Chapter 1270: Chapter 1266: Are You Sure You Brought Enough Money This Time?
When Yun Ran was wandering in Moonlight City in the past, she saw those people treat this sword as a treasured offering.
At that time, she felt a bit regretful; such a good sword with spirit had become a symbol of power but had lost its utility.
"Are you interested in this sword?"
Chi Yao saw Yun Ran’s gaze and knew what she was thinking; he couldn’t help but speak.
Yun Ran lazily leaned back in her chair and glanced sideways at Chi Yao; the feeling of being seen through in one glance was truly terrible!
"I think sometimes turning a blind eye is also a virtue, don’t you think?"
Chi Yao: ...
Forget it, better not to speak; the more you say, the more mistakes you make.
Yun Ran was indeed interested in that sword, but this interest wasn’t enough for her to face the pressure and change what had already happened.
Downstairs, there were obviously many knowledgeable people fiercely bidding.
"50,000 taels!"
"60,000 taels!"
"100,000 taels!"
...
Finally, the sword was auctioned off by a person wearing a hood, and no one knew what the person looked like or their identity.
However, this didn’t include Yun Ran; she knew that person definitely had something to do with the first City Lord of Moonlight City.
As the auction was more than halfway through, there was still no movement from the small building where Yun Ran was.
At first, many people downstairs didn’t pay much attention since the initial treasures, though valuable, were not rare.
It was normal for the noble in the small building to be unsatisfied.
But the items auctioned later were all treasures, especially some were rare and spiritual ones — see one less one.
Now, as the auction was about to end, there was still no movement from the small building.
"Do you guys think what exactly is on that noble’s mind, that these things don’t catch her eye?"
"If I knew what the noble was thinking, would I be sitting here like you?"
"Are you guys stupid? If there really wasn’t anything here the noble wanted, why would she come here unless she was really bored?"
...
It seemed to confirm their words; when new treasures were brought up, the lantern under the eaves of the small building suddenly lit up.
Silence, deathly silence; the entire auction process seemed to press the pause button because of the lantern lighting up.
The lantern’s light wasn’t dazzling, but this glow drew many people’s eyes directly to it.
Originally, only a few people quietly discussed the situation on the building’s side, but now most people’s attention was on that side.
After silence comes the bustle of water dropping into a hot pan of oil.
"Light the sky lantern! The person on the building lit the sky lantern!"
"Lighting the sky lantern here, the wealth must be terrifying!"
"Isn’t that nonsense? That’s someone who received a Supreme Invitation Letter; can they be ordinary?"
...
Anyone who can appear here doesn’t have a simple identity.
Lighting the sky lantern at an auction is nothing to them.
But lighting the sky lantern at the Divine Sword Manor’s auction is entirely different.
The person upstairs truly doesn’t make a move; when they do, it’s a big one.
But they were more curious about what was brought up, as the cloth hadn’t been lifted yet.
Before anyone could react, the sky lantern was lit; it seemed this thing was definitely a treasure.
The person responsible for hammering looked unchanged, but joy in his eyes was about to overflow.
Seeing the noble with a Supreme Invitation Letter light the sky lantern was something he’d brag about to his descendants.
"Hurry, let us see what new treasure has been brought!"
"Exactly, exactly."
Chi Yao, upstairs, listening to the louder noise downstairs than before, leisurely spoke: "Are you sure you brought enough money this time?"
Yun Ran: ...
She’s now seriously doubting whether Chi Yao was destined to oppose her; otherwise, why does he always speak in such an irritating way?
Yun Ran immediately retorted irritably: "Don’t you think I would dare to light the sky lantern but have an empty pocket? I can’t afford to lose face!"
"That’s good; I just mentioned it beforehand to prevent getting trapped by you again later."
The implication in Chi Yao’s words was that he had been trapped by Yun Ran before; otherwise, he wouldn’t react so strongly.
Being suspected as a scammer, Yun Ran immediately took a stand.
Although she often tricked others, it was mostly in informal situations.
In formal settings, Yun Ran cared about her reputation; how could the Young Master of Qingfeng Temple be so shameless!
But words are pale; Yun Ran immediately reached into her bag to take out something very precious for this period.
Chi Yao looked at the box placed in front of him, and Yun Ran didn’t leave any suspense and directly opened the lid.
Inside were deep-sea pearls the size of Dragon Eyes, which were Dragon Spirit’s ’protection fee’ paid to her back then.
A box full of pearls of uncountable numbers.
In the absence of artificially farmed pearls, these perfectly shaped deep-sea pearls could be described as treasures.
Chi Yao hadn’t had time to appreciate the priceless value of the box full of pearls.
Yun Ran took out another box, inside which was a pair of flawless and uniquely shaped glass cups.
These weren’t the common two-dollar glass cups but ones taken from Xie Xuzhi’s warehouse.
It was said they were specially made and valuable.
Originally, Yun Ran thought the cups were beautiful, and since she had a hobby of collecting different cups, she casually took them.
Now they had come in handy; these glass cups at this time were worth quite a bit.
Watching Yun Ran keep pulling out stuff, Chi Yao’s eyes showed a trace of grievance.
"I didn’t expect you had hidden so many valuable things; how could you exploit me back then?"
Talking about the ’her’ sins to one with no memory, Yun Ran felt it was unreasonable.
She immediately stopped pulling out things and looked at Chi Yao.
"No matter what kind of person I was in your memory, you’re facing someone with no past memories now.
No matter how much you say, I will never admit to these baseless accusations.
Unless you can tell me everything about the past, otherwise put away those nostalgic thoughts!"
