Chapter 176: Escaping from the Auction House
Three hours into the auction, the last of the two’s items was put on auction.
The item was a complete pill recipe for the mid-grade profound rank heart-clearing elixir. Although the pill was not a cultivation aid, it was important because it could prevent nascent soul cultivators from developing heart demons.
In the end, the recipe was bought by a representative of the Sea Cloud sect for two hundred million.
"The Sea Cloud sect is too rich." Jiang Yue grumbled.
"Although your master is a fifth-rank alchemist, most pills suitable for nascent soul cultivators have been lost through time. It is natural for the sect to spend a lot of spirit stones to buy the recipe." Yu Nianzhen said.
If he had a choice, he would not have taken out this recipe, at this time. Instead, he would have kept it for the once-in-a-decade auction to earn more spirit stones.
Unfortunately, they urgently needed spirit stones and had no choice but to sell all their treasures.
"With this pill recipe, the sect will make up the buying price in no time." He continued.
There were only a handful of fifth-rank alchemists in the Cangxing world, and most only had the pill recipes of the most basic pills.
With the recipe for the heart-clearing pill, the Sea Cloud sect would have an advantage over other alchemists.
"Only if the spirit grass can be found." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
Even if it had the recipe, the Sea Cloud sect would be helpless if the required spirit grass could not be found.
"You are right..." Yu Nianzhen was about to say more when he felt a tap on the room’s formation.
He closed the formation, and an attendant walked into the room.
Like the previous times, she was carrying a storage bag on a silver tray.
"Two guests, please check to confirm." She said and held out the tray.
Jiang Yue took the storage bag and injected his consciousness to check. When he confirmed that the amount was right, he collected the spirit stones into his storage ring and smiled happily.
’With this, we have more than five hundred million low-grade spirit stones. It should be more than enough to accelerate the growth of the tree of life.’ He thought, and his smile turned more brilliant.
In a good mood, he gave the attendant one hundred spirit stones before sending her away.
However, the attendant did not leave.
Instead, she looked at the two and seemed to have something on her mind.
"Is there something else?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Two guests, the steward of our auction house hopes to talk after the auction." She said cautiously.
When he heard that, Jiang Yue wanted to reject the invite but was interrupted by his lover.
"It is our honour to talk with the distinguished steward of the auction house. We will naturally meet after the auction." Yu Nianzhen said.
When the attendant received the answer, she sighed and looked at the two sympathetically.
However, she did not say anything and just left to report the acceptance.
"Let’s leave." Yu Nianzhen said as soon as the formation went up again.
"How to leave?" Jiang Yue asked.
Until now, he didn’t know what kind of plan Yu Nianzhen had come up with.
However, he trusted his lover.
If the person said he had everything under control, then there was nothing to worry about.
"Come here." Yu Nianzhen said.
Without delay, Jiang Yue walked to the other and stood two feet from his lover.
When he saw this, Yu Nianzhen was tempted to roll his eyes, but he didn’t. Instead, he placed his right arm on his lover’s waist and pulled him against his body.
"You..., what are you doing at a time like this?" Jiang Yue asked in a choked voice.
He had no resistance to his husband, and with their bodies so close, he began to react in predictable ways.
"Stand still." Yu Nianzhen admonished through gritted teeth.
At the warning, Jiang Yue no longer wiggled around. He leaned his head on the other’s shoulder and waited for an explanation.
"This is a teleportation stone I received from senior Niu." Yu Nianzhen said, and an egg-sized red stone appeared on his palm.
"Teleportation stone?" Jiang Yue spoke in wonder.
He touched the stone and felt a strong qi fluctuation from within the stone.
"Senior Niu said that the stone can take us to where we can break through." Yu Nianzhen explained.
Knowing that senior Niu was not easy to mess with, Yu Nianzhen originally wanted to invite him to the auction. The plan was to let the senior change his size and attend the auction as a beast companion.
In this way, they could participate in the auction without encountering danger.
However, the senior didn’t want to attend the auction and gave the teleportation stone instead.
"Can we teleport through the auction house’s protective formations?" Jiang Yue asked in worry.
"It should be possible."
Yu Nianzhen was also a little worried about this matter, but there was no other way.
Although they hadn’t competed with others for rare treasures, they earned a lot from selling treasures.
This was known by others, and they would likely be intercepted as soon as they left the auction house.
Most importantly, it was possible that some cultivators would suspect that they had a way of finding treasures.
If it came to that, it wouldn’t end at being robbed of their spirit stones. In the worst-case scenario, they would be imprisoned and forced to work as treasure hunters for others.
"We need to leave now." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said.
He could feel qi presences outside their private box and was sure that a few people were waiting for them.
"Good." Jiang Yue agreed and looped his arms around his husband’s waist.
"Hold tight, and don’t let go." Yu Nianzhen said.
"Good."
When Yu Nianzhen was assured that the other was holding tight, he crushed the teleportation stone.
At that, the two were enveloped in a red light, and a breath later, they disappeared from the private box.
.....
When the auction ended, everyone left the auction house.
However, most didn’t go far and instead lingered around, waiting to rob or watch a good show.
"Steward Zhang..." A female attendant called and looked at the steward of Sea Cloud city’s, BlueStar Treasure pavilion.
The steward sighed, and his eyes showed a little helplessness.
"It’s a pity." He said and shook his head.
In fact, it wasn’t strange for cultivators to contribute more than ten items to an auction.
However, all those who dared to do that had powerful backgrounds, and no one dared to trouble them.
Unfortunately, the two young men were only in the origin forging realm and didn’t seem to have any background.
In this situation, they could only be robbed and even thank others after the fact.
"Is this good for our auction house?" The attendant asked with a frown on her face.
"Our BlueStar Treasure pavilion is not easy to mess with, but we can’t offend others for two young men of unknown origin. We can protect them within the pavilion, but when they leave..." The steward did not continue, but the attendant knew what he meant.
As long as the two young men were within the auction house, no one would attack them. However, the auction house would not interfere after they left the BlueStar Treasure Pavillion.
"I always think that the two young men are not simple." The attendant said.
"I also have the same feeling." The steward agreed.
’However, they are only in the origin forging realm. No matter how powerful they are, they have attracted too many enemies.’ He thought and sighed.
At this time, one of the auction house guards ran into the room.
"What about people?" Steward Zhang asked.
The guard that entered the room was the one he sent to bring the two young men for a talk. Although he couldn’t protect them, steward Zhang planned to say a few words of advice.
In this way, maybe the boys could keep their lives even if they didn’t keep their treasures and spirit stones.
"They are gone." The guard said hurriedly.
"Gone?" The steward asked, and then his face turned ugly.
"Who dared to act in the auction house of our BlueStar Treasure pavilion?" He asked angrily.
As he spoke, his aura rose, and within one breath, the attendant and guard lost all colour and fell to the ground.
The qi presence of a peak-level core formation realm cultivator wasn’t what they could bear, and fear filled their hearts.
"Steward..." The guard called helplessly.
Steward Zhang was immediately awakened, and he pulled back his qi presence.
"Who took them?" He asked.
The guard took a few deep breaths and knelt in front of the steward.
"No one took them."
"Speak clearly."
"I was waiting outside their room, and I can guarantee that no one went in after their last item was sold. After the auction, I waited for them to come out, but they didn’t. The room’s formation was not activated and when I entered, I didn’t see anyone." The guard hurriedly explained.
When he heard that, the steward was stunned for a long time.
He then walked to the window and looked outside.
From his position, he could see thousands of people hidden around the auction house, and he suddenly found it extremely funny.
He laughed heartily and went to his desk to calculate the gains from the auction.
