36: Bland

In the evening—no, it was the afternoon—Li Daoxuan went to the Xuantian Business Alliance with enough Spirit Stones, rare treasures, rare Spiritual Artifacts, Medicinal Pills, Cultivation Techniques, and more.

Li Daoxuan was already a regular here, and he was quickly led to the ninth floor by Qing'er.

Along the way, Qing'er couldn't help but ask, "Why are you here so early? The auction won't start until evening."

"Oh!"

"I just had nothing to do. I don't have many friends in Luo City, and I'm only relatively familiar with your Young Miss."

"Hold on! You're not thinking about our Young Miss, are you?"

"I'm telling you, don't even think about it, it's very dangerous!"

Qing'er always guarded against Li Daoxuan as if he were a wolf, which left Li Daoxuan speechless. Was he really that much like a bad person?

"Miss Qing'er, you're overthinking it!"

"I'm a man with a beautiful wife at home, and more than one at that. How could I possibly be thinking about your Young Miss?"

"That's for the best!"

As she spoke, they had already arrived. As soon as he entered, Li Daoxuan's eyes lit up.

Luo Qingcheng had changed into a light yellow dress today and was sitting there leisurely reading a book and sipping tea.

She looked up and smiled, "You're here, have a seat."

Li Daoxuan didn't stand on ceremony and sat directly opposite Luo Qingcheng, even pouring himself a cup of tea.

"Miss Luo, you truly have such refined taste."

"Hahahaha~"

Li Daoxuan asked, "Miss Luo, could you possibly reveal some of tonight's auction items? That way, I can prepare."

Luo Qingcheng put down the ancient book in her hand, shook her head, and said, "I'm really not sure about that. How about I have Qing'er go ask for you?"

"Young Miss, the rules of the Xuantian Business Alliance cannot be broken!" Qing'er reminded with a pout.

Li Daoxuan quickly said, "No need! I just lack experience and asked casually, just to be prepared."

Luo Qingcheng said apologetically, "You don't need to worry. If your Spirit Stones aren't enough, I can lend them to you."

This... this...

Now Li Daoxuan no longer had to worry. He could just bid on whatever he liked.

No shortage of money!

In the blink of an eye, the Xuantian Auction began.

The auction was on the seventh floor, and Li Daoxuan was a specially invited VIP, with his own private room.

However, Li Daoxuan didn't go to his own private room but came to Luo Qingcheng's private room instead.

"Why are you here again?" Qing'er glared at Li Daoxuan the moment she saw him.

"What do you mean 'again'? Isn't it because I'm afraid Miss Luo might be lonely by herself? I'm here to..."

"What do you mean 'by herself'? Am I not a person??"

Seeing the two of them at odds and arguing the moment they met, Luo Qingcheng smiled as she watched the scene, not intervening.

"The auction has started!" Luo Qingcheng reminded.

Through the window, Li Daoxuan saw the auction hall below, which was already packed with people. He then saw a person slowly walk onto the high platform in front.

Oh! It was an Old Man, the one presiding over the auction was Manager Luo.

Manager Luo's long-windwinded opening remarks caused a burst of groans from below.

"Manager Luo, hurry up and start! We can't wait!"

"Yeah! Why are you so long-winded!"

Li Daoxuan kept shaking his head.

Qing'er couldn't help but retort, "What do you mean by shaking your head?"

Li Daoxuan ignored Qing'er and muttered to himself:

"His crowd control ability is poor!"

"His hosting skills are terrible!"

"He creates no atmosphere at all!"

"And the most, most important point is, why is the host an Old Man? It should be a hot and charming young lady!"

"Pfft! Hahahaha..."

Luo Qingcheng, who was beside him, couldn't help but burst out laughing, losing all her Fairy demeanor, almost bending over with laughter.

"Li Daoyou, if Manager Luo heard what you said, he'd definitely fight you to the death."

"These are all facts. Actually, auctions have many intricacies, for example..."

Li Daoxuan roughly explained his understanding of auction houses to Luo Qingcheng, which left her with her mouth slightly open and completely dumbfounded.

This time, Qing'er finally didn't retort to Li Daoxuan but silently memorized every word he said.

Just then, Manager Luo's deep voice came from the auction hall below:

"The first auction item is..."

"A second-tier Spiritual Artifact!"

"Tch!"

Another burst of curses came from below. What was so rare about a second-tier Spiritual Artifact? Wasn't the second-tier Spiritual Artifact from Wanbao Pavilion good enough?

"This second-tier Spiritual Artifact is not an ordinary Spiritual Artifact, but a set of Spiritual Artifacts."

Seeing that the customers below were about to get angry, Manager Luo finally stopped teasing them and said in one breath:

"Everyone, please look, this is a set of spirit swords, with nine blades in total. Each one alone is a High Grade second-tier Spiritual Artifact."

"What's even more commendable is that it's a set of Spiritual Artifacts from the same origin."

"When all nine are combined and used with a sword formation, they can unleash the power of a High Grade third-tier Spiritual Artifact!"

"Its starting price is five hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and each bid must not be less than ten thousand..."

This finally piqued everyone's interest. One must know that a Low Grade third-tier Spiritual Artifact alone costs a million Spirit Stones, but this set of Spiritual Artifacts was different. Firstly, it was very suitable for Golden Core Stage Cultivators to use, and secondly, its power was great enough.

"I'll bid six hundred thousand!"

"What? Is six hundred thousand a lot? Even nine ordinary High Grade second-tier Spiritual Artifacts would cost over a million. I'll bid one million Spirit Stones!"

"I'll bid..."

Li Daoxuan lost interest as soon as he heard it was a Spiritual Artifact.

Although the auction host was mediocre, he couldn't stop the rare goods from being available, and the atmosphere just picked up.

It was just a set of Spiritual Artifacts, yet the competition was so fierce. The price quickly soared to one million eight hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

Li Daoxuan couldn't help but want to take out some of his own stock to participate in the auction.

It was simply exorbitant profit!

Finally, the first auction item was sold for two million nine hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Manager Luo stroked his beard with a smile, a good start.

"Next, let's welcome the second auction item. This is a Cultivation Technique, a Profound Rank High Grade Cultivation Technique!"

"Wow!"

"This auction is really strong, there are so many good items."

Below, many people couldn't help but exclaim. A Cultivation Technique meant a Legacy, and sometimes a single Cultivation Technique could create a Cultivation Family.

Profound Rank High Grade was actually very precious!

Li Daoxuan shook his head again. He wasn't interested in this item; he had more than one good Cultivation Technique in his possession, and their ranks were higher than this one.

"Starting price one million Spirit Stones, each..."

"I'll bid two million!"

"I..."

Li Daoxuan looked at these people, quite speechless. These people were truly very wealthy.

Li Daoxuan watched quietly, but Luo Qingcheng didn't pay attention to the auction. She only occasionally glanced at Li Daoxuan.

Li Daoxuan wasn't lacking in Spiritual Artifacts, so was he not tempted by Cultivation Techniques either?

A very interesting person!

The auction continued, the atmosphere was hot, and the bidding was fierce.

Li Daoxuan found that there were indeed many valuable items at the auction, but that was for others. He didn't really need these treasures.

Li Daoxuan was a bit distracted.

Just then, a sudden series of exclamations from below pulled Li Daoxuan back to reality.

"Please welcome the next auction item. This item is extremely..."