Chapter 281 Stir-fried Bamboo Shoots with Pork (Second Update)
“One Floating Life Blossom of War God Level, Miss, the value of your auctioned item has reached the top VIP level of our Flower Language Auction House. Here is your VIP card. The auction will officially begin at 9 AM the day after tomorrow. Please be seated accordingly.”
“Afterward, we will only charge you eleven percent fee.”
Seeing this, the black-clothed elder quickly took a VIP card engraved with a purple tea flower from his pocket and handed it to Su Jiu with a very earnest expression.
Nodding, Su Jiu took the VIP card, withdrew her gaze from the Floating Life Blossom, and after a moment of thought, asked, “Can you sell monsters here?”
She felt that scattered students would most likely not be able to afford the War General level Coldstream Crows and Crimson Flame Sparrows. After all, unlike the Warrior class, monsters that have reached the War General level, and are also gifted by War God level monsters, plus the White Snowball, would at least sell for five Intermediate Magic Crystals.
“Heh heh, of course, we can. However, Miss, the rule remains the same… this old man can only accept items above the Battle King level.” Taking out a jade slip and carefully putting away the Floating Life Blossom, the bald old man said with a smile. Perhaps due to the Floating Life Blossom and his estimation of Su Jiu’s strength, his attitude towards Su Jiu was visibly becoming more respectful.
“The two Battle King level ones are not easy to catch… these are just War General level, and the highest level is only the Intermediate Battle General.”
Hearing the bald old man’s words, Su Jiu was slightly stunned, mistaking the Battle King level he mentioned for the monster’s level. She quickly explained, then chose the highest level Crimson Flame Sparrow and gently tossed the marked White Snowball over.
“Only reached Intermediate Battle General?” Catching the White Snowball, the bald old man said with a casual smile, thinking she wanted to earn some extra money. He didn’t say much more.
“…But considering you are already a VIP of this auction house, this old man can reluctantly help you appraise it.”
“What a high-level alchemy ball, such pervasive frost… it’s a shame to only use it to contain monsters with War General level bloodlines.” Looking down at the White Snowball in his hand, the old man was slightly taken aback, sighing at Su Jiu’s immense wealth. Then, he flicked the White Snowball open.
“Screech—”
A beam of light appeared, and a “Red-crowned Crane” covered in crimson flames stood quietly on the wooden table, emitting a War General level aura. It originally wanted to spread its wings and flee.
But it suddenly found itself being stared at by a pair of cold eyes from behind. Slowly turning its head, upon seeing Su Jiu’s aloof face, its feathers puffed up again, and it immediately quieted down, sitting down like a hen incubating an egg.
“This kind of flame and this shape… could this bird be the Crimson Flame Sparrow that has been making so much noise in the western part of Chuan Yu recently? This is still at the Intermediate Battle General level.”
When the bald old man’s gaze fell upon the flames on the Crimson Flame Sparrow, a particularly solemn expression appeared on his wrinkled face. A deep blue external qi emerged from his hand, extinguishing the flames that were about to set the wooden table ablaze. He now understood what Su Jiu meant by Intermediate Battle General—
He was suddenly at a loss.
Although both were War General level, one was a War General level monster with the blessings of a War God, and the other referred to a bloodline level that was only War General. These two War General levels were like two different worlds.
Their values were also as different as heaven and earth. If ordinary students obtained monsters of this level as weapons, let alone being invincible, at least no one in the entire university would dare to bully them.
Wait a minute…
The bald old man discovered something that made him shudder—if War General level referred to this level of War General, then the girl saying she accidentally let the Battle King level monster escape, really meant a Battle King in the true sense?
He then swallowed and pointed at the Crimson Flame Sparrow on the table, clicking his tongue and saying, “The starting bid for this War General level Crimson Flame Sparrow might be set at five Intermediate Magic Crystals or around 12 million Long Guo Currency. after bidding, I think it should be sold for around six or seven Intermediate Magic Crystals.”
Under the bald old man’s gaze, Su Jiu then tossed out the remaining nine White Snowballs and said to the bald old man with a smile, “They are all similar items. I hope Master Wu can set a price together. If there’s nothing else, then we will go and rest. We have had a tiring journey.”
As for the smaller ones, she did not want to sell them here, as she would be charged an eleven percent profit. It would be better to sell them directly to the students herself.
“Miss, please be at ease… If you need accommodation, you can use the Black Gold Card you have.”
Without opening them for further inspection, the bald old man carefully put away the White Snowballs and said very respectfully. Different from his previous guess, he had now confirmed Su Jiu’s Battle King level identity.
“Thank you for the arrangements, Master Wu… Let’s go.”
Hearing this, Su Jiu stopped wasting time. She clasped her hands in a cupped fist salute and stood up, gently flicking Bai Zhi’s head, saying with a smile, and then walked towards the door and opened it to leave.
Watching the door slowly close and hearing the gradually receding footsteps, the bald old man tapped his fingers on the table. After a while, he looked down at the Floating Life Blossom in front of him, and a glint flashed in his cloudy old eyes.
“These two girls are definitely here for the Nine-Transformation Soul-Returning Grass. Their strength is likely to reach the Intermediate Battle King level. It seems that other forces also have Battle King level participants. I wonder if the Guild Master, who is also an Intermediate Battle King, can hold them off.”
With a slight flick of his finger, a sapphire blue external qi struck towards the wall, and with a “bang!”, a drawer suddenly sprang open, and he put the Floating Life Blossom into it. Then, he looked at the black-clothed elder beside him and said softly,
“A Shan, quickly go inform the Guild Master. We need to replace two of the ten featured auction items, and this Floating Life Blossom will be sold as a bottom-tier product.”
“Even the Guild Master has to treat a strong person like this seriously.”
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“Yo, did my teacher destroy your items, you two sisters? You’re coming out looking so dejected, so pitiful.”
As soon as they left the room, Su Jiu and Bai Zhi browsed through the items to be auctioned, and finally arrived at the living room. They were about to casually find a waiter to lead them to a VIP room when a sarcastic female voice sounded.
Su Jiu followed the sound and saw it was Jiu Ling’er from before. She was currently leaning by the counter, looking at their hands with a strange smile on her pretty little face.
“No, Master Wu’s attitude was quite friendly and professional. However, little girl, your evaluation of your teacher is not very good.”
Shaking her head slightly, Su Jiu said with a smile, knowing who her teacher was referring to. She had no interest in bothering with such a spoiled brat who hadn’t experienced the hardships of life.
But if Su Jiu was not interested in bothering, it didn’t mean Bai Zhi was not. The latter squinted her eyes, her face puffed out, looking at the girl leaning by the counter. She glanced at Su Jiu beside her, with an expression of wanting to say something but holding back.
Clearly, she was afraid that Su Jiu would again puff her up and make her deflate…
“Hey, hey, you two are about my age, right? Why are you speaking so old-fashioned? I don’t even know if you’re half as strong as me.”
Her bright eyes scanned the surroundings. Finding no one to manage her, Jiu Ling’er said, and then unsubmissively unleashed her external qi. The external qi was a surging blue, like waves.
Sensing the air around them abruptly becoming viscous, passersby also looked over. Some went to find the guards ahead, and the guards hurried over. But when the leading guard saw that the troublemaker was his boss’s daughter, he fell silent again…
No one wanted to be on the bad side of someone.
After a while, the black-clothed girl Jiu Ling’er unleashed an Intermediate Battle General aura like a water gun towards Su Jiu and the other woman. The former did not resort to lethal force, only intending to intimidate Su Jiu and the other woman slightly.
“That black-clothed girl is actually a War General level, aren’t you going to make a move?”
“The other two students just look like students! What if something happens?”
However, the bystanders did not think so. Some saw Su Jiu and the other woman dressed as students and urged the guards to take action, but the guards could only shake their heads with bitter smiles.
Although Jiu Ling’er was an Intermediate Battle General, her opponent was Su Jiu, a powerful figure who had punched a Black-clad Bishop and stepped on a Priest.
“Guild Master adult, aren’t you going to come out and discipline the child? Do you want me to discipline her for you?”
Su Jiu did not move, but said calmly. A red aura quickly formed, and then revealed itself in the shape of a small shield, easily blocking the attack. Then, she made her right index finger into the shape of a sword and flicked it downward.
She glanced at Bai Zhi again, Bai Zhi hooked the collar of Bai Zhi’s clothes with one hand, preventing the latter from rushing out and losing control.
“Heh heh, this brat, I’ve tolerated her for a long time…”
Just as Su Jiu predicted, Bai Zhi beside her grinned, and a string of small flowers like copper coins connected together. She was waiting for a legitimate opportunity to hit someone. Just as she was about to rush out with a perverted smile, she was pulled back with a “pop”. She slowly turned her head, then looked at Su Jiu with some resentment.
This makes me lose face…
“Please stop, sir… My unruly daughter is indeed a problem. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have brought her back from school to discipline her.”
As she turned her head, a hearty laugh sounded, and a short-haired young man in a black brocade uniform slowly walked out from the crowd. He picked up Jiu Ling’er with one hand and quickly apologized, “The fee for the two items you are auctioning this time, we at Flower Language will only charge three percent, how about that?”
“Dad…”
Lifted like a small animal, Jiu Ling’er was startled. Seeing that it was her father, she dared not say anything, pouting and playing with her fingers.
The short-haired youth glanced at her, frowned, and said in a low voice, “Wait until we get back, and I’ll teach you a lesson. You’re really getting more and more presumptuous!”
The guards were suddenly curious why their boss’s temper had improved so much. But as more and more eyes looked over, some sharp-eyed people suddenly noticed a blood-colored sword aura hanging above Jiu Ling’er’s head, as if deliberately forcing someone out.
“That would be good.”
Nodding lightly, Su Jiu snapped her fingers and extinguished the blood sword. Then, she slid out the black card with two fingers and smiled at the black-clothed guild master, “Please, Guild Master, take us to the so-called accommodation.”
“Black tea card? You go escort the two ladies to their room.”
The Guild Master was slightly stunned upon seeing the black card, a bad premonition rising in his heart. He then asked a waiter to take Su Jiu and the other woman to their room first. He returned this time mainly because his old butler had notified him that there was a big client…
Jiu Ling’er, who was being held by her father with one hand, still did not realize the seriousness of the situation. Little did she know that stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork were about to be served.
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Su Jiu and the other woman followed the waiter directly back to the luxurious room for black card customers. After resting in the room for a while, they began to cultivate in the ring. Bai Zhi, on the other hand, was playing with her phone idly…
“Beep beep…”
Soon after Su Jiu emerged from the ring with five coagulated blood points, her phone rang. She then looked at the number displayed on it, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.
The fish had arrived.
