Chapter 275: BlueStar Treasure Pavilion Auction
The BlueStar Treasure pavilion had a major branch in the main city of each region.
In the Ice Palace region, this branch was located near the centre of Ice palace city.
As the auction time grew nearer, thousands of people headed towards the auction house to participate in the auction.
Yu Nianzhen and his group were no different.
When the time came, a group of four disguised themselves and left the Fair Plum inn.
"Isn’t Hongzhu coming along?" Bing Lan asked.
She had seen Hongzhu a few times but didn’t know much about her. The only thing she knew was that Hongzhu was a close relative of the boys’ sworn brother.
"She wants to stay in the ancient palace." Jiang Yue answered and sighed.
Initially, they wanted Hongzhu to attend the auction.
However, Hongzhu was a demonic plant.
The disguise pills they used didn’t work on her and even if they did, they couldn’t disguise her origin.
After thinking about it, she could only give them a list of everything that was needed to refine the nine turns rebirth pill.
If the things appeared in the auction, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue would do their best to acquire them.
Fortunately, the two had won a lot of spirit stones and could spare a lot for auction items.
Even if that wasn’t the case, they had entrusted some things to the auction house.
It was estimated their wealth would increase again by the time the auction ended.
Thinking about spirit stones, Yu Nianzhen turned to his master.
"Master, did you manage to entrust the things to the auction house?" He asked.
The things he mentioned were the treasures they accumulated while travelling toward the Ice Palace region.
Before Yu Nianzhen retreated, he gave them to his master just in case.
"Don’t worry." Yang Xu said and threw a small tablet at him.
The tablet was rectangular in shape and was made from a kind of metallic material.
"This is?" He asked.
"It’s the pass for a private box." Yang Xu answered.
Some of the treasures he handed over to the auction house were extremely valuable.
Because of this, the auction house gave them a private box for the auction.
"This is good." Jiang Yue said happily and took the pass.
He didn’t mind sitting with the crowd but he preferred having a private box.
Not only was the box private but it was also more comfortable.
"It is impossible for ordinary people to get a private box during this auction. The only exception is those who have consigned treasures to the auction house." Yang Xu said and sighed.
When he was at the peak of the nascent soul realm, getting a private box was an easy matter.
However, such an easy matter was extremely difficult now.
Even if he was still at the peak of the nascent soul realm, he was a wanted person who could not walk around without a disguise.
’No one can have everything.’ He thought but didn’t regret it.
Given the same choice, he would still choose to fight for his wife.
"Welcome dear guests." An attendant approached the four as soon as they entered the lobby of the auction house.
"We have a private box. Please take us to it." Jiang Yue said and showed the metallic pass.
The attendant took a glance at the pass and bowed respectfully.
"Your private box is on the second floor. Please follow me." The attendant said and began to lead the way.
When they saw this, the four did not hesitate and immediately followed her.
Along the way, they saw many groups of people.
Some were led to the common area on the first floor while others were led upstairs to the upper floors.
When they entered their box, Jiang Yue couldn’t help but be impressed.
"The BlueStar Treasure pavilion is quite diligent." He said.
"Mmmh." Yu Nianzhen nodded in agreement.
The private box they were shown into was similar to the one they used in the auction house in Sea Cloud city.
"Master Yang, is there a list of auction items?" Jiang Yue asked as he took a seat beside his husband.
"I forgot to show it to you." Yang Xu said and a booklet flew over.
Jiang Yue caught the booklet and pulled Yu Nianzhen to look at it together.
"Azhen, see if there is anything you want." He said.
"Okay."
The booklet had ten pages.
Each page had ten items which meant that the total number of listed items was one hundred.
However, everyone knew that the listed items were not the total of everything that would appear in the auction.
After all, a lot of people consigned their items after the booklet was made and distributed.
If those late things were good enough for the auction, they wouldn’t be in the booklet.
"Isn’t this one of our items?" Jiang Yue asked and looked at a hammer on the front page.
The hammer was humongous and looked like it would be used by a giant.
However, they knew it was a spirit rank growth item. Its size and weight depended on the user.
"They put such a good thing so early in the auction. There must be a lot of things in the auction." Jiang Yue leaned on his husband’s shoulder and the two continued to look at the booklet.
Soon after, they arrived on the last page and put the book down.
"Is there anything you like?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Unfortunately, I didn’t see any material that could be used for my natal weapon. However, there are two herbs needed for the nine-turn rebirth pill."
"I saw them too. We must take them down no matter what."
"What about you? Is there anything you like?"
"Not particularly." Yu Nianzhen said and shrugged.
As their cultivation increased, it became harder and harder to find things that were suitable for them.
Although there were a few in the auction, Yu Nianzhen was not interested.
What he needed were materials that could upgrade his sword to a profound rank weapon.
Unfortunately, such materials were extremely rare and the Nine Treasures secret realm was his only hope.
"Is there anything you like?"
"Mmmm." Jiang Yue murmured but looked noncommittal.
"What’s the matter?"
"I am thinking if I should get this thing." He took the auction booklet and flipped to one of the middle pages.
Halfway down the page was a beautiful sanxian and Jiang Yue was looking at it.
"It’s not a pipa but it could tide you over until you refine the weapon you want." Yu Nianzhen said.
"I also think so but I don’t know how to play a sanxian." He said and sighed.
He stroked the drawing and was a bit reluctant to give up on the instrument.
"Are you trying to save our spirit stones?" Yu Nianzhen chuckled and rubbed his husband’s hair.
"Since there is something you want, just get it."
"You are right." Jiang Yue said and also chuckled.
Although he didn’t like studying in school, he liked studying music and other forms of performance arts.
He had always liked listening to the sanxian and he reckoned that using it wouldn’t be too difficult.
"Is there anything else that has caught your eye?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
Jiang Yue didn’t answer right away.
He only flipped through the booklet and sighed.
"I have a feeling about some items but I won’t know for sure until I see them."
"Okay then."
As the two were talking, the auction house filled with people.
Most of the people were in the hall area on the first floor, but there were plenty of cultivators on the upper floors.
Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue could only manage a box on the second floor but there were other private boxes on the third and fourth floors.
The third floor was used for famous cultivators below the nascent soul realm while the fourth floor was only for nascent soul realm cultivators.
When the time came, the lights in the auction house deemed and an old man appeared on the stage.
The man had white hair, a white beard, and looked a little frail.
However, no one dared to provoke this man because he was one of the elders of the BlueStar Treasure pavilion.
His cultivation was at the middle stage of the nascent soul realm and he was a body-refining cultivator.
In truth, his frail body had the strength of a class-five demonic beast.
Among those in the same realm, it was difficult to find an opponent who could damage his body.
"I would like to welcome everyone to our BlueStar Treasure Pavillion’s once-in-a-hundred-years auction." The old man said.
"I believe that everyone knows the rules and will observe them throughout the auction."
As he said that, his frail skin shimmered with a bronze light before the bronze sank into his skin.
Everyone who saw the bronze knew that the old man was warning them to behave.
If they acted inappropriately, the BlueStar Treasure pavilion wouldn’t mind dealing with them.
