Chapter 470 How could there be a problem?
After a while, a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes walked onto the auction stage. He was the auctioneer of this auction and one of the persons in charge of the Tiandou Auction House.
"Dear guests, welcome to the Tiandou Auction! I am the auctioneer of this auction and one of the persons in charge of the Tiandou Auction, Qian Duoduo." The middle-aged man looked at the people in the audience and spoke.
Hearing Qian Duoduo's words, the audience applauded. They all knew that Qian Duoduo had a very high status in the Tiandou Auction House, and that an auction hosted by him personally would definitely have a lot of good things.
"Okay, let's get straight to the point without further ado. Now, please welcome the first item!" Qian Duoduo said, and with a wave of his hand, a maid walked up to the auction table carrying a tray.
On the tray, there was a herb that was emitting a faint glow. This herb was shaped like a lotus, and a faint golden glow was flowing on the petals, which looked extremely extraordinary.
"Everyone, the first item for auction is a thousand-year-old spiritual lotus! This lotus grows in extremely cold places and absorbs the cold air from heaven and earth. It is of great benefit to soul masters who practice ice-attributed martial spirits. The starting price is ten thousand gold coins!" Qian Duoduo said loudly, looking at the people below the stage.
After hearing Qian Duoduo's words, the people in the audience began to bid. Although this thousand-year-old spiritual lotus was precious, the starting price of 10,000 gold coins was not high, so people soon started bidding.
Lu Yu looked at the thousand-year-old spiritual lotus on the stage and shook his head slightly. Although this spiritual lotus was good, it was not of much use to him. What he needed was something more precious and rare.
As time went by, precious items were brought to the auction table and sold one by one by the people in the audience. However, Lu Yu never found the item he needed.
At this time, Qian Duoduo spoke again: "Everyone, the next item is the finale of our auction today! It is also the most precious item in this auction!"
After hearing Qian Duoduo's words, the audience became excited. They all knew that the finale must be extremely precious and rare, and it might be what they have been looking for.
Qian Duoduo waved his hand, and a maid walked up to the auction table carrying a jade plate. On the jade plate, there was a fruit emitting a faint red light. The fruit was shaped like a cherry, but its size was several times larger than a cherry. It was emitting a faint red light, and it looked extremely tempting.
“Everyone, this fruit is a ten thousand year old fire spirit fruit! This fruit grows near the crater and absorbs the fire energy of heaven and earth. It is of great benefit to soul masters who practice fire attribute martial spirits. Moreover, this fruit has a certain chance of helping soul masters break through bottlenecks! The starting price is one hundred thousand gold coins!” Qian Duoduo said loudly, looking at the people in the audience.
After hearing Qian Duoduo's words, the people in the audience began to bid. The value of this ten thousand year old fire spirit fruit was beyond words. The chance of breaking through the bottleneck alone was enough to drive countless soul masters crazy.
However, just as everyone was bidding, an indifferent voice suddenly sounded: "I bid 500,000 gold coins."
Hearing this voice, everyone in the audience was startled, and then looked in the direction of the voice. They saw a mysterious man in black clothes and a half-mask on his face sitting there quietly, his eyes fixed on the Ten Thousand Years Fire Spirit Fruit on the stage.
"Five hundred thousand gold coins? My friend, do you know the value of this ten thousand year old fire spirit fruit?" A soul master looked at Lu Yu and asked.
Hearing this, Lu Yu smiled slightly and said, "Of course I know. However, this Fire Spirit Fruit has a special meaning to me, so I am willing to pay 500,000 gold coins to buy it."
Hearing Lu Yu's words, the people in the audience sighed. They all knew that this mysterious man must be a person of great origin, otherwise he would not be so wealthy.
However, at this moment, another indifferent voice suddenly sounded: "I offer 600,000 gold coins."
Hearing this voice, Lu Yu frowned slightly. He didn't expect that there would be someone willing to bid with him.
Lu Yu looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man in gorgeous clothes standing there. His eyes were also on the Ten Thousand Year Fire Spirit Fruit on the stage.
"My friend, this Fire Spirit Fruit is really important to me. Can you give it to me?" Lu Yu looked at the young man and said.
Hearing Lu Yu's words, the young man was slightly stunned, then sneered: "Give it to you? Who do you think you are? I'll take this Fire Spirit Fruit!"
Hearing the young man's words, Lu Yu's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness. He didn't expect that the young man would be so ungrateful.
"One million gold coins." Lu Yu looked at the young man and said indifferently.
Hearing Lu Yu's words, everyone in the audience gasped. One million gold coins! This is not a small amount!
However, to everyone's surprise, the young man did not hesitate at all and directly shouted: "One million and five hundred thousand gold coins!"
Hearing the young man's words, Lu Yu's eyes flashed with anger. He didn't expect that the young man would be so stubborn.
"Two million gold coins." Lu Yu looked at the young man and spoke in a cold tone.
Hearing Lu Yu's words, the audience was shocked. Two million gold coins! This is already an astronomical figure! They didn't expect that this mysterious man was so wealthy that he was willing to pay two million gold coins for a ten thousand year old fire spirit fruit!
However, what surprised everyone even more was that the young man actually shouted again: "Two and a half million gold coins!"
Hearing the young man's words, Lu Yu's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He had already made it clear that this Fire Spirit Fruit had a special meaning to him, but this young man kept provoking him. Did he really think that Lu Yu was easy to bully?
"Three million gold coins." Lu Yu looked at the young man and said in a cold tone. Although his voice was calm, the murderous intent in it was already evident.
After hearing Lu Yu's words, the young man finally realized that something was wrong. He didn't expect that this mysterious man was so crazy that he was willing to pay three million gold coins for a ten thousand year old fire spirit fruit!
"I..." The young man was about to say something, but saw Lu Yu had stood up, emitting a powerful aura.
Feeling the aura of Lu Yu, the people in the audience changed their expressions. They didn't expect that this mysterious man would be like this.
"Mr. Lu Yu, we are here."
As the carriage slowly stopped, Xue Qinghe's gentle voice was heard from outside.
Lu Yu put down the book in his hand, looked through the window, and saw that the carriage had stopped in front of a mansion.
This mansion is magnificent, with two stone lions standing on both sides of the gate, looking majestic.
"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Lu Yu stood up, straightened his clothes, and then got off the carriage.
"Mr. Lu Yu, you are too polite. It is my honor to have you here."
Xue Qinghe smiled and personally opened the curtain of the carriage for Lu Yu.
Lu Yu got off the carriage, looked around, and then nodded slightly.
“Yes, this is indeed a good place.”
"This place is indeed nice. I chose it specially for Mr. Lu Yu."
When Lu Yu heard this, he secretly complained in his heart.
This wasn't specially picked for me. It was obvious that you had prepared it a long time ago.
However, Lu Yu did not expose Xue Qinghe, but smiled faintly.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is thoughtful."
When Xue Qinghe heard this, a barely perceptible smug look flashed in his eyes.
Then he stretched out his hand and made a gesture.
"Mr. Lu Yu, please come in."
Lu Yu nodded slightly and walked towards the mansion.
Xue Qinghe followed closely behind, and the two of them walked into the mansion one after the other.
As soon as I entered the mansion, an old man in butler's clothes came to greet me.
"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince."
The old man bowed and saluted with a respectful attitude.
"No gift."
Xue Qinghe waved his hand and then looked at Lu Yu.
"Mr. Lu Yu, this is Butler Li. If you need anything in the future, just tell him."
Lu Yu nodded slightly and looked at Butler Li.
"Thank you, Butler Li."
Upon hearing this, Butler Li bowed immediately.
"Mr. Lu, you are too polite. It is my honor to serve you."
Seeing this, Lu Yu nodded slightly.
"Okay, Butler Li, please take us to a resting place first."
Xue Qinghe said.
"Yes, Your Highness, Mr. Lu, please follow me."
Butler Li responded and led the way.
Xue Qinghe and Lu Yu followed Butler Li and walked towards the depths of the mansion.
Along the way, Butler Li introduced the layout and facilities of the mansion in detail.
Lu Yu listened with great interest and nodded from time to time.
Xue Qinghe smiled and looked at Lu Yu from time to time, his eyes full of admiration.
Soon, led by Butler Li, the three arrived in front of an exquisite courtyard.
"Your Highness, Mr. Lu, this is the residence prepared for you. Please take a look and see if you are satisfied."
Butler Li stopped and turned to look at Xue Qinghe and Lu Yu.
Xue Qinghe nodded slightly after hearing this.
"Yes, this place is really nice."
After saying that, he looked at Lu Yu.
"Mr. Lu Yu, what do you think?"
Lu Yu looked around the courtyard and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.
"Since Mr. Lu Yu is satisfied, this will be Mr. Lu Yu's residence from now on."
Lu Yu nodded slightly and then looked at Butler Li.
"Butler Li, please have someone prepare some hot water and food and send them to my room."
"Yes, Mr. Lu, I will arrange it right away."
Butler Li responded and then turned and left.
Xue Qinghe looked at Lu Yu and said with a smile.
"Mr. Lu Yu, you should take a rest first. I still have some things to deal with. I will host a welcoming party for Mr. Lu Yu in the evening."
Hearing this, Lu Yu nodded slightly.
"Your Highness, you are too polite. Please go and get busy."
Xue Qinghe nodded slightly upon seeing this.
"Then I will take my leave now."
After saying that, Xue Qinghe bowed to Lu Yu, then turned and left.
Looking at Xue Qinghe's departing back, an inexplicable light flashed in Lu Yu's eyes.
"This Xue Qinghe is quite a good person."
Lu Yu whispered to himself.
Then he stepped into the courtyard.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, a maid came to greet me.
"I've met Mr. Lu."
The maid bowed and saluted with a respectful attitude.
"No gift."
Lu Yu waved his hand and then looked at the maid.
"Take me to the room."
"Yes, Mr. Lu, please follow me."
The maid responded and led the way.
Lu Yu followed the maid and walked towards the room.
Soon, the maid brought Lu Yu to a room.
"Mr. Lu, this is your room."
The maid stopped and turned to look at Lu Yu.
Lu Yu looked around the room and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.
The room is decorated very exquisitely and has all kinds of furnishings.
Lu Yu nodded slightly and then looked at the maid.
"Go down first. I'll call you if I need you."
"Yes, Mr. Lu."
The maid responded, then bowed and left.
Seeing this, Lu Yu nodded slightly and then walked into the room.
He sat down beside the bed, and just as he was about to rest for a while, he heard footsteps outside the door.
Then, the door was gently pushed open and a maid came in carrying hot water.
"Mr. Lu, the hot water is ready for you."
The maid placed the hot water on the table and then bowed.
"Good work."
Lu Yu nodded slightly, then stood up and walked to the table, picked up the towel and started washing.
After washing up, Lu Yu sat at the table, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a sip.
"Yes, it's good. It's the best Longjing."
Lu Yu whispered to himself.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
"Mr. Lu, the meal is ready for you."
The maid's voice sounded outside the door.
"come in."
Lu Yu put down the teacup and spoke.
Just as he finished speaking, the door was gently pushed open and a maid came in carrying a tray.
There were several exquisite dishes on the tray, and the aroma was fragrant.
"Mr. Lu, please enjoy your meal."
The maid placed the tray on the table and bowed.
"Good work."
Lu Yu nodded slightly and then looked at the dishes on the table.
"Well, it's good, with good color, aroma and taste."
After saying that, Lu Yu picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
……
As night falls, a bright moon hangs in the night sky.
Tiandou Royal Academy, in an exquisite courtyard.
An old man in a white robe was standing with his hands behind his back, looking up at the night sky.
The old man has an old face, but his eyes are bright and radiate wisdom.
He is the chief of the Academic Affairs Council of Tiandou Royal Academy, Meng Shenji.
"Dean, are you looking for us?"
At this time, two figures walked into the courtyard and came to the front of the Dream God's machine.
These two people are Zhilin and Bai Baoshan.
"Well, I came here to tell you something."
Meng Shenji withdrew his gaze and looked at Zhilin and Bai Baoshan.
"whats the matter?"
Zhilin and Bai Baoshan were both slightly stunned when they heard this.
"It's about Prince Xueqinghe."
Meng Shenji said in a deep voice.
"Prince Xue Qinghe?"
Zhilin and Bai Baoshan's expressions changed slightly when they heard this.
"Yes, I suspect that there is something wrong with the identity of Crown Prince Xue Qinghe."
Meng Shen Ji whispered.
"What? Identity problem?"
Xue Qinghe is the crown prince of the Tiandou Empire and has an extremely noble status. How could there be a problem?
"Don't panic, just listen to me and I'll tell you slowly."
Meng Shenji waved his hand, signaling the two to stay calm.
"As you all know, I am good at divination. Some time ago, I did a divination and found that the fate of Prince Xue Qinghe had deviated."
