Unfortunate Hero's Retirement Life

The first thing that came to the guests' minds was the Xing Auction House up to mischief. It was either the sword was fake or the reinforced steel that the owner of the street vendor was fake.

However, Heero had anticipated this and it was not a big issue.

"You might think we are cheating, but we are not! If you don't believe us, you can choose one or two people to come up to the stage. You can check whether the reinforced steel is fake or not!"

"I will be doing it!" Wu Shitian voiced his thoughts and approached the reinforced steel that was cut by the owner of the street vendor.

He placed his hand, touching the reinforced and closed his eyes.

'This is real reinforced steel, don't tell me it's the sword?'

Wu Shitian looked at the sword in his hand, flabbergasted.

Still not believing such a consciousness in the sword, the old man swung the sword at the first reinforced steel.

Clang!

It was the same as if the sword rejected him. The sword bounced back as it made a clunking noise.

He did not plan on giving up, but Musashi Hirata took the sword forcefully from the old man.

"Useless! No matter how hard you try, the sword could never cut the reinforced steel!"

With the light of swing of the sword, the corner of the reinforced steel fell off. Musashi Hirata did it with ease.

He was doing something that Supreme Star could not, with a slight effort at that.

"Just like Miss Seo-Yeon said, you have to resonate with the sword. Not forcefully to use it just like this old man did!" Musashi Hirata explained to the guests as he walked to the second reinforced steel.

Swoosh!

He swung the sword down to the reinforced steel. It cut through the reinforced steel as it was tofu. Hirata kicked the split reinforced steel, proving the reinforced steel was cut into two.

Musashi Hirata did not stop there. He walked to the third reinforced steel that was on the top of the trolley.

Swish!

He slashed the sword horizontally. The sword passed through the reinforced steel and he put the sword away before he pushed the upper reinforced steel.

Bang!

Once again, the reinforced steel was cut into two, a clean and smooth cut.

Wu Shitian dumbfoundedly looked at the young man with a faceless wooden mask. Then he looked at his hand, "It's true…"

Inside, Wu Shitian was burned with curiosity. He wanted to try again hence he approached Musashi Hirata. Just as he was about to take the sword, Musashi Hirata put away the sword from the old man.

"I am sorry, Old Man! You did it twice, so let the others test it out as well! This is the Xing Auction House, not your home's backyard!" Musashi Hirata then walked away.

He sheathed back the sword to its sheath and stood next to the box while holding the sword.

Kang Seo-Yeon immediately took the stage, "Hoho… I told you, the sword has a consciousness! You have to treat it as your friend, not just a mere tool for killing! Resonate with the sword and achieve the realm of one with the sword!"

At this point, no one doubted the Conscious Sword. At this point, people could already tell that. The reinforced steel was not fake, even Wu Shitian did not refute all the claims said by Kang Seo-Yeon.

"Now then, we have three untouched reinforced steel left…" The girl peeked at the guests, keeping them in suspense.

"I know all of you want to try it as well, but we don't have much time for that. How about three, we can have three more people to test out the Epic Class Weapon!"

The moment she said that all the guests raised their hands. They wanted to try the sword, a sword that even refused the Supreme Star.

Just like that, three more people came up to the stage. They tried the Conscious Sword and surprisingly, under Musashi Hirata's guidance, all three guests managed to split the reinforced steel.

"It's definitely different from a normal sword!" It was the comment from the three people who tried the Conscious Sword.

They refused to make further comments and sat back on their seats. But everyone could see from the three people's eyes, they were determined to get the sword.

It was enough proof the sword was genuine.

"Huhu, the demonstration of the Conscious Sword has come to an end, but the show will continue! The next demonstration is A 3-Star Epic Class Weapon, Elemental Weapon!"

With that said, two attendants entered the stage while pushing a trolley. Two exquisite boxes were placed on the top of it.

"The demonstration of Elemental Weapon is a bit dangerous, but we have an expert to help us!"

Then Heero entered the stage with his face covered by a mask.

Meanwhile, Kang Seo-Yeon walked toward the smaller box while Musashi Hirata approached the bigger box.

Both opened the box, a red broadsword, and a red longbow. The two weapons that were chosen to be demonstrated on the stage.

Kang Seo-Yeon looked at the longbow lovingly. She wanted to take the bow for herself, but Heero said he would give her a better bow. So she reluctantly agreed to let the bow auctioned.

With the two weapons out, the demonstration started. Musashi Hirata was the first, he brought the red broadsword in front of Heero.

Heero signaled his disciple with a nod. An indication he could start at any moment.

Hirata raised his sword and slammed it down on the spot next to Heero.

Bam!

The moment the broadsword landed on the stage floor. A bright flame exploded, the flame engulfed both people. But then, a weird occurrence happened.

It was like there was an invisible barrier preventing the flame from going wild. The flame was caged in by the invisible barrier.

If not for the heat from the flame that filled the hall. The guests might think what happened on the stage was a magic trick. But the strong heat that originated from the stage proved it was not a magic trick. It was a real flame.

Then they remembered what Kang Seo-Yeon told them. The demonstration was a bit dangerous. Without a doubt, the demonstration was not only a bit but damn dangerous.

The flame did last a while before it disappeared and showed the two men in fine condition. Yes, the expert and the swordmaster were fine despite being swallowed by the fierce flame.

After that, the demonstration continued. Without any words but action. Kang Seo-Yeon brought the longbow to the other side of the hall.

The guests' eyes followed her until she reached the end of the auction hall.

When she reached there, to everyone's surprise, she made a motion of nocking an arrow on the bow without an arrow in her hand.

As everyone was puzzled by her action, a startling phenomenon happened. An arrow made of pure flame appeared in her hand. She aimed the bow toward Heero on the stage and shot it.

Swish!

The strong heat brushed everyone on the arrow's path. The flame arrow shot straight toward the expert on the stage.

The expert raised his hand to meet with the flame arrow.

Boom!

The arrow exploded and the flame raged, swallowing the expert.

The same scene repeated. As if there was an invisible barrier that was preventing the flame from going wild.

A bow that needed not an arrow. It was the Elemental Bow.

Kang Seo-Yeon ran back to the stage and placed the bow on the box. She then turned toward the guests and broke the silence.

"All right, everyone! That was the demonstration! I hope you guys are satisfied with the small show!" She gave the guests a sweet smile, but the people's minds were not on the beauty at the moment.

Their minds were filled by the scene they just witnessed, a shocking scene as no one ever expected such a weapon would appear.

"We will take a 15 minutes break before we proceed with the main auction! Make your mind and win the bid!"

After that, everyone left the stage. The break was not for Kang Seo-Yeon to rest, but for the guests. Giving them time to prepare the money, it was the purpose of a break in each session.

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15 minutes later, in the control room.

"Fufufufu… Fufufufu… Fufufufu…" Heero was smiling ear to ear, showing a row of his white teeth. His eyes were glued on the screen in front of him.

"Kuhuhuhu… Thanks to Old Man Wu, he truly helped me a lot with the hype!"

His eyes turned green, as he heard "Kaching" "Kaching" "Kaching" sound in his head. It was a sound where mollah (money) entered his pocket.

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Weapon Type: Conscious Longsword

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Class: Epic 1-Star

Highest Bidder: Musashi Sazama (21,300,000,000 WD)

Description: The first 1-Star Epic Weapon made by a Legend "Xing".

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The Conscious Longsword was sold for 21 billion. All of that was Wu Shitian's contribution.