Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 142: Auction House, Ning Fengzhi and Jian Dao Chen Xin
Qin Ming noticed Chen Ming's arrival when he was just playing with Dugu Yan. But as an outsider, Qin Ming couldn't disturb Chen Ming directly. In addition, he was also concerned about the team's mission, so he found a chance to talk to Chen Ming when everything was almost done.

After chatting for a few casual words, Qin Ming waved goodbye to the students and prepared to return to his post with this group of teachers to organize the materials and training plans for the college team.

Chen Ming followed Dugu Yan and the team members to the cafeteria, along with seven people from the previous team.

As the canteen of the Royal Academy, the canteen itself is actually a large restaurant with gorgeous decoration and huge interior space.

Although it is slightly inferior to the Qibaolou where Chen Ming had previously met Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Prince Xue Qinghe, but looking at the outside world, it is definitely the standard of a top restaurant of this era.

The canteen basically has everything that a restaurant should have. It also has some things that restaurants outside don't have.

That is because the occurrence of promiscuous things in the Royal Academy is an insult to the dignity of the Tiandou Royal Family. Otherwise, with the financial resources of the Tiandou Royal Academy, they can still prepare those things that are not suitable for children.

Dugu Yan took the students from the two teams to eat a meal in the private room on the third floor of the cafeteria. Although the main purpose was to exchange feelings, the dishes they ordered were still very rich. After the meal, the twenty-two people, including Chen Ming, spent a total of more than three thousand gold soul coins.

It is worth mentioning that the canteen of Tiandou Royal Academy is subsidized, and the dishes sold to students are basically at cost price, which is basically free. If this meal is eaten in a restaurant outside, it will cost at least more than 10,000 gold soul coins, which is not a small amount even for high-level soul masters.

Even the noble students would choose to eat in the academy most of the time, after all, the money is their own.
As for paying the bill, it was originally supposed to be handled by Duguyan, the team leader. However, as a boyfriend, Chen Ming still gave Duguyan enough face and paid the bill before Duguyan.

After eating and drinking, the group separated. Chen Ming followed Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling back to the yard that originally belonged to him.

Because his original room had been occupied by Dugu Yan, Chen Ming chose the room next to Dugu Yan as his new home.

Although Ye Lingling was not quite used to this situation of men and women living together, considering that this courtyard originally belonged to Chen Ming and she only moved here because her grandfather was friends with Dugu Bo, Ye Lingling did not raise any objection to this.

The yard was very large, and three people could only fill one corner. Although Ye Lingling was not quite used to daily life, nothing embarrassing happened.

Chen Ming stayed in Tiandou Royal Academy for three days, improved his relationship with Dugu Yan, and after casually beating up the current and former school teams, he left Tiandou Royal Academy and headed for Tiandou City.

When Chen Ming was chatting with Xiong Xin, he heard Xiong Xin say that the Tiandou Royal Auction House in Tiandou City will hold a one-day auction, in which many precious materials and even soul bones will appear in the auction.

Chen Ming had never participated in an auction in all these years. After thinking about it, he decided to join in the fun. Who knows, he might be able to pick up a bargain like a protagonist.

After staying in Tiandou City for one night, Chen Ming went to the auction venue early the next morning.

The Tiandou Royal Auction mainly targets soul masters and high-ranking nobles, and has strict control over the identities of the entrants. Although this will result in the loss of a lot of potential customers, the wealthy Tiandou Royal Family does not particularly care.

Of course, this strict control only applies to the entrants. If you want to auction something, Tiandou Royal Auction House doesn't care about the identity of the auctioneer. Tiandou Auction House only cares about the quality of the auction items.

Chen Ming himself was born into a family of earl, and even in the Tiandou Empire he was considered a high-ranking noble, so it was natural that he had no problem entering the auction house.

However, as soon as he showed his family crest and the student nameplate of Tiandou Royal Academy in front of the inspectors, the inspectors, who were already very respectful, immediately became a little frightened.

Several maids with good figures and specially dressed up bent over and asked Chen Ming to temporarily enter the side and wait for a while. At the same time, the person in charge immediately notified the upper-level managers. Chen Ming was not in Tiandou City, but Tiandou City was full of legends about Chen Ming. After seeing Chen Ming's personal identification, these specially trained personnel immediately recognized Chen Ming as the grandson-in-law of Du Douluo. They quickly took out the highest level of courtesy.

A few minutes later, the person in charge of personnel arrangements at the auction house rushed over immediately. He was an old man wearing a gorgeous robe, about seventy years old.

Although he is old enough to be Chen Ming's grandfather, he immediately behaves like a child in front of Chen Ming, and is as respectful as a grandson.

After confirming that Chen Ming was indeed the grandson-in-law of Du Douluo, he took Chen Ming to the top VIP room with great courtesy and arranged several maids with beautiful faces and good figures to serve him in the VIP room.

A few minutes later, the waiter brought up the fruit plate, cakes and drinks. Although Chen Ming didn't like luxury, he could tell at a glance that the fruits and cakes given away for free by the auction house were made of top-quality materials, and the cost price of a small plate was worth hundreds of gold soul coins.

Why can he be recognized even though he doesn’t like luxury?
Because the things served were the same as what Chen Ming had eaten in the cafeteria a few days ago, he even memorized the prices of them.

However, when he thought that the Tiandou Royal Auction House and the Tiandou Royal Academy were both directly affiliated institutions with the Tiandou royal family, Chen Ming felt that this kind of thing was very normal.

Chen Ming was on the top floor of the auction house, in a room with a huge floor-to-ceiling window. The floor-to-ceiling window was not made of ordinary glass, but a large piece of special polished crystal.

This kind of crystal has the same properties as one-way glass. You can see through it from the inside out, but you can't see anything from the outside in. Through this transparent crystal, people sitting in the room can look down at the entire auction hall. Looking at the ordinary seats below, people will naturally feel superior.

In the next hour, all kinds of people entered the auction venue. Most of them could only sit in the lowest seats, and only a few people with special identities could enter different private rooms.

Among this group of few people of noble status, there is one person whose status is particularly noble.

Several old men from the auction house dressed in gorgeous clothes stood respectfully in front of the gate. Beautiful maids lined up on both sides of the carpet, some holding bouquets of flowers, some bending over to show off their excellent figures through their special clothes.

Looking at this huge scene, Chen Ming couldn't help but be curious about the identity of the person who came. And walking slowly from the door were two people walking side by side.

An old man with gray hair and a middle-aged man who looks gentle and elegant.

The old man was wearing a snow-white robe, his body was spotless, and he had long pure white hair hanging down behind him. Although he looked very old, his face was not wrinkled at all, but rather ruddy, giving him the appearance of a young man with white hair. In his eyes, there was a hint of arrogance and indifference.

The first time Chen Ming saw the old man, he felt as if he saw a sharp sword pointing straight to the sky.

The middle-aged man next to the old man, although he looked good and his clothes were very decent, seemed to have a low presence in contrast to the old man.

Looking at these two people, Chen Ming immediately understood their identities.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect Ning Fengzhi.

(End of this chapter)