The Yushan Auction House was the only auction house in Yushan, and a massive faction comparable to the Four Great Palaces. Anything that could enter this auction house was highly extraordinary. At night, Ye Chu and Bai Xuan walked into this place. As soon as they stepped inside, they saw the auction house filled with seductive women dressed revealingly, weaving through the crowds and receiving every person who entered.
Ye Chu entered one of the private booths, asked a seductive maid to bring tea, and then sipped it while looking towards the centre of the auction floor. The auction had not yet started, but people were flowing in endlessly.
“Sister Bai Xuan, if you see anything you like, just bid. We might not have anything else, but we have plenty of money!” Ye Chu said to Bai Xuan in a nouveau riche tone, his deliberately grandiose manner earning him a glare from her.
Over these past few days, she had also learned from Ye Chu that he had completely emptied the pill repository of the Rain Mist Sacred Land. He certainly had money, but it all belonged to the Rain Mist Sacred Land. If the people of the Rain Mist Sacred Land heard Ye Chu’s boastful, nouveau riche words, they would be so angry they would spit blood.
An hour later, the auction finally opened.
A dazzling array of items was continuously brought out, and quite a few good things caught Ye Chu’s eye. Ye Chu occasionally placed a few bids, but there were truly many wealthy people here. His bids were quickly overwhelmed, and eventually, he shrugged and stopped following the prices.
Although the items were good, one had to consider if they were worth it; one could not just burn money blindly. With the support of the Rain Mist Sacred Land’s pills, he could certainly afford to burn money, but doing so would just make him look foolish.
Bai Xuan had high standards and had not taken a fancy to a single item. It was not until a jade hairpin, which was a Sun and Moon artifact, appeared that her eyes lit up.
However, the bidding price for this jade hairpin kept soaring, so Bai Xuan shook her head and did not make a move.
Seeing this, Ye Chu instantly quoted a bid five times the current price. The price Ye Chu quoted immediately silenced the surrounding area, and someone even hissed and muttered, “Which fool is this, bidding five times the price of a hairpin, is he out of his mind?”
“…”
Bai Xuan was startled when she saw Ye Chu place such a bid, and she looked at him, saying, “Are you crazy, why bid such a high price?”
“As long as Sister Bai Xuan likes it, no matter how high it is, it does not matter!” Ye Chu said with a smile.
Hearing this, Bai Xuan’s face flushed slightly. Hearing others call Ye Chu a fool, she said helplessly, “Just a moment ago you were unwilling to be a fool, and now you are being this foolish.”
“I am very willing to be a fool for Sister Bai Xuan!”
Ye Chu’s words made Bai Xuan’s face flush red again. She glared at him, but her heart was full of joy. When the maid brought the jade hairpin, Ye Chu pinned it in her hair, making her look exceptionally beautiful.
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More than an hour passed in the auction, and many items were sold, each of which would be highly extraordinary on the outside. During this time, Ye Chu also won bids for a few materials suitable for refining the Green Lotus. They were not considered too precious.
The jade hairpin was the only thing Bai Xuan had taken a fancy to, and she did not like anything else afterwards.
Among these, the auctioning of the Beauty Nourishing Pill was undoubtedly the most interesting part.
When the auction house brought out the Beauty Nourishing Pill, the people from the Rain Mist Sacred Land instantly stood up, glaring furiously at the pill being auctioned.
The Beauty Nourishing Pill was a treasure among their clan’s pills, so it was not strange if it was genuine. Most importantly, this item had been stolen, and now it appeared in a black market auction, which was a complete slap in the face to the Rain Mist Sacred Land. They gritted their teeth looking at this pill, bidding aggressively because they wanted to buy it back themselves. After all, if it fell into someone else’s hands, it would be another slap in their face.
However, the people from Buluo Mountain were deliberately making things difficult for them. Every time they increased the price, the people from Buluo Mountain would bid just a little bit more.
This made the people of the Rain Mist Sacred Land gnash their teeth in anger, forcing them to continuously raise the price. In the end, the price was raised to ten times the actual value of the Beauty Nourishing Pill before it finally stopped, and it was won by the people of the Rain Mist Sacred Land.
Ye Chu snickered on the side. He had not expected that he could still use the Beauty Nourishing Pill to trick the Rain Mist Sacred Land. If they knew that he was the one who had put the pill up for auction, they would definitely be so angry they would spit blood.
Of course, seeing the trend of Buluo Mountain and the Rain Mist Sacred Land working against each other, Ye Chu’s smile became even more joyful. He thought to himself that the conflict between the two sides had been growing over these past few days, and it would be great if they could fight to the death.
Seeing Ye Chu’s sinister smile, Bai Xuan gently pinched his waist. “Look at your despicable methods, I did not expect you to be this dark!”
Ye Chu chuckled, holding the hand that was pinching him, and said, “I wish I could be even darker with these people. I am wondering if I should take out another Beauty Nourishing Pill to auction right now.”
“…” Bai Xuan looked at Ye Chu and pretended not to hear his words. If Ye Chu really did that, it would be strange if the people of the Rain Mist Sacred Land did not go berserk.
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While Ye Chu was thinking about how to trick the Rain Mist Sacred Land and Buluo Mountain, the auction gradually approached its conclusion, and they even brought out a few Heaven and Earth artifacts for bidding.
This immediately set off a frenzy in the auction house, with countless people bidding frantically. What was a Heaven and Earth artifact? It was a terrifying object possessing laws. If one could possess it and fully unleash its power, one could even clash with experts who had seized the creation of heaven and earth. Such a supreme treasure was an irresistible temptation for countless cultivators.
The Heaven and Earth artifacts completely ignited the enthusiasm of the many cultivators, who continuously placed bids, driving the price up to a level that made even Ye Chu click his tongue in astonishment.
Several Heaven and Earth artifacts were sold for multiples of their actual price. No one found this strange, because such items had a price but no market, meaning they were priceless in practice.
When the auction reached its finale, the auction house brought out the final item. “I believe everyone knows what the final item is, and that is the map to the location of the Red Dust Female Saint’s Holy Liquid.”
Hearing this, Ye Chu’s body shot up, and he stared wide-eyed at the jade box in front of the auction platform.
“A map to the Holy Liquid?” Ye Chu stared blankly at the auction stage. He had been searching for the other four types of Holy Liquid all along, but had found no news. Now there was actually such a surprise.
“There are eight types of Holy Liquid belonging to the Red Dust Female Saint, and obtaining six of them is almost impossible. However, there are two other types with a very high success rate, because they do not contain the Red Dust Female Saint’s law of eradicating human vitality.” The glamorous woman on the auction stage parted her red lips and said to the crowd with a smile, “And this map in my hand leads to one of the obtainable types of Holy Liquid. Just think, if you could obtain the Holy Liquid, how many geniuses would emerge in your family, and over time, how glorious your family would become. Moreover, it is rumoured that there are secrets within the Holy Liquid. Although this is just a map, it holds the hope of finding the infinitely valuable Holy Liquid.”
Countless people listened to these bewitching words, their breathing becoming rapid as they stared intently at the jade box on the stage.
No one could resist such a temptation. The Female Saint was already a legend, and everyone wanted to obtain the things she had left behind.