Level 50

After defeating Wufentang, a strange thing happened. The system notification announcing their successful occupation of Jiangli City failed to arrive for quite some time, and it was not until half an hour later that the Sparkle Troupe finally took over the city. However, Yu Xian soon put the matter out of his mind. He handed over the Sparkle Troupe's daily chores to Ximen Wangcai and Situ Xingye, and then took Little Nora and Fang Qinghao along to keep grinding monsters and leveling up. This grind went on for several months. Somewhere across a plain. The hills and fields were filled with skeleton soldiers. The moment a monster spawned, it was hacked to death by a barrage of blades the very next second. A gigantic crocodile lay flat on the ground with a four-cornered pavilion mounted on its back. Inside the pavilion, Yu Xian reclined lazily on a tiger pelt, while Xielina acted as his maid, feeding him grapes. Opposite him, Little Nora knelt and leaned over the railing to watch the skeletons fight monsters. Suddenly, its eyes widened slightly, and it cried out in surprise and joy, "Big Brother, we leveled up! We leveled up!" It opened its attribute panel, and sure enough, its level had reached Level 50. Yu Xian instantly snapped out of his sluggish state. Sitting up, he opened his attribute panel, and his level had indeed reached Level 50. He looked down to the very bottom of his skill list, where yet another skill had awakened. [Chaotic Space: Consumes a portion of Angelic Power to disrupt space within a designated area, throwing dimensions, up and down, left and right, and cardinal directions into complete chaos.] If used well, this ability could easily slay enemies far above his level; if used poorly, it could easily harm both others and himself. Yu Xian looked at a skeleton monster not far off and flicked his finger. Instantly, the space surrounding the skeleton monster warped into chaos. The skeleton soldier failed to notice the spatial shift and kept marching forward on both legs. However, the upper half of the space ahead shifted to the right, while the lower half shifted to the left. As it crossed into that area, its body split cleanly in two. Its upper torso drifted slightly to the right before dissolving into white light, while its lower body took two steps to the left and likewise dissolved into white light. "It's stronger than expected, but unfortunately uncontrollable. Looks like the next time I get a skill enhancement stone, I have to prioritize upgrading this skill," Yu Xian concluded internally after watching the skeleton's demise. Even he would be harmed by the warped space if he stepped inside. Safety first—this skill had to be cast from far enough away, unless he eventually gained the ability to perfectly control everything within the chaotic space. Having tested the ability, he opened the livestream interface and selected the option to begin streaming. When it came to picking a name, he did not need to think twice and typed "Sparkle Youth." But just as he was about to hit confirm, a thought suddenly crossed his mind. The Sparkle Troupe had already been upgraded to the Sparkle Legion, and down the road, it would surely become the Sparkle Kingdom, the Sparkle Empire, the Sparkle Divine Nation... "Sparkle Youth" felt a bit too mundane, not chuunibyou and cool enough. Yu Xian stroked his chin, added the word "King" to the end of "Sparkle Youth," smiled with satisfaction, and clicked confirm. Sparkle Youth King, deployed! Once the stream was launched, he paid it no further attention. Instead, he opened the auction house and began browsing the listings. [Chicken Drumstick * 100, Price: 500 Fortune Gold Coins.] [Whole Chicken * 100, Price: 5,000 Fortune Gold Coins.] [Salmon * 50, Price: 1,000 Fortune Gold Coins.] [Bullfrog * 30, Price: 1,000 Fortune Gold Coins.] The first page was food—a dazzling array of nearly every kind of food imaginable. Yu Xian watched for a moment and smiled. The food was actually quite cheap; after all, a hundred chicken drumsticks were enough to last a good while. Still, with Little Nora around, the prices could be driven down even further. Although the Sparkle Legion lacked no money at all—especially him, sitting on around twenty-four million Fortune Gold Coins—he certainly would not turn down more. Nowadays, diligent members of the Sparkle Legion could farm at least 1,000 Fortune Gold Coins a day, while higher-level members could even pull in 1,200. Yu Xian had the highest level, and combined with his absurd monster-farming efficiency and zero resource consumption, he had nowhere to spend the coins he earned. Saving over twenty million after several months of grinding was perfectly normal. After looking over the food and deciding to have Little Nora negotiate the prices down later, he moved on to the second page. The second page listed materials for sale, an eclectic assortment that included items like [Zombie Silk Stockings], [Goblin Bra], [Tigress Teeth], and so forth. Had Yu Xian still needed sacrifices, he might have bought odd items to experiment with, but after his class was enhanced, activating summons no longer required sacrificial materials. So after gazing at it for a moment with an odd expression, he clicked over to the third page. This page was finally normal, listing weapons. Yu Xian browsed for a bit and found these weapons rather mediocre—their stats did not even match the scythe dropped by Bafentang. For instance, a greatsword listed below for 5,000,000 Fortune Gold Coins had the following stats: [Fire Greatsword] [Attack Enhancement: 5%] [Fire Attribute Enhancement: 5%] [Special Effect: Attacks have a chance to trigger 'Flame Burst', dealing a critical hit to the enemy.] [Remarks: Crafted by Mochengzi using fine iron and Fire Essence Stone. A remarkably fine weapon.] A question mark popped up in Yu Xian's head after reading it. Just this is selling for five million? Are you kidding me? However, after scrolling down a long, long way and looking through countless weapons, he finally understood: any weapon with special effects never sold for less than five million. He adjusted the price filter to sort from highest to lowest, and immediately spotted the crown jewel of the auction house's weapon section: [God Burial Halberd] [Unbound] [Sharpness +100,000,000] [Cutting +100,000,000] [Durability: Infinite] [Attack Enhancement: 1,000,000%] [All Attributes Enhancement: 10,000,000%] [Special Effects:] [Dragon Transformation: The God Burial Halberd can transform into the God Burial Dragon to engage in battle, lasting 10 hours each time.] [Dragon Roar: Upon entering combat, the God Burial Halberd unleashes a dragon roar every minute, boosting all attributes by 100%.] [Auto Target Tracking: When thrown, the God Burial Halberd automatically locks onto enemies and tracks them.] [Dragon of Fortune Anchoring: The God Burial Halberd anchors the user's luck. Any enemy unleashing negative destiny- or luck-type abilities against the user will trigger the God Burial Halberd's Dragon Soul Counter.] [Remarks: Crafted by Gu Xing using a Chaos Core, Order Dragon Crystal, Rule Phantom, and Senluo Stone. Possesses earth-shattering, god-weeping might.] [Price: 99,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 Fortune Gold Coins.] Yu Xian's heart stirred upon seeing the stats of the God Burial Halberd. With his monster-farming speed, maybe if he saved diligently... Then he saw the price and immediately gave up hope. At this ridiculous price, he could not afford it even if he saved until the end of the world. This item was definitely put up by some troll just to mess with the player base, with no intention of ever selling it. Yu Xian looked further down, and sure enough, the items that followed were normal. The most expensive among them was only a few tens of billions of Fortune Gold Coins, nowhere near this exaggerated. Yet the God Burial Halberd did leave Yu Xian with two key pieces of information. First was Gu Xing—this blacksmith was clearly extraordinary and very likely the strongest blacksmith in the Zhen Realm, though Yu Xian was not sure if he was still in the Zhen Realm. Second was the auction house itself: prices were set entirely by class-users, no matter how outrageous, so long as the seller was not worried about the item failing to sell.