Chapter 530: Chapter 293: Even Expert Bai Mo Wants It? (Part 2)
"Not to mention, the West State’s behind-the-scenes boss is probably watching too."
Mo Lanyou nodded.
"Hmm!"
...
The Golden Emperor Hotel, in the luxurious top-floor auction hall, was already filled with wealthy attendees in suits.
"Haha, I heard there’s great treasure today?"
"President Wang, did you bring enough money?"
"Hehehe, I like that piece of jade; give me a break, President Li~"
"Who is in the number two booth over there?"
"Boss Qiu, perhaps!"
"What about the number one booth then?"
"Well, that I don’t know, very mysterious."
...
In the center of the second floor, the number one booth had soft lighting, and a faint floral scent.
The Flying Electric Claw squatted on the coffee table, grabbed a bottle of red wine, unscrewed the cap with the Fox Claw, and took a sip with his head thrown back.
"Oh?"
The taste seemed... not bad?
A lot worse than the wine from Fox Mountain, but still interesting!
On the soft sofa beside him, Professor Ye wore a shabby old jacket, sitting awkwardly and feeling out of place. Seeing the Immortal Beast opening the wine made him shiver!
"This... this bottle of wine... how much is it... I..."
The lady manager standing by, hands clasped in front, had a gentle expression and graceful demeanor, smiling as she introduced.
"This bottle is a 1928 Phelan, valued at 280,000.
"Our boss gifted it to Expert Bai Mo."
Bai Mo, Wu Qingyun, Fang Xiaoyu, and others sat on the large sofa, looking at each other with strange expressions.
So expensive?
Why didn’t you say earlier?
Isn’t this a pitfall?
Professor Ye quickly explained.
"We didn’t say we had to buy anything!
"The booth is something you offered as a gift!
"Just had a sip of the wine!
"We..."
The lady manager quickly intervened.
"No, no, no!
"Expert Bai Mo certainly doesn’t have to buy anything!
"Having Expert Bai Mo here already graces us with your presence!
"But, our boss said, he’d like to make a toast..."
Bai Mo waved his hand.
"Forget it.
"Let him be busy, no need for excessive courtesy."
Deep down, he was still a bit socially anxious, not too willing to make friends with big businessmen.
Instantly, the lady manager understood... Expert Bai Mo wasn’t interested in their boss.
Her smile remained unchanged.
"Alright.
"Our boss also wondered if you’d be willing to disclose your identity in this number one booth, if it’s to be made public..."
Bai Mo shook his head again.
Still plagued by social anxiety. Sitting in such a large booth at an auction, it’s just too embarrassing!
"Not public."
Instantly, the lady manager understood... Expert Bai Mo also wasn’t interested in the group of uncouth tycoons present.
Her smile remained unchanged.
"Alright.
"If you need anything, just let me know."
She then took two steps back, retreating to the corner of the booth, standing quietly like a decorative vase.
Professor Ye looked at the wine set aside, glanced at the Immortal Beast cracking nuts, and the lady manager in the corner, and leaned over to Bai Mo’s side closely, whispering to Bai Mo’s ear.
"It’s really not necessary to buy!
"I know you have money, but your money should be your decision.
"I just want you to see the item!
"If by chance you like it, and can buy it, that would be amazing, preventing it from falling into the hands of a bunch of fat-brained businessmen..."
As he spoke, everyone saw from the large glass window of the booth that the auction downstairs had already begun!
On the stage surrounded by wealthy attendees, the well-dressed auctioneer stepped up, delivered an opening speech, and took out the first item for auction.
"This is an ancient sword from the Sui Dynasty!
"The condition of this sword..."
The auctioneer spoke eloquently, and the wealthy attendees marveled.
Upstairs, Professor Ye was stupified.
"This thing can also be auctioned?
"How much is this worth?"
Fang Xiaoyu and Wu Qingyun, having seen Immortal Artifacts before, were not too impressed with this Bronze Sword.
The Flying Electric Claw glanced downwards, with an even more peculiar expression.
This junk, even if we send it to Fox Mountain to use as firewood, it would still be too bent; what’s the use?
The Flying Electric Claw grabbed pistachios from the table, cracking them open one by one with its right claw, and gathering a dozen nuts in its left claw before happily presenting them to its master.
"Ying ying ying!"
Bai Mo smiled and picked one up.
"You eat it yourself."
He smiled as he opened his phone.
This auction is boring; might as well watch Mo Lanyou’s livestream.
Sure enough, the stream was already running, pinned at the top of the Immortal Discussion Forum with skyrocketing popularity. Upon entering, the dense barrage of comments almost completely covered the screen!
Bai Mo set up a half-screen barrage view and saw Mo Lanyou in the frame, recounting the fallen comrades from recent years.
"...This woman, named Wu Shanling, was once a Sequence Nine Immortal Technique Master of the Dongguo City Immortal Technique Committee.
"Her mother’s urn was stolen by covert Immortal-Related Personnel at the funeral home to be used as a curse medium.
"Just three days ago, Wu Shanling died during childbirth at Dongguo City’s Maternity and Child Hospital!"
The barrage of comments flew by quickly.
[The repair shop under my building, the young worker beat the boss to death and fled with the money, heard that the young guy suddenly got involved with immortals]
[We need a national survey to root out all the Immortal-Related Personnel]
[Even if we can’t catch the big fish, we have to find all the small ones and shrimps]
Bai Mo nodded.
This livestream is actually quite successful.
After watching for a while longer, Mo Lanyou finished with the data and cases, took out a detector, and began the introduction.
"...This is an Immortal Detector, created by the Immortal Committee with the strongest experts, the best research and craftsmanship..."
Bai Mo was about to continue watching when his arm was nudged by Fang Xiaoyu.
He looked at Fang Xiaoyu and then followed her gaze towards the hall downstairs.
There, the atmosphere in the hall grew lively, with rich tycoons raising their paddles to bid.
"Five million!"
"Eight million!"
"Ten million!"
...
"Eighteen million!"
A group of rich folks was shouting out prices fiercely!
And the item they were competing for on the auction stage was none other than... a door, an armored door.
"Uh..."
Bai Mo looked slightly awkward.
Behind the auction stage, slides introduced the various functions of the door.
In an inconspicuous corner of the slide, a cross-section of the armored door appeared, showing an Immortal Detector embedded within, with a seal on the shell... a "Bai" character within a circle.
Professor Ye knew a bit about Immortal Detectors and had seen the door’s details.
But he could hardly comprehend it.
"Isn’t this door priced at fifty thousand?
"I saw the academy leadership recently purchased one to take back.
"How is this auctioned door different?"
Wu Qingyun and Fang Xiaoyu, knowing the truth, awkwardly glanced at the corner of the slide, at the inconspicuous ’Bai’ seal.
Bai Mo didn’t know what to say, feeling slightly embarrassed.
Master Chong, truly deserving of the expert title, actually managed to get this door on the auction stage?
And even made the tycoons so eager, how on earth did he manage to pull that off?
The final dealing price for this door fell at twenty-eight million, a number Bai Mo could hardly fathom...
At this moment, Master Chong sent a message to Bai Mo.
[Expert Bai Mo, are you also at the auction?]
[Hahaha, I’m in Box No. 3!]
[Did you see that? Our door sold quite well!]
[If any old friends want to buy from me again, I won’t sell it for less than this price]
[After all, we only have a few of this special version]
Bai Mo felt strange inside and chatted with Master Chong for a bit.
Suddenly, Professor Ye grabbed his sleeve!
"Expert Bai Mo, look quickly!"
Turns out the next auction item was being brought up to the stage.
The auctioneer lifted the cloth, revealing a flower beneath a glass cover to the audience.
"This is a... tree we can’t name.
"This tree has been in our warehouse for decades; it existed even before the Immortal Technique Era, possessing nothing extraordinary, and it’s not Immortal Grass.
"We even invited Professor Ye Ming, an ancient plant expert from West State University, to look at it, but he also couldn’t identify the origin of this tree.
"But according to his judgement, this tree has probably been alive for over five hundred years..."
It was indeed a robust and strange little potted tree with branches sporting leaves both yellow and green, about the size of a thumbnail, looking quite adorable.
Professor Ye leaned towards Bai Mo’s ear, whispering.
"This tree, I can’t figure out its background.
"But it must be special to have lived for several hundred years, possessing significant research value!
"If you’re interested, as long as it’s not too expensive..."
Bai Mo stared at the small tree, releasing his Divine Sense to investigate it closely, then gasped.
Several hundred years?
This thing, how could it have lived for just several hundred years!
