After awakening, the female supporting character in the abused novel only wants to ascend to immorta

Chapter 12 Yang Huihui and Zhou Xiuwu

Knowing that the medicinal herbs would be delivered to him in less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, Lin Zhao couldn't help but mentally reassess Ning Wengui once again.

Although Steward Wang expressed great concern about Ning Wengui's position, judging from the performance of the auction house serving the royal family, Ning Wengui's position as crown prince is currently unshakeable.

"Your Highness and Young Master Lin have come today, and we were unable to greet you in time, which is a failure of our hospitality. This spatial ring contains the medicinal herbs that Young Master Lin needs, and it has about thirty cubic meters of space inside. Please accept it, Miss Lin," the old man said solicitously as he handed the two of them the spatial ring.

Lin Zhao accepted the ring, gave Ning Wengui a thumbs-up, and then smiled gratefully at the old man: "This time, Lin Zhao owes you both a favor."

The old man quickly waved his hand and said, "Wang Meng told me that the young lady could save His Highness's legs, this is just a small token of my gratitude."

Lin Zhao wasn't stupid; she immediately realized that the other party was actually Ning Wengui's person, and without any hesitation, she put the ring away.

"Would Your Highness and Miss Lin like to attend the auction tonight?" the old man asked as the two were about to leave.

Lin Zhao stopped in her tracks. The old man was a smart man; he understood her and Ning Wengui's identities, yet he still spoke up to stop her, which meant he believed there was something in the auction that she and Ning Wengui wanted.

Ning Wengui raised an eyebrow and glanced at Lin Zhao: "Then let's take a look."

Since the host had spoken, Lin Zhao himself was also somewhat interested, so he nodded and followed Ning Wengui into the private room on the second floor.

The private room was decorated with great elegance. The glass lamps on the ceiling were adorned with pale purple spirit crystals, and two pots of orchid spirit plants were planted at the entrance, emitting a faint fragrance. The decor was natural yet exuded a refined and noble air.

Lin Zhao could even sense that the concentration of spiritual energy inside this private room was far higher than in other places, indicating that this private room was no ordinary private room.

As soon as the two sat down, a beautiful and graceful woman entered carrying spiritual fruits and wine, placing them on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

"The Empire truly excels in its enjoyment of life," Lin Zhao remarked, taking a sip of the spirit wine.

Ning Wengui did not touch the spirit fruit or spirit wine, and said, "These are the changes that Empress Weiyang brought to the empire a thousand years ago. Empress Weiyang is said to have come from another world. Back then, she ruled the four great empires that are now known as the Tianyan Empire. During her reign, the Tianyan Empire was even able to compete with the immortal sects."

A thousand years ago, the customs and habits of the empire and the immortal sects were no different. It wasn't until Ji Weiyang unified the empire and standardized weights and measures that the original customs and habits of the empire were greatly impacted. Later, Ji Weiyang ascended to immortality after her tribulation, and the empire she established gradually split into its current state.

However, the rules and aesthetics left by Ji Weiyang have been used to this day and have been carried forward by the descendants of the empire.

When Lin Zhao heard the name Ji Weiyang, he recalled a comment Chen Luoluo had made to the Empire years ago.

"Why does this look so similar to modern Western fashion aesthetics? Is it a fusion of Chinese and Western styles?"

Although she didn't understand what Chen Luoluo was saying at the time, she is now certain that Chen Luoluo also comes from another world like Ji Weiyang!

However, compared to Ji Weiyang, Chen Luoluo seemed somewhat overshadowed.

The Empress Weiyang from a thousand years ago was hailed as the most likely empress to unify the Tianhuang Continent.

Even the Ji family, which is currently the most powerful family in the Tianhuang Continent, is only benefiting from her lingering influence.

"Such people are truly admirable," Lin Zhao remarked, setting down his wine glass.

Ning Wengui poured her another glass of wine, saying, "It's just that times create heroes, and you and I might have such a day in the future."

Lin Zhao laughed heartily: "That's right! Maybe you and I can become like Empress Weiyang in the future!" Just as the two were talking and laughing, the auction stage slowly rose. The two sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and could clearly see the first item on the auction stage through the light purple gauze curtain.

It was a long, fiery red sword.

"A superior-grade magical artifact, the Fire Spirit Sword, starting bid: 100,000 low-grade spirit stones!"

Lin Zhao, who had initially shown little interest in the auction, became somewhat interested after hearing that the first item up for auction was a top-grade magic weapon.

In the cultivation world, weapons are classified into four levels: Treasure Weapons, Spiritual Weapons, Sacred Weapons, and Immortal Weapons. Each level is further divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower.

High-grade magical artifacts are already extremely rare for ordinary forces. Spiritual artifacts are generally only possessed by some major forces. For example, even the Yulan Empire might not have more than ten high-grade spiritual artifacts.

As for sacred artifacts... even the Lin family, as a prestigious family, only possesses one low-grade sacred artifact passed down through generations.

As for immortal artifacts... they are almost extinct on the Heavenly Phoenix Continent. At least in Lin Zhao's two lifetimes, he has never heard any rumors about immortal artifacts.

Although he was of the fire element, Lin Zhao wasn't very interested in the Fire Spirit Sword, despite its merits.

Ning Wengui's spiritual energy attribute is wind, so he naturally had no interest in the fire spirit sword. Thus, the two of them simply admired it and watched as the price of this high-grade treasure was eventually raised to one million low-grade spirit stones before they finally bought it.

"The people of the Empire are really rich," Lin Zhao said with a wry smile.

She thought she was already a rich woman for bringing out hundreds of thousands of low-grade spirit stones, but when she arrived at the auction, she couldn't even win the first item.

Ning Wengui explained, "Although this Fire Spirit Sword is rare, its actual price is only around 600,000. The fact that it was sold for such a high price is probably because two people felt they were a good match for it."

Sure enough, when the Fire Spirit Sword was delivered to the bidder who won it, his laughter echoed throughout the entire auction house.

"Hahaha, I knew this sword was perfect for me! Those women from the Fire Cloud Alliance even tried to take it from me!"

A delicate shout came from the private room next to him: "You martial arts madman, humph! I'll let you be smug this time! We'll see!"

Neither of them lowered their voices, and everyone could hear their argument clearly. After hearing it, Ning Wengui smiled helplessly and said, "So it was them. That's not surprising."

Lin Zhao asked, "You know him?"

Ning Wengui nodded, pointed to the private room from which the delicate shout had come, and laughed, "That's Yang Huihui, the young lady of the Fire Cloud Alliance, and next to her is Zhou Xiuwu, the martial arts madman of the Mad Sword Sect. These two forces are quite powerful in the capital, and I heard that my brothers have been trying to win them over. However, these two forces are still maintaining neutrality."

Lin Zhao seemed to be deep in thought upon hearing this.

It seems that although Ning Wengui's strength is not to be underestimated, his position is currently quite stable.

But the problem with his legs was not only being questioned by the Emperor; other forces in the capital were also watching him closely, as the rightful crown prince.

This is extremely disadvantageous for the Lin family.

If possible... we should still try to resolve this issue.

The Lin family must not suffer any more blows!
(End of this chapter)