Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 58 Do you really want it?
"Zhen Renxin, this name is... really willful. Why is he so famous in Feishi City?" Tang Zheng asked with his hands behind his head, lying casually on the couch in the private room.
"My distinguished guest, you... have just arrived in Feishi City not long ago, right? I suggest that if you are just here for fun, you should not compete with Master Zhen for this fox girl. I promise that next time I come across such good stuff, I will give you a message directly and guarantee that you can get it at a fixed price before the auction!" When the servant heard Zhen Renxin's name, his face turned a little ugly and he took the initiative to make a suggestion to Tang Zheng.
"You haven't told me yet who this Zhen Renxin is. You look like he has some background?" Tang Zheng did not comment on the servant's suggestion, but continued to ask with a smile.
"Zhen Renxin is a three-star mid-level warrior with the astronomical sign Ruyi Jubao Cheat. He studied at the seventh-grade academy in the capital city of the Leng family. He is the youngest son of Zhen Huanchuan, the head manager of the Jubao Pavilion branch in Feishi City. He is flamboyant and unrestrained, and often makes friends with the playboys in the capital city and Feishi City. He has done many bad things to provoke trouble." Before the servant could say anything, Xu Qingyan beside him had already summarized Zhen Renxin's background.
"He's the youngest son of the chief manager of the Jubao Pavilion branch in Feishi City. No wonder he's so arrogant, it turns out he's a rich second-generation. But, Qingyan, have you been to Feishi City before? Otherwise, how do you know this kid's background so clearly? Do you know each other? Or do you have a grudge against each other?" Tang Zheng automatically filled in the blanks as he listened to Xu Qingyan's description.
"I've never been there, I don't know them, and we haven't had any conflicts. Since you're going to study in Feishi City in the future, and you've always been involved in trouble, I naturally have the responsibility and obligation to find out some basic local intelligence, which people and forces you shouldn't provoke, or which ones you should avoid, or which ones you can avoid if you can. Zhen Renxin is one of those people you should avoid provoking if you can." Xu Qingyan replied calmly.
"Fuck, I have a special affinity with trouble... Don't think I didn't hear you secretly slandering me for being trouble-makers!" Tang Zheng said angrily.
"You can understand it that way." Xu Qingyan nodded.
"Hey, you really don't deny it! Can you be more tactful?" Tang Zheng was so angry that he laughed.
At this time, in the auction hall, the auctioneer in charge of auctioning the fox girl had already started to confirm the bid: "Two hundred and sixty-six taels for the first time, two hundred and sixty-six taels for the second time..."
If Tang Zheng doesn't make an offer within ten breaths, this charming little fox girl will soon become Zhen Renxin's birthday gift and Zhen Huanchuan's bed-warming item.
Inside Room No. 5, Zhen Renxin heaved a sigh of relief again: "I thought I was so capable, but I just gave up. But this matter is not over yet. I wasted so much purple gold. Don't think that I can let it go just by giving up now!"
Zhen Renxin just thought that this fox girl was already in his pocket, when Tang Zheng suddenly sat up from the soft couch in the room: "Qingyan, I'm going to ask you a question, and you must give me an answer within one second. Do you really want this little fox girl?"
Xu Qingyan was stunned for a second, and quickly replied: "No."
Tang Zheng looked into Xu Qingyan's eyes and shook his head: "You're lying! You mean what you say!"
Then, without hesitation, he turned around and called out, "Three hundred taels of purple gold!"
As soon as Tang Zheng announced the price, the whole audience was shocked.
One is surprised at the amazing price.
The second was that he was surprised and Tang Zheng did not give Zhen Renxin any face at all.
Everyone thought that Zhen Renxin announced his name in public, offered a high price of two hundred and sixty-six taels, and even specifically mentioned that he was sending the fox girl to warm his father's bed.
Unless you have any deep hatred against Zhen Renxin, or your status and position make you look down upon the Zhen family, you should not continue to fight with Zhen Renxin.
But the customer of Room No. 12 is so bad. He was just adding one tael at a time for fun, but now that he knows Zhen Renxin's identity, he directly gives you three hundred taels in the face.
This is simply a blatant slap in the face!
Almost everyone turned their heads towards Room 12 at the same time, and they were all extremely curious about the mysterious guest in this room.
As for Zhen Renxin in Room No. 5, he jumped up from the couch, wishing he could rush out and grab the bastard in Room No. 12 and beat him up right away.
However, he was a person of status after all, and although he did not know the specific owner of the auction house, he had heard of him and he was considered to be a powerful figure in Jade City.
If he really caused trouble at the auction house, he would probably be in trouble, and he wouldn't be able to explain to his father when he got home, so Zhen Renxin's face changed again and again, and in the end he just punched the armrest of the couch viciously, smashing it to pieces.
He had something more desirable behind this auction. Although his father liked this, giving him a fox girl was just icing on the cake, which would make him happy for a few days, and at most give him a few .
Spending three hundred taels of purple gold would definitely be a loss on this deal, and it might even affect his ability to take pictures of the target he really cares about.
It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. I must vent my anger, but now is not the time to be angry.
Thinking of this, Zhen Renxin took a deep breath, calmed down, and said coldly to the people outside the private room: "Okay, okay, I'll remember this 'friendship'. I hope the friend who bought this fox girl can go back and enjoy herself on her belly for a few more days, otherwise... maybe there will be no chance again in the future!"
Hearing Zhen Renxin's obvious threat, the other guests in the auction house had different reactions. Some were excited perhaps because there was something exciting to watch, some were dissatisfied with Zhen Renxin's arrogance and domineering, some were secretly worried about the guest in Room 12, and some were gloating over the guest in Room 12's own death.
But no matter how these people reacted, it did not affect Tang Zheng's mood at all. He even did not take Zhen Renxin's threat seriously.
"Three hundred taels for the first time, three hundred taels for the second time, three hundred taels for the third time, deal! "
"The first lot was successfully bought by the client of Room 12 at a price of three hundred taels!" With the final word from the auctioneer on the auction table, the auction battle that lasted for half a day finally ended with Tang Zheng's victory.
The fox girl in the cage, after hearing the auctioneer's closing remarks, seemed to understand that her fate had been completely controlled by a stranger. Confusion and fear made her subconsciously raise her head and turn towards the direction of the private room where Tang Zheng was.
"What are you going to do after you buy this fox girl?" Xu Qingyan walked silently to the window of the private room at some point, looked at the fox girl in the cage who was about to be pulled off the auction table, and asked.
"What should I do? Of course I'll give her to you! This fox girl is the one you want, not the one I want. Remember, I bought her with an advance of six months' salary. This year, the most I'll get is her year-end bonus!" Tang Zheng shook his finger at Xu Qingyan.
"No need, I have Tianxiang, that's enough. I borrowed money from you to buy this fox girl. I'm giving it to you. You can do whatever you want with it." Xu Qingyan said as he sat back on the couch.
"Hey, that's interesting. You want to buy this fox girl, but you don't want her to warm your bed. Then why did you buy her? No, the look in your eyes just now was not lust, but pity. Could it be that... this fox girl is your long-lost sister, and you are also a human-demon hybrid?" Tang Zheng's gossipy heart suddenly burned.
"No, I haven't seen her before today, and I'm not a mixed-blood. I've already told you that this kind of mixed-blood of human and demon can neither practice using human methods nor demon methods." Xu Qingyan directly denied Tang Zheng's guess.
Tang Zheng looked at Xu Qingyan for a long time, but couldn't see any clues from his face, so he had to give up.
As the cage containing the fox girl was covered with red cloth again and pulled down from the auction table, many male guests with lustful desires in the audience sighed inwardly, but no matter how greedy they were, they could only take a last look and satisfy their eyes.
The incident involving the first item was soon forgotten by everyone, and then the second and third items came on stage one after another, but they were far less popular than the first show involving the fox girl.
Moreover, most people were very cautious when bidding, for fear of arousing the anger of the two gentlemen in Room No. 5 or Room No. 12, and then losing the opportunity to buy their favorite things.
Fortunately, for several consecutive items, neither Tang Zheng nor Zhen Renxin seemed to have much interest, and no offers were heard from their private rooms.
Until the fifth lot was brought to the auction table.
"This item is a martial art called 'Secrets of Solid Meridians' that can be practiced at two stars. This martial art is very special. It does not directly improve a warrior's combat effectiveness, but it improves the toughness of a warrior's star veins. After successful practice, the martial art can be activated and can improve the toughness of a warrior's star veins by 30% to 50% within a quarter of an hour... The starting bid is thirty taels of purple gold!" The auctioneer held up a seemingly inconspicuous martial art and introduced it.
Many of the guests present were quite knowledgeable and quickly gave their prices.
This kind of auxiliary martial arts is relatively rare and the price is generally not very low, but from the description of the auctioneer, this martial art can only increase the strength of the star veins in a short period of time.
Although the higher the toughness of the star veins, the better it would be when cultivating star power and fighting, the time it took for this "Secrets of Solidifying Veins" to improve the toughness of the star veins was too embarrassing.
A quarter of an hour is too short for cultivating star power, and too long for a battle between ordinary warriors.
Therefore, there were very few biddings, and after several rounds of bidding, the price only reached fifty taels of purple gold.
From the moment the book "Secrets of Strengthening Meridians" was taken out, Tang Zheng decided that he must have this martial arts book.
Perhaps "The Secret of Solid Meridians" is just an optional auxiliary martial art for other warriors, but for Tang Zheng, it is a perfect partner for his two current killer moves, "Kaioh-ken" and "Long-range Sniper". With this quarter of an hour of star vein toughness bonus, when Tang Zheng uses these two martial arts again, the multiples of charged pressure that the star veins can withstand will be greatly improved, and the power and safety of the martial arts will have a qualitative change!
