Battle Through The Heavens Season 5
Ch. 18 - Auction House

Xiao Yan slowly walked out of the auction house and stood at the entrance. He raised his head to look at the somewhat dark sky before sighing deeply. After which, he turned around and walked towards the hall of the auction house.

"I must first get the money and the things I have bargained for." Xiao Yan muttered to himself as he walked.

When he entered the hall, Xiao Yan took out a second-rate VIP card and handed it to a female servant. After he clearly stated his goal, he was respectfully invited by the latter.

"Sir, please wait a moment. The auction fair will be over soon. When the time comes, the one in charge will help this master collect the items you have bought." The female servant placed a cup of warm tea on the table beside Xiao Yan before pulling away with a smile from the room.

Xiao Yan nodded slightly and held the teacup in his hand. He absorbed some of the warmth, but did not drink it. There is no harm in being a little more careful in this ‘Black-Corner’ Region. This was especially the case in this auction venue, where it looked fair, but it was actually a dark place in total chaos.

Xiao Yan closed his eyes. His fingers slowly knocked on the table. This continued for a long time before the sound of approaching footsteps was suddenly sent into the room. Xiao Yan's finger gradually stopped and he opened his eyes to look at the curtain that had been pulled to the side. There was a small, skinny, wrinkled-looking old man, who was leading the two female servants, as they walked over with a smile.

"Ke Ke, Mister should be the one to auction off the three ‘Green Spirit Pill’, right? I'm the one in charge of the affairs here and you can call me Supervisor Hu." When the old man saw Xiao Yan, whose entire body was wrapped in a black robe, he walked forward and spoke with a smile still on his face.

"Yao Yan." Xiao Yan nodded softly and replied gently, "Supervisor Hu, is the auction exhibition over?"

"Ke Ke, this has been successfully resolved." Supervisor Hu nodded with a grin as his gaze swept across Xiao Yan's body without leaving a trace. However, he did not find anything wrong that could help him recognize the latter's identity. She then waved her hand, and a female servant from behind quickly raised the silver plate in her hand. On the silver plate was a purple-gold card with five different color lines drawn on it. The five-lined purple gold card was something that only Dou Ling had the qualifications to manage and run this Dou Qi continent. Of course, nothing is absolute. According to common sense, tier three alchemists also possessed this qualification.

"Mr Yao Yan, the price of your three ‘Green Spirit Pill’ auctioned is two million seven hundred thousand. After being deducted ten percent as the administrative fee for the auction exhibition, you will get two million four hundred and thirty thousand. " Supervisor Hu's eyes narrowed until it was only one line as he smiled and continued, "You have spent one million two hundred thousand for ‘Flame Core Ganoderma’ and four hundred thousand for Kuali ‘Bright Square Fire’. You finally have eight hundred and thirty thousand, all of which are in this purple and gold card. The things you've bought are in this storage ring."

Supervisor Hu waved his hand and the female servant handed the silver plate to Xiao Yan. There was a five-layered, purple-gold card and an ordinary storage ring lying on the silver platter.

"What an immoral administrative cost." Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly in his heart. He had not expected that after working for over half a day, he actually only had less than a million gold coins.

Xiao Yan extended his hand to receive the storage card and ring. He carefully inspected ‘Flame Core Ganoderma’ and Kuali ‘Bright Square Fire’ before finally taking out the two and placing them into his own storage ring.

"That's right, Supervisor Hu, which faction managed to bid for ‘Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill’ in the end?" Xiao Yan suddenly asked carelessly out of curiosity after arranging everything properly.

"Ke Ke, that thing was finally auctioned to ‘Sky Serpent Mansion’." Supervisor Hu did not hesitate when he heard Xiao Yan's question and immediately replied. After all, many people had personally witnessed the auction. Even if he did not say it, it seemed like the news would spread to half of ‘Black-Corner’ Region in the afternoon.

"The ‘Sky Serpent Mansion’, yes." The eyebrows under the black robe twitched as Xiao Yan muttered in his heart

"Because I have obtained the things I have paid for, I will not bother you any further. Good bye." As soon as he got his answer, Xiao Yan stopped hesitating as he cupped his hands towards Supervisor Hu and left. ‘

"Ke Ke, Mister Yan Xiao, please wait a moment. Our leader is interested in sir. If master doesn't mind, can you meet and chat with our leader?" Supervisor Hu suddenly asked with a smile when he saw that Xiao Yan was about to leave.

Xiao Yan frowned slightly under the black robe and said weakly, "Forget it. I'm just here to get rid of some unneeded stuff. What makes your leader interested? I'm sorry, there are some things I have to do and can't stay any longer. If I still need to sell something in the future, I will definitely come looking for Supervisor Hu. Good bye."

With that, Xiao Yan did not wait for Supervisor Hu to try to convince him to stay. Instead, he quickly walked out of the hall.

Supervisor Hu narrowed his eyes slightly as he stood in the hall as Xiao Yan disappeared from his sight. He could not help but put his eyebrows together.

"How's that? Did you find his identity? "

"Leader." Supervisor Hu hurriedly said respectfully after seeing the middle-aged man whose hair was slightly white, "For the time being, I still can't see through him. This guy is hiding very deep. Logically speaking, by being able to take out three ‘Green Spirit Pill’ at once, there was a good chance that he was an alchemist, Moreover, the chances of his tiers were quite high. After all, a medicinal pill of the ‘Green Spirit Pill’ class was something that even an ordinary tier four alchemist would find it difficult to refine. I've thought of all the high-level alchemists I know, but I can't match his figure to the high-level alchemists I know."

The middle-aged man frowned slightly as he took out a gentle ‘hmm’. His faint voice contained a dark, cold killing intent, which was hard to hide, "Send someone to follow him in the shadows. Make sure the background. A high-level alchemist who could refine the ‘Green Spirit Pill’ was not someone who could be easily encountered. Try your best to let him work for our ‘Eight Gate’. If that's really not possible, get rid of him in the perfect situation. Since he cannot be used by me, I naturally cannot let others benefit. If not, sooner or later he will be a problem. "

"Yes." Yeah." Supervisor Hu hurriedly replied.

"Ah, go and finish it. Find some people who are more skilled at hiding their Qi. I still need to personally help ‘Sky Serpent Mansion’ do administrative work for the exchange of ‘Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill’. That thing is too expensive. If it wasn't for the seller's status being so strong, would it make sense that something that came here for auction was then taken away from us?" The middle-aged man stood up and slapped his lips before walking towards the back of the hall. He laughed coldly with some reluctance.

Supervisor Hu repeatedly nodded. He waited until the middle-aged person disappeared before gently releasing his stifled breath and quietly leaving the hall.

Xiao Yan exited the auction house and went to ‘Place of a Thousand Medicines’ first. Once he bought the medicinal ingredients needed to refine the ‘Spiritual Recovery Purple Pill’, the eight hundred over a thousand in his purple-gold card was reduced to over two hundred thousand remaining.

Xiao Yan played with the purple-gold card in his hand and could not help but bitterly laugh. It was truly unexpected that after spending more than half a day, his financial situation had returned to its starting point.

"Ah, it's really unexpected that I'm still a poor person." As he thought about how those people spent such a large sum of money in the auction house, Xiao Yan could not help but speak in the gap between himself and them.

"Be careful, there are people following you. I think it should be the people from the ‘Eight Gates’." Yao Lao's faint voice suddenly sounded in Xiao Yan's heart as the latter passed through the street.

Xiao Yan's footsteps paused for a moment. He then walked forward at a steady pace once again. In his heart, he smiled coldly and said, "Layak to ‘Black-Corner’ Region. With the cheap honesty of these peers, there are actually people who are sure to hand their things over to them for auction? If this were to happen in the Jia Ma Empire, sooner or later it would be closed."

"There's no choice. In this ‘Black-Corner’ Region, not many people have the power to hold this kind of auction exhibition. After all, this place was really too chaotic. " Yao Lao said with a smile, "But we don't need to think about them for a while. Right now we don't need to get into too much conflict with them. "

"Yes." Yeah." Xiao Yan nodded slightly.

"Let's get rid of the people behind us first. After that, we should go and inquire about the place where the Junior Sect Leader of the Blood Sect lives. We can forget about other things, but we have to get a snippet of that map." Yao Lao voiced his thoughts.

Xiao Yan nodded once more. The map piece gave the location of ‘Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame’. It was only natural that Xiao Yan put in a lot of effort for it. The corner of Xiao Yan's eyes was the path behind him where the human flow was extremely turbulent. His body suddenly flashed and was squeezed into the street like a ghost.

Not long after Xiao Yan flashed into the small path, several human figures also hurriedly walked out from the entrance of the small path. Their gazes swept the path, but did not find a human figure. With a wave of hands, the human figures hurriedly dispersed, searching everywhere for targets that had disappeared.

"It dares to follow people?"

Xiao Yan easily brushed aside the people following behind him and laughed with disdain in his heart. He changed his clothes and went for a walk on the street, spending a few gold coins to get the information he wanted. Due to Fan Ling's identity, she did not hide her movements and openly stayed at the most luxurious hotel within ‘Black-Mark’ City. Therefore, it is not difficult to get information about where he lives.

To observe all of Fan Ling's actions at all times, Xiao Yan handed over the inn he had lived in before, and found a hidden residence that was right outside Fan Ling's residence.

After the auction exhibition that day ended, Fan Ling and the others did not immediately leave ‘Black-Mark’ City. Instead, they rested for one night and exited the hotel in the afternoon the next day before exiting ‘Black-Mark’ City.

As Fan Ling and her group left ‘Black-Mark’ City, a shadow quietly followed behind. He was like a gangrene in the bone that could not be removed no matter how hard he tried.

"Hey, I'm sorry, but no one can snatch my things. I don't care if you are the Junior Sect Leader .. "The black shadow cuts through the forest as its faint cold laughter slowly persists.