Chapter 62: The Merchant Guild of the World

  "Do you still have that purple gold sand?" Ji Yunyang's thieving heart was not dead yet.

  There are still some

  "That's good, that's good" Ji Yunyang put his heart at ease, his handsome face smiled brightly, his hands clasped behind his head, and he walked while complaining: "Why don't you make more? Next time you make it, be sure to save a few for me, this is a great thing!"

  "There is some, but not much." Ling Wu Xuan glanced at Ji Yun Yang with a slanted gaze.

  This guy, got a good deal and still shows off, he thinks this thing is made of mud, just that little bit of purple gold sand, she has already used up half of it, not much left, she keeps it for great use.

  Ling Wushuang walked out of the gate of the Master Artisan Guild, and two guards lowered their heads, trembling all over, their eyes darting back and forth, pretending not to see anyone, afraid of being remembered by a certain person.

  "These two people, why do they feel so strange?" Ji Yunyang walked over and looked back at them in surprise, his gaze following their pale faces to their legs that kept trembling nonstop.

  It's so hot today, why are they shivering?

  Ling Wushuang chuckled lightly without turning her head and added calmly, "What's strange about it? Insufficient strength, unstable foundation, standing for a long time will naturally cause trembling."

  "Is that so......" Ji Yunyang was half-believing and half-doubting, but didn't pay much attention to it.

  "Pffft——"

  The words of Ling Chui, however, instantly broke the spell and made them burst out laughing. These two cowards were clearly afraid that Miss Wudang would cause trouble for them.

  "What are you laughing at?" Ji Yun Yang looked at Ling Cui with a puzzled expression, what was wrong with him?

  Ling Chanyu stuck out her tongue and smiled, revealing two small tiger teeth, following behind Ling Wushuang.

  "Ah-ha!" Ji Yunyang suddenly remembered something and hastily approached Ling Wusuo, "Tonight at the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce, there's an auction, I heard some good stuff is being sold, do you know about it?"

  Ling Wushuang's red lips curled up slightly, and a hint of an inexplicable smile appeared. "I know."

  "The news is quite lively" Ji Yunyang smiled, "Want to go take a look?"

  The Tianxia Chamber of Commerce is also an organization that spans four countries and is the wealthiest organization in the entire Tianxia, with a history of several hundred years. Its influence is profound, although it only operates in the business world, its actual power is comparable to the four major families of Donglin, or even more so.

  Two-story building, high and towering, lights shining brightly, people coming and going at the door, cars and horses passing by, very lively.

  Ling Wushuang and Ji Yunyang walked in, the hall was already packed with people, all sorts of chaotic noises rose up, like a bustling marketplace.

  "Miss Da Gongzi, this way please." As soon as Ji Yunyang walked in, someone came to greet them. A young servant walked up to the two of them, bowing and scraping, saying: "The seats were reserved a long time ago, upstairs, there's still one minute left before it starts."

  The auction venue of Tianxia Business Association is also divided into VIP seats and ordinary seats. On the VIP seats, they are all wealthy and powerful, or have status and strength.

  "Alright, lead the way." Ji Yun waved his hand and nodded, with a refined and elegant air about him. He turned to Ling Wushuang and smiled, "Let's go take a look upstairs."

  "Quite thoughtful" Ling Wu's eyes scanned the surroundings, as well as the dark platform in the center of the hall, nodded with a smile, and followed the leading servant to the VIP seat on the second floor.

  Suddenly, Ling Wu's footsteps came to a halt, her slender eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her entire being radiated spiritual energy that spread out in all directions. Her consciousness enveloped the entire Tianxia Chamber of Commerce as she raised her gaze, quickly scanning her surroundings.

  "What's wrong, Ling Wusuo?" Ji Yunyang saw Ling Wusuo suddenly stop in her tracks and turned back to look at her with a puzzled gaze.

  Ling Wushuang lightly pursed her lips and shook her head, "Nothing."

  She felt a familiar gaze, as if it was there but also wasn't. This feeling, she had only experienced with one person!

  "Could it be that I'm mistaken?" Ling Wu Xuan muttered to himself, following behind Ji Yun Yang as he walked up the stairs, and with his current spiritual power, he couldn't accurately sense his location.

  "Whoosh, whoosh——" Several red shadows flashed by, seemingly flying over the top of the crowded people's heads. Afterwards, a small meatball thudded onto Ling Wusuo's head.

  "What thing"

  Ji Yunyang was startled and jumped in fright.

  "Little Nine" Ling Wu Shuang chuckled and rubbed his hands together, wondering where this little thing had popped out from.

  "This little Xuan beast..." Ji Yunyang stared at the small meatball on top of Ling Wusuo's head, her eyes slightly dimmed as if deep in thought.

  A lone, red, fire-type Xiao Xuan beast, burned to a crisp Jiang Yi's ninth-stage peak Fire Cloud Lion. He had also heard the rumors of these days, could it be that this was just such a small thing?

  "Rustle rustle", Little Jiu waved his small fist and bared his teeth at Ji Yun.

  "It's really hard to imagine" Ji Yunyang couldn't help but laugh, muttering to himself as he stepped upstairs. This little thing looked harmless, just a cute pet.

  "Everyone be quiet for a moment."

  Ling Wushuang and Ji Yunyang had just sat down in the VIP seat on the second floor when a hoarse voice came from the high platform below, with a very calm tone and a warm atmosphere that made the noisy crowd quiet down unconsciously.

  "Hmm..."

  One by one, sparks flew out of the lampshade. At this moment, the surrounding lights suddenly brightened, and visibility was instantly clearer. On the high platform in the center of the hall, an old man's figure appeared.

  Ji Yun Yang's figure rose as he leaned against Ling Wu Shuang, saying in a low voice: "This old man is actually a high-ranking Tian Xuan"

  Getting on stage is a high-level Tianxuan, this commercial gathering under the sky, indeed has two brushes, however, thinking about it also makes sense, such a big scene, without a few masters shaking, that would be strange.

  Ling Wushuang chuckled softly, "There are no less than ten top-notch experts in this dark place."

  "Oh?" Ji Yunyang was slightly surprised, "There are actually dozens of them"

  He didn't even notice that Wú Shuāng actually knew so clearly, the spiritual power of an alchemist is indeed extraordinary, and I don't know to what extent Wú Shuāng's spiritual power has become strong.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet." The old man with a long beard stretched out his hands, pressed down, and smiled warmly. Then, he said humbly: "I, an old man, represent the merchants of the world, thank you all for coming to support this event today."

  "Stop talking nonsense and let's get started, time is up."

  "We didn't come here today to listen to your nonsense"

  "I came here today just to take a look and see if there are any top-grade medicinal pellets. If there are, then hurry up and get them ready."

  ……

  The people gathered here are from all walks of life, and there are all kinds of people. Some can't wait and shout loudly to urge them on, and the scene suddenly becomes noisy.

  Ji Yunyang spoke up again, "I heard that a mysterious Dan medicine master has provided a top-grade Dan medicine to the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce, which will be auctioned off today. It might even be a Sacred-grade Dan medicine!"

  Under the heavens, only four countries exist. Apart from the Sacred Temple, only Tian Ye can refine sacred-grade elixirs. However, even if all the merchant guilds in the world were to join forces, they still wouldn't be able to invite Tian Ye. As for the alchemists of the Sacred Temple, it's even more impossible.

  Ji Yunyang stroked his chin thoughtfully. Shouldn't he have heard some news by now if a new Holy Medicine Master had appeared?

  "Hmm" Ling Wu Shuang's clear eyes flickered lightly, smiling faintly without speaking.

  Ji Yunyang reached out and picked up the porcelain cup on the tea table, but when she saw a row of people facing her, she frowned and said, "Nan Gongyan"

  The eastern capital is indeed small, and you can meet these people wherever you go.

  "Nangong Ye?" Ling Wu's eyebrows slightly raised as he followed Ji Yunyang's line of sight.

  Nan Gong Ye also happened to look over, and after a slight pause, a hint of gloom flashed between his eyebrows before he coldly lowered his eyes, looking towards the high platform in the great hall where Yun Qingchen was sitting. He opened his mouth, but his face suddenly twisted into an odd expression.

  "Everyone, please calm down! Please calm down!" At this time, the old man gently stroked his beard, raised his voice and shouted: "I guarantee that tonight's things are absolutely the best of the best!"

  "Then let's get started, no more nonsense."

  The people below were eager, but the VIP seats above the owner were quiet and no one spoke. The lighting was also dim, and the people sitting inside couldn't be seen very clearly.

  "Good, it seems that everyone is so enthusiastic!" The old man said, striking a black gavel on the table in front of him, making a crisp sound. "I declare that today's auction has officially begun!"

  With one strike of the gavel, the hall fell silent. There was some curiosity about this first item up for auction, as it was well-known that the Heaven's Merchants Association only put precious items up for sale.

  As the old man spoke, the first thing was already pushed up, it was a long frame, both length and width were over one zhang, covered with black cloth, unable to see what it was.

  "Tonight, the first item we're auctioning off is...". The old man's voice was filled with a sense of history, and he slowly walked over to the object, grasping a corner of the black cloth and giving it a sudden tug. "A set of sacred beast remains!"

  "What?!"

  Many people around immediately turned red-eyed and rushed up from their seats.

  "Everyone, please calm down." The old man coughed twice and explained with a smile: "This is the carcass of a land-backed dragon. Under certain circumstances, it was discovered by people from the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce in the Forest of Sunset. It has been dead for some years, but this carcass is also a rare good thing."

  Everyone nodded in agreement, but after seeing clearly, they slowly sat down.

  Although it was only a dead Earthback Dragon, it had reached the level of a Sacred Domain Mystic Beast, extremely rare, its corpse was extremely hard, and the substances contained in it were very useful for refining equipment or alchemy.

  "The starting price is one hundred thousand taels of gold!" The old man waved his hand and slammed his palm on the table to make a bid.

  "110,000 taels of gold!"

  "120,000 taels"

  ……

  Below, there are constantly people bidding, but they are all some people who are good at alchemy or equipment refining, and there are also some collectors, the competition is very fierce.

  "A carcass of a Sacred Domain Mystic Beast, 100,000 taels of gold. This price is somewhat low." Ji Yunyang took a sip of tea and muttered to himself.

  Although he was uninterested in this thing, a dragon with a back that reached the sacred domain level was extremely rare and precious, appearing only once every hundred years.

  "This price is about right" Ling Wu Xuan stared at the withered corpse below, tapping his finger on the tea seat, and chuckled, "This Saint Domain Mystic Beast's corpse has no crystal core, and its Soul Pearl was taken away long ago. At most, it's worth 10,000 taels."

  Ji Yunyang took a closer look and sighed, "Indeed, the Crystal Core and Soul Pearl are gone. It seems that the person who hunted this Sacred Domain Mystic Beast is at least a High-Rank Saint."

  "If these two things are present, the price will definitely increase by more than tenfold." Ling Wusuo hooked his lips and smiled lightly. If he had these two things, it would not be a stiff dead Saint Domain Xuan Beast either.

  "Hmm" Ji Yunyang nodded, this corpse was indeed a Sacred Domain Mystic Beast, but except for Alchemists or Artisans, it would be of no use to anyone else, and could only be used for collection purposes.

  "Twenty-one million two, deal!"

  About a moment later, a clear hammer sounded, and the corpse of the earth dragon had been bought for 210,000 taels of gold.

  After finishing the first item, the old man walked up to the high platform with a smile all over his face. "The first item has been sold, so next..."

  "The Tianxia Chamber of Commerce has really made a big move this time. The first item is the carcass of the Sacred Domain Xuan Beast, a treasure of such magnitude."

  "Let's see, don't know what's next, still got something"

  "Opportunity is hard to come by, fortunately I brought enough money with me today."

  The first item was the carcass of a rare and precious Holy Domain Beast, which made everyone even more curious about the next auction item. They were all excited and eager to see what would be brought onto the stage next, their eyes fixed tightly on the blue box that was being carried up.

  "The second thing......" The old man raised his white eyebrows and suddenly said in a low voice: "Imperial Blood Grass!"

  A crisp sound of iron latch opening, a blue box opens, a faint mist, carrying cold air, overflows, and on the ice-blue frost, a blade of grass lies quietly.

  Fingers thick and thin, resembling ginseng, but the tendons are crimson, like blood vessels winding and twisting on the fragmented ice. The delicate blue ice cubes set it off, with a color like that of carnelian, beautiful and magnificent.

  "Huang Xue Cao..." Ling Wu Shuang slightly raised his body and looked downwards.

  This thing is actually quite useful, Huang Xue Cao has a warm property and can be taken directly without refining into a pill, it's very effective in unblocking the meridians. When used to refine elixirs, its efficacy is even more remarkable.

  "It's really the royal blood grass, my brother's meridian has been blocked for over a decade, now he can be saved"

  "Huangxuecao is used for refining elixirs, its effect is wonderful"

  "This is good stuff, really good"

  Below, there were constant voices, already with an impatient momentum. The legendary Imperial Blood Grass, said to be able to revive the dead and turn white bones into flesh, had never been seen by anyone. However, this Imperial Blood Grass had been collected a few times.

  "This imperial blood grass was picked from the top of Purple Mountain, and it took a lot of manpower and resources to get it." The old man smiled with his eyes narrowed into a slit, saying: "The starting price is also 100,000 taels of gold."

  "Three hundred thousand taels!"

  The old man's words had just fallen when a voice came from the VIP seat on the second floor, slightly rough and very powerful.

  "Three hundred thousand taels, I'll take it." A burly man emerged from the dimly lit VIP seat, revealing his figure, and leaned against the railing, his voice loud and clear.

  "This...". The crowd was puzzled. Which family had such great wealth and audacity, opening their mouth to raise the price by three times? How could they still haggle over the price?

  One imperial blood grass, thirty million taels of gold, this looks like a must-have for the imperial blood grass!

  "It's someone from the Protectorate of the Nation!" A person suddenly spoke out, quietly pointing at the big man by the railing and saying in a low voice: "I know that man, he is the deputy general beside General Li of the Protectorate of the Nation"

  "Oh, I get it!" Someone suddenly realized and turned their head to whisper to the person next to them with a suppressed smile: "Isn't this Li family's young master, Li Minghui, the one who was crippled by that thing Ling Wudao? This Imperial Blood Grass might have some effect."

  "Haha, so that's how it is! I knew it, they looked like they were going to get their way no matter what"

  "This matter really can't wait"

  Everyone thought that after coming over, a burst of sneaky laughter, that thing didn't work, and could only hope to use the imperial blood grass treasure to unblock the meridians, try it out, treating a dead horse as if it were alive.

  Upon hearing this offer, the old man was taken aback for a moment and smiled: "Three hundred thousand taels, is there anyone who can offer an even higher price?"

  The noisy people around fell silent for a moment, and without mentioning whether one imperial blood grass was worth 300,000 taels or not, who would dare to snatch something that the Guardian Manor had set its eyes on?

  The old man nodded and stroked his beard, "Since there isn't..."

  "Four hundred thousand taels!"

  The old man's words had hardly fallen when a voice rose, carrying a hint of a smile that was not quite a smile.

  "What?" The burly man was taken aback for a moment.

  How dare someone steal from the Guardian's Manor! Are they tired of living?! He suddenly turned his head, following the sound to look over, and saw Ji Yunyang smiling with a charming face. The big man's expression instantly became extremely ugly, that little brat from the Ji family!

  "Four hundred thousand taels, is there anyone who can offer a higher price?" Hearing someone raise the bid, the old man was naturally delighted, and as for what remained to be done, it was no longer his responsibility.

  "Four hundred thousand taels...". The burly man looked inside the noble seat, seemingly seeking someone's opinion. After a while, he turned his head and glared at Ji Yunyang with a cold smile, his tone somewhat unpleasant, adding: "Four hundred and fifty thousand taels."

  Ji Yunyang and Ling Wushuang exchanged a glance, both of their eyes gleaming with slyness.

  "Five hundred thousand taels..." Ji Yunyang smiled and waved his hand nonchalantly.

  "The burly man angrily said: 'Five hundred and fifty thousand taels'"

  "Six hundred thousand taels..."

  ……

  "Seven hundred thousand taels"

  "Eight hundred thousand..."

  "Ji Yunyang, don't be too excessive!" Until the price rose to 800,000 taels, that burly man finally couldn't bear it and shouted angrily, "This Huangxuecao is useless even if you buy it, why bother struggling so hard!"

  If it weren't for considering this kid's relationship with the Holy Temple, he would have cut him down with one knife immediately.

  "I bought it but didn't use it," Ji Yunyang smiled as he stood up and walked to the railing. "However, I have too much money with nowhere to put it, so exchanging it for something useful isn't a bad idea, is it?"

  Ling Wushuang looked at Ji Yunyang with a pretentious expression, and couldn't help but curve his lips into a smile. This kid was deliberately going against the Hu Guo Fu, but as for those few hundred million taels of gold, it's possible that he really had nowhere to put them.

  At the same time, Nan Gong Ye's face also turned ugly, staring at Ji Yun Yang with a expressionless face, but his eyes flashed with a fierce and ruthless glint.

  "Xiaojie's family..." Suddenly, a faintly hoarse voice rang out, the soft tone carrying an extremely heavy oppressive feeling. "Know when to stop, the Xiaojie and Huangguo Fu families don't interfere with each other, let's not make it so that everyone looks bad."

  Ling Wu Xiang chuckled lightly, this old man was still quite capable of stirring up trouble. It seemed that the Guardian Manor indeed placed great importance on the Imperial Blood Grass, even Li Tian Yi had come in person.

  "It's Lord Kensei"

  "Even Lord Lin Jian himself has come in person, it seems this Imperial Blood Grass..."

  "Hmph" Ji Yun's expression turned cold, her aura suddenly burst out, not fearing Li Tianyi in the slightest. "I don't understand what you're saying. In all the business associations under heaven, when doing business, it's the highest bidder who gets the item at auction. Who says I'm not allowed to buy this thing?"

  Li Tianyi, feared by others, but looked down upon by Ji Yunyang.

  Ji Yunyang said, and sat back in his seat, "One million taels!"

  "You——" That burly man's face twisted, but he didn't know how to refute her. Ji Yunyang's words were reasonable and justified, however, anyone with discerning eyes could see that he was actually working against the Hu Guo Fu.

  "Xian Sheng, shall we continue filming?" The deputy general asked, seeking his opinion beside Li Tianyi.

  They made the most remote calculations, and also used 400,000 taels to buy it down, but they didn't expect to encounter such a situation. One million taels is really not worth it, but the most annoying thing is that this is exactly what the young master needs!

  Li Tian pressed his pale lips together, and after a long while, he said in a harsh tone: "Add another 100,000 taels!"

  If it's that young master Ji again, don't blame Li Tianyi for not being polite if they're going to go head-to-head. Even if he was sold out today, if tomorrow he personally visits the Ji family's master, a single Imperial Blood Grass would still be given to him!

  The stout deputy general nodded and walked back to the railing, gritting his teeth at Ji Yunyang: "One hundred and ten million taels!"

  Ji Yunyang stood at the railing with her hands in her sleeves, a smile spreading across her face. "You can call out slowly, I have plenty of money," she said, hearing the quoted price and letting out a disdainful laugh. Just as she was about to speak up, she was pulled back by Ling Wushuang from behind, turning around with some surprise.

  Her lips, a deep cherry red, curved into a shallow arc. "Give this thing to them."

  "What?" Ji Yunyang was even more puzzled, the grudge between Wuyue and the Hu Guo Fu was not small, and Li Minghui was the one who had crippled this guy's leg. At this time, he would actually give them this imperial blood grass, it was impossible.