Chapter 112: The Mysterious Jade Pendant

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“Does Ah Jiu like it?” Nie Xingyuan was the first to ask. He was already thinking about what he could make for Ah Jiu if they bought it.

To a master craftsman, anything could be refined and processed, allowing all of its functions to be brought fully into play.

Ji Jiuxuan hurriedly shook her head. “Junior Martial Uncle, I don’t think this would be of any use to me. I don’t live underwater. If I ever need to go beneath the water, the Breath-Holding Art or an ordinary water-avoiding pearl will be enough.”

Partly, she did not want her Junior Martial Uncle to spend too much money. But more importantly, she truly felt that way.

“All right, then. If you see anything else you like later, just tell your Junior Martial Uncle.”

Ji Jiuxuan smiled. “Junior Martial Uncle, you can’t take away the pleasure of spending money from me. You’ve given me so many spirit stones, and I haven’t spent a single one.”

After thinking it over, Nie Xingyuan agreed.

They could always give her more after she used them up. “All right. If you need my help, just say so.”

Meng Jiao turned to the junior sister beside her and said with a smile, “Junior Sister, don’t hold back. If you see anything you like, just bid for it. Master has money.”

Then she leaned close to Ji Jiuxuan’s ear and whispered, “Your Senior Sister is secretly a wealthy woman too, so don’t be polite.”

Ji Jiuxuan was amused. “All right. Ah Jiu won’t hold back.”

Still, unless something was truly necessary, she had no intention of buying it.

There were already plenty of valuable things gathering dust in her space.

The water-avoiding pearl was finally sold for one million and fifty thousand spirit stones.

That price was an auspicious beginning indeed.

Ji Jiuxuan watched the items being auctioned below with great interest. Sikong Chanyan really was a remarkable woman.

Many times, situations that might have caused several factions to clash violently were resolved by her with a few casual words.

Whether they would fight in private afterward was impossible to know, but the atmosphere at the venue was so peaceful that it hardly seemed like an auction at all.

“Ah Jiu, could you help me bid for a jade pendant later?” The prices here made Long Xuan feel somewhat embarrassed.

Because he possessed fragments of certain memories, he felt that it was not a matter of asking Ah Jiu to buy something for him. Rather, he ought to work hard to earn spirit stones and give them to Ah Jiu so that she could spend them to her heart’s content.

Now he had no way to earn money and was relying on Ji Jiuxuan to help him bid for something at the auction.

Long Xuan felt deeply ashamed and embarrassed.

He absolutely had to find a way to earn spirit stones, so that Ah Jiu would have more than she could ever spend.

“All right!” The moment Long Xuan finished speaking, Ji Jiuxuan agreed without the slightest hesitation.

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Long Xuan was connected to the phantom, though she did not know exactly how. The two of them were also bound to her by contracts, but these contracts were unlike ordinary ones. They were entirely ancient formations, and she even suspected that both formations were incomplete.

After learning formations, she had studied them. These two contracts were far more intimate than other contracts and seemed to possess a tendency toward mutual completion. It was all very strange, yet she could not fully investigate the details.

She had always been fiercely protective of her own. Moreover, Long Xuan and Suiyi had helped her greatly. If it had not been for Suiyi, she would probably have died back then.

Thinking of this, Ji Jiuxuan said to the phantom, “Suiyi, if you see anything you like, remember to tell me. I’ll help you buy it, so don’t be polite.”

The gentle tone Ji Jiuxuan used when speaking with the phantom inexplicably made Long Xuan feel a little jealous.

“All right. If I come across something, I’ll tell you.” The phantom floated within the void inside the ring, gazing at everything outside and at the smile on the little girl’s face.

Long Xuan was right. He had to find a way to increase Ah Jiu’s income.

Long Xuan had actually wanted the phantom to tell Ji Jiuxuan what he needed her to bid for, but when the phantom glanced at him, that thought vanished instantly.

They were clearly the same person. Why was the soul fragment assigned to him not as powerful as the phantom’s?

Not long afterward, a translucent red jade pendant appeared on the display platform. It was ancient, yet traces of spiritual radiance still lingered upon it.

The jade itself was excellent, but unfortunately, it had been damaged.

“This item was discovered on an ancient battlefield. Although it is damaged, it contains an extremely powerful energy and is of considerable research value.”

Although Sikong Chanyan wore a mask, her words clearly conveyed the auction house’s goodwill.

“The starting bid is two hundred thousand spirit stones. Please place your bids.”

Without needing Long Xuan or the others to remind her, Ji Jiuxuan sensed the attraction the jade pendant held for her. The contracts within her body, connected to the phantom and Long Xuan, kept flashing, causing her to make a guess.

“Long Xuan, is this the one you meant?”

“Yes, it’s this one.” The soul fragments had been divided into many pieces back then. No one knew in what form they would appear, and they could only be sensed once they manifested.

After receiving confirmation, Ji Jiuxuan pressed the bidding bell without the slightest hesitation.

Each press of the bidding bell increased the price by a fixed amount, and Ji Jiuxuan pressed it several times in succession.

Items from an ancient battlefield were highly alluring, and many people began competing for it.

Here, no one knew who anyone else was. Even after an item was won, no one would know who had obtained it. Unless the winner revealed themselves, there was nothing to worry about.

As a result, everyone competed without restraint. As long as they had enough money, they could press the bidding bell as often as they wished.

Inside the void of the ring, the phantom felt a pang of sympathy for the little girl. To be honest, the jade pendant was useful only to them. Others could not even open it, let alone obtain anything from it.

Before the world, he could be a gentleman. But whenever Ah Jiu was involved, he was willing to do anything, no matter how shameless it might be.

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The phantom did not dwell on what was happening. He had already begun forming hand seals.

The jade pendant on the display platform suddenly emitted a black radiance, as though it were about to devour everything around it. The aura of the ancient battlefield surged forth, inspiring involuntary fear.

One needed not only the means to obtain a treasure, but also the strength to enjoy it. After seeing this scene, many people gave up.

The ancient battlefield had been home not only to cultivators, but also to other races. The demon race was one of them.

“Junior Sister, this aura doesn’t seem very friendly. Why don’t we give up? There will be other good items later.” Seeing this, Meng Jiao grew somewhat worried.

If the item contained something belonging to the demon race, it would not be good for her junior sister.

Ji Jiuxuan was utterly determined. Since Long Xuan had specifically asked for it, the situation everyone else feared certainly would not occur.

“Senior Sister, don’t worry. This item won’t harm me. I feel that it has a special affinity with me.”

Nie Xingyuan looked at the jade pendant on the display platform. His expression was solemn, but in the end, he nodded. “Let your Senior Sister bid for you.”

Since they were determined to obtain it, they had to act only after seeing the situation clearly.

When it came to winning items at auctions, this disciple of his was truly unparalleled.

Ji Jiuxuan did not understand her Junior Martial Uncle’s intention, but she nodded all the same and said with a smile, “I’ll trouble you, Senior Sister.”

If she had known that her Senior Sister used the opposite hand from her, she would surely have been consumed by envy.

“It’s nothing. Just wait.” Anything her junior sister wanted had to be taken seriously!

The auction continued. There were still people competing, but compared with earlier, only a few remained.

Strangely, once Meng Jiao joined the bidding, the other competitors gradually dwindled. In the end, only Meng Jiao was left.

The jade pendant was ultimately obtained for six hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones.

Ji Jiuxuan jumped up in delight, threw her arms around Meng Jiao, and said happily, “Thank you, Senior Sister!”

She had thought that even one or two million spirit stones might not be enough to secure it. This outcome was truly more satisfying than she could have hoped.

Meng Jiao happily stroked her hair. “There’s no need to thank me. Someone from the auction house will deliver the item to you shortly.”

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