Chapter 42: Youling City Auction (I)
A high-grade spirit stone is equivalent to ten thousand low-grade spirit stones.
There are very few high-quality spirit stones circulating on the Xuanyun Continent, and those who possess high-quality spirit stones are all seniors above the Jindan stage. The cave that Chen Guanye discovered is most likely the cave of a senior, so it is natural that there are more spirit stones and treasures in it.
However, she was somewhat surprised that this cave was located in the Fierce Wind Forest.
It seems that there may be more secrets in the Fierce Wind Forest than just the spirit beast.
Xu Qiuqian was not very interested in what Chen Guanye said.
Even if she knew, how could she, a mortal with damaged spiritual veins, open the restriction? Even if she used the things in the Void Shop to open the restriction, whether there were spiritual stones and treasures in the cave was another matter. Chen Guanye must have paid attention to this cave. When he knew she had been there, wouldn't he pick up the leaks behind? She was a mortal, and anyone could deal with her. Whether she dealt with Chen Guanye or escaped, she would need items, which would be another point.
In comparison, she prefers to use it to deal with the Xiao family.
However, if business comes, she will naturally do it.
"Okay, what kind of skills do you need? I'll help you find one that's suitable for you. If there is one, I'll sell it to you."
Those 1200 points have to be kept.
Chen Guanye said quickly, "I have both wood and fire spiritual roots. My wood spiritual root is eight points, and my fire spiritual root is five points. My wood spiritual root is my primary spiritual root. I would like Manager Xu to help me find a technique that is suitable for me. It would be best if it is based on the wood spiritual root but can also use the fire spiritual root."
Xu Qiuqian took note of it and nodded.
"I'll let you know if I find any, but I'm busy with the auction recently and may not be able to help you find it. You can only wait until after the auction, okay?"
"No hurry, Manager Xu, take care of your business first."
There was nothing he could do even if he was anxious; he could only wait.
Xu Qiuqian returned to the store, Chen Guanye said goodbye, Xu Qiuqian went into the backyard, saw Yun Yi who was still practicing, and nodded.
She likes this kind of peace of mind.
Hearing the noise, Yun Yi opened his eyes.
"Manager, you're back."
Xu Qiuqian hummed, "How's your training going?"
"It's OK, but the progress of cultivation is a bit slow."
"It's okay, take your time." Thinking of what he had experienced before, she comforted him, "Don't be so anxious. It's good to practice slowly. We must proceed step by step."
Yun Yi smiled.
"As long as the store manager doesn't mind."
Xu Qiuqian was speechless. What was there to dislike about her?
Two days passed quickly.
That day, Chen Wei came to the store early.
"Sister Qiu Qian, are you up?"
Xu Qiuqian thought that there was an auction today, so she got up early and responded just after finishing her meal.
"Get up, we'll leave after Xiaoyi finishes washing the dishes."
Yun Yi said, "Manager, go ahead. I'll look after the store after I finish washing the dishes."
Xu Qiuqian shook her head.
"You come with me."
Yun Yi was stunned: "I'll go with you?"
"Yeah, don't you want to go?"
"I do want to, but..."
"There's no buts. Go wash the dishes quickly. If you're slow, I won't wait for you!" Xu Qiuqian urged Yun Yi, and Yun Yi had to speed up.
A quarter of an hour later.
Xu Qiuqian, Yun Yi, and Chen Wei rode their spirit beasts to the auction.
The auction was scheduled to be held in a teahouse opened by the Xiao family. The teahouse was very large and could easily accommodate thousands of people.
There were special people guarding the entrance of the teahouse, and only those holding invitations could enter. After handing over the invitation, Yun Yi entered the teahouse. Many people had already arrived. They were sitting on chairs, and all kinds of spiritual snacks were placed on the table.
Everyone was chatting with each other while holding their teacups.
Since this auction aims to promote friendly exchanges among shops in Youling City, the entire process is open and transparent, including the shop from which each item is auctioned, unless the owner actively requests to hide it.
Chen Zhuozheng had arrived a long time ago.
When they saw her, they greeted her and walked towards her. Others who wanted to talk to him and make friends with him looked at Xu Qiuqian and found that they didn't know her.
"Who is it? Such a big honor actually made the head of the Chen family take the initiative to come forward and say hello?"
"I don't know him. He doesn't look like one of the other five families. Could he be a disciple of some sect elder?"
"It's possible. Her breath is weak, her spiritual energy is scattered and scarce, but she has no cultivation at all. There must be something wrong with her spiritual vein. It is very likely that she came here to see if there is anything that can repair her spiritual vein."
Everyone hissed when they heard this.
"Repairing the spirit vein is not such a simple matter!"
"Let's not talk about her. Did you know that several other major families sent their most important people to this auction, and two of them are clan leaders!"
"Isn't this normal? After all, it is an auction organized by the city lord."
The man shook his head and said mysteriously, "Although it was organized by the city lord, the auction was hosted by the city lord's daughter, Fellow Daoist Xia Qin. Generally, at this kind of auction, even if people from other major families come, they only send more important people to symbolically attend."
Even if it is really organized and hosted by the city lord, it is not certain that the patriarchs of the major families will come in person. Sending the most important person is already a great honor.
I didn’t expect that patriarchs from other families would come.
They thought that among the patriarchs of the major families who came this time, only Patriarch Chen was the one.
"Why?" someone wondered, "Is there something different about this auction?"
The man smiled smugly upon hearing that.
"You don't know this!"
"Tell me now!"
"That's right, don't keep me in suspense!"
"Ahem, I heard that the City Lord's Mansion told several major families that there are items in this auction that they urgently need, so the major families attach so much importance to it this time..."
"No way? Who has such great ability to come up with something that several major families can't find..."
Everyone looked at each other, thinking that this kind of thing was too fake.
If someone really has it, then why not just use it to cooperate with other major families and make them owe a favor? It would be much more useful than auctioning spirit stones! "I don't know about that. Anyway, I just heard about it."
The other side.
Chen Zhuozheng and Xu Qiuqian also mentioned this matter.
"Isn't it a coincidence? How come this auction suddenly has things that other families need?" Chen Zhuozheng was also very confused.
Xu Qiuqian was surprised.
Could it be that Chen Zhuozheng didn't look at the auction items she asked him to hand in? She thought that even if he didn't look at it at the time, he would definitely be curious later, but she didn't expect that he actually didn't even look at it.
Just when he was about to tell Chen Zhuozheng, someone suddenly spoke.
"Patriarch Chen, long time no see."
Xu Qiuqian looked over.
A group of people walked in from outside, attracting everyone's attention. There was a huge scene, and all of them were faces she didn't recognize. Judging from the attitudes of the people around them, they should be people with relatively high status in the major families.
After all, even Zhao Wen, the only familiar face she could consider, was only standing in the second row.
When Zhao Wen saw her, the corners of his mouth twitched and his eyes became sinister.
Xu Qiuqian smiled back, then silently mouthed provocative: You're finished.
(End of this chapter)
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