"Auction is starting!" A beautiful woman as the host of the auction said cheerfully to everyone. "Our first item that will be auctioned is a weapon!"

Two servants brought out A Sword, covered it with a beautiful case.

"What a beautiful sword!"

"Who crafted that?"

"Shame, it has no spirit but I could buy it to display it in my room."

The crowd whispered to each other as they were shocked by the glittering steel sword.

"As you can see, It is a beautifully crafted sword!"

"It is an ordinary weapon but it was beautifully crafted. Even though it is not a Spirit Weapon, it is still quite sharp!"

"The starting price is 100 Gold! Each increment must not be less than 10 Gold!"

"Comparable to spirit weapon? That is not a bad price! 100 Gold!"

"110!"

"120!"

"150!"

...

...

"Congratulations to Number 103, The sword is sold for 320 Gold!"

"The next item is a real Spirit Weapon! It is an Intermediate-Grade Mortal Weapon."

The stage presented a domineering spear. It was a spear engraved with patterns of a dragon.

...

As the auction is being hosted, Zhen Lun who was at upstairs, inside in his VIP room, sighing with disappointment.

Sigh*

'I have no interest in weapons. I'll skip on this one' He is satisfied with Bronze Sword. He also doesn't know how to wield a spear.

A few minutes have passed the third item appeared.

"The next item is-- A Technique Book! An Advanced Mortal Technique created by Teacher Sun."

"The technique is a movement Technique called 'Wind Walk' If you can learn the technique. Maybe you could save your life to escape from your enemy!"

"There is no price set by the seller so feel free to bid. The bidding starts now!" The host slammed its hammer as the sign to start the bidding.

"I need to get this! I bid 20 Gold!"

"Ha? Do you think you can win with that much? 25 Gold!"

"30 Gold!"

"100 Gold!" A person shouted. The price it bid, attracted all of the crowd.

"It's from upstairs, It turns out to be the Lin family, young master. Lin Mu"

The smug little kid, smirked as he looks at the crowd pitifully. 'Humph, You guys dare to compete with me?'

"200 Gold!" Another guy shouted.

"Who is that guy? His voice doesn't sound familiar."

"It must be some rich kid too. To spend so much money on a book, they sure are stupid."

"Hmph, 300 Gold!" Lin Mu said calmly. 'This book is a must-have! Who the heck is that guy, dares to compete with me?

'If only Peerless Sky Sect allows you to buy Combat Technique books.' The only book that is being sold was Cultivation Technique book other than that, all the other book is not allowed to be taken home. You can only read them in the library.

'Well, I can just get other books. Auction is for rich kids like him. I'm not rich enough to throw my money away.'

"300 Gold once!"

"Twice!"

Bam*

"Congratulations to Master Lin, the Third Item is sold for 300 Gold!"

The crowd applauded to congratulate him too, hoping to earn the favor of Young Master Lin.

"Hmph, you don't have money but dares to compete with me? Looking for death!" Lin Mu deliberately said it loudly so Zhen Lun can hear it.

Even so, Zhen Lun is not that childish to be angry against a ten-year-old kid but will remember his words though.

'I will visit your house next time. I hope you will keep the same attitude as you have right now.' Zhen Lun smiled. His father knows the Lin Family quite well. Their Head of the Family is working under his father as a general. Though he's not the top general his name is still well-known among the others.

"The next item, Is a carcass of Mythical Beast!"

"As you can see the bones has a tint of Spiritual Energy, It can be used in concocting pills, other than that their meats are also valuable, If you make a dish out of them you could extract some of its vitality. More importantly, the most valuable are the claws as It could be made into spirit weapon!"

"The starting bid for this item is 1000 Gold, each increment must not be less than 100 gold."

"The bidding starts now!"

As the host finished explained the details of the item, the crowds start to place their bet.

"1000!"

"1100!"

...

...

"1500!"

"2000!"

The bid was stopped at 2000 golds, which is bid by bidder number 298.

"Is anyone adding more?"

Bam*

"Going once!" The host slammed his hammer.

Bam*

"Going twice!"

"2500!" The young master of Lin Family places a higher bid.

In the end, it was won by Lin Family, The crowds don't dare to challenge the Lin Family.

"The Lin Family won the bid again, Congratulations!"

"The next item is a special one! It's a precious herb-- Ice Crystal Flower and Root!"

The crowds were agitated seeing the herbs.

"Now, this is a rare item!"

"I could buy them and buy it to gain favor from Alchemist Jin."

"I believe that the people here know the use of this special herb!" The host said. "The starting bid is 5000 Gold! Each increment must not be less than 500 Gold! Let the bidding begin!"

"So expensive!"

"5000 Gold? This is crazy!"

The crowds downstairs weren't willing to bid at all.

Seeing that no one is bidding the host panicked as she wanted to say something someone started to bid.

"5000!" This time it's not the Lin family. It's the Shao Family, The renowned General's Son, Shao Wei. The kid is Fifteen years old, he also has the same red hair as his father.

"Oi, Lin Mu, do you dare to compete with me?" He smirked at him, provoking him to join the bid as it was a matter of pride.

"6000!" He gritted his teeth to force himself to say that out loud. It could be seen that 6000 gold is too much for him to handle.

"8000!" Shao Wei said as he yawned. "This much of gold is nothing to me."

"You!" Lin Wei tried to hold his anger but he can't calm himself anymore, he yelled "10000!" hoping to shut the other person's mouth from bidding anymore.

"Wow, Master Lin is sure generous. I shall let you have it then." Shao Wei bowed to Lin Mu while cheekily smiled.

'...Why did I even buy this? I don't need this shitty flower.' He cried as the host congratulate him.

"Congratulations to Master Lin again, You won three items in the auction!"

Zhen Lun who heard the result of the bid was surprised.

"So this is the reason they rewarded 3500 Gold Coins for killing a Snow Panther." The suspiciously high reward made the mercenary to hesitate to accept the request. Fortunately, he has the system to judge the difficulty.

"Since my item has been sold, there's no point staying here anymore," Zhen Lun stood up and left. He went downstairs to receive his money.

Seeing that Zhen Lun's shadow has left the room, Shao Wei also left. 'This Auction is boring, without Master Zhen.'

...

As Zhen Lun wanted to visit the registration desk to receive his money The servants stopped him.

"Young Master, Please follow us to receive your money." One of the servants said respectfully.

Zhen Lun, Being escorted by two servants, Zhen Lun was guided to Owner Xian's Private room.

They soon arrived at the private room, the servants left the room leaving him and Owner Xian alone.

"Welcome, Young Master Zhen. Did you not enjoy the auction? There are still many valuable items that have yet been announced." Owner Xian is wearing a purple dress, she is purposely revealing her skin hoping to arouse the boy that comes over.

"Come here." asked with a gentle voice as she laid on her bed.

"...Stop doing this kind of thing." Zhen Lun said as he looked away. He's still not used to this kind of embarrassing situation.

"My, What kind of thing?" Using her scarf, she pulled Zhen Lun over to her side.

At the moment, Their face was very close that they can feel each other breath. Owner Xian purposely breaths out hot air to Zhen Lun's ear, provoking him to come over. "This kind of thing?"

Zhen Lun managed to suppress his emotions. He turned his head closer to Owner Xian and replied to her. "Are you sure? I'm fine with a mature woman as they are much more attractive."

Owner Xian immediately released Zhen Lun as she heard the reply. 'Master Zhen sure is an aggressive type!' She blushed as she realized what happened just now. She is only teasing him, she didn't expect that Zhen Lun is quite daring.

"Ehem, I am just joking, Haha. This is your gold coins." Owner Xian said anxiously as she handed over a pile of gold coins.

Zhen Lun stowed them in his inventory. As his business is done here Zhen Lun stood up and left the room.

"Thanks for your services, Lady Xian." Zhen Lun smiled as he left. Leaving the Owner Xian dumbfounded.

"Phew, I will remember to not toy with Master Zhen anymore. I still have my husband."

'...I wish My hubby can say that to me.'

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"Sigh-- That woman is dangerous, Thankfully she fell for my trap. I guess I do have some charm." Zhen Lun breathes out a long sigh. He managed to stay calm in that situation was primarily because he has advanced through Mind-Tranquilizing Realm.

Though his heart is beating fast when he was pulled close to Owner Xian but he manages to keep a poker face outside and manage to win the battle.

Looking at his inventory, a mountain of gold coins were in his inventory slots.

'With this money, I can go shopping sprees to buy a mountain of books!'

As he got out of the Auction House, someone that he was familiar with greeted him. He was, Shao Wei, His childhood friend. Though they only met no more than three times. He's the only person that talked to him when he's reading books in his room.

"Master Zhen, Long time no see!" He bowed respectfully toward Zhen Lun.

"Little Wei?" Zhen Lun asked with uncertainty.

"Hehe, It seems Master Zhen does remember me." Shao Wei scratched his head embarrassingly.

'The last time I see him was when he was six years old. Both of them sure are alike, Like father, Like son'

"You does resemble your father. That's how I recognized you." Zhen Lun honestly replied.

"So, What is Master Zhen's plan? Where are you going to go after you take the top spot of Peerless Sky Sect?" Shao Wei asked with excitement.

"I don't really know. I'll see when the time comes." He doesn't know where or what the system wants him to do next. So, He can't really say anything.

"I see, You should come to Golden Sky (Jing Tian) Academy when you are done here. There are many strong people there." Shao Wei earnestly believed that Zhen Lun really could secure the number one spot in Peerless Sky Sect.

He wondered if his system wants him to go there. The Golden Sky Academy that Shao Wei talking about is the best academy that exists in this empire. It was located in the capital city and is supported by the emperor himself.

"I'll keep it my mind." Zhen Lun nodded.

"You better be! I'll leave now, I have to go greet my father, Bye!" Shao Wei bade his goodbye.

Now that he's gone with this money I will buy all the cultivation books in this city. I wonder how many books I can find.

Zhen Lun started in the first store. He stormed in and bought all of the cultivation technique books.

Each store has a few hundreds of books, which cost him over ten golds per store.

In an hour, he went to every store's books in this city. He bought twenty thousand of Cultivation books. Over Two thousand gold coins were wasted just like that.

"I should go back and consume these books."

Looks like I'll have to tap for a while.

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Author's Note:

From the last chapter's comment sections, I can see that there are some of you who felt that it's either weird or ZL is too kind as he spared two boys that are trying to kill him.

Here is my answer to why he spared them.

First of all, ZL is seventeen-years-old almost eighteen. Two boys, one of them was fifteen-years-old and the other was obviously younger as he was only an inner disciple.

Imagine if a kid throw tantrum toward you and he is also trying to kill you. Will you kill him?

Maybe, Some of you will ask more questions, then why kill the mercenary that used him as bait?

Well, They fucking used him as bait and they are shady people and more importantly, they are adults.

This is my opinion and my answer and proof that I cared about my readers.

I know some of you will not be satisfied but Zhen Lun's background (when he was a child) will be explained in the future chapters.

Remember, He is not reincarnated and spent eight years of his life contemplating how useless he is.