After leaving the tavern, Lu An and Yang Meiren walked on the street again.
Looking at the streets of Yuan Shan City, Yang Meiren was a little interested. After all, she had heard of the Medicine God Nation but had never come here.
After walking for a while, Yang Meiren looked at Lu An and asked, "What do you plan to do?"
Lu An had been thinking with his head down. When he heard Yang Meiren's question, he looked up and said, "If the Medicine God Academy is just to teach ordinary people to become Medicine God, then it's useless to me. I want to join a Chamber of Commerce first and see the situation. If it doesn't work out, then I'll leave. "
Yang Meiren nodded slightly and asked, "Which Chamber of Commerce do you want to join?"
"I don't want to join a big one. I can join a small one and see the situation in Yuan Shan City." Lu An said, "I don't know how long I'll stay in Yuan Shan City. Why don't I rent a courtyard?"
"Okay." Yang Meiren nodded. Indeed, renting a courtyard was much more convenient than staying in an inn.
Just like that, the two of them walked in Yuan Shan City. It was almost evening when the two of them walked half of Yuan Shan City. However, the two of them successfully rented a very good courtyard. It could even be described as a courtyard. Lu An didn't care, but because of Yang Meiren, it was impossible for him to not live well.
After confirming the place to live, the two of them didn't feel any pressure. After walking on the street and having a simple dinner, Lu An thought for a while and said, "Why don't we go to the auction house?"
"Okay." Yang Meiren said.
After asking for directions, the two of them soon arrived in front of a huge building. This building was the auction house. It was surrounded by the shops of various Chambers of Commerce, but the auction house occupied the most central location. However, this long street was filled with people coming and going. The shops of various Chambers of Commerce were crowded, but there were fewer people in front of the auction house.
However, the people who went in and out of the auction house were obviously dressed much more luxuriously than ordinary people. It seemed that only the rich dared to enter the auction house.
Lu An glanced at the auction house and walked in without hesitation. When the two of them entered the building, a maid quickly walked over.
"Two guests." The woman looked at the two of them as fast as she could. When she found that the two of them were wearing expensive clothes, she smiled and said, "You look unfamiliar. Is this your first time here?"
Lu An glanced at the woman and nodded. "Yes."
"If you want to buy something, we don't sell anything here." The woman smiled and said, "All of our goods are sold through auctions. The auction is held every night, and today's auction will begin in fifteen minutes. "
"Really?" Lu An was stunned. He didn't expect his luck to be so good. "How can I go there?"
"Everyone has to pay ten gold coins." The woman smiled and said, "This money is not refundable."
Ten gold coins?
Lu An was taken aback. One had to know that an ordinary family could only earn about this amount of money in a year. He didn't expect that just entering the auction house would cost so much money.
Lu An hesitated slightly. Although he was not short of money now, he did not have the habit of spending money recklessly. After all, he just wanted to take a look and didn't want to buy anything.
On the side, the woman was not in a hurry and only smiled as she waited for Lu An's decision. Ten gold coins was naturally not a low price. It was to keep people who didn't have the purchasing power outside.
In the end, Lu An frowned slightly and took out twenty gold coins from his ring and handed it to the woman. This time, the woman was a little surprised. She didn't expect that the youth would really go in.
"Two guests, please come with me." After the woman took the money, she respectfully said to Lu An and Yang Meiren.
Under the woman's lead, the two soon arrived at a long corridor. There were many doors on one side of the corridor and they formed a semicircle. Finally, the woman stopped in front of a door. She opened the door and said, "Two guests, please come in. This is your room."
Lu An was slightly startled. He walked in with Yang Meiren. The room was not small and there were many seats. In front of them was a transparent window. They could see the auction stage through the window.
There were two layers of curtains on the window. One was a gauze curtain, and the other was a silk curtain. If you only pulled the gauze curtain, you could vaguely see the auction stage. If you pulled the silk curtain, you couldn't see anything.
"If the guest is interested in any of the auction items, you can touch the array on the table to make a bid or increase the price." The woman smiled and said, "The auction will start in half an hour."
"Okay, thank you." Lu An said with a smile.
After the woman bowed, she turned and left the room. However, before leaving the room, the woman suddenly stopped and said to Lu An with a smile, "The rooms here are soundproof."
After saying that, she closed the door.
Lu An was a little confused. However, he wasn't a youth who didn't know anything. He immediately blushed. Obviously, this woman misunderstood his relationship with Yang Meiren.
There was no other way. Yang Meiren had been following behind Lu An. Plus, Yang Meiren was so beautiful. Anyone would misunderstand.
Yang Meiren's face was also a little red. Lu An coughed lightly and said, "Sit."
Yang Meiren nodded and sat down with Lu An.
Lu An looked at the huge auction stage in front of him. The reason why he spent money to enter here was simple. He would come here sooner or later. It would help him understand Yuan Shan City better.
Half an hour quickly passed. When the time was up, someone immediately came to the auction stage. The person in charge of the auction was a woman with a good temperament. She had the ability to control the situation.
Soon, the first auction item was placed on the stage. Because this was the Medicine God Nation, all the auction items were related to pills. After the red cloth was lifted, a pill furnace appeared.
This pill furnace wasn't small. It was half the height of a person. Its entire body was made of bronze. There were complicated patterns on the surface. It was obvious that it was reinforced with a special method.
What caught Lu An's attention were the eight crystal cores embedded around the pill furnace.
The woman raised her head and looked at all the rooms. She smiled and said, "This pill furnace is called 'Eight Flavor Core Furnace'. Its entire body is made of black iron. The pill furnace is divided into three layers. There are arrays on the surface and the space between each layer. In other words, there are four layers of protection. "
"I believe everyone has already noticed that there are eight crystal cores embedded around the pill furnace. That's right, these eight crystal cores are all crystal cores of rank three strange beasts. Moreover, they are crystal cores of rank three peak strange beasts with similar strength. The energy contained within is also similar. "
"Beside each crystal core, there is a unique array. The eight basic attributes surround the pill furnace. No matter what kind of pill it is, it will be twice the result with half the effort."
"This pill furnace is between the peak of rank three to rank four." The woman looked around and smiled, "This pill furnace was created by the Medicine God Guild's vice chief. The quality is naturally guaranteed. The starting bid for this pill furnace is — — sixty thousand gold! "
Hearing this number, Lu An's heart trembled. But, he quickly calmed down.
This price was actually not high. It was even lower than Lu An's expectations. Just the collection of the eight crystal cores with different attributes was already a very expensive figure. Adding on the array and refining, sixty thousand gold was really too little.
As expected, the surrounding people quickly started to bid. The price of sixty thousand gold quickly rose to a hundred thousand gold, and even showed signs of rising.
One must know that a pill furnace that could be used, its value was much higher than what it looked like. Such a good pill furnace was rarely seen. No matter if it was a merchant or an outsider, they all wanted to buy this pill furnace. But, what made Lu An shocked was the wealth of these people. He only had thirty thousand gold on him now. He did not expect these people to be so bold and unrestrained.
From the looks of it, the 10 gold to enter the door was really not much.
In the end, the pill furnace was sold for a price of one hundred and sixty thousand gold. This also made Lu An shocked. Luckily he did not need the pill furnace. Otherwise, he would definitely not be able to compete with these people.
Following that, the second auction item went up on stage. Every auction item indeed had its own unique value. Lu An watched as the auction items were bought one by one. Every auction item's price was not lower than eighty thousand gold. Up until now, he hadn't made a single bid.
Among them, there were indeed things that attracted him. But he did not have the money. This also fulfilled his original intention of coming here to take a look.
Because there were auctions every day, there were not many auction items. Soon, the auction came to the last item. It was a wooden box that was brought up on stage.
Among all the auction items, this was the one that received the least attention. However, the last auction item was usually the most important. How could this be?
The woman looked around and said, "I know everyone has doubts. In fact, we did not install this wooden box. It was already there. A few years ago, the Apothecary Guild accidentally obtained this wooden box. It is said that there is a pill recipe inside. Unfortunately, we have tried countless methods, even using violence, but we were unable to open the wooden box. Because of this, we are putting it up for auction today. As for what is inside, or even if there is anything inside, we do not dare to guarantee. "
As soon as she said this, everyone was stunned. In other words, it all depended on luck … Then how could they bid?
If even the Apothecary Guild could not open it, how could they open it?
Except for Lu An.
Beauty Yang noticed that after the wooden box appeared, Lu An's expression became serious. His gaze never left the wooden box.
"The starting price is thirty thousand gold!" the woman announced loudly.
Hearing this price, Lu An frowned. He only had twenty thousand gold. It was not even enough for the starting price.
However, at this moment, Beauty Yang opened her mouth.
"You want it?" Beauty Yang said calmly, "I'll buy it for you."
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