22: Chapter 22 The Auction (Part 7)

Ye Wang sat there in a daze.

What kind of pirate ship had he boarded!

"One hundred thousand!"

Ye Wang looked at Luo Yunkai with a complicated, resentful gaze.

That was the price to buy him!

What made his heart tremble with fear even more was the silence from everyone else after Luo Yunkai made his bid.

Ye Wang's heart felt icy cold.

Wiping his face, he said, "How dare you guys still bid? If you pretended not to have any Spirit Stones, you could at least trick some people into backing off."

Before anyone else could retort, Ye Wang himself gave a bitter smile, "No, that's not right. Even without Spirit Stones, a Heaven And Earth Treasure worth over a million would still stir greed in people's hearts."

Luo Yunkai sighed, "I know that with my level of cultivation, I shouldn't flaunt my wealth like this, but..."

He turned his gaze to his Cheap son, his eyes filled with pity, "My son has a Void Spirit Root and needs Heaven And Earth Treasures to shape his Spiritual Root. Once we leave this auction, it will be even harder to find such treasures."

"Brother Ye, just do your best. If we truly cannot escape, I will make a choice. I won't let you lose your life!"

Looking at the solemn Luo Yunkai, Ye Wang sighed, "The hearts of parents everywhere are pitiable. Brother Luo, it's not easy for you either."

"To be honest, when I first learned of the trouble you're in, I did have thoughts of backing out."

Both Xiao Tian and Su Xin couldn't help but tense up, their eyes fixed intently on Ye Wang.

Su Xin even secretly made a gesture to Luo Yunkai. Under his wide sleeve, he quietly extended a fist, with his index and middle fingers pressed together, mimicking the posture for using a Talisman.

Luo Yunkai glanced at it briefly and ignored it.

Seeing this, Su Xin pursed his thin lips and lowered his gloomy eyes.

Whether Ye Wang noticed Su Xin's little action or not, he addressed Luo Yunkai solemnly, "But I am not a man who goes back on my word, let alone when Brother Luo saved my life!"

He didn't make any further promises, yet this was more credible than any promise.

Su Xin wore a thoughtful expression.

He still had much to learn!

The atmosphere in the room returned to normal. Luo Yunkai and Ye Wang sat and discussed the Dao, waiting for the auction item to be delivered.

"Honored guest, the longevity elixir has arrived."

Luo Yunkai looked towards the door. Ye Wang immediately stopped his contemplation on the Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.

Xiao Tian abruptly stood up, his body tense. Su Xin used a Wind Step and arrived at the door.

Upon closer look, his hand was trembling slightly.

The maid outside the door was a different person again.

Seeing Su Xin, she gave a slight curtsy, her ample bosom placed just right on the tray in front of her. The half-exposed snow-white flesh was quite domineering, squeezing the pill bottle in the middle.

Su Xin was blind to such a seductive scene. He quickly reached out, brushed past the 'little white rabbits', and snatched the pill bottle from the tray.

The moment he touched the pill bottle, he stored it in his Storage Pouch. A tiny bit of space had been left in the Storage Pouch specifically for this pill bottle.

Only after confirming the longevity elixir was secured did he casually glance at the maid. "Storage Pouch."

The maid blinked, slowly pulling out a brown Storage Pouch from her chest. The brown pouch dragged slowly across the snow-white skin, leaving faint red marks.

She seemed extremely shy, her pretty face flushed red, her eyes half-lowered with a bashful, timid expression as she handed the Storage Pouch to Su Xin.

Su Xin grew up in the Mandarin Duck Pavilion. What kind of scene hadn't he seen? This? It wasn't even one-tenth of what those aunties and sisters in the pavilion could do.

Expressionlessly, he took the Storage Pouch, which carried a milky fragrance, from the maid's fair and tender hand, then heartlessly closed the door.

"Pfft!"

From around the corner, a beauty dressed identically walked out. It was the maid who had delivered Ye Wang's auction item last time.

"I thought you were something special, but this is all you've got?"

"Hmph! A bunch of people about to die who don't even know how to enjoy themselves aren't worth my extra effort!"

See, even the maids at the auction were eagerly trying to take a bite.

Su Xin quickly walked to the pile of Spirit Stones—the ones that wouldn't fit in his Storage Pouch.

With a wave of his hand, he stored the one hundred thousand Spirit Stones into his Storage Pouch. He then turned, opened the door, and without caring that there was now an extra maid outside, tossed the Storage Pouch onto the chest of the maid with the impressive bosom. It was like a stone thrown into water, causing ripples on the soft chest.

Su Xin muttered, "Not firm enough," and "slammed" the door shut again.

"Pfft, haha..."

One laughed; the other's face darkened like ink.

Su Xin sneered coldly at the door, "Third-rate maids, still wanting to greedily take a bite, not even looking at what they're worth."

A smile played on Luo Yunkai's lips, "Little Su, the young lady meant well, wanting you to die a happy ghost. Why aren't you grateful?"

Su Xin shot a cold glance at Luo Yunkai, ignored him, and walked over to Xiao Tian. "Give me the Storage Pouch."

Xiao Tian handed it over without hesitation.

Su Xin went over and collected all the remaining Spirit Stones in the room—close to fifty thousand—and stored them in Xiao Tian's Storage Pouch.

Xiao Tian immediately said, "No, these are all yours."

Su Xin waved his hand, "My Storage Pouch is full."

Xiao Tian frowned, "Then consider it as me holding them for you."

Su Xin had no intention of taking them back. He only said, "Aren't you planning to have Senior Ye protect me as we leave?"

Xiao Tian: "Of course I am!"

Su Xin stared fixedly at Xiao Tian, "Then that's right. Since Senior Ye will also be protecting me, I should contribute my share for that one hundred thousand Spirit Stones."

Before Xiao Tian could refuse, Su Xin continued, "I don't like owing people. Consider the extra as me buying my spot in the auction from you."

Xiao Tian was displeased, "We're brothers. Is it necessary to settle accounts so clearly?"

Su Xin glanced at Luo Yunkai, "My mother always taught me to settle what should be settled clearly, to avoid harming others and oneself."

Luo Yunkai felt baffled: Your mother taught you that, so why are you looking at me?

Meeting Luo Yunkai's puzzled gaze, Su Xin turned his face away, "The auction is almost over. If we don't leave now, we won't be able to."

Setting aside his confusion, Luo Yunkai took out a pair of communication Talismans from his system space, infused them with Qi to activate them, and left one in the room.

Su Xin raised an eyebrow, somewhat understanding why Luo Yunkai had delayed leaving until now.

He quickly walked to the wall, opened a secret passage, and looked back at Ye Wang.

Ye Wang was surprised. He had been prepared to charge out, but there was actually a secret passage?

He took the lead, entering the passage first to clear the way.

Su Xin followed closely behind, ready to give directions.

Xiao Tian waited at the entrance of the secret passage for Luo Yunkai.

After making simple arrangements, Luo Yunkai wrapped his Cheap son and entered the secret passage.

The secret door closed. The four of them carefully made their way through the dark, narrow, winding passage.

After roughly half an hour, Luo Yunkai and the others saw daylight again.

Emerging from underground, Ye Wang observed that the surroundings were all woods with no one in sight before leaping out of the passage entrance.

After coming out, Luo Yunkai took out the communication Talisman and listened to the commotion from the auction.

The auction had entered its final stages. The third-to-last item was being auctioned: a Minor Mystic Realm token!

"The remaining three items are probably all Minor Mystic Realm tokens," Su Xin said. "Many people likely came for the Qingyun Sect's Minor Mystic Realm. There's a spirit spring pool inside that can cleanse the marrow and temper the bones."

Luo Yunkai narrowed his eyes, "What do you think will happen now that the news of my departure is exposed?"

A dark glint flashed in Su Xin's eyes, "Those who want the Minor Mystic Realm tokens will make a move, intercepting others who want to immediately chase after us. They will fight amongst themselves."

Luo Yunkai's eyes lit up. This was even better than the muddy waters he wanted to stir!

He immediately used the communication Talisman to place a bid remotely.

As usual, no one competed with him.

Luo Yunkai destroyed the communication Talisman. His setup in room 133 took effect, and the communication Talisman there was destroyed.

After doing all this, Luo Yunkai said, "Let's go!"

[Thanks to brother 'Don't Copy My Life' for the support and the extra chapters. I truly didn't expect anyone to support a work with only tens of thousands of words. From now on, I'll stably update twice a day instead of once. For my brother, let's charge forward!]