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Chapter 12 - Lifting a stone to drop it on one's own foot

here?”

Looking at Ye Xiao’s back, Guan Wan-Shan looked grave.

“… ‘don’t want to be tied up’… He really doesn’t want it?!” Guan Wan-Shan was shocked.

“He really is a smart guy.” As a sharp-sighted man, how could he not realise what Ye Xiao had truly meant?

He didn’t want a VIP plate, because he was a freewheeling and unfettered man.

A VIP card might be a symbol of one’s status and showed his value, but it was also a binding — once Ye Xiao got a card like this, the next time he wished to attend a salesroom, he’d be obligated to come back to this salesroom.

That was an invisible constraint.

Apparently Ye Xiao didn’t like that.

From within the shadows a figure suddenly quietly approached Master Guan, “Master, do we need to tail this guy?”

“No.” Guan Wan-Shan showed a serious face, “This guy… he is absolutely someone we can not mess around with. If we displease him, even if we kill him, we will lose the connection with the supreme dan-maker and face serious retributions… Inform the head office first and we’ll deal with him later.”

“Yes, master… Well, about the auction…”

“Delay!” Guan Wan-Shan waved his hand and replied firmly, “There were a few herbs that were enough to be the main selling points. But now, compared to these supreme dan beads, they are far from enough. Make an announcement now. The auction will be delayed by ten days. Inform the head office about these supreme dan beads and ask them for a plan. We will follow their lead.”

“Yes, master.”

Ye Xiao had left the salesroom and made his way through a couple of back alleys before he returned to one of the larger streets. He had regained the appearance of a young handsome lord. His appearance, demeanor, stature and temperament… were all changed.

The tall, strong and ugly Feng Zhi-Ling was gone.

“The auction is tomorrow…” Ye Xiao was thinking, “With these 500 thousand silver bars, I can at least buy some treasures, right? Besides, I saw the jade ruyi… I need to make sure Zuo Wu-Ji gets it. Otherwise if he retracts the deal…”

Ye Xiao was expecting the auction to proceed smoothly, but he was unaware of the actions of master Guan who had delayed the auction.

And he, who wanted the auction to be smooth the most, was actually the main culprit for the delay...

Nothing happened on his way home. Ye Xiao practiced some martial arts after he got home, before he started reading. After all, he had understood this mortal world through the memories of the departed Ye Xiao but they were imperfect. It would be better for him to read more about this mortal world, so he would have an easier time settling in.

When the night was about to come, the guard appeared in front of Ye Xiao and informed him, “Lord Lan and Lord Zuo have come together. They are here to meet you, my lord.”

“Why did they come together?” Ye Xiao was surprised.

“Fxxk! Fxxk fxxk fxxk…” Zuo Wu-Ji hadn’t entered the room yet, but his shouts were already clearly resounding inside the mansion.

Lan Lang-Lang’s voice also came with a depressed tone, “The Ling-Bao Salesroom is playing us apparently…”

“What happened? Why are you both so angry?” Ye Xiao looked at both of them while frowning with confusion.

“I don’t want to talk about it!” Zuo Wu-Ji sighed deeply, and then sat on the chair, “The bloody auction is delayed! Fxxk…”

For Zuo Wu-Ji, who wished for nothing more than to restore his reputation in his family by regaining the possession of a jade ruyi, every minute felt like a year!

He had finally gotten his hand on enough money to buy the jade ruyi and all he had to do was bid on the jade ruyi at the auction… But the auction had actually been delayed!

When he heard about the delay, he had nearly spit out blood, because the miserable life he was living recently had to continue for at least another ten days!

“I don’t want to live anymore… I can’t live with it anymore…” Zuo Wu-Ji was crying without shedding any tears.

“Delay? Why is it delayed?” Ye Xiao opened his eye wide.

It was no good news for him either. The sooner the auction was held, the earlier he’d get some treasures. Which in turn could let him learn more about the sphere in his mind and the space within it and cultivate to a higher realm sooner.

“There is a goddamn moron!” Lan Lang-Lang sighed, “At this important moment, he actually took out a few supreme dan beads… With such precious items, how could the salesroom not delay the auction to make advertisements for the beads? Several days are absolutely not enough to advertise it! Ten days is actually rushed, if we think of the situation… Gosh, what a shame. I have heard that a cool-steel sword is on sale at the auction. I was planning to get it as soon as possible. Now I need to wait for another ten days. Fxxk that bloody moron…”

“Urh…Just because of some supreme dan beads… It is delayed?” Ye Xiao was slack-jawed.

Isn’t it like lifting a stone to drop it on one’s own foot?

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[1] Ganoderma: A genus of polypore mushrooms that grow on wood, and they include about 80 species, many from tropical regions.

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