Jia Nan Auction

After leaving his family for over two months, he had raised his cultivation by two stars. Lin Ming was quite satisfied with that.

After advancing to Four-Star Dou Master, Lin Ming ended his cultivation. During the dozen or so days he had spent refining the Liquid Energy Pills, he had not stepped outside once. Now that he had finished cultivating, he decided to go out and take a look.

As he opened his door and stepped outside, Lin Ming saw the door to the residence next to his open as well. Then he saw a woman in a silver dress step out. Perhaps because she was still young, although she was fairly tall, her chest was only slightly developed. Her slender cheeks and standard oval face, snowy white skin, and rare cascade of silver hair made her exceptionally beautiful despite her young age.

"Class Leader, you go out too?" The woman sounded somewhat surprised when she saw Lin Ming.

"Han Yue, you live next door?" Lin Ming asked in surprise as well. Although he had seen Han Yue in class, they had not interacted much. There were so many people in the class that he had not paid much attention to her.

It was only when he suddenly went out and saw Han Yue emerge from next door that Lin Ming took a careful look at her. He was a little stunned.

"Our great Class Leader, school has been in session for over a month. Don't tell me you only just found out that I live next to you?" Han Yue asked doubtfully.

Lin Ming felt somewhat embarrassed by Han Yue's question, because he truly had only just learned that she lived here. Of the five residence rooms on this top floor, aside from his own, he only knew who lived in one other room. He had happened to run into that person while going out once. He still did not know who occupied the other three rooms.

From Lin Ming's expression, Han Yue realized that he really had only just found out she lived here. After taking a deep breath, she asked again, "Class Leader, do you know who lives in the other rooms on this floor?"

After Han Yue finished asking, Lin Ming pointed to the room whose occupant he knew and gave that person's name.

"Our great Class Leader! So after more than a month of school, out of the five rooms on our floor, you still don't know who most of the residents are? Your dedication to cultivation, ignoring everything outside, is truly admirable."

Seeing Han Yue's helpless expression, Lin Ming became even more embarrassed. He felt that this really was rather indefensible.

Fortunately, Han Yue did not dwell on it. She then introduced him to the occupants of the other rooms.

What Lin Ming had not expected was that Lin Xiuyai also lived on this floor, leaving him speechless. The two people from the original story whom he had encountered in Black Tier Class One both lived on the same floor as him, yet he had only found out now.

To avoid any more awkwardness, Lin Ming hurriedly said, "Han Yue, you're heading out too, right? Let's go downstairs together!"

Hearing Lin Ming's invitation, Han Yue smiled and teased, "An invitation from our busy Class Leader truly makes Han Yue feel flattered."

Lin Ming smiled at her teasing and said, "Then let's go!" With that, he headed downstairs.

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

Since they were simply walking with nothing else to do, Lin Ming asked casually.

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

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

"Ah, great Class Leader! Compared to Jia Nan City, Jia Nan Academy is like a sesame seed compared to a watermelon. With so many people living in such a huge city, wouldn't it be stranger if there were no auction house?" Han Yue said helplessly again.

"Hehe, I've been busy cultivating all this time. Don't blame me for not knowing," Lin Ming said with a foolish grin.

Han Yue knew that Lin Ming had always been occupied with cultivation, so she was merely helpless about it and meant nothing else by it. She even invited him, saying, "Class Leader, since you aren't cultivating today, would you like to attend this auction with me?"

Hearing Han Yue's invitation, Lin Ming thought about how he had just finished cultivating today and had nothing to do. He had only wanted to take a walk and relax. Attending an auction sounded fine, and he had no plans for the day anyway. With that thought, Lin Ming replied, "Since a great beauty like you has spoken, I can only obey."

Han Yue immediately laughed at Lin Ming's teasing and said, "I never expected our Class Leader, who only ever thinks about cultivation, to know how to compliment people too."

"I don't know how to compliment people. I only speak the truth." Because he had advanced today, Lin Ming was in an especially good mood. A little joking and flirting was no problem.

"Haha!" Seeing Lin Ming's completely serious expression, Han Yue truly could not hold back her laughter this time. Once she had laughed enough, she said, "Class Leader, don't tell me your cultivation has improved again and you've reached Three-Star Dou Master?"

From the fact that Lin Ming spent most of his time cultivating, Han Yue could tell that he was not the kind of person who would strike up conversations with pretty girls. Yet he was teasing her now. The only possibility was that he was in an extremely good mood.

"Hehe, just a minor improvement. It's not worth mentioning." After hearing Han Yue's words, Lin Ming scratched his head. Inside, he exclaimed at how terrifying a woman's intuition could be. She had actually guessed that his cultivation had advanced today. The only pity was that he had advanced to Dou Master Four Stars.

"No way! Class Leader, I was only saying it casually, and you really advanced? Your cultivation speed is way too absurd! Since school started, I haven't even risen one star in the Dou Practitioner Stage, while you've actually raised your cultivation by one star in the Dou Master Stage." Han Yue pouted, clearly somewhat discouraged.

Seeing the girl he had discouraged, Lin Ming decided not to mention that he had advanced to Four-Star Dou Master. Otherwise, he feared Han Yue would skip the auction altogether and turn around to go back and cultivate.

Still, Lin Ming comforted Han Yue. "Han Yue, your Dou Qi is nearing fullness. That's a sign that you're close to advancing. In a few days, you should be able to raise your cultivation by one star too."

Sure enough, after Lin Ming said that, Han Yue's dejected expression disappeared. Smiling at him, she said, "Class Leader, let's hurry. We need to get to the auction house soon."

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

After riding a Flying Magical Beast for part of the journey, Lin Ming and Han Yue finally arrived before an enormous building an hour later.

Seeing the building, which was even larger and more imposing than his family's auction house, Lin Ming thought, As expected of the Jia Nan Auction House in Jia Nan City!

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

"Mm, let's go!" Lin Ming nodded in reply. He then took out his student identification and entered the Jia Nan Auction House with Han Yue.

As students of Jia Nan Academy, they could enter the Jia Nan Auction House directly with their student identification, unlike the others, who needed additional proof.

Upon entering the main hall of the Jia Nan Auction House and seeing the crowds flowing through it, Lin Ming blurted out, "Damn, there are so many people."

"This Earth Tier Auction only opens a few times a year, so whenever it does, many students from the academy and people from the surrounding areas who hear the news come to attend. Naturally, there are more people," Han Yue explained.

"With this many people, can we even get into the Earth Tier Auction House?" Lin Ming asked after hearing her explanation.

"Don't worry, Class Leader! This Earth Tier Auction House is enormous. It can hold tens of thousands of people. And the Jia Nan Auction House reserves enough seats for students of Jia Nan Academy, so we don't need to worry about not getting in," Han Yue explained further.

"That's good. Then where do we enter?" Lin Ming asked.

"Follow me." Han Yue took the lead after speaking, and Lin Ming followed her.

Lin Ming followed Han Yue into the Earth Tier Auction House. Seeing the countless heads around him, he estimated that there were no fewer than ten thousand people.

"Han Yue, over here!" At that moment, a woman called Han Yue's name and waved toward them.

Seeing her, Han Yue led Lin Ming over.

Just as Lin Ming and Han Yue were about to arrive, the woman called out again, "Yueyue, not bad! You found yourself a boyfriend already. Hurry up and introduce your boyfriend to us sisters."

The other women joined in, saying, "That's right, Yueyue. Introduce him to us! Let us see who managed to win over our Silver Moon Beauty."

With her silver hair, it was perfectly normal for Han Yue to be called the Silver Moon Beauty in the academy. "You shameless sluts, take a good look at who he is before you start making a fuss," Han Yue snapped irritably at her group of sisters.

Since the auction had not begun yet, the place was still somewhat dim. Combined with the fact that Lin Ming did not show himself often, these people had not recognized him yet.

"Oh? Since you say that, Yueyue, your boyfriend must be quite famous. Let us see who he is!" the first woman said. She then turned to look towards Lin Ming.

"Damn, Han Yue, your boyfriend is that freak! No, wait. Your boyfriend is the Class Leader. No, that's not right either. Class Leader, why do you have time to come today?" When the girl looked towards Lin Ming, he recognized her as someone from his class as well. Her name was Xu Feier.

The group of women had merely been joking with one another, so Lin Ming could not be bothered to take offense. He simply asked, "Xu Feier, are there any extra seats?"

Seeing Lin Ming ask her, Xu Feier immediately replied, "Of course there's a seat for you, Class Leader. Even if there weren't, we'd stand instead of sitting and make room for you."

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

At that moment, Lin Ming saw Xu Feier pull Han Yue aside and whisper into her ear with a smile. She was probably asking Han Yue how she had brought him along.