Chapter 288 - Myriad Treasure Meet (1/2)

Chapter 288 Myriad Treasure Meet

The Myriad Treasure Meet was one of the grandest and most important events within the capital.

Every ten years, powerful families and various powers would come together to partic.i.p.ate in the meet, and usually, they would demonstrate their strengths in the view of the public.

In a sense, the meet was a place for the attending parties to show off their capabilities. If they could successfully prove their overwhelming strength in comparison to their compet.i.tors, these parties could reap ma.s.sive benefits within the next decade.

Ou Yangming poked around a little and had caught wind of a surprising piece of info.

There was a high likelihood that the aristocratic families with the longest and oldest inheritance would not partic.i.p.ate in the meet. Such families had included the Ni family of Changlong, and the He family of Linlang.

Apart from those two families, the other renowned aristocratic families within the two counties had paid an abnormal amount of attention and had invested a great deal of effort into the meet.

Ou Yangming was confused at first, but he soon realized the intent behind their decisions.

Should the beast tide remain unvanquished, and if the hundred-year cycle were to repeat itself, would that not mean that the Ni family and the He family’s positions on the social ladder would remain unchanged? In that case, was there a need for the Ni and He families to expend any effort to partic.i.p.ate in the event?

Regardless, Ou Yangming did not laze around during the next few days. This was especially true, as ever since his rank of Advanced Blacksmith was made known, he had gotten visits daily, from people wis.h.i.+ng to improve their relations, and those who wanted him to forge equipment for them.

Moreover, all this had happened while Jin Shengjie and Wu Hongxi were still privately researching ways to create magic tools, and as such, their connection with Ou Yangming had yet to be revealed.

Had anyone learned that Ou Yangming had received the teachings of Master Wu Hongxi, the number of his daily visitors would no doubt increase exponentially.

Despite that, Ou Yangming did not accept any of his visitors’ requests, regardless of their social status. Although his actions had angered most of his visitors, no one had dared to stir up trouble within the Yi Pavilion, and as such, things had proceeded peacefully. A few days later, it was finally time for the Myriad Treasure Meet to begin.

First thing in the morning, right after Ou Yangming had woken up, he was immediately led to the Yi Pavilion by Du Gaoge, who had been waiting by his side. A flirtatious smile hung on Bai s.h.i.+xue’s lips as she stood at the main hall, and upon Ouyang Ming’s arrival, she sent him an enigmatic wink without an ounce of hesitation.

Ou Yangming’s heart skipped a beat in response, and he mentally howled in pleasure…

Despite having mental power that was stronger than the ordinary individual, Ou Yangming had come close to breaking under Bai s.h.i.+xue’s charm. Had anyone else seen her, they would probably have the living daylights charmed out of them.

Fortunately, she was the young master of Yi Pavilion, and a Supreme Great Ancestor was living there. Had that not been the case, the peaceful days she experienced would never have existed in the first place.

By the time Ou Yangming had reached the scene, several people were already seated in the hall. Even after Ou Yangming had seated himself, several more people continued to pour into the hall.

After doing a headcount, Bai s.h.i.+xue then stated with a smile, “To the masters present, you are all candidates that the Yi Pavilion or the head shopkeepers throughout the region have personally chosen.” Bai s.h.i.+xue paused for a moment before continuing with a courteous smile, “The Myriad Treasure Meet this time will depend on the efforts of all of you masters present.”

“You’re too kind, young master! We’ll do our best!”

“Indeed, since it’s the young master herself who’s welcoming us, we’ll put out all the stops this time.”

The crowd clamored in support of her, but their gazes towards Bai s.h.i.+xue was split between desire and evasion.

Even Ou Yangming, despite his strong mental power, had dared not to stare directly at Bai s.h.i.+xue, let alone anyone else.

With the exception of elderly men who possessed a wealth of experience like Jin Shengjie, Bai s.h.i.+xue’s Body of Charm was capable of crus.h.i.+ng the will of those who stood before her.

Bai s.h.i.+xue smiled, and her gorgeous eyes flitted across the room before landing on Ou Yangming. Although she had darted her eyes away soon after, her actions had not escaped the eager eyes of the crowd that were trained on her.

An instant later, a majority of the crowd had s.h.i.+fted their gaze onto Ou Yangming. Nevertheless, not all of the gazes had the same intent behind them. There was confusion, there was disdain, and for some, there was even respect and awe.

Ou Yangming furrowed his brows as he mentally questioned himself, ‘How did I end up drawing the attention of this beautiful and seductive woman? Her actions have only served to stir up more trouble for me…’

Although Ou Yangming was not afraid of the jealous glares directed at him, he would rather avoid any trouble if possible.

With a coy smile, Bai s.h.i.+xue led the crowd out of the Yi Pavilion and onto the carriages that had been prepared beforehand. With that, they then went off into the distance.

The Myriad Treasure Meet was held in a ma.s.sive building complex that had long since turned into a behemothian structure after thousands of years of development.

The building complex contained lounges for each of the major forces that partic.i.p.ated in the meet, and the Yi Pavilion was no exception.

After getting off the carriages, Bai s.h.i.+xue gave a curtsy to the crowd and stated, “Fellow masters, we have arrived at the Myriad Treasure Meet, and this is the Yi Pavilion’s private lounge. Make yourself at home.”

The crowd returned Bai s.h.i.+xue’s gesture, and once the formalities were over, they did not immediately head into the lounge. Instead, they had dispersed and began exploring the building complex in groups or alone.

Although Ou Yangming’s understanding of the Myriad Treasure Meet was rather shallow, what he did know was that the building complex was a melting pot of various professions.

Within the building complex, blacksmiths could be found forging equipment, alchemists could be found refining pills, and better still, people of special professions such as runemasters might also appear.

In a sense, almost any one of a major profession could find an outlet for them to demonstrate their skills within the building.