Chapter 145: The Auction

  After the pharmacist's treatment, Xiao Qing's abdominal injury has no major problem and only needs to rest well for a few days. After taking the medicine prepared by the pharmacist, Xiao Qing finally fell asleep.

  At night, the old horse personally brought a gold ticket worth 1 million gold coins to see the head of the Xia family. The head of the Xia family, Xia Feilong, took him to Xia Yan's small courtyard to apologize and admit his mistake, and vowed to teach his son Ma Sang well in the future.

  With a painful expression, he cried with snot and tears, almost kneeling in front of Xia Yan. Finally, with the help of the clan leader Xia Feilong's mediation, Xia Yan accepted the 100,000 gold coin vote.

  When Xia Yan accepted the golden ticket, Lao Ma finally let out a long sigh of relief and took out some precious medicinal herbs brought by his entourage, saying they were for Xiao Qing to use to nourish her body.

  Since Xia Yan had already decided to put down what happened in Baifang Town during the day, he naturally also accepted these replenishment medicines.

  Finally, Old Horse and Tribal Chief Xia Fei Long, in front of Xia Yan, discussed rebuilding the Gathering Immortals Building.

  Before seeing Xia Yan, Old Ma had mentioned the matter of rebuilding the Gathering Immortal Building to the clan leader, Xia Feilong. However, Xia Feilong just smiled and said: "This matter still needs Xia Yan's approval!"

  The old horse wiped his sweat and said: "It should be, it should be!"

  Xia Yan did not express any views on rebuilding the Ju Xian Lou. In his opinion, this matter had already passed.

  When Xiaoyan left the courtyard, Old Horse finally let out a long sigh of relief.

  Although Ma San's arm was broken, his life was saved. Moreover, the Ju Xian Building can be rebuilt in Xiajiafang City, and the relationship with the Xia family has not actually become distant.

  Being able to maintain this close relationship with Xia's family is what matters most!

  Xia Yan sat on a wide bed with his legs crossed and his hands palms up. His eyes were slightly closed, and his waist was straight.

  A thread of spiritual energy from Xia Yan's Ling Gathering Cave continuously seeped into the bones and meridians throughout his body.

  With the radiant spiritual energy, Xiyue's body was constantly nourished. Xiyue could even clearly feel the benefits that this spiritual energy brought to his body, as he could sense that his meridians, bones, and flesh were all becoming stronger and more resilient under the nourishment of the spiritual energy!

  "If the internal force is completely converted into spiritual power, then these light spots released from the Linggathering Cave will necessarily be more numerous and denser. What kind of effect would that have?" Xia Yan used the Spiritual Net Mind Method to guide the spiritual energy, slowly wandering through the meridians.

  At the same time, Xia Yan was also continuing to merge with the human-level secret book "Tian Lei Palm".

  Since the battle with Xikawa at the Extreme Challenge Arena, Xia Yan's mental strength seems to have increased again, and the originally stagnant fusion has made new progress. Now, about 70% of "Tian Feng Lei Zhang" has been fused by Xia Yan.

  By September, it should be fully integrated.

  At this point, Xia Yan's martial arts power can be exerted to around 160 degrees. Once he fully merges the "Tian Gang Pi Li Palm", he should be able to exert 180 degrees of martial arts power. If he uses spiritual energy, then he can exert about 300 degrees of martial arts power. However, Xia Yan's current spiritual energy is only enough for him to use one or two martial arts techniques.

  Of course, once Xia Yan's physical inner power is fully converted into spiritual power, he can use his spiritual power to perform martial techniques without any worries, and the power of his martial techniques will become even stronger.

  "Like Nishikawa, an initial spirit master can exert a martial arts power of 300 degrees." Xia Yan thought, "If I become an initial spirit master, how many degrees of martial arts power can I exert at most?"

  Time slips away quietly!

  Jade Water City Auction House!

  This morning, the auction house's auction is officially held!

  Because entering the auction site requires relatively harsh conditions, ordinary people are generally unable to enter. To enter the second-tier auction site, a deposit of 10,000 gold coins must be paid.

  After taking a photo of the item on site, if it is not paid or refused to pay for the purchase at the end, the deposit will not be refunded to the bidder. Because of this restriction, auction houses generally require bidders who win an item to pay enough gold coins to buy it.

  Malicious bidding events rarely occur.

  When Xia Yan arrived at the auction house dressed as Ling Luo, there were already over a hundred people gathered in the second-floor auction hall. These people, however, were no ordinary individuals.

  Not all of these people were celebrities from Yushui Castle, but also included some famous businessmen and merchants from the towns under Yushui Castle's jurisdiction, as well as figures from several neighboring counties.

  Due to the uniqueness of auctions, some people will set off several days in advance to participate in auctions held in other cities. Each auction often features different treasures, which also attracts more people to participate in the auction.

  Xia Yan's arrival did not stir up many people. He found a secluded corner in the meeting room and sat down, waiting for the auction to officially begin.

  In the venue, there were some familiar faces, and they all greeted each other in hushed tones.

  Xia Yan's eyes swept the room with a faint smile, his mouth curving into an arc. In this venue, there were quite a few people he knew. The stewards of the Holy Temple in Yushui City had almost all arrived. These people were naturally seated in the front row of the auction hall.

  Shaking her head, Xia Yan withdrew her gaze.

  "Ling Luo?"

  Suddenly, a sweet and greasy voice came from beside me.

  Xia Yan's eyes shifted and indeed it was Yafen standing there. Today, Yafen wasn't wearing a dress, but a simple yet elegant long skirt, which gave her a different flavor.

  At this time, Xia Yan finally smelled that unique fragrance. It seemed that Yafen had also just entered the venue.

  Yafen's eyes sparkled with delight, she hadn't expected to run into Ling Luo here.

  "Ling Luo, what are you doing at an auction house?" Yafen asked in surprise, her eyes shining brightly.

  Jinlian took a few steps forward and got closer to Xia Yan.

  Xia Yan smiled and said: "I want to buy something, what about Miss Yafen?"

  Yafen smiled and said: "I'm just taking a look, if I come across something interesting, I might buy it. But if the price is too expensive, I won't be able to afford it."

  At this time, some people in the venue had already noticed Yafen and Lingluo in the corner.

  If it were just Xiaoyan sitting alone in this secluded corner, perhaps no one would have noticed, but as soon as Yafen appeared, everything was different.

  Many townspeople and others from neighboring counties also knew Yafen!

  However, these people saw Ling Luo and Ya Fen, but they all pretended not to see them. Ling Luo's reputation in the Extreme Challenge Arena made many people secretly admire him, so naturally no one would foolishly look for trouble with him. Moreover, this was an auction house, and everyone came here to bid on some rare items.

  Xia Yan shook his head and smiled, saying: "I don't believe Miss Ya Fen can't afford to buy anything."

  "Ah..." Yafen let out a soft sigh, her slender fingers, as white as jade, pointed to the spot beside Xia Yan. "May I sit here?"

  "Miss Yafen, you may go."

  Yafen lightly lifted her foot and stepped onto a step, sitting down beside Xia Yan. A pair of beautiful eyes kept turning back and forth, looking at Xia Yan from time to time.

  Xia Yan's face also turned slightly red, and he secretly thought that it was fortunate that he was wearing a mask, otherwise he would not have known what to do. This Yafen is really a seductive woman.

  Just as Xia Yu was thinking wildly in her heart, a low voice suddenly came from beside her.

  "Yafen, what are you doing sitting here? Haha, I've been looking for you for half a day."

  At a glance, he saw that it was a young man in his early twenties, dressed extremely luxuriously, with a blue gemstone on his body that shone brightly, and at a glance, its value was not trivial.

  However, Xia Yan found this person somewhat unfamiliar. In Yushui City, Xia Yan seemed to have no recollection of having seen this person anywhere before.

  Yafen saw this person, a pair of willow eyebrows furrowed slightly, but still made some slight adjustments, and then smiled and said: "It's actually Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu has rushed from Huacqing City to here, I wonder if there's something in this auction that has caught Mr. Xu's interest?"

  As soon as Xia Yan saw Yafen's behavior, he knew that this Mr. Xu was definitely not an ordinary person. Otherwise, Yafen wouldn't have forced a smile on her face for someone from Huacai City. Moreover, the two of them must have had dealings with each other before!

  Huā Qīng Chéng is adjacent to Yù Shuǐ Chéng, and it takes about four days by ordinary horse-drawn carriage.

  Xu Gongzi's face pulled slightly, and he laughed, saying: "Xu indeed has his eyes on something, but it's not the auction items, it's you, Miss Yafen. Since we parted last time, Xu has been sleepless at night, thinking of Miss Yafen every day, and now that Yu Shui Cheng Auction House is holding an auction, he just had to come."

  When speaking, this Mr. Xu always sized up Xia Yan with a pair of eyes, seeing Xia Yan's ordinary clothes, his eyes naturally showed disdain. However, when he saw Ya Fen sitting next to Xia Yan, he felt somewhat displeased.

  "Xu Gongzi is laughing." Yafen hastily said with a smile, "Xu Gongzi, the auction is about to begin, you should quickly take your seat in the front row."

  Yafen pointed to the seat in front and said politely.

  Mr. Xu shook his head firmly and said: "Miss Yafen is sitting here, I, Xu, must also sit here. Being able to sit with Miss Yafen, my spirit is full!"

  A deadpan expression!

  "Miss Ya Fen, it seems you're quite familiar with this gentleman. I wonder what his name is?" Xǔ Gōngzǐ said, looking at Xià Yán with a cold smile.

  Yafen chuckled, a sly glint flashing in her eyes. Xia Yan furrowed his brow, not wanting to bother with this so-called Xu Gongzi, but it seemed he had no choice now.

  Yafen smiled slyly and said in a crisp voice, "This is Mr. Ling Luo, Xu Gongzi. You and Mr. Ling Luo are both rare young talents, you should get to know each other."