Chapter 89: Pink Cloud Auction House (1/2)

”Huh… did you just say auction house, master?” Alex thought he heard her wrong.

”Yes. Auction house. You need to learn how to search for items in auctions as well as have the proper etiquette in there.” Ma Rong repeated.

'Oh, so we are going to an auction after all. I wonder if it's the same auction house as the one I was going to. I should have checked if there were others.'

”Alright, master. Let's leave.” He said as he started walking outside.

”Where are you going?” Ma Rong asked him.

”Uhh… to the auction house?” why would she ask him this?

Ma Rong chuckled a little and said, ”get back here.” She then proceeded to take out her boat-like artifact. ”We aren't going to walk all the way there. It's too inefficient. We are going to fly there.”

She jumped and got onto the boat. ”Oh, right. Make sure to not use the Immortal Concealment technique today. It's not good to show other people that you can hide your cultivation from them.” She also canceled her technique and her cultivation base started giving off the same strong aura as before.

Alex wasn't using his technique so he just nodded and told her he won't use it today. He got onto the boat without asking and settled himself on the back of the boat.

After seeing everything was ready, Ma Rong flew off. Ma Rong hadn't sped up or anything. She just flew at her normal flying speed that just made Alex feel a cool breeze on his face.

Still, they ended up reaching the auction house in less than 10 minutes. 'Not having to go up and down the mountains or walk jagged path really does help trim down your travel time a lot,' he thought. He couldn't wait for the time when his flying speed would be faster than his walking speed.

Ma Rong flew down in front of the auction house and jumped down. Alex followed behind her as well. He was happy to find out that this was the same auction house as he wanted to go to. Somehow fate had taken away his chance and gave it back to him.

”This is the Pink Cloud Auction house. This is their secondary branch, while their main branch is in the capital of the empire, Cardinal city. There are only these 2 branches. Today, they will sell quite a lot of things, so I brought you here to check it out.”

Alex hadn't even come during the auction time so he was quite shocked at the number of people waiting outside. ”Come,” Ma Rong said as she walked towards something she seemed to have noticed.

”Greetings, City lord, lady,” Ma Rong greeted a purple-robed couple that just flew down. These were Fu Wen and Mo An, the husband-wife pair that ruled the Scarlet City under the authority of the crimson empire.

”Ah, Sect leader, you are here early.” Fu Wen said with a big smile. Mo An greeted from the side as well.

Fu Wen then saw Alex to her side. ”Oh, isn't this our little friend from back then? Hello.” He said with a smiling face.

”Greet the city lord,” Ma Rong's voice sounded in his head.

”Greetings, City lord, lady,” he used the same greetings as his master.