Beauty and the Bodyguard

At this moment, he smiled and bowed to young master Ximen,""If we miss this opportunity, young master Ximen will always be a distinguished guest of our first-grade restaurant no matter when he comes. This time ... Really, young master Ximen, it's better for you to stay out of this!"

This young master Ximen's clan was also a first-class clan in the Tianji Empire. However, the Ximen clan was not known for their martial prowess. Instead, they were tycoons in business, and their wealth was comparable to that of a country.

To put it bluntly, they were a wealthy merchant family!

In the secular world, perhaps you could do whatever you wanted with money and be the boss wherever you went. However, on the sub-Island, strength was respected. No matter how rich you were, if you didn't have strength, you were just a leek at the mercy of others!

Spend money to recruit experts? How powerful could an expert be if they could be recruited with money?

Thus, even though the Ximen clan appeared to be extremely glorious in the Tianji Empire, in reality, everyone was respectful in front of them. However, behind their backs, there were many people who looked down on them. If they wanted to get out of this predicament, they had to raise the Ximen clan's status.

For example, the participants of this auction were all truly important figures. If one could be among them, not to mention other things, one's face would definitely be boundless.

Young master Ximen wanted to save face, so he came to ask for an invitation. Being rejected so clearly, he was embarrassed.

"What do you mean? Are you looking down on me? Or are you looking down on our Ximen family? This young master wants to participate in the auction today, so just tell me directly if you're going to let this young master in!"

At this point, if the middle-aged man continued to refuse, first-grade restaurant and the Ximen family would completely fall out.

The Ximen family might not be as powerful as first-grade restaurant in terms of martial arts, but their influence in the business world was far greater than first-grade restaurant. Although first-grade restaurant mainly focused on auctions and did not have much interaction with the Ximen family in terms of business, they did not want to suffer inexplicable losses.

Unless they destroyed the Sima clan, first grade house would never want to fall out with the Ximen clan.

"Young master Ximen, it's not that I don't want to give you face, but the rules are clear! In this auction, everyone has tacitly agreed that strength and financial resources are indispensable. The financial resources of the Ximen family are naturally not a problem ..."

The middle-aged martial artist looked at young master Ximen with a troubled expression. He turned around and pointed to a white stone on a table at the door,""Let's follow the rules. As long as you can crush the strength testing stone here, you will pass the test!"

"First young master Ximen is our distinguished guest. I will give you special treatment. You don't need to crush the strength testing stone. As long as there is a crack on the strength testing stone, you will pass. I wonder what first young master Ximen thinks?"

Lin Yi scanned the White stones with his spirit sense-each one was the size of a goose egg, perfectly oval. There were twenty-three of them in total, and there were some broken stones on the ground-it was obvious that someone had tested them.

The strength testing stone was a tool used by the heaven's legacy continent to test one's strength. In truth, it wasn't anything special. It was just a simple solidifying array set up within it.

According to different needs, the force limit was adjusted to test if it had reached a certain level of power. It was relatively simple.

Success meant that one had reached this level. Failure meant that one had not reached it. As for the difference, it would not be shown to you. Therefore, not many people would use such a simple strength testing stone. It was useless!

However, first-grade restaurant was a very suitable place to test the strength of the participants. Lin Yi had already figured out that the strength-testing stones were only limited to the early stage of the sea-shattering realm, which meant that the lowest level of participants had to be at the sea-shattering realm to participate in the auction. Those below the sea-shattering realm were not allowed to enter.

Young master Ximen's expression was somewhat unsightly. Of course he knew about the strength testing stone and he was also very clear about his own capabilities. Testing him was just asking to be humiliated!

Moreover, none of his guards were at the sea Rift stage. This was how business families were. Even if they had money, they could not recruit many sea Rift stage experts. Although he was the young master, he was not qualified to have a sea Rift stage expert as his guard.

The strongest one beside him was only a martial artist at the peak of the initial stage of earth creation. The others were all martial artists at the mountain opening stage. They could still put on airs among the popinjays in the imperial capital, but at this moment, none of them could fight!

"Young master Ximen, you see we don't have many strength testing stones left and there are still many friends behind who want to try. Why don't you stop snatching from them and give them a chance?"

The middle-aged man didn't take the opportunity to make fun of him. He naturally gave young master Ximen a way out!

Young master Ximen gritted his teeth and forced a smile.""Fine, I'm not feeling well today. I'll go back and rest!"

No strength, no face!

Although young master Ximen was a dandy, he also knew that he would only invite humiliation if he continued to persist, so he went with the flow and left the stage with his guards.

"Everyone, as you can see, the auction this time is a little special. There are still 23 ordinary seats left. We, the first-grade restaurant, have forcibly squeezed out the space. The conditions are simple. If you don't mind, you can give it a try!"

The middle-aged man pointed at the strength testing stone on the table. One strength testing stone represented one ordinary seat. As for the private rooms and the like, they must have been sent out in the form of an invitation letter.

And these ordinary seats, which sounded like temporary seats, were definitely not very private.

It would be troublesome if the good stuff that they managed to bid for was not limited to the six-point star source instrument. No wonder the requirement was to have the strength of the sea splitting stage and above, with at least some ability to protect themselves.

Lin Yi frowned-it wasn't easy to keep a low profile in a position like this!

He wasn't afraid of being targeted, but he was afraid of trouble!

However, this was the only way to participate in the auction. The remaining seats were specially provided for the experts who would come later to avoid offending them and blaming them for not sending them an invitation.

When the seats were all placed, the experts who could not enter would not blame first-grade restaurant. Who asked them to come late?

After young master Xi men, there were more and more sea split stage experts who went up to crush the strength testing stones and obtained seats in the auction. This time, there were indeed many experts who came to the Dark Star River. Soon, twenty strength testing stones were gone, leaving only three left.

Daniya didn't think too much about it and turned to Lin Yi,"Do you want to try?"

If he still didn't make a move, the strength testing stone would be used up!

It was Lin Yi and Daniya's turn, and there were people coming from behind. He wouldn't have a chance if he didn't make a move.

Lin Yi nodded slightly, and Daniya went up and crushed a strength testing stone into powder without a word.

The middle-aged man's waist immediately bent down a bit, and he respectfully saluted Daniya,"Honored guest's strength has already fulfilled the conditions. As long as you have enough capital, you can obtain a seat at tonight's auction. Our requirement is that you must have assets worth more than ten million gold certificates."

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