Chapter 51: A Massive Fortune!!

Elder Nan raised his soft neck and said enthusiastically, "To be honest with you, this was made by the Left Protector of the Black Market. Such room designs can be found in almost every branch of the Black Market, seemingly to commemorate someone! Could the Young Master of the Medical Underworld be interested in this?"

Luo Qianfan smiled and shook his head, "Just curious!" What a coincidence indeed.

After arranging everything, Elder Nan bowed out.

The auction officially began.

A woman dressed in a charming purple gauze dress gracefully stepped to the center of the stage. With her striking facial features, curvaceous figure, and eyes brimming with seductive allure, she had a specially tattooed plum blossom pattern near the corner of her eye.

She possessed a captivating beauty that outshone Luo Mo of the Thousand Shadows Pavilion, carrying a deeper, lingering charm. Luo Qianfan made a clicking sound with her tongue.

Under the gaze of the crowd, the woman walked up slowly, a poised and polite smile gracing the corners of her lips, charming yet calm.

The moment she stepped up, everyone was captivated by her graceful and poised demeanor. Shouts erupted from the crowd, "Miss Yu! Miss Yu, look at me! It's Miss Yu!......"

While buying and selling goods was naturally the main attraction of the Black Market auction, this Miss Yu accounted for more than half of its appeal. Many people came here simply to catch a glimpse of the peerless beauty of Miss Jinyu.

Miss Jinyu of the Black Market, despite being a woman, could deal directly with the Left and Right Protectors, making her status self-evident.

Normally, she did not participate in such auction affairs, but this time, with high-level pills like the Youth-Preserving Pill involved, everything seemed different.

Jinyu first glanced around the room. Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, she parted her pink lips slightly.

"Welcome everyone to the Black Market auction!" Following the courteous opening remarks, she continued, "To everyone here today, once a purchase is made, no returns or exchanges will be accepted."

"However, the Black Market guarantees that none of you will suffer a loss or be cheated today. We ensure you will all buy with joy and have a wonderful time!"

"According to the special regulations of this Black Market auction, all transactions tonight will be denominated in gold. We hope all bidders will consider this carefully!"

"Clang!"

With a heavy strike of the gong, the auction officially commenced.

Everyone stared at the center stage, their hearts shaken.

"Gold! Such a huge scale!"

"We'd better look closely before making a move!"

"..."

Meanwhile, in a room on the top floor, two people leisurely found a spot, peeling grapes and eating oranges. Completely detached from the tense atmosphere below, they found themselves in a much more relaxed setting.

"It's so lively down there. Doesn't the Young Master of the Medical Underworld want to join the fun?" Dongfang Yuyue sneered, looking at Luo Qianfan with great interest.

His girl, even dressed in men's clothing, could not conceal the brilliant radiance shining from deep within her bones.

Luo Qianfan glanced at him sideways and rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Hasn't Your Highness the Prince of Yu also stayed behind?" This man was still trying to trap her? Did she look that easy to fool?

...

The auction began.

The first item brought out was an exquisitely crafted blue light treasure box. The packaging was exceptionally refined, hinting at the immense value of the contents inside.

The crowd wore solemn expressions, staring like wolves eyeing their prey at the blue light treasure box in Miss Jinyu's hands. Under their burning gazes, Jinyu smiled and opened the box.

Revealed to the view was a hairpin embedded with pearly luster, engraved with the most renowned contemporary dragon-scale pattern, executed with extreme delicacy. Near the grip of the hairpin, a faint multicolored light shimmered, adorned with golden fish.

What a true treasure!

Whoever managed to win this pearly hairpin could not only wear it for daily adornment, but its exterior was also crafted by a master weapon refiner, serving as a life-saving artifact in critical moments capable of saving a life.

A treasure!

Therefore, the moment Jinyu announced the starting price, a loud voice called out from the crowd.

"Two hundred taels!" Someone shouted a high price right at the start, showing true extravagance.

"Two hundred and ten taels!" Another followed closely behind.

"Two hundred and fifty taels!" shouted yet another. A life-saving treasure—only a fool would let it slip away!

"Three hundred taels!" The first person refused to be outdone, immediately raising the bid by fifty taels.

...

Later, a few other interruptions from clueless bidders drove the price up slightly, though not by large amounts. In the end, the pearly hairpin was successfully won for five hundred taels of gold by the very first bidder.

A single hairpin commanding such a high price of five hundred taels of gold made Miss Jinyu smile from ear to ear as she stood on stage.

The fiercer the bidding competition among the buyers, the happier these hosts became.

Meanwhile, inside the Silver Night Pavilion, when Luo Qianfan heard that the pearly hairpin was being fiercely contested, the corners of her lips curved upward involuntarily.

No one knew that this pearly hairpin had actually been crafted by her. It was merely one of her less successful experimental pieces among many creations, yet in the Six Realms, it still counted as a rare and precious treasure.

Three hundred taels! Another profit made!

Luo Qianfan chuckled happily to herself. Beside her, Dongfang Yuyue wrinkled his nose, a flash of strangeness crossing his handsome face: Why did he feel like his little companion had been acting rather strange today?

Not only was she interested in someone else's name, but now she was sitting here giggling to herself!

Thinking of their earlier awkward parting, Dongfang Yuyue let out a helpless sigh.

...

The next item exhibited was a spirit stone. Its color and luster were both of top quality, and its value was undeniably higher than the first hairpin.

"The second item, a top-grade spirit stone!"

Jinyu's oriole-like, moving voice rang out, sending ripples through the hearts of everyone present. Spirit stones were extremely important for everyone's cultivation, especially a top-grade one.

"A top-grade spirit stone!"

"The Black Market actually possesses such a magnificent treasure!"

One had to say the Black Market was truly wealthy and powerful. If an ordinary person obtained a top-grade spirit stone, they would hide it away; who would be foolish enough to bring it out for auction?

Another wave of commotion rippled through the room, greed flashing bare in the eyes of many.

Against the glowing backdrop of the top-grade spirit stone, the greedy expressions of everyone were laid completely bare.

At that moment, movement finally came from the upper floors.

"Five hundred taels!" As the voice fell, gasps echoed through the crowd. People looked up toward the source of the sound, only to catch a fleeting glimpse of light and shadow.

No one expected this person to bid five hundred taels right off the bat, an amount equivalent to several years of living expenses for an ordinary family.

How generous!

Who could that person be?

With a bid of five hundred taels, quite a few people backed down, lacking the wealth to compete and afraid to offend such a noble figure. Anyone who could throw out five hundred taels so casually must be immensely rich or noble.

Even so, many could not resist the temptation of the top-grade spirit stone and continued to bid.

"Five hundred and ten taels!"

"Five hundred and twenty taels!"

"——"

"One thousand taels!" The person upstairs spoke again, directly doubling the bid to a thousand taels.

Everyone began to weigh whether they should continue, but eventually, silence fell over the hall.

Just as Miss Jinyu was about to strike the gavel, a voice suddenly rang out from the very top floor.

"Two thousand taels!" Directly doubling the previous thousand-tael bid, dropping everyone's jaws in shock.

Who was this person again? So lavish with a single bid.

A thousand taels! An amount ordinary people could never earn in several lifetimes!

Did these wealthy tycoons even realize that all bids today were denominated in gold?!

One thousand taels of gold!

And yet someone was still outbidding them!

Two thousand taels!

Everyone was shocked by the sheer extravagance of the owner of the two-thousand-tael bid.

Down on the second floor, Luo Yuhuan angrily stamped her foot.

"Which blind fool dares to snatch the item I've set my eyes on?! It's infuriating!" To watch such a precious treasure snatched away by someone else was something she simply could not accept!

Up front, Miss Jinyu continued.

"Two thousand taels for the first time!"

"Two thousand taels for the second time!"

Suddenly!

"Two thousand one hundred taels!" After hesitating for a long moment, Luo Yuhuan decisively raised her bidding tag. This was her final attempt; if that person continued to bid, she would give up.

Two thousand one hundred taels! The previous bidder countered once more.

Looks like these two are determined to lock horns today!

You said it!

The crowd clicked their tongues in awe, eager to see who would ultimately win this top-grade spirit stone.

"If you don't bid again, the item won't be yours anymore!" A breezy, unconcerned voice drifted from the top-floor private box, carrying a hint of amusement at watching the spectacle.

Dongfang Yuyue tilted his head, a smile pulling uncontrollably at the corners of his lips. He had thought this girl had taken a fancy to something truly special, but it turned out she had set her sights on a mere rock in the end.

A top-grade spirit stone! These were stones he played with and discarded casually. If the girl wanted them, all she had to do was ask him. Was there any need to go through all this trouble to bid for them?

Imagining the scene of Luo Qianfan acting shamelessly when she eventually came to him for these stones in the future, Dongfang Yuyue could not help but laugh.

He did not realize that as long as Luo Qianfan was around, the smile on his face never ceased.

Abruptly hearing Dongfang Yuyue's voice, Luo Qianfan cast a sour side-long glance at him and purposely stayed silent.

Did he think she had her eyes on this spirit stone? What a joke! As the dignified Young Master of the Medical Underworld, there was nothing she couldn't have. Valuable as these spirit stones were, to her they were worth less than a broken rock.

She had simply noticed that Luo Yuhuan wanted this spirit stone, so she was deliberately toying with her and taking the opportunity to fleece her heavily.

Two thousand one hundred taels of gold!

The Luo Family was truly generous!

Luo Qianfan would never forget that back when she lived in the Luo Family, she had been so poor she had never even laid eyes upon a single tael of gold.

Who would have thought fortunes would reverse? Today, even if the Luo Family piled gold across her path, she wouldn't spare it a second glance.

Meanwhile, the auction proceeded in full swing. At two thousand one hundred taels of gold, Miss Jinyu struck the gavel, and the top-grade spirit stone was finally won by Luo Yuhuan.

Luo Yuhuan, who had originally intended to bid for the Youth-Preserving Pill, suffered an unexpected mishap in the middle that cost her an extra thousand taels. At that moment, she could curse Luo Qianfan, the one who bid against her, a thousand times over.

Following that, the auction progressed with extraordinary intensity. Every item presented was a treasure among treasures, and many pieces were won by high bidders.

An esoteric medical text was won by Leng Qing'er for one thousand eight hundred taels.

A ruby necklace was won by Murong Xin for two thousand three hundred taels.

.........

"Next up is the White Gauze Flowing Tassel Dress, yearned for by numerous young noble ladies of prominent households."

"This dress was personally designed by the Young Master of the Medical Underworld and painstakingly crafted over two and a half months. Every pattern and design element upon it is completely unique, one of a kind. The starting bid is—three thousand five hundred taels!"

The moment Jinyu finished her introduction, many people stirred restlessly, mostly young noble ladies from various regions. Although most of them had come specifically for the Youth-Preserving Pill, this new creation from the Medical Underworld Valley came as a pleasant surprise.

As the saying went among everyone: whatever comes from the Medical Underworld Valley is bound to be a masterpiece!

Therefore, countless people were willing to part with thousands of taels of gold, purely to acquire a precious piece personally designed by the Young Master of the Medical Underworld.