After killing the Snow Panther and obtained some valuable herbs, Zhen Lun planned to visits the Auction.

There's no need to turn in his quest back at the mercenary district, they will not give me a reward anyway. He did turn in his quest in his system though, it rewarded him the experience points that it promised.

[Quest Completed]

[1000000 Experience Points received]

'Okay, Where are we?' He forgets the route to the city. He is unfamiliar with this place.

Zhen Lun opened his map menu to see where is his current location.

'Hmm, I'll just have to walk that way and I'll be exiting the forest.'

Zhen Lun walked toward the direction that is pointed by his Map Menu, following the same direction the whole time, he continues to walk until he heard the sound of footsteps.

'Hm? People?' Zhen Lun stopped to see who is it.

"Hey, don't hide. If you can sense us, of course, we can sense you too." The man said as he noticed Zhen Lun hiding behind the tree.

Zhen Lun stops hiding and came out to greet them. He noticed that they are wearing Peerless Sky Sect robes. One of them is wearing core disciple robe and the other was wearing inner disciple robe.

"I apologize for my rudeness, I thought it was enemy."

The core disciple looked shocked for a second as he saw Zhen Lun's face.

"To think that I can meet you here. I wanted to kill you last time but when I found out your background I decided to wait for the tournament but since you have met me, The Core Disciple, Qiao Peng, you will not go back alive." The man said as he grinned.

The man brandished his sword and started his attack. Seeing that his brother is attacking a random person, He decided to join the frays to kill Zhen Lun too. "Since you offended my Brother Peng, You can only die!"

'...Just what did I do to offend you guys?' Zhen Lun was confused. This is the first time they met.

Zhen Lun activated his Mana Shield, With only this, It was enough to block their attack. "Calm down, you guys can't beat me. Did I offend you guys?"

Both of them ignored Zhen Lun and kept attacking. But they didn't manage to injure him the slightest.

'What the fuck is this guy skin's made of?' They were shocked that their weapon didn't pierce Zhen Lun's skin.

Of course, you guys can't injure me, One is only Spiritual Refining Realm the other is at lowly Bone Tempering Realm. Even you tire yourself till death, you won't injure me.

"H-how are you so strong? You're the same Spiritual Refining Realm as me!" The core disciple said with the unwillingness to accept the reality. "I have stabilized my foundation. You are only Spirit Condensing Realm a few days ago. Your foundation bounds to be shaky, how did you get this strong?"

'This guy doesn't know his place. He attacked me first and asked me questions.' Zhen Lun sighed. 'I'll need to teach you some lesson in place of your parents.'

With his speed, Zhen Lun disappeared from their vision and reappeared in front of their face. He grabbed his head and then slapped his face to make him realize his own situations.

Pah*

"Next time."

Pah*

"Don't randomly."

Pah*

"Attack people."

Pah*

"Understand?"

Pah*

At this moment his face has already swollen like a pig. Zhen Lun's strength is on par with Transcendent Mortal, he can easily slap this guy to death if he wanted to.

"Now... Did I somehow offended you?"

The core disciple-guy didn't answer his question, he continued to cry. "It hurts, Mommy!"

The guy that followed him immediately flustered, seeing his big brother who's at Spiritual Refining Realm being toyed by the man, he shuddered. "Senior Brother, Please forgive me! I just followed him to attack you. Please spare me." If he were being slapped like that, he would probably die!

"You should shut up. I didn't ask you any question." Zhen Lun glared at him.

Returning to the core disciple, He slapped lightly on the face. "I'll slap you to death if you won't stop crying." Zhen Lun threatened it.

Qiao Peng immediately cease his crying as he doesn't want to die at this age. He's only Fifteen years old.

Realizing how old he is right now, as an adult He can only sigh. "Well, You guys are still kids. I guess I can forgive you guys. At least tell me why you attacked me."

Unlike those who used him as baits and that cruel Lady Fang, these guys can still be spared as their still young.

Seeing that Zhen Lun is not slapping him anymore, He started to talk. "I-I saw that you stayed at the Core Disciple place even though you're not that strong. I went to that place with all my hard work but you got there as soon as you arrived. I was jealous of you."

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(Around Chapter 8)

From afar, a guy sat on top of a tree was glancing toward Zhen Lun.

"Elder Yu recommended him here huh? Just a merely Spirit Condensing dare to stay here?" The guy looked at Zhen Lun with a disgusted expression.

'After three years I came here through hardship and you came here through connections? I'll show you the difference in strength.'

...

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"Don't you guys mess with him, or you'll be punished by Elder Yu, Understand?" Elder Bai sternly warned.

'That shit, have the protection of Elder Yu? What is his background?'

...

...

'What? He's the trash back then? The son of city lord?'

'I'll get you at the tournament, trash will stay trash!'

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"And that's how it happened. I'm sorry. Of course, Right now, I realize how weak I am, Big brother obviously manages to earn Elder Yu affection with his own strength. I'm really sorry." Qiao Peng apologized with a huge sense of regret.

"Is that so?" Zhen Lun understands why he is jealous. He recently entered as Inner Disciple but without trying he was sent to that place.

"Next time, don't do that. If you do meet someone else, you'll probably won't live anymore." Zhen Lun dropped him on the ground.

"Yes, I won't do it again!" Qiao Peng pitifully pleaded with his pig-face.

"Okay... now that you are done. The next is you, come here or I'll come to you." Zhen Lun looked at the inner disciple-guy.

The sense of fear made him follows the devil's command. After all, he is a human, he can't defy a devil right?.

Pah* Pah* Pah*

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...

'Ah... That was refreshing. I wonder Xiao Xue also felt like this.' Zhen Lun was satisfied with their punishment. Since both of them has learned their lessons he continued his journey to leave this forest.

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Meanwhile at the West Forest.

"This is its nest?" A red-haired handsome-looking man asked. "She thinks that we can's sense the traps? I think we should burn it down."

The man has a fierce attitude, scarlet red hair, and eyes. He has reached past the Transcendent Mortal Realm. It's the Top General of Xin Hai City, at the same time City Lord's Right-hand man, Shao Huo.

"We came here to negotiate with the queen, We don't plan to kill it remember?" Another handsome-looking man beside him begins to talk. He's hair is dark-bluish color, wearing glasses. He has a calm and cool attitude unlike the red-haired who is fierce.

"Both of you quiet down." The White-Haired man said. That man was Zhen Lun's Father, The City Lord of Xin Hai City.

"Yes." Both of them stop arguing.

"Queen, I guess you can hear us. I'm not in the mood to kill you. So, I came here to negotiate."

"If you agree with us and sign a blood contract, We will let you go or we'll destroy this nest and kill you." The City Lord said.

"Hahahaha" evil laughter echoed throughout the cave, leaving a feeling of uneasiness. "You think you can threaten me? If I cannot win against you, I can bring you guys down with me."

"The whole nest of mine is the same as a bomb. With a snap of my hand, I can blow this place up." The Queen said.

"I think you rather not do that, We have sets some array outside to prevent you from leaving. We know that you're not prepared to die along with us. Isn't that right?" Shao Huo grinned as he said. "Just be obedient if you want to live. This kind of explosion won't kill us anyway. You can't escape anymore. We've come here prepared. Isn't that right Leng Shui?"

"...You know if you just have shut your mouth and let her escape we could've caught her with our array right?" The blue-haired guy rubbed his forehead with stressed expression.

The City Lord can't help but get angry too. "General Huo, Next time you should ask for my permission before you speak."

"Y-yes." Shao Huo shrank as he realized the mistakes he made.

While they were arguing the Queen is flustered. 'H-how did they know? Why did they send such strong back up right away? I should have left some alive to prevent them to get suspicious.'

"So, What's your answer? Blood Contract or death? I'll count to three." City Lord said as he raised his fingers. "One..., Two..., Three..."

"General Huo, I'll leave it to you." City Lord commanded as he left the nest.

"Yes, My Lord." General Huo bowed as he smiled with excitement.

General Huo brought out his Martial Spirit, A Weapon-Type, which is a spear that is scalding hot, igniting everything that it touches, it was called Dragon Spear. With his flashy red armor disappeared, heading toward where the queen is.

...

After a few seconds, General Huo came out with a beautiful little girl with a sad expression.

"She has signed a blood contract with me." General Huo smiled as he held the pitiful queen on his hand. "To think she is such a young queen, it totally surprised me." General Huo laughed.

"You humans are despicable!" The queen complained.

"All right our job here is completed." The City Lord nodded with satisfaction. He then turned his gaze to the queen. "You can expand your territory as you wish but you shall not bother humans that is passing. General Huo, You should understand what you should do."

"Yes."

"Then we shall return." Three of them left the nest, returning to the city as the problem with Jade Beetle has been solved.

The Queen stared at their back strangely. 'Human might not be evil after all.' She thought that she would be killed but she was treated kindly.

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"Hah... Finally here."

After a long travel, he finally arrived at the auction. Directly heads to the registration, he met the woman back then again.

"I'm here to auction something."

"Umm, Young Master Zhen?" The woman asked she was not sure of it. She only remembered that Zhen Lun has a black eye and black hair. Which is rare among the people. This time to make sure, she directly asked the question.

"Yes, and you are?" Zhen Lun asked politely.

"It is Master Zhen! Nothing, I just wanted to confirm if it true. So you are back to track again! There are rumors of you being a cripple. Seeing your current cultivation it seems that the rumors were false" Seeing that Zhen Lun has no interest with this matter she immediately back to business.

The woman bitterly smiled. "Ehem, So, what item do you want to auction?"

'This purple-haired and ferocious looks. She is the owner of this Auction business right? If I'm not wrong she's Miss Chen.' Zhen Lun stared for a bit before he takes some action, There's nothing wrong staring at such a beauty, especially the one with such curves.

"This is the item." Zhen Lun took out the Crystal Root and Flower from his inventory and carefully placed them on the table.

"Erm, I didn't expect Master Zhen to bring such items to be auctioned." The woman looked at the herbs with sparkled eyes. "These valuable herbs should be preserved carefully"

"I'll let you handle it." Zhen Lun said expressionlessly.

"Master Zhen is sure lucky. There will be a huge auction in thirty minutes more. You don't need to wait for a few days." The woman pointed out. Normally the item of this grade can only be sold on a big auction event and today is the day.

"We should discuss the price in private. Please follow me." The woman guided Zhen Lun herself.

Looks like As soon as Zhen Lun took out the herbs they attracted the crowds.

'I see, that explains why the auction was crowded today.'

"To think, Owner Xian is guiding him herself. What a lucky brat." A random passerby looked at Zhen Lun with jealousy.

Zhen Lun was guided by Owner Xian to upstairs, where the VIP Room located. It was much comfortable place than downstairs, He is not with the crowds and there's no need to show his face as there's a curtain that blocked his appearance. This place definitely a perfect place for him.

"So, How much is Young Master Zhen trying to starts with?" Owner Xian asked.

"I don't really know about its worth. I think I'll let you decide them."

"Thank you for trusting our services. We will not let you down." Owner Xian bowed.

"Is there anything else, that you would like to auction? We will make sure that It would be sold at a good price."

"Since you said that, There is something."

Zhen Lun opened his inventory and brought out the Level-10 Steel Sword that is useless to him and the mythical beast carcass.

'Hmm, it said that only level ten can wield them....'

'It's not my problem if they can't use it anyway. I just want the money.'

"I would like to sell this sword." Zhen Lun handed the sword to her.

Owner Xian was slightly taken back seeing the sword. "Such fine craftsmanship. Though it's a shame it's made of normal steel."

"Oh, Is it?" Zhen Lun pretended to be amazed.

I wonder what if I show him my bronze sword and the miraculous healing potion. How much will they worth?

"I'll handle them perfectly. I'll leave some beautiful servants at your side." Two beautiful servants came in with a snap of her finger. "Please enjoy the Auction that we host." She then left the room, leaving the two women on his side.

'...' Zhen Lun frowned as he looked at the servants.

Why did she do that.' He doesn't want any servants. "Both of you should leave. I don't need someone to serve me."

Hearing those words from Zhen Lun they frowned. "M-master if there's something wrong, please punish us. Please do not send us back, Owner Xian will not let us off."

"Yes, Please punish us, if we did something wrong."

'See, this is why it's troublesome.' Zhen Lun sighed.

"Then you may stay. I don't need other services than tea. If you do other than that, I'll be sending you out." Zhen Lun said. He said that to warn them for not doing anything unnecessary. He is not prepared yet.

"Yes, Master." Both of them bowed, as they begin to brew some tea for Zhen Lun.