One month later.
In a luxurious office, Lu An was sitting cross-legged on a round carpet, cultivating. Not long after, he let out a long breath and slowly opened his eyes.
Panting slightly, Lu An lowered his head and looked at his hands. After a month of cultivation, he felt that he had touched the bottleneck of late-stage Level 3. At most, he would be able to break through in half a month. This time was much earlier than he had expected, and all of this was probably because of the battle in the past month.
Although the battle had consumed a lot of precious immortal pills, he had also gained a lot. The person in the black fog was right, only a true battle of life and death could allow one to improve.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door. Lu An was slightly startled, there were very few people who would knock on the door. He stood up and turned to look at the door, saying, "Please come in."
The door was gently pushed open, and a luxuriously dressed maid stood at the door, but her expression was somewhat anxious. She hurriedly said to Lu An, "Young Master Lu, something happened outside!"
Hearing this, Lu An frowned.
This was none other than the Blood Symbol Alliance's auction house. As one of the Three Major Alliances, the Blood Symbol Alliance's strength was not inferior to the other two. Even with the incident a month ago, their foundation as one of the Three Major Alliances would not be shaken. In a short month, they had recruited several Level 4 Heavenly Masters, this speed was astonishing.
And as the hospital of the Blood Symbol Alliance, Lu An naturally had to work for the Blood Symbol Alliance. In the Mountain River Alliance, he could cultivate every day because he had nothing to do, but the Blood Symbol Alliance was different. However, Liu Zhengtang knew that he was diligent in his cultivation, so he gave him a very easy job.
That job was to be the guard captain of the auction house.
Black Wolf City was very big, and the Blood Symbol Alliance had more than one auction house. The scale of the auction houses was also different, and they were divided according to their levels. The highest level auction house would naturally be looked after by a Level 4 Heavenly Master, and some smaller auction houses that catered to ordinary merchants would be looked after by Level 3 Heavenly Masters.
Lu An was in charge of one of them.
This auction house had more than one Level 3 Heavenly Master, and there were two other people besides him. As the person in charge, he had always been cultivating in the office, while the other two were in charge of on-site supervision. If something really happened, they would immediately send someone to call him.
Just like now.
"Let's go." Lu An walked to the door and said, "Let's go take a look."
In the auction house, many people looked toward the center.
"Isn't an auction house a place to sell things? What's wrong with our young master wanting to buy something? " A middle-aged man in luxurious clothes stood in front of everyone and shouted angrily at the staff who were adjusting the temperature, "Don't you want money? What are you pretending for? Just name a price. Our young master won't bargain! "
A Level 3 Celestial Master from the auction house had an ugly expression on his face when he heard this. He said in a deep voice, "Dear guest, our auction house only sells the items on display. We never sell people."
"Not selling? Isn't it just two servants? Why can't I sell them? " The middle-aged man said loudly, "This is the first time I've heard that buying two slaves is so troublesome. How stupid!"
Hearing this, the Level 3 Celestial Master's face turned even uglier. His eyes were gloomy as he said in a deep voice, "I'll say it one last time. We only sell the goods on display here. We won't sell anything that isn't on display. This is the rule! If you want to buy slaves, there are plenty of slave shops in Black Wolf City. Don't look for trouble here! "
"Oh, since when does an auction house dare to speak like this?" When the middle-aged man heard the Level 3 Celestial Master's threat, he could not help but sneer and say, "I'm telling you. If our young master fancies something, you have to sell it even if you don't want to. If you sell it now, you can still get money. If you don't sell it, I'm afraid your small auction house won't be able to survive. "
"What did you say?!" The Level 3 Celestial Master was furious when he heard this. He pointed at the middle-aged man's nose and asked.
"Why? Do you want to fight?" The middle-aged man looked at the Level 3 Celestial Master and sneered, "I don't mind starting a massacre here."
"Wait."
Suddenly, a voice sounded. Everyone looked toward the source of the voice. They saw the crowd opening up a path. The person who walked over was Lu An.
When the Level 3 Celestial Master saw Lu An, he heaved a sigh of relief. Although Lu An was young, his strength and character were very reassuring. After getting along with each other for a month, the people here respected him very much. They were all willing to listen to Lu An's orders.
"Lu An, it's good that you're here." The Level 3 Celestial Master looked at Lu An who was walking over and said, "The two of them are causing trouble here."
When Lu An heard this, he sized up the two of them. The young man was about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. He was sitting and drinking tea slowly, as if the things around him had nothing to do with him. The middle-aged man, on the other hand, was standing and doing things for the young man.
"What's going on?" Lu An asked.
"We were just auctioning the goods, but the two of them suddenly bid and wanted to buy the auctioneer's lady and a maid." The Level 3 Celestial Master became angrier and said, "They're deliberately causing trouble!"
When Lu An heard this, he nodded slightly. He looked at the two of them and said softly, "If that's the case, do the two of you want to leave by yourself, or do you want me to send the two of you away?"
"Oh my, the tone of the young people nowadays is getting more and more arrogant!" The middle-aged man looked at Lu An. Although he did not know the other party's strength, how powerful could a young man be? He said, "If you kneel down right now and say …"
Bang!
A muffled groan sounded. The middle-aged man's following words were all swallowed back into his stomach. His face was pale, the veins on his face were bulging. His eyes were wide open, as if his eyeballs were about to fall out. He clutched his stomach and slowly fell to the ground.
"Ugh — —"
The middle-aged man fell to the ground, his voice weak and low. Lu An stood in front of him, looking down at the middle-aged man at his feet.
This person had the strength of a Level 3 Celestial Master. After Lu An made a judgment, he directly took action.
After dealing with one person, Lu An turned his head to look at the young man who was still sitting on the chair and said softly, "Can you leave now?"
The young man finally put down his cup and turned his head to look at Lu An. The corner of his mouth curled into a sneer.
"I can leave." The young man stood up, looked at Lu An and said coldly, "But you will regret it."
Lu An did not say anything. The young man did not care about the middle-aged man on the ground. He turned his head and walked out, leaving the middle-aged man groaning in pain on the ground.
Looking at the young man's appearance, the surrounding people could not help but be speechless. The Level 3 Celestial Master regained his senses, pointed at the middle-aged man on the ground and asked Lu An, "What about him?"
"Throw him out." Lu An glanced at them and said softly, "Blacklist them and report to the headquarters. Prohibit other auction houses from entering."
"Yes!"
After dealing with the troublesome matter, the auction house resumed. Lu An once again returned to his office and sat down to continue cultivating.
Lu An would not waste any time, he still had many things to do.
Two hours later, it was just past evening. During this time, the maid served Lu An dinner. Lu An ate a little and continued cultivating. However, at this moment, the door of the office suddenly rang again. This time, the knocking was obviously more urgent than the previous time.
Lu An frowned slightly and opened his eyes. He was not frowning because his cultivation was disturbed, but because of the urgent knocking. What was going on?
"Come in." Lu An said.
The maid pushed the door open and entered. When she saw Lu An sitting cross-legged on the round carpet, she panicked and quickly said, "Young Master Lu, not good. The City Lord's Mansion's soldiers have surrounded us!"
City Lord's Mansion? Soldiers?
Lu An's eyes narrowed. He immediately stood up, walked past the maid without saying anything, and rushed outside. When he arrived at the auction house, he found that all the guests had already gathered outside to watch the show.
Lu An's arrival made the surrounding people open up a path. He saw two Level 3 Heavenly Masters standing in the corridor, anxiously pacing back and forth.
Seeing Lu An's arrival, the two of them quickly greeted him. One of them said in a panic, "Lu An, there are soldiers outside. What's going on?"
Lu An did not answer. Instead, he asked, "Have you communicated with them?"
"Not yet." The Level 3 Heavenly Master quickly said, "We did not dare to act on our own. We have been waiting for you."
"Good." Lu An nodded and said, "You stay here. I'll go out and take a look."
With that, Lu An walked towards the door. When he opened the door, he immediately saw layers of soldiers outside.
Every soldier held a torch in their hands. In front of the soldiers stood several people in gorgeous clothes. They were obviously Heavenly Masters.
In the middle of these Heavenly Masters was the young man he saw two hours ago.
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