38 Transformation Began; The Crystal Lotus (1/2)

Guan Wanshan got on the stage and announced straight away that the auction had begun.

As expected, everyone felt pleased and looked at him with praise.

This salesroom knew well about business...

”The first object to be auctioned is... a jade ruyi!” Guan Wanshan waved his hand and a girl showed up on stage with the jade ruyi.

”This is a top quality jade ruyi. The starting price has been set at 400 taels of gold, and the bid increment is 50 taels of gold.”

In fact, Guan Wanshan sounded downhearted.

A jade ruyi was surely not an important item in such a top-class auction. Guan Wanshan originally didn't want it at the auction, but Feng Zhiling had asked him to do so. And Guan Wanshan certainly didn't understand why...

When the jade ruyi showed up, the crowd was quiet as expected.

Everyone was either closing their eyes or looking away; nobody even thought about bidding. They didn't even want to bother showing their disdain!

For these people, a jade ruyi really had no value.

They were all revered experts; how could they be interested in such a mundane thing?

Guan Wanshan felt helpless.

He thought that Feng Zhiling truly had undermined him this time... Feng Zhi-Ling had asked him to put the jade ruyi in the auction, but now it was going to be abortive as the first item...

Luckily a voice sounded, ”Four hundred taels of gold!”

It was Zuo Wuji!

Guan Wanshan felt relieved. To him, Zuo Wuji's voice was like a song from the heaven!

Zuo Wuji gave the first bid and then looked around nervously, but he found that no one was bidding after him. He was delighted.

He didn't know that all the other people were saving their money for the supreme dan beads. They certainly wouldn't spend a penny on this jade ruyi. After all, they might need the 400 taels of gold to win the dan beads; how could they take that risk?

Guan Wanshan called the bid three times, but nobody even looked at him. He banged the gavel quickly and sold the first item to Zuo Wuji at the starting price!

Although it was a low-priced deal, Guan Wanshan was happy about it. In fact, he felt a little bit thankful for Zuo Wuji. In his mind, Zuo Wuji had saved him in this awkward situation!

Zuo Wuji finally got the jade ruyi he so desperately wanted. He felt like he was dreaming, ”That was so easy... I just got it? Nobody even tried to bid against me...”

Lan Langlang's eyes popped wide open, ”What? That was too easy, wasn't it? What is going on?”

Zuo Wuji was holding the jade ruyi, yet he didn't feel happy.

Instead, he was feeling a hint of depression.

He used to think that his family was great, and that he was better than most of the people in this world. However, right at this moment, he found out that he was certainly not. The thing that he wanted so much turned out to be something that real cultivators disdained!

Zuo Wuji kept his head low while holding the jade ruyi in his arms.

A feeling of humiliation appeared in his heart. [The jade ruyi is just garbage for them... Why should I want it so badly? Is it all about cultivation in this world?]

Lan Langlang was thinking, [I thought millions of taels of gold could be enough to make me a dragon among men. It turns out I was wrong... Having millions of taels of gold means nothing... Even if I have an endless flow of money, how could I protect my wealth if I am not strong like these masters here?]