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Bai Chen spoke calmly:
"Things that shouldn't be known are best not listened to."
"Yes."
The appraiser fell silent for a moment.
Indeed, no matter what, these were not matters he should pry into.
After completing the related procedures for Bai Chen and the others, he personally escorted them to the private room.
The soul-guiding devices Bai Chen handed over triggered an extremely fierce bidding war. In the end, they were sold for six million gold soul coins.
After deducting the 10% commission for the Heaven Dou Auction House, Bai Chen received 5.4 million gold soul coins.
One had to know that these soul-guiding devices were all made from the raw materials of the blacksmith shop. Their total cost had only been a few hundred gold soul coins.
This was truly profit among profits.
In just one short week, Bai Chen and the others had transformed from penniless wanderers into moderately successful wealthy people.
This was the power of knowledge.
By combining technologies from two different eras, Bai Chen now had plenty of ways to make money.
But what Bai Chen truly cared about was not the visible profits brought by these soul-guiding devices.
What he truly paid attention to was the influence his actions were causing behind the scenes.
Three days later, Bai Chen and his group came again and once more auctioned soul-guiding devices at the same auction house.
This time, because the quantity delivered was smaller than last time, Bai Chen earned less than four million gold soul coins.
Three days later, he brought another batch again.
And this time, he finally encountered the person he had been waiting for.
"Please wait a moment."
Just as Bai Chen received the money from the auction house and prepared to leave, a young man called out to him and smiled:
"I am the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Qinghe. Please grant me the honor of having a brief exchange."
"..."
Bai Chen raised an eyebrow beneath his hood.
The first person to come looking for him was this one.
Whether this was fortune or misfortune was hard to say.
The real Xue Qinghe had already died long ago.
The one currently speaking to him here was actually Qian Renxue, the granddaughter of Qian Daoliu.
But thinking about it, this was normal.
After all, the Heaven Dou Auction House was located within the territory of the Heaven Dou Empire. It was perfectly natural that she would be the first to notice something unusual.
Bai Chen said calmly:
"No. We are only here following our young master's orders to sell soul-guiding devices. If you truly wish to discuss business, we can pass your message to our young master. He will decide whether or not to meet you."
"Very well. Then I will trouble you to relay the message."
Hearing Bai Chen say this, Xue Qinghe did not continue pressing the issue. She simply smiled, clasped her hands politely, then turned and left.
After watching her leave, Bai Chen and the others also departed the auction house.
The moment they stepped outside, Bai Chen felt a faint gaze fall upon him.
Although many people were watching him now, this gaze was clearly different.
Its owner was definitely not simple.
Pretending not to notice, Bai Chen walked around Heaven Dou City with Bai Yueqiu and Chi Wang for two rounds.
During that entire time, the feeling of being watched never disappeared.
When they entered a small alley, Bai Chen suddenly stopped and said calmly:
"Chi Wang."
"Understood."
Chi Wang suddenly spun around.
Flames surged violently from his crimson body. With a leap, he dragged a man in black out of hiding.
The black-clothed man instinctively tried to resist.
Eight soul rings began to rhythmically pulse around his body.
But he was completely unable to break free from Chi Wang's restraint.
Bai Chen walked up to him and smiled faintly.
"Who sent you?"
"..."
The black-clothed man stared at him for a moment.
Suddenly, a flash of ruthlessness appeared in his eyes.
The next moment, the light in his eyes faded.
He had committed suicide.
"Ah… what a boring outcome."
Bai Chen shrugged helplessly and stood up.
"Clean up the corpse. Let's go back."
Although they didn't manage to extract any information, it wasn't as though they gained nothing either.
The death of this black-clothed man would serve as a warning, causing the people operating in the shadows to become much more cautious.
Even though Chi Wang was with him and Bai Chen was not afraid of them, fewer troubles were still better than more.
He also didn't want to waste time fighting with those people.
Returning to the blacksmith shop, Bai Chen went straight to the shop owner's room and knocked on the door.
When the shop owner opened the door and saw him, he hurriedly asked:
"What is it, sir? Do you have any instructions?"
Bai Chen smiled and placed a storage bracelet in his hand.
"Here. There are 50,000 gold soul coins inside. Consider it payment for lodging these past days."
"Ah… this… this…"
The blacksmith shop owner was stunned and wanted to say something, but Bai Chen raised his hand and interrupted him.
"In short, we'll be leaving soon. Just in case, I suggest you take this money and leave Heaven Dou City as well. With this money, you can live a comfortable life anywhere."
"…Understood."
After staring at Bai Chen for a moment, the shop owner also realized the seriousness of the situation and nodded heavily.
Just as Bai Chen said, he packed up a little luggage and left the blacksmith shop where he had lived for nearly half a month.
Bai Chen did not think he had been exposed.
But continuing to stay here would still be a hidden danger, and he didn't want innocent people dragged into it.
The people he would deal with next were beings standing at the peak of power.
A small blacksmith shop owner could easily be crushed to dust if he got caught up in it.
Now nearly a week had passed since the Heaven Dou auction.
Bai Chen could clearly feel that the atmosphere in the streets had become more oppressive and chaotic.
After receiving the news, major forces and soul masters had already rushed to Heaven Dou City, desperately searching for the cause behind these changes.
Bai Chen ignored them.
He had an experiment to conduct.
At dusk, Bai Chen and the others left Heaven Dou City.
Soon, the soul masters within the city discovered that the cultivation enhancement effect that had lasted for an entire week had suddenly disappeared!
Instantly, turmoil erupted throughout Heaven Dou City.
Many soul masters began shouting angrily.
Over the past half month, they had grown accustomed to the cultivation boost brought by Bai Chen.
Now that it suddenly vanished, their current cultivation speed felt like a turtle crawling.
The chaos sweeping across the entire city naturally caught Xue Qinghe's attention.
She immediately ordered the relevant departments to stabilize the restless soul masters.
"Damn it… what exactly is going on…?"
Looking at the chaotic streets outside the window, Xue Qinghe muttered anxiously.
At that moment, a gust of wind blew through.
She suddenly turned around.
At some unknown moment, a man dressed in black had appeared in her room.
Chi Wang said calmly:
"We have already delivered your invitation to our young master. He has agreed to meet you."
"You may leave the city now and go meet him."
"This— I still need to—"
Xue Qinghe tried to refuse.
But the next moment she heard Chi Wang say:
"Our young master knows why the soul masters of Heaven Dou City have been cultivating faster during this period."