Chương 202: Beginning of the Auction

"This is impossible!" Long Feng's throat was dry as he muttered. He even doubted his eyes for a moment. It couldn't be helped. Just the spirit armaments were twenty! There were precisely 20 spirit armaments and their combined might rivaled the aura of a peak spirit realm cultivator! The herbs and pills were pretty common, though their quality surpassed that of the Zhuge clan. The pills were still only healing pills. Even the Yihua clan had very few pills that weren't healing pills.

As for the martial skills, they ranged from yin grade to the spirit grade, but according to Yan jian, Huang Yunran wouldn't dare to auction them off as they were the heritage of the Fiery Flame Manor. He probably moved with them so as to cultivate then and deepen his understanding of them. Of course, this didn't apply to Long Feng and Yan jian. After flipping through the skills, Yan jian took one or two considering that the skills were mostly flame based which was his main element.

As for the rest, well, they would earn quite a lot when auctioned. The truly shocking thing was the sheer amount of spirit crystals. With a single glance, Long Feng estimated at least three hundred thousand spirit crystals.

"Hahahahaha! Brother Long Feng, we've hit the jackpot this time! We're so rich it's terrifying! The amount of resources we have right now is sufficient to start up a great sect!" Yan jian licked his lips and rubbed his palms together, getting to work without wasting time. It took almost thirty minutes for then to clear the floor.

"Just from Huang Yunran, we got six hundred thousand spirit crystals worth of resources! Coupled with his younger brother and the beggar young master, we have over a million Spirit crystals worth of resources!" Yan jian shouted, feeling dizzy from the sheer amount.

"This is shocking. The Fiery Flame Manor was definitely prepared to sweep through this auction. Even the Yihua clan might not be willing to put out this amount. I'm guessing this is more than half of the Fiery Flame Manor's resources." Li Yue'er muttered, also in disbelief.

"They really bet everything on this. We must have pissed them off real badly" Long Feng nodded blankly.

"What does that matter? With these million plus spirit crystals, we can definitely get many treasures from the auction and even have many left to cultivate. We'll all breakthrough in no time!" Yan jian interrupted. He seemed to be imagining a scene of him bidding for everything in the auction house and leaving everyone else in the dust, even the Yihua clan.

"Alright then. But we'll have to remain cautious. I have a feeling the Fiery Flame Manor won't let us off the hook" Long Feng replied.

"You're overthinking the matter. It was just a coincidence that the Zhuge clan managed to spur the Fiery Flame Manor to help them and we've trashed the Fiery Flame Manor's two Juniors up here too. I doubt that they can get another sect to fight for them. And even if the Fiery Flame Manor was ten times more brave, they still wouldn't dare to attack us in the Yihua clan" Yan jian yawned as he replied. Long Feng agreed that with Yan jian after he thought it through.

"I guess I'm really overthinking it. Forget that, in the meantime, let's all cultivate. With so much spirit crystals, I think I could make a breakthrough before the auction starts" There was only one day left to the auction. Long Feng wanted to use this time to make another breakthrough.

"Miss Li, if you find something that you need, do take it. Oh, and take as much spirit crystals as you can too. We have enough to spare" Long Feng added after glancing at Li Yue'er. Li Yue'er hesitated slightly before she collected a few thousand spirit crystals and even took a spirit armament; a thin longsword that gave off a cold chill. After she returned to her room, Long Feng and Yan jian both immediately began to absorb the spirit crystals in huge, almost wasteful amounts.

Just as Long Feng expected, he managed to barely breakthrough to the next level, rank 8 yang realm before the next morning. As for Yan jian, he was already at the brink of a breakthrough and this night of cultivation only pushed him over to rank three Yang realm. He was actually unbothered by this since he knew that he had no chance of getting a spot in this competition. He was here for the Yi and Hua Auction and also to watch Long Feng and Li Yue'er during the competition.

The next morning, Long Feng and Yan jian were both in their best states and filled with expectation for today's auction. Yan jian couldn't even hide the excitement on his face and even tried a few poses to use when auctioning for treasures like a dignified rich young master.

"Come on, let's go. We must get the best seats available" Yan jian grabbed Long Feng's sleeve and pulled him out of the room. Upon stepping out, they spotted Li Yue'er leaning against her door with her eyes closed, her veil fluttering slightly to occasionally reveal her bright red lips. Yan jian immediately snorted after a pause, "looks like someone isn't as indifferent as they look" Li Yue'er's eyes eyes opened and without a change in expression or word, she walked towards the lower floor.

"Come on, let's go" Long Feng dragged Yan jian along before he had the chance to speak again. They were not the only ones leaving. Most of the rooms were empty and some youths were just leaving at the same time. The silver floor beneath was even more bustling. Many youths could be seen rushing about with hurried footsteps. The bronze floor could only be worse. Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.

When they left the building entirely, the trio immediately followed the mass of people along towards the large Palace at the edge of the central square. The huge plaque with the words 'Yi and Hua Auction House' on the palace roof made it clear that this was the center of today's activities. On the way, Long Feng looked around the square again, Feeling the same intrigue in his heart upon seeing the battle stage again.

When he looked at the magnificent tower beside the stage, he spotted dozens of golden armored men standing around the tower. Their auras could clearly be felt from afar and all of them were actually in the early spirit realm!

"As expected of the Yihua clan. So many spirit realm cultivators!" Long Feng muttered under his breath.

"But what is that tower meant for to warrant such attention from the Yihua clan? Those armored men definitely weren't here a few days ago" Long Feng decided to ask Yan jian about it.

"Oh, those golden armored men are the famous protector guards of the Yihua clan. The two factions Yi and Hua both invest a portion of their resources into raising a group of loyal soldiers. They are the spear of the Yihua clan, their strongest force. The weakest among them are the peak yang realm and only the highest echelons of the Yihua clan can order them around.

This tower should be quite important for the Yihua clan to send so many of their protector guards over" Yan jian immediately explained on one breath, his heated gaze almost melting through the golden armor of the guards.

"Oh. The Yihua clan's heritage is quite frightening" Long Feng replied softly.

"Oh this is nothing. I don't know much but I know that the Yihua clan doesn't have any heritage at all. Or you can say, they aren't worthy of having a heritage" Yan jian replied with a wizened look on his face.

"What do you mean?" Long Feng was naturally curious and immediately asked.

"It is rumored that in the four regions, a force with less than a thousand years of accumulation has no heritage. Only at least a thousand years of accumulated power and resources is worthy of being called a heritage. The Yihua clan is actually an old force for a low ranked continent with an accumulation of almost five hundred years. Even some high rank continents are only comparable to this number of years. Come to think of it, how has the Yihua clan ruled for so long without facing an annihilation threat?

Could there be something we don't know?" Yan jian explained thoughtfully. His expression was so annoying that Long Feng had the urge to kick his ass.

"Forget it. We'll know when we are strong enough to" Long Feng ended the conversation with that, to Yan jian's disappointment.

"We're here!" Yan jian's gloom immediately vanished as he stared at the huge palace before them in shock. The palace was so large from up close that it left all of them reeling in amazement. The words 'Yi and Hua Auction House' gave off an intimidating aura that surpassed anything Long Feng had ever felt from a spirit realm cultivator. The palace entrance was wide open, guarded by one golden armored man on both sides. A few young ladies welcomed the youths into the palace and led them in as they came.

When it was the trio's turn, a young lady bowed to them.

"Welcome to the Auction esteemed guests. Please come in" she led them past the entrance into a long passageway.

"The seats are divided into three based on esteemed guests' level in the competition; Bronze, Silver and Gold. The highest gold seats can only be accessed if you have the gold token esteemed guests" the young lady spoke in a soothingly soft voice as she led them to the end of the passageway where there other entrances appeared.

"Oh. Right!" Long Feng took out his gold token and Li Yue'er did the same. The young lady glanced at Yan jian before averting her gaze. In her opinion, since he could walk with these two who possessed gold token, he must also have one.

"In that case, please come with me esteemed guests" the lady chose the passage at the right and resumed her walk.

"We're going upwards!" Long Feng observed after a while. They could clearly sense the passageway was sloping upwards which meant they were moving up. A few minutes later, they stepped into a circular area where a few dozen chairs were arranged. When they looked around, they noticed that if you looked down from your seat, you would see a raised platform below which was probably where the auction would take place.

The seating area really was divided into three with the first floor being at the bottom and the highest floor; theirs being at the top. From their seats, they could literally look down on the entire auction clearly without missing a thing.

"Please take your seats esteemed guests. The auction will begin shortly." The young lady spoke and turned to leave. The floor was already half filled and the trio's entrance barely caused a stir, other than those who were present to witness Long Feng's fight with Huang Yunran.

"Wait! Where do we give our items to be auctioned off?" Yan jian hurriedly stopped the young lady before she left.

"Oh, esteemed guests have items for auction? You can just hand them over to me." The young lady paused and looked at them, her voice clearly filled with interest.

"That's right, we have some items for auction. Take a look" Yan jian took out an already prepared void ring and gave it to the lady. The lady swept through the void ring with her energy and her slightly indifferent expression turned to shock immediately.

"Esteemed guests want to auction all of these?" She asked for confirmation.

"That's right." Long Feng was the one who replied.

"This… esteemed guests, please give me a minute. I do not have the authority to accept such treasures. Someone is on his way" the lady bowed again in apology and returned the ring.

"No problem. We'll take our seats and wait" Long Feng nodded. The lady immediately left to call the person she said was coming while the trio took their seats next to each other.

"Phew! Did you see the expression on her face when she saw our treasures?" Yan jian asked excitedly. He could hardly conceal his pride at the moment.

"She seemed surprised but not excessively shocked. If you ask me, she's just shocked that any force could steel their hearts and take out such amount" Long Feng replied lazily.

"That's not true. She has probably never seen anything like this before. We're so awe inspiring!" Yan jian replied immediately, his pride inflating again. Long Feng didn't reply him. He looked to their right where a middle aged man with a scholarly look approached them. His palms were rubbing against each other and his eyes were twinkling as he stared at them.

"Esteemed guests, could you perhaps be the ones who are auctioning some treasures?" The man asked when he came.

"That's right. Here they are" Yan jian put on a calm and collected look as he took out the void ring and threw it over like it was nothing. Only heaven knew how excited he was. The man caught the ring and with a sweep of his energy confirmed that the young lady from earlier wasn't lying or exaggerating. Inside the ring were over thirty spirit armaments alone, a few dozen of half spirit armaments, innumerable herbs and healing pills and some martial skill books whose names caused him to gasp.

"The Fiery Flame Manor's spirit subduing flame fist! The Zhuge clan's Thousand arrow manifestation skill! These are all the core martial skills of the Zhuge clan and the Fiery Flame Manor! And these weapons are also all famously spirit armaments of the two forces!"

"So, does the Yi and Hua Auction House dares to auction them off?" Long Feng interrupted the man's thought with this question. The middle aged man looked up before letting out a laugh, "if you dare to put it up for auctioning, why won't we dare to auction it off? It's all business!" His arrogant words clearly demonstrated the Yihua clan's lack of fear of the other forces.

"Very well. How much can we expect?"

"Hm, normally, these spirit armaments alone could fetch you almost four hundred thousand spirit crystals. The other weapons, pills and herbs added together, you can get about five hundred thousand spirit crystals in total. As for these martial skills…" the man paused solemnly"There are about ten spirit grade martial skills. A spirit grade martial skill is far more enticing than a spirit armament so each one could go for about fifty thousand.

The other forces would definitely fight for them since each one more strengthens their force. In total, about five hundred thousand!" Long Feng's throat went dry even though Yan jian had already explained this to him. It was just too shocking. It was about a million Spirit crystals in total, combined with the spirit crystals they had already, they possessed a shocking two million plus spirit crystals! Forget sweeping this auction, this was about two tenths of the Yihua clan's entire spirit crystals!

"Should I go ahead and auction them?" The middle aged man asked again.

"Of course" Yan jian replied loudly, his face twitching from the suppressed excitement.

"Very well. The Yi and Hua Auction House takes ten percent of the price as our share, but I'll reduce that to five percent. I will personally bring your spirit crystals after the auction esteemed guests. Please enjoy yourselves in the meantime" the man seemed to be in a hurry to return and get the auction starting. He could feel the auction getting even more interesting with the increase of these treasures, especially the Zhuge clan and the Fiery Flame Manor's core skills.

He left immediately, leaving the trio still dazed, or the duo Long Feng and Yan jian.

"Brother Long Feng, we're so damned rich! The final item in this auction is definitely ours! What hundreds of thousands of crystals? We have millions of them!" Yan jian almost shouted before he remembered that they weren't the only ones here and quickly calmed down. Long Feng took a deep breath,"I didn't expect this at all. It looks like this auction is ours for the sweeping. They'd better change their names to Long and Yan auction house. Or Long and Yan and Li? No, it doesn't makes sense.

Forget it" Before they could speak again, they noticed a few people appearing on the raised platform for the auction. Immediately, the entire palace quietened down. A beautiful lady led the group on the platform. Her misty eyes seemed seductive, her fair like skin looking like a smooth Jade. Her tight and revealing robes did little to conceal her hourglass figure. Yan jian glanced at the woman then glanced at Li Yue'er before shaking his head.

"Not even close to this icy lady" Li Yue'er's beauty still seemed completely otherworldly to him and Long Feng even now. The beautiful woman on the stage wouldn't even be noticed if she stood beside Li Yue'er.