Chapter 145: Secret Meeting
The carriage was still walking along this avenue, this Xiangcheng was much bigger than Ye Chaoxiao imagined, and he didn't see the end of the road after walking for half an hour, but as the carriage got closer and closer to the center of the city, there were fewer and fewer shops and pedestrians around. The road gradually narrowed, and the two sides of the road changed from those bustling shops to dense woods, from noisy to silent, and the transition was so perfect.
The colorful scene that was brightly lit before seemed to be reflected only by the light of the sky in this dense forest, and other than that, it seemed that this place was two completely different worlds from the downtown area just now. After the carriage climbed a few hillsides and turned several corners, it stopped, Ye Chaoxiao subconsciously leaned out of the car window, and what caught his eye was a huge mansion with red walls and tiles, just one wall, which showed the luxury of this mansion.
"Here we are. β
Hearing Bai Yanruo's words, Ye Chaoxiao reacted, and after picking up some of his carry-on luggage, he quickly followed Bai Yanruo's footsteps and got out of the carriage. After getting out of the carriage, before they approached the gate of the huge mansion, they saw a familiar fat figure walking towards the two of them, and bowed respectfully to them.
"Uh...... It doesn't have to be so formal...... Old ......"
"Where, when you come to Xiangcheng, you are the distinguished guests of my Dongji Chamber of Commerce, how can you be lazy in hospitality?" Xiang Bucai raised his head and said with a smile, but he did not hesitate to say his relationship with the Dongji Chamber of Commerce. After a pause, he took out two exquisitely crafted jade plaques from his arms, and said while handing them to Ye Chaoxiao and Bai Yanruo:
"The two of you are tired, you must have been tired, I have already arranged the house, and I also ask the two of you to move to rest, tomorrow the auction will officially begin, this is the admission token for the two, I will also take you with me tomorrow. β
"Understood, by the way, in the Qizhong Academy, are there other people besides us who are also here?" Bai Yanruo calmly took the jade plaque from Xiang Bucai's hand, and two figures suddenly flashed in his mind, and he asked.
"Senior Ling and Senior Xiao......?
Hearing Bai Yanruo's inquiry, Xiang Bucai was about to answer, but was interrupted by a crisp sound of horses' hooves, and in the distance, two sturdy horses unleashed their hooves, and galloped towards the place where several people were standing, and in less than a moment, the two horses, one black and one white, stopped at the door of the house. It was Ling Xiaozhi and Xiao Yihan who were sitting on the horse, but to everyone's surprise, Lou Yuqing also appeared here with Xiao Yihan. Before he could completely stop, Ling Xiaozhi said with a smile on Xiao Yihan, who was slightly slower than him by half a body:
"Looks like I'm faster...... Lao Xiao, who said that you should compare speed before?"
"Cut, I'm half a position behind you when I carry two people, if it's one to one, it's not certain who loses and who wins. Seeing Ling Xiaozhi's smug look, Xiao Yihan complained in disgust, and climbed down from the white horse as he spoke. Looking back, they happened to see Ye Chaoxiao and Bai Yanruo standing behind them, so they greeted them with a smile and said:
"What a coincidence, Lao Bai, are you also here to participate in the auction?"
"Otherwise, the college is a little boring during the holidays anyway, so come out and have a look." β
"The two seniors can also come to participate in the activities of this chamber of commerce, Xiang Mou is really glad, two seniors, give-" Seeing that Xiao Yihan and Ling Xiaozhi also arrived at the scene, Xiang Bucai first saluted respectfully, and then took out two jade medals from his arms and handed them to the two. Then he made a 'please' gesture and motioned for a few people to enter the house to rest.
An hour laterβ
Originally, Xiang Bucai arranged a separate room for everyone, but at Bai Yanruo's strong request, Bai Yanruo and Ye Chaoxiao were still arranged together. I have to say that the financial resources of this Xiang family are very good, the area of this room is already comparable to the area of several bedrooms in the original outer courtyard, and it is very clean and tidy. The decoration of the finest mahogany, the chandelier on the ceiling are all carved with gemstones, and even the floor under your feet is directly polished from expensive jade, and there is even a slight coolness when stepping on it. You must know that if you take out a thing casually here, the price of selling it is estimated that a small family like the martial arts family will go bankrupt.
Everything that can be described as luxury in this way is unimaginable for Ye Chaoxiao, staying in this room, Ye Chaoxiao unconsciously held his breath, deeply afraid that the turbidity he exhaled would pollute these extremely expensive boutiques. On the other hand, the white smoke was much more comfortable, as if it was in the dormitory of Qizhongyuan, and it was spread out on the sofa in the center of the room.
"Boy, there's no need to be so restrained, even if you smash this room now, they won't say anything to you. It seems that he felt Ye Chaoxiao's steps, Bai Yanruo said leisurely, and motioned for Ye Chaoxiao to sit down as he spoke.
"Uh...... Brother Bai, you are a local tyrant, and you will lose ...... I don't dare ......."
"Don't dare to do anything, the East Pole Chamber of Commerce has a lot of money, let alone this room, even this mansion located in the center of Xiangcheng is only a drop in the bucket for the property of the East Pole Chamber of Commerce. There is no need for people to make you pay compensation for this little thing, not to mention, this time Xiang Jia came to us for help, and we are the big man. β
"Aren't we here to participate in the auction of the East Pole Chamber of Commerce?" When did it turn out to ask us for help?" Listening to Bai Yanruo's words, Ye Chaoxiao instantly sensed that something was wrong, and asked suspiciously. Bai Yanruo seemed to have anticipated Ye Chaoxiao's doubts, and said slowly:
"Well, it's normal that you don't know, first of all, this auction is very weird, the invitation to the auction is not submitted to the major forces, but to the elite disciples of these forces; The fact that the auction was held in Xiangcheng rather than in Dongji City at least shows that this auction is different from the past and has a deeper purpose. Secondly, even if the chamber of commerce arranges a place to stay, it is generally an inn hotel under the jurisdiction of the chamber of commerce, but we came directly to the Xiang family's house...... As for why I know that Xiang Jia wants to ask us, do you remember the jade plate that your classmate gave you?"
"Jade?"
Ye Chaoxiao took out the jade plaque from his arms, although he didn't know what kind of jade it was made of, but the price must not be low, and it was also engraved with exquisite patterns and the four big characters of 'Dongji Chamber of Commerce', and there was nothing special about it.
"You try to inject war energy into it. β
Hearing Bai Yanruo's words, Ye Chaoxiao subconsciously injected a little battle energy into the jade card, and in less than a moment, several looming luminous fonts appeared on the jade card-
"See you in the atrium tonight"
Seeing the words that suddenly appeared on the jade plate, Ye Chaoxiao was startled, and almost threw the jade card to the ground, but when he came back to his senses, those words had also dissipated, and then no matter how Ye Chaoxiao injected war qi into the jade card, those words never appeared again.
"Don't waste your efforts, it's engraved on the jade plate through a unique method, and it can only be revealed when it is activated by battle qi, but it will be destroyed immediately after activation. It seems that this auction will ...... There's really something. β