“Eh, this thing looks familiar.” The host showed a piece of red silk, and the Immortal Fairy made a sound of surprise.
“Do you know what this is?” Lu Yang asked.
The Immortal Fairy scratched her head, trying hard to recall the origin of the red silk, but she was a bit drowsy and couldn’t remember what it was for a while.
“Is it the Heavenly Immortal’s celestial veil that can cover the sky and envelop an entire planet?
“Is it the Ninefold Immortal’s Mirage Cover that can turn everything into nothingness with a single thought?
“Or is it the veil used at the Kylin Immortal’s wedding?
“I can’t remember, but this piece of cloth has the aura of the five of us immortals, it must belong to one of us!” The Immortal Fairy said with certainty.
Lu Yang’s eyes lit up. A piece of cloth with an unknown origin, carrying the aura of five immortals, must have a significant history.
Perhaps it was a legendary immortal artifact.
Even the pots and pans of the Immortal Sect were considered treasures, useful even at the Body Fusion stage. This piece of cloth with the aura of five immortals must be even more valuable!
The Immortal Fairy was still useful at critical moments!
Someone in the audience raised a question: “You dare to auction a piece of cloth with an unclear age and material? Is it because there are not many good items in this auction, so you use this to make up the numbers?”
The host smiled slightly, not surprised by the question: “This piece of cloth was obtained by a cultivator after slaying a demon beast in the dense forest. Even the most experienced appraiser could not determine the material and age of the cloth.”
“This cloth is suspected to be from the ancient times, perhaps a possession of an ancient prodigy, who fell during the great world conflict, and the cloth became ownerless.”
“The cloth is tough, and even a cultivator at the Elemental Infant stage cannot tear it apart.”
“What about a cultivator at the Divine Transformation stage?”
The host honestly replied: “We haven’t tried. The biggest feature of this silk ribbon is its intact preservation. If a cultivator at the Divine Transformation stage damages it, the price of the ribbon will be greatly reduced.”
“Red silk, starting price one thousand spirit stones.”
The business association also couldn’t determine the price of the red silk. Although it was said to be an ancient item, this silk was too well preserved, like it was just woven, making it hard to believe that it was something from three hundred thousand years ago, so the starting price was set very low.
“One thousand spirit stones.”
An Ke from the Clear Moon Sect shouted. She thought the color of the cloth was beautiful and could be used to make clothes, or with a little modification, as a shawl.
“One thousand two hundred spirit stones.” Tao Yaoye shouted.
An Ke frowned, not expecting someone to compete with her for the cloth.
She turned around and found that the bidder was a female cultivator who was even more beautiful than her.
It seemed that their purposes were the same.
She couldn’t let it go!
“One thousand five hundred spirit stones!”
“Two thousand.” Tao Yaoye’s voice was lazy, as if she didn’t care who was bidding. No matter who bid, she would raise the price.
“Two thousand two hundred spirit stones!” An Ke raised the price again.
“Three thousand.” Tao Yaoye bid without any hesitation.
An Ke was beautiful and had many followers. Originally, these people would help An Ke bid, but when they found out that the other bidder was a stunning beauty, they all tacitly chose not to help An Ke.
“Three thousand one hundred……”
“Four thousand.”
An Ke fell silent. She could certainly raise the price, but there was still the Twin Lotus to come, she couldn’t possibly spend all her spirit stones on a piece of cloth.
“Four thousand spirit stones once, four thousand spirit stones twice, four thousand spirit stones three times, sold!” The host’s hammer fell, signifying that the red silk belonged to Tao Yaoye.
“Thank you for your help, junior sister. I’ll pay you back the spirit stones after the auction!” Lu Yang quietly transmitted his voice. It was him who asked Tao Yaoye to bid.
If he, a man, were to bid for the silk, people would suspect that the silk was hiding some secret, which would drive up the price.
It was different with Tao Yaoye bidding. People would just think that a beautiful woman liked the cloth and was happy to spend money on it.
“We are senior and junior siblings, there’s no need to thank me. Did you recognize the origin of the red silk, senior brother Lu?” Tao Yaoye asked with a smile, revealing two shallow dimples.
Lu Yang was silent for a moment, then honestly said: “It should be an item from the ancient times, with an extraordinary origin. As for what it specifically is, I can’t say for sure.”
The Immortal Fairy, who was only sixteen, had early onset Alzheimer’s. It was a pity.
The following auction items did not attract the attention of the four. Only when the host presented the Twin Lotus did the four sit up straight, wanting to see how many spirit stones the Twin Lotus could fetch.
As soon as the Twin Lotus appeared, the audience quieted down instantly, their eyes burning.
For any cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, the Twin Lotus was a treasure that could open up the future.
The host introduced with a light smile: “The Twin Lotus, perhaps some of you have just seen it a few days ago. This one is the one that appeared in the dense forest a few days ago, and I don’t need to introduce its effects too much.”
“Starting price, thirty thousand spirit stones.”
The gazes from the audience below were as if they wanted to snatch the Twin Lotus, not needing the host’s introduction at all.
“Thirty-one thousand spirit stones!”
“I must have the Twin Lotus, thirty-two thousand spirit stones!”
“Daring to snatch the Twin Lotus with such a small amount of spirit stones, thirty-five thousand spirit stones!” The White Tiger Saint Child of the Four Symbols Sect sneered at the others’ incremental bidding.
“Thirty-eight thousand spirit stones!” An Ke refused to show weakness.
“Forty thousand spirit stones!” Tian Wen Dao Duan Hongchen shouted. He was only one Twin Lotus away from forming his golden core.
“Forty-one thousand spirit stones!”
“Forty-four!”
“Forty-five!”
The price of the Twin Lotus kept rising, making Man Gu grin from ear to ear.
In the end, the price of the Twin Lotus stopped at forty-nine thousand spirit stones.
“Forty-nine thousand spirit stones once, forty-nine thousand spirit stones twice…”
Meng Jingzhou pondered, taking advantage of the host’s bidding time, he muttered in a voice just loud enough for the nearby people to hear, “Those two Buddhist disciples who know the Arhat Fist are really annoying. Is there any clue about those two Buddhist disciples on this Twin Lotus?”
“Fifty thousand spirit stones!” The White Tiger Saint Child immediately raised the price.
He was not in a hurry to use the Twin Lotus, but he swore to find those two Buddhist disciples!
Fifty thousand spirit stones was a price that even a Foundation Establishment cultivator could not afford by spending all their savings. Only core disciples of a large sect like the White Tiger Saint Child could afford it.
“Fifty-three thousand spirit stones!” An Ke raised the price again.
The White Tiger Saint Child calmed down. Although he could still raise the price, doing so would not only offend An Ke, but also make the Twin Lotus not worth so many spirit stones.
An Ke bought the Twin Lotus for fifty-three thousand spirit stones.
After the auction ended, Tao Yaoye handed the red silk to Lu Yang.
“Fairy, can you tell what this is now?” Lu Yang asked quietly, hoping that the fairy could reveal the origin of the red silk.
The Immortal Fairy pondered for a moment, trying hard to rummage through her memory. She slapped her hand, showing a look of sudden realization, and finally remembered the origin of the red silk from an inconspicuous corner of her memory.
“Isn’t this the tablecloth from my home!”
“…Fairy, you really don’t see us as outsiders.”
“What do you mean?”
“You’re really good at scamming your own people.”
(End of the chapter)