Returning Laden

I will not be an adopted son, nor a disciple.

"Become Master?" The senior brothers and sisters looked at each other in bewilderment.

Unheard of!

Xu Zishuai counted carefully.

"Ten years later, A Shui will be twenty-eight or twenty-nine, and Martial Saint Sun Zi will be fourteen or fifteen. That would be just right. With A Shui's cultivation progress, he will most likely Hunting Tiger Great Martial Master. It wouldn't be bad for him to give Martial Saint Sun Zi his martial arts enlightenment."

Martial arts enlightenment.

Whether it's Martial Saint or Great Martial Master, the difference won't be significant; it'll just be minor details.

If one becomes Grandmaster, it will be even more extraordinary, enough to rival, or even surpass, the records of Da Shun!

The youngest Martial Saint of the Da Shun was Zhang Longxiang, who began cultivating at the age of fifteen and became Martial Saint at the age of forty.

However, the youngest Grandmaster was not him, but someone else, Bai Guangyi.

He entered the Grandmaster at just over thirty years old, but at seventy-two, he still hadn't reached the Martial Saint. He was a case of winning at the start but losing halfway through.

"Not bad, you've got guts!"

Xu Zishuai was overjoyed.

Registered Disciple the King of Yue.

Shisun's Master.

Each of them is of extraordinary status.

The latter may not stand out for the time being, but with this agreement, Liang Qu, as Registered Disciple, will definitely have a different status from others!

Lu Gang asked, "Ten years from now, when will I become your apprentice? Now? Or nine or ten years from now?"

"Right now!" Liang Qu replied, "The King of Yue has calculated the auspicious date and said that tomorrow is Auspicious Day. He has decided to hold the ceremony tomorrow and has his grandson serve me tea!"

First, take a four-year-old kid as an apprentice, establish a relationship between the two parties, and then teach him ten years later.

This feeling is quite wonderful.

It was an eye-opening experience.

Besides marriage alliances, master-disciple relationships, and sworn brotherhood, there's a fourth... no, it's still master-disciple relationships, but the order is reversed.

"Be careful, he might be a devil incarnate!"

"Senior brother, are you jealous?"

"It was advice from my senior brother!"

"The twelfth item, Mermaid Tear... Starting price is eight hundred taels of silver, and each bid must be at least one hundred taels higher!"

"My things have arrived!"

Upon hearing Zhu Bingcan's price quote, Liang Qu shook off Xu Zishuai's arm and leaned onto the window railing.

As soon as he came out of the private box, the auctioneers, who had been daydreaming, snapped back to reality and started bidding, and the entire auction gradually became more exciting.

"One thousand and two!"

"One thousand four hundred!"

"Two thousand!"

With a large number of bidders, the Chamber of Commerce had over a hundred items up for auction last year, and this year the number of items has more than doubled. The overall auction pace will be much faster to avoid delays.

In a short while, all five were drawn! "The first one, five thousand three hundred taels."

"The second one, five thousand one hundred taels."

"Five thousand three, four thousand six, four thousand two."

Simply put, not counting commission, I've earned 25,000 taels! Even with commission, aside from a slight loss compared to selling directly, the rest is pure profit! Buying any three items from the auction is commission-free; I wonder if selling them is also commission-free?

Zhu Bingcan arrived in a hurry that day and probably wasn't aware that Liang Qu had deposited items for auction.

Upon hearing the price, Xu Zishuai's mouth watered and his eyes turned bloodshot.

"Fourth Senior Brother, don't look at me like that. You look exactly like the Liu Family's hysterical grandson."

"Cough cough." Xu Zishuai choked on his saliva, wiped it with his hand, looked around, and asked in a low voice, "Junior brother, tell your senior brother the truth, how much silver do you actually have saved up?"

Liang Qu extended three fingers.

"My God, 30,000!"

Liang Qu's eyes showed contempt.

"Three hundred thousand! Hmm, let's leave a small difference of twenty thousand."

Two hundred and eighty thousand!

Xu Zishuai's pupils dilated in shock, and he stammered.

"You, how did you earn this?"

The senior brothers were greatly puzzled.

Liang Qu has no fixed assets. The only thing he does, farming, is still an investment with no output. Where did he get so much extra money? "Last time we went to the Great Marsh to observe the strange phenomena, didn't Xu Tiling collect boat tickets? You didn't pay, so I split the money with him 70/30 and took 20." Liang Qu waved his hand. "It's all floating wealth, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning."

"..."

"Twenty..." Xu Zishuai said cautiously, "You seven?"

"Think bigger! If I wanted the lion's share, why would I only take twenty? Seventy percent of it should go to others!"

"Damn! Xu Tiling seven?! So he made over forty?"

Xu Zishuai looked blank and dazed.

They both share the surname Xu.

How come there's such a big difference in financial resources?

The bidding continues.

"The twenty-first item, a mottled stone..."

"The Fortune Cat-Eye Flower..."

"Qi and Blood Harmonizing Pill, which can alleviate the conflict of medicinal properties and even enhance the efficacy of other medicines, starting bid: one thousand taels!"

Qi and Blood are harmonized.

We have a bunch of Treasure Plant at home that we haven't taken because of drug interactions.

Liang Qu is exactly what it needs.

Four thousand seven hundred, I've got it!

"The Wither-Bloom Sister Lotus, a mutated variety of the Wither-Bloom Twin Lotus, is slightly inferior in effect, but its great age makes it worthwhile. Starting bid: five thousand taels!"

The Wither-Bloom Sister Lotus? Liang Qu observed for a moment.

It was much bigger than any I had eaten before.

The Similar Yet Dissimilar Treasure Plant is not to be missed.

The Seven Stages of the Dragon Tiger Golden Body.

Surging Golden Light, Manifesting Golden Figure. Its Solidifying Five Limbs, its Emerging Five Aspects, Wearing Treasure Clothes, Living Likeness and Dignified Appearance! Liang Qu is currently stuck at the fourth stage, [Emerging Five Aspects], and with the addition of the Two Lives Flower in his family, he should be able to leap to the fifth step in one go, [Wearing Treasure Clothes]! The Golden Body, draped in the "precious robe," is so transparent that it can penetrate half an inch through the body, and its increased strength is self-evident.

Thirty-one thousand, I'll take it! "Three coins of Jade Greenwater, a water-attribute precious liquid, to nourish internal organs..."

Six thousand taels, take it!

"Vein Marrow Jade Liquid helps the Wolf Smoke Martial Master open his meridians."

Two bottles.

Fifty-six thousand taels, take it!

Xu Zishuai, Xiang ChangSong, and other senior brothers lost focus and were in a daze.

The Wolf Smoke Martial Master must have accumulated their wealth over many years, while the junior brother is completely extravagant.

In less than half an hour, 100,000 taels of silver were spent.

Did they buy these at an auction? I should say, but I don't.

There's a reason why spiritual practice can be fast...

The number of lots reached one hundred, and the overall transaction price ranged from ten thousand to thirty thousand. After two hundred lots, all lots were priced above thirty thousand.

Master Yang made a single bid and purchased one item for 55,000 taels of silver.

pity.

After waiting for a long time, Liang Qu did not see the same strange golden eyes as last time, nor the remains of any other sentient creatures.

On the teakwood stand, a beautiful white garment was presented on a tray.

"Item number two hundred and sixty-three, Dragon Spirit Silk! Made from the Colored Scale of the waist and abdomen of Merfolk, it can only be made by large tribes with more than five thousand Merfolk! It does not get wet when submerged, Myriad Transformations shape and color in countless ways. One piece of clothing is worth a hundred pieces of clothing. The starting price is ten thousand taels, and each bid must be at least three hundred taels!"

Dragon Spirit Silk? Inside the private room, Yu Dun and Lu Gang both turned their gazes towards her.

It is common knowledge that Liang Qu possessed a piece of Dragon Spirit Silk.

Wow, a piece of clothing is that expensive!

Xu Zishuai's mouth felt sour; he had long envied this outfit that he never had to change and could wear whatever style he wanted every day.

Now I've seen another one, but I'm struggling because I don't have enough money.

I just regret that I don't have enough money!

"Fifteen thousand taels!"

The starting bid was 10,000, and in the blink of an eye it jumped to 15,000.

Judging from the voice, it seems to be Ke Wenbin.

When it comes to who is most envious of Dragon Spirit Silk, it is naturally the people from the River Conservancy Office who see Liang Qu every day.

At the very beginning, the price was driven up to 30,000 by the bidding.

In the end, Xu Yuelong won the bid with a high price of 58,000 yuan.

"It's quite valuable."

Liang Qu stroked the Dragon Spirit Silk, as if it were Silver Note draped over his body.

From the 300th lot onwards, most of the purchases were made by Lineage.

Basically, just look at it.

No suitable one.

The materials are used by many Hunting Tiger Great Martial Master, and some ores and Demon Beast cores are even qualified to be used by Grandmaster to forge Spirit Weapon. Each piece is priced in the six figures.

Compared to one Longevity Treasure last year, there are two this year.

One item was acquired by Jian Zhongyi, and the other by the Weng Family, both with prices exceeding 400,000 taels.

With the sale of the Longevity Treasure artifacts, this year's auction came to an end, and the bidders gradually left their seats.

"Prefect Jian is truly fond of the Longevity Treasure," Xu Zishuai remarked.

Liang Qu couldn't help but nod. Last year and this year combined, they spent more than 800,000 yuan to extend his lifespan. That's outrageous.

"I thought there would be some special treasure, the kind that would fetch a million-dollar price!"

"Unlikely. Before the auction was prepared, Pingyang Prefecture only had one Grandmaster from the Weng Family. It is estimated that the quantity prepared was slightly lacking in quality."

Liang Qu walked through the corridor to the back office, took out a large number of Silver Note, inspected the auction items, and redeemed the discounts.

The three items with the highest value and commission rate will be exempt from tax.

A bottle of Vein Marrow Jade Liquid, a Wither-Bloom Sister Lotus, Yang Dongxiong's Treasure Plant, three items tax-free, 15% off.

The remaining portions, including those for the senior students, will all be offered at a 10% discount.

The senior students didn't let Liang Qu suffer any losses; they compensated him at a 0.5% discount.

It's equivalent to Liang Qu giving them a 5% discount while keeping a portion of the kickback for himself.

All the miscellaneous expenses added up to less than 76,000 taels of silver.

"It's a pity I didn't get any Cultivation Method for free this year."

Liang Qu looked around but didn't see Wei Shao. Perhaps he had learned his lesson.

Fortunately, I managed to get Treasure Plant for free.

Guan Congjian's image appeared in his mind.