#547 - The Woman in the Golden Cage (4000 words)

The next morning, Xu Ming and Lu Xiaoliu went to the Xifeng Auction House.

To enter the Xifeng Auction House, you must first have an upper-class cabin ticket for the flying boat.

Moreover, this flying boat cannot be an ordinary one; it must be a flying boat in the first echelon.

That's right, there are differences between flying boats.

Some flying boats are in the first echelon, which are more expensive and have better overall conditions.

Some flying boats can't even enter the echelon. Rather than calling them flying boats, they are more like transporting people, but in reality, this kind of flying boat is very outrageous, as if transporting people as goods.

So most of the time, in Xifeng City, if you buy a flying boat ticket, it is basically equivalent to a certificate of identity.

When you go to a brothel, the girls in those brothels will have stars in their eyes when they see that you have bought a first-class flying boat ticket for an upper-class cabin.

After Xu Ming bought two tickets for the Xifeng Auction House, he walked into the auction house.

A maid led Xu Ming and Lu Xiaoliu to their seats.

"If you two gentlemen have any matters, you can call me. I wish you both success in bidding for the things you like." The maid bowed to Lu Xiaoliu and Xu Ming before leaving to attend to other guests.

Sitting in his seat, Xu Ming looked around, and the auction house was very large.

After a little calculation, Xu Ming felt that there should be more than three thousand people.

He was only sitting in an ordinary seat.

Above him, there were nearly thirty boxes surrounding the entire auction hall.

These boxes were all separated by colored glaze.

In later generations, this colored glaze was worthless.

But in ancient times, decorating a box like this showed a high level of quality.

Gradually, people entered the boxes above.

These people looked down at other competitors from a high position, and the superior look made the words "nouveau riche" pop up in Xu Ming's mind.

"The boxes here cost ten high-grade spirit stones each, too expensive! Although we can afford it, when it comes to auctions, we should save where we should save and spend where we should spend. It's all the same wherever we sit."

Just as Xu Ming was looking at the boxes above, Lu Xiaoliu, who was sitting next to him, began to speak.

Mr. Lu was just hating the rich now.

"噔 噔 噔!"

When almost everyone was seated, the lights in the entire auction house suddenly dimmed.

A strong light shone on the auction stage in the middle.

As the central lifting platform rose, a woman in a cheongsam walked to the front of the stage, and her voice spread throughout the auction hall with the blessing of spiritual power:

"Thank you all for gracing our Xifeng Auction House with your presence. As one of the five major auction houses, our Xifeng Auction House has a thousand years of reputation, and countless treasure collectors have entrusted their treasures to us.

And I dare to guarantee that today's auction will definitely be the most worthwhile auction in nearly a century!

I wish you all success in bidding for your favorite treasures!"

The Xuan Tie gate of the Xifeng Auction House closed with a bang, and seventy-two shark oil lamps lit up with a faint blue light on the dome.

Xu Ming watched the auctioneer lift the scarlet brocade on the exhibition stand, revealing a crystal-clear jade Ruyi.

"The first auction item, Xuanbing Ruyi." The auctioneer flicked his finger lightly, and frost immediately condensed on the jade body, "Carved from thousand-year-old cold jade from the far north, it can suppress inner demons. The starting price is five hundred high-grade spirit stones."

"Six hundred!" A hoarse voice came from the seventh elegant room on the second floor, and a withered hand of a black-robed old man could be vaguely seen behind the beaded curtain.

"This old man is an elder of the Demon Shadow Sect. He cultivates the Xuanhan Art. Now he is in the Nascent Soul Realm, but it is always difficult to take another step forward. This time, he heard that a rare Xuanbing Ruyi has appeared in Xifeng City, so he came to Xifeng City specifically."

Just as the old man's words fell, a brocade-clothed young man immediately stood up in the front row: "Our Qingyang Sect offers seven hundred!" The jade pendant on his waist flashed with a blue light, showing the pattern of three crossed small swords."

"This young man is the young master of the Blood Moon Sect. The Blood Moon Sect has a feud with the Demon Shadow Sect, but they can't openly fight, so this junior should be deliberately disgusting the old guy, because he also knows that the old guy from the Demon Shadow Sect is determined to get this thing.

Even if the young master of the Blood Moon Sect can't get it, he has to make the old guy pay some more, and it can't be so easy to get."

Lu Xiaoliu explained to Xu Ming again.

Xu Ming looked at Lu Xiaoliu in surprise: "Mr. Lu even knows this?"

Lu Xiaoliu looked quite proud: "I'm sorry, although I'm in the White Deer Academy, my heart has always been in the Western Regions."

" ."

"Eight hundred." A female voice suddenly came from the shadows in the corner. A cultivator wearing a silver fox mask gently stroked the sword scabbard in her arms. The amethyst inlaid on the sword hilt made a man's pupils shrink — that was the symbol of an inner disciple of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion.

When the price climbed to one thousand two hundred spirit stones, a bone nail suddenly flew out of the seventh elegant room and nailed it to the edge of the exhibition stand. The black-robed old man smiled sinisterly:

"The Demon Shadow Sect wants something, please give me some face."

The golden light immediately descended from the dome of the auction hall and crushed the bone nails.

The auctioneer smiled and looked at the old man: "Old sir, is this your first time participating in an auction? This place of ours can't be forced ~ We only accept soft approaches ~"

As the words fell, a rotating sword wheel appeared behind the woman.

The old men looked at the female auctioneer with dark eyes.

The old man was indeed participating in the auction for the first time, and he didn't think about making trouble, after all, there were so many cultivators present.

If someone made trouble, they would be attacked by the crowd.

It's just that the old man wanted to threaten the other party.

But what he didn't expect was that the female auctioneer's realm alone was at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.

"Hahaha, I was just joking, why are you taking it seriously?" The old man smiled and stopped talking.

"Nine hundred and fifty spirit stones!" The young master of the Blood Moon Sect raised the corner of his mouth.

"One thousand spirit stones!" The old man continued to bid.

"One thousand and one hundred high-grade spirit stones!" The Blood Moon Sect bid again.

The veins on the old man's hand holding the chair popped out, and he said fiercely: "One thousand and two hundred spirit stones!"

"One thousand two hundred once!"

"One thousand two hundred twice!"

"One thousand two hundred three times!"

"Deal!"

In the end, Xuanbing Ruyi was bought by the old man for one thousand five hundred spirit stones.

At the auction, the spirit stones were all high-grade spirit stones.

One thousand five hundred high-grade spirit stones is not a small amount for a Jade Purity Realm cultivator, let alone an old man in the Nascent Soul Realm.

The young master of the Blood Moon Sect didn't want to continue bidding, but he needed to verify his assets when entering the auction, and he didn't have that many spirit stones on him.

Otherwise, he would definitely have continued to bid.

Upon hearing the word "sold," the old man also breathed a sigh of relief, as that was truly all he had.

If the young master of the Blood Moon Sect had bid again, he knew he wouldn't have been able to compete.

"Blood Moon Sect! Just you wait!"

After the old man took the auctioned item and paid the spirit stones, he didn't stay long and left directly!

The auctioneer didn't care at all that someone had left, let alone that the old man didn't have a single penny left.

"The second item is the Illusion Mist Gauze Dress."

The woman unfolded the gauze dress, which was as thin as a cicada's wing, and the entire garment transformed into wisps of green smoke before everyone's eyes.

"This Illusion Mist Gauze Dress is woven from the wing membranes of the Illusion Moths of the Southern Border. The wearer can conceal their presence for two hours, undetectable by cultivators in the Core Formation stage. Even cultivators in the Jade Purity stage won't be able to detect them from more than fifty meters away."

"Starting price is eight hundred spirit stones."

"One thousand!"

A clear male voice came from VIP Room Two, and a glimpse of peacock blue clothing flashed through the window seams.

Xu Ming smelled a faint medicinal fragrance and recognized it as the scent of Qingxin Powder, specially made by the disciples of the Medicine King Valley.

When Xu Ming was injured before, the imperial physicians in the palace had this scent on them.

Suddenly, Jade Character Five on the opposite side lit up their jade牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌（牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌）牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌牌） 3)