Asura Sovereign 3

by Shian Jeen

  Before leaving to tend to other guests, the Million Treasures Auction House chief attendant told them that he instructed the auction house disciples to serve them if they needed anything.

  After the chief attendant closed the door and left, Huwang Xiao took a glance at the hall below and all of a sudden, he noticed a familiar silhouette.

  Note:

  [1] Esne - A milky liquid substance formed deep down in the earth after millions of years. (Esne in Basque is 'milk')

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  Yang An!

  That familiar figure was the same person defeated by Huwang Xiao in the Yuwai Kingdom –Yang An.

  He didn’t expect the auction would attract Yang An from the Yuwai Kingdom. Since Yang An was there, then wouldn’t his Grandfather, Yang Dong, also be around?

  Huwang Xiao’s eyes narrowed.

  “Yang An?” At this point, Fei Hou also noticed Yang An inside the auction hall, and like Huwang Xiao, he was surprised as well.

  “So, that little brat is Yang An?” Marshal Haotian’s eyes trailed Fei Hou, falling onto Yang An’s figure. He might not have been there in the Yuwai Kingdom, but he received news about Huwang Xiao defeating Yang An in the Yuwai Kingdom.

  Fei Hou nodded: “That’s the kid.”

  At this time, Yang An walked through the passageway for special guests, confirming Huwang Xiao’s prediction: Yang Dong indeed came because only Xiantian realm experts were eligible for a private room. Therefore, if Yang Dong wasn’t around, Yang An wouldn’t have access a private room.

  People continued to enter the auction hall in droves, both large and small forces from neighboring kingdoms had made the journey.

  The entire hall was a noisy racket.

  Despite that, ever since they entered the auction hall, the chatterbox known as Huwang Min had actually been silent, sitting down obediently as her big round eyes roamed around the ground floor of the auction hall as if looking for someone.

  Seeing this, Huwang Xiao smiled, “I say little girl, did you come to the auction not to buy things, but to look for someone?”

  Originally, Huwang Xiao spoke these words to tease Huwang Min, but he didn’t expect that Huwang Min would blush and shoot him an angry stare, “Big brother, what are you saying? I came to the auction to buy things of course!”

  Huwang Xiao did not think he would guess correctly that his little sister was indeed looking for someone here.

  “Then you tell me, which item from the auction is the one you want?” Huwang Xiao’s tone laced with a double entendre as he smiled sheepishly at his little sister.

  Huwang Min mumbled unintelligibly, yet after what seemed like half a day, no concrete answer came out from her. In the end, she tilted her head up in shy anger: “Anyhow, I came to bid for items!”

  Huwang Xiao shook his head with a faint, wry smile on his face.

  Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou couldn’t help letting out a tiny smile.

  By this time, a sea of people had already crowded the huge auction all. Fortunately, the place was big with ten thousand seats prepared beforehand... however, each of them was filled. There were no empty seats left.

  If the lower seats’ situation was as such, one wouldn’t even need to mention the very limited private rooms likely being fully booked early on.

  A short while later, the entrance to the auction was closed, no longer allowing additional participants to enter because an old man in his seventies wearing an auctioneer's robe had already walked up onto the stage.

  After the old man went up, he briefly introduced himself, stating that he was Thousand Treasures Auction House’s high-grade auctioneer. In the Luo Tong Kingdom’s Thousand Treasures Auction House, there were only two high-grade auctioneers. Of course, there were many early-grade and mid-grade ones too. At this time, the auction was being overseen by one of the high-grade auctioneers so the importance given to this particular auction was evident.

  After introducing himself, he continued with the auction rules before finally declaring that the auction would begin.

  The first item up for auction was a lump of Golden Crow Marrow.

  Golden Crow Marrow was a crucial ingredient to refine a Grade Four Spirit Dan, and normal Golden Crow Marrow was only as big as an infant’s fist, but the one being auctioned was the size of an adult’s palm.

  The starting price for it was a hundred thousand gold coins.

  Usually, the first item auctioned would be the cheapest item of the event.

  A hundred thousand gold coins!

  Thinking of the ratio against the items being auctioned towards the end, the smaller forces felt their hearts tighten.

  “One hundred and ten thousand!”

  “One hundred and twenty thousand!”

  In an instant, the bidding voices clamored below the stage.

  And in the end, that palm-sized Golden Crow Marrow was won at one hundred thirty thousand gold coins.

  Huwang Xiao sat silently in the private room. Although Golden Crow Marrow was an important ingredient in refining pills, it was basically useless to him.

  Subsequently, the second item on auction was a long sword named ‘South Parting.’

  According to the auctioneer’s introduction, this South Parting long sword was forged from a ten thousand years old ice core and other rare metals. It was extremely sharp, but this was a secondary benefit. The main point was that the previous owner of this South Parting long sword, according to the auctioneer’s explanation, was someone called Su Fei; a Xiantian expert of the Seventh Order.

  One hundred years ago, this Su Fei was very well known in the surrounding kingdom, and the South Parting long sword went missing after he had fallen. It was found some time ago by the Thousand Treasures Auction House’s people.

  Huwang Xiao had the Blades of Asura, thus, this level of weapon didn’t enter his eye. But when Huwang Min saw the South Parting long sword, her eyes were glued to it without blinking; it was obvious that she had taken a great liking to the sword.

  “Big brother, can you?” Huwang Min asked abashedly.

  Huwang Xiao watched the expression on his little sister’s face, “You want to bid for this South Parting Sword?”

  Huwang Min nodded as she looked at her big brother-- even though she had some savings of her own, it was still far from enough to bid for the South Parting long sword.

  “Two hundred thousand!” At this time, someone on the ground floor suddenly called out a bid.

  The starting price for South Parting long sword was one hundred eighty thousand.

  “Two hundred and ten thousand!” Another bidder raised the offer.

  “Three hundred thousand!” Suddenly, Huwang Xiao’s voice came from the private room upstairs.

  “Three hundred and ten thousand!” Following behind Huwang Xiao, a voice sounded from a different room.

  “Four hundred thousand!” Huwang Xiao added with a calm expression.

  Four hundred thousand!

  The entire huge hall was shocked silent, including the other private room that made an offer.

  In the end, the South Parting sword was bid down by Huwang Xiao at four hundred thousand gold coins. When the people from the Thousand Treasures Auction House sent the sword to the private room, Huwang Min’s face bloomed and she became unwilling to put down the sword.

  “Can you tell me now who you wanted to find by coming to the auction?” Watching her happy expression, Huwang Xiao took the opportunity to ask again. The yearly profit from the Nine Tripod Commerce was abundant, and this four hundred gold coins was nothing but a single hair from nine oxen to Huwang Xiao.

  Huwang Min honestly answered with a tinge of shyness: “I came to look for Guo Tai.”

  “Guo Tai?” Huwang Xiao was puzzled. He then turned to Marshal Haotian and Fei Hou but both of them shook their heads, apparently, neither of them had heard of this name.

  Huwang Min’s head bent so low that her nose almost touched her chest, and she said: “He is Guo Shiyuan’s son.”

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nbsp; “Guo Shiyuan!” Huwang Xiao, Marshal Haotian, and Fei Hou were all surprised.

  Guo Shiyuan was the branch president of Thousand Treasures Auction House in Luo Tong Kingdom’s Royal City!

  Huwang Xiao shook his head wryly after getting over the small surprise. So, the reason his little sister came to the auction was all for her sweetheart!

  But, thinking about it, after this year, his little sister would be sixteen, and in another two years’ time it would be around the age for her to get married.

  “Do Mom and Dad know about this?” Huwang Xiao asked.

  “Not yet.” Huwang Min was awkward and shy as she answered.

  “Then, find some time and invite that Guo Tai to Tianxuan Mansion so Mom, Dad and I can take a look at him.” Huwang Xiao smiled as he said.

  Seeing that Huwang Xiao did not object, she was delighted and nodded vigorously: “Okay!”

  Below, the auction went on and more than a dozen items were sold.

  “, we are auctioning a wonderful world treasure: Geocentric Esne!” This time, the auctioneer on the stage raised his voice a notch higher.

  Geocentric Esne!

  Instantly, a commotion swept through the many forces present in the auction hall. It could be said that the majority of them came for this one item.

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  Hearing that the next auction item was the Geocentric Esne, Huwang Xiao’s eyes lit up.

  Finally, it’s here!

  Huwang Xiao looked down towards the stage, watching as an auction house staff member cautiously brought a jade bottle up onto the stage, and the auctioneer received it with a serious face.

  The jade bottle was a warm, jade green color, full of life and spirit.

  The auctioneer carefully placed the green jade bottle on a table and looked around at the guests before he said: “I trust everyone is aware of the miraculous benefits of Geocentric Esne and without further explanation, I won’t ramble on and waste everyone’s time. This jade bottle was made from high-grade jade heart, and inside it contains the Geocentric Esne. Inside this jade bottle, no matter how much time passes, its medicinal benefits will be retained and there is a total of six drops!”

  Six drops!

  Another wave of excitement rushed through the guests in the hall.

  Huwang Xiao was also stunned.

  It crossed his mind that at most, it would be two drops of Geocentric Esne being auctioned. After all, for a treasure like the Geocentric Esne, being able to take two drops for auction was already fortuitous.

  The formation of one drop of Geocentric Esne takes ten thousand years, maybe even a dozen thousand years.

  “The starting bid for this bottle of Geocentric Esne is three million!” In the next moment, the auctioneer announced a figure that made most of the forces miss a beat.

  Three million!

  If it was Huwang Clan Manor of the past, they would never be able to come out with a sum of three million even if they sold the entire Huwang Clan Manor!

  The small and medium forces that were looking forward to bidding for the Geocentric Esne felt like they were drenched in a cold hail storm from head to toe, they could only give up on the intention of bidding for it.

  “Three million one hundred thousand!” Despite that, mere moments after the auctioneer’s voice fell, a bid was called out from one of the private guests room.

  Huwang Xiao looked over towards the number nine room because the owner of the voice sounded familiar.

  “It’s Yang Zheng’s voice!” Fei Hou said.

  Yang Zheng’s voice! The truth struck Huwang Xiao, no wonder he had felt that the voice sounded familiar. He did not think of Yang Zheng, but Fei Hou definitely could tell who the owner was if it was Yang Zheng.

  Yang Zheng…then, it means Yang An, Yang Dong, and whoever from the Yang Family were in room nine?

  “Three million five hundred thousand!” And seconds later, another voice sounded from private guest room eleven.

  Huwang Xiao’s head snapped around-- in the direction of room eleven, it was Ning Wang! This voice belonged to the Martial Ning Family’s Patriarch Ning Wang!

  Then, room twelve bid: “Three million six hundred thousand!”

  Big Sword Sect Yu Chen’s voice!

  Huwang Xiao sneered-- none of the people made a sound in the earlier bids, but now that the main course was here, they couldn’t sit still anymore, revealing themselves

  He was sure these people knew he sat at room five since he made a bid for the South Parting long sword for his little sister.

  “Five million!” After Big Sword Sect’s Yu Chen voice just ended, Huwang Xiao charged up the number, stretching his five fingers lazily.

  Five million! The number hit the guests like a thunderbolt, and it seemed to echo for a long time in the huge auction hall, reverberating in the eardrums.

  “Five million!”

  “Who, who is sitting in private room five?”

  “It sounds like Huwang Xiao!”

  The revelation of this identity caused huge waves amongst the people below.

  Sitting in room eleven, Ning Wang sneered contemptuously, “This little doggy Huwang really is filthy rich, simply throwing out five million.” Then, he shouted: “Six million!” After raising his bid, Ning Wang even threw a provocative look towards room five.

  “Six million one hundred thousand!”

  This voice didn’t belong to Huwang Xiao, and neither was it Yu Chen. It originated from private room two.

  Ning Wang was stunned.

  “Six million three hundred thousand!” The guest at private room one called out.

  “Six million four hundred thousand!”

  “Six million seven hundred thousand!”

  The price rose like a wave on high tide, and in the blink of an eye, it surpassed seven million.

  Below, the small and medium forces nearly had their hearts jump out of their throats listening to the bids being called out. Six million and seven million were figures they dared not imagine.

  “Seven million one hundred thousand!” Yu Chen’s voice sounded again.

  “Ten million!” In the next moment, Huwang Xiao’s voice sounded like a thunderbolt, falling into every corner of the auction hall.

  Ten million!

  Hearing this figure nearly made some of the smaller forces Patriarch’s fall off their seats with a horrified expression on their faces, including Ning Wang, Yu Chen, Yang Zheng, and everyone else in other private rooms.

  The auctioneer blanked, forgetting to react in that moment.

  Ten million was a shocking figure. If they piled ten million gold coins in the center of the auction hall, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it was a mountain of gold.

  The auction hall was unable to quiet down for a long time.

  A long time had passed, yet everyone was still in shock.

  “The guest in private room five made a bid of ten million, would anyone else like to raise the bid?” The auctioneer finally found his voice and spoke, quieting the ruckus happening in the huge hall.

  But, before they could come down from their shock, someone made a higher bid: “Ten million one hundred thousand!”

  All the guests had a dumb, stupefied look on their faces.

  Ten million one hundred thousand! There was actually someone that bid higher?! All the heads turned towards the source of the voice−- room eleven! Martial Ning Family Patriarch Ning Wang’s voice!

  The corner of Huwang Xiao’s mouth curved up in a cold sneer hearing Ning Wang call out. Judging from the situation, people from the Clear Cloud Pavilion were also here? Only a force like Clear Cloud Pavilion would still be willing to bid after the price reached ten million! Although the Martial Ning Family had the status as one of the super families in the Baolong Kingdom, Ning Wang himself, however, wouldn’t be willing to take out more than ten million of his own money to war with him.

  “Twenty million!” Still caught amidst the shock brought by Ning Wang’s ten million one hundred thou
sand, Huwang Xiao’s voice jarred the crowd.

  Hearing “twenty million” was like watching and listening to a giant bolt of lightning cutting across the clear sky, their brains and eardrums seemed to buzz forever with the words ‘twenty million’. They didn’t even know where they currently were, at the moment.

  The auctioneer’s hammer froze in the air as he was shocked silly.

  Big Sword Sect Yu Chen froze in his seat.

  Yang Zheng, Yang Dong, and Yang An all froze.

  Sitting next to Ning Wang in private room number eleven was a lean old man. A cold light flitted across his eyes, and his cold voice sounded: “Twenty million to bid for Geocentric Esne; this Huwang Xiao is truly one of a kind, no wonder even you are afraid of him!”

  Ning Wang became embarrassed from the old man’s words, but he did not refute them. In fact, there were traces of trepidation on his face when facing this old man wearing a robe that signified the Clear Cloud Pavilion.

  “This little punk must be insane to buy Geocentric Esne for twenty million!” In private room nine, Yang Zheng snorted coldly.

  Although Geocentric Esne was a miraculous drug, it only had effects on warriors below the Xiantian realm, and it didn’t have much effect for a Xiantian expert. Hence, using twenty million to bid for this Geocentric Esne, everyone including Yang Zheng felt that it wasn’t worth it.

  Shocked whispers rose and fell endlessly in the auction house.

  Nonetheless, amidst the shocked crowd, Huwang Xiao got the Geocentric Esne at twenty million!

  After Huwang Xiao paid the twenty million gold coins, the steward himself came up to place the bottle of Geocentric Esne in Huwang Xiao’s hands. Holding the jade heart green bottle, Huwang Xiao was ecstatic inside; finally, it was in his hands!

  In the eyes of others, this Geocentric Esne was not worth twenty million, but to Huwang Xiao’s Nine Tripod Commerce, what it lacked most was not money. And in Huwang Xiao’s eyes, it was worth every gold coin. With this, he could definitely advance into peak late-Tenth Order before the end of the year Academy’s annual competition.