Text Chapter 23 Prelude to the Auction

The Merchant's Moon Bay Auction House is the largest auction venue in Zou Yingcheng, and it is also the richest family in the Azure Empire: the Shang family.

In the Azure Country, when it comes to wealth, of course, the Shang family is second to none.

The Shang family has a long history, mainly business, and has been developing in the Azure Empire for hundreds of years, and the relationship within the empire is complicated, and according to some gossip, this rich family is said to be a collateral family of the royal family of the Azure Empire.

In the Azure Empire, the Shang family, the Shangguan family, and the Sima family are known as the Azure Triumvirate, the three major families, although the Shang family is the main business, the Shangguan family is the military, and the Sima family is the main politics, but they are involved in the business, military, political and other interfaces of the empire, and their influence is not wide.

Therefore, with the strong background of the Shang family as the backstage, no matter how big the cake of the Moon Bay Auction House is, no matter how coveted it is, no one dares to beat their minds.

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Seven days later, Chu Wuxian received a notice from Chu Yan that he had contacted his master and would auction the alchemy seal in Moon Bay today.

Therefore, Chu Wuxian wanted to come to Moon Bay to see, who was Chu Yan's master, and what was the value of this alchemy seal?

Looking at the huge venue at the end of the street, Chu Wuxian first walked into a remote alley, then quickly put on the fierce tiger mask in the spirit ring, and finally draped the black hooded cloak and robe on his body.

The mask concealed his appearance, and the wide robe concealed his slender figure, which looked stuffed and bloated, and now Chu Wuxian's appearance, I am afraid that even if his father and mother were standing in front of him at the same time, it would be difficult to recognize...

Covering his body, Chu Wuxian acted again, this can't be blamed for him being too cautious, he is not guilty, he has seen too many people after auctioning off treasures, out of the Moon Bay Auction House, and soon, they were killed and overlooked.

Chu Wuxie's appearance is too outstanding, and now that his reputation has increased, it is easy for others to recognize him, those greedy people are very likely to ambush him on the way home, kill him and take the treasures he actually obtained, and the family's competitors are also very likely to assassinate him, and they don't want their opponents to have a talented talent to grow up. This is undoubtedly a huge potential threat to them.

In order not to bring some unnecessary trouble to himself, Chu Wuxie, who was not strong enough, could only choose to sneak...

After getting ready, Chu Wuxian walked towards the Moon Bay auction hall at the end of the street.

Under the vigilant gaze of several heavily armed guards at the gate, Chu Wuxian walked straight in without stopping.

As soon as I entered the clubhouse, the hot feeling disappeared in an instant, as if I had been pulled away from my body, and the cool feeling made people feel strange inside and outside.

His gaze swept casually over the splendid spacious hall, and Chu Wuxian walked towards the room on the side, and on the door of the house, the three big characters of "Gate No. 1" were printed with golden light.

There was only a beautiful woman with a good face sitting idly on the chair at the table at the door, listening to the footsteps, the beautiful woman raised her head and looked at the figure wrapped in a black robe and wearing a fierce tiger mask on her face, her eyebrows wrinkled without a trace, there are so many strange people! Immediately, a professional smile quickly appeared on her pretty face: "Hello, are you planning to participate in the auction this time?"

"Hmm. Under the black robe, a somewhat hoarse voice came from the light.

"Man, is it so tightly covered, are you afraid that you will be seen as ugly?" the beauty said secretly, and then said to him: "Pay the entrance fee of 100 Xuanling Stones first, and then I will take you to the No. 10 lounge, our auction has not started yet, we have to wait for another three hours." ”

Chu Wuxian took three steps forward, the spirit ring in his hand flashed white, and a bag of Xuanling stones appeared in his hand, and he gently placed it on the table.

"This is 100 Xuanling Stones, you count them. ”

"Spirit Ring! This person is not cheap. Seeing the spirit ring in his hand, his beautiful eyes blinked, the people who have the spirit ring are usually owned by a small number of some big forces, so the beauty didn't count, this kind of high-value person didn't bother to do such a few things, just gently put away the spirit stone, looked at Chu Wuxian, handed over a round sign, which said 159, and his eyes showed more affection: "My lord, this is your auction number, please come with me." ”

"Hmm. After taking the auction sign, the hoarse voice sounded again.

Under the leadership of the beautiful woman, after turning two or three corners, Chu Wuxian came to Room 10, which was about 30 square meters and was very gorgeously decorated. A large bed that can sleep three people together without being crowded, the quilt and bed are of the highest quality, a table with a variety of fruits and all kinds of books, and a few elastic soft chairs next to the table.

There is a large golden clock hanging on the wall, and the second hand is ticking, and the sound is very good, like the soft chirping of a cuckoo.

"My lord, if you need anything, pull this string. The beauty pointed to the doorway, handed over a small yellow book, and said in an extremely seductive voice: "And we have a lot of special services here, you can take a look." ”

"Hmm. I took the little book, and the hoarse voice sounded faintly.

"Then I won't bother with your news. The beauty couldn't see the look on his face, and it was difficult to guess his thoughts, so she couldn't help but withdraw with some disappointment.

After she left, Chu Wuxian flipped through the small book casually and chuckled a few times: "Hehe~ Women! Everyone has their own way of survival, this way does make money quickly, but I don't need this thing, it's vulgar! ”

Chu Wuxian threw the small notebook casually, but it fell into the trash can accurately.

"Meditate on the news before the auction starts!" Chu Wuxian said and did.

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Not reluctantly, Chu Yan, who had already come to the Moon Bay Auction House, was talking with his master.

"Master, is this really okay?" asked Chu Yan.

Wearing a wide gray robe under this huge gray robe, not only concealed Chu Yan's appearance, but also a little thin body, under this robe, it looked bloated, Chu Yan's appearance at this time, I was afraid that even if Chu Ruomeng stood in front of him, it would be difficult for her to recognize it at a glance...

"Xiao Yanzi, don't worry about leaving it to me! Wait a minute, you don't have to speak, just do what I instruct. The old man's voice remembered in Chu Yan's heart.

Get Ye Yanzi's assurance. Chu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, he not only took away the treasures that Chu Wuxian gave him, but also the elixir that his master had refined himself, in order to prepare funds to buy materials, he had to auction off the refined elixir.

With a few treasures, he also knew that he was likely to be in trouble, in order to avoid some unnecessary trouble, he had to do this, and it was not necessarily safe, but with Ye Yanzi, the Dan Emperor, there was no need to worry too much.

Touching the somewhat cold white jade bottle in his arms and the copied alchemy seal booklet in his arms, Chu Yan slowly walked towards the auction hall.

After turning several corners, Chu Yan finally came to his destination.

The eyes stayed on the sect on the head, and the three big white characters of "Treasure Room" were printed on it.

Gently pushed the door in, the room was a little empty, only a middle-aged man was lying on the table snoring, awakened by the sound of pushing the door, a trace of embarrassment flashed on the middle-aged man's face, and then raised his head, looked at the figure wrapped in gray robes, frowned slightly, and then quickly replaced his face with a professional smile: "Hello, are you planning to appreciate treasures?"

"Hmm. Under the gray robe, an old voice came out, it was Ye Yanzi's voice.

Chu Yan stepped forward, took out the white jade bottle and the alchemy seal book from his arms, and gently placed them on the table.

"What is this?" his eyes blinked with some doubts, the middle-aged man carefully picked up the white jade bottle and the booklet, sniffed slightly at the mouth of the bottle, and then looked at the booklet, after a while, his face changed suddenly, and he looked at Chu Yan with a trace of respect in his eyes: "May I ask my lord, are you an alchemist?"

"Hmm. The old voice came out.

"Excuse me, do you really want to auction this alchemy seal, what kind of pill is this bottle, and what does it do?" Hearing Ye Yanzi's answer, the middle-aged man asked respectfully again.

"Well, auction it off, this alchemy seal can greatly increase the success rate of the following elixirs, as for this bottle of elixir, it is the Qi Condensing Pill, it can increase the cultivation speed of the aura, but it can only be used by people who cultivate below the spirit master, so it can be effective. ”

"This alchemy seal can actually increase the success rate of the top grade, and this elixir can increase the cultivation speed of the aura?" Hearing this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but be moved, he also heard about the magic of the alchemy seal, but he didn't expect the other party to be willing to sell it. And the aura is well known, usually can only be cultivated in a decent manner, this has basically become everyone's common sense, and at this stage of the spiritual level cultivator, the veins in the body are very fragile, once the medicine is too strong, it will be a miserable end with broken tendons.

"My elixir, the medicinal power is extremely mild, and there will be no result of broken tendons and veins, you can rest assured. As if to understand the concerns of the middle-aged man, the old voice explained slowly.

His face changed suddenly, this kind of self-confidence, coupled with this alchemy seal, this person is very likely to be an alchemist at the level of a grandmaster or even higher. Oh my God! When did Zou Yingcheng have such a high-level alchemist? The middle-aged man suppressed the suspicion in his heart, carefully swung the white jade bottle back to the table, and said respectfully: "My God, can you please wait for a while? We need to ask Master Li Wen from the auction hall to come over and identify the elixir!"

"Well, try to be as fast as you can. With a wave of his hand, Chu Yan was not polite, his current identity was a high-level alchemist, how could he not show a more arrogant appearance, and then sat down on the chair on the side, and directly closed his eyes to recuperate.

The middle-aged man nodded hurriedly, and then hurried out of the room.

Sitting on the chair, Chu Yan remained silent, and did not open his mouth to talk to Ye Yanzi, Ye Yanzi had explained before, besides, this is someone else's territory, it is better to be cautious in words and deeds, no one can guarantee that there is no equipment for peeping or eavesdropping here.

After staying in the room for a long time, the middle-aged man returned again, and brought with him an old man in black with white hair.

His gaze swept lightly over the old man's body, and finally stopped at the old man's chest, where a pattern somewhat resembled that of the furnace was painted, and on the surface of the furnace ding, two flame emblems stood side by side, as if flashing with noble glory.

Two Fire Emblems, Alchemy Master!

Ye Yanzi could see at a glance that this was an alchemy master who had passed the assessment of the Alchemy Union.

"My lord, this is Master Li Wen from our auction house, he is a three-star Great Spirit Master!At the same time, he is also an alchemy master!" the middle-aged man said respectfully.

Listening to the identity of the old man, Chu Yan's eyebrows under his cloak subconsciously raised, this was the first time he had met an alchemist other than Ye Yanzi, and he couldn't help but look at Li Wen carefully.

The old man's face was red, although the black clothes on his body looked ordinary, but there was a faint flow of light, it could be seen that this shirt was made by a refiner, and the old face showed a touch of arrogance that could not be concealed, which was the pride of being an alchemist.

While Chu Yan was looking at the other party, Li Wen was also scanning him without a trace, the alchemist was not an aura cultivator, it could be seen everywhere, this alchemist would come out with any one, but it would be co-opted by any force, and the person in front of him might be above the level of the alchemy grandmaster, so when Li Wen looked at it, he also secretly guessed Chu Yan's identity in his heart.

At this time, the middle-aged man carefully picked up the white jade bottle from the table and handed it to Li Wen?

Taking the white jade bottle, Li Wen smelled it lightly, the fragrant smell, his eyes narrowed slightly, his pupils flickered slightly, the mouth of the bottle was slightly oblique, and a green pill slowly rolled out of it, and then fell into Li Wen's palm.

His eyes were staring at the green pill tightly, and Li Wenling tapped his index finger on it, slightly fluctuating with yellow aura, quietly penetrating into the green pill.

With the detection and inspection of the aura, Li Wen's face gradually changed from calm to solemn, and after a while, he put the green pill into the jade bottle, and when his eyes swept to Chu Yan again, his arrogant old face had a little more respect, and he turned his head to the middle-aged man and said in a deep voice: "Qi Condensing Pill, as this adult said before, there is no false!"

Then, Li Wen picked up the booklet again, and when he looked through it, his solemn expression increased instead of decreasing.

"The value of this alchemy seal is indeed as this lord said, there is no falsehood!"

Li Wen, who looked at the alchemy seal, also had a blazing fire in his eyes, as an alchemist, he knew very well how important this alchemy seal was to their alchemists, but he didn't expect the other party to be willing to sell, it is estimated that the other party is either in urgent need of funds, but this possibility is very small, because as soon as this kind of high-level alchemist appears, it will be recruited by those big forces, so there is only one possibility left, that is, the other party's more advanced and subtle alchemy seal than this!

However, Li Wen guessed half right! Chu Yan and they really needed funds, but the alchemy seal was not their thing.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man really breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled eagerly at Chu Yan: "My lord, have you decided?"

"Well, could you please arrange the fastest auction time for me? ”

"Hehe, this is naturally no problem, my lord, you wait a while, we will immediately notify them to hold an auction immediately!" The middle-aged man smiled and handed over a cyan bronze medal.

"Hmm. Chu Yan took the bronze medal casually, and walked straight out of the room under the gaze of the two.

"Master Li Wen, he should be a high-level alchemist, right?" After seeing Chu Yan disappear, the middle-aged man asked in a low voice.

"Well, I can't be wrong to auction off this high-grade alchemy seal without hesitation, plus the effect of this elixir..."Li Wen nodded, then frowned, and said to himself suspiciously: "This person suddenly appeared, which alchemist is it? I haven't heard of when Zou Yingcheng came out with an alchemist who is more advanced than me?"

"Do you need me to send someone to investigate his origins?" the middle-aged man said softly.

Li Wenlao's eyes narrowed slightly, thought carefully, and shook his head: "It's better not to do it, the alchemist's temper is a little weird, if the investigation attracts his attention, it is very likely that he will have a bad impression of the auction house, don't offend a high-level mysterious alchemist at will, this is not a wise move." ”

Turning his head and glancing at the middle-aged man, Li Wen said lightly: "Try to make him have a good impression of us, I think you should know how to do it, right?"

"Hehe, naturally. ”

"Remember, even if you can't make friends, don't offend him, otherwise...... You know it yourself. Giving him a look, Li Wen drifted away.