Xu Nan's words brightened Shen Qiang's eyes, and then he felt relieved. They were the vanguard officers of the Four Evil Neighbors, and their purpose in coming to the Provincial City was to plot against Heshenghe. In such a situation, it was normal that they were not as enthusiastic as other cultivators.

So Shen Qiang didn't take it to heart. After all, these four evil neighbors definitely needed to be dealt with, but Shen Qiang simply didn't have the time right now. Moreover, in two weeks, Qian Shanxue's Major General selection contest would end, and by then, Shen Qiang, with his hands free, would undoubtedly let them know what it means to be dominated by the King of Demons.

Playing with Xu Nan's slender, fair hand, seeing her obviously shy yet pretending to be calm sitting beside him, Shen Qiang lost all interest in caring about those useless things at the auction.

Especially since at these cultivator auctions, there have always been three kinds of items that occupy the center of the auctions.

That is, Flying Swords, Cultivation Techniques, and Elixir Pills.

Especially Flying Swords, they are basically at every auction, and the quality seems good, yet there's never been a truly top-tier Flying Sword seen at the auction.

Other Magical Treasures are the same.

In the Cultivation World's top one hundred Divine Weapons ranking, Shen Qiang hadn't seen their names at Cheng Xinyi or Wanxin Hesheng in nearly a year.

This instinctively made Shen Qiang feel that if he really wanted good weapons or magical treasures, it would be more reliable to earn points at the Dragon Group Mall.

After all, although the Dragon Group Mall's points requirements are strict, the Dragon Group is generous to its own members. All kinds of good treasures can be exchanged as long as you have enough points.

Unlike at an auction, where money alone isn't enough, you also need opportunity.

This is also related to Heshenghe, where over ninety percent of its members are demons.

If Heshenghe's members were all cultivators, perhaps Shen Qiang would buy many Flying Swords, Secret Manuals, and Magical Treasures for them.

But these things are basically useless to those Great Demons.

They don't play with Flying Swords, can't practice ordinary cultivator techniques, and can't handle various Magic Techniques. Their fighting styles are completely inconsistent, with each demon having developed its own combat style through instinctive evolution, so even if Shen Qiang wanted to arm them, he could only collect some Demon Artifacts and Demon Cultivation Techniques.

Therefore, at this auction, whenever it involved Demon Artifacts and Demon Techniques, Shen Qiang made a bid, regardless of the quality, taking both the good and the bad.

After all, spending some money to get equipment in this area is still meaningful.

At the very least, as a reward, it undoubtedly can motivate the enthusiasm of Heshenghe's demons, and, moreover, despite the clear level differences in Magical Treasures, having one is still worlds apart from having none.

Shen Qiang now had money.

Not only that, Demon Artifacts and Demon Cultivation Secret Manuals, compared to items for cultivators, are much cheaper. This is similar to how top-tier cultivation techniques are priceless, whereas the best Demon Cultivation Secret Manuals barely cost over a billion.

And currently, looking across all cultivators, the only one making large purchases of Demon Artifacts and Demon Cultivation Secret Manuals is Shen Qiang alone, with no one else doing it.

So by the time the auction was coming to an end, Shen Qiang had unknowingly spent over two hundred million.

Seeing this, Xu Nan smiled with bent eyes and then seriously transmitted to Shen Qiang, "You, too impatient, all the demon artifacts stored for half a year have been bought by you. If you could be a bit more patient, those demon artifacts would definitely drop in price because cultivators cannot use them, and Wanxin Hesheng and Cheng Xinyi do not cater to demons."

Shen Qiang just smiled without replying, because having interacted with Bianyi, Shen Qiang knew that there's no regulation in this world without loopholes. Previously, Bianyi had purchased on behalf of demons from Happy Gate, so he definitely wasn't the only one doing such things. So it's worth collecting a batch of them.

Set up a Heshenghe Mall, referencing the Dragon Group's points contribution exchange method, and won't those demons work like crazy for it?

After all, demon artifacts aren't plentiful.

"Next up in the auction is an Exotic Treasure named the Dust Avoidance Pearl, this is a divine object, famed alongside the Fire Protection Pearl and Water-Repelling Pearl, with a starting price of one billion, auction begins now."

"One billion!"

"One billion ten million!"

"One billion twenty million!"

There were quite a few bids, but the atmosphere wasn't very lively.

This brought a smile to Shen Qiang's lips.

Because although the Dust Avoidance Pearl is an Exotic Treasure, and indeed famous alongside the Fire Protection Pearl and Water-Repelling Pearl, its actual usefulness is far below that of the others.

The reason is simple, water and fire can be fatal at any time, but unless under very special circumstances, whether for cultivators or ordinary people, dust is not deadly.

Especially for cultivators, if something is dusty, it's merely a matter of waving a hand to clean it.

So even though the Dust Avoidance Pearl is quite famous and magical, for the vast majority of cultivators, it doesn't hold much use.

In the rapidly advancing modern technology era.

You can build a sterile room for a little money, so for most cultivators, the Dust Avoidance Pearl is just decorative.

Therefore, after its auction price reached one billion three hundred million, there were basically no more bids.

This illustrates the difference; if Liu Chengye had auctioned off the Fire Protection Pearl or the Water-Repelling Pearl, no guessing needed, the starting price for the auction would be at least five billion.

With a bit of stirring, the price would definitely surpass ten billion.

But for this Dust Avoidance Pearl, the pricing is essentially settled.

"One billion five hundred million," Shen Qiang raised his hand.

Immediately, no one else in the room offered a bid. After all, spending that much on something not very useful wasn't worthwhile, and with one billion five hundred million, they could buy a pretty decent cultivation technique.

"Deal, congratulations to Mr. Shen for acquiring the Dust Avoidance Pearl at one billion five hundred million,"

As the transaction concluded, Shen Qiang happily stowed the Dust Avoidance Pearl in his Storage Ring.

At the same time, Liu Chengye rose gleefully and mocked, "Mr. Shen is surely bold. A two-hundred-million raise just like that, with such actions, my Dust Avoidance Pearl's selling price rose substantially. If you end up losing, then it only proves your own foolishness."

Upon hearing this, Xu Nan furrowed her brows.

Simultaneously, someone beside Liu Chengye laughed and said, "It's clear that Mr. Shen knows his item cannot compare to this Dust Avoidance Pearl, and has already admitted defeat. Moreover, now that the transaction's done, let me frankly congratulate Mr. Shen for spending one billion five hundred million on what turned out to be trash, despite the Dust Avoidance Pearl's fame, it's not practical."

Liu Chengye laughed heartily, "I previously thought Mr. Shen Qiang to be brilliant and remarkable, but now seeing him fall for mere suggestions about my Dust Avoidance Pearl being a treasure, without hesitation securing this useless Pearl, just shows he's nothing of the sort."

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