Heaven Dou Auction House

"Would that be inconvenient?"

Seeing Bai Wanwan's hesitation, Di Tian seemed to understand something. He said slowly, "Rest assured, I won't interfere in anything you do. If you need my help, just call. I won't be far away."

Di Tian swept his hand across the space before him. A spatial rift appeared, and he stepped inside.

Watching Di Tian disappear from sight, Bai Wanwan tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear and said nothing more.

Having Di Tian follow her from the shadows was a good thing. At least she would have no need to worry about her safety.

After all, Di Tian's strength was at the demigod level.

Even calling him the strongest being beneath the gods would be no exaggeration.

Glancing at the darkening sky outside, Bai Wanwan rose from her seat, stretched a little, then walked over to the bed and lay down again.

Her azure eyes closed, and she soon drifted off to sleep.

Early the next morning.

After breakfast, Qian Renxue, Bai Wanwan, Moxiong, Guibao, and Yang Wushuang left the hotel and headed to the residence Xue Luochuan had given them.

On a bustling street.

Before a grand, imposing residence.

Qian Renxue unlocked the gates and entered with Bai Wanwan.

Moxiong, Guibao, and the others followed close behind.

As they walked through the residence, Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan examined both its surroundings and its layout.

The grounds were lovely and peaceful, and everything was spotless, clearly having been cleaned with care. The layout followed the common arrangement of reception areas at the front and living quarters at the rear, with a front hall, the Middle Hall, and a rear hall. By a rough estimate, it could accommodate over a hundred people.

After touring the entire residence, everyone returned to the front hall and took their seats.

"It's a nice residence, but a little too big. It'll feel rather empty with only us living here."

Qian Renxue crossed her legs and leaned against the back of her chair, looking at Bai Wanwan beside her.

"True."

"A residence that can house over a hundred people really will feel empty with just the five of us. Why don't we hire some maids? We'll need people to clean a place this big anyway."

Bai Wanwan lightly rubbed her fingertips together as she offered her opinion.

"All right. Let's hire a suitable number, then."

Qian Renxue nodded slightly.

"Young Master, Young Lady, if you're looking for maids, I suggest visiting the Heaven Dou Auction House."

"Although the two great empires strictly prohibit human trafficking, the Heaven Dou Auction House claims that, as long as you have money, you can buy anything you want-including attendants specially trained by the auction house."

Guibao looked toward Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan in the seats of honor.

At his words, Qian Renxue's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly, and displeasure flickered in her eyes.

Although she had yet to visit the Heaven Dou Auction House, she had heard about some of its practices, including its specially trained attendants.

Calling them attendants was putting it nicely. In reality, they were little different from those who worked in brothels. The only distinction was that the Heaven Dou Auction House's attendants were extremely expensive, far beyond what ordinary people could afford.

"Young Master, please don't misunderstand."

"There's no need to buy any of those trained attendants. I meant buying those who haven't been trained yet to serve as maids here."

Guibao caught the displeasure in Qian Renxue's eyes and hurried to explain.

"Sister, I think Uncle Guibao's suggestion is a good one. Whatever the circumstances, being a maid is better than being sold as merchandise."

"Besides, we could take a look around the auction house. If anything catches our interest, we can buy it and study it."

Bai Wanwan spoke softly, looking earnestly at Qian Renxue.

"All right. Let's go take a look at the auction house."

Qian Renxue rose from her seat and held out her hand to Bai Wanwan.

Bai Wanwan naturally placed her hand in hers.

They stepped forward almost simultaneously and headed toward the door.

But when they reached the gates, Bai Wanwan glanced back at Yang Wushuang and instructed softly, "Yang Wushuang, you don't need to come with us. Go prepare what you need to remove Dugu Bo's poison."

"Yes, Young Lady."

Yang Wushuang gave a slight bow and agreed without hesitation.

They stepped out of the residence.

Qian Renxue gestured to Moxiong and Guibao behind them. The two exchanged a glance, understood her intent, and slipped into the shadows.

Bai Wanwan merely smiled at the sight.

Whether Moxiong and Guibao followed behind them or protected them from the shadows made little difference. In fact, sometimes hidden protection was better than having guards out in the open.

The Heaven Dou Auction House was not far from the residence.

After a little over ten minutes, Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan arrived at its entrance.

They examined the auction house before them. The building was semicircular, nearly five hundred meters in diameter and roughly eighty meters high at its tallest point.

In Heaven Dou City, where every inch of land was worth a fortune, the Heaven Dou Auction House's enormous building demonstrated not only its importance to the city, but also the powerful backing it enjoyed.

After looking it over for a moment.

Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan walked into the auction house.

They had barely entered when a tall attendant approached, wearing a professional smile, though her eyes seemed somewhat vacant.

"Are you here to bid, or would you like to put something up for auction?"

The attendant made a welcoming gesture and led Qian Renxue and Bai Wanwan forward.

"To bid."

Bai Wanwan answered casually, then quietly studied the attendant's eyes.

The eyes were windows to the soul. Sometimes, they could reveal a great deal.

Yet all Bai Wanwan could see in the attendant's eyes was emptiness and deep-seated servility, without a trace of the liveliness a person ought to possess. Clearly, she was one of the specially trained attendants Guibao had mentioned earlier.

"Is this your first visit?"

"If this is your first visit, you'll need an Auction Qualification Certificate to enter. These certificates have different tiers, and the minimum requirement for the entry tier is ten thousand Gold Soul Coins."

The attendant explained softly.

"This is our first visit to the auction house. Our family is rather poor, and this Gold Soul Card only has three to five million Gold Soul Coins on it. What tier of Auction Qualification Certificate would that get us?"

Bai Wanwan casually took a Gold Soul Card from her Space Bracelet and held it before the attendant.

Her family was poor?

Three to five million Gold Soul Coins?

The attendant stared at the Gold Soul Card before her, tilting her head slightly with a dazed expression.