Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 104 The Richest Women's Money is the Easiest to Earn

The auction of the elixirs had begun, and thousands of people flocked to the auction hall, about 70 percent of whom were noblewomen, filling all the seats in the hall.

Ma Rulong secretly observed the guests and marveled at how well he had promoted his boyfriend.

"Young man, your pills are incredibly potent against women. This time, we've struck it rich."

In the morning, Ye Liangchen and his group set off for the auction house. To avoid suspicion, Shui Bing'er and the kitten also put on veils.

When the group arrived at the auction house entrance, Miss Jinbin was immediately taken aback. Who was this young man? How could he be so handsome? The two masked female Douluo from yesterday were also here.

"Miss, please take us to see Brother Ma." Ye Liangchen handed the VIP card to the hostess.

"Oh! Okay. Distinguished guests, please follow me."

The hostess immediately realized what was happening and led Ye Liangchen and the others to Ma Rulong's office.

Just then, Bibi Dong and Ling Yuan, dressed in black robes, rushed over from a distance and caught up with Ye Liangchen and his group in a few breaths.

"Godmother, you're here too." Ye Liangchen greeted Bibi Dong.

"We've been waiting for you at the restaurant over there," Bibi Dong said with a smile.

"Let's go! Let's see how much money we can make today," Ye Liangchen instructed the hostess to lead the way.

When the young lady in front saw the two unfamiliar women arrive, she dared not say or ask anything, and could only silently lead the group into the auction house.

When Ye Liangchen and his group arrived at the auction house's backstage lobby, Ma Rulong was already waiting, along with several unfamiliar elderly men.

"Brother Ma, who are these people?" Ye Liangchen asked curiously.

"Are you the owners of the pills?" Just then, one of the Soul Douluo elders spoke up, staring at Ye Liangchen and his group.

"My lords, I advise you not to inquire about the identity of the pill's owner," Ma Rulong calmly advised the elders.

"As the managers of the auction house, shouldn't we have the right to meet with the seller?"

A royal representative, with an arrogant air, stared at Ye Liangchen and his group.

These people were still unwilling to give up, hoping to use the auction house's power to meet the owner of the pills and even obtain the pill formula.

"You may have power, but it doesn't apply to us."

"Buzzing..."

Following Bibi Dong's instructions, Lingyuan Douluo released nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—to demonstrate his strength as a Title Douluo. Shui Lanyue also released nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red.

"A... a Title Douluo? And a 100,000-year soul ring?" The elders were immediately stunned.

"Get out of here!" Bibi Dong said coldly. She knew that these people wanted to steal the formula for the little guy's pills.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. We'll leave immediately." The old men left right away, not wanting to stay a moment longer.

"Young man, I'm sorry, these are all my superiors. I tried to persuade them before, but they wouldn't listen," Ma Rulong said apologetically.

"It's alright. Cai Bo is a man of great influence. It's normal for them to be here."

Ye Liangchen waved his hand dismissively; when faced with such benefits, everyone wanted a piece of the pie.

"Brother Ma, how many people came today?"

"Young man, the auction hall has 2000 seats, and it's completely full."

"So many people? We've got to make a killing. I've decided to bring out all of my Jade Flower Pills, a total of 150. But Brother Ma, you'll have to use a scarcity marketing strategy, auctioning them off in batches, like this and this..."

"Don't worry, young man! It's just about whetting the appetites of those VIPs. I'm an expert at this kind of thing."

"Yes, that's right. This time, I'm going to drain those rich ladies' wallets dry. Only a fool wouldn't make money like that, hahaha..."

Watching Ye Liangchen and Ma Rulong discuss their schemes, Bibi Dong, Shui Lanxin, and their group felt that the two were cunning businessmen, especially Ye Liangchen, who was even more ruthless than a cunning businessman.

"Where did Xiao Chen learn these tricks from?" Bibi Dong secretly transmitted her voice to Shui Lanxin using her soul power.

"This little guy has been smart since he was a child. He figured all of this out on his own." Shui Lanxin smiled helplessly. To be honest, this was the first time she had ever seen the little guy's way of making money.

Ye Liangchen took out 100 Soul Power Pills and 150 Jade Flower Pills and handed them to Ma Rulong, asking him to make arrangements.

Led by the two young ladies, Ye Liangchen and his companions passed through a secret door and arrived at a VIP room that had been arranged in advance.

"My goodness! There are so many people."

Through the crystal projector, Ye Liangchen saw the densely packed crowd in the auction hall.

"Hey! Little Chen, look! It seems that Tang Yuehua, the mistress of Yuexuan, has also arrived."

Shui Bing'er pointed to an elegant woman wearing a mask in the picture and spoke to Ye Liangchen.

"Sister Bing'er, she's wearing a mask, how can you recognize her?" The kitten leaned over and stared at the woman in the picture.

"That woman was indeed Tang Yuehua."

Bibi Dong spoke up at this moment, and after taking a closer look, she recognized many familiar faces.

"Ning Fengzhi is here too, and so is the Sword Douluo. Oh, Ning Fengzhi's mother, Ning Shuanghua, is here as well. How interesting."

"Your Holiness, Ning Shuanghua must be over 90 years old, right?"

"Yes! She and Sword Douluo are from the same generation."

"..."

Shui Lanxin, Bibi Dong, and the others were truly surprised to see so many familiar faces!

Ye Liangchen also saw Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo. Neither of them was wearing a mask. Beside them was a graceful old woman who looked to be about 60 years old. She should be Ning Shuanghua, whom Bibi Dong had mentioned.

In addition, we also saw that old cunning Prince Xuexing had arrived and was whispering with several old men.

"Welcome, guests. The auction is now open."

Just then, the lady of etiquette's voice rang out, followed by two ladies pushing a cart and an auctioneer emerging from the back door.

The first items auctioned were relatively common treasures, such as rare minerals, jewelry, and other items, which did not cause a great stir. However, the items that the auction house brought out today were all high-quality, and they were all sold out.

"Distinguished guests, what follows is a major event that may interest the male guests present."

At this moment, the auctioneer announced some news to the crowd, arousing their curiosity.

"Gurgle... gurgle..."

Then the sound of wheels was heard, and two staff members pushed out a tall cart covered with a red cloth, so no one could see what was inside.

"Hurry up and let us see what kind of treasure it is!" a group of fat, big-eared men shouted.

"Alright, everyone, please take a look."

The auctioneer lifted the red cloth, revealing a young and beautiful catwoman crouching in an iron cage, her face filled with terror. Due to her tension and anger, two cat ears appeared on her head, and a cat tail appeared behind her.

"Wow! A cat-eared girl!"

When the male guests saw this top-quality item, their eyes lit up with envy, and Prince Xuexing was especially frenzied.

The auctioneer launched into a detailed description of the cat-eared girl's features before announcing the auction.

"Auction begins, starting price is 10,000 gold soul coins."

"Twenty thousand"

"Thirty thousand"

"fifty thousand"

"..."

Many male guests at the scene raised their bids; no one wanted to miss out on such a great deal.

In the VIP room where Ye Liangchen was, the kitten saw the cat-eared girl being auctioned off and was furious, trembling uncontrollably.

"The auction house is actually selling slaves!" Shui Bing'er was also very angry.

"There's nothing the Tiandou Auction House wouldn't dare to do. The slave trade was something that Prince Xuexing and some nobles came up with. They would often send people to remote rural areas to capture young men and women and auction them off at the auction house. In particular, the better-looking girls were bought by some noble men to enjoy themselves."

Bibi Dong explained the ins and outs of the Tian Dou Auction House to everyone, saying that as long as you have money, you can buy anything here.

Ye Liangchen was surprised. In the original story, wasn't the cat-eared girl supposed to appear several months before? He didn't expect her to appear earlier now.

Seeing the men's crazy behavior at the auction, Ye Liangchen shook his head helplessly and pressed the bell.

"Click..."

"Sir, is there anything you need?"

The VIP room door opened, and two young ladies walked in, asking Ye Liangchen curiously.

"Tell Ma Rulong to stop auctioning slaves. Also, spread a message to the auction house's higher-ups that if there are any more slave auctions in the future, I will have the Limit Douluo demolish the Heaven Dou Auction House."

Ye Liangchen said calmly that as a transmigrator, he couldn't stand seeing someone auctioning off a young girl, so he directly used the title of Limit Douluo to scare the higher-ups of the Heaven Dou Auction House.

"Follow his instructions, or the Tiandou Auction House will cease to exist."

Following Ye Liangchen's words, the Shui Lanxin sisters released nine soul rings—two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red—to express their stance to the two young ladies.

"Oh! I'll go inform Steward Ma right away."

The two ladies immediately ran backstage to inform Ma Rulong. A short while later, Ma Rulong was seen rushing to the auction hall to take over the auction.

"I'm sorry, distinguished guests, today's slave auction is canceled. The auction house will immediately release all slaves."

"In accordance with the warnings of several lords, the Tiandou Auction House will no longer auction slaves."

Ma Rulong was very efficient; he immediately ordered his staff to release all the slaves and return them to their homes with their money.

"What's going on? They're not filming anymore."

"Why is the auction house breaking its promises?"

"..."

Many male guests at the scene were very dissatisfied and expressed their dissatisfaction to Ma Rulong.

"Ma Rulong, what are you doing?" Prince Xuexing and other officials publicly rebuked Ma Rulong.

"My lords, this was not my idea. It was a warning from the owner of the pills. Furthermore, I advise you all not to do anything that would incur the wrath of heaven and the hatred of the people, or a Limit Douluo will come and destroy our auction house."

When Ma Rulong calmly recounted this story, the guests in the room fell silent.

"The owner of the elixir actually has a Limit Douluo behind him?"

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo exchanged a glance, feeling extremely shocked. Previously, the two had planned to go backstage to see the owner of the pill after the auction ended, but after hearing this news, they immediately abandoned any such plans.

In another VIP room, Xue Qinghe, played by Qian Renxue, was also incredibly shocked. The owner of the elixir actually had a Limit Douluo behind him? Besides his grandfather, were there other Limit Douluos on the continent? Who could they be?

Prince Xuexing thought it was definitely a bluff, so he came up with a plan: after the auction, he would gather some people and half-humans to test how much the pill's owner really had.

"I will preside over the final auction of the elixirs."

"The Soul Power Pills and Jade Flower Pills to be auctioned will be sold at the final price, with a limit of three pills per person."

"After last month's experiment, I believe everyone knows the effects of the pills, especially the Jade Flower Pill, which is a miraculous pill that can make all the female guests here get rid of makeup."

Ma Rulong was directly in charge of the auction of Ye Liangchen's pills, instantly bringing the atmosphere to a climax.

"Hurry up! We can't wait any longer."

"Yes! We've been waiting for this day for days."

"I must buy it this time..."

Many of the ladies present immediately began shouting, urging Ma Rulong to hurry up and start the auction.

"First, we'll auction off the Soul Power Pill, starting at five thousand." Ma Rulong immediately began bidding.

"Six thousand"

"Eight thousand"

"Ten thousand"

"Twelve thousand"

"15,000"

"Eighteen thousand"

"Twenty thousand"

"..."

"Thirty thousand once, thirty thousand twice, thirty thousand three times."

"make a deal"

With Ma Rulong's final decision, the Soul Power Pill was eventually sold for 30,000 each by the nobles.

Soul Power Pills are pills that can be used to help young disciples break through bottlenecks, especially for Soul Masters, Great Soul Masters, and Soul Venerables. They are very effective, so these nobles are spending high prices to snatch them back for their descendants to use as cultivation resources.

"He earned 300 million gold soul coins in one go?"

Bibi Dong and Shui Lanxin were quite surprised to see that 100 Soul Power Pills could sell for such a high price.

"Xiao Chen, you're practically making money off the ground!" Bibi Dong said with a chuckle.

"This is nothing," Ye Liangchen waved his hand, telling everyone not to be too surprised.

"Next up is the main event: the auction of the Jade Flower Pill. This pill is the guardian of a woman's youth. Taking it will make your skin smooth and firm, so you can even throw away your cosmetics..."

"Starting bid is 10,000 per piece."

Ma Rulong gave a flowery introduction to the effects of Yuhua Dan, and first auctioned off 50 pieces to create a sense of scarcity.

"I'll offer 20,000." A wealthy woman immediately raised the price.

"Lotus, you have the nerve to offer 20,000? I'll offer 30,000."

The woman next to that wealthy lady immediately raised the price to 30,000.

"forty thousand"

"fifty thousand"

"Sixty thousand"

"Seventy thousand"

"..."

"120,000 once, 120,000 twice, 120,000 three times."

"make a deal"

As Ma Rulong's gavel fell, the first batch of Jade Flower Pills was snatched up by a group of noblewomen.

"Steward Ma, go ask the owner of the pills if there are any more?"

The noblewoman who failed to snatch the item was very unwilling, so she urged Ma Rulong to go and ask around.

"Okay, ladies, please wait a moment."

Ma Rulong pretended to run backstage, and after a while, he walked back to the auction hall.

"Ladies, after much pleading and cajoling, the owner of the pills has produced some more Jade Flower Pills," Ma Rulong said, feigning ignorance.

"Ma Rulong, stop keeping us in suspense and hurry up with the auction. We have plenty of money."

"Everyone who comes here is rich; they don't care about that little bit of money."

"That's right, that's right..."

A group of wealthy women generously told Ma Rulong that he didn't need to play any tricks.

"In that case, let's start the bidding, starting at ten thousand."

"Twenty thousand"

Thirty thousand

Forty thousand

"..."

"Two hundred thousand"

"Three hundred thousand once, three hundred thousand twice, three hundred thousand three times."

"make a deal."

The last 100 Jade Flower Pills were immediately sold out at 300,000 each by a group of wealthy women.

These wealthy women don't care about money; they only care about their appearance, so they spend a lot of money to snatch it up.

Bibi Dong also helped raise the price several times, since these ladies were all wealthy.

(End of this chapter)