"Indeed, Ya Fei is a great beauty in our Jia Ma Holy City, and she is also known as one of the Three Beauties of the Holy City!" Guo'er took the initiative to explain when she saw Nalan Chaoge's confusion.
"The Three Beauties of the Holy City?" How come he had never heard of it.
"These are just wild rankings made up by the mercenaries outside!"
"Then who are they all?"
"Grand Princess Yaoye of the Jia Ma Imperial Family, Ya Fei of the Mittel Family, and... Miss Yanran of our Nalan Family!"
The corners of Nalan Chaoge's mouth curled into a gentle smile. He had to admit that their rankings made quite a bit of sense.
"Hello, welcome to the Mitel Auction House. How may I help this young master?"
As soon as they stepped into the Mitel Auction House, a staff member dressed in a tight-fitting cheongsam hurried over to greet them.
"Um, I need a first-tier magic core!" Nalan Chaoge felt a trace of awkwardness.
It seemed as if buying only a single first-tier magic core somehow failed to measure up to the other person's service.
"Very well, young master, please follow me!" The woman did not show any disdain whatsoever just because Nalan Chaoge was only buying one magic core.
The woman led the way in front. After walking for quite a while, she rounded a corner and stopped in front of a row of shelves.
"Pigu, this young master needs a first-tier magic core. Could you help entertain him?" After saying this, the woman turned back, gave Nalan Chaoge a half-curtsy, and then turned to leave.
The service of a major family was truly different.
"Hello, young master. What attribute magic core do you need?"
The one called Pigu looked Nalan Chaoge up and down, and his eyes brightened slightly when he caught sight of the Nalan Family emblem on Nalan Chaoge's chest.
"Um, what attributes do you have?"
"The most basic Five Elements Attributes, Wind and Thunder Attribute, and um, there is also one..."
"Um, you don't need to go through all that trouble. I just need a most basic first-tier magic core, um, the cheapest kind!"
"Very well, young master, please wait a moment..."
"Pfft!"
Suddenly, an abrupt chuckle came from not far away.
Hearing the sound, Nalan Chaoge and Guo'er turned around to look.
A swaggering group of people was also walking toward this side.
"Young master, they are people from the Mu Family! The one who just spoke is called Mu Lu!"
"Mu Lu? Does he happen to have an older brother named Mu Tie?"
"How do you know, young master? Could it be that you know him?" Guo'er looked at Nalan Chaoge in puzzlement.
"Could there really be? By any chance, are there also Mu Tong, Mu Yin, and Mu Jin?"
"Shh, young master, keep your voice down. I heard that Mu Jin and Mu Yin are already Dou Ling level powerhouses, and they even hold the official rank of generals in the Jia Ma Empire!"
"I was wondering who it was. Turns out it's the trash of the Nalan Family!"
"Hahaha..."
"Mu young master, you can't really say it like that. I recently heard that he has actually become capable of cultivation. I just don't know what level he is at now!"
"Trash is trash, what level could he possibly be at? You can already tell from the fact that he's buying a first-tier magic core and wants the lowest grade one, too!"
"No way, the Nalan Family doesn't look like people who are short on money!"
"The Nalan Family isn't short on money, but the trash of the Nalan Family is short on money. I believe that if Nalan Yanran were here, she would definitely pick the most expensive ones!"
"Don't you go lumping a piece of trash and a genius together for comparison!"
"Hahaha..."
Nalan Chaoge's face was covered in black lines. Could this be the plot demanding that he forcefully act cool?
But why was this happening?
"Guo'er, what do they mean by this? I shouldn't have offended them, right?" Nalan Chaoge took a step back and asked quietly in Guo'er's ear.
"Young master, have you forgotten? Young Master Mu Lu also likes Princess Yaoye, and he even proposed marriage to the Jia Ma Imperial Family! I heard the Jia Ma Imperial Family didn't immediately agree to Old Master's marriage proposal precisely because there was still the Mu Family standing behind him!"
So that was how it was!
Love rivals!
"Guo'er,
then do you know what level this she-donkey is at?" "She-donkey?" Guo'er was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing with a pfft. "You're so funny, young master. But I heard that Young Master Mu is also a cultivation genius, and at fifteen he has already reached the Seven-stage Dou Qi!"
"Eight-stage?"
Nalan Chaoge suddenly smiled very sinisterly.
Enemies meeting face-to-face triggered instant hostility, let alone love rivals.
With such a great opportunity to act cool, he naturally had to seize it.
"Oh my, I was wondering who it was. Turns out it's Young Master Mu who has arrived. Fortunately, my sister Guo'er reminded me, otherwise I would have thought some family's she-donkey had slipped its tether and run over here to bray blindly!" Nalan Chaoge squinted as he looked over this genius of the Mu Family.
Reaching the Seven-stage Dou Qi at fifteen indeed gave him the capital to be proud.
He could tell that this fellow should be a key cultivation target of the Mu Family, but he was simply incomparable to Nalan Yanran reaching the eight-stage at twelve, or Xiao Yan becoming a One-star Dou Zhe at twelve.
"You..."
Mu Lu's face instantly turned livid.
Throughout the entire Jia Ma Holy City, who didn't know that the talented young master of the Mu Family had an ugly nickname called she-donkey? Yet who had ever dared to call him that to his face?
Mu Lu had four older brothers above him: Mu Jin, Mu Yin, Mu Tong, and Mu Tie.
"Are you fucking looking to die?" Mu Lu's eyes widened into round circles, his entire robe billowing as if he couldn't wait to immediately pounce forward and tear Nalan Chaoge to shreds.
"Please stop, two young masters, that..."
"What kind of thing are you? How dare you stick your nose into this young master's business? Piss off... or I'll kill you along with him!" Mu Lu glared at Pigu, who had wanted to mediate.
"Uncle Pi, don't mind him. Just think of it as having been bitten by a she-donkey. I've heard that sometimes donkeys bite people, too, especially she-donkeys!" Nalan Chaoge smiled at Pigu while handing over his green card.
"Sorry for the trouble, Uncle Pi, please help me get a magic core! Just the cheapest one will do! Our Nalan Family isn't like certain parasites in the military! We're poor!"
"Ahem... Yes, Young Master Nalan. The cheapest first-tier magic core we have here sells for 450 gold coins, but this old man does have the authority to offer some discounts. How about this, I'll give you a High-grade First-tier Magic Core, give you an eighty percent discount, and charge you 400 gold coins. How does that sound?"
A High-grade First-tier Magic Core should cost at least 500 gold coins. He hadn't expected that making a scene with that she-donkey would actually end up benefiting himself.
"Thank you, Uncle Pi!" Nalan Chaoge's sweet little mouth made it seem as though it had been smeared with honey.
"Wait!" Mu Lu suddenly sneered. "When buying things, there should always be a first-come, first-served basis, right? Just how many first-tier magic cores does your Mitel Family have..."
Oh!
Hearing Mu Lu say this, Nalan Chaoge was slightly stunned. It looked like this fellow intended to buy them all out!
"Reporting to Young Master Mu, our Mitel Family has a total of one thousand two hundred and seventy-seven auction houses spread across the entire Jia Ma Empire, with seven main branches just in the Holy City alone. In the Holy City's warehouses, there should still be 12,000 first-tier magic cores! May I ask why you are..."
"Ten... twelve thousand?" Mu Lu was stunned on the spot.
This act of pretense was getting a bit too big.
Twelve thousand times five hundred made six million gold coins. Even if the Mu Family had money, it wasn't meant to be played with like that. Moreover, if the Jia Ma Imperial Family found out about this, the Mu Family would also be in deep trouble. The Mu Family started out in the military, so where on earth would they get that many gold coins?
"Um, nothing, nothing at all! I was just asking!" Mu Lu cast a livid, sideways glance at that Pigu.
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