Jia Nan Auction

After leaving his clan for more than two months, he had raised his cultivation by two stars, which left Lin Ming quite satisfied.

After advancing to Four-Star Dou Master, Lin Ming ended his cultivation. During the dozen-odd days he had spent refining the Liquid Energy Pill, Lin Ming had not left his room once. Now that he had finished cultivating, he might as well go out and take a look.

He opened the door to his room, and just as Lin Ming stepped out, he saw the door of the lodging beside his own open as well. Then he saw a woman in a silver dress robe walk out. Perhaps because she was still young, though her figure was fairly tall and slender, her chest was only slightly raised. Her thin cheeks matched a standard oval face, and her snow-white skin, together with that rare head of silver hair, made this girl, young as she was, look exceptionally beautiful.

"Class Leader, you actually go out too!" When the girl saw Lin Ming, she called out in some surprise.

"Han Yue, you live next door?" Lin Ming also said in some surprise. Although Lin Ming had seen Han Yue in class, they had not interacted much, and with so many people in the class, he had not paid much attention.

This sudden trip outside had let him see Han Yue walking out from next door, and only then did Lin Ming take a careful look at her. She was a little stunning!

"Our great class leader, school's been in session for over a month. Don't tell me you only just found out I live next to you?" Han Yue asked in puzzlement.

Faced with Han Yue's question, Lin Ming grew a little awkward. Because he really had only just found out that Han Yue lived here. Of the five lodging rooms on this top floor, besides his own, he only knew who lived in one other room. Back then, he had happened to run into that person when he went out once. As for the other three lodging rooms, he truly had no idea who lived there.

Looking at Lin Ming's expression, Han Yue knew that Lin Ming really had only just found out she lived here. Then Lin Ming saw Han Yue take a deep breath before speaking again. "Class Leader, do you know who lives in the other lodging rooms on this floor?"

After Han Yue finished asking, Lin Ming pointed at the lodging room he knew and said the name of the person living there.

"Our great class leader, honestly! School's been in session for over a month, and out of five lodging rooms on our floor, you still don't know who lives in most of them! Your cultivation where you shut out everything beyond the window is truly admirable."

Looking at Han Yue's helpless expression, Lin Ming grew even more awkward. Because even he felt this was somewhat hard to justify.

Fortunately, Han Yue did not really make a fuss about it and then introduced the people in the other lodging rooms to Lin Ming.

What Lin Ming had not expected was that Lin Xiuyai was also on this floor, which left him speechless. The two people from the original work he had met in Black Tier Class One actually lived on the same floor as him, yet he had only found out now.

To avoid any more awkwardness, Lin Ming quickly said, "Han Yue, I see you're going out too. Let's head downstairs together!"

Hearing Lin Ming's invitation, Han Yue smiled faintly and teased, "An invitation from our busy class leader really makes Han Yue feel flattered!"

Listening to Han Yue's teasing, Lin Ming also smiled and said, "Then let's go!" After that, he headed downstairs.

Lin Ming and Han Yue walked through the corridor, and Lin Ming asked, "Han Yue, where are you going?"

Since he had nothing to do while walking around anyway, Lin Ming casually asked.

"Class Leader, there's an Earth Tier Auction over in Jia Nan City today, so I was planning to go take a look," Han Yue replied to Lin Ming.

"Oh? Jia Nan City has an auction house too?" Lin Ming said, somewhat puzzled.

"Sigh! Great class leader! Compared with Jia Nan City, Jia Nan Academy's area is basically like comparing a sesame seed to a watermelon. In such a huge Jia Nan City, who knows how many people live there? It would be a problem if there were no auction house, all right?" Han Yue said helplessly again.

"Heh heh, I've been busy cultivating all this time. Don't blame me for not knowing." Lin Ming gave a foolish laugh and spoke to Han Yue.

Han Yue also knew that Lin Ming had always been busy cultivating, so she only felt a little helpless and had no other meaning. She even opened her mouth to invite him. "Class Leader, since you're surprisingly not cultivating today, do you want to go attend this auction with me?"

Hearing Han Yue's invitation, Lin Ming thought for a moment. He had just finished cultivating today and had nothing to do, so he had wanted to come out for a walk and relax his mood. So accepting Han Yue's invitation and attending the auction was fine. He had no plans today anyway. Thinking this, Lin Ming replied, "Since a great beauty like you has spoken, I suppose I can only obey!"

Hearing Lin Ming's teasing, Han Yue laughed outright and said to Lin Ming, "I didn't expect our great class leader, who only ever thinks about cultivating, to know how to compliment people too!"

"I'm not good at complimenting people. I only tell the truth." Because he had advanced today, Lin Ming was in an especially good mood, so joking around and teasing with words were no problem.

"Hahaha." Looking at Lin Ming speaking with such a serious face, Han Yue really could not hold back this time and laughed loudly. After laughing enough, Han Yue said again, "Class Leader, don't tell me your cultivation rose again and you've reached Three-Star Dou Master!"

From how Lin Ming spent most of his time cultivating, Han Yue could determine that Lin Ming was not the sort of person who would strike up a conversation whenever he saw a pretty girl. Yet now he was doing something a little teasing toward her. That could only mean he was in an exceptionally good mood, which was why he would do such a thing.

"Heh heh, just a small improvement. Not worth mentioning." After hearing Han Yue's words, Lin Ming scratched his head and said. At this moment, Lin Ming was inwardly crying out that a woman's intuition was truly terrifying. She had actually guessed that his cultivation had advanced today. The only pity was that he had advanced to Four-Star Dou Master.

"No way, Class Leader! I just said that casually, and you really advanced? Your cultivation speed is way too monstrous! From the start of school until now, I haven't even advanced one star in the Dou Practitioner Stage! Yet you, in the Dou Master stage, raised your cultivation by one star instead." Han Yue pouted as she spoke, somewhat struck by the blow.

Looking at the girl who had been struck by him, Lin Ming felt that he would not mention his advance to Four-Star Dou Master. Otherwise, he was afraid Han Yue might stop going to the auction entirely, turn around, and go back to cultivate.

However, Lin Ming still comforted Han Yue and said, "Han Yue, from what I see, your Dou Qi is close to full. This is a sign that you're near advancement. I imagine it won't be many days before you can raise your cultivation by one star too."

Sure enough, after Lin Ming said this, Han Yue's dejected expression recovered. She smiled at Lin Ming and said, "Class Leader, let's hurry. We need to get to the auction house quickly."

After Han Yue finished speaking, she quickened her pace, and Lin Ming could only follow.

After taking a Flying Magical Beast partway through the journey, Lin Ming and Han Yue finally arrived before an enormous building an hour later.

Lin Ming looked at this building, which was even larger and more imposing than his family's auction house, and thought to himself that it was worthy of being Jia Nan City's Jia Nan Auction House!

"Let's go, Class Leader. The auction is about to begin," Han Yue urged at this moment.

"Mm, let's go!" Lin Ming nodded in reply. Then he took out his student card and walked straight into Jia Nan Auction House with Han Yue.

As students of Jia Nan Academy, they could enter Jia Nan Auction House directly with their student cards, unlike those other people, who needed other proof.

After entering the main hall of Jia Nan Auction House, Lin Ming looked at the stream of people inside and directly said, "Damn, there are so many people."

"This Earth Tier Auction House can't even open a few times a year, so every time it opens, many students from the academy and people nearby who receive the news all come to participate. Naturally, the number of people is a bit large," Han Yue explained after hearing Lin Ming's words.

"With so many people, can we get into this Earth Tier Auction House?" Lin Ming asked after hearing Han Yue's explanation.

"Class Leader, don't worry! This Earth Tier Auction House is not just ordinarily large. It's enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people. And Jia Nan Auction House will leave enough seats for us students of Jia Nan Academy, so we don't need to worry about being unable to get in." Han Yue explained matters about Jia Nan Auction House to Lin Ming again.

"That's good. Then where do we go in?" Lin Ming said.

"Follow me." After Han Yue said this, she led the way in front, and Lin Ming followed.

Lin Ming followed Han Yue into the Earth Tier Auction House. Looking at the countless heads, Lin Ming estimated there were at least no fewer than ten thousand people.

"Han Yue, over here." At this moment, a woman's voice called Han Yue's name and waved toward Lin Ming and the others.

After Han Yue saw her, she brought Lin Ming toward the person waving.

When Lin Ming and the others were about to reach them, the woman's voice rang out again. "Yueyue, not bad! You've already found a boyfriend. Hurry up and introduce this boyfriend of yours to us sisters."

The other women also joined in the teasing. "That's right, Yueyue. Hurry up and introduce him to us sisters! Let us see who managed to steal away our silver moon beauty."

With her head of silver hair, it was probably quite normal for Han Yue to be called the silver moon beauty in the academy. "You bunch of shameless flirts, look clearly at who he is before you start acting wild." Facing the teasing from her group of sisters, Han Yue said irritably.

Because the auction had not started yet, it was still a little dim here. In addition, Lin Ming did not show his face often, so these people had not recognized Lin Ming yet.

"Oh? Yueyue, since you put it that way, it seems this boyfriend of yours is quite famous? Then let us see who he is!" At this moment, the woman who had spoken first said. Then she turned her head and looked toward Lin Ming.

"Damn, Han Yue, your boyfriend is this freak! Ah, no. Your boyfriend is the Class Leader. Ah, that's not right. Class Leader, why do you have time to come over today?" When this girl looked at Lin Ming, Lin Ming also recognized her as a member of his class, called Xu Feier.

They were only a group of women teasing and joking with one another, so Lin Ming did not need to mind. Thus, he directly asked, "Xu Feier, are there any extra seats available?"

Seeing Lin Ming ask her, Xu Feier immediately said, "Of course there are seats if you come, Class Leader. Even if there weren't any seats, we'd stand and give up our seats for you, Class Leader."

After that, everyone sat down and waited for the auction to begin.

At this moment, Lin Ming saw Xu Feier pull Han Yue over, her lips muttering softly by Han Yue's ear. He imagined she was asking Han Yue how she had brought him here.