Ning Cheng was slightly disappointed in his heart, as the Five Elemental Chaos Qi that was not wood attribute did not seem to be of much use to him if he wanted it.
“The Five Elemental Chaos is so precious, why is it being auctioned in Broken Maw Divine City? Wouldn’t it be more valuable if it went to the Heavenly Vegetation Sacred City in the Tai Su Domain.” Ning Cheng asked under his breath. In truth, this was not what he had in mind, he wanted to ask who brought the Five Elements Chaos for sale and from where he had obtained it.
The fellow laughed and said, “I heard that the person who obtained the Earth Attribute Five Elemental Chaos had leaked the news, and he knew that he could not take the Five Elemental Chaos with him, so he simply sold it in Broken Mao Divine City. This is the edge of the Tai Su Realm, and no Saint Emperors who are too powerful come over, so many people want to take their chances.”
Ning Cheng nodded, this fellow was right, this was the edge of the Tai Su Realm. The ten great sects, and some of the mixed Yuan powerhouses were too far away from here, not to mention whether they could get the news, and even if they did, they might not be able to come in time. Lacking the many powerful people, ordinary Saint Emperors did have a lot more chances.
“Then who was so careless? How could they have leaked the news? Letting everyone know where the stuff came from.” Ning Cheng followed and asked, this was what he wanted to know the most.
The mate shook his head, “Although I know that person leaked the information, but it’s not something I can know. I suggest you don’t ask either, inquiring about where the stuff came from is not good for people to hear, someone who can obtain the Five Elements Chaos Qi will definitely not be simple.”
Ning Cheng smiled and clasped his fist to thank the fellow before leaving the merchant building.
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The jade slip purchased from the fellow was quite detailed, not only did it contain most of the treasures that were about to be sold, but also the names and locations of the auction parties.
The one holding this auction was a very famous chamber of commerce in this border area, the Le Bao Chamber of Commerce. This time, the auction was held on the ground floor of the Le Bao Chamber of Commerce, the Le Bao Divine Building.
There were many things on the jade slip, and the only thing that could catch Ning Cheng’s eye was only the Five Elements Chaos Qi. Ning Cheng had no intention of going to the auction, it was the same to him whether he attended this kind of auction or not. What he wanted to know was, from what source did he obtain the earth attribute Chaos Qi?
The aura of the Le Bao Divine Mansion was not one or two levels worse than the Dan Fair in Tian Su Holy City. That defensive formation outside. Even if Ning Cheng were to set it up, it would not be worse than this.
“I have something to send for auction and I need to find the head of the Chamber of Commerce.” Ning Cheng named his intentions as soon as he entered the Le Bao Merchant Building.
“That’s fine, but we have to wait until the next auction in three months. This auction is fully booked with consignment items.” The person who greeted Ning Cheng was a female cultivator from the Le Bao Building. Although she spoke politely, she did not hesitate to reject Ning Cheng.
The consignment auction would still be full, who was he kidding? Ning Cheng directly took out a jade box and placed it on the table, “What I want to consign is a Dao Transformation Fruit. If there is really no way to consign the auction in half a month, I will go look for the next one.”
Hearing the words Dao Fruits, an old man with yellow beard who had been sitting in the corner of the room suddenly raised his head, and two gazes that were like substance shot towards Ning Cheng.
Ning Cheng was very calm, he had already seen that the one who was really in charge in this room was definitely this yellow-bearded old man, because the female cultivator he was talking to was only at the late Eternal stage of cultivation. The yellow-bearded old man, on the other hand, was at the late stage of Dao Transformation.
“Nocturnal night, you go out, leave this place to me.” The old man stood up.
“Yes.” The female cultivator who had rejected Ning Cheng hurriedly bowed accordingly before carefully retreating out.
After the female cultivator had retreated. Only then did the yellow-bearded old man walk up to Ning Cheng, pressed his hand on the jade box that Ning Cheng held out and asked, “May I have a look at it please?”
This yellow-bearded old man was also a little strange, Ning Cheng was only at the Dao-shaping cultivation level and looked to be a casual cultivator of the Starry Sky. Such a cultivator, taking a Dao Transformation Dao fruit alone to send for auction, should reasonably be afraid of himself. However, he could not see any scruples on Ning Cheng’s body, and he could even say that he was only calm.
Ning Cheng smiled faintly, “Be my guest.”
A Dao Transformation Saint Emperor, he naturally would not be afraid. If there was a real fight. He had complete certainty of finishing off this yellow-bearded old man in front of him, what did he have to fear.
The yellow-bearded old man had already opened the jade box, and then he closed it again. His expression had been calm, but he was shocked in his heart.
Ning Cheng looked like he was only a late stage Dao-shaping Saint Emperor. To think that he could take out a Great Derivative Divine Fruit, this was a Dao fruit that derived the Dao Transformation Saint Emperor’s Rule Divine Aptitude. Although it was not a top-tier Dao Transformation Dao fruit, it could still be considered a medium Dao Transformation Dao fruit. What he lacked most right now was this kind of Great Derivative Divine Fruit.
“I am Ni Jing, the auction steward of the Le Bao Divine Mansion, may I ask you, fellow Daoist, if you wish to place a bid for this Dao Fruit?” Ni Jing put the jade box down again and asked with a cupped fist. He did not ask Ning Cheng about his origins. Some of the guests were very scrupulous about this, and as a steward of the auction, he naturally knew this well.
Ning Cheng smiled faintly, “It’s not that I must send for this Dao fruit, if the price is right, I will sell this Dao fruit to the Le Bao Merchant House now and you will take it to auction. However, I have an additional condition for selling this Dao fruit.”
Ni Xue nodded, if there was no condition, selling a Dao Deity Fruit to the Le Bao Merchant House like this for no reason, he would only be a little suspicious. Everyone knew that selling it straight away like this and the price after bidding at the auction were two entirely different things.
Ni Jing did not say anything, he was waiting for Ning Cheng to make his conditions.
Ning Cheng knocked on the Great Derivative Divine Fruit, as if to remind Ni Jing that what I am knocking on my hand is a Dao Transformation Dao Fruit.
After knocking for a while, Ning Cheng only said carelessly, “I heard that this time the Le Bao Merchant House has the Five Elements Chaos Qi for sale?”
Ni Jing replied with a calm expression, “According to the customer who came to consign it for auction, it was the Qi of Five Elements Chaos. I’ve never seen it before, but judging from the natural ban and the aura in it, the customer who sent it for auction wasn’t just talking nonsense. If there are no surprises, it is indeed the Qi of the Five Elements of Chaos.”
“You didn’t check it?” Ning Cheng asked in surprise.
Ni Jing smiled, “The guest is joking, it’s not good to open and inspect this.”
Ning Cheng did not ask any further questions, he guessed that it was the natural prohibition Le Bao Shang Lou had no ability to restore it after opening it.
“I would like to ask, from what place did this guest who sent the auction get the earth attribute Chaos Qi? This is my additional condition.” Ning Cheng said directly, facing an old fellow like Ni Jing, no matter how he tried to be euphemistic, the other party could still know what he was thinking, so it was better to simply ask.
A faint smile appeared on Ni Jing’s face, apparently Ning Cheng’s question had long been expected, “This fellow Daoist, because multiple people had asked about this matter long ago, that guest who obtained the earth attribute Chaos Qi also made a jade slip of the location where he obtained it to participate in the auction at the same time.”
Ning Cheng said in his heart that it was true. There were really quite a few people who thought the same as him.
“Steward Ni, can it be like this, you sell me that location jade slip and I will take this Dao fruit as payment. I believe that even at the auction. There won’t be anyone bidding higher than that.” Knowing that the location was about to be auctioned off, Ning Cheng simply did not intend to ask for this Great Derivative Divine Fruit.
Ni Jing still shook his head, “I believe what fellow Daoist said, if taken to auction, a location jade slip is indeed far from being worth a Dao Transformation Fruit. What I want to tell fellow Daoist is this. A total of ten copies of the location auction jade slips were made this time.”
Ning Cheng’s face turned a little ugly, “Steward Ni, you mean that even if I purchase the location jade slips now, when the auction is over, there will be other people who know the location as well as I do?”
Ni Jing said with some difficulty, “The statement behind you is correct, the statement before you is incorrect. You can’t buy this location jade slip away now because we promised the person who sent it to us that the ten location jade slips must be sold in the auction. Even if someone offers a higher price, it will never be allowed to be sold in advance.”
Ning Cheng’s heart thudded. He had experienced too many things. Taking something and sending it to auction for what? More than 90% of people brought things to consign for auction for the sole purpose of just getting some more divine crystals. In layman’s terms, it was to get a little more money.
There was only one reason why the other party would not sell it in advance even if he offered a higher price, and that was because the person who sent it to auction also had the same purpose as he did. His purpose was to know where the earth-attribute Chaos Qi appeared, while the other party’s purpose, I’m afraid, was to let more people know where this place was.
If ten jade slips of the place where the Earth Attribute Chaos Qi appeared were auctioned off, it was feared that they would become a thousand in one night, and even become known to everyone in the entire Broken Mao Divine City.
This must be intentional. What did the person who sent the jade slips for auction want?
Ni Jing did not say anything more. Ning Cheng saw it clearly, and he naturally saw it clearly too. However, the purpose of the auction was not to care about this, the auction only needed to earn divine crystals, nothing else had anything to do with the auction.
Ning Cheng silently put away the Great Derivative Divine Fruit. Since it was a conspiracy, was there any need for him to waste a Great Derivative Divine Fruit? Although he knew that Ni Jing was only telling him this because he wanted him to take out the Great Derivative Divine Fruit, otherwise Ni Jing would definitely not have said these words.
Seeing Ning Cheng put away the Great Derivative Divine Fruit, there was finally some change in Ni Jing’s eyes, “This fellow Daoist. If you can’t use this Great Derivative Divine Fruit for the time being, I suggest that you take it out for auction. You will get more cultivation resources that are suitable for your realm, and perhaps you can succeed in breeding the Dao in a shorter period of time.”
Ning Cheng placed the jade box he had already grabbed on the table again and said in a slow voice, “Fellow Daoist Ni, if you can show me that location jade slip, I will dedicate this Dao fruit to you.”
Ni Jing did not expect Ning Cheng to be so courageous, daring to purchase the jade slip after knowing that there might be a conspiracy.
He naturally also understood why Ning Cheng had addressed him as Dao Friend this time instead of Steward. That was to remind himself that you were also a cultivator. There was nothing wrong with this reminder, apart from working for the Le Bao Chamber of Commerce, he was indeed also a cultivator and had to think about his own cultivation resources as well.
At this moment, Ni Jing fell silent.
Seeing that Ni Jing did not speak, Ning Cheng knew that he was hesitating in his heart, so he simply said again, “Could it be that Daoist Ni’s previous words were a swindle? There was no such thing as making into ten jade slips?”
Ni Jing angrily grabbed out a jade slip and raised it, “How could I have misled you? This is not a jade slip? I absolutely cannot show you this jade slip. My Chamber of Commerce is all about a reputation, and since I promised my customers something, I won’t go back on my word and sell it to you in advance.”
Ning Cheng’s divine sense stab instantly broke through the ban on the jade slip in Ni Jing’s hand and viewed the contents of the jade slip within just a few breaths.
With that, he said in a cold voice, “Since it won’t work, forget it, goodbye.”
It was not known whether Ning Cheng was too angry or for some other reason, he surprisingly did not take away the jade box containing the Great Derivative Divine Fruit when he left.
Ni Jing walked to where Ning Cheng was standing and with a slight roll of his robe sleeve, the jade box disappeared without a trace. There were some things that could be done without declaring them, everyone understood this. In his heart, however, he was secretly shocked at Ning Cheng’s strong divine sense, getting the contents in just a few breaths of time. Previously, he had thought that Ning Cheng would need at least a dozen breaths to do it, but in fact Ning Cheng had done it without even two breaths.