stones, they didn't lack them at all. Although Murong Qingcheng had used thirty-four million upper grade spirit stones, she still had seventy million left. As for Ye Chen, after obtaining Lin Yuxuan's storage ring, he had a hundred and eighty million upper grade spirit stones. If not for Mysterious Yin King being so powerful that he didn't have the time to obtain other people's storage rings, his spirit stones would be in the hundreds of millions.
The higher the level of a martial artist, the less they would feel the flow of time. Often, a month would pass without them noticing. For ordinary people, a month was a very long time. They could do many things, become rich overnight, or go bankrupt overnight.
In this month, apart from raising his cultivation base, Ye Chen spent the rest of his time cultivating Waning Moon and Bewitching Mirror Shattering. Of course, the foundation of space profound was even more important.
Waning Moon was a fusion profound martial skill, containing eighty percent metal profound and sixty percent water profound. Although it had been surpassed by the Bewitching Mirror Shattering, it still had a lot of potential to be unearthed. Moreover, the Bewitching Mirror Shattering consumed a lot of Zhen Yuan, while Waning Moon consumed a lot less.
If he wanted to improve the metal profound and water profound, it would naturally be extremely difficult. After all, the state of being one with the world could only be obtained when breaking through realms. Although it was said to be a realm breakthrough, it was actually just a transition period.
Since he couldn't improve his profoundness in a short time, Ye Chen didn't want to waste his time. Instead, he focused his research on fusing the metal and water profoundness.
This month's time had not been wasted. As the degree of fusion increased, Ye Chen felt that Waning Moon's power had increased. His execution speed had also increased.
Bewitching Mirror Shattering contained the space profound. Forty percent space profound, in terms of pure power amplification, was already equivalent to a hundred and twenty percent ordinary profound. It was two levels higher than ordinary perfection profound. This was Ye Chen's ace in the hole, and also a super killing move that he wouldn't casually use.
After witnessing the might of a Demonic King, Ye Chen felt that he had to cultivate Bewitching Mirror Shattering to perfection as soon as possible. Although he would still be killed by the Demonic Human King after cultivating it to perfection, at least he had something to look forward to, which was better than no progress at all.
Pop!
With a wave of his sword, the fake mountain in the courtyard warped and folded, disappearing all of a sudden.
Wang Lan, who happened to see this scene from the yard next door, was shocked. She could also destroy the fake mountain completely, and any Condensing Reality Realm warrior could do it, it would be too easy. But Ye Chen, who did not release any qi power and made the fake mountain disappear without a trace, it was something she had never seen before.
Of course, the fake mountain didn't disappear, but was devoured by the space power. Such a fragile thing could be directly skipped out on the process of disappearing.
Another half a month passed, and the Golden Island's auction was about to begin.
On this day, under Wang Lan's guidance, the three flew toward the Golden Island in the center of the Gemstone Islands.
The island was already filled with people. Under the illumination of the sunlight, the island was suffused with a faint golden color. The people on the island were all Sea of Soul realm experts or half-step Kings. There was not a single person below the Sea of Soul realm.
Wang Lan said, "I can't go to Golden Island, so I'll send you here."
"You return to the garden first. Perhaps you'll be of use later." Wang Lan was, after all, a native of the Gemstone Islands. She couldn't be more familiar with this place. Before leaving the islands, she was the best choice as a guide, saving them a lot of time.
On the island, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng walked toward the only huge building on the island.
The Golden Island Auction House was entirely made of gold. Under the illumination of the sunlight, it flickered with a dazzling golden light. It was a hundred times more magnificent than any building in Ye Chen's world. If the whole thing was moved there, it would definitely be called a miracle.
Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu …
There were already enough people on the island, but groups of people still landed on the island. Among them, there was no lack of half-step Kings with astonishing auras.
"Let's go in."
At the entrance of the auction house, Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng strode in.
The Golden Island Auction House didn't have any VIP rooms. The front row was filled with a large number of spectators, while the back row was filled with empty areas. Each area was separated by a golden fence. Inside, there was a table, a few soft leather chairs, and beautiful maids standing to the side.
Ye Chen naturally didn't want to be squeezed with others, so he and Murong Qingcheng sat in the back row.
In fact, the place Ye Chen had chosen was precisely prepared for half-step Kings.
Sitting on the leather chairs, beautiful maids poured tea for the two. There were also fresh fruits and pastries on the table.
"Quite a lot of people!"
Leaning against the back of the chair, Ye Chen took a sip of tea.
"Darklight King is also here."
Murong Qingcheng saw the Darklight King in the third area.
Darklight King clearly saw the two as well. The killing intent in his eyes wasn't concealed at all, causing the surrounding people to retreat, not daring to sit too close.
Ye Chen faintly smiled and didn't look at the other party.
As time passed, the spectators' seats in the auction house gradually filled up, and the empty area in the back was filled with many half-step Kings.
Among these half-step Kings, there were many worthy of attention.
For example, Shi Shaobao, who had arrived at Gemstone Islands at some unknown time, the eccentric old man in raincoat, and Huang Mei, who had already met Ye Chen.
Apart from them, there were also a few people who attracted Ye Chen's attention.
For example, two women in white robes. One was a bit older, in her thirties, with a dignified appearance. The other was in her twenties, with exquisite facial features. She was Yue Bingxin of the Silvermoon Whitefox Clan. Both had a silver crescent moon tattoo on their foreheads.
Yue Bingxin sensed Ye Chen's gaze and looked over. When she saw Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng, a pleasantly surprised smile blossomed on her face.
"Young master Ye, I didn't expect to see you here."
Yue Bingxin transmitted her voice.
Ye Chen said, "A coincidence indeed. Seems like the Moonlight Island of your Silvermoon Whitefox Clan isn't too far from Gemstone Islands."
"It's not too far," Yue Bingxin said.
"Bingxin, who are you talking to?"
The dignified woman beside Yue Bingxin revealed a strange expression when she saw Yue Bingxin looking at Ye Chen.
"Aunty, he's the young master Ye Chen I've been talking about. In Chaotic Demonic Ocean, he killed the experts of the demonic humans and saved my life."
"Oh, it's him! Then you should properly thank them. "
The dignified woman revealed a faint smile toward Ye Chen, her expression carrying a trace of gratitude. If not for Ye Chen, Yue Bingxin would have already been captured by the demonic humans. With the strength of the Silvermoon Whitefox Clan, they simply wouldn't have been able to rush over to the demonic humans and rescue her.
"You two, I'm Yue Bingxin's aunty, Yue Lingshuang. Many thanks for saving my life. If there's any trouble, I won't shirk my duty."
Ye Chen said, "It's nothing."
After chatting for a while, both sides stopped.
During this time, Yue Lingshuang noticed that the Darklight King was occasionally staring at Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng with overflowing killing intent. She creased her brows and said, "Bingxin, I'm afraid your benefactor's situation isn't good. I can see that the Darklight King has a big grudge with him."
"What should we do?"
Yue Bingxin didn't notice this and immediately became anxious. She had also heard of the Darklight King's name. Under Life and Death Realm, very few were his opponents. Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng had offended him, and their fate was grim. It would be difficult for them to leave Gemstone Islands.
"Aunty, save them!"
Yue Bingxin pulled Yue Lingshuang's sleeve.
"Even if you don't say it, I won't watch them die. It's just that, with the Darklight King's strength, I'm not sure if I can repel him. I can't protect them forever, unless he's willing to come with us to Moonlight Island as a guest. I believe he won't dare to linger around Moonlight Island for a while. Once he leaves, he can leave without a trace."
Yue Lingshuang was a rare genius of Moonlight Island. Since she dared to protect Ye Chen, she was naturally a 'strongest' half-step King.
Hearing her aunty's words, Yue Bingxin heaved a sigh of relief. Once the auction was over, she would certainly persuade Ye Chen to go to Moonlight Island.
After a cup of tea's worth of time, the auction house was nearly full.
The auctioneer stood on the stage and said a few words. Then, he waved his hand, and two beautiful maids walked up with a round plate. The auction had begun.
Just as Wang Lan had said, the lowest grade items were peak upper grade treasures. The first item was a dagger radiating a cold light. Its color was bright red, as if it had been soaked in blood. The starting bid was one hundred and fifty thousand upper grade spirit stones.
After a round of bidding, the dagger was bought by one person for three hundred and fifty thousand upper grade spirit stones.
With dozens of items sold, the auction entered its climax. The following items were all half-step extreme grade treasures, incomparably precious spirit herbs, rare materials whose names had never been heard of, or artifacts that everyone was going crazy over.
"The thirty-seventh item, a Heart Protecting Flower."
On the stage, the auctioneer's face was glowing as he called out the next item.
"Heart Protecting Flower!"
Ye Chen smiled bitterly. Before breaking through to half-step King realm, he had always wanted to find a Heart Protecting Flower. However, his wish had never been fulfilled. Who would have thought that he would see one after breaking through to half-step King realm? It was simply a freak accident. He couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Of course, although the Heart Protecting Flower was useless to him, it was extremely useful to those who had yet to break through to half-step King realm. Therefore, Ye Chen decided to buy it and leave it for Ye family as a treasure.
However, Ye Chen had clearly underestimated the crowd's desire for the Heart Protecting Flower. Those Sea of Soul realm experts could naturally be ignored. Some half-step Kings started bidding. Many of them had sects behind them, and this was a contribution to their sects. In the future, their sects would reward them with even more wealth.
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