The Venerable Swordsman

Chapter 63 I Am So Damn Poor!

Ye Xuan couldn’t help but glance at the Ninth Princess in front of him.

He had killed countless people. In Qing City, if he didn’t kill others, he would be killed. However, his intuition told him that compared to the people that the Ninth Princess had killed, whom he had killed were even not worth mentioning!

But it was normal. After all, she was the commander of an army. So when she killed, she wouldn’t just kill one or two people, but a group!

At this moment, the Ninth Princess seemed to think of something. She suddenly shook her head. “No, you can’t get involved in these battles.”

After that, she walked to the distance.

Ye Xuan followed up. “If you need any help...”

The Ninth Princess interrupted Ye Xuan. “Jiang Country, Ning Country, and some other forces... If they target at me, I can have an army and elites in the imperial palace chose from the whole Jiang Country to protect me, but you don’t. So, you can’t get involved in it. Well, that’s settled then.”

Ye Xuan, “...”

After a while, the Ninth Princess and Ye Xuan arrived at the Drunken Fairy Building.

Although the whole Frontier City was somewhat dilapidated, the Drunken Fairy Building looked splendid and magnificent, which was not compatible with the Frontier City!

Just when they walked in, a delicate woman went to greet her. The woman gave a little salute to the Ninth Princess. “Ninth Princess, we have prepared a box for you, please come with me!”

After that, the woman showed the direction with her hand and then led the way.

The Ninth Princess and Ye Xuan followed her. After a little while, they came to a luxury box. The interior decorations of the box were extremely luxurious, and the ground was paved with a thick layer of animal furs. Right in front of them, there was a table made of crystal, behind which was a transparent crystal wall.

The woman gave a slight salute to the Ninth Princess. “Your Highness, there is still one hour before the auction officially starts. Please wait for a moment!”

After that, the woman left. Before long, two women came in with tea, snacks and some fruit.

The Ninth Princess looked at the two women. “You can go out now!”

The two women slightly saluted and went out.

Now only the Ninth Princess and Ye Xuan were left in the box!

Ye Xuan looked at the Ninth Princess. “Ninth Princess, we...”

“Jiang Jiu!”

The Ninth Princess suddenly said, “You can call me Xiao Jiu like Miss An did! And I also call her Xiao An.”

Xiao Jiu!

Ye Xuan nodded, and he immediately said without thinking, “Xiao Jiu, we got the Top-grade Martial Art Skill at the Earth Stage in the Sword Lord’s Abode. Are those bigwigs from the above just watching us take the Top-grade Martial Art Skill at the Earth Stage but do nothing?”

Jiang Jiu glanced at Ye Xuan. “You are too naive.”

Ye Xuan, “...”

Jiang Jiu whispered, “It has taken those bigwigs so much effort to develop this Sword Lord’s Abode. Do you really think they get nothing from it? You know what? The place in the Frontier Mountain where the Sword Lord’s Abode is located no longer belongs to Jiang Country.”

“Why?” Ye Xuan did not understand.

Jiang Jiu said in a deep voice, “Do you know why the Sword Lord chose to build his abode at that place? Because there was a natural spiritual vein there. If there was a spiritual vein, it definitely would have much spiritual ore, which made the spiritual vein a priceless treasure. The vein would be many times more precious than this scroll of the Martial Art Skill at Earth Stage once it was developed. Those bigwigs from the above knew that they would gain great wealth from it. But others would definitely feel jealous. So in order to make everyone feel happy and hence brought them less trouble, people from the above decided to let those young people from all forces go in and let them search for treasures. Then this thing got a happy ending.”

Speaking of this, she paused a little, and then added, “The spiritual vein was supposed to be Jiang Country’s because it was in the territory of Jiang Country. However, even if those bigwigs were willing to send it to Jiang Country, we would not dare to accept. My father was smart enough. He decisively gave the place where the vein was located to them as a gift. Then in return, they gave him a certificate to participate in the treasure hunting, which was, in fact, a fairly good result.”

Ye Xuan shook his head and smiled. As he had expected, it was not that simple!

At this time, Jiang Jiu said, “In this world, some struggles are on the overt side that can be seen by everyone. While some struggles can’t be seen by others which are then hidden in the dark, but these kinds of struggles are always the cruelest. Just like this time, you may not know that except for the death of three strong men in the Secluding Realm, there were at least seven more strong men in the Secluding Realm were dead in the process of developing the Sword Lord’s Abode according to my information. What’s more, much stronger ones also showed up there.”

After that, seemingly thinking of something, she looked at Ye Xuan. “You are a student from Canglan College. Now that Canglan College is now almost closed down. But Mr. Ji is no ordinary person. As long as he is there, Canglan College will never get closed down. This time, he has found some students including you... It is quite clear that he plans to do something big after having been staying quiet for so many years. Anyway, it’s normal. Almost all the former students in Canglan College are killed by students from Cangmu College. Even Mr. Ji’s two sons and grandsons were all ruthlessly killed...”

Ye Xuan glanced at Jiang Jiu. “Why are you telling me so much?”

Jiang Jiu thought for a second, and then said, “I don’t want you to become a victim in the power struggle between Cangmu College and Canglan College.”

Ye Xuan was going to say something, but at this point, the transparent crystal wall in front of them was suddenly turned on. Clear pictures immediately appeared on the transparent crystal wall. In the center of the picture, there was a round platform. On the platform stood a woman in a perfect figure, wearing a red dress. The woman saluted at the people around and said, “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m Xu Qing, the Steward of the Drunken Fairy Building in the Frontier City. I’ll be presiding over the auction tonight.”

After she said that, she glanced around and smiled brightly. “There are only three items to be sold at the auction. Though it’s a small number, the three items will definitely not let you down!”

As Xu Qing’s voice fell, a woman walked on the platform, carrying an exquisite box. She put the box on the round table in front of the woman in the red dress and then went down.

Xu Qing opened the box, inside of which, there was a green Dan Pill about the size of a thumb.

In the box, when Jiang Jiu saw the Dan Pill, her expression changed a bit. “Air-cut Pill!”

Ye Xuan looked at the crystal wall before him. On the round platform, Xu Qing smiled slightly. “Air-cut Pill, it has eighty percent chance of success to upgrade a person from the Qi Harnessing Realm to the Ascending Realm. This kind of Dan Pill is very rare to see in Jiang country. The starting price is one million gold coins. Each bid should be at least 200,000 gold coins higher than the former one!”

In the box, upon hearing Xu Qing’s words, both of Ye Xuan’s hands shivered.

“One million gold coins?”

Ye Xuan’s eyes were full of disbelief. One must know that the money was probably more than half of the annual income of Qing City! But in here, the starting price of the little Dan Pill was one million gold coins!

Since when did the gold coins become so worthless?

Beside Ye Xuan, Jiang Jiu whispered, “Does this make you feel shocked?”

Ye Xuan nodded. “I am terribly shocked!”

Jiang Jiu shook her head and chuckled. “Do you know that most of the world’s wealth is controlled by a small group of people? Simply put, the poor are extremely poor, while the rich are exceedingly rich.”

Ye Xuan touched the money bag at his waist and shook his head. “I am so damn poor!”

The corners of the Ninth Princess curved upward a little, smiling sweetly.

Soon, the Dan Pill was bought by someone at a price of 3.6 million.

“3.6 million gold coins!”

Ye Xuan smiled bitterly. “It is my poverty that limits my imagination.”

At this moment, another woman walked to the round platform with a box. Xu Qing opened the box. There was a short sword inside the box. Its blade was extremely thin and its hilt was dull black, engraved with an unknown monster shadow.

On the platform, Xu Qing said while smiling, “The name of this short sword is ‘Shocking Shadow’, a Spiritual Weapon at the Highest Grade. Needless to mention other things, you should only know that in the whole Jiang Country, the short sword is second only to the golden saber of the Ninth Princess. Its starting price is 2 million gold coins. Each bid should be at least 300,000 gold coins higher than the former one!”

“2 million gold coins?”

In the box, Ye Xuan was startled by the price, then he turned to look at Jiang Jiu. While Jiang Jiu lifted the teacup in front of her and took a sip of the tea without speaking.

Ye Xuan looked at the golden saber that he hid in his girdle and then smiled bitterly. “It’s too precious!”

Jiang Jiu still did not speak.

Ye Xuan hesitated a little and then said, “Thank you.”

Jiang Jiu turned her head to look at Ye Xuan. “If you want to give it back to me, I am sure that I will beat you to a wreck.”

Ye Xuan grinned. He felt very pleased.

Jiang Jiu shook her head. “You are such a nerd...”

In next to no time, the short sword on the round platform was taken by someone at the price of 5 million gold coins!

“5 million gold coins!”

When he heard the price, Ye Xuan felt that his heartbeat was accelerating!

“5 million!”

He couldn’t help but glance at the golden saber at his waist. “May I sell it?”

He thought to himself. But Jiang Jiu who was next to him threatened abruptly, “If you dare to sell it, I will cut your sensitive part off and make you a eunuch in the Imperial Palace!”

Ye Xuan, “...”

Just then, on the round platform, Xu Qing glanced around and smiled. “Everyone, now it is time to see the best item tonight.”

As soon as Xu Qing finished speaking, a woman walked onto the round platform with a darksteel box. Xu Qing opened the darksteel box, in which there was the black scroll.

Xu Qing smiled and said, “The Top-grade Martial Art Skill at the Earth Stage: Silent Dying Fingers. It was a genuine Top-grade Martial Art Skill at the Earth Stage. If this skill is learned by a strong person in the Ascending Realm, this person can easily defeat a strong person in the Secluding Realm. If it is learned by a strong one in the Secluding Realm, not all the people but at least the great majority of people in the Secluding Realm are no match for the one. Well, if it is learned by a strong person above the Secluding Realm, then the strength of the person can be increased by at least 40% with this Martial Art Skill.”

After she finished, she glanced around. “Well, let’s go straight to the price. The starting price of this scroll is 15 million gold coins. Each bid should be at least 2 million gold coins higher than the former one.”

“20 million!”

Scarcely had Xu Qing’s voice fallen when someone offered a price.

In the box, when Ye Xuan heard the price, his whole person was petrified there. “20 million... What the fuck? 20 million! No, it’s not right. Someone bade 30 million just now!”

Jiang Jiu glanced at Ye Xuan who was excited by her side, and whispered, “Now you finally know how horribly high the price of the scroll you have thrown to me is!”

Ye Xuan turned to look at Jiang Jiu. He grinned and then raised the golden saber in his hand. “It is extremely valuable. However, it can’t be more precious than our friendship, am I right?”

Well, he was not telling a lie. It was true that in his heart, whether it was friendship or kinship, they could never be measured with money!

“It’s too sensational!”

Jiang Jiu regained her gaze and smiled.

At this moment, the bid in the field had already jumped to 46 million.

It was then that many very disharmonious sounds suddenly rang out at every corner of the Drunken Fairy Building. “I bid a gold coin. From now on, this Martial Art Skill will be mine!”

Inside the box, several ghost images suddenly appeared unexpectedly behind Jiang Jiu and Ye Xuan who were on high alert status immediately.

Jiang Jiu’s dark eyebrows slightly frowned. “There is really someone who dares to make trouble for the Drunken Fairy Building...”

Just at this point, a long-lost voice suddenly sounded in Ye Xuan’s brain. “Run!”

“Run!”

Ye Xuan paused a second, and in next to no time, he took Jiang Jiu’s hand and turned to run.

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