Chapter 3: It's so satisfying to see the female lead get her comeuppance.
He had initially held onto a sliver of hope that he wouldn't develop a fever, but now it seemed he needed to come up with a solution as soon as possible.
"Fifth Senior Brother...we snuck out, let's hurry back." All he wanted to do now was go back to Second Senior Sister and see if she could refine a pill to replace the inhibitor.
"Oh? No way! We've only just arrived. Let's wait until the auction is over before we leave."
Seeing Cen Feng's expectant look, Ye Luo could only nod.
Cen Feng ordered a table full of dishes, which he ate almost all by himself. He leaned back in his chair, burping, and asked, "Why aren't you eating?"
"I don't have much of an appetite, maybe it's because I ate too many sweets earlier." Ye Luo was in no mood to eat anything right now; he was worried about how to keep his buttocks warm.
"Then you're really missing out on good food!" Cen Feng patted his round belly. "Next time you have time, your senior brother will take you to Qi Kingdom. There's even more delicious food there!"
Qi Kingdom?
Ye Luo recalled the original work and realized that Cen Feng was a prince of Qi Kingdom, the kind of person who would have to go back and inherit the throne if he didn't cultivate immortality properly.
Ye Luo looked at the person in front of her, her expression becoming complicated.
If he remembered correctly, this carefree guy in front of him also couldn't escape the heroine's charm and ended up falling headfirst into her fishpond.
As for where their ill-fated relationship began... he really couldn't remember.
The female lead's "fish pond" is comparable to a harem of three thousand beauties; she gains a man almost every two chapters. He doesn't even remember the names of many of the cannon fodder male supporting characters.
He only remembered that in the original story, the female lead not only killed his senior brothers and sisters, but also led the destruction of his sect. Heartbroken, he returned to Qi Kingdom, only to find that Qi Kingdom had been occupied by rebels and that his beloved father and mother had died tragically in the palace.
Overwhelmed with grief and sorrow, Cen Feng's precarious Dao heart shattered. He looked up to the sky and wept blood, transforming into the "Puppet Demon," controlling thousands of puppets to wreak havoc in the mortal realm, causing corpses to litter the fields and causing widespread devastation.
The Immortal Alliance was furious when they learned of everything and sent the female lead to resolve the matter. After her persuasive words, Cen Feng suddenly realized his mistake, let go of his hatred, and willingly let her kill him with a single sword strike. From then on, she earned the reputation of "Demon-Slaying Fairy".
When Ye Luo saw this part of the story, she thought she would probably need to suffer from cerebral thrombosis for ten years to understand the emotional logic behind it.
Master was killed, senior brother was killed, senior sister was killed, parents were killed, sect was destroyed...
How could such a deep-seated hatred be so easily persuaded by the female lead's words?
Cen Feng sensed his strange gaze and felt something was off, so he asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Uh..." Ye Luo looked at Cen Feng and pondered for a moment before asking, "Fifth Senior Brother, do you know Bai Ruoqian?"
"I don't know her. Who is she?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Luo breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he didn't know the female lead, which meant that their ill-fated relationship hadn't started yet, and there was still time.
"Fifth Senior Brother, you must not fall for her, or you'll bring trouble upon yourself."
"You like her?" Cen Feng looked bewildered. "Is she more fun than my puppets?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Luo paused for a moment, then burst out laughing: "Right, right, right! She's definitely not as fun as a puppet, hahaha!"
Just as he was laughing so hard he was doubled over, he suddenly heard a silvery laugh. Ye Luo was startled and hurriedly looked down from the pavilion. Sure enough, he saw the wicked heroine, Bai Ruoqian.
Seeing this, Cen Feng also craned his neck to look, and saw a beautiful girl on the street, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with skin as white as snow, delicate and lovely, with an exquisite appearance, wearing a white dress like a fairy.
"Senior Brother, I want to eat osmanthus cake, it smells so good!"
Yang Shen's eyes showed affection. "Okay, I'll buy it for you, Senior Brother."
"Second Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, that hairpin is so beautiful!"
"Not bad, take your pick and see if there's anything else you like?"
"Um!"
Ye Luo frowned as he looked at the three of them, wanting to curse. Why were Yang Shen and Su Yuyuan here too? What a twist of fate!
If they find out he didn't die after falling off the cliff, will they try to kill him again?
He thought about it and felt that he definitely would!
The female lead's sycophants are all seriously ill; their thought processes are all rather abnormal.
He carefully pulled his head back and found that Cen Feng's gaze was burning, fixed on Bai Ruoqian.
Holy crap!
A loud slap rang out as Ye Luo suddenly delivered a blow, leaving Cen Feng completely dumbfounded.
He covered his face and looked at Ye Luo, saying aggrievedly, "Junior Brother...why did you hit me?"
"I'll save you, so you don't become a fish."
"Huh? What is it?!" Cen Feng rubbed his cheek, looking at the street where that beautiful figure had disappeared, and a sense of loss welled up in his heart.
Seeing his bewitched appearance, Ye Luo patted his shoulder and said sincerely, "Fifth Senior Brother, please believe me, puppets are definitely more fun than women!"
Cen Feng: "..."
evening.
The auction hall was packed.
Everyone wore a mask and waited patiently for the auction to begin.
Since Ye Luo and his companion didn't plan to bid, they didn't buy any seat numbers and could only stand at the back and watch the excitement.
Ye Luo looked around the circular auction hall, which seemed quite large, with the auction display in the middle and a two-story structure.
The lower level has regular seating, while the upper level has individual private rooms.
Before the auction officially began, the room was somewhat noisy, with everyone seemingly discussing the items up for auction.
Ye Luo wasn't interested in any of these topics. He suddenly felt extremely sleepy and just wanted to go back and get a good night's sleep.
Suddenly, a familiar trio came into his view. Ye Luo rolled his eyes helplessly and muttered under his breath, "I'm so damn unlucky. These three idiots are really persistent."
Bai Ruoqian and the other two were sitting in their seats, whispering sweet nothings to each other. They looked quite harmonious, and one had to admire the female lead's skill in managing people.
Seeing that they had bought seat numbers, Ye Luo figured they were planning to auction them off. Ye Luo became curious: what had they come all the way from Tianfeng Sect to want?
"clang--!"
A gong sounded, silencing the previously noisy room, and a middle-aged man walked onto the display stand with a gong mallet in his hand.
His face was thin, and his eyes were extremely bright, sharp like those of a hawk, gleaming with a piercing light.
"Attention, distinguished guests! Our auction for the character 'Xuan' is about to begin!"
"Hmm? What does 'Xuan' character auction mean?" Ye Luo leaned on the railing, somewhat bored.
A female cultivator looked at him and explained, "Young fellow Daoist, auctions are generally divided into four major levels: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. The higher the level, the rarer and more valuable the auctioned items are considered to be."
Ye Luo: "Oh, I see."
Cen Feng looked excited and expectant, saying, "If I have the chance, I really want to go and see an auction of the 'Heaven' level!"
The female cultivator shook her head and laughed, "Don't even think about it if you're at the 'Heaven' level. Cultivators like us simply can't get in."
"My name is Ling Song. I am the manager of this auction house and the host of this auction!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a sword gleaming with blue light appeared on the display stand, its blade glowing with an eerie light and crackling with electricity.
"First item up for auction! A magical artifact, the Thundercloud Sword!"
"Refined by a Core Formation stage cultivator, with accompanying lightning-based cultivation technique, Lightning Slash!"
"Starting bid: 400 spirit stones!"
After announcing the auction items, host Ling Song looked around at the crowd and announced, "Everyone, please bid!"
"Four hundred and fifty spirit stones!"
"Alright, number fifteen, four hundred and fifty spirit stones!"
Four hundred and eighty!
"Okay, number ninety, four hundred and eighty spirit stones! Any higher?"
"Five hundred spirit stones!"
"Seven hundred spirit stones!"
...
Ye Luo was dumbfounded as she listened to the bidding; in just a short while, the bid had reached over a thousand spirit stones.
The deal was finally struck at 2,200 spirit stones, and he couldn't help but sigh at how good it was to be rich. For someone like him who was penniless, this was an astronomical sum.
While he was distracted, he sold another talisman, the Thousand-Foot Talisman.
However, Bai Ruoqian and the other two still showed no intention of bidding, which puzzled Ye Luo. The prices of the items were getting more and more expensive as the auction progressed. What were they waiting for?
"Alright, next up is the third item, the Nine Netherworld Ruthless Technique!"
"This cultivation method is profound and mysterious. Those who cultivate this method can abandon the seven emotions and six desires, break free from the shackles of desires as soon as possible, and comprehend the great path of cultivation!"
"Starting bid: 5,000 spirit stones!"
"Six thousand spirit stones!"
"Seven thousand spirit stones!"
"Eight thousand spirit stones!"
"Fifteen thousand spirit stones!" Bai Ruoqian shouted at this moment.
Upon hearing this, the host, Ling Song, was overjoyed. "Great! Is there a higher bid than number 120?"
"So you wanted this cultivation manual..."
Ye Luo recalled the original plot. Although the female protagonist possessed many treasures and cultivation techniques, she didn't seem to have seen this particular technique before.
Did they not capture it? Or did he skip to a chapter and miss it?
"Thirty thousand spirit stones." At this moment, a servant in black at the second-floor private room announced the bid.
Bai Ruoqian looked up at the private room on the second floor, her face turning grim. She bit her red lips and said, "Thirty-five thousand spirit stones!"
"Fifty thousand spirit stones."
"Fifty-five thousand spirit stones!"
"Seventy thousand spirit stones."
"Eighty thousand spirit stones!!"
"One hundred thousand spirit stones."
"You—!" Bai Ruoqian's beautiful eyes almost spit fire as she glared angrily at the black-clad servant upstairs.
Yang Shen and Su Yuyuan, who were standing beside him, looked troubled when they heard the bid of 100,000 spirit stones. All the spirit stones they had on them added up to only 110,000 or 120,000. Why was their junior sister not going to negotiate with them?
Yang Shen pulled her aside and whispered, "Junior Sister, I think we should just forget about it... It's not necessary to have this cultivation technique."
"No! I must!"
Bai Ruoqian's eyes reddened, and she grabbed their hands, pleading, "Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, please help me get that cultivation technique, okay?"
Seeing the tears welling up in her beautiful eyes, Yang Shen felt a pang of heartache. After a moment's thought, he bowed towards the private room and said, "Your Excellency, could you please give us this item? The Tianfeng Sect will surely repay you handsomely in the future!"
The attendant in black did not answer him, but instead turned and glanced into the private room.
A moment later, a cold, deep, and magnetic voice rang out: "If you can't compete, then get lost. Don't waste my time."
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