“Kid, you are quite alert,” The old man came out of the darkness and said with a smile.

“It’s not that I’m alert. You didn’t hide after all,” said Fang Qiu.

“Haha.” The old man smiled pleased and asked, “Kid, do you still have more Guru Swords? I’ll buy one!”

“Not for now,” said Fang Qiu, shaking his head.

“I see.” The old man pondered for a moment and said, “How about this? Come to me when you have a new Guru Sword. I’ll exchange the clue about a Heaven Treasure with you. And the Heaven Treasure I’m talking about should be ripe soon. You seem to be desperate for a Heaven Treasure at the auction.”

“Okay!” Fang Qiu nodded and said, “When I have a new one, I’ll come to you to exchange. Where can I find you then?”

The old man smiled and said, “The auction house. Just come directly when the time comes.”

“Okay.” Fang Qiu understood.

“By the way.” The old man seemed to suddenly think of something and said, “I heard that you have got the divine sword. Could you let me have a look?”

“Sure.” Fang Qiu nodded and then waved and clenched his right hand.

The divine sword was instantly formed in his hand.

The old man’s eyes lit up when he saw the divine sword form, and he hurriedly moved forward.

Fang Qiu handed the sword to the old man.

“Good sword.” After receiving the sword, the old man stroked the blade excitedly and gasped in admiration, “It’s really an earth-shattering sword. It’s extraordinary!”

After gazing at it for a while, the old man gradually calmed down.

He turned to look at Fang Qiu and asked curiously, “Aren’t you afraid of me? There is only one divine sword in this world. Aren’t you afraid that I will take your sword away from you?”

Fang Qiu chuckled as he heard that.

“Since I dare to take it out, I have confidence that no one can take it away from me!” Looking at the old man, Fang Qiu was not timid at all. Instead, he wore a smile on his face.

Indeed, no one could take the sword away. First of all, with Fang Qiu’s own strength, he could completely protect the sword. Secondly, the sword had already recognized its owner, so it was impossible for it to be stolen. Even if it was taken away, it would disappear inexplicably in the hands of others. When he needed it, Fang Qiu could summon it effortlessly.

“Haha.” Obviously, the old man knew about this. He immediately laughed and gave the divine sword back to Fang Qiu, saying, “I’m waiting for your good news!”

The old man didn’t stay any longer. He turned around and left directly.

After the old man left, Fang Qiu still stood in the alley and waited motionlessly for a while. Then he said to the dark area outside the alley, “Don’t bother. You guys can come out together.”

As soon as he said that, the surrounding area was silent, no one coming out at all.

“Humph.” Fang Qiu snorted.

He knew the people hiding in the dark very well.

As he let out a cold snort, he waved his right hand.

“Three-point Shadowless!” He shouted in his heart.

He then waved the divine sword in the air!

The three sword shadows instantly superimposed on each other and condensed into a terrifying blade that struck the ground in an instant.

“Crack!” A loud bang sounded.

There was no explosion or flames.

As the sword struck, a large crack appeared on the ground like tofu cut by a sharp blade.

Those who hid around in the dark and harbored malicious intentions were all shocked by this strike.

One strike of the sword split the earth!

It was true that John Doe’s strength was as exceptionally powerful as rumored!

As for those who hid in the dark, they didn’t dare to show up.

If they were to leave now, wouldn’t they be digging their own graves?

“Humph.” After this move, Fang Qiu didn’t stay any longer. He snorted and turned to leave.

Only after Fang Qiu left did someone come out of the darkness in fear. When they saw the cracked ground, they were all terrified.

“He’s too powerful!”

“If this sword strikes people, wouldn’t they be cut into pieces?”

“John Doe is truly remarkable!”

As the auction ended, the Wulin forum also posted the news in the first place.

“The clue of the Heaven Treasure which ranked 8th was sold at 2 billion. The bidder who got it exchanged the clue of the Heaven Treasure for ten Guru Swords with John Doe!”

The moment the news came out, everyone on the Wulin forum was astonished.

“Ten Guru Swords?”

“What the f*ck. Are you kidding me? There are ten Guru Swords?”

“How did John Doe get so many Guru Swords?”

“Damn. Ten Guru Swords is enough to help him establish a force!”

“Oh my god, who the hell is John Doe? How can he have so many Guru Swords?”

Just when everyone was shocked by the number of Guru Swords that John Doe possessed, many participants present told people the details of the auction again.

In the end, everyone’s attention was drawn to the middle-aged man.

“He offered two billion the moment he started to bid. The background of the middle-aged man is definitely not simple!”

“Who is that mysterious middle-aged man?”

“Is there such a person in Wulin?”

“Not only is he generous, but he can also take ten Guru Swords. Isn’t this middle-aged man afraid of being robbed?”

“He dares to exchange ten Guru Swords with John Doe in front of so many people. This middle-aged man’s background is extraordinary.”

“No matter who this middle-aged man is or which force he belongs to, the clues of the Ambergris Grass eventually fell into John Doe’s hands. It seems that John Doe’s title as the Terminator for Heaven Treasures can be confirmed!”

“It’s really strange. Every Heaven Treasure that has shown up in the past two years is related to John Doe. At least, the ones that everyone knows are related to John Doe.”

“John Doe is determined to be the Terminator for Heaven Treasures!”

Everyone was talking about it on the Wulin online forum.

Fang Qiu traveled at night for nearly ten minutes before he arrived at a bustling city area. He found a nice hotel and checked in.

He booked a room and lived in the hotel.

Fang Qiu took out the clue to have a look.

He found that this clue was quite detailed.

There were maps and words on it.

Although the map was very small, it was quite vivid. There were some words of explanation next to the map.

“Qingning province!” Taking a look at the words marked on the map, Fang Qiu memorized the detailed address and then completely memorized the small map.

After he had memorized it all, he moved his internal Qi in his right palm and directly shattered the note into pieces.

After finishing this, Fang Qiu instantly relaxed. After taking a casual bath, he sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate.

There were still two days left before the battle with Lin Rusheng.

During these two days, he had to be in his best state and strive to make full use of this battle of ascension to enhance his ability.

It would be best if he could rely on the Ambergris Grass to break through to the ninth class in one fell swoop!

After all, it was rare to be confronted with the battle of ascension.

Although Fang Qiu had fought with many experts at the peak of the ninth class before, there was no one who could give him great pressure except Chu Ying.

Of course, Sword Fanatic was an exception.

When fighting with Fang Qiu, the Sword Fanatic didn’t use internal Qi. Fang Qiu was better at swordsmanship than him, so there was no pressure at all when Fang Qiu fought with him.

According to the information on the Wulin forum, Lin Rusheng’s strength wasn’t inferior to Sword Fanatic, and he was even slightly stronger than Chu Ying.

Therefore, Fang Qiu could imagine that when he fought with him, he would definitely feel a huge amount of pressure, which was the external force that he dreamed of to force him to improve himself!

Seeing that there was less and less time left, Fang Qiu himself also felt more and more stressed.

But this kind of mental pressure was far different from the pressure he had felt during the battle. This kind of pressure would not only make one unable to increase his strength, but it was also able to hinder people to improve.

Therefore, Fang Qiu must seize every opportunity to improve himself and also use the enhancement of his own strength to reduce the growing mental pressure.

Just as Fang Qiu was sitting cross-legged and cultivating, the Four Great Families in Wulin also received the news at the same time that the Sword Sect had taken action!

This news didn’t refer to the Sword Sect making a move during the auction, and it meant that the Sword Sect made an appearance once more in Jianghu and started to investigate some things.

The first thing they investigated was this auction.

According to the investigation of the Sword Sect, the clue about Ambergris Grass, which was ranked eighth on the Heaven Treasure List, was actually sold by the people sent by the Nirvana Organization!

As for the reason why the Nirvana Organization did this, it was very likely that they were short of money!

As the Sword Sect intervened, it did not allow them to obtain any money.

Learning about the news, the expressions of the members of the Four Great Families changed.

They didn’t expect that the auction that had attracted the attention of the entire Wulin was actually caused by the Nirvana Organization.

Four Great Families was fully aware of how abominable this organization was!

When they thought of the evil of the Nirvana Organization and recalled that the person who finally got the clue was John Doe, the members of the Four Great Families couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat for John Doe.

If John Doe confronted Nirvana Organization, what would happen?

Would the Nirvana Organization go easy on John Doe?

The Nirvana Organization might even kill John Doe, not to mention that it was very likely that John Doe would get nothing this time.

“It’s actually the Nirvana Organization.” In a hotel, after having a video call with Diwu Mingchuan, Diwu Qian instantly frowned and muttered, “I should remind John Doe of this matter. Otherwise, he’ll fall into the Nirvana Organization’s trap.”

Thinking of this, Diwu Qian nodded silently.

She planned to tell John Doe after the battle of ascension between John Doe and Lin Rusheng. By then, it would be just in time.

Of course, this matter did not spread widely in Wulin. After all, Nirvana Organization was too notorious. If the news spread, it would easily cause panic in the entire Wulin, so the Four Great Families blocked the news.

As the auction ended, whether it was the Wulin forum or the real Wulin, everyone focused on the upcoming battle of ascension.

Those who had just finished attending the auction went directly to Zhongnan Mountain.

People from other places also hurried to Zhongnan Mountain one after another.

The next day, after Fang Qiu woke up, he immediately donated a sum of money anonymously to the Municipal Engineering Bureau. After all, he damaged the road with one stroke last night, so he should give some compensation anyway.

After donating the money, Fang Qiu didn’t hesitate and rushed straight to Zhongnan Mountain!

In Jiangjing, a letter was sent to Xu Miaolin’s house.

Xu Miaolin, who had received the letter, opened it and found that it was a notice of the Chinese Medicine Conference. There was also a form which he need to fill in to agree whether it should be postponed in the letter!