books44 Chapter 55 Judging People by Their Eyes
Chapter 55 Judging People by Their Eyes
Just as Song Chaofeng finished tidying up and was about to go to bed to meditate, the door to his room was suddenly pushed open, and Tao Tao rushed in anxiously, saying hurriedly, "Senior brother, I need to go to the market to buy elixirs!"
Upon learning that she was about to break through, Tao Tao was naturally anxious, mainly because she felt extremely uncomfortable all over. Although Bai Yan had temporarily suppressed it, she didn't know when it would erupt, and she was eager to obtain pills to break through directly.
"Huh?" Song Chaofeng looked at the person in front of him in surprise, and asked with a puzzled expression, "What kind of pill? Why go so late at night?"
"Heavenly Essence Pills! I want so many!"
"What do you need that thing for? Isn't that a mid-grade pill needed to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage? And there are several of them. You should know that this kind of pill is extremely rare. Even in our Annihilation Frost Sect, it's impossible to get your hands on it easily. It's basically priceless. Going to the market now won't do you any good."
"What should I do? Ayan said that if I don't break through soon, I'll explode and die!"
"That serious!?"
Now Song Chaofeng couldn't sit still any longer. If the senior said so, it must be true. He was worried that something might happen to Tao Tao, so he took out a list from his storage bracelet and studied it carefully. "I've got it. There will be a Heavenly Origin Pill for sale at the auction in three days. But this thing will definitely be expensive, and there will be a lot of people vying for it. We may not be able to get our hands on it."
"Three more days?" Tao Tao slumped onto the stool with a miserable little face, completely listless. Song Chaofeng comforted him, "Three days is the limit. Anyway, it's definitely not available on the market. The key is that there's only one. We need to figure out how to get it."
Three days later, the large-scale auction in Wude Town officially began. Anyone entering the venue had to have at least three thousand spirit stones on them. There were people checking them at the entrance, completely preventing those who wanted to watch the excitement but did not intend to participate in the auction from entering.
Having prepared for three days, Tao Tao and her group came well-prepared. Originally, Song Chaofeng brought her here so that she could auction off the more troublesome items she had brought from Xiaobietian. After all, it was safer to sell them to others than to keep them in her own hands.
Of course, they dared not bring out anything too special; they only brought out the most common items, such as spiritual materials, magical artifacts, and talismans. Just by selling what Tao Tao had scavenged, they could sell at least tens of thousands of spirit stones, thus giving them a chance to compete for the Heavenly Origin Pill.
The person in charge of the auction is Wu Sanduo. If you want to auction your items, you must first register with him, and then a specialist will evaluate and price the items for auction.
"Are you three here to auction off your goods?" Wu Sanduo greeted Tao Tao and the others warmly as they approached.
"Hmm." Tao Tao nodded. "Uncle, I have a lot of things to sell."
"I didn't realize you had so many treasures, young lady. Come with me first, I need to have our appraisers here appraise them and then assess their value. If you are satisfied with the price, you can join the auction."
"okay."
While introducing the auction, Wu Sanduo led the three of them to a room. The room looked very old-fashioned, and most of the furnishings were quite old, especially the set of peach wood table and chairs, which looked simple but were surprisingly eye-catching.
"Gong Qin, there are many treasures here that need your appraisal." Wu Sanduo called out casually. A charming woman in a red silk dress turned her head and walked out from behind the screen. She held a small fan in her hand and gently fanned herself. Her phoenix eyes looked at the three people who came in, and her eyebrows and eyes were very affectionate.
While observing the three, her attention was focused on Bai Yan, who was dressed in white. She released her divine sense to probe his cultivation level, but when she saw that he was only at the Qi Refining stage, she immediately lost interest. She slowly walked to the peach wood chair, sat down, and said lazily, "Let me take a look."
In her opinion, what good stuff could three cultivators at the Qi Refining stage possibly have? They probably just picked up some low-level magic artifacts from somewhere and thought they were treasures, hoping to make a fortune at the auction.
She'd seen far too many people like that, so naturally she wouldn't give Tao Tao and the others a friendly look.
"Oh." Tao Tao and the others walked over and sat down on the chairs. Then they started rummaging through the storage bracelets. Tao Tao kept waving his hand, and in the blink of an eye, several spiritual herbs and magical artifacts appeared on the table. Gong Qin's beautiful eyes widened involuntarily.
Wow, there's a lot of stuff.
The key point is that these things don't seem to be the low-level magical artifacts she thought they were; a slight probe with her divine sense was enough to surprise her.
"The Crimson Wind Needle! This item hasn't appeared in the market for many years. Where did you get it?"
Upon seeing one of the red needles, she could no longer sit still and exclaimed excitedly. Wu Sanduo, who was standing to the side, had never seen Gong Qin like this before and was somewhat surprised, but he knew after a moment's thought that she had really encountered a treasure this time.
"Does your auction house intend to investigate the provenance of the treasures?" Song Chaofeng asked coldly, pouring cold water on Gong Qin. She then calmed down and smiled awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I was too excited just now. Our auction house does not investigate the provenance of the treasures, so please rest assured."
Tao Tao was too lazy to argue with her previous rudeness and didn't want to listen to her nonsense, so she said directly, "Let's start the appraisal."
Seeing that no one wanted to be polite with her, Gong Qin smiled awkwardly and began appraising the treasures without saying anything more.
After several hours, all the goods provided by Tao Tao were verified and could be auctioned off, and the prices were not low. Wu Sanduo was very satisfied with this and said with a smile, "Are the three of you satisfied with this? If so, then the deal is done. In a little while, these goods will be sent to the front to queue up for auction."
Song Chaofeng was speechless at their fickle attitude and said irritably, "I'm satisfied, I guess."
These words were spoken specifically to Gong Qin. After saying them, he glanced at her, leaving Gong Qin with no choice but to smile apologetically and say nothing.
"Then it's settled. We'll be charging a 20% commission for this auction. I hope you all don't mind. Also, here are our VIP number plates. Someone will take you there in a bit." Wu Sanduo handed a jade plate to Tao Tao.
Tao Tao nodded, "Okay, then let's do it this way."
After the two parties reached an agreement, Tao Tao and his companions were escorted to the VIP seats by a designated person. The so-called VIP seats were special private rooms on the second floor. Each room was specially equipped with security measures, preventing outsiders from peeking into the room and effectively protecting the privacy of the customers.
People with low cultivation levels like Tao Tao need this kind of protection even more, but most people with low cultivation levels can't even get in.
"What a coincidence, to run into you here."
Just as Tao Tao was about to enter the room, she heard a sweet female voice. She turned around suspiciously and saw that it was the young lady of the Xuanyuan family, Xuanyuan Mingyue, whom she had met on the street last time.
She seemed to still have feelings for Bai Yan, and walked over with a charming smile, bowing slightly to him, "Greetings, Senior."