Martial Market
Walking into the Martial Market, Zhang Ruochen walked straight towards the central auction house.
Spirit Grade Lower Grade Martial Skills were not something that those ordinary stores could eat, and only by taking them to the central auction house and auctioning them off to those big families could the value of the Martial Skills be maximized.
Zhang Ruochen had just walked into the auction house, a neatly dressed and pretty looking maid greeted him, seeing Zhang Ruochen's mysterious attire, she didn't feel surprised in the slightest and said very politely, "Sir, what kind of help do you need?"
"I want to see the Archdeacon of your Center Auction House!" Zhang Ruochen slightly changed his voice a bit, making it seem rather dull and muddy, sounding like a middle-aged man in his 30s or 40s.
What kind of person was this? As soon as he opened his mouth, he wanted to see the Archdeacon, so it seemed like he came from quite a big place.
"The slave girl will go and report to the Archdeacon now, but the Archdeacon is usually very busy with receiving VIP clients and may not have the time to come out to see you. You wait for a moment first!"
After saying this, that one of the maids immediately walked into a large door and went forward to report to the Archdeacon.
Zhang Ruochen was not in a hurry, and just stood in the lobby quietly waiting.
It wasn't long before that one serving girl led a slightly chubby old man in flashy robes out, pointing in Zhang Ruochen's direction, saying, "Archdeacon, that's the man."
The Archdeacon glanced towards Zhang Ruochen, who was dressed in black cloak clothes, from afar, and his gaze fixed on Zhang Ruochen's feet, his pair of pale eyes narrowed slightly, flashing with a hint of essence.
The boots that Zhang Ruochen wore on his feet were called "Kirin Gold Boots", and only people in the royal palace were qualified to wear such boots.
Naturally, Zhang Ruochen had intentionally exposed his boots, after all, he was auctioning off a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique, so it was inevitable that he would not be coveted. With his current martial arts cultivation, he could not protect a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique.
However, if people knew that he was a big shot in the palace, then there would probably not be many people who still dared to hit on him.
In the case that one's strength was not strong enough, one could only pretend that one was very powerful, and it was still necessary to use it to scare people.
"The head is not simple!"
The Archdeacon looked at the pair of boots under Zhang Ruochen's feet and thought so in his heart.
The Archdeacon's attitude towards Zhang Ruochen immediately became respectful, treating Zhang Ruochen as if he was a big shot in the palace as he walked up to Zhang Ruochen and said in a low voice, "My lord, this way please!"
"Hmph!"
Zhang Ruochen, in order to shock the other party, carried his hands behind his back, displaying full poise as he gently nodded his head.
Those martial artists in the lobby, seeing that the Archdeacon actually displayed such an attitude, were secretly guessing in their hearts that it seemed like a remarkable big shot had come to the Center Auction House.
Ascending to the third floor of the central auction house, Zhang Ruochen sat at the top in a calm and steady manner, took the cup of tea handed over by the maid, and said in a superior tone, "I have a treasure here that I want to consign to the central auction house for auction, call your top appraiser over to help me appraise it."
Seeing that aura of Zhang Ruochen's, the Archdeacon was even more certain that the other party was an important person inside the Royal Palace, and immediately ordered someone to go and invite an appraiser.
A moment later, an old man with white hair walked in.
The old man, who appeared to be in his seventies or eighties, but had a pair of eyes that were shining brightly, looked Zhang Ruochen over and realized that he couldn't even see through the other party's cultivation level.
The old man immediately bowed respectfully to Zhang Ruochen, "I am the Chief Appraiser of the Center Auction House, I wonder where the item that Your Excellency is going to auction is?"
There were only three ways to not be able to see through the other party's cultivation: the first, the other party's martial arts cultivation was higher than his.
The second, the other party cultivated a technique that was much superior to the one he cultivated.
For example, a martial artist who practiced human level techniques could not see through the cultivation of a martial artist who practiced spirit level techniques, and could only roughly guess the cultivation of the other party from some of their details and the aura they displayed.
Of course, if the level of the technique is similar, the person with higher cultivation level will still be able to see through the cultivation level of the person with lower cultivation level.
In the third case, the other party's body had treasures that hid their cultivation.
The second and third scenarios were not common, so that one old man instinctively assumed that it was the first scenario, thinking that Zhang Ruochen's cultivation was above his, which was why he immediately bowed respectfully to Ning Xiaochuan.
One must know that Zhang Ruochen was practicing the Nine Heavenly Bright Emperor Scripture, what a profound technique, unless he deliberately showed the meridians in his body, otherwise, there were probably not many people in the entire Yunwu County Kingdom who could see through his martial cultivation.
Besides, Zhang Ruochen's previous life was originally a strong person of the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Circle, and although he was reborn in the body of an ordinary person, the wave of understanding of the martial dao and the essence carried by his soul was no different from a martial artist of the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Circle.
To see through his cultivation, unless the other party's martial dao realm was above the Heavenly Extreme Realm Great Circle.
Zhang Ruochen's hand reached into his sleeve and touched on top of the Time and Space Crystal Stone, his palm directly entering the inner space of the Time and Space Crystal Stone, taking out the recipe for the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique and handing it to the old man with white hair.
"What I want to auction is this volume of Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique!" Zhang Ruochen said indifferently.
The Chief Appraiser had just received the "Heavenly Heart Sword Technique" recipe when he heard Zhang Ruochen's words, and his heart was slightly shocked. Surprisingly, he was going to auction off a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique!
The Chief Appraiser immediately unfolded the papers rolled together and carefully studied them.
The Archdeacon, who was standing by the side, also immediately walked over and examined the "Heavenly Heart Sword Technique" recipe together.
The Chief Appraiser and the Archdeacon were both martial arts experts, and quickly appraised the results, nodding at the same time.
"Indeed, it's the recipe for a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique, I don't know how many sword moves your lordship has mastered in his hands?" The Archdeacon asked.
The mnemonic and sword moves worked together to bring out the true power of a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique.
Even if the Archdeacon and the Chief Appraiser forcefully memorized the phrases of the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, if there were no matching sword moves, then the memorized phrases would be of no use.
Zhang Ruochen said, "The entire set of swordsmanship has a total of twelve moves. The original version of the sword technique has been lost, and the "Heavenly Heart Sword Technique" that I have in my hands is a sword stance diagram drawn by the hand of a Heavenly Extremity Realm powerhouse, which is not any different from the original version of the sword technique."
The Chief Appraiser pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, the starting price for the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique will be set at 200,000 silver coins. However, there is a prerequisite, after the auction is successful, the buyer will have to review the sword moves and phrases of the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, and if the review reveals that it is not a lower-grade Spirit Grade Sword Technique, the results of the auction will not be counted."
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, "Everything will be done according to the rules of the auction house!"
The auction of the "Heavenly Heart Sword Technique" was this evening, and it became the grand finale of the center auction house tonight.
Before the auction house started, the central auction house immediately spread the news to the various great clans in the royal city.
Important figures from all the great clans had rushed to the Martial City with huge sums of money, all wanting to auction off that complete set of Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique.
Zhang Ruochen didn't care about the auction process, he only cared about the outcome of the auction.
After about two hours passed, the auction ended and the results of the auction came out.
Amidst the competition from all the big families, the price of the "Heavenly Heart Sword Technique" was raised to one million two hundred and forty thousand silver coins, and was finally won by the Lin Family's family head.
"It's actually the Lin Family!" Zhang Ruochen was also slightly surprised after hearing this result.
Not long after, under the leadership of the Archdeacon, Lin Fengxian, the Lin Family Head, one of the Lin Family's clan uncles, Lin De, and one of the Four Great Young Beauties of the Yunwu County Kingdom, Lin Mishan, walked in from outside.
"Lin Family Lord, this lord, is the owner of the 'Heavenly Heart Sword Technique'." With a smile on his face, the Archdeacon pointed over towards Zhang Ruochen, who was sitting at the very top.
Lin Fengxian's gaze lingered for a moment above the pair of 'Kirin Inlaid Gold Boots' on Zhang Ruochen's feet, gently nodded, slightly arched his hand, and said, "I am Lin Fengxian, the head of the Lin Clan, and I don't know how to address you, Your Excellency?"
Before coming in, Lin Fengxian had heard the Archdeacon describe this mysterious person, knowing that the other party had a great deal of importance, and was most likely a big shot inside the Royal Palace.
Therefore, only after Lin Fengxian walked in did he take the initiative to lower his posture as the head of the Lin family.
Seeing Lin Fengxian and Lin Mishan, Zhang Ruochen became even more careful in case he was recognized by them.
Zhang Ruochen coughed dryly twice and his voice became deep and muddy, "You do not need to know my name. This is the 'Heavenly Heart Sword Technique' recipe and sword stance diagrams, so take it over and review it, Lin Family Master!"
As he spoke, Zhang Ruochen took out the recitation and sword stance pattern from his sleeves and placed them on the table.
Lin Fengxian did not review the recipe of the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, he believed that the Central Auction House had already identified the recipe before the auction.
He unfolded the sword stance pattern of the "Heavenly Heart Sword Technique", only to see twelve small figures engraved on the paper.
If an ordinary person looked at the twelve drawings, they could not see any special features, but when Lin Fengxian's eyes fell on the paper, the twelve villains holding long swords looked like they had come to life, and stood on the paper and danced with their swords.
Every single sword move was exquisite, containing a profound and profound martial intent, even learning just one of the moves would already be of infinite use.
"This set of sword techniques definitely belongs to the top level amongst the lower grade Spirit Grade martial arts, it's simply worth buying!" Lin Fengxian's heart was incomparably excited.