180: Chapter 180 The Sorcerer Su Quanzhong

Since Shangguan Jingyu had not discovered any other sorcerers.

Then there were only two possibilities.

First, that sorcerer had long since left Linjiang Prefecture.

Second, that sorcerer was skilled at hiding and had not yet been exposed.

Subsequently, the two walked out of the private room.

They had the Nangong Family start the auction as soon as possible.

Soon, the auctioneer from the Nangong Family took the stage and announced the official start of the auction.

The first auction item was a top-tier mortal weapon.

There were still many people competing for it.

The second auction item was a Yellow Grade high-tier Martial Skill.

Finally, the third auction item was brought up; it was exactly the soul-nourishing wood, one of the three special Spirit Medicines provided by the Weiwu Marquis Mansion.

After the auctioneer grandly introduced the soul-nourishing wood.

He announced the start of bidding.

The starting price for the soul-nourishing wood was 1 million taels of silver, and each bid increase could not be less than 10,000 taels.

Although this soul-nourishing wood was a special Spirit Medicine, besides having great benefits for a sorcerer's Cultivation,

Martial Artists could also use it.

It had the effect of nourishing one's own Divine Soul.

When breaking through a bottleneck, lighting a stick of incense made from soul-nourishing wood could prevent Qi Deviation.

Therefore, the competition for the soul-nourishing wood was extremely fierce.

In just a short while, the price soared to 1.5 million taels.

During this time, both Xia Zhong and Lady Feng were closely observing the people participating in the auction.

Likewise, Shangguan Jingyu, inside the private room, was also using her Spiritual Sense to probe these bidders.

"2 million!"

Chen Hu, disguised as Su Quanzhong, entered the fray.

Following his bid, the entire venue went silent for two seconds.

At the same time, the gazes of Xia Zhong, Lady Feng, and the Shangguan sisters were all focused on him.

Soon, Shangguan Jingyu withdrew her Spiritual Sense.

Because she discovered that this middle-aged man who had bid 2 million taels of silver was just an ordinary person.

Moreover, he was relatively weak.

Similarly, Xia Zhong and Lady Feng also withdrew their gazes with regret.

"2.01 million!"

Wang Zhantian made a bid.

Chen Hu really wanted to use the sound transmission gu to make Wang Zhantian stop bidding, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.

To avoid his expression looking strange and being discovered by Xia Zhong and the others.

"2.1 million!"

Chen Hu bid again.

"2.11 million!" Wang Zhantian continued to bid.

"2.4 million!" Chen Hu directly raised the price by 290,000 taels.

Wang Zhantian hesitated slightly and chose to give up.

Because the actual value of the soul-nourishing wood was only 2 million taels.

It was already over 400,000 taels, and although his Wang Family was wealthy, he didn't want to be a sucker.

Following Wang Zhantian's withdrawal.

With others having given up as well, the auctioneer announced that the soul-nourishing wood was won by Su Quanzhong, disguised by Chen Hu.

Subsequently.

The auction house staff invited Chen Hu to the transaction hall to make the payment and delivery.

Chen Hu took out the silver notes he had exchanged beforehand.

He paid the auction fees.

The auction house also gave him the soul-nourishing wood.

"Brother Xia, are we just going to let this nouveau riche take the soul-nourishing wood away like this?" Lady Feng asked, her gaze sweeping over Chen Hu with a playful smile.

After the Nangong Family sent out the invitations, Xia Zhong had investigated everyone who received one thoroughly.

So, they knew Su Quanzhong's identity.

Although Su Quanzhong's elder brother was a Vice Minister in the capital, as people from the Weiwu Marquis Mansion, they didn't look highly upon a Vice Minister.

Let alone a Vice Minister's younger brother.

"Heh!"

Xia Zhong laughed disdainfully: "Do you think he, an ordinary person, can bring the soul-nourishing wood home safely? Without us having to do anything, someone will go and snatch it. When that happens, we can just take the soul-nourishing wood back from others!"

"Brother Xia, you really are cunning!"

Lady Feng laughed.

"Alright, enough with the banter, let's focus on the real business!" Xia Zhong's expression darkened; he knew that if he didn't complete the mission, even if he brought back the Spirit Medicine and silver, Marquis Weiwu might not spare him from punishment.

After all, the Weiwu Marquis Mansion was not short on gold and silver.

And after Chen Hu obtained the soul-nourishing wood, he immediately swapped it, putting the real soul-nourishing wood into his Storage Ring.

The auction continued.

When it reached the ninth item.

It was finally time for the second special Spirit Medicine, the earth soul grass, to be brought on stage.

This stalk of earth soul grass was even more expensive, with a starting price of 2.2 million taels of silver.

The function of the earth soul grass was similar to the heaven soul grass, but its efficacy was not as good as the heaven soul grass.

It had only about one-third of the efficacy of the heaven soul grass.

Not many people participated in the competition this time.

Note that the starting price of the earth soul grass was very high.

Therefore, only a mere five people entered the fray.

However, although there were few people participating.

These five people did not hold back at all when bidding.

"2.3 million!"

"2.5 million!"

"2.6 million!"

...

Soon, the price of the earth soul grass soared to 3 million taels.

"3.05 million!"

Hu Feilong, the head of the Hu Family, made a bid.

At this moment, Chen Hu spoke slowly: "3.5 million!"

"Hmph!"

A cold snort came from the private room where Hu Feilong was, carrying a hint of warning.

Chen Hu deliberately feigned a pale complexion.

"3.55 million!"

Hu Feilong continued to bid.

At this point, Chen Hu stopped bidding.

If he continued to bid, it would appear too obvious.

After all, although Su Quanzhong had the backing of his Vice Minister brother, he wouldn't dare to go head-to-head with the head of the Hu Family, one of the Five Great Families.

But that was fine.

After Hu Feilong won the bid, he could just take it from him.

After all, this guy had already been enslaved by him.

However, he was very suspicious about whether the people from the Weiwu Marquis Mansion would try to snatch the earth soul grass from Hu Feilong.

Sure enough, following Chen Hu's withdrawal.

Hu Feilong successfully won the earth soul grass.

After another while.

The thousand-year earth heart milk was brought up for auction.

This thousand-year earth heart milk was a special Spirit Medicine that could rival the heaven soul grass.

Moreover, this thousand-year earth heart milk was not only of great benefit to a sorcerer's Cultivation.

It also had a very good effect on a Martial Artist's Cultivation.

Therefore, besides the Nangong Family, the other four of the Five Great Families all joined in.

Chen Hu did not participate in the auction this time.

Instead, he got up, left his seat, and walked towards the restroom.

Seeing this, Xia Zhong made a gesture.

Immediately, someone secretly followed Chen Hu.

But they could not escape his perception.

A playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The moment he stepped into the restroom, he used his Earth Escape Divine Ability and left.

Soon.

Chen Hu escaped from the auction house.

And lay in wait nearby.

The person monitoring Chen Hu waited outside the restroom for a few minutes.

He could not help but frown.

After hesitating slightly, he stepped into the restroom.

Looking at the empty restroom, he cursed to himself that something was wrong.

He quickly searched the surrounding area.

After not finding Su Quanzhong, he immediately ran to report to Xia Zhong: "My Lord, that Su Quanzhong has disappeared!"

"Disappeared? Didn't I tell you to monitor him? How could he disappear?" Xia Zhong reprimanded him angrily.

That person said aggrievedly: "My Lord, that Su Quanzhong suddenly disappeared after entering the restroom!"

"It seems we have misjudged!"

Lady Feng said thoughtfully: "Brother Xia, do you think this Su Quanzhong could be that sorcerer? His elder brother, Vice Minister Su, seems to be in the same faction as Prime Minister Xie. Do you think the matter of the Young Marquis being harmed might be related to the civil officials of Prime Minister Xie's faction?"

"Quick!"

Xia Zhong also felt that Lady Feng's analysis made sense: "Immediately send people to search for that Su Quanzhong. Also, Lady Feng, take people to Su Quanzhong's home immediately and see if you can find any clues!"

"Alright!"

Lady Feng nodded directly and led people straight towards the Su residence.