Chapter 286: The Auction House
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Jiang Chen…”
When the Hero Palace heard the news about the fatal fight between Jiang Chen and Shui Chun, they all shouted in surprise.
If they hadn’t known his fights were never actually started by him, they would have thought Jiang Chen was causing trouble intentionally to create a reputation for himself, just because he liked being in the limelight.
Jiang Chen had killed Zhao Yajun with only one sword attack, so of course he wasn’t weak, but compared to Shui Chun, there was still a huge gap.
Zhao Yajun was in Cloud Two of the Reaching Heaven State. Shui Chun was in Cloud Three.
The gap between clouds was huge. Besides that, Shui Chun had broken through to the Reaching Heaven State while he was holding down his strength to develop his extraordinary meridians.
On the other hand, Zhao Yajun had been in the peak of the late stage of the Mental Wander State. He had broken through as soon as he had formed 49 holy points. He hadn’t even developed his first extraordinary meridian.
That meant he had developed none of his extraordinary meridians.
The two were completely incomparable to each other.
“But it’s said that Jiang Chen is always able to turn the tables in the Sacred Inst.i.tute. He always ends up defeating his opponents in desperate situations that others find hopeless.”
Some people had heard his stories, so they thought he had a chance.
In addition, Shui Chun’s father was Grand Elder Shui Yuan.
It was him who had attacked Whitty, but he hadn’t been able to kill him. Rather, Grand Elder Shui Yuan had been the one injured.
After Jiang Chen had left the Time Palace, Grand Elder Shui Yuan had attacked him without considering the possible consequences. He had almost killed Jiang Chen. If the leader of the Hero Palace hadn’t stepped in, Jiang Chen could have been killed.
Jiang Chen would have a life-or-death fight with his son. It was a kind of revenge.
“The fight is in three days. What are you doing out here?”
The same evening that the news spread throughout the Hero Palace, Jiang Chen and Ying Wushuang returned to the Sacred City from the Hero Palace.
“The Sword a.s.sociation won’t allow me to focus on practicing. What reason is there for me to stay at the Hero Palace? It’s better to take a walk here,” said Jiang Chen.
Ying Wushuang understood, so she stopped asking.
The Sacred City in the evening was more crowded than during the day. Many lights illuminated the city, the streets full of horses and carts.
A staff member of the Sacred Wind Chamber of Commerce was standing in front of the chamber of commerce, advertising something excitedly. It turned out that the sixth floor was open that evening for an auction.
Jiang Chen was interested. He went up to the staff to ask for details.
The staff hesitated to answer him. He sized Jiang Chen up, noticing that he was young and didn’t look rich.
Jiang Chen gave off the energy of the Reaching Heaven State and it changed the man’s att.i.tude. He led Jiang Chen into the chamber of commerce with respect.
A Reaching Heaven State could receive a handsome reward just for doing little things, so it was logical that one could be worth 100 million upper-grade yuan stones.
Another staff member was surprised to see a seventeen or eighteen-year-old youngster in the Reaching Heaven State. He a.s.sumed the youngster must be very talented.
Ying Wushuang knew what Jiang Chen was up to. She asked him calmly, “Anything you want to buy?”
“You mentioned the Hero Palace wouldn’t allow me to turn my scholars.h.i.+p into my own wealth. What does that mean? Are there any restrictions to using the stones?” Jiang Chen said curiously.
Ying Wushuang was happy to see him being direct. She said, “There are no restrictions. I’ll report everything you buy to the management. If the Hero Palace thinks anything is a waste, the elders will visit you. But unless they tell you otherwise, anything you buy is yours.”
“Good to know.”
“If you buy anything later, I’ll give you my opinion, but it’s up to you whether to buy it or not.”
“All right.”
“Could you tell me what you’re going to buy now?” said Ying Wushuang curiously.
“I can’t use any of the practice resources in the Hero Palace, so I have to prepare them myself. In addition to that, I have some business to talk with the chamber of commerce.”
By then, the two had arrived on the sixth floor. Everyone there was either rich or n.o.ble, in expensive spiritual suits, which strikingly differed from Jiang Chen and Ying Wushuang’s average outfits.
“Young Master Jiang Chen, it’s nice to see you again.”
The steward who had received Jiang Chen and Gao Tian’ai came up to them with smile. He said, “How can I help you today? I’ll tell you anything you want to know.”
He was being very polite. There was nothing wrong with the way he had spoken, but Jiang Chen knew the steward had been referencing the last time, when he had asked many questions but ultimately ended up buying nothing. He wasn’t angry. He said, “Just curious to see what an auction is like. I’ve never seen one before.”
“It’s all right. We have enough s.p.a.ce here on the sixth floor. It can hold lots of people. Feel free to experience the whole process of the auction with your friend.”
Then the steward led the two inside.
As he had mentioned, it was quite s.p.a.cious, large enough to hold thousands of people.
There were different levels of seats. Most of the seats were in the lobby downstairs, but on the higher floor, there were separate boxes installed with windows, which the people inside could be seen through.
They didn’t expect to get a box, so they just found any seats they could find and sat down.
The auction hadn’t started yet. Jiang Chen took a recovery panacea, then noticed Ying Wushuang staring at him, so he asked curiously, “What’s wrong?”
“You said your injury was fine,” said Ying Wushuang.
“I didn’t say it was fine. I said I could defeat Shui Chun, even though I was injured,” Jiang Chen said with a smile.
“But even if you can defeat him, the fight will destroy you, too.”
The smile froze on Jiang Chen’s face. He had to admit what she had said was true.
Since the injury hadn’t come from the fight between him and Shui Chun, his magic method wouldn’t work, but he had other ways. On the downside, they would cost him a hefty price, and he would probably need a long time to make up the loss.
“A woman in that box is looking at you,” Ying Wushuang suddenly said.
Jiang Chen looked toward where she was pointing and was surprised to see a familiar face.
He greeted the woman with a friendly smile, but she angrily turned her face to the other side.
Inside the box, Crimson Moon hadn’t expected to see Jiang Chen there with a pretty woman. She fell into a bad mood.
An elegant young master was smiling gently at her. He asked her in a caring tone when he had noticed the change of her mood, “Something wrong, Princess Crimson Moon?”
“Nothing. I saw a guy that came to the Sacred Inst.i.tute with me.”
“So you’re from the same place. Why don’t you invite him up here?” the young master said.
“That won’t be necessary. I don’t know him well,” said Crimson Moon.
“It’s Jiang Chen, isn’t it?”
Yi Qing, sitting beside the young master, looked through the window, and she saw Jiang Chen, as expected.
Besides Crimson Moon, the elegant young master, and Yi Qing, some youngsters and staff of the chamber of commerce were also in the box.
“Jiang Chen? The Jiang Chen from the Fire Field? I heard he would have a fight to the death with Shui Chun in three days. Why would he be in the mood to watch an auction?” the young master said in surprise.
“A life-or-death fight?”
“Shui Chun?”
Crimson Moon and Yi Qing were both surprised. They hadn’t heard about anything that had happened in the Hero Palace yet.
“Yeah, it happened today. You’ll see the news in tomorrow’s daily. I heard…” the young master told them what had happened in the Hero Palace in the previous days.
“This guy is really a troublemaker, no matter where he is,” said Crimson Moon.
But at the same time, she thought to herself, “But he managed to stay safe and overcome his obstacles every time. He’s grown up a lot in his desperate fights. I’m lagging behind him. Is it right or wrong for him to behave like this?”
“I find this guy interesting. I would like to know him. Princess, could you introduce me to him? Shall we invite him up here?” said the young master again.
“All right.”