Opportunity (2)

he black snow had something to do with Free Spirit It really couldn't be seen, this kid actually had such a wide桃花林."Your Majesty, I have an unreasonable request!" The Black Snow bowed to Ning Zhiyuan...Chapter 488: Opportunity 2

"She is beautiful, talented, and has a good personality. Compared to you, she's like an immortal from the heavens," said Xianyao with a smile.

"What did you say Do you believe I'll tear your mouth apart" Luo Lingyu was instantly furious.

"I'm not saying anything more. I need to buy some items..." Xianyao quickly ran away and came to the material shop where he wanted to find materials, purchasing quite a number of them. Although these materials were common, they were complicated and could only be used in mechanisms.

From this, it seemed that Xianyao was making a mechanism, which is the most likely thing to break while also being difficult to make since there weren't many mechanical materials in the Luo family's inventory. It's no wonder their stock had been depleted.

The number of people in the Luo family who studied mechanics wasn't high, nor did they have much success with it. In essence, it was a useless skill that they didn't take seriously. Their storage may exist but there isn't much of them and they don't replenish them promptly either.

"Do you guys have any Starlight Stones" Xianyao asked as an afterthought.

"Starlight Stone We don't have that here, such precious items we wouldn’t possess. But it's said there will be one at the auction house this time," replied the shopkeeper of the small store.

Starlight Stones were essential for mechanical puppets; only Starlight Stones could drive these puppets, and they would only use them when making a mechanical puppet.

Does he want a Starlight Stone To make a mechanical puppet

That's impossible. Making such puppets is very complicated, and even the experts of Heavenly Mechanism Sect don't necessarily know how to do it either. And they can only create simple mechanical puppets, although even those are rare items.

Xianyao indeed had been making a mechanical puppet during this period, currently in the research phase with an uncertain outcome.

"Since that's the case, let's go to the auction house. I haven't had many opportunities to visit before, so take these things to the Luo family and say they are for the Mechanism Room," Xianyao instructed and then left.

"Sis Lingyu, aren't you done yet" After taking a few steps, he saw Luo Lingyu again. This time she seemed about to enter the store.

"Not yet, have you finished shopping" asked Luo Lingyu as she looked at Xianyao.

"Almost there, now I'm going to check out the auction house and see if it has what I want," replied Xianyao.

“Auction House When you go in, mention my name. I have connections with them; they'll give you their best deals. Once I’m done here, I’ll come over too!" Luo Lingyu said. The Auction House was a place she often visited to collect valuable "items", and in her view, anything that could make money was an item.

"Understood..." Xianyao replied and then left. The Auction House wasn't far away, so it seemed normal for Luo Lingyu to come over too.

Xianyao went to the Flowing Moon City Auction House and mentioned Luo Lingyu's name. He was quickly given a private booth and informed that the auction would start soon, making it impossible to wait for Luo Lingyu.

"First item..."

As the auctioneer began reading out the details of the first item, the auction officially started; however, Xianyao was still alone in his private booth as Luo Lingyu hadn't arrived yet.

It wasn’t until the third item when Luo Lingyu finally appeared and intentionally reminded Xianyao to look at her makeup, wanting to see what he would say about it.

Xianyao looked at Luo Lingyu and said, "Not bad, quite good."

"What do you mean Not bad, quite good" Luo Lingyu clearly wanted more praise, an amazed kind of reaction. She felt that her allure had increased a level after the makeup but instead received such a bland response from this guy.

“That's what not bad and quite good means. If you want another effect tomorrow, I'll give it a shot,” Xianyao casually replied, not caring much about this since he was focused on the auction items. Though these weren't interesting to him, maybe the next one would be.

"Are you really capable" Luo Lingyu became slightly puzzled; although she didn’t believe in his abilities, Xianyao's tone didn't seem like a lie either and there was no reason for him to lie about it.

“Rest assured, I am at that level,” Xianyao replied casually while looking at the auction items.

"Then let’s try tomorrow. There seems to be quite a few things here; were these the ones you bought" Luo Lingyu clearly saw the objects on the table. After an item was sold, it would immediately be sent to the successful bidder and they had to pay instantly in silver or it would be retaken for another auction.

"Yes, some decent stuff," Xianyao nodded as he had indeed purchased a few items.

“What are they...” Luo Lingyu looked at those objects, prepared to check them out.

“There’s an invoice attached,” replied Xianyao without intending to repeat what was on the invoice.

"I know that. I'm not new here," snapped Luo Lingyu irritably; she knew that the auction house would send a bill with each item, clearly stating details about the purchased items and their prices.

“One piece of Dragon Blood Stone for 1000 silver coins You spent 1000 silver coins on just one stone” Luo Lingyu picked up an invoice and was stunned to read it. She wanted to yell at Xianyao for being a spendthrift.

But she didn’t know that this was only the beginning...

"A Fire Cloud Leaf, five thousand taels"

"A piece of Purple Willow Gold, ten thousand taels"

"..."

When Luo Lingyu finished reading the lists, she realized that there wasn't a single affordable item here. The most affordable one she picked up was the Dragon Blood Stone for a thousand taels, but everything else became more and more expensive.

"You spent over fifty thousand silver taels buying this pile of stuff" Luo Lingyu quickly calculated the total amount. She had a very sensitive sense for numbers.

"That's right, it wasn't too bad." Xianyao replied. He didn’t know that this would shock Luo Lingyu so much.

"Not bad You're squandering your fortune! How much money do you have left Give it all to me," Luo Lingyu’s heart was bleeding internally. To her, these things were of no value unless one knew how to use them. Could this young man actually know how to use these materials

"I have around ten million or so... I'm not sure about the exact amount, but I won't give it all to you!" Xianyao shook his head.

"Ten million Are you talking in cash coins" Luo Lingyu was stunned. If he were speaking of silver taels, she wouldn’t believe him at all. But if he meant copper coins, then ten million would be merely over ten thousand silver taels.

"Ah, another good item, two thousand!" Xianyao bid again for this time it was a medicinal material needed to make pills. With this one, he could now brew a certain kind of pill since all other ingredients were already available.

"You..." Lingyu wanted to say something but then heard someone outside bidding 2,500 taels.

"Someone is outbidding you Five thousand! Crush them. I have no possessions except money. By the way, what did you just say, Sister Lingyu" Xianyao immediately doubled his bid and asked Luo Lingyu.

"Nothing..." Luo Lingyu could only remain silent. What else was there to say

No one dared to outbid him at five thousand taels. Xianyao easily won it, which was predictable since this item had a maximum value of three thousand taels and now already commanded an overpriced premium.

"If you see anything interesting, just tell me, I'll buy it for you," Xianyao said.

“No need. Just give me money directly,” Luo Lingyu helplessly supported her head.

“Money is meant to be spent. Wanting more isn’t difficult. Why worry about money I can easily turn these materials into medicinal pills and weapons, which I can then sell at a profit.” Xianyao said nonchalantly. He was the most confident person to say this because his wealth was no less than that of the entire Luo Family.

“I know, but your spending is making my heart unable to bear it...” Luo Lingyu frowned as she never expected him to actually be able to make these things. With regards to the Essence Nurturing Pills made earlier, if one knew how to make them, they wouldn’t have suffered a loss, which was why this kind of spending caused her heart palpitations.

"Do you want me to stabilize it for you" Xianyao stretched out his hand and wanted to input Shen Nong’s True Energy into Luo Lingyu.

“No need…” Luo Lingyu understood what he meant, and stopped him. She had only said this as a way of comforting herself psychologically.

"Fiftieth item, a blue porcelain made by an excellent craftsman from a thousand years ago..."

"Sixtieth item, the Spring River Map..."

...

"Seventy-third item and also the last three items of this auction house: Starlight Stones starting at ten thousand taels!"

A Starlight Stone It finally arrived…

"A Starlight Stone Would anyone buy such a thing I think it would end up unsold as there are already too few people who can actually use them," Luo Lingyu said, and her thoughts were shared by others. They felt that the Starlight Stones were precious but had very few bidders.

"Ten thousand taels!"

“You...” Luo Lingyu couldn’t believe it when Xianyao immediately bid after she spoke, leaving her speechless and slightly irritated.

“Buying other stuff is fine but what use would you have for a Starlight Stone Don't tell me that you can make a mechanical puppet!”

"Of course. Otherwise, why would I buy it" Xianyao replied with one sentence.

“Um...” Luo Lingyu was speechless. She didn’t expect him to actually know how to do this. This Fourth Brother could make medicinal pills and had medical skills, knew how to brew alcohol, forge swords, and now also possessed mechanical knowledge; the hell, why did this young man know such a variety of things

“If you can use it then go ahead for ten thousand taels, no one would outbid you.” Luo Lingyu said.

Indeed, as Luo Lingyu had predicted, Xianyao successfully obtained the Starlight Stone at its base price without anyone bidding against him. After all, few people wanted this Starlight Stone despite it being very precious.

"Seventy-fourth item: This is a good thing and will not disappoint everyone as the closing item of this auction house; this is a divine weapon known as Water Moon!" The auction house displayed a holy saber that had such a sharp aura even Xianyao could sense it from his current position. (To be continued...)ere, so they wouldn't allow anything bad to happen to him either. If all else fails, he can handle it by himself…" Red Sister immediately analyzed and said to calm Black Snow down.“What’s happening Le...