Chapter 00285: Plotting Against the Jiting Chamber of Commerce
# Plotting Against the Jiting Chamber of Commerce
Chapter 285
Novel: Abandon The Universe
Chapter 285: Plotting Against the Jiting Chamber of Commerce
The Jiting Chamber of Commerce wasn’t just about auctions; they also had pill shops, artifact shops, and more.
However, for the Jiting Chamber of Commerce, the auction business was undoubtedly the most profitable.
Lan Xiaobu spent the entire day wandering around and eventually found a regular inn to stay in.
The next day, he continued to explore the Jiting Chamber of Commerce, but he didn’t find any information about the Earth Core Flame Crystal.
As for the auction, there was no sign of such an item being auctioned.
It wasn’t until the seventh day that Lan Xiaobu finally got some useful information.
He learned that the Jiting Chamber of Commerce had a display hall, which housed twelve of the most top-tier treasures.
These treasures were all locked with seventh or even eighth-grade restrictions and were guarded by Immortal King-level experts.
Ordinary people couldn’t even think of stealing them; getting close was already a challenge.
Since he was here, Lan Xiaobu didn’t want to give up, regardless of whether he succeeded or not.
His array skills were on the verge of breaking through to the seventh-grade Immortal Array King level.
After hearing this news, he decided to stay in the inn and focus on refining his array skills.
He spent his time both deducing array techniques on his own and using the Cosmic Dimension Matrix to solve his doubts.
Lan Xiaobu, who was already on the brink of a breakthrough in array techniques, finally managed to set up his first seventh-grade immortal array after spending over a month’s worth of inn fees.
Once the first array was set up, the rest became easier.
Lan Xiaobu continuously set up various seventh-grade immortal arrays in his room and studied different ways to break them.
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By the third month of Lan Xiaobu’s stay in Tianyun Immortal City, he had spent the first two months gathering information and advancing his array skills to the seventh-grade Immortal Array King level.
He also worked hard to study various methods of breaking seventh-grade immortal arrays.
In the third month, he set up a series of one-way teleportation arrays that could be activated with runes.
He also attended an auction held by the Jiting Chamber of Commerce.
The Jiting Chamber of Commerce held auctions every month, and each auction had a variety of good items.
Even though Lan Xiaobu saw some things he liked, he never made a move.
In the fourth month, Lan Xiaobu attended the auction again.
After attending auctions for two consecutive months, he figured out that the display hall was located on the fifth floor of the auction building.
The auction building of the Jiting Chamber of Commerce had seven floors.
The first three floors were entirely dedicated to the auction hall.
The fourth floor housed the residences of the powerful experts guarding the auction.
As for the sixth and seventh floors, Lan Xiaobu couldn’t find out what they were for.
These were likely the secrets of the Jiting Chamber of Commerce.
The entire auction building was protected by a seventh-grade defensive immortal array, which also included seventh-grade killing arrays, trapping arrays, anti-flight arrays, and spirit-locking arrays.
All these arrays were seventh-grade, meaning that once anyone entered the auction building, their fate was in the hands of the Jiting Chamber of Commerce.
In other words, if the Jiting Chamber of Commerce ever decided to wipe everyone out, they could simply activate the arrays, and no one would escape.
Without access to the fifth floor, Lan Xiaobu had no way to enter the display hall.
And without entering the display hall, there was no way he could get his hands on the Earth Core Flame Crystal.
At this point, Lan Xiaobu was most grateful to Bai Duanfu from the Bai family.
The void array runes he had learned from Bai Duanfu were incredibly useful.
Bai Duanfu could only set up first-grade immortal arrays with void array runes, but Lan Xiaobu’s array skills were far superior.
With the help of the Cosmic Dimension Matrix, he could now set up top-tier third-grade immortal arrays using void array runes.
Although Lan Xiaobu couldn’t access the fifth floor, that didn’t stop him from setting up a void surveillance array.
During one of his visits to the auction, he used void array runes to set up a void surveillance array on the fourth floor.
This void surveillance array allowed Lan Xiaobu to realize that the entrance to the fifth floor wasn’t connected to the fourth floor.
After observing for over ten days, he never saw anyone entering the fifth floor from the fourth floor, so he didn’t need to worry about the fourth floor.
If the fifth floor wasn’t accessible from the fourth floor, then the only way to get there was through a teleportation gate.
During his fourth visit to the auction, Lan Xiaobu carefully studied the protective and trapping arrays of the auction building and came to a conclusion.
The teleportation gate to the fifth floor was located on the first floor, specifically at the consignment area.
Logically, the consignment area was a busy place, so it wouldn’t make sense to place such an important entrance there.
However, Lan Xiaobu thought differently.
He believed that the Jiting Chamber of Commerce’s consignment area might be different from others.
If it were the same as other consignment areas, they wouldn’t dare to kill people who came to consign items.
After spending several months and going through many twists and turns, Lan Xiaobu finally figured out where he needed to go.
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“What do you want?” As soon as Lan Xiaobu arrived at the consignment area, he was stopped by someone.
Lan Xiaobu frowned and asked in confusion, “Isn’t this the consignment area?”
“It is. Just hand over whatever you have to me,” the clerk who stopped him said nonchalantly.
Lan Xiaobu chuckled, “What I have is a rare ninth-grade immortal herb. You expect me to hand it over to you out here? If I can’t consign it here, I’ll just take it to another shop.”
The surveillance array in this consignment area was at least sixth-grade.
From this alone, Lan Xiaobu knew that Fu Xun had lied to him.
No matter how skilled Fu Xun was in arrays, he wouldn’t have been able to set up a surveillance array here.
Lan Xiaobu was no longer so sure about whether the Jiting Chamber of Commerce had the Earth Core Flame Crystal.
A ninth-grade immortal herb? The clerk’s eyes lit up, and he quickly received a voice transmission.
He then said to Lan Xiaobu, “Alright, come in.” Lan Xiaobu nodded and cautiously followed the clerk into the consignment area.
The outer area of the consignment area was protected by a sixth-grade defensive immortal array, but hidden within it was a seventh-grade trigger array.
The defensive array was just a facade; the real protection came from the seventh-grade trigger array.
“Manager Xing, he says he has a ninth-grade immortal herb to consign,” the clerk said respectfully to a middle-aged man sitting behind a white jade table as soon as they entered the room.
Manager Xing looked very amiable, with a round face that seemed to naturally carry a smile.
He gave off an air of harmlessness.
“Manager Xing, I do indeed have a ninth-grade immortal herb to consign,” Lan Xiaobu said while scanning the consignment area with his divine sense.
The area wasn’t large, only about thirty to forty square meters.
Behind it, there was a hidden restriction array.
This hidden array was invisible to ordinary people, but to Lan Xiaobu, a seventh-grade Immortal Array King, it was as obvious as covering one’s ears while stealing a bell.
Lan Xiaobu was almost certain that behind this restriction was the teleportation gate to the fifth floor.
Without hesitation, he had the Cosmic Dimension Matrix start constructing a model of the teleportation gate behind the restriction.
Lan Xiaobu’s own array skills were at the seventh-grade Immortal Array King level, and with his increased strength, the Cosmic Dimension Matrix could now construct array models at an extremely fast speed.
In a short time, a preliminary model of the seventh-grade immortal array was formed.
“Let me see it,” Manager Xing said indifferently.
Lan Xiaobu had originally prepared a Nine-Leaf Transcendence Flower, but now that he had investigated the situation and knew that the Cosmic Dimension Matrix would have completed the model of the teleportation gate by the time he finished his task, he took out a Thousand Illusion Falling Cloud Fruit instead.
Manager Xing opened the jade box and, upon seeing only a single Thousand Illusion Falling Cloud Fruit inside, his expression turned ugly.
The Thousand Illusion Falling Cloud Fruit was indeed a ninth-grade immortal herb, but it was one of the most useless ones.
It could be used to refine a ninth-grade immortal pill called the Thousand Illusion Pill.
The effect of this pill was quite underwhelming—it only had a less than one percent chance of helping an Immortal Venerable-level expert advance one level.
Considering the cost of having an Immortal Pill Emperor refine such a pill, it was hardly worth the effort.
Manager Xing closed the jade box and said indifferently, “Alright, leave it here. We’ll auction it for you when the time comes.”
“Thank you, Manager Xing. About how many immortal crystals do you think this Emperor Dao Fruit will fetch?” Lan Xiaobu asked respectfully.
Emperor Dao Fruit? Manager Xing looked at Lan Xiaobu and couldn’t help but laugh in anger.
“This is not just an Emperor Dao Fruit; it’s something far more powerful. It’s probably worth more than a hundred top-grade immortal spirit veins. Go back and wait for news. Come back after the auction is over,” Manager Xing said, shooing Lan Xiaobu away like he was swatting a fly.
“Manager Xing, don’t I need some kind of proof?” Lan Xiaobu asked, retreating to the door with a look of fear.
“No, you don’t. Now go, and don’t block the door. You’re getting in the way,” Manager Xing snorted, no longer paying any attention to Lan Xiaobu.
“Go on, go on. Come back after the auction,” the clerk said, pushing Lan Xiaobu out with a hint of impatience.
“Alright,” Lan Xiaobu said cheerfully as he walked away, while the clerk sneered behind his back.
He had never seen someone as foolish as Lan Xiaobu.
Manager Xing was at least a mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal, so he knew Lan Xiaobu had no chance of recording a crystal ball in front of him.
What he didn’t know was that Lan Xiaobu was not only a seventh-grade Immortal Array King but also had the Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
By the time Lan Xiaobu left, the Cosmic Dimension Matrix had already replicated a crystal ball, which perfectly recorded the conversation between Lan Xiaobu and Manager Xing.
Lan Xiaobu didn’t care much about the Thousand Illusion Falling Cloud Fruit.
He just didn’t like the Jiting Chamber of Commerce, so he decided to mess with them a bit.
Depending on his mood and strength in the future, he might come back to take some cultivation resources.
If he was in a bad mood, he’d still come back to take some cultivation resources.
After leaving the consignment area of the Jiting Chamber of Commerce, Lan Xiaobu didn’t go far.
Instead, he transformed into a rock and waited outside.
At the same time, he began simulating the teleportation array flags based on the teleportation gate model constructed by the Cosmic Dimension Matrix.
(End of Chapter)