Chapter 057 The Role of Local Bullies
From then until the auction began, Shen Yichuan finally understood the terrain outside. His plan was complete and he discussed it with Qi Xiuyuan.
Qi Xiuyuan didn't express any opinion, which meant he agreed. Now he just had to wait for the little princess of the Yu family to get into this cover.
As the auction began, the city became increasingly bustling. Qi Xiuyuan hadn't been out for the past two days, but Shen Yichuan still went out for a walk every day. He was used to predicting failure before talking about success, so he always had to think about how he and Qi Xiuyuan would get out of this situation if things failed.
Well, what he was really thinking about was the reason why he brought Qi Xiuyuan with him. It was because he knew that if he only thought about getting away, that guy would definitely not mind tricking him.
If that person was not the protagonist, he wouldn't care. It would be a pity for that person to resort to trickery. But he is the protagonist. It is said that the protagonist has the law of immortality. It is better for him to take it easy. Why offend a protagonist?
It is better to offend the biggest villain than to offend a protagonist. Shen Yichuan is very clear about this.
The auction would begin in three hours. Inside the room, Shen Yichuan looked at Qi Xiuyuan who was meditating.
"It's about to start in two or three hours, and many people have already arrived. I heard there's a Taobao secret auction going on before the official auction. Do you want to check it out?"
The so-called Taobao secret auction is actually a small market there. This auction also has its own business and is very large. So before each auction begins, they will take out many other items that are not included in the auction. These items will be listed on a large shelf. If anyone wants to buy, they can put down the price they are willing to pay in front of each item.
If the auction house finds it suitable, the bid will be successful. In addition, many monks will bring things they don't need or want to sell there.
Some things might not even be known to the cultivators themselves. Perhaps they were obtained through chance, passed down from family, or even stolen from someone. In short, these things might not be clean. However, if they were bought and sold there, there would be a merchant company to protect them. As long as the transaction was successful and they could escape thousands of miles away, no matter how unclean the item was, it would not matter.
This is what is called Taobao.
Not to mention, many monks were very interested in Taobao and secret bidding, so they went there early before the official auction started, just for the sake of Taobao and secret bidding.
Qi Xiuyuan opened his eyes and asked, "Is there anything you want to buy?"
Shen Yichuan smiled and shook his head, "I don't have anything specific I want to buy, but I can see if there's anything I can use."
"You must have gotten a lot of good things in the Snow Moon Forest, right?" Qi Xiuyuan suddenly said.
Shen Yichuan blinked in fright and quickly shook his head.
"I really don't have any of that. I just got a little bit of inherited knowledge. As for the good stuff, there really isn't anything there. Didn't you see it when you got there? It was completely empty. There was no good stuff there."
Shen Yichuan said this without blushing or panting, as if it was exactly the case.
Qi Xiuyuan didn't believe a word of what Shen Yichuan said, but he didn't mean to argue with him. He just got off the bed and said, "Then go and take a look."
Shen Yichuan muttered in his heart, if you don't want to go, then don't go. Don't make it seem like I'm forcing you to go. I don't want you to go with me, otherwise I'm really afraid that you will have to interfere when I want to buy something.
Think about it, this is a very possible thing.
When he got outside, Shen Yichuan could be said to have experienced a huge crowd. There were too many people on the street, and most of them were going to the auction house.
Once the official auction begins, you will need a ticket to get a seat there, and the items that can be put on the auction table will definitely not be cheap, so not every cultivator can afford them.
However, the Taobao secret auction before the official auction was different. The most important thing here was barter, so many cultivators came here to try their luck. That's why there were so many people here.
Qi Xiuyuan's brows were slightly furrowed. Perhaps he had not expected that there would be so many people. So when walking on the street, it was too crowded and there would inevitably be more physical contact, which he extremely disliked.
"Make way, make way, make way for this young master." A dandy who was even fatter than Zhou Pang shouted from behind, and then there were several guards in front of him to clear the way for him. Those guards were very domineering and forcibly pushed aside the crowd in front. Two cultivators had been pushed to the ground by the guards. This action caused a burst of curses.
However, Shen Yichuan noticed that even if those people wanted to curse, they didn't dare to curse loudly, let alone go forward to argue.
It was obvious that these people must have known the identity of this obese man. At this time, the obese man's guard had already arrived behind them. Seeing that the other party was about to reach out to Qi Xiuyuan, Shen Yichuan could already see Qi Xiuyuan's cold gaze. This person was probably waiting to make a move from behind so that he could cripple the man!
At the critical moment, just when one of the two guards was about to push Qi Xiuyuan away, Shen Yichuan reached out and grabbed Qi Xiuyuan's waist, pulled him towards him, and then stepped aside.
Seeing that Shen Yichuan and Qi Xiuyuan were so tactful, the two guards snorted coldly at them and continued to clear the way forward.
Qi Xiuyuan's eyes became even colder, and then he moved his fingers and an invisible light green energy penetrated directly into the backs of the two guards, and the two guards didn't notice it at all.
Not only that, when the fat man walked by in a swagger, Qi Xiuyuan also shot a bolt of lightning at the man's back.
Shen Yichuan saw this, but naturally he would not stop it. He stopped it just now because he didn't want to cause a conflict in the street.
As for the secret operations... hehe, he had no objection to how much Qi Xiuyuan wanted to do.
"Why don't you let go?" A cold voice came from the side. Shen Yichuan was stunned for a moment, and then when he saw Qi Xiuyuan's unfriendly eyes falling on his waist, he shuddered and quickly let go of his hand.
He actually forgot to let go after he pulled her over... Shen Yichuan was very embarrassed and could only laugh dryly.
He really didn't mean it. He just kept watching after seeing Qi Xiuyuan take action, and hasn't reacted yet?
This guy wouldn't think I was taking advantage of him, would he? This misunderstanding is a big deal! He didn't mean to kill me!
Qi Xiuyuan ignored the other party's dry laugh and walked straight forward. Shen Yichuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly followed.
“Brother Shen! Brother Shen!”
As soon as they arrived at the door of the auction house, Shen Yichuan and Qi Xiuyuan were about to go in when they were interrupted by Zhou Pang's voice.
When Shen Yichuan turned around, he saw Fatty Zhou walking towards him with a happy and cheerful smile.
They were both chubby, and the fat man on the street before was disgusting, but as for Fatty Zhou, Shen Yichuan had a good impression of this man for the time being.
So when the person came closer, Shen Yichuan curled the corners of his mouth.
"Brother Zhou is here too."
Fatty Zhou was about to speak with a smile when he noticed Qi Xiuyuan next to him, "Huh? Who is this..."
Shen Yichuan smiled: "This is my wife."
Zhou Pang's round eyes widened. Perhaps he didn't expect Shen Yichuan to get married at such a young age. Or perhaps he didn't expect him to bring his wife with him, but he quickly put on a warm smile.
"It's my sister-in-law. Hello, sister-in-law. Brother Shen and I hit it off right away. Just call me Fat Zhou." Fat Zhou said with a smile.
Qi Xiuyuan glanced at Zhou Pang and nodded lightly. He didn't have a smile like Zhou Pang, so he seemed quite cold.
Shen Yichuan laughed, “My wife is rather shy, don’t mind, Brother Zhou.”
Fatty Zhou quickly shook his head, “Of course not, Brother Shen, are you here to participate in the secret photo shoot as well?”
"Yes, my wife and I are both interested, so we came here to take a look. If we find something suitable, we can buy it directly."
He spoke frankly, which made Fat Zhou even happier, and the smile on his face grew even wider.
"Brother Chen, since you don't come here often, you might not know that there's more than just the Taobao auction site outside. There's another one inside. How about I take Brother Chen in to take a look today?"
Shen Yichuan was surprised and said, "There's another one inside? I really didn't know that. I'm so lucky to have met Brother Zhou today, otherwise I would have missed out on a lot of good things."
Fatty Zhou laughed, and after leading Shen Yichuan and Qi Xiuyuan in, he walked towards a passage inside.
This passage was guarded by someone, but the two guards did not ask anything after seeing Fatty Zhou, nor did they stop him.
Shen Yichuan discovered that this passage was well concealed. If it had not been brought by an acquaintance, he and Qi Xiuyuan would probably not have been able to find it. As expected, in a city, only local tyrants were useful.
After following Fatty Zhou inside, I found that there were indeed fewer people here than at the Taobao market outside. However, this place looked more upscale, with stalls spaced farther apart, ensuring privacy.
At the same time, Shen Yichuan also noticed that most of the people who came here wore masks or hats. There were people like them who did not cover their faces at all, but they were relatively rare.
"It seems that the people here have a strong sense of self-security. Look, everyone is covering up something on their face." Shen Yichuan said with a smile.
Fatty Zhou lowered his voice slightly, "To be honest, Brother Shen, there are more unclean things here, and no one wants others to know that they have obtained them. Things that come from shady sources naturally need to hide their appearance. If Brother Shen also wants to buy some, then I will take Brother Shen over and dress him up. I guarantee that no one will be able to recognize Brother Shen."
Fatty Zhou said, pointing in a certain direction, telling Shen Yichuan that he could dress up there.
Shen Yichuan looked at Qi Xiuyuan, "What do you think, Madam?"
He really didn't want to act so close to Qi Xiuyuan in front of outsiders. He really didn't know how to address the other person. This person didn't tell him his pseudonym, so he couldn't just call him by a fake name. If he said his real name, he was worried about subsequent troubles, so he could only vaguely call him Madam.
Qi Xiuyuan glanced at Shen Yichuan, then looked away and nodded.
So Shen Yichuan smiled towards Zhou Pan and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Brother Zhou to take us there to dress up so we don't have to worry about buying things later."
Fatty Zhou laughed and didn't have any objection. He took Shen Yichuan and Qi Xiuyuan over there.
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