Peerless Sword God of the City

How can this be?

Didn't Young Master Xie say that this person was just a poor student at Qinghe University and had no right to receive an invitation to the Emperor's Villa antique auction?

He was scolded mercilessly by Young Master Xie but dared not move an inch. How come the Eastern Emperor is now personally coming to greet him at the door?

Most importantly, even before the Eastern Emperor arrived, he had already clasped his hands in a gesture of respect and offered an apology!

What does this tell us?

This suggests that the poor boy, dressed in ordinary clothes and with faded casual wear, must have a background that is at least on par with Donghuang, or even higher.

It's over, it's over! !

Dead! Dead!!

It's all over!

Manager Wang felt a chill run through his body. He thought about how he had repeatedly stopped this important figure and offended Chairman Du's distinguished guest. He wondered if the chairman would fire him or even throw him into the Daqing River to feed the fish.

Manager Wang was terrified; a deep sense of fear welled up in his heart!

Li Yi remained calm, observing Donghuang's composed demeanor as he bowed slightly in acknowledgment.

"Donghuang is exaggerating."

Donghuang glanced at Manager Wang, his eyes filled with anger, and scolded, "What a bunch of blind good-for-nothings! Apologize to Mr. Li right now!"

I went to great lengths to get Shanshan to invite Mr. Li here. If it's because of you good-for-nothings that Mr. Li gets so angry and leaves, then what about all the promises I made to my old friends in front of them to let them get to know Mr. Li? If I don't even get to see the master, won't I be laughed to death by them?

Most importantly, several peak internal energy experts from Panzhou City have come with ill intentions to this antique auction. Perhaps Mr. Li will need to help keep things under control.

The more Donghuang thought about it, the angrier he became!

Manager Wang was terrified by Donghuang's roar. He immediately knelt down, crawled to Li Yi's feet, and pleaded desperately:

"Sir, please spare my life! I was blind and did not recognize your greatness."

Li Yi glanced at Manager Wang kneeling on the ground and said calmly, "I asked you to find Liu Shanshan to verify the authenticity of my invitation, but you listened to the words of a spoiled brat and turned me away."

Listening to Li Yi's words, Manager Wang couldn't help but regret that he had listened to Young Master Xie and thought that Li Yi was really just a poor boy. Now he had caused a great disaster.

Donghuang bowed slightly to Li Yi and asked for instructions:

"Mr. Li, what do you think we should do with this person?"

Li Yi glanced at Manager Wang and said calmly, "Since this person judges by appearances, let him go home and be an ordinary person."

Donghuang nodded, then turned to the butler beside him and said, "Go to the personnel department to process Manager Wang's resignation and never hire him again."

Manager Wang listened to Donghuang's words, his face ashen, looking utterly devastated.

Upon hearing this, Donghuang's butler did not hesitate for a moment and immediately ordered two security guards to lift Manager Wang up and drag him out.

After Donghuang finished speaking, he turned to Li Yi and said, "Mr. Li, the antique auction is about to begin. Let me take you inside first."

Li Yi nodded slightly and followed Donghuang into the gate of Emperor's Manor.

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"Sir, I'll have Shanshan show you around first. I need to go and arrange the auction later." After Donghuang led Li Yi into the auction hall, he ordered someone to call Liu Shanshan over.

"Shanshan greets you, sir." Liu Shanshan bowed to Li Yi.

Li Yi nodded to Donghuang: "Donghuang, you are too kind. Since Donghuang has something to attend to, please proceed."

"Shanshan, please take good care of Mr. Li," Donghuang said to Liu Shanshan.

"Yes." Liu Shanshan watched Donghuang gradually walk away, and said to Li Yi with a slightly apologetic tone:

"Why didn't you tell Shanshan beforehand, sir? If Shanshan had sent her men to pick you up, this incident of offending you wouldn't have happened."

Li Yi shook his head: "I just happened to be passing by, it's fine."

Liu Shanshan led Li Yi on a walk, chatting as they went, and soon they arrived at the entrance of the auction house.

"Sir, this is the auction on the first floor," Liu Shanshan explained to Li Yi.

Li Yi frowned upon hearing this: "Does this auction have several venues?"

If it were divided into several venues, it would be much more troublesome, and if the people were separated, the auction price would definitely be lowered considerably.

Seeing Li Yi's puzzled expression, Liu Shanshan explained, "The first floor of the auction is actually just for wealthy people invited by Father to participate. It's just some jewelry, famous paintings, and other antiques. I suppose you're not interested in these ordinary things, sir."

Li Yi glanced casually at the first floor and, as Liu Shanshan had said, it was filled with famous paintings, antiques, gemstones, and pearls—things that wealthy people liked. These weren't his purpose in coming here, so he wasn't interested.

"What the gentleman wants is on the second floor," Liu Shanshan said, pointing to the second floor of the hall.

"The second floor is actually a secret auction that my father specially organized for martial artists. It's the same as a normal auction, except that martial artists can bid for what they want here."

Li Yi nodded. It seemed that the Tai Xuan Crystal would be auctioned on the second floor.

The thought of the auction made Li Yi frown, because he had come here penniless.

In my past life, I would simply take whatever cultivation materials I wanted, completely losing any concept of money.

However, Li Yi had made preparations in advance.

During the final exam period, Li Yi modified several of the lowest-level cultivation techniques in his mind into martial arts techniques that ordinary martial artists could practice. Presumably, such things would be considered treasures by some martial artists, extremely precious.

It shouldn't be difficult to obtain the Tai Xuan Crystal.

Furthermore, those who possess the Tai Xuan Crystal and know its uses are mostly martial artists.

If the person who wants the Tai Xuan Crystal only wants money, then he can sell these improved martial arts techniques to others.

"Sir, this card contains ten million. You'll probably need it later." Liu Shanshan took out a black and gold card and respectfully handed it to Li Yi.

Li Yi naturally understood Liu Shanshan's good intentions, and he did not refuse. He took the card directly, then took out a small notebook from his pocket and handed it to Liu Shanshan.

"It's settled."

Liu Shanshan took the small notebook from Li Yi with some suspicion, glanced at it casually, and then seemed to suddenly understand something. Her body trembled violently, her face filled with disbelief, and she exclaimed in shock, "This...this is a martial arts technique?!"

As the daughter of the Eastern Emperor, she was exposed to martial arts from a young age and was no stranger to martial arts techniques.

Furthermore, they gained a deeper understanding of the value and preciousness of martial arts techniques.

It was because Donghuang met a benefactor who gifted him a martial arts manual that he achieved his illustrious reputation as one of the Four Elders of Donghuang.

This single scroll of martial arts manual is worth far more than tens of millions; it is the very foundation upon which a martial arts family stands.

"Sir, this is too valuable, Shanshan cannot accept it." Liu Shanshan bowed in fear, preparing to return the martial arts manual to Li Yi.

Looking at Liu Shanshan's horrified expression, Li Yi realized that he had underestimated the value of martial arts techniques. But what reason was there to take back what he had given away?

Seeing Li Yi's unwilling expression, Liu Shanshan hesitated for a long time before finally accepting the technique.

"Shanshan thanks you, sir."

Li Yi nodded slightly.

Li Yi looked calmly at Liu Shanshan, then nodded gently.

Liu Shanshan solemnly placed the cultivation manual in her bosom, then led Li Yi through the doors of the first-floor auction hall and headed straight for the second floor.

At this moment, Xie Jun was looking at a famous painting in the first-floor auction hall when his gaze inadvertently swept towards the direction of the auction hall entrance.

When he saw Li Yi's back as he walked up to the second floor, he felt that Li Yi looked very familiar. However, when he thought that Li Yi must be refused entry and might have been taken away by the police, he shook his head and thought it was just his imagination.

This time, I'm sure that kid will stay away from his sister from now on.

P.S.: It's not that the author doesn't want to update more, but because it's the new book period, I need to wait for recommendations. If the word count increases, there won't be any more recommendations. I'll update more often once I get recommendations.