It turns out, they were the main characters.

"Help when you can, and as for when you can't..."

Huang Manting paused, took a sip of tea, raised her bright, clear eyes to look at him, and said in a soft voice, "You can help me too."

pat.

Suddenly, Huang Manting's embroidered shoe, which was hooked at the toe, fell to the ground. The crisp sound seemed to add an inexplicable ambiguity to the atmosphere in the private room.

Huang Manting lowered her eyes and looked at her toes, saying softly, "I won't ask Young Master Mu to leave Miss Bai, just come and keep me company occasionally."

Mu Zhian stared intently at that alluring profile, and after a long silence, he finally spoke: "Miss Manting's suggestion is truly tempting."

Huang Manting's eyes softened as she turned to look at him and asked, "So you accepted?"

Seeing Mu Zhian's infatuated gaze, she already knew the outcome, but she still wanted to hear Mu Zhian say it himself.

When a stunningly beautiful woman takes the initiative to say these words, no man could resist the temptation.

And this was precisely the first step that led Mu Zhian into the trap.

At first, he said he "didn't intend to break you two up," but in the end, Mu Zhi'an would enjoy the thrill of being intimate with other girls in secret, and eventually even fall for her charms.

Huang Manting really knows a lot about men.

Under Huang Manting's intense gaze, Mu Zhian nodded slightly.

Before Huang Manting's smile could fully bloom, she heard him continue, "I refuse."

Seeing Huang Manting's frozen smile, Mu Zhian finished his tea in one gulp and stood up.

Huang Manting's alluring eyes held a hint of anger. She suppressed her anger and tried to persuade him to stay: "Young Master Mu, the auction is about to begin. Won't you stay and watch?"

"I have an appointment later, so I won't take up any more of your time," Mu Zhian said with a smile.

Under Huang Manting's gentle gaze, Mu Zhian happily lifted the curtain and left the private room.

If you really accept Huang Manting's temptation, you might be able to gain some advantage from her at first.

However... if you really want to get a woman like this, you'll definitely have to pay a huge price.

Moreover, compared to Miss Huang's rouge, Bai Ruoxi's rouge is indeed more delicious.

Mu Zhian stood in front of the second-floor corridor, casually scanning the rows of seats below the stage, searching for the Ye sisters.

However, after searching for a long time, they could not find Ye Lingxuan and Ye Qian.

"Strange... Haven't the Ye sisters arrived yet?"

Or are they also in a private room on the second floor?

Just as Mu Zhian was thinking of this, his peripheral vision suddenly fell on a private room not far away on the second floor.

In front of the private room, he saw a beautiful woman dressed in a moon-white dress with her face covered by a thin veil. Her clear, icy eyes were unforgettable at first glance.

Lan Mulian.

Holy crap... why is my senior sister here?!

Given my senior's personality, the other person shouldn't like such lively places, but why...?

Mu Zhian stopped abruptly, hesitated for a long time, then turned around and planned to go downstairs in a different direction.

However, as soon as he turned around, he saw another familiar figure not far behind him.

Wearing a plain palace dress, Bai Ruoxi, with a gentle demeanor, was talking with Wei Mengrou. The two of them scanned their surroundings, as if searching for something.

"..."

Mu Zhian remained silent for a moment, then turned around, lifted the curtain, and returned to the private room.

Huang Manting raised her head, looked at him coldly, and didn't say anything.

"Miss Huang, I'm back." Mu Zhian wasn't embarrassed at all. He greeted her with a smile and then sat back down in his original seat.

"Didn't Young Master Mu already plan to go back? Could it be that you've changed your mind?" Huang Manting's voice was cold, her pretty face no longer showing its initial indifference, but rather as frosty as ice.

"Um... something unexpected happened."

Mu Zhian answered absentmindedly, lost in thought for a long time.

He suddenly realized that things seemed to be slipping out of his control.

Huang Manting, who was standing to the side, had already regained her composure. She rested her chin on her hand and gave Mu Zhian a meaningful look. Seeing a trace of sorrow in his eyes, she couldn't help but narrow her eyes slightly.

Not right.

He had just been about to leave, but suddenly turned back... Could there be something outside that could frighten this young master Mu?

Chapter 67 The Ye sisters had 5.5K stolen.

While Mu Zhian was still contemplating whether he should slip away early, the auction had already officially begun.

A voluptuous and alluring woman walked up to the platform. She wore a black cheongsam and had a pair of charming eyes. She glanced at the guests around her and began her opening remarks with a smile.

This feeling is a bit like a modern-day TV presenter... Mu Zhian looked at Fei Ying on the platform from the second floor and couldn't help but think to himself.

At the same time, his gaze swept across the private seats below the stage, which were almost always separated by an empty seat, searching for Ye Lingxuan's figure.

It seems I've been stood up... Or perhaps she's in a private room on the second floor too? Mu Zhian thought to himself.

However, it's not so easy to find a private room... You can't possibly ask around in every single private room, can you?

Not to mention that this is inefficient, the risks are too great.

After all, he had just told his senior sister a couple of days ago that he had something to do today, and if he ran into her here... that would be awkward.

Mu Zhian suddenly asked, "Miss Huang, do you know who is in these private rooms today?"

Huang Manting glanced at him and said indifferently, "These things are handled by the servants; I don't concern myself with them."

Seeing that Mu Zhian had suddenly lost interest in her, Huang Manting continued, "However, I can have someone prepare a list for you, but Young Master Mu must first explain what you want to do."

“I’m looking for someone,” Mu Zhian said.

"Who?"

"Miss Huang is asking too many questions. Our relationship isn't that good yet," Mu Zhian said with a smile.

Huang Manting scoffed, "In that case, Young Master Mu, you should figure out how to find the person yourself. Search one private room at a time, you'll eventually find them, right? But by then, the auction will probably be over."

"Miss Huang, helping those in need will make you feel better," Mu Zhian advised with a smile.

Huang Manting raised her eyebrows slightly, sat lazily in the chair, played with a strand of hair, and said lightly, "If it were other friends asking for help, I would help them, but I'm not that familiar with Young Master Mu, am I?"

She paused, then changed the subject, swinging her black embroidered shoes back and forth as she teased, "Or, if Young Master Mu were to kneel down now and clean Manting's toes, it wouldn't be out of the question."

The beauty's toes were slightly arched, outlining an almost perfect arc, which, combined with her flawless, snow-white long legs under the black dress, created a bewitching beauty.

Mu Zhian glanced at her casually, then noticed the enchantress's teasing look and laughed, "You're getting impatient."

It was obvious that Huang Manting had been angered and had completely lost her initial calm demeanor.

Under normal circumstances, Huang Manting would never say such a thing directly in front of outsiders.

While the two chatted, the merchandise below the stage was pushed one by one to the front of the platform, and sold for high prices as Fei Ying smiled and gestured.

Some products may not actually be worth the price, but with Lan Feiying's endorsement, these products are sold at such a price.

"The item for sale below is also somewhat special. It is said to be a medicinal herb that has been left over from a thousand years ago. Although only a small section of the root remains, if we can find the Rebirth Water, perhaps we can find a way to restore its original medicinal effects."

"Starting bid: 100 spirit stones."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately lost interest.

There's an unspoken rule at the Dawn Auction House: items that are worthless or whose price is unknown will start at one hundred spirit stones.

Many similar items have been auctioned in the past, and most of them are basically junk; they're not even worth as much as trash if you buy them.

If every piece of junk that appears at the auction house were some ancient divine artifact, cultivators would have already been scrambling to snatch them up, and wouldn't have given the "protagonist" a chance at all.

It is precisely because they have suffered losses several times in the past and been taken advantage of countless times that the cultivators are so uninterested in these pieces of trash.

One hundred spirit stones isn't much, but Mu Zhian wasn't going to be a sucker.

Regardless of whether this thing is real or fake, even if it is real, the value of the Reincarnation Water itself is probably no less than that of the so-called "roots passed down from ancient times".

The Reincarnation Water is something located in a forbidden area in the Eastern Continent. Most cultivators who enter the forbidden area never return.

In the past, there were also extremely lucky people who left that desolate forbidden land alive with the Reincarnation Water. However, they had just handed the Reincarnation Water over to the auction house, intending to enjoy their future happiness, but they died mysteriously not long afterward.

The forbidden area is cursed, and so far, no one who has entered the forbidden area has survived the curse.

Upon hearing the words "reincarnation water," the guests in the audience at the auction all turned pale, losing interest in the root.

Fei Ying glanced at the crowd below the stage and was not surprised to see that they were all uninterested.

She smiled charmingly: "The countdown will end in three. If no one bids, this item will be sold unsold."

Fei Ying parted her lips slightly and said, "Three."

"One hundred and ten spirit stones."

A calm voice suddenly came from below the stage, and everyone's eyes fell on the young man who had spoken.

Ye Yu of the Ye family!

Mu Zhian also looked over there.

Ye Yu is here too... I didn't even notice him earlier.

And judging from the changes in him... he's already at the Qi Refining Realm?

Now I'm not sleepy anymore... Mu Zhian became quite interested.

Ye Yu wouldn't auction off these withered roots for no reason... It must be the old man inside Ye Yu's body reminding him.

Huang Manting also glanced sideways, her gaze landing on Ye Yu.

Originally, the eldest daughter of the Huang family's next plan was to win over Ye Yu before the sect's assessment.

This genius young man from the Ye family advanced from the Refining Essence Realm to the Qi Refining Realm in just a few months. Such talent is worth her trying to win him over.

However, Ye Yu and Mu Zhian have a bad relationship. If Ye Yu is won over, Mu Zhian will gradually drift further away.

Although it sounds a bit like a masochistic statement, if Huang Manting hadn't been tricked by Mu Zhian a couple of days ago, she would have already started planning to win over Ye Yu.

However, because of what happened a couple of days ago, after much deliberation, Huang Manting ultimately chose Mu Zhian.