Auction
'What's with this girl? Something is wrong for sure!'
Zhou Mengyao thought, watching her drag him around the market to finally go to the Tian Family Auction House.
They entered the auction house and the place is bustling with activity. There are plenty of cultivators at various levels wandering around, trying to look for an interesting item from the shop.
Aside from being an auction house, the Tian Family Auction House also serves as a marketplace for treasures such as weapons and other beasts parts that are rare.
"Hello Young Master Zhou, are you going to the auction for today?"
A servant wearing very revealing clothing welcomed them, she knew Zhou Mengyao since he has been visiting this place for the past few days at night.
"Yes, give us the VIP room."
"Young Master there are no longer any of such rooms that are available, you have arrived way too late."
The servant explained, nervous about it but Zhou Mengyao can tell what they are trying to pull.
"The VIP room costs 100 spirit stones, right? I will add another hundred just give me what I want."
Zhou Mengyao said after reading her like his favorite smut book.
"Alright Young Master Zhou! I will personally be your servant for today's auction!"
The servant said as she leads them to a VIP room. Zhou Mengyao has already given her the 200 spirit stones so they can use them quickly.
The number of VIP rooms is limited so the Tian Family wanted to profit from it even if it is just some spirit stones. You will not be given a VIP room just by giving the standard price since it is a slightly grander auction where many cultivators will flock in this area.
That is the path of an unscrupulous merchant, just for some spirit stones, they are more than willing to let their reputation go since they can just blame the servants as corrupt.
They entered the room, the room is very clean. No speck of dust can be seen. There are a table and a huge sofa in the middle while at the front is a huge transparent glass and in there Zhou Mengyao can see the stage.
He can even see the cultivators below sitting on the chairs that are neatly arranged for them to sit.
He can see them but they can't see him. The VIP room is also a place for one to hide their identity in purchasing things so this is another layer of protection.
"How about you release my arms from your grasp now?"
Zhou Mengyao said, feeling awkward about this situation. He can tell that something is forcing her to be like this just by seeing her stiff movements and her being wary of her surroundings.
"Yes, I didn't know you have plenty of followers."
Yan Suyin said which surprised him.
"I don't have any guards, if they are following me from a distance then it will be very bad since I don't have qi to detect them."
"I see, perhaps you have offended someone? Think, there might be someone who wanted to harm you."
Hearing that, Zhou Mengyao sat on the soft furniture and he thinks about her question. Ever since he is born, his predecessor has been bullied way too many times and he died mysteriously not leaving any clue to Zhou Mengyao on how he died, from what he knew he just died sleeping.
So knowing that there is someone tailing him is enough for him to form a suspicion that someone indeed wanted to harm him. It's just that he didn't know who it was.
'Hmm, perhaps my cousin Zhou Donghai? He is very malicious to my predecessor and to me since I arrived here. He might be the reason for the untimely death of my predecessor'
Zhou Mengyao thought but he still cannot rush to form a conclusion about this issue. Who knows? It might not be him in the first place.
"It might have been my cousin Zhou Donghai, my grandfather favors me more than him so he is always jealous of me and bullies me when I am alone. He is suspicious but it is too early to rush things."
Zhou Mengyao said and Yan Suyin understands what his intention is. He doesn't want her to be involved, the first is because she is an outsider and the second is that he doesn't trust her that much yet, not yet.
"Alright, just tell me if you need help. I will do my best to help you."
Zhou Mengyan nodded and there is a knock on the door of their room.
"I will open it"
Yan Suyin said and she stood up from sitting on the sofa and she opened the door.
"I am just here to see if Young Master Zhou has an orders to me, if you do please just ring this bell and I will enter the room."
The servant said with her bright smile.
"Serve us every dish we can buy tonight."
Zhou Mengyao ordered without looking at the servant and the servant quickly did her job.
She left and Yan Suyin closed the door and she returned to sitting on the sofa.
"That's too much food, stop wasting resources. Other people aren't even having enough food."
She scolded him to which Zhou Mengyao just shook his head.
"I need to eat plenty of food since I am practicing body cultivation techniques. I am different from you people who eat qi as their breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For you, food is just not necessary for survival but to me, it is important for me to continue living."
Zhou Mengyao said while looking at the MC, the MC of tonight's event is someone who has quite a position in the Tian Family, which is a prestigious family in the Kingdom of Clear Lake.
"Good evening everyone! Today is our monthly auction so we naturally prepared many surprises for all of you here."
The MC is quite a busty woman but Zhou Mengyao doesn't feel an ounce of feeling to her, she is beautiful but he has a premonition that her beauty is artificial.
"For today's first item we will start with a Tier 1 Sword Qi, although it is just a tier 1 sword, it is created by Master Cheng Guo of the blacksmith tower hence its power is comparable to a Tier 2 Swords created by a normal blacksmith!"
"The minimum bid will be 50 spirit stones, increment must never be lower than 5 spirit stones!"
The MC, with her unique charm and purposely showing some of her busty breast and plump ass managed to quickly gain the attention of everyone in the auction house.
"60 Spirit Stones!"
"75 Spirit Stones!"
The bids continued until it sold for 85 spirit stones, even though its power is comparable to a Tier 2 Sword, it is still a Tier 1 sword so there must be a defect hidden somewhere.
That is already the best price that they can give to the Sword, any more and it will just be a waste of money.
Treasures like weapons and pills have rankings from Tier 1 to Tier 9. Each tier will mean a massive improvement to the weapon's performance, so it didn't matter if some aspect is comparable to a Tier 2 weapon.
As long as it is a Tier 1 weapon, it will not be able to truly beat a Tier 2 weapon.
A Tier 1 weapon will not be able to compete with a Tier 2 weapon, even with a long passing of time. That is what the history books have talked about when it talks about treasures and pills
That is the reason why it stopped after a certain price, everyone here wanted to buy a decent treasure so it definitely is not good if they run out of money before they can even buy what they wanted.
Ten minutes have already passed and in one of the VIP rooms, one can see a man and a woman eating their fill.
'Truly a sumptuous meal. They knew how to cook.'
Zhou Mengyao thought after tasting the dishes that the auction house have prepared. The price is also sumptuous but it is worth it.
'The first time I arrived here I thought that trading of salt is illegal since that is what modern history told me but I am wrong. Condiments are very common in this world and they have some interesting choices.'
Zhou Mengyao thought and he took a sip of the red wine, the wine is created from a Devil Fruit that is protected by magical beasts in the wild.
It tasted good and although intoxicating, its effect is not enough to make him groggy.
"How is it? It tasted good didn't it?"
Zhou Mengyuao asked Yan Suyin.
"So so"
She replied nonchalantly, her attention is fully focused on the auction.
'This girl is so serious about trying to find treasures, besides you call this so so? Just where did you come from?'
Zhou Mengyao thought and he shook his head, he took out the body cultivation technique that she gave him and he reads it content.