Digging up spiritual roots and seizing blood? You scumbags, wait and tremble.

Baili Duojin sat up abruptly, and his eyes snapped open, a blue light flashing in his deep blue pupils.

"What did you say? Zhong Ran is right next door, refining pills there? Take me there to see her."

Manager Liu said softly, "Fifth Young Master, you are the young master, how can you go in person? I will bring her to see you after she has refined the pill."

Baili Duojin stood up, paced around the room, and scratched his head: "That makes sense, but it will take too long for her to complete her core. I can't wait that long."

"Here's what you'll do: you can secretly take me over there for a quick look, and I'll be right back. I promise I won't disturb her."

Manager Liu, who was standing beside him, thought for a moment after hearing this before saying, "She has more than twenty people with her. I suppose she's not afraid of being disturbed?"

It is said that Zhong Ran was completely unaffected when refining pills in public; the success rate and quality of the pills remained the same as before.

Her character and strength were admirable, even to these old guys.

"In that case, I should definitely go and take a look."

Baili Duojin walked towards the door: "She's in the black gold box number three, right? I'll go there myself."

Manager Liu's lips twitched, and he quickly followed.

Baili Duojin appeared at the door of the private room. The maids serving outside saw that he came from the other room and immediately bowed in greeting.

"Knock on the door, I'll go in and take a look."

The maid looked at Steward Liu, who came out behind him, and only after he nodded to her did she dare to knock on the door.

The knocking was rhythmic, three long and three short knocks, not too loud, but just loud enough for the person inside to hear.

The two maids inside exchanged a glance, then looked at the crowd, unsure of who to ask.

Zhong Ran was refining pills, so it was definitely not something I could ask.

Of the rest of the people, they didn't know who to ask.

Zhong Yan pushed his head up and glanced at the person, his brows furrowing slightly: "Who?"

The maid quickly replied, "Yes, it's the manager."

Zhong Yan's brows relaxed. He figured that it must be that Steward Liu had heard that his sister had come, so he wanted to pay his respects to her.

He glanced at his sister, who was wholeheartedly focused on condensing her elixir, and nodded.

Only then did the maid dare to open the door. Outside, Baili Duojin and Steward Liu straightened their heads, straightened their clothes, and stepped inside.

The twenty-odd people inside, with their twenty-odd pairs of eyes, all stared at them.

Baili Duojin straightened his chest even more, and gently raised his head, revealing a refined smile that he had practiced countless times.

Manager Liu stepped forward to greet Zhong Yan and Mu Jinning.

Although the two looked different from how they did that day, this little trick couldn't fool his senses.

"Greetings, gentlemen. It's good to see you again. If there's anything I haven't done well in our hospitality, please feel free to let me know."

He twirled his finger and pointed at Baili Duojin: "Let me introduce you. He is the fifth young master of the Chamber of Commerce, Baili Duojin, who wants to get to know the young genius Zhong Ran."

One moment Baili Duojin was standing proudly with his chest puffed out, and the next he walked up to Zhong Yan and put his hand on his shoulder. The speed of his movement was so fast that it took people a little time to react.

However, Zhong Yan reacted quickly, raising her hand to block his arm and saying disdainfully, "Stay away from me."

Baili Duojin grinned and said, "You must be Zhong Yan, the great genius? The one who's number one on the Wind and Cloud Ranking?"

Zhong Yan looked at him without saying anything. This guy was way too familiar with people.

"it's me."

"Hello, hello, my name is Baili Duojin, and I'm your loyal fan. From now on, I'll be your little brother, okay?"

"Don't worry, my name is Duojin (meaning 'wealthy'), and I live up to that name. I may not have much else, but I have the most of all worldly things like gold, silver, and spirit stones."

"As long as Zhong Datian accepts me as his subordinate, I'll cover all your expenses from now on, how about it?"

Although Zhong Yan knew about all walks of life, this was the first time he had encountered someone like this, and he was momentarily stunned.

For a moment, Steward Liu just wanted to cover his eyes. Fifth Young Master, you've really embarrassed yourself in front of everyone.

But his gaze toward Zhong Yan and the others was exceptionally fervent. These geniuses all possess great fortune; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to grow so quickly.

Anyone with great fortune is someone the Azure Dragon Chamber of Commerce wants to cooperate with.

Even the little bit they manage to squeeze out from between their fingers can elevate their auction to another level.

"Gentlemen, you must still have quite a few useless items, right? Why not auction some off and exchange them for spirit stones to improve your cultivation? That's the right way, isn't it?"

He shamelessly stepped forward, eager to examine their spatial rings and see what valuable items were inside.

Zhong Yan and the others twitched their lips. In the eyes of the world, the Azure Dragon Chamber of Commerce was extremely sacred and powerful.

Although they were just a chamber of commerce, they were always able to gather all sorts of rare treasures, and they also attracted countless powerful figures to protect them.

Furthermore, they themselves are quite capable, and it is said that they will do their best to support anyone with talent.

But what the world probably doesn't know is that their attitude towards collecting rare treasures is absolutely jaw-dropping.

Especially this fifth young master, where is the demeanor of a fifth young master?

"Yes, right, junior brother, you must have a lot of useless junk on you, right? Why don't you take it out and let us help you turn it into treasure and exchange it for cultivation resources?"

Because of differences in individual constitution and spiritual roots, many things may not be useful to them, but are extremely useful to others.

Some chambers of commerce even offer a special auction method for bartering, but this one doesn't.

Zhong Yan looked at the two of them, feeling a bit of a headache.

If he had known they were such awful people, he wouldn't have let them in.

If they don't agree, these two probably won't force their way in, right?

To be honest, they did have a lot of things they didn't need. They hadn't thought of putting them at an auction before, thinking that they had too many things and wouldn't get a good price.

Now that they had asked, he took out a spatial ring and released its contents.

A pile of scrap metal.

Oh no, a pile of broken weapons.

Although they were all broken, the imposing aura emanating from them indicated that they were valuable items.

With this pile of stuff out, the three guild leaders no longer cared about watching Zhong Ran refine pills; they all turned to the pile of junk.

"This broken cauldron must be at least a sacred item, right? And it's a furnace for refining weapons. Old Guan will definitely like it when he sees it."

"This is a formation plate? Old Jin, this will definitely be useful to you."

"This is a fragment of an alchemy manual? Such a valuable item, and you've just piled it up like trash?"

The group was furious and started discussing the pile of things.

Baili Duojin and Steward Liu came over at the same time, squeezing in and pushing the three old men aside.

"Stay away, these are all ours."

"Get lost! Did you give us the spirit stones? If not, they're not yours yet."

At this moment, the group started fighting without any regard for their image. If they were not mistaken, these things might have come from the Great Wilderness Secret Realm.

Many of these things have been lost to the outside world, and they are of great research value.