[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-level-1-to-infinity-my-bloodline-is-the-ultimate":3,"chapter-level-1-to-infinity-my-bloodline-is-the-ultimate-level-1-to-infinity-my-bloodline-is-the-ultimate-chapter-81":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Level 1 to Infinity: My Bloodline Is the Ultimate Cheat!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},741534,980,"Chapter 81: The Auction House","level-1-to-infinity-my-bloodline-is-the-ultimate-chapter-81",81,"\u003Cp>\"I'm seventeen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan almost lost it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy was seventeen? No way. He looked way too old for his age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan gave him a closer look. He didn't seem to be messing around, but Ethan still had to ask, \"Are you serious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>NoPaperOnTheBigOne looked more embarrassed. \"Yeah, really. I just… look a bit older than I am.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan thought to himself, 'A bit older? No, this is much more than that.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they chatted, they arrived at the Property Management Center. \"Wait here,\" Ethan said before heading inside alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the guidance of the system NPC, he walked up to a 3D holographic map. Six golden-highlighted plots were displayed, indicating they were available for use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the six prime-location properties Ethan owned in Harmony City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plot #1 had been a reward for being the first player to reach the Main City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plots #2 and #3 had been given to him for completing the City Lord's special quests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plots #4, #5, and #6? He had bought those with his own money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some thought, Ethan selected Plot #2 first and built an Engineering Shop. Engineering was a gold mine. Bullets, mechanical arrows, and cannon rounds were consumables, and with so many Archers and Gunners in the game, demand would always be high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if a player wasn't hardcore about Engineering as a trade, mindlessly mass-producing ammo could still be a profitable business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why? Because player-crafted bullets and arrows hit harder than system-generated ones. On top of that, they could be customized with different effects based on buyer requests. That alone could build an entire premium market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After setting up the Engineering Shop, Ethan moved on to Plot #3 and opened a Potion Store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Potions were an absolute necessity in Ethereal. If you didn't have a Priest in your party while grinding, you needed potions to stay alive. If Engineering ammo was a gold mine for Archers and Gunners, then a Potion Store catered to everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was solo grinding or raiding dungeons, potions were always in demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan had planned the Potion Store in advance, the Engineering Shop had been a last-minute idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Setting up each store cost 50 gold, meaning the total was 100 gold. However, Ethan only had to pay 90 gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why? Because under his contract with the City Lord, the city covered 10% of his construction costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, outside at the teleportation hub, players were going about their business, some setting up stalls, others just hanging around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a squad of city guards marched in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them unrolled a notice and announced, \"As per Harmony City's Urban Management Laws, no private stalls are permitted within 500 meters of a Level 2 store. Violators will be detained for three days. You have three minutes to pack up and leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell? There's no Level 2 shop around here!\" someone voiced what everyone was thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before anyone could argue, a group of NPC workers arrived, hauling wood and tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They went straight to the designated locations and, without even laying a foundation, started tapping their tools on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, before the players' eyes, two buildings started rising out of the ground, assembling themselves section by section like magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within seconds, two brand-new two-story buildings stood there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd stared at the shop signs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All-You-Need Potions\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All-You-Need Engineering\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone muttered in disbelief, \"This guy must be loaded… He named both stores the same thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget rich, do you know how much these plots are worth? Yesterday, someone offered 3,000 gold for one of them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, I saw that too. Either the owner refused to sell or he was the original buyer all along.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy, 3,000 gold?! That's 5.4 million dollars!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, if it were me, I would've sold it. No way that plot cost more than a thousand gold when bought from the system.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's why you have no vision. Only an idiot would sell! But seriously, this guy's naming sense is… something else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget that, just the construction cost alone is insane. Upgrading to a Level 2 store takes 550 gold!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever, man. We're the ones getting screwed. This was the best spot to set up stalls, and now we're banned? That's some real bull—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As players vented their frustration, their emotions ranged from admiration to jealousy, and, of course, resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan? He didn't care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew exactly what the Urban Management Laws allowed, and he could already guess what was running through those stall owners' heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No place to set up meant no sales. Moving somewhere else? Useless. Sooner or later, new stores would pop up, pushing them out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, they'd have no choice but to relocate to the Market District, the only area designated for player-run stalls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's precisely why Ethan immediately upgraded his stores to Level 2, to make the gap between him and the others feel even wider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he turned his attention to Plot #1 and selected another construction project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time the NPC laborers finished the first two buildings, the displaced vendors had already packed up and moved to the northern side of the plaza.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The central plaza spanned about 1,000 meters, and the 500-meter shop restriction hadn't covered the entire space. But with everyone now crammed into a smaller section, things were a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were more sellers than buyers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the stall owners began setting up again, they noticed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The NPC workers were heading straight for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eyes widened in shock as the workers reached Plot #1 and started hammering away at the ground once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A structure even larger than the first two began rising from the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Plot #1 was massive to begin with, this new building looked downright imposing. The golden sign gleamed under the sunlight:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All-You-Need Auction House\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy—ANOTHER All-You-Need store?! AND IT'S AN AUCTION HOUSE?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone in the crowd yelled, voice full of disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I knew it! This was the only spot in all of Harmony City big enough to house an auction house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knew it? Bro, everyone knew. You don't get points for calling the obvious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly! The real shocker is the cost. 200 gold just for Level 1! Upgrading to Level 2? 2,000 gold! And it's the same guy running it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three prime-location stores… Just how rich is this guy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the crowd reeled from the sheer amount of money involved, a sudden cry rang out—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey! What the hell, why are you grabbing me?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned toward the voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces paled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A player had just been seized by the city guards, his hands shackled in iron restraints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second player was arrested seconds later. Only then did it hit everyone, they had forgotten to pack up their stalls!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unlucky ones caught near the guards were immediately detained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days in jail. And if they didn't log in during that time? The sentence extended further. Three days of zero progress. The financial losses would be massive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within moments, the entire crowd scrambled to clear their stalls, no one daring to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even as they packed up, despair sank in. Anywhere else, selling would be twice as slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What now? Use the auction house instead? But auctions had fees, didn't they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again, consigning items meant they wouldn't have to sit around selling, they could go back to leveling or questing instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As everyone hesitated, a figure cloaked in black appeared. Beside him was a man in his thirties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two strode into the auction house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, a system message flashed above the entrance:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auction House Trial Run: No Fees for the Next 7 Days!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1274,"2026-06-02T11:41:20.825Z",1,"novelbin.me","a18db51d236fdc9393c3b05b0bb17c353013a979e2c8231eec5e113bedd42e87","level-1-to-infinity-my-bloodline-is-the-ultimate-chapter-82","level-1-to-infinity-my-bloodline-is-the-ultimate-chapter-80",946,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flevel-1-to-infinity-my-bloodline-is-the-ultimate-cover.jpg"]