Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 56: Eighty taels, no bargaining
"The scabbard of my dagger must be made of a pair of Aoxue Fuzhu and Qishuang Fuzhu deerskin. These Fuzhu grow in pairs in the extremely cold land outside the border. Their deerskin is flexible and shiny, which is really the best choice for the scabbard of this dagger."
"I saw it..." Tang Zheng saw that Lu Yiluo had specially marked it with cinnabar ink.
"Yes." Lu Yilou waved his hand, "The main thing is the outer layer and the inner layer, two layers of deerskin. The rest of the materials should be able to be obtained for you by Jubao Pavilion."
"So what you mean is that Jubao Pavilion can't get the deerskins of Aoxue Fuzhu and Qishuang Fuzhu?" Tang Zheng raised his head. If the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem, but if it cannot be solved with money, he has no intention of considering it for the time being.
Because now is the critical moment to enter the academy.
If, like before, a material requires him to travel a long way, or even go to the Yaoshan tribe, then forget it.
His identity as a Sun Star has been revealed. For his own safety, it would be best for him to stay in Feishi City before breaking through to three stars. The safest thing is to stay within the Yisu Academy!
"If Jubao Pavilion can't get it, then naturally someone else can..." Lu Yiluo glared at Tang Zheng, "Don't even think about saying that you're giving up halfway!"
"But, Uncle Lu, you have seen that I don't have time to go out and get materials now." Tang Zheng spread his hands.
"Who said you should leave?" Lu Yiluo asked.
"I'm not going out... Does Emerald Stone City have the materials you want?"
"Feishi City is the city with the largest trading volume in and outside Xinjiang. Except for the shortage of food, what products from outside Xinjiang can't be obtained here?" Lu Yiluo looked at Tang Zhenghao as if he were an idiot. "If you go to the capital city, you may not be able to find this kind of deerskin, but you can definitely find it in Feishi City!"
Tang Zheng suddenly realized.
Fei Shi City is the garrison city closest to the border of the Changyuan Leng family. It is adjacent to the Tulun Pass Fortress of the Tianqin family. If the products outside the border need to be transported inland, this is the largest distribution center.
Just as Lu Yiluo said, as long as it is something from outside the border, the capital city may not have it, but Feishi City will definitely have it!
When Tang Zheng heard that he didn't need to travel far and could get it done by just spending money, he immediately stopped complaining: "Where is it in Feishi City?"
"Aoxue Fuzhu and Qishuang Fuzhu are extremely rare three-star war beasts. Their deerskins are top-grade products that even Bailianfang is vying to buy... Many people want them, but there are very few of them. You should know how such items are sold, right?" Lu Yiluo said as if it was a matter of course.
"Auction?" This was the only method Tang Zheng could think of.
"You are not hopelessly stupid." Lu Yiluo snapped his fingers. "Every year before the inscription ceremony of the academy, there will be a batch of good goods at the Feishi City Auction House... As far as I know, tomorrow morning, there will be a pair of deerskins of Aoxue Fuzhu and Qishuang Fuzhu for sale..."
"What a waste of time. You must have chosen the dishes before ordering the chef." Tang Zheng rolled his eyes at him.
"Do you have any objections?" Lu Yiluo raised his nose.
“No, no, no.” Tang Zheng spread out his hands. “Okay, how do I get into the auction? Do I need any credentials? I’ll just go there.”
Anyway, as long as it can be solved with money, it’s not a big deal. It’s just a trip.
Lu Yilou shrugged: "As for the proof... you just need to pay a deposit. If you have something that can prove you can afford it and have a good reputation, you can go in directly."
Tang Zheng nodded. He had quite a few of these things. "Does the academy nameplate count?"
"If it's someone else's temporary nameplate, of course it doesn't count, but if it's yours..." Lu Yiluo looked him up and down, "Maybe it can."
“Why can’t others do it, but I can?”
"Because your temporary nameplate is equivalent to the official nameplate."
"Okay, okay, okay." Tang Zheng asked for the address of the auction house and turned around and left.
Behind him, Lu Yilou took two steps forward and added, "Hey, you still have to leave eighty taels as processing fee to me..."
Tang Zheng was startled: "Eighty taels?"
A dagger in Jubao Pavilion, including materials and labor, costs less than eighty taels of purple gold. And Luyilou charges eighty taels for processing?
"I'm getting married, you know." Lu Yilou said without any embarrassment, "Eighty taels of silver, not expensive, right?"
“ Liu…” Tang Zheng turned and walked away, “You are definitely kidding me!”
On the one hand, he was asked to buy materials at the auction, which would obviously not be cheap, and on the other hand, he quoted a processing price of less than one or two taels of purple gold.
Tang Zheng was also unable to complain about Lu Yiluo's train of thought.
…
Tang Zheng called Xu Qingyan, and the two of them rode their horses and went straight to the auction house.
There were not many people at the door. Tang Zheng showed the temporary nameplate of Yisu Academy. The waiter at the door looked at the number on the nameplate and glanced at Tang Zheng, then arranged him and Xu Qingyan into private room number 12.
Tang Zheng and his friends arrived late.
After entering, he realized that the reason there were not many people at the door was that the auction had already started.
The first exhibit has been pushed up.
It was a square object covered with a piece of red silk. Before Tang Zheng said anything, Xu Qingyan had already taken two steps forward and approached the transparent glazed window.
From their position, they could see the outline of the square object in the distance.
"It's so big, could it be a cannon?" Tang Zheng gestured the size of the first exhibit in the private room.
"No, it's a cage." Xu Qingyan spoke coldly as if he had X-ray vision.
Sure enough, when the red cloth was lifted, there was an uproar in the audience.
"Oh my god, it's a fox girl. It looks like she's a virgin from the fox clan who has never been deflowered!"
"These ears, these breasts, this waist, these legs, this tail, I can play with any of them all day long!"
"If I buy this, it will warm my bed and make me feel comfortable. It will also be very impressive when I put it in the living room to entertain guests..."
Standing in the cage was a petite , full of fatal temptation from head to toe.
The girl not only had an extremely hot body, but also an extremely delicate face, with a small and straight nose and red and juicy lips.
But the most special thing is her pair of big pointed ears which are white on the outside and pink on the inside, and a big fluffy white tail that is curled up around her buttocks, wrapped around her smooth and plump thighs, and hangs down to the ground.
This pair of fox ears and that big tail give her a natural lovable charm and a seductive style that is very different from that of human girls.
The fox girl was only covered with a layer of translucent white gauze.
The key parts are all vaguely visible.
Only a pair of eyes were covered by a piece of white silk.
At this moment, she could only hear the noisy voices from the audience, but could not see the scene inside the auction hall at all.
The darkness and the fear of an unknown future made her unable to help but grab the iron bars of the cage, and she trembled in the environment that was already filled with male hormones.
This pitiful and delicate look aroused the desire to conquer the men present. They wished they could quickly take a picture of this rare foreign beauty, take her home to the warm couch, and love her well.
The men in the worst seats in the audience obviously had much lower quality and endurance, and they were already impatiently clamoring for prices.
The customers who were able to sit in better seats were all proud of their status. They neither bid nor made ungracious comments about the fox girls on the stage.
However, with Tang Zheng's amazing hearing, it was not difficult for him to hear that the breathing of those "distinguished guests" in the VIP seats closest to his private room had become much heavier.
"Fuck, they're openly auctioning off people, are there any laws here, are there any human rights concepts?" Tang Zheng, who was experiencing an auction at Xingyao Continent for the first time, was stunned for a moment when he saw the beauty and charm of the fox girl, but he soon shouted subconsciously.
Fortunately, the soundproofing of the private room was pretty good, and everyone in the auction hall was focused on the fox girl.
Only Xu Qingyan, who was standing beside him, heard Tang Zheng's voice.
"According to the laws of the major families, people with clean backgrounds are naturally not allowed to be auctioned. However, those on the stage are not counted as people." Xu Qingyan's voice rang in Tang Zheng's ears.
"Well, even if they are monsters, a hostile race, it's not very humane to insult the enemy like this... Besides, haven't I heard that only monsters above four stars can transform into human form? If this fox girl is so powerful, how could she be caught? It seems that none of these people in the audience are four-star. Aren't they afraid that if they buy a female monster, the whole family will be wiped out in minutes?" Tang Zheng asked curiously.
"If it was a pure-blooded demon, it would naturally be above four stars before it could transform into a human form. If this fox girl was a pure-blooded demon, I'm afraid these men present would have run as far away as they could, not to mention offering a price."
"Unfortunately, this fox girl is just a hybrid of a human and a demon. She was born in the appearance of half human, half demon, and can neither practice in the way of humans nor in the way of demons. The only advantage she has is that her vitality is much stronger than that of ordinary humans. She can be said to be a natural plaything. Even if you use the most perverted ways of playing, there is no need to worry about her being broken by accident like the human girls." Xu Qingyan explained.
"Oh, so that's how it is. She's a shemale? Uh, that's not right... The word shemale is too inappropriate. Let's just call her a human-fox..." Tang Zheng touched his nose and nodded.
"However, you have been talking a lot today, which is unusual. Are you interested in this fox girl?" Tang Zheng turned around and teased Xu Qingyan.
Xu Qingyan didn't say anything, his expression as cold as ever, but in Tang Zheng's eyes, there seemed to be an extra layer of coldness than usual.
At this time, the bidding from the audience had reached a fever pitch.
"Fifty taels of purple gold!"
"Fifty-five taels!"
"Sixty taels!"
Although Tang Zheng thought that this fox girl was particularly pleasing to the eye, as a former Earth otaku, he still had some resistance to the idea of auctioning girls... banshees as commodities. He just quietly watched the people in the audience bidding and showing off, without any intention of bidding.
until……
He suddenly heard Xu Qingyan behind him suddenly raise a sign and asked the waiter standing at the door of the private room to call out a price: "Seventy-five taels of purple gold."
