Battle Through the Heavens - chapter-397

Xiao Yan slowly walked out of the auction house and stood at the
entrance. He lifted his head to watch the slightly darkening sky before
letting out a long sigh. After which, he turned around and walked toward
the hall of the auction house.

“I should first obtain the money and the things I have bid for.” Xiao
Yan muttered to himself as he walked.

When he entered the hall, Xiao Yan took out his second grade VIP card and
handed it to a female servant. After he clearly stated his purpose, he
was respectfully invited in by the latter.

“Sir, please wait for a moment. The auction fair will be over soon.
When that time comes, the one in charge will help this sir put together
the goods you have bought.” The female servant placed a cup of warm tea
on the table beside Xiao Yan before withdrawing with a smile from the
room.

Xiao Yan nodded slightly and held the teacup in his hand. He absorbed
some of the warmth, but did not drink it. There was no harm in being a
little more cautious in this ‘Black-Corner Region’. This was
especially so at this auction place, where it appeared to be fair, but
was actually a dark place in a complete mess.

Xiao Yan closed his eyes. His finger slowly tapped on the table. This
continued for a long while before the sound of approaching footsteps were
suddenly transmitted into the room. Xiao Yan’s finger gradually paused
and he opened his eyes to watch the curtain, which had been pulled aside.
There was a small, skinny, shrivelled-looking old man, who was leading
two female servants, as they walked in full of smiles.

“Ke ke, Mister should be the person who auctioned off the three
‘Green-Spirit Pills’, right? I am the person in charge of the affairs
here and you can call me Supervisor Hu.” When the old man saw Xiao Yan,
whose entire body was wrapped in a black robe, he walked forward and
spoke with a smile still on his face.

“Yao Yan.” Xiao Yan nodded faintly and softly replied, “Supervisor
Hu, has the auction fair concluded?”

“Ke ke, it has successfully concluded.” Supervisor Hu nodded with a
grin as his gaze swept over Xiao Yan’s body without leaving a trace.
However, he did not discover anything amiss which could help him
recognize the latter’s identity. He then waved his hand, and a female
servant from behind hurriedly lifted the silver plate on her hand. On the
silver plate was a purple-gold card with five different colored lines
drawn on it.

Five-lined purple gold card was something that only a Dou Ling had the
qualification to manage and carry on this Dou Qi continent. Of course,
nothing was ever absolute. According to common sense, a tier three
alchemist also had this qualification.

“Mister Yao Yan, the price that your three ‘Green Spirit Pills’ was
auctioned off for was two million seven hundred thousand. After deducting
ten percent as the administration fee for the auction fair, you are left
with two million four hundred and thirty thousand.” The eyes of
Supervisor Hu were narrowed until they were only a line as he smiled and
continued, “You have spent one million two hundred thousand on that
‘Flame Core ‎Ganoderma’ and four hundred thousand on the ‘Bright
Square Fire’ Cauldron. You are finally left with eight hundred and
thirty thousand, which is all in this purple and gold card. Those things
which you had purchased are in this storage ring.”

The supervisor waved his hand and the female servant handed the silver
plate to Xiao Yan. There was a five-lined, purple-gold card and an
ordinary storage ring sitting on the silver plate.

“What an unscrupulous administrative fee.” Xiao Yan shook his head
helplessly within his heart. He did not expect that after working for
over half a day, he was actually left with less than one million gold
coins.

Xiao Yan extended his hand to receive that card and storage ring. He
carefully checked the ‘Flame Core ‎Ganoderma’ and the ‘Bright
Square Fire’ cauldron before finally taking the two out and placing
them into his own storage ring.

“That’s right, Supervisor Hu, which faction managed to successfully
bid for the ‘Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill’ in the end?” Xiao Yan
suddenly carelessly asked out of curiosity after arranging everything
properly.

“Ke ke, that thing was finally auctioned off to the ‘Sky Serpent
Mansion’.” Supervisor Hu did not hesitate when he heard Xiao Yan’s
question and directly replied. After all, countless number of people had
personally witnessed the auction. Even if he did not say it, it was
likely the news would spread throughout half of the ‘Black-Corner
Region’ in an afternoon.

“The ‘Sky Serpent Mansion’, huh.” The eyebrows under the black
robe twitched as Xiao Yan muttered in his heart

“Since I have obtained the things I have paid for, I shall not disturb
you any further. Goodbye.” Once he obtained the answer, Xiao Yan ceased
hesitating as he cupped his hands toward Supervisor Hu and left.’

“Ke ke, Mister Yan Xiao, please wait a moment. Our leader is interested
in mister. If mister does not mind, can you meet up and chat with our
leader?” The Supervisor Hu suddenly asked with a smile when he saw that
Xiao Yan was about to leave.

Xiao Yan frowned slightly under the black robe and said faintly,
“Forget about it. I am only here to get rid of some unneeded things.
What is there to cause your leader to have any interest? I’m sorry, I
really have some things to do and cannot stay any longer. If I still need
to sell anything in the future, I will definitely come look for
Supervisor Hu. Goodbye.”

With that, Xiao Yan did not wait for Supervisor Hu to try to convince him
to stay. Instead, he swiftly walked out of the hall.

Supervisor Hu narrowed his eyes slightly as he stood in the hall as Xiao
Yan disappeared from his sight. He could not resist knitting his brows
together.

“How was it? Did you find out his identity?”

A faint voice suddenly sounded in the hall. Supervisor Hu turned around
and saw that it was a middle-aged man with a sturdy frame, who was seated
in the chair which Xiao Yan had been sitting in earlier. Following the
appearance of this man, the atmosphere of the hall suddenly became a
little more tense, causing the waist of Supervisor Hu to bend by quite a
lot.

“Leader.” Supervisor Hu hurriedly said respectfully after seeing this
middle-aged man whose hair was a little white, “For now, I still cannot
see through him. This person hides very deeply. Logically speaking, by
being able to take out three ‘Green Spirit Pill’ at once, there is a
good chance that he is an alchemist, Moreover, it is likely that his tier
is quite high. After all, a medicinal pill of the ‘Green Spirit Pill’
grade is something that even an ordinary tier four alchemist would have
difficulty refining. I have thought of all those high tier alchemists
whom I know, but I cannot match his figure with any high-tiered
alchemists that I know of.

The middle-aged man frowned slightly as he let out a soft ‘hmm’. His
faint voice contained a dark, cold, killing intent that was difficult to
hide, “Send someone to follow him in the shadows. Ascertain his
background. A high tier alchemist who can refine a ‘Green Spirit
Pill’ is not someone that one can easily come across. Try your best to
let him work for our ‘Eight Gates’. If that is really not possible,
get rid of him in an infallible situation. Since he cannot be used by me,
I naturally cannot let others get the benefit. Otherwise, he will sooner
or later become trouble.”

“Yes.” Supervisor Hu hurriedly replied.

“Ah, you go and settle it. Find some people who are more well versed in
hiding their Qi. I still need to personally help the ‘Sky Serpent
Mansion’ perform the administrative work for the exchange of the
‘Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill’. That thing is far too expensive.
If it were not because of the status of the seller being so strong, is it
logical for something which has come here to be auctioned to get taken
away from us?” The middle-aged man stood up and smacked his lips before
walking toward the back of the hall. He laughed coldly with some
unwillingness.

TL: Basically, auction house was the one “selling” the items

Supervisor Hu repeatedly nodded. He waited until the middle-aged person
disappeared before gently releasing his pent up breath and quietly left
the hall.

Xiao Yan exited the auction house and went to the ‘Thousand Medicine
Place’ first. Once he purchased the medicinal ingredients needed to
refine the ‘Spiritual Recovery Purple Pill’, the eight hundred over
thousand within his purple-gold card was reduced until over two hundred
thousand was left.

Xiao Yan played with the purple-gold card in his hand and could not
resist laughing bitterly. It was really unexpected that after spending
over half a day, his financial situation had returned back to its
starting point.

“Ah, it really is unexpected that I am still a poor person.” As he
thought of how those fellows spent huge sums of money in the auction
house, Xiao Yan could not help but feel speechless at the gap between
himself and them.

“Be careful, there are people following you. I think that it should be
people from that ‘Eight Gates’.” Yao Lao’s faint voice suddenly
sounded in Xiao Yan’s heart as the latter passed through a street.

Xiao Yan’s footsteps paused for a moment. He then walked forward at a
steady pace once again. In his heart, he smiled coldly and said, “It is
worthy of being the ‘Black-Corner Region’. With the cheap honesty of
these fellows, there are actually people who are rest assured in handing
their things to them to auction off? If this were to happen in the Jia Ma
Empire, it would sooner or later have to close down.”

“There is no choice. In this ‘Black-Corner Region’, there are not
many people who have the strength to organize this kind of auction fair.
After all, this place is really too chaotic.” Yao Lao said with a
smile, “But we need not bother about them temporarily. There is
currently no need for us to get into too much conflict with them.”

“Yes.” Xiao Yan nodded slightly.

“Let’s shake off those fellows behind us first. After that, we should
go and inquire about the place where the Junior Sect Leader of the Blood
Sect is staying. We can forget about the other things, but we must get
our hands on that map piece.” Yao Lao voiced his thoughts.

Xiao Yan nodded once again. That map piece gives the location of the
‘Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’. It was natural that Xiao Yan placed
great effort on it. The corner of Xiao Yan’s eyes the street behind him
where the human flow was very turbulent. His body suddenly flashed and
squeezed into the street like a ghost.

Not long after Xiao Yan flashed into the small street, a few human
figures also hurriedly squeezed out from the entrance of the small
street. Their gazes swept over the street, but did not find any human
figures. With a wave of a hand, the human figures hurriedly scattered,
looking all over the place for the target which had disappeared.

“These dare to follow people?”

Xiao Yan easily shook off those following behind him and laughed with
disdain in his heart. He changed his clothes and strolled on the street,
spending some gold coins to obtain the information which he wanted. Due
to Fan Ling’s identity, he did not hide his movement and openly lived
at the most luxurious hotel within the ‘Black Mark City’. Therefore,
it was not difficult to obtain information regarding where he stayed.

In order to observe all of Fan Ling’s action at all times, Xiao Yan
gave up the inn which he had stayed at before, and found a hidden place
to stay that was just outside of the place where Fan Ling was staying.

After the auction fair that day had ended, Fan Ling and the others did
not immediately leave the ‘Black Mark City’. Instead, they rested for
one night and swaggered out of the hotel in the afternoon the next day
before whizzing out of the ‘Black Mark City’.

As Fan Ling and his group left ‘Black Mark City’, a shadow quietly
followed behind. He was like a gangrene in the bone that one could not
shake off no matter how hard one tried.

“Hei, I’m sorry, but no one can snatch away my things. I don’t care
if you are a Junior Sect Leader…” The black shadow cut past the
forest as his faint cold laughter slowly lingered.