Best Young Master
Chapter 330 - 293: The Final Auction!

Chapter 330: Chapter 293: The Final Auction!

"Please quiet down," Long Yue said.

Due to the cultivators’ excitement below the stage, the discussion grew louder and Long Yue had to intervene, making a pressing-down gesture. Only when the chattering had subsided did she manage to muster her emotions and said, "Just now, I heard someone in the audience speculate that the highlight of this auction could be a high-level magical artifact—congratulations, you guessed right!"

Is it really a high-level magical artifact?!

Stunned by Long Yue’s words, many cultivators, including Ye Fan, were taken aback.

Compared to elixir pills, cultivation techniques, martial arts, and heavenly materials and earthly treasures, magical artifacts are the most precious treasures in the cultivation world.

And a high-level magical artifact is truly a treasure among treasures!

If this were not the case, the sect leader of the Wudang Sect and the Supreme Strongman in the Gang Qi Realm, Heavenly Master Zhang, would not have lost control of his emotions over the loss of the high-level magical artifact, the Taiyin Xuan Sword, to Murong Gu and his son, Father Murong.

All this because the crafting of high-level magical artifacts is enormously challenging.

Firstly, the materials required to craft high-level magical artifacts are extremely strict, with only a handful of materials suitable as the main ingredient for high-level magical artifacts.

Secondly, a high-level magical artifact contains at least two high-level arrays.

Generally, an Innate Mage can activate high-level techniques, but only a Gang Qi Realm Cultivator is capable of setting up high-level arrays within the main material used in artifact crafting!

Ye Fan’s inability to create a flying knife of high-level magical artifact standard from the material of the Taiyin Xuan Sword was largely due to his unskilled artifact-crafting technique and because he couldn’t set up high-level arrays in the black iron.

Lastly, like alchemists, there are very few wizards in the world capable of crafting magical artifacts!

Currently, it is said that there are no more than three Gang Qi Realm Cultivators who can craft high-level magical artifacts!

Specifically, in the cultivation world, only the Ghost Sect’s leader Wu Mu, reputed as the number one in Huaxia’s magic, and a War God level wizard from the European Union are well-known.

Due to the difficulty in crafting, most of the high-level magical artifacts in the cultivation world are passed down from generation to generation by major sects and noble families, serving as treasures fundamental to the sect or family, hence they are incredibly precious.

While the audience below the stage was shocked beyond comparison, a male staff member brought a pitch-black wooden box to the table in the center of the stage.

Whoosh!

Seeing this, the cultivators below the stage stopped their discussions unanimously, their eyes widened, staring unblinkingly at the wooden box, waiting for the finale treasure to appear.

Ye Fan and Chu Ji were no exceptions!

"In fact, tonight’s final treasure is no stranger to you all—it has shocked the cultivation world not just once!"

As an auctioneer, Long Yue knew well how to play on the emotions of the audience. She deliberately did not open the wooden box but continued to whet their appetite.

"What is it exactly?"

"Stop keeping us in suspense, just open the box!"

The cultivators below grew impatient, their anticipation akin to a groom on his wedding night, all undressed, only to find the bride undressing slowly.

"Click—"

Seeming to sense that she had kept them in suspense long enough, Long Yue smiled and slowly opened the wooden box, then picked up the treasure within.

The next moment.

A pair of fist sets appeared in front of everyone.

It was a pair of dark black fist sets, looking very thin with five black spots at the joints, where a dark light surged, dazzling the eyes.

"Black Iron Fist set!"

"Oh my god, it’s the Black Iron Fist set!"

As the dark black fist sets were revealed, exclamations erupted from the audience, with many cultivators recognizing the Black Iron Fist set.

Ye Fan was naturally no exception!

Under the lights, he resembled a collector who had discovered an ultimate treasure, his pupils dilated, his gaze intensely focused on the Black Iron Fist set, immovable!

Black Iron Fist set.

This was the only high-level magical artifact successfully crafted on Earth in the past twenty years!

The creator of the Black Iron Fist set was the European Union’s War God level wizard and artifact-refining master, Odin, who used Black Iron extracted from an outer heaven meteorite. This material, far harder than diamond on Earth, is one of the best materials for crafting high-level magical artifacts!

"Yes... this is the Black Iron Fist set crafted by the European Union’s War God level wizard and artifact-refining master, Odin!"

On stage, Long Yue, practicing the Yanhuang Fist, held the Black Iron Fist set as if cradling the face of a beloved lover, her expression extremely excited, "Aside from Black Iron extracted from an outer heaven meteorite, its main material also included the extremely flexible Thousand Gold Vine, integrating the hardness and sharpness of Black Iron with the flexibility and toughness of Thousand Gold Vine. Though it appears as thin as paper, not even the sharpest high-level magical artifact can damage it!"

"Besides the special nature of the materials, Master Odin also set up two high-level arrays that double the speed and strength of the cultivator using it during an attack!!"

As she finished, Long Yue became somewhat overcome with emotion, seeing it as the coveted treasure desired by all strong martial artists practicing boxing!

"Whew~"

Taking a deep breath, Long Yue continued, "As I mentioned earlier, it has shocked the cultivation world more than once. The first time was at the end of the last century, when it was first introduced, driving all martial artists practicing boxing to madness. The second time, five years ago, when the European Union’s War God level strongman, Oster, challenged the Tian Shan Sect’s Sect Leader Cang Bo with the Black Iron Fist set as a wager, only to be slain by Master Cang Bo!"

Whoosh!

As Long Yue revealed the origin of the Black Iron Fist set, including Ye Fan, all cultivators couldn’t help but turn their eyes towards the Tian Shan Sect’s Sect Leader Cang Bo.

That battle had astounded the entire global martial arts world and brought fame to the Huaxia Martial Arts World!

"The starting price for the Black Iron Fist set is two plant essences!"

It had been half a minute, and when Long Yue noticed the cultivators below refocusing their attention on the Black Iron Fist set, she announced the bid price for it.

"Exchange it for Plant Essence?"

As Long Yue’s words rang in their ears, the cultivators below were initially startled, and then they came to a realization — only precious Plant Essence could be exchanged for such a treasure!

"Hss~"

Chu Ji gasped excitedly and quickly said to Ye Fan, "Xiao Fan, we must get it!"

"Got it!"

Ye Fan nodded to Chu Ji with a trace of excitement. Although he had trained in many martial arts techniques, the deepest and most powerful for him was still the "Xuansha Fist." The Black Iron Fist set could be said to be a high-level magical artifact tailor-made for him!

Sometime later...

Ye Fan did not wait to bid when Ye Long cut in first, "Three stalks of Plant Essence!"

Perhaps out of overexcitement, Ye Long inadvertently used a spiritual attack while speaking, his voice booming like thunder, bursting forth in the auction hall and instantly drowning out all other murmurs!

Whoosh!

In an instant, all cultivators, including Ye Fan, subconsciously turned their gazes toward Ye Long.

Among them, those martial artists who practiced boxing sighed in admiration.

On one hand, they could not produce three stalks of precious Plant Essence for the auction like Ye Long did; on the other hand, even if they could, they did not dare to compete with him!

Ye Long was the apprentice of Hong Lie, the captain of the Yanhuang Organization’s Law Enforcement Team and was the second genius among the organization’s young members, destined to be a high-ranking executive in the future!

In such a scenario, competing with Ye Long would mean indirectly offending not only him but also the future Yanhuang Organization!

While the martial artists who practiced boxing sighed in admiration, Ye Fan had a slight frown on his forehead.

Right from when the Black Iron Fist set appeared, he had decided to participate in the auction. Even when Long Yue mentioned that Plant Essence was needed for the bid, he was not distressed — instead, he was secretly delighted.

Only—

He had not anticipated that Ye Long would act first!

"Hey, bastard, you thought you could compete with me?"

Seeing Ye Fan’s frown from the corner of his eye, Ye Long’s heart was filled with a cold sneer.

Because he witnessed Ye Fan also bidding on Plant Essence and faintly guessed that Ye Fan might participate in bidding for the Black Iron Fist set, he had decided beforehand, to make the first bid once the auction started — and he directly offered three stalks of Plant Essence to cut off Ye Fan’s chances!

Now, seeing Ye Fan frowning, Ye Long subjectively believed his judgment was correct — Ye Fan wanted to bid for the Black Iron Fist set, but with only three stalks of Plant Essence from the auction, he could no longer compete!

"Ye Long actually put up three stalks of Plant Essence out of the gate; he must be determined to win the Black Iron Fist set!"

"That’s for sure; aside from Ye Fan who just acquired three stalks of Plant Essence, who else would be able to take out three stalks, right?"

"It’s good to be under the big tree for shade. If it wasn’t for his entry into the Yanhuang Organization and becoming Hong Lie’s disciple, he couldn’t possibly take out three stalks of Plant Essence!"

"Yes, it’s said that Ye Long has cultivated to the peak of the Innate realm and is on the verge of breaking through to the Innate Great Perfection Realm. If he gets the Black Iron Fist set and combines it with ’Yanhuang Fist’, which was created by the Emblem, no one among the younger generation, except for the martial arts genius Bai Di Cheng of the Bai Family and Leng Feng, the top martial arts genius from the Yanhuang Organization, would probably be a match for him."

...

For a moment, the cultivators below started discussing, their faces filled with envy and jealousy.

"Mister A7 bids three stalks of Plant Essence; is there a higher offer?" Shortly after, Long Yue took a deep breath, raising her voice suddenly to subdue the murmurs of many cultivators, "Three stalks of Plant Essence once!"

"Ye Fan, my cousin, you aren’t also thinking of bidding for the Black Iron Fist set, are you?" Seeing this, Ye Long pretended to be naïve and asked.

Without responding, Ye Fan shifted his gaze from Ye Long back to the Black Iron Fist set.

"Three stalks of Plant Essence for the second time!" Long Yue’s firm voice resounded once more.

Upon hearing this, Ye Long grinned and said, "Ye Fan, my cousin, we are both members of the Ye Family, and the blood of the Ye Family runs through our veins. We are connected even if the bones are broken. If you can offer four stalks of Plant Essence, I’ll give up bidding and let you have the Black Iron Fist set..."

"Four stalks of Plant Essence!"

Ye Fan raised his placard, slowly speaking out. His voice was not loud, but it firmly interrupted Ye Long’s speech!

"Uh..."

Under the spotlight, he stared wide-eyed, his mouth agape, shock plastered on his face as he looked at Ye Fan, trying to say something but feeling utterly blank inside, completely occupied by one question: How... How could he possibly pull out four stalks of Plant Essence?

Is it even possible??

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

One after another, incredulous gazes turned toward Ye Fan.

The previously noisy hall suddenly fell into deadly silence...

Ye Fan’s calm face stood out strikingly!

...

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