Ye Fan's body suddenly came to a strange stop with reactive force while rushing forward.
When Talon's right fist finished its horizontal sweep, their simultaneous kick sent Talon's body flying backward again, crashing heavily to the ground—almost exactly like before.
"Do you submit?"
Ye Fan stood with his hands behind his back.
Although he was young, standing there now gave off a certain imposing aura.
"I don't submit!"
Talon roared wildly, bouncing off the ground with a force like a boulder and charging at Ye Fan.
Ye Fan frowned: "Then I'll fight until you submit."
Ye Fan was just using Talon to practice.
Although he had trained his strength before, he hadn't yet experienced real combat. Fully exerting himself wasn't hard, but using just a fraction of his power was trickier.
Ten minutes later, Xiao Wu emerged from the forest first, sighing as she walked:
"Talon's a bit annoying, but his durability is really strong."
"He can get thrown over a hundred times and still get up."
"His temperament is also quite stubborn."
Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong followed behind Xiao Wu as they exited the forest.
"If it weren't for Ye Fan disabling his joints, who knows how long he would've kept struggling?"
"And he didn't even need a full-strength punch; just one punch could've ended it."
Following closely, Ye Fan clapped his hands and emerged from the forest to join the three.
"Ye Fan, what are you going to treat us to?"
Xiao Wu grinned mischievously at Ye Fan.
Ye Fan smiled slightly: "Whatever you want. Either way, I'm paying for today."
"Oh!"
The three girls cheered happily.
The academy was conveniently located in the city; stepping out of the gate led directly to wide streets.
Tian Dou City, as the capital of the Tian Dou Empire, had broad and clean streets with shops lining both sides.
The streets were bustling with endless crowds.
Because of Talon's delay, the four walked into several restaurants, only to find them already full.
Before they realized it, they had reached the city center.
"Brother, what's that place over there?" Xiao Wu pointed toward a domed building not far ahead.
The building looked peculiar—completely round, like half a sphere resting on the ground.
There was no sign with a name, only a hammer symbol.
Ye Fan thought for a moment: "That looks like an auction house."
"The symbol above is probably the auction hammer used specifically for auctioning."
"This should be the Tian Dou Auction House."
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up: "An auction house? Can we go take a look? I remember the master said…"
"…only in the capitals of the two empires…"
"…are there the highest-standard auction houses, even selling spirit bones."
Ning Rongrong nodded: "Exactly. Almost every time there's an auction, you might see spirit bones being sold."
"But most of the time, the auctioned spirit bones are astronomical in price. Even the most ordinary spirit bone costs a fortune."
Spirit bones are treasures that all spirit masters dream of.
In a sense, any spirit master with enough spiritual power can obtain spirit rings; the difference is only in quality.
But spirit bones are different.
Their rarity makes them the private treasures of a few spirit masters.
Anyone with a spirit bone would conceal it as much as possible to prevent others from knowing.
Countless bloody incidents have occurred over spirit bones.
Although the Spirit Hall strictly prohibits spirit masters from widely hunting spirit beasts for spirit bones, many still take risks, relying on their strength.
As humans die for wealth, so birds perish for food.
Ning Rongrong said: "Let's eat first. Afterward, we can take a look. We're starving."
Speaking of eating, Xiao Wu angrily complained:
"It's all Talon's fault for wasting time. The restaurants near the academy gate are all full."
"These restaurants are too popular. Not even a single seat available."
Ning Rongrong shrugged helplessly:
"We can't starve just to go to the auction."
"In a big city like Tian Dou, there must be somewhere to eat."
"Zhuqing, are you hungry?"
Zhu Zhuqing smiled and shook her head.
Then a rumbling sound came from her stomach, making all four laugh.
"Well, Zhuqing, you're really not hungry."
Xiao Wu suddenly laughed: "Look over there—they're selling fast food. Let's just eat something casual."
Following Xiao Wu's direction, they saw an old man pushing a cart and calling out.
The cart had several large pots, with a bamboo mat beside it, covered with an insulated quilt.
Ning Rongrong laughed: "You really know how to save Ye Fan money."
Xiao Wu showed her two adorable dimples: "We need to eat first anyway."
The four quickly had a simple meal, then headed toward the Tian Dou Auction House.
As they got closer, they could truly feel the scale of the round building.
The hemisphere resting on the ground had a diameter of nearly 500 meters.
Its highest point exceeded eighty meters. Though slightly smaller than the Great Spirit Arena, this was just an auction house, which didn't need seating for spectators.
Moreover, Tian Dou City is the capital of the Tian Dou Empire, where land is extremely valuable.
This shows how important the auction house is in the city, with an extremely profound background.
The auction house gate was also semicircular, matching the building, in a milky white color. Four tall girls stood in front.
These girls were obviously carefully selected. Not only were they all around 1.75 meters tall, but their figures were proportioned. Though not stunningly beautiful, they were attractive, appearing no older than twenty.
They wore floor-length dresses covering their arms.
No skin was exposed, yet the dresses were fitted, outlining their graceful curves.
The snow-white dresses were embroidered with silver patterns, faintly forming characters. The four girls moved in perfect unison, hands placed in front, wearing polite smiles. Though professional, the smiles were still pleasant.
Seeing the four approaching, one of the girls stepped forward three steps and bowed slightly:
"May I help you, esteemed guests?"
Xiao Wu said: "This is the auction house, right? We want to take a look inside."
The girl was slightly surprised.
Although she hadn't underestimated them due to their age, she had never seen guests like this before.
Still, she patiently said: "I'm sorry, guests. May I ask…"
"Do you have bidding qualification certification?"
Xiao Wu froze: "Bidding qualification certification? What's that?"
The girl smiled slightly: "Only guests with bidding qualification certification may enter the auction house to participate in bidding."
"Certification comes in several levels. The minimum requirement is 10,000 Gold Spirit Coins.
"This means you need to prove assets of at least 10,000 Gold Spirit Coins to participate in bidding,"
"This is to prevent malicious bidding. We hope you understand."
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