Chapter 470 Zhang Xuan Makes a Move

Help you get it out?

The entire auction house fell silent. Hong Haicheng and other prominent figures stared at each other with wide eyes, nearly bursting from frustration.

What was going on?

Who was this big shot in Box No. 1?

Into that sort of thing?

Too filthy!

Most crucially, saying something so filthy in such a public setting without a shred of shame, instead sounding righteous and imposing... Big brother, where on earth did you get your confidence, and where did you even come from?

Pfft!

The young man in Box No. 23 also staggered, spitting the tea he had just drunk all over the old guard's face.

Sis! I offered a remote course jade talisman, worth a fortune, enough to buy a high-grade spiritual weapon... If it had been a normal bid, I'd accept it—fair competition, can't afford it, not as wealthy, nothing to be done.

But... 'help you get it out'—what the hell?

The guy selling the Soul-less Golden Man was decrepit, tottering, looking like he could drop dead any moment. You want to help him... get it out?

Am I thinking wrong, or is your taste really beyond comprehension?

Well...

The old guard wiped the tea off his face, stunned for a long moment before recovering: "Young master, that fellow doesn't have long to live; he probably isn't after carnal pleasure. And even if he were, there are plenty of brothels—why go for a man..."

Ahem...

Coughing, the young man finally caught his breath, not choking to death: "I know all that. I just think... that guy in Box No. 1 is quite a character, daring to say such things... I bet not just us, but even the old man selling the Soul-less Golden Man is about to faint!"

Right! What normal cultivator would accept such a degrading request? It's too outrageous, too shameless...

Just as the old guard was indignantly and righteously condemning, the noisy chatter below suddenly ceased, followed by a voice full of excitement and elation.

"Is this gentleman... serious?" The old man on the auction stage trembled all over, his face flushed with excitement, as if he couldn't believe it.

"Serious! As long as you give me the Soul-less Golden Man, I will do my utmost to help you get it out!" The calm voice from Box No. 1 continued.

"Good, I agree!" Upon confirmation, the old man nodded without hesitation.

Pfft!

"If I'd known, I'd have prepared more beauties, or found a few male concubines into this sort of thing..."

Hearing the old man's eager agreement without any reluctance, everyone felt a mouthful of blood stuck in their chests, nearly fainting.

That actually worked?

Turning down techniques, weapons, the Thousand-Leaf Tree, even a half-step five-star course jade talisman, all for this... Your taste is truly unique!

Momentary pleasure over so many precious treasures... and with a man at that... This preference really opens our eyes.

Even more impressive was that guy in Box No. 1, saying it so openly and confidently...

Most crucially, how did you figure out he was into that?

Could it be you're also...

Everyone shuddered.

"He agreed?" The young man in Box No. 23 swayed, feeling thunderstruck.

Was he at an auction or some pleasure house?

Not wanting the more valuable course jade talisman, settling for spirit stones was one thing. Now turning down the Thousand-Leaf Tree and the priceless half-step five-star master jade talisman, all for... getting it out!

Even witnessing it firsthand, both felt their worldviews shattered.

"He... agreed!" The old guard trembled.

"Damn it! If I'd known he was into that, I wouldn't have gone through all this trouble!" After his frustration, the young man's face turned ruthless. He turned to instruct: "You go bid too. Say we can also help him get it out. And he can do whatever he wants—meet every condition, every position!"

"Young master, you..." The old guard stiffened: "Isn't this sacrifice... too great?"

Doing this for a Soul-less Golden Man... The young master was too ruthless!

"Sacrifice? What sacrifice? You don't expect me to do it, do you? Me, Song Chao, a dignified four-star master, do something like that? No way! You're the one who'll do it. As long as he agrees to sell me the Soul-less Golden Man, you serve him well, don't slack off!"

The young man, Song Chao, snorted.

"Me?" Just as he was thinking the young master was noble, hearing this, the old guard trembled, nearly crying.

Did it have to be this harsh?

I've watched you grow up, followed you for so many years, and now you sell me out like this... Not very nice...

Who did I offend? At my age, I have to sacrifice my reputation and integrity... Not to please a beauty, but to please an... old man?

"Hurry! Once the deal is done, it'll be too late to speak!" Seeing the guy's twisted face and silence, Song Chao couldn't help but shout.

"Yes!" The old guard, on the verge of tears, though extremely reluctant, stepped forward to the window: "Our young master bids. He also offers to help you get it out!"

"Huh? Another one?"

"Geez, what about integrity? How did this auction turn into some kind of... transaction?"

"Have they all gone mad?"

The whole hall was in chaos.

One speaking up was bad enough, now a second one too. Where's the shame? Where's the integrity?

For a Soul-less Golden Man, can't you keep some dignity?

Below, people were going crazy. Inside Box No. 1, Zhang Xuan was also baffled. He stood up and looked toward the box where the voice had come from: "You can help him get it out too? How? Could you explain? Let's see whose method is better, so he has a better choice!"

Based on what he knew, that thing was hard to get out. With the Heaven's Path Library, omniscient, he still found it tricky. What method could the other party have?

Pfft!

Hearing this, Song Chao felt like a snake was writhing in his chest. He grabbed his hair with both hands.

Have you no shame?

Saying it out loud to compare methods... Can you even talk about such things? Not only that, but discuss it publicly? Sis, do you have to be this bold?

And even if you discuss it, what's there to compare? As long as you make him happy, isn't that enough...

The old guard was also twitching, tears streaming uncontrollably. It was over; his late-life integrity really couldn't be saved...

"What? Can't say it? If you can't, then you have no method and are just maliciously bidding!" From Box No. 1, seeing no response from them, the voice continued.

"I, I... What method could I have? Of course, that one, everyone knows..." Seeing the old guard silent, Song Chao couldn't help but snort.

"That method?"

Hearing the flustered words, Zhang Xuan was even more puzzled: "What method exactly? Can you be clear? He's possessed by an evil spirit, suffering terribly. What method can get it out? If it works, I'll let you try first."

"Possessed by an evil spirit? Drive out the evil spirit? This, this..." Song Chao's face turned pale. He swayed, feeling that if there were a crack in the ground, he'd dive right in.

What was all this about?

Couldn't you be less misleading?

'Get it out'—I thought it was that... I'd already said it, ready to abandon integrity, and it turns out it's about driving out an evil spirit...

Are you trying to kill me?

"So it's about driving out the evil spirit..."

"Possessed by an evil spirit, extremely dangerous, life hanging by a thread. No wonder he didn't want any treasures—when death is near, what use are treasures? What he wanted was a method to cure the possession. But why didn't he just say so?"

"Who knows... Evil spirit possession, I've only read about it in ancient texts, eerie and strange. How did this guy encounter it?"

"Witch Soul Masters are skilled in soul attacks. He must have dug up their grave and was retaliated against by the evil spirit they raised..."

...

Hearing the words from Box No. 1, everyone finally understood, wiping cold sweat.

So it was about getting the evil spirit out, not what they had imagined. It seemed the speaker had no problem—it was they who were dirty-minded.

"So that's it..."

Sai, the hall master, also sighed in relief, his face reddening.

When Zhang Xuan spoke earlier, it had nearly scared him to death, thinking he was really into that sort of thing. Only now did he understand.

In fact, Zhang Xuan himself hadn't expected such a misunderstanding. In both his past and present life, he was a virgin, never having experienced matters between men and women, so he was somewhat naive.

As for the old man on the auction stage, as others had guessed, he was indeed retaliated against by a Witch Soul Master's technique. With an evil spirit in his body that couldn't be expelled, facing death at any moment, he had no interest in any treasures. That was why he used martial techniques to suppress the evil spirit, causing the Heaven's Path Library to vibrate and form a book.

Zhang Xuan saw it clearly.

"As far as I know, evil spirit possession invades the soul, involving the soul. You say... you can expel it? Could it be that you are versed in the way of the soul?"

Recovering from the awkward atmosphere, Song Chao spoke.

Evil spirit possession is a matter of the soul. Even masters find it hard to resolve. The other party sounded young—what method could he have?

Everyone else also looked over in unison, even the old man on the stage was full of tension, afraid that the person in the private room was just talking big but actually powerless.

"Evil spirit possession is like severe poison entwined, merging with the soul. I am powerless!" came the voice from the private room.

"Powerless? Then..." Everyone was baffled. He had spoken with such certainty just now, but now he said he was powerless—the change was too fast.

"Then why did you say you could help me get it out..." The old man could no longer remain calm and quickly looked over.

"Since I can see it and describe it in such detail, I must be able to do it!" Zhang Xuan said with a light laugh, his voice continuing.

"This..." The old man was completely confused.

Saying he was powerless against evil spirit possession, yet claiming he could help get it out—was this guy confused himself, or had he not understood?

While he was puzzled, the voice from the private room continued: "Alright, give me the Soul-less Golden Man, and I will help you solve the problem. There are too many people here, so it's not convenient to discuss in detail!"

"Alright!" After hesitating for a moment, the old man nodded and looked around: "Thank you all for bidding on the Soul-less Golden Man. I'm sorry, but I have found a buyer and decided to sell it to this gentleman. I can only apologize!"

As he spoke, he reached out with his hand and grabbed.

Whoosh!

The golden man lying flat in everyone's sight was collected into a ring. With a faint smile, the old man turned and walked off the stage.

"Young master, what do we do?" Seeing the buyer confirmed, the guard old man in private room 23 couldn't help but look over.

He had come excitedly to buy the item, carrying a large amount of funds, but in the end... not a single coin was spent. If someone else had outbid him, that would be one thing, but the key was that the other party hadn't spent a cent, only said a single sentence, and the old man willingly gave away the golden man...

The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became.

"What else can we do? Can you drive away an evil spirit possession?" Song Chao's face was livid.

"I... cannot!" The old man shook his head.

Evil spirit possession involved the soul; even though he was not weak in strength and had seen much, he had no way to deal with it.

"Forget it for now. Go find out who is in private room one, and we'll decide after we know!" Song Chao ordered.

"Yes!" The old man nodded.

Without even knowing who the other party was, how could they make a decision or come up with a better plan?

"Casually drawing a Seven Realm work, seeing at a glance that someone is possessed by an evil spirit, showing no interest in a Four Star course jade slip... This person in private room one is quite mysterious. Investigate thoroughly! Investigate thoroughly!"

It wasn't just Song Chao who wanted to investigate; everyone else in the auction house was also full of curiosity, wanting to know who this formidable figure was that could make Pavilion Master Sai willingly give up his private room.

...

"Is this the Soul-less Golden Man?"

In a spacious room of the Appraisal Pavilion, Zhang Xuan looked at the puppet placed on the ground, full of curiosity.

The sale of the Soul-less Golden Man marked the end of the auction. Not long after returning, the old man who sold the item, led by Steward Luo, found him here and brought the golden man over.

This golden man was about the size of a real person, but more robust, with a metallic color all over, as if cast from steel, making it impossible to discern its true appearance or skin.

After a glance, knowing this was not the time to study it, Zhang Xuan grabbed it with his hand and put it into his storage ring, then looked up at the old man before him.

"Please, sir, take action to resolve my hidden danger!" The old man quickly clasped his fists.

When he first saw this young man, he was actually devastated.

He had thought that someone who could see at a glance that he was possessed by an evil spirit would at least be an old man past sixty, but... being so young, he simply didn't believe it.

If not for the other party speaking and describing his condition with such certainty, without any mistake, he would have suspected it was just empty talk to trick him out of the Soul-less Golden Man.

"Mm!"

Acknowledging, Zhang Xuan walked around the other party once, said nothing, but lifted his eyelids: "Pavilion Master Sai, Senior Jin, I have a small matter I'd like to trouble you with."

"You're too kind, Master Zhang. Whatever it is, just command us!"

Both nodded simultaneously.

Although their cultivation was higher than this young man's, they had witnessed too many extraordinary methods and dared not treat him as a junior.

"It's very simple..." Zhang Xuan transmitted his voice.

"This..."

Hearing the transmission, the two exchanged glances, each stunned.

"Master Zhang... this, isn't it inappropriate?"

After hesitating, Pavilion Master Sai looked a bit embarrassed.

"Do as I say. I know what I'm doing!" Zhang Xuan nodded.

"Alright!"

They gritted their teeth.

Seeing them so troubled, everyone was very curious, especially the old man who had auctioned the Soul-less Golden Man, who was completely baffled.

Could it be that treating him required the help of these two?

"Forgive me!"

While he was puzzled, he heard Pavilion Master Sai and Jin Conghai snort simultaneously, raise their palms, and suddenly two streams of true energy surged out, sealing off the surroundings.

"What are you doing?"

The old man's brows sank.

The area they sealed off was exactly where he could escape.

In other words, they were about to make a move on him!

"You... are you trying to forcibly take the Soul-less Golden Man?"

Remembering something, his pupils contracted.

The Soul-less Golden Man was extremely precious. He had thought that once the news was released, it was very likely someone would try to take it by force, after all, he was only at the peak of Mortal Transformation Second Layer, far inferior to true experts.

Therefore, after obtaining this item, he had rushed here without stopping, hoping that the Appraisal Pavilion's reputation would prevent any murder and robbery. He never expected that the pavilion master himself would take action!

"Master Zhang..."

Luo Qin also hadn't expected that what Zhang Xuan had been discussing for so long would be this. His face turned pale.

If it was really as the other party said—murder and robbery—the auction house's reputation would be ruined. How could they attract customers and collect treasures in the future?

"Relax. If I wanted to kill him, I would have already struck him dead. Why bother sealing off the surroundings?" Zhang Xuan rolled his eyes.

Regardless, he was a master teacher, kind and benevolent. How did he end up looking like a heinous villain in the other's eyes?

Murder and robbery... what a thought.

A mere Soul-less Golden Man wasn't worth him doing that.

"That's good..."

Hearing the assurance, Luo Qin breathed a sigh of relief. Turning his head, he saw Pavilion Master Sai and Senior Jin acting simultaneously. The old man didn't last two moves before being completely restrained, his cultivation sealed, leaving him powerless.

These two were top-tier experts; dealing with a peak Mortal Transformation Second Layer was a piece of cake.

"What exactly are you trying to do?"

Seeing that they only sealed his cultivation and didn't kill him, the old man knew he had overthought things and relaxed, but still couldn't help looking over.

"Didn't you ask me to drive away the evil spirit? If I don't suppress you, how can I drive it out?"

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly.

"I see. Then please, sir, take action!"

Hearing that suppressing his cultivation was just a step in driving out the evil spirit, the old man relaxed and quickly said.

"Mm!"

Nodding, Zhang Xuan stepped forward, the corners of his mouth lifting, and raised his hand.

Slap!

He slapped the other party across the face.

"You..."

Spun in place by the slap, the old man stood frozen, his eyes wide.

What was going on?

He had asked him to drive out the evil spirit, but instead, he first had his cultivation sealed, then... came over and slapped him... What was he doing?

Just as he was about to ask, he saw a foot flying toward him.

Bang!

"What is this..."

His words were choked off by the foot, his vision went dark, and he flew backward.

Struggling to stand up, the old man saw stars and felt like he was going crazy.

Of course, he wasn't the only one who felt like going crazy; everyone present looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Especially Luo Qin, who could barely hold back his tears.

Didn't you say... no killing or robbing? Even if you don't kill, beating and robbing by force like this... is still not okay...