Chapter Fourteen: The Fruit of False Fire

  Night comes quietly.

  At the entrance of Ding Sheng Auction House, cars and horses are coming and going, very lively.

  It's probably because the auction notice this afternoon was too attractive, almost every wealthy family in Jianglin City sent someone tonight. Everyone is excitedly discussing the finale of the Tempering Body Powder tonight. "Have you heard? This Tempering Body Powder is made by a Qi Refining Master, and it's not much worse than Dan medicine."

  "Don't listen to the auctioneer's boasts, I've specifically asked people and found that Tianqi Sanbi is actually inferior to real Dan medicine."

  "Why has everyone come tonight? Don't deceive me."

  "Everyone's reason for coming is simple. Although the Tempering Body Powder may not be as good as the Elixir, its effect is indeed not bad, and it has a great benefit to martial artists in the Refining Body Realm. Moreover, the most important thing is that tonight's sale of Tempering Body Powder is in large quantities, with as many as twenty bottles."

  "Wow, such a large quantity, enough to pile up an ordinary martial artist!"

  "This is certain. It's said that just a few drops can help a cultivator in the Refining Body stage make some progress, and with over twenty bottles, if used well, it wouldn't be a problem to raise up the young warriors of an entire family."

  "Then I'll buy a few more bottles. Money is no problem, Grandpa has plenty of money."

  "Haha, me too."

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  Lu Fan stood at the entrance of Ding Sheng Auction House, listening to the discussion between the two people in front of him, and smiled slightly.

  He didn't think that a mere batch of Tempering Body Powder would cause the entire Jianglin City to be in an uproar. If these people knew that he had been using top-grade Tempering Body Powder for his cultivation over the past month, wouldn't they die from envy?

  In the brief moment he stood at the entrance, Lu Fan saw the Mo family, the Zhang family, and even his own Lu family had arrived, especially his father Lu Hao who came in person. Fortunately, Lu Fan was wrapped in a long robe and wore a mask, so he wasn't recognized.

  Just as they were lining up to enter, a guard suddenly walked quickly forward and said to Lu Fan, "Are you Mr. Iron Face? Mrs. Shen Yun said that you are an honored guest and do not need to line up, please go this way."

  Lu Fan nodded slightly and walked into the auction hall under the envious gaze of the crowd.

  He led Lu Fan into a private room, then pulled out a purple crystal card from his pocket and handed it to him, saying: "Mr. Iron Face, this is your VIP card."

  Lu Fan looked at the VIP card, his smile growing even wider. He had seen this kind of card in his father's hands before. It seemed that such cards were only issued to the managers of large families, and he hadn't expected to receive one himself. Apparently, the auction house held him in high esteem - was it because of his status as a Qi Refiner?

  Lu Fan smiled lightly, he was now just a Qi-refining apprentice, yet he received such respect. If he could really refine pills and become an official Qi-refiner, wouldn't these people be unable to look him straight in the eye?

  Indeed, the gap between people can be even greater than the gap between humans and animals.

  Stable and calm, this package is really good. Although it can't be called luxurious and grand, it's also classical and elegant. The surrounding landscape paintings, the fruit plate and wine in front. Especially that purple rattan chair, extremely wide and majestic. Sitting on it feels slightly warm, but makes people concentrate and calm down, with a clear view of the entire auction scene below.

  Looking around, Lu Fan could also see the situation in other private rooms. The Lu and Mo families naturally had private rooms, but what surprised Lu Fan was that the Zhang family, who were just considered to be one of the wealthy merchants of Jiang City, actually managed to get a private room as well.

  It's probably because of Zhang Yuehan. Indeed, the influence of Wudao College is still so great. The Zhang family only had one child who could enter Wudao College, and yet they immediately rose to become a first-line family in Jianglin City, this is what they call "a rising tide lifts all boats".

  Lu Fan was sizing others up, but in fact, others were also sizing him up.

  Almost everyone in the family noticed a man with an iron face in the private room on the second floor.

  Undoubtedly, someone who can arrange for the auction to be held in a private room is definitely not an ordinary person. Everyone began to speculate about Iron Face's identity. The most likely possibility was that he was the provider of this Refining Body Powder.

  For a time, all the big families secretly took note of Tie Mian and ordered that this person was only allowed to be friendly with, not provoked.

  Everyone sat down, and today's auction hall was packed. Soon, a beautiful woman walked onto the auction stage, who was none other than Shen Yun, whom Lu Fan had met before.

  She wore a purple robe, the tight-fitting purple robe perfectly outlined her perfect curves, with an opening at the thigh, walking extra seductively, revealing and concealing her flesh, captivating people's hearts.

  Lu Fan saw that the eyes of several wealthy businessmen below had changed, and Shen Yun smiled lightly at them. They instantly felt like their souls were about to float away.

  With such an auctioneer, there's no worry that things won't sell. I suppose even if Shen Yun were to take out a rock and sell it, these guys who have been blinded by beauty would still buy it without hesitation.

  Lu Fan leaned against the purple wisteria chair, closed his eyes to meditate and cultivate the Blazing Golden Body. Kung fu was cultivated bit by bit, time shouldn't be wasted.

  By Shen Yun's side, listening to her finish a simple thank-you speech, then the auction began.

  First, several famous swords made by the city's renowned swordsmith Fang Xian were sold. Lu Fan was not interested in them at all and didn't even bother to open his eyes. However, it seemed that the swords had been sold for a good price, as Yang Tian heard that the final transaction price was over 600 gold coins.

  Later on, some wild beast corpses were sold, and Lu Fan was somewhat interested. After all, many parts of the wild beasts could be used as medicine, and maybe he would have to deal with them in the future.

  I took a quick look, but it seems that the quality of these wild beasts is not high, and the value of their corpses is just average. In the end, they were sold for 400 gold coins, and the dust settled. Lu Fan saw someone in the crowd below let out a long sigh, perhaps he was the warrior who hunted down these wild beasts.

  Next was the auction of rare medicinal materials, with four or five kinds of rare medicinal materials in a row. Lu Fan had also heard of them slightly, which was still the result of being taught by Master Wu Chen for these days.

  Since he was able to suppress the itch on his body, Wu Chen would explain a lot of knowledge about medicinal materials beside him every time he practiced medicine, and also asked him to remember it, using this to strengthen his ability to divide his attention.

  After a long time, Lu Fan really remembered the piles of medicinal knowledge. Although he had never seen these medicines before, as soon as he heard their names, Lu Fan could roughly recall what effects they had and how to use them in medicine.

  Several medicinal herbs were sold at a good price, and Shen Yun was also very happy. Then, he brought out another medicinal herb and said, "Next is the second to last item, Void Fire Fruit."

  Upon hearing this, Lu Fan's body shook violently, and then his eyes stared fixedly at the dark red fruit in Shen Yun's hand.

  "This is a miraculous fruit, from the depths of the ancient forest, guarded by the Scaled Beast. Two high-ranking Body Refiners sacrificed themselves to obtain it. Its rank is 4, and after consumption, it can enhance the physical strength and power of a warrior, as well as solidify their skin like that of the Scaled Beast. Starting price: 700 gold coins, let the bidding begin."

  As soon as Shen Yun's words fell, Lu Hao spoke out: "One thousand gold coins."

  Mo Jia followed closely behind "One thousand two hundred gold coins."

  It directly rose to over a thousand at the beginning, instantly making other families dare not speak out and quietly watch the battle between the two families.

  "Fifteen hundred gold coins."

  Lu Hao didn't even frown, and called out this price. Such a fruit was most suitable for the warriors of the Lu family. Being able to solidify one's skin and strengthen their defense meant that to a certain extent, it could enhance the cultivation effect of the Blazing Golden Body. Lu Hao was one of the few in the family who knew that Lu Fan had already begun cultivating the Blazing Golden Body. He planned to buy it for Lu Fan, and lend him a helping hand once again.

  "Eighteen hundred gold coins."

  Mo Lin was not to be outdone, and this fruit would also come in handy when he took it back home. Moreover, he knew that this fruit was good for the Lu family. Anything that could make the Lu family uncomfortable, Mo Lin didn't mind doing. Besides, it was just a few thousand gold coins, no big deal.

  Lu Hao was about to continue bidding, but just then, Lu Fan spoke up.

  "Two thousand gold coins."

  Lu Fansha spoke in a hoarse voice. Although his voice was not loud, it was clearly audible throughout the room.

  At that moment, everyone's eyes turned to Lu Fan. Lu Hao and Mo Lin both furrowed their brows. For a while, no one dared to raise the price again.

  Shen Yun happily said: "Iron-faced sir has bid 2,000, is anyone else going to raise the price?"

  Shen Yun said with a flirtatious glance at Lu Fan, this action was undoubtedly a signal to confirm Lu Fan's identity to those who were paying attention.

  Although Shen Yun looks charming, she is absolutely not a promiscuous person. The only one who can make her deliberately try to please him and bat her eyelashes at the watching platform is someone with a very high status.

  Almost instantly, Mo Lin and Lu Hao were able to confirm that the person selling Tempering Body Powder today was indeed this Iron-faced Man. The opponent had taken out so much Tempering Body Powder at once, it was clear that he was a Cultivator of Internal Energy.

  Mo Lin didn't speak, Lu Hao gritted his teeth and said: "Two thousand one hundred gold coins."

  Lu Hao did it for his son and could only try it this way. He just hoped that the other party was just casually naming a price and didn't really mean it.

  Mo Lin leaned back in his chair, smiling. It didn't matter whether the fruit was wanted or not, but offending a Qi Refiner was a big deal. Let Lu Hao, that fool, go and argue with the Qi Refiner instead.

  Lu Fan was also surprised, and he naturally saw that his father had already guessed his identity as a Qi Refiner.

  In a situation where it is possible to refine one's energy, this is also called "pricing", which is not the behavior of a mature family manager.

  Lu Fan thought for a moment and said: "Two thousand one hundred and one gold coins."

  At this price, it's enough for Father to know that he has got what he wants, and I suppose Father won't continue to haggle.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, as soon as he spoke, Lu Hao's heart skipped a beat.

  He let out a long sigh and stopped bidding. If he continued to bid, he would thoroughly offend the other party. Lu Hao still knew what was important.

  The two big families no longer dared to speak out, and naturally others would not go to argue with Lu Fan.

  Shen Yun happily announced that Huo Guo had returned to Tie Mian Xiansheng. Lu Fan secretly clenched his fist.

  No one knew that when he told his master that he was practicing the fierce fire golden body martial skill, his master's first reaction was to find some virtual fire fruit-like medicinal materials, which could quickly increase his martial arts training speed.

  Now, the Master said that the virtual fire fruit has been found.

  Lu Fan seemed to have already seen the small success of the Golden Body of the Blazing Fire, beckoning him over.

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