Chapter 11: Making a Fortune

  "1.1 million... Aragaki coins." Gu Cang Yue's voice followed closely after Gu Cang Kong, raising the price by another 100,000 Aragaki coins.

  One hundred and ten thousand yuan, equivalent to eleven pieces of Ling Stone, the middle-aged man from the Liu family exchanged a glance with Yun Xinghong, and there was no longer any intention of bidding.

  "One million two hundred thousand... going once." Gu Cangqiong continued to shout out an even higher price.

  Things in the world are so absurd, this auction everyone gave up bidding, instead Gu Cangyun and Gu Cangyue two families' people started competing with each other.

  "One hundred and thirty thousand... in rough currency." Gu Cang Yue seemed to have given it no consideration at all, directly shouting out the price.

  "One hundred thirty-five thousand... waste currency." After a brief pause, Gu Cangtong continued to shout.

  "Dad, just give up... " Gu Chen secretly shouted in his heart. Suddenly, Gu Cangtian dropped from 10,000 yuan per jin to 5,000 yuan per jin, apparently unable to bear such a high price.

  Gu Cangqiong is not the head of the Gu family, and cannot use the Gu family's property. The Gu family's assets under his control are not many, far less than those of Gu Cangyue, the eldest son and first person of the Gu family, who has full authority to dispose of them.

  "Primordial Azure Vault... what's going on? It's already exhausted so quickly?"

  Gu Cang Yue laughed and said: "I know what you want to do with this Yuanyuan Ling liquid, you want to give it to that waste of a son of yours? Haha... That waste of a son of yours is indeed a waste, destined to be a waste. Don't think that just because he won against Song'er once, he can turn things around. The difference in cultivation between the two of them isn't that great, and it's possible for someone with lower cultivation to have an occasional burst of power and win. But... Song'er is destined to enter the Xiantian realm, while your waste of a son will forever be stuck in the Houtian realm. When Song'er enters the Xiantian realm, no matter how much your waste of a son bursts forth, it'll all be for nothing, heh heh..."

  Gu Cang Yue smiled and said, "I know you can only take out about 1.5 million yuan at most, I won't let you get it, I won't give that useless son of yours any chance, I'll offer 1.5 million... yuan."

  The auction hall was filled with snickers from many innate masters, who had long heard about Gu Cangyun being ostracized by the Gu family. Many people were jealous of Gu Cangyun for climbing up the Gu family's thigh, and today they saw Gu Cangyue humiliate Gu Cangyun in public, how could they not laugh?

  The ancient sky's face turned red and white, but he eventually held back his breath and said in a rough voice: "One million five hundred thousand... worthless currency."

  Upon hearing Gu Cangqiong's bid, two lines of tears involuntarily slid down Gu Chen's eyes. Gu Cangqiong clearly knew that bidding 150,000 yuan wouldn't be enough to take the聚元灵液 from Gu Cangyue's hands, but why did he still endure the crowd's ridicule and continue bidding?

  Wasn't it for Gu Chen, wasn't it for the last thread of hope in his heart? As long as there is a glimmer of hope to take the Yuanyuan Spirit Liquid for Gu Chen, what do these humiliations count for? Did Gu Cangyun suffer fewer humiliations before?

  "Dad, why don't you give up? Why...?" Although he already knew the answer, Gu Chen silently muttered to himself.

  "150,000?"

  Suddenly, Gu Cang Yue burst out laughing and suddenly shouted: "Just added a thousand wild coins, I'll pay twenty million... wild coins."

  Gu Cangqiong's face suddenly turned pale, 2 million wild coins, it wasn't that he didn't want to pay, but rather he simply couldn't take out 2 million wild coins.

  1.5 million yuan in cash, which is all the property that Gǔ Cāng Qián can use, plus a few pieces of spiritual stone he has stored for cultivation.

  The auctioneer loudly said, "Low-grade Gathering Spirit Liquid, 2 million wild coins, Mr. Gu Qingyue of the ancient Gu family has made the highest bid so far, is there anyone who can make a higher bid?"

  "I... give... up..." Gu Cangqiong croaked out three words and turned to leave the auction.

  Gu Chen's heart trembled slightly, he had never heard his father speak in such a desperate tone before.

  "Two million yuan, no one bids higher, it goes to Mr. Gu Jianyue!" The auctioneer continued to shout loudly.

  Gǔ Cāng Yuè's gaze followed Gǔ Cāng Qiú as he left the auction hall, before turning back to the auction stage. Now that Gǔ Cāng Qiú was gone, Gǔ Cāng Yuè looked at the auctioneer holding the Jù Yuán Líng Yè and couldn't help but wonder if spending 200,000 to buy a low-grade Jù Yuán Líng Yè just to thwart Gǔ Cāng Qiú was worth it.

  Gǔ Zhēn didn't want the trash, but Gǔ Cāng Yuè was afraid that Gǔ Zhēn would get it, so he spent 200,000 yuan to buy it. If Gǔ Cāng Yuè knew that the seller of this bottle of Jù Yuán Líng Yè was Gǔ Zhēn, he might have died from anger on the spot.

  The inferior Gathering Spirit Liquid, originally worth tens of thousands of yuan, was auctioned off for a sky-high price of 2 million yuan, greatly profiting Gu Cangyue. However, due to Gu Cangyun's gloomy departure, Gu Chen couldn't get excited about it either.

  "I've kept my identity as a medicine master from even Father, is that too much? Gu Chen thought to himself, "But before Father has the ability to withstand this secret, it's not beneficial for him."

  "I can keep this secret myself, why can't Father? He won't harm me and he certainly wouldn't reveal it to outsiders..."

  "One day I will still make him a pre-heavenly pill, if Father is resentful because he didn't help me get the Yuanyuan Spirit Liquid, perhaps I should tell him the truth..."

  ……

  ……

  When Gu Chen was thinking, the auction had already ended. The congenital realm cultivators who participated in this auction also walked out of the auction hall one after another. The middle-aged man from the Liu family looked at Gu Chen's location and also walked out of the auction hall.

  There was a knock at the door outside, Gu Chen came back from his thoughts and said, "Come in."

  Gu Weng walked in leisurely, pulled out a stack of IOUs from his bosom and said: "Sir, your聚元灵液 was auctioned off at a high price of 2 million yuan. After deducting 5% commission, here is the remaining 1.9 million yuan, please verify."

  Gu Chen stretched out his arm from his sleeve, his hand covered in white scabies, and took over the nineteen lottery tickets, each one worth 100,000 yuan, a total of 1.9 million.

  Each blank ticket was issued by the Imperial Court and was valid throughout the Great Yu Dynasty. It could also be exchanged in other countries. The official withdrawal of 5% of the auctioned items was a rule set by the Imperial Court. Although it was deducted at once, Gu Chen had no choice but to follow their rules since he had brought them to the auction house for sale.

  Gu Chen nodded slightly at Gu Weng, put the silver coins into his pocket and prepared to leave.

  "Sir, there will be an auction of goods later, please come to the auction often." Gu Weng said as he stepped aside to make way.

  "Definitely."

  Gu Chen walked out of the auction house, turned several streets in Xicheng to make sure no one was following him, and then headed towards Dongcheng. In a deserted alley, he took a previously prepared fig, and his appearance immediately returned to its original state - that of a boy around ten years old.

  He didn't go home directly, Gu Chen turned to Nancheng again. With money in hand, he spent more than 20,000 yuan to buy enough spiritual grass to upgrade to the sixth layer of the Post-Heaven realm, before returning home.

  Gu Cangqiong sat beside the courtyard with a wine jar, drinking alone. Gu Chen had expected this, as every time his father was upset outside, he would sit in the courtyard and drink alone.

  "Chen Er, where are you going?" Gu Chen had just entered the yard when Gu Cang suddenly asked.

  "I went out for a walk and bought some spiritual grass in Nancheng." Gu Chen said, thinking of telling his father the truth that he was the one who had been practicing the聚元灵液, but for a moment, he didn't know how to start.

  "Angelica? Tell Dad, and he'll help you buy it. That way, you won't run into some people who will give you a hard time."

  At this point, Gu Cangqiong's face turned gloomy and he said: "Taking the spiritual grass directly has little effect. Unfortunately, Father didn't use it, so we can't buy that bottle of spiritual medicine. With that bottle of spiritual medicine, its effect is more than a hundred times stronger than taking spiritual grass."

  "Dad, what about that bottle of Yuanling liquor..."

  "Primordial Spirit Liquid?" Gu Cangqiong suddenly exclaimed: "How did you know about Primordial Spirit Liquid?"

  Could he have gone to the auction? Gu Cangyun's heart skipped a beat, wouldn't that be the moment when he was humiliated by Gu Cangyue, and his son witnessed it all?

  Gu Chen made up his mind and looked around before saying, "Father, that bottle of Juyuanshen Liquid is what I've been practicing..."

  The ancient face was shocked: "Gathering Yuan Spirit Liquid... did you cultivate it?"

  Gu Chen Town nodded slightly.

  The ancient sky immediately forgot all its gloominess, and its face changed to surprise: "Gathering Yuan Spirit Liquid... did you cultivate it?"

  Gu Chen nodded again and said, "Father, actually I'm a Dan medicine master. That old immortal in my dream taught me how to practice it. I also mentioned Father to the old immortal, he promised me that once my strength is upgraded another level, he will teach me a superior technique of the Xiantian realm, and let me teach it to you."

  The ancient Qing didn't hear what Gu Chen said afterwards, and only asked in surprise: "You... are a Dan medicine master? The legendary Dan medicine master?"

  "Look at the ancient sky and speak loudly," said Gu Chen, looking around, "Dad, my identity as a Dan medicine master must not be known by others, otherwise there will be big trouble."

  The ancient blue sky naturally understood, immediately willful, and his eyes lit up: "So to say, Gu Cangyue spent 2 million yuan coins to buy the Yuanyuan Lingye liquid you practiced?"

  Gu Chen smiled and nodded, releasing the suppressed things in his heart. He then remembered that he had picked up a great bargain at Gu Cang Yue's place and felt extremely delighted.

  Gu Chen waved the spiritual grass in his hand and said, "Look, this is the spiritual grass I bought with the 100-year-old Arid Coin I earned from selling the inferior Gathered Spirit Liquid. With these spiritual grasses, I can refine mid-grade Gathered Spirit Liquid. The ones I auctioned off were only of lower quality. Father, don't worry about me anymore. My son has a divine master who is also an alchemist. None of the Gu family's children can compare to me. What I will do in the future is become a great master roaming the entire Ancient Wilderness and embark on the true path of immortality."

  "Alright... alright, your dan... don't mention this identity again, not even to me, lest it be overheard by others unintentionally."

  "Also, your master in your dream, he is as important to you as a mountain, you must repay him well and listen to his words."

  "En." Gu Chen nodded, saying in his heart: The person who truly owes me a great favor is you, Father.

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