Chapter 27: Mu Yuqing, Sect Master of the Heavenly Demon Sect

"Brother Tiancheng, is it you?" Ye Fan said, stuttering slightly.

He truly had not expected to run into Xiao Tiancheng here.

"It is me." Xiao Tiancheng smiled slightly, his expression gentle and warm.

"Brother Tiancheng, I..."

Ye Fan lowered his head, looking ashamed.

The task Xiao Tiancheng had entrusted to him was to win over Xiao Ruoyu as quickly as possible; now that Xiao Ruoyu was inside the Tianqiong Auction House, he was blocked outside and unable to enter.

"There is no need for this; I understand Brother Ye Fan's predicament."

Xiao Tiancheng reached out and patted Ye Fan on the shoulder, a look of relief on his face as he said, "I have come now because there is an important matter that requires Brother Ye Fan's help."

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan's eyes lit up instantly. "Please, just give the order."

Xiao Tiancheng scanned the area, and finding that no one was paying attention to them, he leaned into Ye Fan's ear and whispered, "I have just received news that this Tianqiong Auction House will be auctioning an Incomplete Jade Pendant. This Incomplete Jade Pendant is very important to me; you must help me win it."

"I..."

Hearing this, a look of confusion appeared on Ye Fan's face.

After all, he could not get into the auction right now, and Xiao Tiancheng knew he only had one million Superior Spirit Stones on him, which might not be enough to win that Incomplete Jade Pendant.

An even greater doubt was why Xiao Tiancheng didn't go to the Heavenly Dome Auction himself; wouldn't that be more convenient?

"My sister is inside, so it is inconvenient for me to show my face."

Xiao Tiancheng seemed to guess the question in Ye Fan's heart and explained, "The secret of that Incomplete Jade Pendant is known only to me."

Once he appeared to bid for that Incomplete Jade Pendant, it would certainly arouse the attention and suspicion of Xiao Ruoyu and other interested parties.

"I understand."

Ye Fan nodded, secretly taking note of this in his heart.

At this moment, he felt even more curiosity toward Xiao Tiancheng.

Although Xiao Tiancheng's strength was not on par with Xiao Ruoyu's, his mind was meticulous, his thinking clear, and he was skilled at calculation; coupled with his deep schemes, it was truly no injustice for Xiao Ruoyu to fall into his hands in the future.

"Take this."

Xiao Tiancheng pulled a Space Ring from his robes, placed it in Ye Fan's hand, and said solemnly, "All of my assets are here. Please, Brother Ye Fan, you must help me win that Incomplete Jade Pendant. Once the deed is done, I will surely reward you handsomely!"

Ye Fan took the Space Ring and probed it with his divine sense, immediately gasping in shock.

Inside lay a full one billion Superior Spirit Stones!

To him, this was simply an astronomical figure.

These Spirit Stones were enough to buy the entire Immortal Sword Sect with plenty left over.

Yet Xiao Tiancheng had entrusted him with so many Spirit Stones without hesitation, which showed just how much Xiao Tiancheng trusted him.

For a moment, Ye Fan was filled with respect and gratitude toward Xiao Tiancheng.

"Brother Tiancheng, since you trust me so much, I naturally will not fail your commission." Ye Fan nodded in agreement.

"That is excellent!" Xiao Tiancheng let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

Afterward, the two parted ways.

After obtaining the one billion Superior Spirit Stones from Xiao Tiancheng, Ye Fan naturally passed the gatekeeper's asset verification smoothly, and he walked into the auction house with a proud and swaggering air.

What he did not know was that his contact with Xiao Tiancheng just now had been seen by a pair of eyes in the shadows.

The Tianqiong Auction House was worthy of being the number one auction house on the Tianxuan Continent; its profound foundation left Ye Fan in awe.

Inside the auction hall, the decor was magnificent, with antique rosewood tables and chairs laden with a dazzling array of delicacies and fine wines.

Elegant and gorgeously dressed young maidservants moved among the guests, entertaining them, making for a bustling and lively scene.

Ye Fan looked around at the environment as he walked, searching the crowd for Xiao Ruoyu's figure.

He had two goals tonight: one was to gain Xiao Ruoyu's trust and win her over as soon as possible, and the other was to auction for that Incomplete Jade Pendant.

The Heavenly Dome Auction not only had a main hall but also twenty-two private rooms, named from high to low after the Ten Heavenly Stems—Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui—and the Twelve Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai.

The first four rooms, Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding, were reserved specifically for the heads of great clans and the masters of super sects; even Su Chen, as the Young Master of the Su Family, was not qualified to enter them.

This showed just how terrifying the strength of those who could enter the Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding rooms must be.

Since the Donghua Continent branch of the Tianqiong Auction House had held so many auctions, the number of people who had entered the Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding rooms was few and far between.

At this moment, inside the Ding-Zi private room, a bewitching woman wearing a long red dress, with a pair of slender legs exposed, lay lazily on a daybed.

Her rounded, perky buttocks and sexy, charming collarbones were all displaying her hot figure and alluring curves to the outside world.

She was Mu Yuqing, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Demon Sect of the Northern Gazing Province.

Using a Heavenly Demon Array, she had calculated that the Son of Heaven's Mandate who had triggered the Eye of Heaven that day was in the Donghua Continent, so she had rushed over to investigate, only to obtain an important clue: it was rumored that the center of the Eye of Heaven that day was at the Su Family.

Thus, she had been lingering outside the Su Family with her disciple Lan Xiaoyou, observing.

She happened to encounter Su Chen taking Chu Yanran and Su Mei'er out, so she used the Eye of the Heavenly Demon to examine Su Chen.

Upon doing so, she discovered a mysterious power within Su Chen's body that prevented the Eye of the Heavenly Demon from peeking into his internal state, which immediately piqued her curiosity.

After all, a power that could make it difficult even for the Eye of the Heavenly Demon to peer into was definitely not simple!

So they followed silently, hiding within the flow of the crowd.

To prevent Su Chen from discovering the two of them, the moment Mu Yuqing entered the Tianqiong Auction House, she had Lan Xiaoyou take her Heavenly Demon Token to find Chen Feng, directly having him arrange the Ding-Zi private room right next to Su Chen's Wu private room.

This was to make it convenient to observe Su Chen's movements inside his room.

At this time, Su Chen in the Wu private room was completely unaware of this; after all, Mu Yuqing possessed the same strength as his father: the Quasi-Emperor Peak Realm.

She was a combatant standing at the very pinnacle of the Tianxuan Continent.

Su Chen sat in a chair, holding the delicate-bodied Chu Yanran in his arms. The intimate posture of the two radiated an intense, ambiguous atmosphere.

Su Chen's right arm was draped around Chu Yanran's slender waist, while his left hand gently stroked her fair, delicate face.

The expression on his face was very gentle, his gaze deep, making him look somewhat infatuated, yet his eyes were mixed with a hint of cunning, like a cat that had stolen a fish, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Chu Yanran lay in Su Chen's arms, feeling sweet inside.

She had finally not followed the wrong person; just now outside the auction house, Su Chen had been so protective of her.

He had domineeringly and forcefully reclaimed her lost face.

He was truly the man she liked, just this formidable and intoxicating.

"Yanran, does what you said just now still count?" Su Chen asked.

Upon hearing this, Chu Yanran's pretty face flushed red.

(End of chapter)