Upon hearing the words "Building of All Phenomena," Gu Feng halted his steps.

Initially, when he planned to expand the Loan Treasure Pavilion's business in Heroic Spirit City, he conducted a thorough investigation of all the major shops in the city.

The Building of All Phenomena was one of his key targets for investigation at that time.

Its auction business wasn't limited to Heroic Spirit City; in fact, wherever there were gatherings of cultivators across the four major regions, it had branches.

Behind it stood the mysterious overseas sect—the Building of All Phenomena Sect.

Back then, Gu Feng was quite interested in it, but after a detailed investigation, he found it rather uninteresting.

The reason was simple: the auction business run by the Building of All Phenomena was just too traditional.

This kind of traditional auction business relied on the influence of local nobles or families to auction and sell various rare treasures needed for cultivation, catering to the upper echelons.

Ordinary people had no chance to participate, and even if they did, it was just a lucky individual occasionally obtaining one or two rare treasures and consigning them to the Building of All Phenomena for auction, which was extremely rare.

Undeniably, the cultivators from noble families did monopolize most of the cultivation resources, but their monopoly also meant that the auction business wouldn't have long-term and sustainable profits.

The audience was too small, with no room for growth. Most of the time, it was just serving the nobles, with extremely limited speed and profit margins in wealth extraction.

Gu Feng's goal was to leverage the large population dividend to quickly accumulate massive capital.

Such an outdated industry didn't align with his approach, so he didn't pay much attention to it at the time.

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"Building of All Phenomena? Are you here for the Public Selection too?" Gu Feng asked, turning around.

Ouyang Jing glanced at the Public Selection qualification scroll in his hand and smiled awkwardly. It was something Second-rate Chen had risked his life to get back for him. He quickly explained, "To return to the Sequence, the Sequence is always busy, and it's really hard for a small person like me to meet you. I had no choice but to resort to this, hoping the Sequence would understand."

Gu Feng remained silent. So, this guy couldn't meet him through regular channels and had to find a way to get a Public Selection qualification, essentially wanting to use the opportunity to discuss business with him.

This was quite a talent!

Quick-thinking, persistent, a natural sales elite!

Raising an eyebrow, Gu Feng asked, "You mentioned earlier that you wanted to discuss a deal with me?"

"Yes, yes, I was indeed presumptuous, but I ask the Sequence to give me a moment of your time!"

Ouyang Jing nodded vigorously, repeatedly agreeing.

"Is that so..." Gu Feng pretended to ponder, then turned away without looking at Ouyang Jing, heading inside. "Follow me in, I'll give you half an hour."

Ouyang Jing was overjoyed, quickly getting up and carefully following Gu Feng into the room, ignoring the others who were starting to pack up and leave.

Inside, the bright candlelight was captivating.

The maids had already prepared calming sandalwood incense.

Ouyang Jing looked around, noticing that everything in the room was of superior grade.

Even the candlelight used for illumination came from the sacred wicks produced by the Northern Witch Tribe, said to burn for a hundred years without extinguishing.

The sandalwood incense left him speechless; it was made from Bodhi seeds sourced from the Western Buddhist Capital!

This incense was specially crafted by powerful Buddhist cultivators for themselves, not only calming the mind but also eliminating inner demons, making it a top-tier auxiliary tool for cultivation.

Ouyang Jing, well-versed in such matters, knew these items were invaluable, with some even traded by weight in the outside world, which added to his respect for Gu Feng.

After signaling a maid to serve Ouyang Jing a cup of Immortal Tea, Gu Feng murmured, "Tell me your thoughts."

Holding the warm teacup in his hands, Ouyang Jing quickly began to explain.

As it turned out, the Building of All Phenomena hadn't received a single consignment deal in Heroic Spirit City for over half a year. The city's cultivators preferred to directly exchange their cultivation artifacts and elixirs for spirit stones at the Loan Treasure Pavilion, not only at fair prices but also allowing them to use assets to offset debts and extract more spirit stones.

Hearing this, Gu Feng almost wanted to pat him on the shoulder and tell this unfortunate manager: Your defeat doesn't necessarily come from peers; it could be from someone like me, playing across industries...

After some thought, he refrained from saying it out loud, feeling a bit smug as he continued listening to Ouyang Jing's chatter.

Ouyang Jing proposed a deep collaboration between the Loan Treasure Pavilion and the Building of All Phenomena. The Loan Treasure Pavilion would present ten valuable rare treasures, and using the Building of All Phenomena's influence, they would invite prominent figures in the city to jointly hold a grand auction in Heroic Spirit City.

As for the profits, they would be split in a 40-60 ratio.

Forty percent would go to Ouyang Jing, representing the Building of All Phenomena, and the remaining sixty percent would naturally belong to Gu Feng.

Gu Feng chuckled silently. In the end, it was still a traditional auction business, just in a different guise.

From the bottom of his heart, he had no urge to collaborate.

However, Gu Feng was quite interested in the influence of the Building of All Phenomena.