ACSP: Chapter 158: Refuting Rumors, the Sword of the Thunder God!
Chamber of Commerce Building.
With Luo Yuqing as their guide, Jiang Chen and the others quickly found the fellow named He Gen in the back-up area.
The other party was a middle-aged man who looked very honest and simple.
He had a square face, a full beard, and was wearing a tracksuit that was already wrinkled and faded.
When Jiang Chen brought his people there, he was sitting in a rocking chair, studying a house design blueprint.
"He Gen, someone is looking for you."
Luo Yuqing walked straight over and patted him on the shoulder.
"No time."
He Gen continued to stare at the design blueprint in his hand, murmuring without turning his head.
Luo Yuqing's delicate brows furrowed slightly.
Without a word, she snatched the design blueprint from his hands.
"I said, someone is looking for you. That person is my friend. You'd better be cooperative, or I'll tear up those blueprints of yours."
He Gen knew this young lady was not to be trifled with, so he could only stand up from the rocking chair.
He looked at Jiang Chen and the others with some impatience and said in a perfunctory tone, "I'm very busy. If you guys want me to build a house, you'll have to wait in line."
Upon hearing they had to wait in line, Cai Kun immediately got anxious: "No way, my stage must be built today."
Luo Yuqing looked at Jiang Chen curiously: "What do you need a stage for?"
Li Dala nudged Cai Kun next to him with his elbow and joked with a smile, "What else can you do with a stage? This buddy wants to borrow the foot traffic here to hold a concert while you guys are having the auction."
"What? He wants to hold a concert here?"
Luo Yuqing looked at Cai Kun with a look of disbelief.
She thought this guy must be crazy.
Everyone coming today is here for their Chamber of Commerce's auction.
Who would go watch some crappy concert?
Noticing Luo Yuqing's gaze, Cai Kun immediately reached out and smoothed his split middle-part hairstyle.
Then he tossed his head and said with full confidence, "Don't listen to Li Dala's nonsense. I don't need to borrow your auction's traffic to hold a concert at all. On the contrary, if I hold a concert here, it might even make your auction's foot traffic even larger."
Luo Yuqing gave a polite smile.
She didn't respond to Cai Kun's words, but turned back to look at Jiang Chen instead: "If you just want a performance stage, I can go talk to my sister and have her let you use the auction hall for a bit later."
Luo Yuqing originally thought Jiang Chen came to find He Gen to have him rebuild Puppet City.
She didn't expect it was actually for Cai Kun's concert.
Jiang Chen turned to look at Cai Kun: "What do you think of this plan?"
Cai Kun nodded excitedly: "No problem."
The auction hall here at the General Chamber of Commerce was a super-large underground square opened up by President Xia Qianning, who gathered a large number of Earth Release Contractors along with He Gen back in the day.
The number of people it could accommodate was a full 200,000.
If the other party was willing to lend him that venue!
He would definitely make a killing.
Seeing that Cai Kun had no objections, Jiang Chen then looked at Luo Yuqing and asked, "Regarding the venue rental fee, name your price."
Luo Yuqing smiled and waved her hand: "What price? After the auction is over, I'll just go tell my sister. Anyway, when there are no auction items, that venue is always sealed off. Leaving it empty is a waste."
"Your sister is President Xia Qianning, right? I remember she doesn't like owing favors to others, and I'm the same in that regard."
Jiang Chen directly took out a Space Scroll from his bosom and tossed it over: "There are 200 Silver Chests here; consider it the rent for the venue. If it's not enough, we can add more later."
Luo Yuqing caught the Space Scroll and was about to say something.
But just at that moment.
President Xia Qianning suddenly came over from nearby with a group of staff members.
She first nodded and smiled at Jiang Chen, then turned and reprimanded Luo Yuqing: "Yuqing, the auction hasn't started yet. Letting others in without permission is breaking the rules."
Upon hearing this, Luo Yuqing gave a cheeky grin.
She hurriedly went up to grab President Xia Qianning's arm and said coquettishly, "Sister, this is Jiang Chen! I remember you said last time that if he came to the auction, I should give him the greatest convenience possible. I'm just acting according to your instructions now, so it's not really breaking the rules."
"You little brat, always so glib."
President Xia Qianning gave Luo Yuqing an exasperated look, then looked at Jiang Chen again and said, "Jiang Chen, I heard what you just said to Yuqing. If you want to borrow the auction hall, I can agree. But our auction has always had a rule: if someone wants to go on stage, they must auction a rare item on the stage first. I wonder if you have any rare items on you for auction?"
Jiang Chen's gaze narrowed slightly: "What kind of thing counts as a rare item?"
President Xia Qianning explained: "Rare items are naturally extremely rare things, such as S-rank skills, Bloodline Limits, or weapons with special properties. Any of those will do."
A strange expression appeared on Jiang Chen's face.
He did happen to have a weapon with special properties on him.
He reached out and lightly tapped the mark on his wrist.
The next second.
Following a burst of white smoke.
A giant blade over two meters long suddenly appeared in his hand.
It was exactly the kubikiribocho!
[Summoning: Lightning Blade Creation]: A B-rank Ninja Tool Summoning Jutsu. As long as one touches the'seal' on their arm, they can instantly summon ninja tools.
This was a new ability he had recently unlocked from Uchiha Sasuke.
Although it wasn't a combat skill.
It was extremely convenient for carrying ninja tools.
"I think this kubikiribocho should count as a rare weapon, right?"
Jiang Chen decisively tossed the kubikiribocho in his hand to President Xia Qianning.
When he previously cleared the [Cloud Thunder Canyon], he luckily obtained a [Sword of the Thunder God].
This weapon was not only light and nimble, but also came with a lightning attribute, capable of significantly enhancing Lightning Style Chakra.
It happened to be perfect for his use.
Therefore, that heavy kubikiribocho from before was also due for retirement.
Speaking of this [Sword of the Thunder God], Jiang Chen felt that the reason it was broken by Naruto and Sasuke's joint attack in the original story.
Was entirely because that rogue ninja, Aoi Rokushō, was too weak.
Because he had tried it out earlier.
He found that the strength of this weapon is determined by the Lightning Style Chakra of the user.
To put it simply.
The stronger the Lightning Style Chakra in the user, the sharper this weapon becomes, and the more terrifying the lightning it erupts with.
And vice versa.
After all, it was the personal sword of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.
Possessing infinite power of lightning, how could it possibly be trash?
"The Kubikiribōchō from the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist? This is indeed a good property weapon. In that case, I'll take it for auction. As for the starting price of the weapon, we will estimate it when the time comes."
President Xia Qianning caught the kubikiribocho and inspected it carefully. Seeing that the blade was real, she then put it away.
At this time, Jiang Chen suddenly asked again: "President Xia, I heard that anything in your Chamber of Commerce can be bought and sold. Is that true?"
President Xia Qianning was startled for a moment, then nodded firmly: "Yes, that is indeed true. I wonder what you want to buy?"
Jiang Chen pointed his finger at He Gen and smiled: "I want to buy him."
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