Qian Jin kept glancing sideways at Gu Yue Jiaying beside him, noticing that this seemingly flamboyant Lei Yueyue appeared quite afraid of Gu Yue Jiaying. Had she done something harmful to Lei Yueyue in the past? "Fiancée?" Lei Yueyue regained her composure, raising a hand to lightly cover her lips: "Then she hasn't married in yet; she doesn't count as immediate family. Uncle Mu Gui Wuxin, our Lei family deeply admires the Torrent Battle Fortress, but if a real fight broke out, no one would gain an advantage, and both sides might fall into ruin as a result. My proposal is that I fight Qian Jin."

"If I kill you, won't some elder brother of yours pop up next?" Qian Jin casually touched the bridge of his nose. Having experienced so much slaughter in the Endless World over the years, he possessed a specific instinct when facing an opponent he hadn't fought before, allowing him to roughly gauge the opponent's strength. This feeling wasn't entirely accurate, but the deviation was never very small. Qian Jin sensed that the warrior strength of the woman before him was quite good, and she might even possess some special methods, but she had a huge flaw: too little genuine, life-and-death combat experience! Deep down, she lacked a crucial, bloody killer instinct! Such a warrior could display a decent level of strength against the weak, but problems would arise once she was bogged down in a desperate struggle.

Lei Yueyue was stunned. She hadn't expected Mu Gui Wuxin to absolutely refuse this method. She had already prepared to propose a best-of-three match: finding two warriors from the Lei family to deliberately lose, perhaps even getting killed by the Torrent Battle Fortress to save face, while she assassinated Qian Jin during the fight as a trade-off, offering financial compensation later—that would surely be acceptable. "Heh heh…" Lei Yueyue laughed in anger, her not-so-large peaks bobbing with the sound: "Absolutely not, little brother. If your elder sister were to be killed by you, this matter would be completely resolved."

"Then let's fight." Qian Jin shook his head with an expression of deep helplessness: "I really don't like fighting women."

"Very well! The time will be set after the auction, and you from the Torrent Battle Fortress will choose the location and witnesses!" Lei Guang Riyi stopped lingering and turned to walk out, a calculating smile flashing in her eyes. Her daughter was a true Dual Cultivator of Battle Qi and Magic! For the past year, she had been stuck at the third-level mental barrier, unable to break through! As long as she could acquire the Mental Impact Potion, Lei Yueyue was confident she could defeat Gu Yue Jiaying again. Fourth-level mental power combined with well-used magic scrolls offered a massive advantage in securing victory! Only by truly fighting against a Dual Cultivator of Battle Qi and Magic did one understand the terror of such practice! A young warrior under the age of nineteen? She could win even without using magic!

The Luo family courtyard returned to silence. Qian Jin smiled weakly. Did these influential families really love duels so much?

"Qian Jin, you cannot underestimate this woman," Mu Gui Wuxin murmured softly: "Don't let the fact that she's a woman fool you; her warrior strength is genuinely not weak. At twenty-four or twenty-five, she possesses the strength of a Demon Subduing Battle level. You might not be concerned about her Demon Subduing Battle level, but you must realize that she is very likely a Dual Cultivator of Battle Qi and Magic."

Dual Cultivator of Battle Qi and Magic? Qian Jin was quite surprised. Practitioners of this dual path were practically invincible among their peers! And achieving victory over opponents of a higher level was no difficult feat, something noted countless times in the journals of the Elven King bloodline families.

"Not only is she a Dual Cultivator of Battle Qi and Magic, but her Battle Qi, much like her person, is filled with an evil aura," Mu Gui Wuxin warned again: "A few years ago, she also visited Yongliu City. Some say she paid a visit to Lingze Tianlu..."

Qian Jin frowned. Could it be such a coincidence? The bloodline warrior from the Lei family, Lei Yuexue, whom he had killed during the previous duel at the Luo residence, also happened to be a disciple of Lingze Tianlu.

Fabredis collected his Battle Soul and Heaven's Cane, stating calmly: "I still have great confidence in Qian Jin."

Mu Gui Wuxin nodded in agreement. ||No matter what trump card Lei Yueyue holds,|| Qian Jin should not be careless. ||Only those who have truly fought Qian Jin can know,|| ||even though this kid isn't a bloodline warrior,|| ||he gives the impression that he was born to be a warrior.|| ||The time is almost up.|| ||Fabredis looked up at the sky:|| ||Let's eat a good meal,|| ||and then we should head to the auction venue.|| 〖The English inside the symbols is the address for the fastest updates〗

The group filed into the room. The entrance hall, which was initially spacious, suddenly felt quite constricted with the entrance of Mu Gui Wuxin, whose body was as bulky as a bear's.

After hastily finishing a meal, Fabredis excitedly straightened his clothes and left with Qian Jin, Luo Qingqing, and Mu Gui Wuxin; everyone else stayed behind to guard the house.

Boarding the carriage bearing the Torrent Battle Fortress insignia, they didn't even need to stop at the entrance to the main auction grounds. They drove directly into the dedicated carriage parking area within the auction compound, as carriages belonging to those of ordinary status could only park outside the courtyard.

Entering the grand hall of the auction house, Qian Jin discovered that even though the auction was two hours away, quite a few people had already gathered. Everyone held a small, printed booklet. Several scantily clad young women clutched stacks of these booklets and would approach anyone without one to offer them.

Qian Jin took a booklet and flipped to the first page, immediately seeing the introduction to the Level One Mental Impact Potion. It featured not only exquisite images but also a description of its effects, and even the four mages who had purchased the potion that day had written down their personal experience taking it.

Fourth-level mental power might not be exceptional in the world of mages, but a potion capable of shattering the third-level mental barrier and breaking through to the fourth level was an entirely different matter! It wasn't only necessary for third-level mages; more importantly, it was an immense boon for those Dual Cultivators of Battle Qi and Magic. While this dual cultivation wasn't exclusive to bloodline warriors, for most ordinary warriors, their mental energy was easily disturbed and difficult to raise while cultivating Battle Qi. Thus, even if some ordinary warriors possessed the talent to dual cultivate, their mental power level usually wouldn't be high. Furthermore, third-level mental power was precisely a threshold for magic cultivation; not just for warriors, but even for mages who specialized only in magic, a thick barrier often blocked them after reaching this level.

Qian Jin sighed. This Mental Impact Potion—which allowed someone at Level One mental power a chance to break through to Level Two, Level Two a chance to reach Level Three, and Level Three a chance to break the barrier to Level Four—was utterly useless to him, someone with no mental power whatsoever.

Flipping further, "Level One Mental Impact Potion..." Qian Jin saw descriptions of antiques, works of art, and various magnificent gemstones following.

This is it? Qian Jin noticed an item on the booklet that piqued his interest: "Low-Quality Ruby."

This ruby was the size of an egg, composed of red crystal, but this red crystal was interspersed with numerous black, green, and yellow specks, scattered through the gem without order, which drastically reduced its value.

"Low-Quality Ruby: Weight fifty-two grams, lustrous color, impure. Contains no Fire elemental magic essence, for ornamental use only. Starting bid: one hundred and fifty coin marks."

Qian Jin pulled the booklet closer, carefully studying the so-called low-quality ruby, thinking to himself how anyone who appraised this could have worse eyesight. Or perhaps, this wasn't a ruby at all! But rather… it was the heart of an adult Blood Fiend! Yes! This was not the magic core of an adult Blood Fiend beast, but its heart! Many wild beasts, upon evolving into magical beasts, would automatically convert their hearts into magic cores, which became the source of their life. Innate magical beasts basically only possessed magic cores, but Blood Fiends were different! Blood Fiends possessed both a magic core and a heart. However, strangely enough, the Blood Fiend's heart was located inside its stomach! This meant that if someone killed a Blood Fiend, they would only find the heart after cleaving open its flesh and opening its stomach.

Qian Jin clearly remembered that a book on Mysterious Potions by Oulala contained detailed records and descriptions of the Blood Fiend, a high-level magical beast. One section was dedicated to cursing warriors for being stupid. Those brainless fools! After painstakingly killing a Blood Fiend, they only take the second most useful item, the magic core, thinking the creature was just careless about what it ate, accidentally swallowing a piece of red gemstone that it failed to digest.

If he hadn't read the records concerning Oulala's Mysterious Potions, Qian Jin suspected he too would have overlooked this item. ||The small small small novel website first release.|| The moment a Blood Fiend dies, its heart, along with the blood vessels connected to the body, would instantly contract back into the heart, making it look like scattered dark spots. But under these circumstances, the Blood Fiend wasn't truly dead; most of its essence would transfer into this heart, and if soaked in blood essence for a period, it could revive! Though it would return as a young Blood Fiend, it would rapidly grow back into a high-level magical beast existence. Because the magic core of a killed Blood Fiend held less energy than the cores of other high-level beasts, even powerhouses capable of fighting high-level beasts rarely hunted creatures like the Blood Fiend.

"One hundred and fifty coin marks?" Qian Jin nodded repeatedly. This thing could be used as the key ingredient for so many mysterious potions! One hundred and fifty coin marks? The value of this heart was likely worth at least over a million coin marks!

"You like this ruby?" Fabredis glanced at the page Qian Jin was reading and shook his head: "The quality is too poor; it's probably not even worth one hundred coin marks. It'll likely go unsold this time."

Qian Jin looked at Fabredis's disdainful expression and once again realized that a person might lack culture, but they must possess knowledge. Lack of culture leads to disdain from others; lack of knowledge means you won't recognize good things even when they are placed right in front of you.

Recommendation for a book: Cao of Deer New Master. Seeing this title, I felt like I’d been slapped in the face... Why? Because my surname happens to be Cao... U