novel-bin Chapter 485 Bidding for Carp and Walnuts
Chapter 485 Bidding for Carp and Walnuts
Chapter 485 Bidding for Carp and Walnuts
The next morning, as the morning sun shone on the cold bluestone streets, the area around the entrance of Baiyaomen's exhibition hall was already crowded with people.
Looking around, one sees a sea of people, crowding the entire exhibition hall entrance so tightly that it's impossible to get through.
The individual businesses on both sides of the street will be closed today, since everyone will be attending the exhibition and won't be patronizing these small vendors.
When the time came, the doors to the exhibition hall creaked open, and people immediately rushed in.
Even the Baiyao Sect disciples who were maintaining order were completely submerged in the crowd.
Besides the most precious koi walnut at this exhibition, there are actually many other valuable medicinal herbs. The rule of Baiyaomen's exhibition is to exchange goods on a first-come, first-served basis.
That's why everyone was so eager to get in, afraid of missing out on what they wanted.
The entire Baiyaomen exhibition hall is divided into three floors. The first floor contains very common medicinal materials, and the people wandering around here are usually medicinal material merchants.
The second floor contains some precious and rare medicinal herbs, and those who come here are mostly alchemists.
If you take a fancy to a certain medicinal herb, you need to bring out the pills required to exchange for that herb. However, you can prepare them in advance or refine them on the spot, with the raw materials provided by the White Medicine Sect.
Therefore, unless you are an alchemist, you basically have no ability to appear on the second floor or above.
The third floor is an even more precious place; this time, there is only one medicine: carp and walnut.
Leng Yun and Long Nu, along with Princess Jingxia and the others, entered the second floor of the exhibition hall directly through a special passage.
Leng Yun noticed that there were quite a few people here, all busy searching for the medicinal herbs they needed, and many alchemists had already set up their alchemy furnaces and started refining pills.
He wasn't interested in the pills on this floor and went straight up to the third floor with the others.
Once you get to the third floor, the noisy environment immediately becomes much quieter, because there are relatively fewer people on this floor.
Only those from top-tier gangs and powerful individuals are qualified to enter this level.
The defenses of Baiyao Sect on this floor were also very tight. Leng Yun could sense that the guards on the third floor were all experts at least at the third level of the Sound Martial Realm. With more than a dozen experts at the Sound Martial Realm level, their strength was naturally not to be underestimated.
When Leng Yun and Long Nu entered the hall, almost everyone's eyes were drawn to Long Nu. Everyone was amazed that such a beautiful woman existed in the world.
On the contrary, the Dragon Girl was somewhat angry. If she had the power, she probably would have already started a massacre.
The news that Marquis Wansheng had sent Mei Yao to bid on the carp and walnuts had already spread throughout the entire Baiyao Sect, and most people had already given up bidding as soon as they heard the name of Marquis Wansheng.
So most of the people on the third floor were just there to watch the excitement.
Princess Jingxia was well aware that the royal alchemist she brought was no match for Mei Yao.
Before long, a dignified middle-aged man stepped onto the arena. This man was none other than Bai Wang, the sect leader of Baiyao Sect.
"Welcome, everyone, to the Baiyao Sect," said the White King, with three elders of the Baiyao Sect standing behind him.
"As you all probably already know, the items we are auctioning at this exhibition are koi-shaped walnuts, and as you also know, the Baiyao Sect's business rules are based on barter," said Bai Wang.
Then, under the protection of the three elders, two servants carried in a small glass box. Inside the box, a walnut emitting a red glow lay quietly.
"It really is a good thing!" Leng Yun exclaimed inwardly, his eyes fixed on the color that resembled koi scales.
"What we need this time is the fourth-grade pill, Dragon Valley Pill. Any alchemist capable of refining such a pill can come and bid, and the person with the best quality pill will win," said the White King.
Mei Yao sneered and was the first to walk onto the stage.
Grade 4 pills are not uncommon. Although Jingxia's alchemists have also reached Grade 4, since Meiyao was present, Princess Jingxia did not allow the alchemists to come up on stage.
At this time, no one else made any move, basically confirming that the item belonged to Marquis Wansheng.
After a two-second silence, Leng Yun stepped onto the stage.
This piqued the interest of the onlookers, who began to discuss it amongst themselves, wondering about Leng Yun's background.
"Who exactly is this kid? He seems to have some connections."
"Yes, could he also be a fourth-grade alchemist? He doesn't look like it based on his age."
"Exactly, this kid must be out of his mind to dare to snatch things from Marquis Wansheng."
"Are you both refining pills on the spot?" King Bai hadn't expected anyone to compete with Mei Yao, but being experienced, he quickly asked the two with a smile.
"Hmph, kid, you really have some guts," Mei Yao said mockingly.
"However, there is one rule for this alchemy: you need to prepare the medicinal materials yourself," said the White King.
After all, the fourth-grade Dragon Valley Pill is no ordinary item, and the medicinal materials required are quite rare. If the White King were to provide more medicinal materials, he would feel that he would be at a disadvantage, so he set this rule.
"Of course, no problem," Mei Yao said with a smile, clearly having received the news in advance and prepared the medicinal materials.
Upon hearing this, Leng Yun felt somewhat troubled, because he was missing one of the medicinal herbs needed to refine the Dragon Valley Pill from his system space.
If we can't find this relatively precious medicinal material in such a hurry, then we won't be able to refine the elixir!
Thinking of this, Leng Yun had no choice but to ask Bai Wang: "Sect Leader Bai, I am lacking a kind of Thousand Spirit Grass. Could you lend it to me temporarily? I can pay you enough value later."
Bai Wang shook his head with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, I don't have that kind of medicinal herb here."
Leng Yun had already anticipated this outcome.
How could the prestigious Baiyao Sect not have the Thousand Spirit Grass? It's just that the White King didn't want to offend Marquis Wansheng, so he made this excuse.
"Haha, what's wrong, young friend? So you're short of medicinal herbs? That's a pity," Mei Yao said with a smile.
"Haha, you don't even have medicine, yet you come here to embarrass yourself."
"That's right, hurry up and get off. What do you think this place is?"
The crowd burst into laughter, and among them, the Young Master of Beihai and Deng Liqi were also loudly mocking Leng Yun.
Leng Yun turned around and looked at the dragon girl sitting below, a hint of apology in his eyes.
However, the Dragon Girl remained expressionless, her meaning clear: even if the Koi Walnut was snatched away by Mei Yao, she would still try to get her hands on it later.
Just as everyone was mocking Leng Yun, Princess Jingxia suddenly took two steps forward.
“I had prepared a set of medicinal herbs, but I don’t need them now, so you can use them,” Princess Jingxia said to Leng Yun.