One of these peaceful days, Murong Qingyan disguised herself and with Little White sneaked out of the Murong Estate.
"Master, where do you want to go?" Little White sat on her shoulder, holding a string of candied haws and slowly savored them.
"We will be leaving Murong family soon, but we've got to prepare first," Murong Qingyan looked at her happy beast and smiled: "So we must get some savings."
To leave Murong family as soon as possible, she obviously had to make some preparations. In the past few days, she had been diligently sorting and putting together things in her space. Amongst them, there were some low-level pills, which she intended to take to the auction.
"Master, that time you've helped that Qiuyuan Yi to treat his illness, you should have asked for some fees," remembering that day, Little White became angry: "You've almost lost your life there!"
"It's alright, it's already in the past. Don't get upset about it anymore," Murong Qingyan shook her head, chuckling: "Besides, our aim was a drop of Heavenly Water back then. It's a treasure that people can't buy even if they had enough wealth to!"
"Oh…" Little White sighed helplessly and immediately followed up with a question: "That again, Master, where are we going?"
"Auction House," Murong Qingyan said with a smile: "A couple of days ago I found some pills in the space that could be sold there. Those are no longer useful to me, so it would be better to exchange them for some money."
Soon, a person and a beast arrived at the Auction House.
Galuo Auction House was the largest auction house in the whole country. None knew who was the owner of this Auction House, but being able to openly use the word 'Galuo' in its name without fear or consequences, surely implied that the person behind it was not simple.
Once a month the Auction House would hold a special top-quality auction, where numerous treasures could be found. Such a grand occasion would naturally attract many high-level experts and senior officials.
Of course, this auction wouldn't take place today. Murong Qingyan came here aiming for the upcoming one. If she wanted to sell her things for a good price, then she would better let them be sold at the top-grade auction.
At the entrance of the Auction House, two guards were chatting, trying to alleviate their boredom. Today wasn't the day of the special auction, the Auction House was somewhat deserted, so the two of them were a bit lax.
While the guards were chatting, a young man came up to the doors of the Auction House. The young man wasn't of a tall stature, his appearance could be said to be distinct, though not breathtakingly handsome, still, he would surely be picked out in the crowd.
However, what drew the attention of the guards most, was actually a ball of the white fur on the youth's shoulders. When the youth came closer, they noticed that it was a little white beast. It was a general impression, that, usually, men would avoid raising such cute little beasts, only females would prefer those.
This person was, obviously, none else but Murong Qingyan in her disguise: instead of a petite young girl, she became a pretty youth. Even her birthmark was covered by a special technique.
Seeing that the youth was about to enter the Auction House, both guards came up to stop him: "Who are you and what business do you have in coming here?"
"I would like to meet your appraisal master. I have a couple of things to auction," Murong Qingyan didn't get angry when her way got obstructed but responded in a proper manner. After all, they were doing their duty.
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Agnie's corner:
Last week’s poll and the 4rth chapter:
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Ahhhhh! My tastes are too heavy …………. No-no, I must have misled them somehow… Yes, that must be it… Yes, definitely, that’s the case!
Well, minority definitely won, hands down, lol! During May I’ve read mostly zombie apocalypse novels (aren’t they yummy for the right mood!) and one set in the Outer Space… (and it was a mistake and a pure coincidence that I somehow clicked on that Outer space one). There were 3 good zombie novels, I even considered translating one of them (the story is good, not that run-of-the-mill, some cliches are unavoidable, but all in all it was a breath of a fresh air, the points that I disliked were…bearable).
For those interested in zombie novels, click it (loosely translated: Reborn with an Eternal System ‘Syndrome of Mother Theresa’ by ): Female lead died in a plane crash and 4 years later awakens in a capsule filled with a blue fluid. In the room she is, she sees clothes and a short sword. The world outside was plunged into chaos due to zombie virus 3 months ago. System tasks all fall under ‘Mother Theresa’ category (originally, Virgin Mary, but I don’t like strong religious connotations). Each time she dies, she wakes up back in this room with her memories and skills intact from the previous try. Readers join her for 4th (or 5th?) journey. Good points: it’s not dragging. There’re many love interests but… well, for me, her final choice was… surprising and a bit unpalatable, but then again, I considered from her standpoint and it seemed indeed the right one. (loosely translated as Reborn with an Apostle System by ): Now, there’s some heavy stuff there. First of all, there are many triggers: violence, GBH, rape, mental and physical abuse, inhuman tortures, and experiments. Of course, not very descriptive as most of CNs, but still, if you can’t stomach those, don’t even try it. There are also talks of racial discrimination (against Chinese). The take on the human nature there is pretty… realistic though, I’d hope, exaggerated. In this novel you can find 1) shifting through parallel worlds; 2) conspiracy theories; 3) devoted male lead, yet their love story is… well, only once you read you’d understand that it can’t be summed up at all (most of the abuse falls on FL from ML: she meets him in every world she travels to, but he has no recollection of her…and it gets worse(alright, soooo bad) in some worlds, because he grew up in really twisted conditions, therefore his ‘humane’ side is…non-existant). Now, for the story: a strong-willed self-reliant girl gets poisoned and slowly killed by the pregnant girlfriend of her ex-boyfriend, both of whom happen to have bound a “Chosen system”. She gets reborn, que the struggle to get stronger, ‘luck’ in shitty luck of ending up as an experimental body of a crazy scientist, thus awakening ability. Then later she ‘luckily’ binds a Chosen system and thus begins her journey to power and independence, meeting ML, and all the suffering in between. The ‘summary’ is truly contrived, I know, but uh, it’s a complicated: you either like it or hate it. (loosely translated as Rebirth of the Original Female Lead by ): A girl gets betrayed by her best friend and gets thrown down into the legion of zombie. She sees a guy, who liked her, yet, whom she rejected, trying to get to her, they both end up dying, while her friend and the guy she liked watched it all happen. Once she recovers her conscience, she finds herself in a lively subway station, yet she is in a spirit form. A group of girls talk about the novel, which content reeeaally reminds her of her life, so she follows the Girl who is going to read it. Once she’s read her life in this novel, a Girl tells her that originally the dead girl was meant to be a protagonist, but some powers interfered and are trying to ruin this plane. Then the Girl asked her whether Protagonist wanted to go back and change her fate. Of course, she’d have to pay a price. Our Protagonist agrees, que the thorny road to success. Would you believe it if I told you there is cultivation (yes, real cultivation) involved? I didn’t expect that one, but overall, it gave a certain twist to the story. Gets the like from me.MTL at your own risk.
Although I liked those (with minor dislikes… I don’t like racial and religious references. At all), I ended up enjoying the Outer Space one the most. But about it, we’ll talk later. Hopefully, you’ll see its first chapter this month. Don’t worry, it won’t interfere with IWM schedule. Due to health probs, I have to change (lessen) my working hours, so either my company approves it or I’ll have to look for a new job… It’s a headache but, hopefully, it will pass this month. Either way, with working from home(would I love that) and/or decrease in working hours, my time for translating shouldn’t face changes.
And since I’ve read Fast Transmigration novel (known as ) during Winter holidays…and since I’ve almost translated the 4rth chapter, expect it on the weekend, my precious! muahs~
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