Chapter 451: The Half-Elf's Auction House

"Hey, Lingyun, we had a deal, we're going out shopping!" Lingyun's door was pushed open, and Chen Jing walked quickly into the room.

Lingyun, who had just finished tidying up his things, looked at the girl who had barged in so brazenly, and a trace of helplessness could not help but appear in his eyes. It seemed that after signing the Eternal Contract with him, Chen Jing had less and less of a guard up in front of him; this result made Lingyun feel somewhat helpless, yet at the same time, he felt a trace of secret joy.

"Alright, I know, but could you please remember to knock next time!" Lingyun said helplessly.

After parting ways with Kelisi's caravan, their group had found an inn in the Imperial City to stay in. It could only be said that it lived up to its name as the Imperial City; the cost of living here was truly quite exaggerated, a full five times that of Gelu Town. Fortunately, Lingyun had exchanged many of the Magic Beast cores he had obtained from the Magic Beast Forest for gold coins right from the start, otherwise, they might have truly ended up in a situation where they were short on funds.

"Where are the others?" Lingyun asked.

"The others have been ready for a long time, now we're just waiting for you!" Chen Jing rolled her eyes at Lingyun.

"Then let's go!" Lingyun said with a smile.

"It really is the Imperial City, it's actually this prosperous!" Even having been accustomed to the throngs of people in large metropolises, Chen Jing was still amazed by the level of prosperity here.

Their group walked along the main street, surrounded by all kinds of street vendors hawking various different items. Sometimes, one could even see mercenaries carrying Evil Energy on their bodies selling various Magic Beast materials or even Magic Beast cores.

On the road, quite a few people were curiously eyeing Lingyun's group of four, after all, the three women including Chen Jing were absolute beauties. Three beauties appearing in one place at the same time, and still accompanying a young man who looked "not particularly outstanding" to go shopping, was enough for many people to conjure up many scenarios in their minds. Of course, the looks many men cast at Lingyun were filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred; after all, this kind of situation of being surrounded by beauties was the life they dreamed of!

However, no one went up to pick a fight out of envy, jealousy, or hatred; after all, the aura on all four of Lingyun's group was Seventh Tier. Such young Seventh Tier powerhouses could absolutely not be ordinary people, and they did not want to provoke such mysterious powerhouses.

"Lingyun, look at that place!" Su Wanyue suddenly said to Lingyun.

"Hm?" Lingyun's gaze followed the direction of Su Wanyue's finger; there stood a tall, magnificent building, and on the door of the building, there was a huge plaque, with powerful energy radiating from it.

"This is, the Morning Light Auction House?" Lingyun raised an eyebrow. "Named after Morning Light, could it be that this auction house has some connection to the Morning Light Forest?"

"Yes, this auction house really does have a certain connection to the Morning Light Forest!" Aiweier glanced at the auction house, then said to Lingyun.

"Oh, how did you tell?" Lingyun asked with some curiosity.

"That green leaf on the plaque is a mark left by the Elf Race using a special method. To this day, no one has been able to forge this kind of mark, and any shop that can possess this mark has a significant connection with the Elf Race!" Aiweier explained.

"Is that so? Then shall we go into this auction house and take a look?" Lingyun asked for the opinions of the girls beside him.

"Of course we're going!" Aiweier said with an interested look. "To be honest, I've never seen what an auction house looks like, especially since this auction house has such a significant connection with the Elf Race!"

"We want to go see it too!" Chen Jing also said to Lingyun.

"Alright then, let's go!"

When Lingyun's group walked into the auction house, Aiweier's pupils could not help but shrink, and then her voice sounded in Lingyun's ear: "Lingyun, quite a few of the staff in this auction house are half-elves!"

"Half-elves?" Lingyun's gaze swept over the servers in the hall.

Although many of the staff in this auction house were wearing disguise items, under Lingyun's Divine Sense, this kind of disguise had no meaning at all. In his perception, the staff of this auction house were indeed mostly half-elves.

"Sir, we meet again!" Just at this moment, a joyful voice sounded from behind Lingyun.

"Hm? Who are you?" Hearing this voice, Lingyun turned his head to look, and could not help but raise an eyebrow.

Standing behind him was a young man with golden hair. In the youth's scarlet pupils, there was a trace of surprise; clearly, he had not expected to see Lingyun here. Behind the youth was a burly man whose body radiated a powerful aura like a great mountain; he was undoubtedly a Sanctuary Powerhouse. And now, this powerhouse was standing behind the youth in the capacity of a bodyguard.

"You are, Xuanying?" Looking at the youth in front of him, Lingyun immediately thought of the Charm Spirit Assassin he had encountered on the Peilun Plain before. After all, on this Continent, the only young man who knew him and called him Sir was this one.

Hearing Xuanying address Lingyun as Sir, the burly man behind him could not help but size Lingyun up. His own young master was such an arrogant person; to be respectfully called Sir by him, it was clear that the person in front of him was not a simple character. But what puzzled him was that in his probing, the strength of the person in front of him was only Seventh Tier, and he himself did not seem to have anything outstanding about him.

"Is the Crystal I gave you useful?" Lingyun asked.

Upon hearing Lingyun mention that Crystal, a trace of joy appeared on Xuanying's face: "Useful, that Crystal is truly too useful; the situation has already improved a lot now!"

Hearing Lingyun mention the Crystal, the burly man's expression immediately became serious. He had also seen that Crystal; merely placing it beside the Dark Holy Sword caused the energy leaking from the Crystal to suppress the restless Demon Qi, greatly reducing the pressure on the Seal Array.

After the Elder in the clan had seen the Crystal, he had asserted that even a Heavenly Domain powerhouse might not be able to condense this kind of Crystal, and even if they could, it would consume a vast amount of time and energy. But the strength displayed by the person in front of him was only Seventh Tier; if it weren't for Xuanying's solemn insistence that this Crystal was condensed by this young man single-handedly, he would not have believed that this young man before him could be so powerful.

"Xuanying, what are you doing in this place?" Lingyun asked with some interest.

"Does Sir not know? This Morning Light Auction House is run by half-elves, and it has an unusual connection with the Morning Light Forest. In this place, there are often specialties from the Elf Race for sale; this is something many people are well aware of!" Xuanying explained to Lingyun. "And tomorrow is the annual auction gala of the Morning Light Auction House. At that time, there will be quite a few good things appearing at the auction; how could I be absent from such a gala!"

"An annual auction gala, is it?" Lingyun muttered, "We'll come over and take a look then!"

"If Sir needs it, I can prepare a premium private box for you!" Xuanying said immediately upon hearing that Lingyun was interested in tomorrow's auction.

"That won't be necessary, there might not be anything I'm interested in when the time comes!" Lingyun shook his head.

"Young Master, the people over there should have arrived already!" While Xuanying and Lingyun were talking, the burly man on the side looked at the Magic clock hanging in the middle of the hall and spoke to Xuanying.

Xuanying looked up at the Magic clock, then said to Lingyun with some embarrassment: "Sir, I still have to go meet someone on my side, please excuse me for now!"

"Go ahead!" Lingyun nodded indifferently.

Xuanying bowed to Lingyun, then hurried away from here.