- 14 (1/2)

Demoness

“The auction rules... First, anyone who dares to cause trouble at the grand event — kill!”

“Second, auction items are identified and priced by me. You don’t have to believe, but you cannot question it either; otherwise — kill!”

“Third, the highest bidder wins, using cultivation to disrupt order — kill!”

Ning Fan’s bearing was steady and he simply did not resemble a young man, causing many old devils to look at him with different eyes. They didn’t dare to underestimate him.

Ning Fan’s aura was unbelievable in the eyes of Lan Mei. She had seen many young men, but no one possessed a similar aura.

The white-robed young master standing to the side of Lan Mei grudgingly wiped the blood on his lips as he had a chilling flash in his eyes.

Ning Fan was able to use a fifth level Vein Opening cultivation to harm him — this was indeed formidable. However, daring to harm him like this, this grudge has been forged, today!

On the auction house’s second floor, Wu Dongnan slightly frowned. He didn’t think that Ning Fan, a fifth level Vein Opening young man, was able to harm a Harmonious Spirit.

“This person is the Seven Apricot Young Lord? He’s not weak like the intelligence said. Zhihe is in his hands, ah?”

“Hmph, I don’t know if he had touched the little girl or not. If he dared to touch my valued cauldron, even if he is Han Yuanji’s disciple, I will still go to make him pay a big price!”

After Ning Fan announced the rules of the auction, it had officially began. He clapped his hands and two beautiful maids — as beautiful as flowers — came on the crystal stage and put the auction items on top of the table to show the audience.

The first auction was a rusted bronze sword, and the scabbard was made out of wood that had decayed quite a bit. It appeared to be quite ancient.

The sword was only a low grade spirit treasure, and the scabbard was only carved from common wood with clumsy workmanship.

The Vein Opening cultivators present did not see the rusted sword’s value. As for the Harmonious Spirit realm experts on the second floor, very few of them could see through the mysteries of the sword. Only the Gold Core masters of the third floor noticed some clues, and they couldn’t help but to take a cold breath of air.

“The emblem pattern on the rusted sword… This is not wrong! An ancient Heavenly Court’s weapon! This is an ancient sword before the collapse of the heaven and earth!”

The three Gold Core devils recognized the old rusted sword’s history, but then they immediately shook their heads.

The ancient Heavenly Court existed too long ago. If this sword was a weapon from that era, then perhaps its power had been expended a long time ago and won’t have any big effects. At most, it could only sell for one hundred immortal jades.

The group looked at Ning Fan and waited to see how he would appraise this sword.

Ning Fan was the Seven Apricot Young Lord and was invited by the Godly Void Pavilion to be the auctioneer, but he didn’t know the items beforehand and must determine a starting price for the items before the auction could begin.

“This sword is from an ancient era and has lost all of its power. The price will not exceed 100 immortal jades, but with the bronze rust on top of the sword, at the very least, it is worth 10,000 immortal jades.”

When his words came out, the entire audience was in silence. The next moment, there was an uproar with disordered debates.

“10,000 immortal jades! This is enough to buy ten completely new flying swords! This copper rust is unexpectedly worth 10,000 immortal jades!? Is this Ning Fan here shouting arbitrary prices?”

“An ancient Heavenly Court’s weapon eh? Haha, we aren’t collecting antiques, what is the use of buying a flying sword with no power?”

“But say, if the Godly Void Pavilion dares to auction this rusted sword in the first place, maybe there is really something extraordinary about it. Could it be just like the little boy said? The bronze rust on the sword has something strange about it?”

On the third floor, the two Gold Core old devils kept on frowning while shaking their heads repeatedly.

10,000 immortal jades — this is a high grade spirit treasure’s price. This sword was clearly trash, how could it be worth so much money? As for the bronze rust, they couldn’t see what was so special about it. Is the little brat just spouting nonsense?

Only the third Gold Core old devil was unable to sit still. Hearing the two words “bronze rust”, his heart was pounding as he stared at the sword on top of the stage.

Could it be, could it be… Could this sword here be the…

But, what if it wasn’t? This Gold Core old devil began to hesitate.

Yun Xiu knew the origin of this rusted sword; it was explained by the lord of the Godly Void Pavilion. He also priced it around 10,000 immortal jades. The lord was sure that unless the person was a Nascent Soul old devil, they would not be able to see the mysteries of the bronze rust.

However, Ning Fan was able to determine the same price as the lord and saw through the extraordinary property of the bronze rust. This person had a sinisterly insightful vision. Not a Nascent Soul old devil yet was still able to see through the bronze rust!

Yun Xiu was polite to Ning Fan, before, because the pavilion lord commanded to not snub the people from Seven Apricot City.

Now, he was genuinely respecting Ning Fan. Just Ning Fan’s insight alone was enough for him to not be underestimated!

“Ah, 10,000 immortal jades! To buy a rusted sword! No need to ask, this is Ning Fan randomly naming a price!” The white-robed young master standing next to Lan Mei suddenly shouted.

His voice carried a Harmonious Spirit realm momentum and immediately overshadowed the noises in the stage as it went to everyone’s ears.

There were many people already questioning the price of the rusted sword so after the white-robed young master spoke, suddenly, there were a number of old devils taking one side, blaming Ning Fan for randomly pricing, and they blamed the Godly Void Pavilion for picking the wrong auctioneer.

There were several more grumpy old monsters who directly threatened for Ning Fan to roll down from the stage and let Yun Xiu preside over the auction, instead.

Suddenly, the situation was a bit out of control. The voices pressing for Ning Fan to leave the stage was increasing. Seeing this, the white-robed young master had a hint of pleasure in his eyes.

Ning Fan injured him so he immediately shamed Ning Fan and borrowed the crowd’s momentum to chase Ning Fan out of here!

“Older Brother, you shouldn’t forget, this place is Seven Apricot City. You standing here and provoking the Seven Apricot Young Lord, is this okay?” Lan Mei frowned to the side and cautioned with a vaguely displeased expression.

She also did not think that the rusted sword could sell for 10,000 immortal jades, but she didn’t like the white-robed young master’s action even more.

If Ning Fan was the auctioneer, everyone should give him a certain level of respect. He priced it at 10,000 immortal jades, then it must be this price because if it was too high, no one would bid. Then, this item would just be flowing to the back.

If they actually chased Ning Fan, the Seven Apricot Young Lord, out of the auction stage, then this would only end badly. Chasing the young lord away on his own territory… Were these people’s brains kicked by a donkey or something? Causing this type of trouble, are they not afraid of the revenge of Ning Fan’s master, Old Monster Han?

“Oh? You all feel that my valuation is too high?” Ning Fan slightly knitted his brows and exuded his aura a little bit, causing the stage to suddenly quiet down by a lot.

Even though he was a cultivation rookie, he inherited the Immortal Emperor’s memories. He could faintly see that this sword was extraordinary. 10,000 immortal jades valuation was definitely not a high price.

“I, on the other hand, still feel that 10,000 is a low price. Everyone can rest assured. If no one bids on this sword during this auction, I will use my Seven Apricot Young Lord’s status to buy this sword! Now, can you all trust that this Ning Fan did not price it randomly just now?” Ning Fang spoke again.

When Ning Fan’s words came out, the stage went silent for the second time. If this sword didn’t sell, then Ning Fan would personally use his own pocket money to buy it... Could it be that this sword really had some amazing property?

The disturbance caused by the white-robed young man was was immediately subsided by Ning Fan’s two sentences.

To be able to handle such a large scene, this was ability.

To be able to agree to take out 10,000 immortal jades to buy the sword, this was resolution.

Lan Mei’s expression flashed with a strange light. Even a Gold Core old devil would not have 10,000 immortal jades to waste. However, Ning Fan opened his mouth and immediately promised 10,000 immortal jades. This was the first time Lan Mei had seen a young man with such boldness.

“Wait a minute! This sword, this old man is a bit interested…” A voice carrying a Gold Core momentum suddenly appeared from the third floor. In a flash, the stage began to discuss once again.

Someone actually wanted this sword that was selling for 10,000 immortal jades, and it was even a Gold Core old devil! It seemed that this Seven Apricot Young Lord did not name a wrong price ah…

On the third floor, the Gold Core old devil hesitated for a long time, but he still lifted the curtain then leaped down from the third floor to land on the auction stage, where he clasped his hands to greet Ning Fan.

People then recognized the identity of this Gold Cold old devil. This was naturally another of Yue Country’s ten grand master, Qin Ziyu — Old Devil Qin!

“Young Friend Ning, you said that the bronze rust on this sword is extraordinary and is worth 10,000 immortal jades — on what basis? Haha, I have doubts in my mind and beseech Young Friend to answer. If Young Friend can give this old man a satisfactory answer, I will surely give thanks!”

Was this a joke? The always stingy Old Devil Qin would actually give someone a honorarium!?