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Chapter 324 - 288: Martial Arts Genius

Chapter 324: Chapter 288: Martial Arts Genius

Climbing the Great Wall, eating roast duck, touring the Forbidden City, wandering around Pan Garden...

It’s unknown when it started, but this has become the compulsory itinerary for tourists from the other Five Great Alliances visiting Yanjing.

Pan Garden developed gradually with the rise and prosperity of folk antique and art trade, and now it has become a large-scale antique and art market renowned for spreading folk culture with its ancient charm.

Located at the Southwest of Pan Garden Bridge on the South Road of Yanjing’s Eastern Third Ring, Pan Garden covers an area of 48,500 square meters.

The market is divided into seven operating areas: the stall area, ancient architecture area, classical furniture area, modern collection area, stone carving area, auction area, and catering service area.

Among them, the auction area was built five years ago and is located underground with three floors, divided into Primary, Intermediate, and High-grade Auction Halls.

The upcoming Huaxia Martial Arts World auction in Yanjing will be held in Pan Garden’s High-grade Auction Hall.

As dusk fell, the usually quiet auction area began to bustle as cars arrived one after another at the parking lot, and cultivators stepped out from the vehicles, heading toward the entrance of the auction hall.

Twenty members of the Yanhuang Organization Patrol Team, in cooperation with the police and armed police, were responsible for patrolling and monitoring every move within the auction area.

At the entrance, ten members of the Yanhuang Organization Law Enforcement Team were divided into two rows, tasked with checking the cultivators who came to participate in the auction.

First, they verified the identities of the cultivators, then checked whether they were in possession of an invitation letter.

The invitation letters were distributed by the organizer of the auction, the Huaxia Collection Association, but before being distributed, they underwent stringent scrutiny by the Yanhuang Organization. Some forces and individuals deemed dangerous by the Yanhuang Organization were unable to receive an invitation.

For example, the Hongwu Sect.

Originally, Hongwu Sect sent people to Hanghu to deal with Ye Fan, but not only were they killed by Ye Fan and Chu Ji under the rule of ’self-defense,’ they also violated the rules of the Yanhuang Organization. They were punished by the Yanhuang Organization, listed as a dangerous force, and barred from participating in any events of the Huaxia Martial Arts World, including auctions, Qing bang competitions, and more.

As for foreign underground forces like the Qinghong Gang, they were even less likely to receive an invitation.

At seven o’clock, an imposing Rolls-Royce Phantom Presidential Edition pulled into the parking lot of the auction area.

The limited-edition Rolls-Royce Phantom Presidential Edition, known as the king of cars, did not cause a sensation; even the cultivators who came for the auction hardly gave it a glance.

On one hand, as cultivators, they had little desire for these worldly things. More importantly, the Rolls-Royce Phantom Presidential Edition might not even compare to a single Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure on their person.

This was why Su Jindi mentioned at Su Liuli’s birthday banquet that the Body Refining Pill Ye Fan refined could buy ten of Ouyang Lingfeng’s Aston Martins.

Perhaps because today’s auction was specifically for cultivators, Chu Ji not only refrained from arriving in a flashy sports car but specially dressed in a red cheongsam with a pair of old Yanjing cloth shoes. Her round, fair legs wrapped in flesh-colored stockings were enticingly attractive.

Ye Fan also shed the Zhongshan suit he was used to wearing and donned a black robe, which made him appear much more mature and reserved, while also adding a touch of mystery.

Not only them, but most of the cultivators who came to the auction today were dressed in Martial Arts Uniforms and robes.

Swoosh!

As Chu Ji and Ye Fan stepped out of the car, the Yanhuang Organization members and the police patrolling the parking lot, like iron to a magnet, unanimously turned their eyes towards Chu Ji and Ye Fan.

The police officers were captivated by Chu Ji’s charm, while the Yanhuang Organization members were attracted by her identity.

Demon Queen Chu Ji!

This title not only held great influence in the upper echelons of the Mortal World but even more so in the Martial Arts World!

After a brief stop on Chu Ji, their gazes moved en masse to Ye Fan in his black robe.

The police officers gave him a cursory glance, while the Yanhuang Organization members paused.

Apparently, they had not expected Ye Fan to attend the auction.

Unconcerned with the gazes of the crowd, Ye Fan and Chu Ji walked shoulder to shoulder straight towards the entrance of the auction hall.

As Ye Fan and Chu Ji arrived relatively late, by the time they reached the entrance to the auction hall, the other cultivators had already entered, and they did not attract attention.

"There are three auction halls here in total; the first underground level is the Primary Auction Hall, which frequently hosts some auctions, selling ordinary antiques; the second underground level belongs to the Intermediate Auction Hall, which holds an auction every six months, selling some precious antiquities of the Mortal World, including national treasures; the third underground level is the High-grade Auction Hall, specifically for cultivators, holding an auction only once a year, but its influence far exceeds that of the Primary and Intermediate Auction Halls."

Entering the elevator, Chu Ji pressed the button for the third basement floor and explained the composition of the auction halls to Ye Fan, before she couldn’t help but exclaim, "With the flourishing prosperity of the Martial Arts World, the status of cultivators is becoming higher and higher."

"Indeed."

Ye Fan nodded, setting aside the fact that Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Cultivation Techniques, spiritual elixirs, and Plant Essence were priceless, nowadays, the strength of a cultivator at the Gang Qi Realm to the Five Great Alliances was as significant as a powerful deterrent weapon.

"Xiao Fan, do you know why the Martial Arts World suddenly began to flourish at the end of the last century?" Chu Ji suddenly asked.