Chapter 37: Bao Yu is mine

  After the day's competition, Zhan Liangcui dodged the crowd and accepted the invitation card handed over by Pao Yu, disappearing from everyone's sight. Thinking about the next few days of competition without her, and she wasn't interested in it either, so she might as well go do her own thing.

  As for the invitation letter, she had asked an appraiser she knew to pay attention to whether there were any good things. Now, Xinlu Auction House has a new batch of items and invited her to attend.

  The lanterns had just been lit, and the entrance to the Xinluo Auction House was bustling with activity. Many luxurious carriages were parked at the door, and by the time she arrived, there were already people waiting for her in the VIP passageway.

  "Miss Zhan, you've finally arrived. Quick, come in, come in." A sharp-eyed middle-aged man greeted her as soon as she entered.

  "You are..." He stopped in his tracks, War Light Crazy staring at the person in front of him, slightly chubby, with a glint of cleverness in his eyes, now smiling and looking at her, a smooth operator.

  "I'm Wei, the manager of Xinluo Auction House in Holy Light City. You can just call me Old Wei. I apologize for not being present when you came last time, I had something urgent to attend to and wasn't in the city. If there was any neglect on my part, please forgive me. The beast crystal cores you've been sending us have brought tremendous benefits to our auction house, thank you so much! Tonight, feel free to choose whatever you like." Even though the girl in front of him is young, Manager Wei doesn't dare to be negligent.

  "It doesn't matter, I'm just taking a look."

  "Come with me." Seeing that she didn't seem unwilling, Wei led her in conscientiously.

  All the way, Zhan Light Crazy saw that the hall was filled with people, and there were many private rooms upstairs, presumably for distinguished guests. Wei Guanshi also led her to a private room with the best view, right in front of the auction stage.

  "Miss Zhan, this is the list of items for auction today. Take a look and see if there's anything you like, I'll set it aside for you." After she sat down, he poured her tea and handed her the list that had been prepared long ago.

  She took a closer look and suddenly her eyes lit up, "Wei Guanshi, this jade, would you mind telling me about it?"

  "I don't dare, I don't dare. This piece of jade is originally from the Lingyuan Mountains and is a warm jade with a history of thousands of years. It's one of the highlights of this auction. The size is just right, about an inch, and the pattern in the middle is like a burning flame, so it's called 'Hong Yan'. The outer circle is a bright white color, with red and white contrasting, making it very beautiful to look at. The texture of Hong Yan is warm and smooth, like fat, and if you hold it in your hand and play with it, it first feels cool and then warm, it's a rare treasure. And as everyone knows, 'a person raises jade for three years, and jade nourishes a person for a lifetime.' If Miss Zhan likes it, I'll take the liberty of keeping it for you."

  "Thanks a lot!" War Light Crazy looked at the picture, nodded, and then flipped through the others.

  After a while, the sound of silk and bamboo came, Zhan Qingkong knew that the auction was about to begin. "Wei Guanshi, you go ahead with your business first, I'll call for you if something comes up."

  "That's fine, I'll go down and host the opening ceremony first. You can take a look around to see if there's anything you like." Wei Guanshi thought that he couldn't leave her alone at the front anyway, so he went along with what she said and went downstairs to prepare.

  After flipping through everything, Zhan Liangkong felt that there was nothing else that interested her, so she perked up and watched the auction.

  "Today, the auction house of Xinluo is holding an auction. Thank you to all the esteemed guests for your presence. Here, we have high-grade magic beast crystal cores, various grades of elixirs, and countless rare treasures. If you see something that catches your eye, please don't hesitate to bid, or else these precious items might fall into someone else's hands." After this encouraging speech, the crowd's eyes indeed lit up.

  "Let's get started!"

  "It's about time, I'm getting impatient..."

  "Are you afraid that Grandpa's crystal coins are not enough?"

  The noisy and boisterous voices suddenly ignited the atmosphere of the auction.

  "Alright, no more talk, let's start the auction. The first item is a deep-sea blood coral, with a starting price of 100 red crystals." Another person took over the hosting task.

  "I'll pay 120."

  "One hundred three..."

  "One hundred and fifty..."

  ……

  Blood coral, nothing special, I've seen it many times before when I was with Warlight, let out a yawn, when can this end?!

  The atmosphere was getting more and more intense, she was bored and ate some fruit again, and drank a cup of tea.

  "What's next is the top-grade warm jade red agate..." War Light Crazy raised an eyebrow, and there was a brief commotion on the auction stage before some girls came out to perform and salvage the situation.

  "Knock knock" at the door, Wei Guanshi rubbed his hands together and apologized awkwardly, "Miss Zhan, I'm really sorry about this. The Red Ember was originally meant to be kept for you, but my subordinates made a mistake and took it upstairs to auction off, resulting in this situation. It's truly regrettable. Now that the item has been put on display, there's no reason to take it back down. Why don't we just proceed with the auction as usual? We'll still give you the original price, what do you think?"

  "It's okay." Zhan Qingcang wasn't a person who would take advantage of others just because he had the upper hand. These were all just small matters.

  "That's really thank you so much, thank you so much." After finishing the apology and thanks, Wei Guanshi hurriedly went down again.

  The auction continued, "This red ember, starting price five hundred red crystal coins, start!"

  "Five hundred and thirty..."

  "Five hundred and fifty..."

  ……

  "Eight hundred and forty..."

  Those who are familiar with the auction rules know that the people downstairs have already given up, and the real competition has just begun.

  "Eight hundred and seventy red crystals!"

  That voice! It's President Li of Senluo Academy, humph, he must not be a good person either! Such a big thing happened in the academy during the day, and now he still has the mood to attend the auction, what a broad mind she has! So heartless. If it weren't for his tacit consent, turning a blind eye, would Vice President Chu dare to do those things? As a result, he reaps the benefits, while all the bad things are done by Vice President Chu, and she despises and hates people like him even more!

  "Nine hundred red crystals!"

  Everyone's gaze turned to the mysterious room in the center of the second floor.

  Nine hundred and twenty...

  "Nine hundred and forty!"

  "Ninety-five..."

  "A purple crystal coin!"

  Wow, what a commotion on the scene! Who is this mysterious person? What a big hand!

  "One purple crystal coin, ten red crystal coins!" A faint sound of gritted teeth came from the hall.

  "One purple crystal coin, fifty red crystal coins!"

  "You! One Amethyst Coin, sixty Ruby Coins!"

  ……

  In the end, Zhan Qingkuang took down Hong Yan with a bid of one purple crystal coin and three hundred red crystal coins. As for whether Dean Li was so angry that she jumped up and how to comfort her, that was no longer her task.

  The guard brought the red ember, held it in his hand, and examined it carefully. The war was light and crazy, very satisfied, the red was arrogant, the white was introverted, both contradictory and complementary.

  "Guards, I suppose you have some empty rooms here? May I trouble you for a few days? I hope it's no bother?"

  "Not at all, not at all! The honor is mine, the honor is mine!" replied Wei Guan Shi with delight.