Fated Encounter

In-room number 1, Mei Yue leaned forward as he stared at the pills. It would be a lie to say Mei Yue wasn't interested in the pill, but for different reasons.

Since he never expected such a high-purity pill would appear in such a backwater city like this one.

A purity of 80% was sufficient to show that the alchemist that refined this True Spirit Strengthening Pill was an alchemist of very rich experience and extraordinary natural talent in Alchemy.

Mei Yue currently only had the strength of the Ninth Stage of Elementary Spirit Realm. He was still very far away from reaching the True Spirit Realm. This True Spirit Strengthening Pill was only meant to be used by True Spirit Realm experts. Hence his piqued interest only lay in the high purity of these pills.

"These True Spirit Strengthening Pills were obtained by our Dancing Nyphm House in a ruin of Earth Spirit Realm expert by spending much effort and manpower!" said Li Huang to the crowd of people.

Hearing this, Mei Yue sighed as had understood that these pills were not refined by an alchemist of this time. It was probably refined by the alchemist of the time when the owner of the ruin was still alive.

"There are a total of 5 pills in this bottle, and the starting price of these True Spirit Strengthening Pills would be 5,000 gold coins. Every bid must increase at least 100 gold coins." Li Huang said with a charming smile.

"7,000!"

"8,000!"

"11,000!"

The moment Li Huang said to start the bidding for the True Spirit Strengthening Pills, the crowd of people started fighting for these pills, as if their lives depended on it.

Mei Yue hummed slightly, "Mhm, I don't know how much money I can earn by auctioning those 100 low-grade spirit crystals. It should be more than these True Spirit Strengthening Pills, after all even though pills of 80% purity are very rare but these types of pills with less purity can be found everywhere. I already spent 3,000 gold coins on the mystic Fruit, leaving me with 17,000 gold coins currently.

Though it's another case if it's about spirit crystals.

Even though one has money, one won't be able to buy spirit crystals, due to spirit crystals are much rarer."

"13,000!"

Mei Yue was driven out of his thoughts, by the sudden increase of the True Spirit Strengthening Pills.

Due to the sudden jump, everyone quieted down, causing Li Huang to being the countdown.

"13,000 gold coins going once!"

"Going twice!"

"Going Thrice!"

"Sold! Congratulations to this guest here for successfully bidding on these True Spirit Strengthening Pills." Li Huang congratulated the person who bid successfully.

"Now the time for our final item has come. Everyone please open your eyes and be ready to bid for this item because this is only a once-in-a-lifetime chance for you all to be able to own this item." Li Huang's innocent voice sounded out as everyone saw a young girl holding a tray with red cloths hiding something in it, walking toward the stage.

When the cloth was removed, a lot of shining crystals appeared in front of everyone.

"Crystals?"

"Maybe they're special?"

Many people started talking amongst themselves after all many people have never seen spirit crystals.

Seeing the reaction of the crowd of people, Li Huang nodded her head in satisfaction.

Continuing Li Huang pointed at the pile of spirit crystals and said, "These are low-grade spirit crystals. I don't think I need to introduce it any further, everyone is well aware of the uses of these spirit crystals."

When the crowd heard that those shining crystals were in fact spirit crystals, their enthusiasm was immediately piqued.

"There is a total of 100 low-grade spirit crystals. They are divided into 10 groups, with 10 low-grade spirit crystals in each group. There is no fixed starting price for these spirit crystals. Now, start the bi..."

"1,000 gold coins!" Someone shouted out who had cut off Li Huang before she could finish her sentence.

"1,300!"

"1,500!"

Normally, the 10 spirit crystals value is 1000 gold coins but here, only the start bid was at already 1000 gold coins. This is the benefit of auctioning rare materials in auction houses.

"2,000 gold coins!" a voice resounded out of a private room.

'BOOM!'

As if thunderstruck, Mei Yue instantly recognized that same voice, causing his eyes to turn dark.

"Zhang Hu!" Mei Yue muttered quietly.

"Everyone, I am Zhang Hu, a disciple of the Grand Elder of Azure Sky Sect. Grand Elder Zhong Qiao is also present here, and we want this batch of spirit crystals. Could you please give us some face and stop further bidding." Zhang Hu said to the people present here.

Mei Yue clicked his tongue in annoyance, he knew Zhang Hu's personality if he laid eyes on him then Zhang Hu would chase after him, due to thinking Mei Yue was a girl. He might even force himself on him which made him shudder in disgust.

"Zhang Bolin." Mei Yue called out to the attendant.

Within a few seconds the attendant Zhang Bolin entered the room.

"Is there something you need dear guest?" Zhang Bolin asked as she stared at the covered face of Mei Yue.

"Can you go out and buy me a regular cloak?" Mei Yue asked without looking at her.

Zhang Bolin didn't hesitate to answer, "Yes that is possible, dear guest."

Mei Yue nodded his head before looking at her as 5 gold coins appeared in his hands.

Zhang Bolin shakily grabbed the gold coins before putting them in her spatial pouch, she then bowed to Mei Yue before heading towards the door.

"Zhang Bolin." Mei Yue called out to her once more.

Stopping Zhang Bolin turned towards Mei Yue.

Looking deep into Zhang Bolin's eyes, Mei Yue spoke, "You can keep the change, only if you promise to keep this a secret."

Zhang Bolin heard Mei Yue but her mind was somewhere else as she looked into Mei Yue's eyes, she could feel her mind become hazy but was unable to stop it. Her face was subconsciously turning red like a tomato.

Seeing this Mei Yue sighed before breaking eye contact.

Within a few seconds, Zhang Bolin's mind became clear, as her ears turned bright red before hurriedly exiting the room like a scared little cat.

'I guess my appearance even works on my eyes, how dangerous.'

'It seems like Zhang Hu will participate in the five great sects competition, too bad I'm not, but doesn't mean I can't have fun with him now.' Mei Yue thought as he turned his attention back towards the auction.

For a moment all the noises quieted down. The majority of people present here were only from some small clans or lone cultivators. They did not dare to go against a sect like the Azure Sky Sect.

Seeing how things were going, Mei Yue had a smile creep onto his face.

"2,100!" Mei Yue's feminine cold voice resounded through the auction hall.

This caused the crowd to become astonished once more. There was actually someone present here who dare to go against the Azure Sky Sect.

Grand Elder Zhong Qiao's face immediately darkened. He looked at Zhang Hu causing Zhang Hu to nod at him and say, "May I know who this ma'am is in that room."

"My name is of no importance here. This is an auction house, the honored Dancing Nymph Auction House, it's not your playground anymore to do as you please." Mei Yue said in a cold voice once more.

Hearing Mei Yue, Li Huang's face whitened slightly.

'Sigh, why is there a need to bring our house into this? By bringing our name into this, and by telling the Azure Sky Sect they can't do as they please here, she's dragging our dear reputation into this.' Li Huang sighed in her mind.

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The entire auction hall became dead silent upon hearing Mei Yue.

Zhang Hu's and Zhong Qiao's faces darkened even more.

"No, this friend here, we do not mean that. We just want to take these spirit crystals. Give us some face please." Grand Elder of Azure Sky Sect Zhong Qiao said politely while suppressing his anger.

"Why should I give you face? Who are you to tell me about giving you some face? If you really want face then give everyone in this auction hall some face too, If you want to take those spirit crystals then bid as this is an auction house remember, otherwise sit down quietly." Mei Yue said, making fun of them.

"Grand Elder, she is right we do not condone this type of behavior if you have the money then bid but if you don't please don't make things difficult for our other guests." Li Huang was forced to step into this as the mood surrounding the auction became a bit dreary, which would ultimately affect the mood and the bidding if everyone thought they would be in danger by simply bidding.

Upon hearing Li Huang, Grand Elder, and Zhang Hu's anger erupted but did their best to suppress it. This was the first time anybody dares to talk like this with them.

This was utter humiliation upon them.

This was a humiliation they felt for the very first time.