The night was as still as water.
The city center of Yandu was brightly lit.
The entrance to a newly opened auction house was bustling with people, looking very lively.
"Young Master Lu, it seems our previous promotions have worked!" Mu Ruxing couldn't help but grin as she looked at the steady stream of customers coming into the store.
"Of course!"
Lu Yuan smiled slightly.
Those were flyers and slogans he designed himself, which were sure to attract a lot of curious customers.
He was confident that once the guests entered the auction house, they would definitely be unable to resist bidding!
"Brother Lu, we're here!"
From a great distance, Zhu Jiaxing waved excitedly at Lu Yuan.
"Manager Lu, you seem to have gotten even more handsome since I last saw you!" Zhu Jiayi followed behind him, teasing Lu Yuan with a smile.
"Of course! Brother Lu will always be the most handsome!"
Before Lu Yuan could speak, Zhu Jiaxing jumped up.
Lu Yuan smiled slightly and personally led the two into the auction house.
Along the way, the Zhu siblings couldn't help but secretly marvel at the luxurious and grand decorations inside the auction house.
Especially Zhu Jiayi.
She took over her family's Lihao Hotel right after graduation and considered herself to have seen plenty of luxurious decorations. But now, looking at the decorations of the mythical beast auction house, she couldn't help but think that she had really made a big fuss about it before.
After leading the two to the first row of the auction hall, Lu Yuan pointed to two seats and said, "You two can sit next to me."
After the three of them took their seats, other guests who came to participate in the auction entered the room one after another. They couldn't help but marvel at the arrangement of the room.
"My God! Is this a Thousand Treasures Glazed Glass Cup?"
"And there's a sandalwood carved screen inlaid with the character 'longevity'! I remember this one sold for a whopping 20 million at auction before!"
"What kind of background does this auction house have that allows them to use such valuable items for decoration?!"
Hearing the continuous gasps of amazement from those around her, Mu Ruxing couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips into a smile.
Lu Yuan, however, remained indifferent.
These things meant nothing to him.
If it weren't for the fact that summoning beasts is prohibited in the city center, he would have wanted Mu Ruxing to call out the Sky Python to sit outside the door and keep watch!
"Young Master Lu, the guests are almost all seated," Mu Ruxing reported from outside.
Lu Yuan looked up and glanced at it.
The auction hall, which could originally accommodate about 10,000 people, was sparsely populated, with only about a third of the seats occupied and the rest empty.
Most importantly.
I didn't see a single influential person in Yandu.
Without any important figures present, even if Lu Yuan decorated the auction house to be luxurious and grand, in the eyes of the others, this auction was not considered an important occasion, and their attitude was naturally not very serious.
This made Zhu Jiaxing and the others very anxious.
"Brother Lu, this won't do! Even if the items you bring out are all good, without an important person to help oversee things, they won't be of any value!"
“That’s right!” Zhu Jiayi nodded in agreement. “I’ve attended many auctions, and in situations like this, most of them don’t fetch high prices, and the reputation just doesn’t get anywhere!”
If things continue to develop like this, the auction market will definitely not grow very large.
However.
Lu Yuan didn't care much about this.
He believed that the quality of the items he offered would definitely amaze everyone present and cause a frenzy among them.
Just then.
A gasp suddenly rang out from the doorway.
"Why has Patriarch Gao come?"
"The Gao family? Which Gao family?"
"That's Gao Zhengqiang, the one who controls the credit group! He's one of the top figures in Yandu!"
Everyone looked toward the entrance, where a distinguished middle-aged man led two young men in. One of them was Gao Qilin, who had previously purchased the Frozen Spine Turtle from the Divine Beast Pavilion!
It was him.
Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly.
I never expected that Zhu Jiaxing would have such a background. I should have swindled more money from him back then.
Fortunately, Gao Qilin was unaware of what Lu Yuan was thinking, otherwise he would have developed high blood pressure at such a young age.
“Brother Lu, it’s Qilin and the others! Can we ask them to come and sit over here?” Zhu Jiaxing asked.
"sure."
After receiving Lu Yuan's consent, Zhu Jiaxing immediately jumped up and waved to Gao Qilin and the others in the distance.
"Ah Lin! Over here!"
Gao Qilin's eyes lit up when he saw Lu Yuan next to Zhu Jiaxing.
"Dad, that's Manager Lu, the one who trained the Frozen Spine Turtle!"
Then he tugged at the young man next to him.
"Yunfan, after you finish photographing the Heavenly Evolution level cub, you can ask this shopkeeper to prepare special pet food for you. It works exceptionally well!"
Xu Yunfan narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this.
He had seen Gao Qilin's Frozen Spine Turtle before. It was clearly a low-level pet cub, but it had surprisingly shown stats that were stronger than those of a high-level cub.
What surprised him most were the beast feeds.
He witnessed firsthand how the frozen tortoise broke through to the next level immediately after finishing a bag of food!
Although he had seen many feeds prepared by breeders, this was the first time he had seen one with such excellent results!
So when Gao Qilin told him that there was a place where he could buy a Tianyan-level cub, he believed him without a doubt, which is why he came to the auction house with the Gao family father and son tonight.
But to everyone's surprise, the store manager who was praised so highly by Gao Qilin was actually so young.
Not only Xu Yunfan, but even Gao Zhengqiang was taken aback.
Judging from the auction house's interior design and the taste of the displayed items, the owner behind it is a very discerning and thoughtful person, whom he greatly admires.
It turned out that the other party was a teenager who was about the same age as his son?
Gao Zhengqiang subconsciously felt that all of this was probably not Lu Yuan's doing, and that there must be someone else behind him.
Xu Yunfan and Gao Zhengqiang were both filled with mixed emotions.
Before they knew it, they had arrived in front of Lu Yuan with Gao Qilin.
"Manager Lu, we meet again!" Gao Qilin greeted him with a smile, then introduced the two people beside him, "This is my father, Gao Zhengqiang, and this is my close friend, Xu Yunfan."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Jiayi exclaimed in surprise.
"Young Master Xu!"
Zhu Jiaxing didn't understand why his older sister was so surprised, so he couldn't help but ask, "Sis, do you know her?"
Zhu Jiayi nodded, "Of course, this is the son of that important person! He's a low-key person and rarely appears in public. I didn't expect to run into him here today."
After listening to Zhu Jiayi's words, Zhu Jiaxing was still completely confused, but those who reacted quickly had already made the connection.
"Could it be that the chieftain's son?"
"That's right! No wonder the name sounded familiar, it was him!"
Hearing the whispers around him, Xu Yunfan smiled calmly.
"Hello, I am here as a guest to participate in the auction, please do not make a fuss."
Zhu Jiayi playfully stuck out her tongue.
She deliberately revealed Xu Yunfan's identity.
As soon as people hear that he's here, other families will definitely get restless and send people over to observe. Wouldn't that create momentum at the auction?
Lu Yuan instantly understood Zhu Jiayi's intentions, and to avoid upsetting Xu Yunfan, he quickly stood up.
"Welcome everyone, please feel free to sit wherever you like!"
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