Swordswoman: The Few Unrecorded Decades - Chapter 42

Inside the boisterous auction hall of the Hong Empire, a middle age lady wearing fancy garments and jewellery went to the center of the stage. The large area of the place is almost nothing as delegates from everywhere are packed inside the hall. When the middle age lady started to speak, the sound from every individual immediately muted.

“Friends and guests, Welcome! As you all know, there are three goods that we are about to sell which are something different from regular auctioned goods. But first, we will be auctioning six items before we present these three finale of goods in this event. I am Madam Wang, your host for this event! But our majesty, Emperor Hong Te will be the one who will take over later for the finale. This auction will now begin!” Madam Wang announced and the sound of a hammer being banged echoed in every corner of the hall followed by the people applauding vigorously. A little girl then slowly approaches Madam Wang at the center of the stage and handed her an ordinary small wooden box before exiting.

“Our first item is a gold pendant crafted from a master on the East. This golden pendant is a protection from demonic arts. Although the demonic art is not in our region, this item will still be useful to the wanderer guests who are attending today. This protection will be very beneficial when you travel! And now, anyone can start to offer a fair price!” Madam Wang announced loudly then showed the golden pendant to the audience.

“30 gold coins!” a man’s voice shouted from the left corner of the hall.

“40 gold coins!” another person followed the price.

“80 gold coins!” a soft and quite voice in front joined the bid. It was one of the maidens accompanying Emperor Ru Shi.

“100 gold coins!” a big guy thundered on the center of the crowd. The people snapped at the bulky man’s direction as he raised his number plate. Madam Wang did not hear any offer anymore.

“100 gold coins! If nobody will raise the price, on the count of three this object will go to the honored guest at the center holding number 1019. One… Two… Three! Congratulations to number 1019!” Madam Wang declared before moving to the next item. The second item was a beauty pill which was bid successfully by one of Emperor Ru Shi’s companion for 500 gold coins.

The third item was announced. It was a long halberd. Emperor He Mo joined the bidding and plans to give the weapon to his brother, He Lan, who has been collecting various weaponry. There are many people who competed at him but when it reached to 3000 gold coins, only one person persisted to be his competitor.

“This weapon is great when an enemy is riding a horse and you are on foot.” The Hei Emperor who is sharing table with Ye Shin commented.

“3,050 gold coins!” his competitor on the back shouted. If Emperor He Mo would have looked at the person who is competing against him, he would easily identify the man. It was the man who has a red horse!

This man was deliberately messing up with him! He had spotted Emperor He Mo the moment he joined on bidding. He looks at the emperor’s table smugly but when he heard that Madam Wang had announced that the object will go to him, he paled! Although he had bring huge amount of money but it was intended for the information of White Death!

The man glared at the emperor but in doing so, his eyes meets the solemn face of Ye Shin quickly eyeing at his direction. The lady had suddenly sensed his hostility towards the emperor and glanced at him. It was just a brief moment but the hair at the back of the man’s neck immediately stood still the moment their eyes locked.

This nonchalant expression of the lady from the noisy hall ticked him off and sent unknown warning to him. He looked down at the ground for a few seconds before collecting his composure back. He then heard Madam Wang congratulating him and calling his assigned number to collect the halberd. He inhaled deeply and went up.

“The fourth item is a mysterious bracelet. At the center of this bracelet are three tiny little arrows that are pointing in numbers. These tiny arrows is said to have a self-winding mechanism. The price of this bracelet starts with 1500 gold coins.” Madam Wang said and held a tiny object in her fingers. When the people saw the bracelet, they scoffed and looked at it with contempt.

“Such small object, how can it have a worth like that?”

“Only crazy and fool will buy that stuff!”

“The Hong Emperor is too much!!!”

“Can a bracelet really costs that much? Is that a joke?”

Numerous complaints have started to dominate the hall but Madam Wang refused to give additional explanation. As the crowd kept on murmuring, two distinct voices from each end of the hall bid at the same time.

“1,800 gold coins.”

“2,000 gold coins.”

The first voice belongs to Priest Wan. While coincidentally, the second voice was from the man who wears a torn cloak holding a scepter. The two could not see each other because of the crowd but before they could compete, another figure run towards the center of the stage and snatched the bracelet from Madam Wang’s hand!

The female host was about to scold the person’s brazen action but when she saw who it was, she pursed her lips and bowed. It was Emperor Hong Te’s daughter, Princess Hong Mei! This item was actually owned by her! Nobody had recognized the object but if one of us is in that auction, we can quickly tell that the object belongs to the present! It was not just a bracelet but a wrist watch!

“The item is not included in this auction. We only have five items before the final goods.” Princess Hong Mei stated before she walked away. The people gaped at her.

Priest Wan looked at the retreating figure of Princess Hong Mei as the tiny bell in his hand slightly sounded. “Cling… Cling!” Then the priest black out. The people around him gasp in horror when they noticed that he had fainted.

“Someone had fainted!” a shout from his direction sounded.

Physicians immediately attended to the Priest. They carried him outside the hall and placed him into a small clinic. As they laid the man down, his pulse was just normal and it seems like he had just fallen asleep. The physicians attending to him thought that he might just be exhausted and left him to rest. Everything seems normal to the priest but if someone who had known him was on his side, he would definitely notice that the tiny bell which is always carried by this priest was gone!

While the priest is resting, the auction inside the hall continues. The fifth item that was auctioned is a thin manual with a title Soul Voyager. Madam Wang did not also give much explanation except that the title of a manual could mean A Traveling Soul.

The elder’s soul coexisting with Ye Shin automatically demanded Ye Shin to get the book!

“Lady, get that book! I have a feeling that it will be beneficial!” the elder’s soul sounded.

“1000 gold coins.” Ye Shin calmly offer a fair price and before others could bid to the object, Madam Wang had actually closed the bidding!

“1,000 gold coins for the lady in front! Congratulations honored guests!” Madam Wang automatically declared.

The people attending were slightly confused of this action but did not really pay much thought to it. As for Madam Wang, she was instructed by her Emperor Hong Te to prioritize the lady wearing the white dress in front! So when Madam Wang heard her offer a price, she immediately announced the item to be hers.

Meanwhile, when Ye Shin bids the book, Emperor Ma Bing snapped his eyes to the direction of the lady. He looked at her with undisguised interest. A creepy smile slowly forms his lips.

“That’s her!” the Ma Emperor excitedly said under his breath. Although his voice is not ao loud but it was enough for the Huang Emperor to hear what he said.

“What?” Emperor Huang Le asked him, completely confused of what his companion is talking about.

“The unknown legacy, it is in her! I have successfully sensed its host the moment she bids the manual!” Emperor Ma Bing said animatedly.

“Well, I will congratulate you in advance of this finding and your success, Emperor Ma Bing!” Emperor Huang Le said.

“HaHaHa That lady looks easy to deal. I will take care of her after this auction.” Emperor Ma Bing arrogantly said while laughing silently. The Huang Emperor pretended to be interested to him and nods his head but did not say anything. This emperor did not even glance at the direction where Emperor Ma Bing secretly pointed.