Chapter 18: Sneaking into the Auction House

When they came out of the alley, the two had changed their appearances once again. Just by looking at their exteriors, no one would recognize who they were!

"Why are you disguising yourselves like this? Without an invitation, no private room, and no way to participate in the auction, what's the point?"

Yang Yan was puzzled when he saw Nie Yun disguise himself to the point where no one could recognize him. If you disguised yourself as a celebrity from Luoshui City, you might be able to sneak in just by your face, but what was the point of disguising yourself as someone no one knew? There was no corresponding private room!

"Can you still remember the back door of the auction house... Uh, we can enter from the back door!"

When Nie Yun asked if he could remember the back door of the auction house, he suddenly remembered that he and Yang Yan had entered from the back door in his previous life, but it hadn't happened in this life yet. He couldn't possibly know, so he quickly changed the subject, looking embarrassed.

"Enter from the back door? Without a private room, it won't do any good..."

When Yang Yan heard Nie Yun's idea, he was speechless and said anxiously.

In the auction house, each private room corresponded to an identity. Only those with the right identity could bid and participate in the auction. Otherwise, if anyone could come in and buy things, the auction house wouldn't be considered the best in Luoshui City!

"I have a plan, just follow me!" Nie Yun didn't explain and walked down the street for a while before leading Yang Yan to the back of the auction hall.

"This is the window. Let's climb in quietly while no one is around!"

After searching around, Nie Yun's eyes fell on the window he had used in his previous life.

"I really don't know what you're up to..." Although Yang Yan didn't understand the young man's purpose, he trusted him and scratched his head, climbed onto the windowsill, and crawled inside.

Behind the window was a corridor of the auction hall. Nie Yun had walked through it in his previous life without being discovered. He was lucky this time too, and no one was around when he jumped in.

"Where are we going now? We can't just wait here after we tricked over eighty thousand taels of gold, right? We can't participate in the auction!"

Standing in the corridor, Yang Yan muttered.

"Who said we can't participate in the auction? Follow me!" Seeing his expression, Nie Yun chuckled and walked forward along the corridor. They hadn't gone far when they encountered a group of guards.

"Who are you?" The guards shouted at the sight of the two.

"Ridiculous! Guests of private room 17 in the second row. Do you want to stop us? Hmph, do you want to die?"

Ignoring the guards' shouts, Nie Yun raised his eyebrows.

"Sorry, we are just following orders. Please proceed, gentlemen!" The guards, hearing the room number, knew they were definitely important guests and let them pass without further questioning.

Those who could attend the auction were all of high status. Being able to smoothly state the room number, they were definitely guests. The guards, being of lower status, didn't want to anger the guests and risk a beating for nothing, so they didn't suspect further.

Nie Yun was calm, but Yang Yan was not. They had sneaked in through the window, and seeing the guards, he instinctively felt afraid. When he heard the young man casually scare the guards, he was even more impressed!

Walking down the corridor for a while, Nie Yun found private room 17 in the second row and knocked on the door.

The auction house often auctioned valuable items. To ensure the safety of the bidders, the private rooms were designed to be very secure, and no one could enter once the door was closed.

"Who is it?" Nie Yu's cautious voice came from inside the room.

"We are from the auction house security team. We just encountered two people who claimed to be your companions, and we came to verify!" Since no one was around, Nie Yun lied.

"My companions? Who?"

Hearing it was the security team, Nie Yu relaxed and opened the door, looking out. However, he didn't recognize either of the two people in front of him.

"It's like this..." Nie Yun's goal was to get him to open the door. Seeing his goal achieved, he walked in with Yang Yan and closed the door. "We also have an invitation and are in this room. Don't believe me? Look!"

He reached into his pocket as if to take something out.

"You are in this room? How is that possible? The auction house wouldn't make such a stupid mistake!"

Nie Yu was stunned and looked at Nie Yun's hand, seemingly wanting to see if his invitation matched his.

"It's right here..." Nie Yun wanted to distract him, chuckled, and suddenly raised his fist, striking Nie Yu's eye!

Bang!

Before Nie Yu could react, his eye turned red, and he looked like a panda.

"Ah... Who are you? How dare you ambush me? Don't you know I am a disciple of the Nie family's inner sect..."

Nie Yu, being at the initial stage of the fourth level of the Qi Sea realm, leaped back in a hurry when suddenly ambushed and then shouted loudly.

However, the soundproofing of the private room was excellent. Despite his loud shouting, no one outside could hear anything.

"Ha, we knew you were a disciple of the Nie family's inner sect, that's why we beat you!" Yang Yan, now understanding Nie Yun's plan, chuckled. As soon as Nie Yu jumped back, he felt a gust of wind at the back of his head and was knocked to the ground with a thud!

"Knock him out first!" The two acted simultaneously, and Nie Yun rushed to Nie Yu, punching and kicking him.

Yang Yan was at the middle stage of the fourth level of the Qi Sea realm, making him much stronger in combat than Nie Yu. Despite having the same cultivation level as Nie Yu, Nie Yun, with his two lives of experience, could easily defeat him in a one-on-one fight!

With both of them attacking and the element of surprise, Nie Yu was no match. In less than a moment, the arrogant young man who had been so confident outside was now lying on the ground, looking like a pig's head, unable to open his eyes!

"You... who... are you!"

Struggling to shout again, Nie Yu fainted heavily.

He never imagined he would encounter such madmen at the auction. Even in his last moments of consciousness, he didn't know their true intentions...

"Alright, since he came to the auction, he must have brought a lot of money. Let's use his!" Seeing Nie Yu unconscious, Nie Yun searched his body and soon found a stack of silver notes.

"Not bad, as expected of a member of the inner sect. Our branch can't even come up with ten thousand taels, but he has seventy thousand in his pocket!"

Holding the silver notes, Nie Yun's eyes lit up.

The outer sect of the family, whether in wealth or cultivation conditions, was far inferior to the inner sect. Even the richest branch of the outer sect, Nie Long, only yielded fifteen thousand taels after he searched Nie Liu. In contrast, he found seventy thousand taels in the pocket of an inner sect disciple, highlighting the gap between the inner and outer sects.

Of course, Nie Yun didn't know that Nie Yu had already taken all the money from their branch to buy medicinal herbs.

"Alright, hide Nie Yu in the corner so no one finds him. The auction is about to start. After we buy the items, we need to hand them over without being noticed!" Nie Yun, seeing everything was settled, gave instructions.

"Okay!" Yang Yan, now deeply impressed by the young man, followed his orders. He picked up the unconscious Nie Yu with one hand, folded him, and stuffed him under the only table in the room.

"..." Seeing his actions, Nie Yun was speechless. Fortunately, Nie Yu was a cultivator; otherwise, he would have been crippled by that one fold!

Just as they were ready, the auction began.

In front of the room was a special window. They could see the items to be auctioned outside, but the people outside couldn't see inside.

After the auction started, bidders could see the items to be auctioned through the window and then bid by writing the price on a jade tablet on the table.

The jade tablet worked similarly to a communication jade tablet. By imprinting the price you wanted to bid, the large jade tablet in the center of the auction house would display your room number and the price you bid.

This allowed the auction to proceed based on the highest bid, ensuring both confidentiality and fairness.

"... The auction officially begins. The first item is a golden armor, a high-quality armor of the Mortal Clan, capable of withstanding the attacks of True Qi realm experts. Starting bid: 500 taels of silver!"

After a long and tedious introduction, the auctioneer opened the first item.

"Golden armor? This kind of Mortal Clan armor is still useful for ordinary people, but it's too poor for Qi Sea cultivators!" Nie Yun naturally didn't care for such items, shook his head, and didn't participate in the bidding.

Perhaps the other bidders felt the same way. The golden armor was eventually sold for 700 taels of silver to a guest in room 9 of the third row.

The next dozen items were also unremarkable. The best was a *He Ying Flower*, which Nie Yun bought for 1,000 taels of silver.

"Thousand-year *Di Lian Flower*! A holy medicine for healing wounds! Starting bid: 30,000 taels of silver!"

Just as Nie Yun was losing interest, the auctioneer suddenly announced.

"What? Thousand-year *Di Lian Flower*? The perfect ingredient for the most efficient *Ling Xi Body Strengthening Formula*! How could it be here?"

Hearing this, Nie Yun's eyes widened, and he stood up from his seat.

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