"Once the auction ends, if the lady is in the mood, she may invite someone to meet with her, savor wine, and discuss the zither."
Chen Mu could not help chuckling at that.
"Quite the cultured soul."
He shook his head mildly and stopped asking questions.
He extended his divine sense toward the location the girl had indicated, but could not detect the woman's presence.
There was indeed a private little chamber at the stern on the third level.
Yet when his divine sense swept over it, it was as though it had struck a mass of soft mist. He could probe nothing within.
The girl did not seem to be lying.
Chen Mu had just used a trace of the mind-subduing power of Emperor Heart Lotus-Seeding, allowing him to judge whether her words were true.
It seemed her knowledge was limited as well. The Demoness impersonating Yu Hongxiu was probably somewhere else.
Since Chen Mu had come, he naturally had the patience to wait.
For now, he quietly watched the auction below.
Just then, it was his item's turn to be auctioned.
Ying Niang stepped to the front of the stage and gave it an enthusiastic introduction.
"Honored guests, our next item is something truly extraordinary."
"A venom core from a Blackwater Mystic Serpent, obtained deep within Mangdang Mountain. The serpent was no less than three hundred years old, and this core contains the essence of its entire lifetime. Used in medicine, it can produce pills of the seventh grade or higher. Used in forging treasures, it can temper divine weapons and keen blades."
"Bidding starts at one thousand taels!"
At those words, a stir immediately ran through the crowd below.
"A demon core? Who could have brought out something like that?"
"A pity it's a venom core. It's