Chapter 1186: Auction in the Treasure Hall

Make yourself help with the task!

Although he promised a reward, Su Sheng didn't think Du Juan could produce anything that would excite him at this moment.

Unless she could forge a Divine Artifact for him, but it was obvious that Du Juan couldn't produce a Divine Artifact right now.

Across the Domestic Server, it seemed that, aside from himself, no one had a Divine Artifact yet… Of course, Su Sheng also noticed that a few items had been added to the Artifact Ranking, but no one knew who possessed them.

Because those items weren't weapons, they were basically indistinguishable from the outside.

"Don't we have a common enemy? My Snowfall Qiancheng and Qiancheng Muxue are also mortal foes."

At that moment, Du Juan suddenly said this to Su Sheng.

Su Sheng raised an eyebrow and burst out laughing.

This woman!?

Why hadn't I noticed before? Her thought process seems off—maybe she played too many Plant vs. Zombie games and her brain got eaten by zombies?

"Did you forget what sparked the hatred between my Yanhuang and Qiancheng Muxue?"

Su Sheng's reply carried a hint of sarcasm.

Du Juan remained silent for a long while.

Su Sheng immediately closed the Private Chat with Du Juan, opened the guild interface, and, not to mention, realized he had forgotten something himself.

After opening the guild interface, Su Sheng casually added the Snowfall Qiancheng guild to his enemy list.

…The other side doesn't want to communicate with you and has been marked as hostile.

And that's not all…

Having done all that, Su Sheng originally intended to continue grinding monsters.

But just as he was about to act, Su Sheng frowned, reopened the Private Chat with Du Juan—she still hadn't replied, so he wouldn't reach out proactively. Instead, he silently screenshot the chat history between them, merged it, and forwarded it to Chen Guan.

Then Su Sheng waited quietly for about ten seconds…

Sure enough…

A Private Chat message pinged rapidly.

"Is this woman's brain sick?"

"Where does she get the nerve to ask you to do a task?"

"And don't even mention it—whether we actually have a grudge against Qiancheng Muxue now is another matter."

"Back then she herself betrayed the Crimson Alliance, and even brought Qiancheng Muxue to backstab us, which created this long-standing hatred."

"The feud between our Yanhuang and Qiancheng Muxue originated because of this woman."

"Now she's already on the run, and you bet, if we put our Yanhuang together with Snowfall Qiancheng, who Qiancheng Muxye will target is still uncertain."

"Where does she get the audacity to talk about a common enemy?"

"The woman's mind is simply, %%**%+*……"

"Indeed, she defected back then; otherwise, with her thought process, who knows what trouble she'd cause later."

"Besides, Brother Sheng, you never were with her... otherwise, this..."

Su Sheng stood still, silently watching Chen Guan vent a tirade in the Private Chat.

That guy Chen Guan kept spewing for about three to four minutes, finally stopping after a long-winded rant.

"So now you should know what to do."

Su Sheng replied in the Private Chat with a hint of a smile.

Chen Guan obviously froze for a moment, then after a few seconds responded.

"Brother Sheng, what do you mean?"

"Got it! Heh, that stupid woman—if she hadn't exposed herself, we'd be busy rushing to Fourth Rebirth and probably would have overlooked this."

Chen Guan suddenly realized, "Don't worry, I'll arrange the brothers properly."

"Hehe~"

After Chen Guan replied with a sly grin, he fell silent, evidently having gotten to work.

Su Sheng shook his head, nothing to say… Du Juan's thought process, he didn't know why she would ask him for help in this situation.

Did she expect him to fall for the same old trick?

But back then, he never truly walked together with her, and now she probably already divorced Wei Cheng; otherwise she wouldn't have split the family like that.

Even if they had truly been together before, after all that happened, he wouldn't bother with her.

Although that woman never directly disclosed what kind of task she wanted him to help with.

But given Snowfall Qiancheng's background, a task that requires him to step in is definitely not simple.

Although Snowfall Qiancheng split from Qiancheng Muxye and has fewer than ten thousand members.

Nevertheless, it is still a core offshoot of the former elite guild.

Though it hasn't reached the scale of a major elite guild, it can be counted among the top large guilds, certainly far stronger than medium-sized ones like Zongheng Chu Ge.

... Moreover, the former star of Qiancheng Muxye, Qiancheng Lihualuo, was poached by Snowfall Qiancheng.

All things considered, Su Sheng was quite curious about the task Du Juan was now undertaking.

However, whatever the task is, he'd be glad to see it fail.

Chen Guan had already started investigating, so Su Sheng didn't think much further and continued leveling up calmly.

After that, nothing else disturbed Su Sheng.

So, Su Sheng calmly kept grinding monsters here, and when the game time was almost over, he finally headed back home.

His luck was decent today; grinding dropped two pieces of gear, a blue one and a purple one, both level 85. He can't use them, but he can toss them back to the guild warehouse.

On the Domestic Server at this stage, mainstream players' gear is basically a blue‑purple mix.

Anyone who has an orange piece can be called a minor expert.

As for red? That's exclusively for top experts; in Yanhuang Town only a few core senior staff have red‑legend items.

Back in Huangcheng, he tidied up, repaired his gear, and restocked his potions.

After thinking it over, Su Sheng went back to Yanhuang Town to pick up some dragon‑blood elixir and anti‑demon reagents.

It's for tomorrow's duty on the National Battle Map; otherwise Su Sheng wouldn't be in such a hurry to restock.

After packing, the game system was already prompting the logout time.

Su Sheng didn't linger and logged out straight away.

After washing up, Su Sheng slipped into Huan Jie's room like he owned the place.

But just as the two were getting intimate,

a rapid phone ring suddenly sounded…

"Uhh— there's a call~"

"Ignore it, let it go~"

"No, a call this early could be urgent, what if there's an emergency?"

"Right now nothing else is urgent…"

But…

In the end, under Huan Jie's insistence…

Su Sheng finally let go, his soft jade heart heavy with resentment, and answered the phone.

Lin Huan, seeing Su Sheng's resentful expression, couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile, then rested her head on Su Sheng's shoulder, nudging his cheek with her own to soothe his mood.

Su Sheng didn't even look at the incoming call notification.

"Whoever you are, calling me early this morning, give me a reasonable…"

But Su Sheng's face was cold, and before he could finish, the other end burst with Chen Guan's excited voice.

"Brother Sheng, Brother Sheng, earth‑shaking news, earth‑shaking news!"

Su Sheng, hearing Chen Guan's frantic voice, took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

Su Sheng knew Chen Guan fairly well; if there wasn't a real emergency, the guy wouldn't be this frantic.

"What big thing? Did you investigate the matter in Snow‑fall Qiancheng?"

"I cleared it up. Near logout I got the news. I was going to tell you when I logged in tomorrow, but this isn't that situation."

"Brother Sheng, look, is there anything on the official forum?"

Chen Guan's hurried voice continued over the phone.

"No, what's up with the forum?" Su Sheng raised an eyebrow slightly.

At that moment, Lin Huan, whose head was on Su Sheng's shoulder, naturally heard the conversation.

"The game forum, huh?"

Immediately, Lin Huan stood and walked to the nearby table, where her tablet lay.

Although Su Sheng was still on the call, his attention was naturally drawn to the beautiful scenery before him, his gaze following Lin Huan's movements.

Their relationship was already that close, so Lin Huan openly took the tablet, meeting Su Sheng's eyes.

Lin Huan rolled her eyes, glared at Su Sheng, then opened the tablet and began browsing the game official forum.

Su Sheng put down his phone, switched to speaker, and slipped over to hug Lin Huan.

At that moment, Lin Huan, having just opened the official forum, didn't resist and naturally settled in Su Sheng's arms.

The two looked together at the tablet in Lin Huan's hands.

At first glance, they saw a sensational pinned post, blazing hot!

It even outranked all previous popular threads!

Originally, the top popular thread was about Su Sheng, Shen Wang and others capturing the Little Days Main City on the first day of the National War; the second was about Snow‑fall Qiancheng and Qiancheng Muxue.

But now both of those threads have been pushed down.

The top‑ranked post reads… "Shocking! Divine Artifact Auction!!"

"Treasure Hall is Treasure Hall!"

At that moment, the speakerphone continued with Chen Guan's excited voice.

"It's fine, I saw it, I'm looking at it now."

Su Sheng replied, and at that moment Lin Huan also opened the post.

Su Sheng knew about Treasure Hall.

It's a semi‑official organization, a trading platform operating under the official name, similar to an offline auction house.

Although the game official also has an internal auction house, items sold there incur a fixed transaction fee, and the gold withdrawn is taxed.

So some players trade offline on their own.

In such cases, trading irregularities inevitably arise, spawning more offline platforms.

The official side, observing the chaos, selected the most reputable Treasure Hall for cooperation; as a semi‑official body, partnering with it helped curb the offline trading issues.

Now, the top post is plainly an offline auction notice posted by Treasure Hall, guaranteeing that the auction's grand finale item is a Three‑colored Divine Artifact.

All lots have already been officially notarized; although it's an offline auction, the winning items will be mailed to the successful bidders in‑game.

Su Sheng was somewhat surprised; who would put a Divine Artifact up for auction?

But it's hard to say; everyone has their own ambitions.

Given the current equipment values, selling a Divine Artifact can definitely let someone jump a tier.

But the Treasure Hall in the post keeps its mystery, not revealing the Divine Artifact's attributes, not even which slot it belongs to.

Su Sheng saw this and couldn't help but curl his lip; it really is so mysterious…

As for the Auction's venue, it is in the most bustling Tianhai City…

It's not close to where Su Sheng is, but with today's transport, getting there isn't a problem.

The game cabin can't be taken, but the game helmet is fine.

Now, Zhu Lu's popularity is such that the Zhu Lu Game Helmet Port can be seen almost everywhere.

If a hotel or inn now lacks a Zhu Lu Port in its rooms, it would surely go bankrupt.

Secondly, competitions with the same format as the contest Teng Long Official held last time to launch the Zhilu Game Cabin are also thriving offline.

All the old internet cafés and the like have almost all been transformed, cooperating with Teng Long Official, bringing in a large batch of offline game helmets or game cabins.

One can designate character class and venue for competitions and the like.

Although you can't summon game characters, this still counts as a relatively good way to train skills… moreover, the official can't retrieve game character data now, because it's fully handed over to the AI brain.

Nevertheless, this provides a pastime, filling the gap when Zhu Lu can't be played during the day, and since no game characters are used for PK, it guarantees absolute fairness, with no suppression from differing development progress or equipment levels.

The designated game characters are all the same level, each a blank slate, differing only in class.

This allows one to well train one's own technical operation.

"Shall we go?"

Lin Huan lifted his head to look at Su Sheng, and at the same time grabbed Su Sheng's mischievous hand, his gaze indicating the hands‑free phone open nearby.

Su Sheng gave a silent smile: "Let's look at the specific arrangements first."

"By the way, I know about the Treasure Hall's Divine Artifact auction you mentioned; what's the situation in Snowfall Qiancheng now?" Su Sheng looked at the tablet content and asked.

Hm?!

Snowfall Qiancheng?

Du Juan?!

Originally lazy and indifferent, Lin Huan instantly became alert, his gaze probing Su Sheng once, then glancing at the hands‑free phone.

"Hehe, this gets interesting… according to the info, the task in Snowfall Qiancheng this time should be a Hidden Class rebirth."

"Who?!"

A Hidden Class rebirth task, indeed not simple.

Back then in the universe, Shen Xiao's guy's Hidden Class rebirth even asked me for help.

"Qiancheng Lihualuo!"

Upon hearing this, Su Sheng's expression shifted.

Qiancheng Lihualuo…

Hidden Class.

As the former pillar of Qiancheng Muxue, his performances were all commendable; an ordinary War Knight shines brilliantly in Qiancheng Lihualuo's hands.

If he obtains the Hidden Class~

Perhaps he could truly lead Snowfall Qiancheng to surpass Qiancheng Muxue…

"Brother Sheng, what should we say now?"

Chen Guan on the other end of the phone began to ask…