The shopkeeper had finished explaining the origin of the sword and announced the start of the bidding, with a starting price of five hundred high-grade spirit stones.

The starting price wasn't cheap. While the other cultivators were still discussing it, Fan Mingzhu was the first to shout, "Six hundred!"

Shi Xuan didn't want to get involved in this, as she already had two spirit swords.

But when she saw Fan Mingzhu make the offer, she immediately became interested. The fact that Fan Mingzhu was willing to spend six hundred high-grade spirit stones to buy something she herself didn't need was quite intriguing.

Why would a cultivator specializing in alchemy, and one who also knows some magical arts, be interested in a spirit sword? Unless this spirit sword has something special about it…

What was Manager Qin's description again? He said it was the sword of the Sword Saint, and also a spirit sword that was good at slaying demonic energy. If there was anything special about it, it should be its ability to slay demonic energy.

So, did Fan Mingzhu discover demonic energy? Or is she herself somehow connected to demonic energy?

After Fan Mingzhu offered 600, no one else raised the price.

Although the Ice Soul Sword was the Sword Saint's sword, its sword spirit has been lost, and it is now merely a high-quality spiritual sword. As for the Demon Slayer Sword, demonic cultivators have long since disappeared from the Qian Yuan Continent; they are probably extinct. Having it would be of no use to them.

In the market, one hundred high-grade spirit stones can buy a top-quality spirit sword personally crafted by a master weapon maker, so why spend so many more spirit stones?

"Is anyone else bidding higher?" Manager Qin asked.

Shi Xuanyang raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "One thousand."

Fan Mingzhu suddenly turned to look at Shi Xuan. Was she targeting her specifically?

Shi Xuan's price increase reminded her of the Six Sects Alchemy Competition. In the Fuyuan Sect market, Shi Xuan tricked her into spending one hundred high-grade spirit stones to buy a low-grade spirit herb. Whenever she thought of this, she was filled with rage and hated Shi Xuan even more.

This time, Shi Xuan directly raised the bid to one thousand. Should she follow suit? She did have spirit stones, but the Ice Soul Sword was an unplanned item. She still had two other things to buy. If she spent all her money here, what would happen if she didn't have enough Nascent Soul stage slaves later?

But seeing Shi Xuan's smug face, she gritted her teeth and said, "One thousand one!"

"One thousand two hundred." Shi Xuan didn't hesitate for a moment, raising the price as if the one thousand two hundred were not high-grade spirit stones but low-grade spirit stones.

When Fan Mingzhu turned to look at Shi Xuan, Shi Xuan even grinned at Fan Mingzhu, a grin that was incredibly irritating, as if she was deliberately trying to annoy her.

She did it on purpose!

Shi Xuan could never possibly know that she cultivates demonic arts; if she did, she would have exposed her long ago. And this sword is certainly useless to Shi Xuan. She knows that the sword of the founder of the Lianfeng Sword Sect is in Shi Xuan's possession, and it even possesses a sword spirit; therefore, this Ice Soul Sword is utterly useless to her.

Therefore, there is only one reason: Shi Xuan wants to use the same trick again to make her spend more spirit stones to bid for this sword!

Fan Mingzhu gritted her teeth in anger, she almost fell for her trick! She wasn't going to follow up now, she'd see how Shi Xuan would handle the situation, and whether she could still be laughing!

After analyzing the situation, Fan Mingzhu did not raise the price further, allowing Shi Xuan's price of 1,200 to hold its ground.

Tianjun said in Fan Mingzhu's mind, "It's best to take this sword. Otherwise, if the other party uses this sword against you, it will be twice as effective with half the effort."

"She just wants to trick me and use up my spirit stones. Now that demonic cultivators have long since disappeared, even if she gets them, she won't use them unless she discovers that I cultivate the demonic path."

Tianjun: "Just in case."

"No need to say more," Fan Mingzhu said, "I will definitely not fall for it this time. Besides, we still have to bid on Nascent Soul stage slaves and a Breakthrough Pill. If we spend all our spirit stones here, how will we bid on the others?"

"We can put aside the matter of cultivation for now; let's deal with our weaknesses first."

This is forcing her to sacrifice three minor levels of cultivation, plus an unknown number of high-grade spirit stones, to exchange for a broken sword?

Fan Mingzhu pursed her lips, refusing to budge. For her, cultivation level was clearly more important. This time, upon seeing Shi Xuan, she could no longer discern the other's cultivation level, which was obviously higher than hers. Advancement was imminent.

“If you conceal my demonic energy, Shi Xuan will naturally not use this sword specifically to deal with me. She has the Concealed Edge Sword with a sword spirit in her hand, so why would she use this useless Ice Soul Sword?”

Fan Mingzhu refused to budge, and when the time came, Manager Qin struck the gavel, sealing the deal. The Ice Soul Sword was successfully auctioned off to Shi Xuan for 1,200 high-grade spirit stones.

When Lu Wenxing saw that Shi Xuan had spent a huge sum of 1,200 spirit stones to buy such a sword that had lost its sword spirit, he grinned and said, "Junior Sister, you already have the Concealing Edge Sword and the Puppet Sword, why buy another sword?"

"Slaying demons and eliminating evil spirits," Shi Xuan laughed, "Didn't you hear the master of ceremonies' explanation? This sword is quite effective against demonic cultivators."

"But the demonic cultivators of our Qian Yuan Continent were wiped out long ago. We haven't seen any demonic cultivators for hundreds of years."

“Just because I haven’t seen it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist,” Shi Xuan said, taking another bite of the spirit fruit. “Besides, how can I let Fan Mingzhu get what she wants to photograph?”

That's the important part...

Lu Wenxing pursed his lips, picked up the auction catalog, and began to study what treasure he wanted to bid on. It seemed his junior sister was particularly wealthy; this time, he was going to get something good.

Shi Xuan looked at He Weiqing on the other side and said, "Fourth Senior Brother, don't just look. If you see something you like, just say so. Junior Sister doesn't lack spirit stones now, so don't worry about saving them for me."

He Weiqing nodded slightly. Although his junior sister said that, he had no intention of wanting anything. He had never had any need for external things and only liked to immerse himself in his own world and cultivate behind closed doors.

Fan Mingzhu thought that Shi Xuan was trying to scam her by bidding for the Ice Soul Sword, just like last time. This time, she wouldn't go along with it. One thousand two hundred high-grade spirit stones was definitely not a small amount for Shi Xuan. She was waiting to see Shi Xuan's surprised, astonished, regretful, and painful expression.

But to everyone's surprise, after the auction was successful, Shi Xuan's expression was calm and composed, so calm that Fan Mingzhu was not calm at all.

But now that things had come to this, Fan Mingzhu turned back and stopped looking at Shi Xuan. Whether it was real or fake, she didn't believe that Shi Xuan had the ability to compete with her every time.

Several pieces of mediocre material were placed in between, and then the auction house staff brought out an iron cage.

Inside the cage was a disheveled person, whose face was obscured. He sat motionless against the cage, and it was impossible to tell whether he was dead or alive without a close look.

Shopkeeper Qin introduced, "This man is named Li Jun, a Nascent Soul stage weapon cultivator. Before his capture, he was quite accomplished in weapon crafting. Due to a serious offense, he was punished and enslaved. His cultivation is temporarily locked, and after the auction, he will be at the mercy of his master, his life or death is irrelevant. However, if he is used to commit evil again, Jubaozhai, in conjunction with Langya Sect, will definitely pursue the matter to the end. The starting bid for this Nascent Soul stage slave is one thousand high-grade spirit stones."

This Nascent Soul stage slave is actually somewhat useless. Although his cultivation level is very high, most people don't dare to release him for use unless there is some secret technique that can control him.