WTYTIAAN Chapter 167

Chapter 167

Intelligence reports done like this are just screwing over teammates, aren’t they?!

The man wanted to curse.

However, he didn’t get the chance to erupt in a tirade. The sounds of fighting on their side had alerted the auction house, and many people in patrol uniforms were rushing towards them. The man knew that if he didn’t leave now, he wouldn’t be able to escape later.

He glanced at Yan Yunqing again, regretting that he couldn’t achieve his goal. If he failed this time, the auction house would likely become vigilant. It wouldn’t be so easy to strike again.

Tch, what exactly is the intelligence team doing? They didn’t even figure out such important information!

The man threw the dagger towards Yan Yunqing, using the moment Yan Yunqing dodged to turn and run.

Yan Yunqing dodged the dagger and didn’t bother stopping the man, letting him go. After all, his real target wasn’t him.

He’d go back and beat up that fatso to vent his anger. It was all because his identity was too eye-catching. Why did he have to climb so high for no reason?

Yan Yunqing looked at the patrol team rushing towards him, feeling another headache coming on.

Now great, he had to find a way to explain why someone would try to kill him in the auction house, and how he managed to deal with it so calmly.

And this…

Yan Yunqing tossed the railing he was holding aside. Ordinary people couldn’t just rip it out of the ground. There’s no way that fatso could have done that.

Annoying, let’s just destroy it.

Yan Yunqing watched the approaching patrol team and shouted, “Mr. Reilly, you…”

The next second, to the patrol team’s stunned surprise, the fatso in the high-level steward’s uniform agilely jumped onto the nearby window, smashed the glass with a punch, and leaped out—

“Hey, Mr. Reilly—” One of the patrol team members wanted to grab the fatso’s sleeve, but was stopped by someone next to him.

“That’s not Mr. Reilly.”

Several patrol team members crowded by the window and looked down. Sure enough, they saw a flash of red cloak fluttering. Seemingly sensing the gazes from the patrol team, the man with the half-feather mask turned his head and waved at them.

Chestnut-colored hair flew behind him in a beautiful arc, and then the patrol team members felt a heat wave coming from behind them.

“Boom—”

Yan Yunqing retracted his hand, regretting to himself, “Oh dear, I wanted to remind them it was about to explode, but I didn’t make it in time.”

As he said this, his gaze swept across the equally stunned crowd on the side of the road, making eye contact with someone with the ID ‘Blood Mist’. Yan Yunqing winked at that person and raised his index finger to his lips, tapping it.

Then he disappeared on the spot.

Leaving the ‘Blood Mist’ member hidden in the crowd suspicious and uncertain.

Was that… Joker?

Why would he be here? That gesture he just made… Did it feel like it was directed at me?

The member’s CPU was spinning rapidly and crashed.

On the other side, Yan Yunqing used the doppelganger’s active skill to swap positions with a corner, quickly canceled the disguise skill, returned to his [Rì Ān] appearance, and remotely retrieved the doppelganger, completing this series of extremely pretentious vanishing act. Yan Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief.

Player identities can’t be stacked with NPC identities. Fortunately, he had previously created the ‘Joker’ NPC identity, allowing the disguise skill to treat ‘Joker’ as an independent individual for disguise purposes.

Otherwise, he would have really messed up.

Now he had attracted another wave of aggro for ‘Joker’ from the Augreir Family. That Queen was probably going to hate Joker to death.

Not only did he kill her second son, but he also repeatedly caused trouble at her family’s auction house.

Oh dear, he guessed the price on Joker’s wanted order was going to increase again.

Yan Yunqing, who had been wanted in Bato Vita for over half a year, was almost used to seeing his own wanted posters.

*

Night fell.

Slán Lìpà was brightly lit by various alchemy items. People busy all day still had no intention of going home, but seemed even more lively than during the day.

Outside the Augreir Auction House, there was even more traffic, packed with merchants and nobles coming and going, a sea of people, all there to attend tonight’s auction.

Yan Yunqing activated his disguise skill, put on Joker’s identity, and sat on top of the highest clock tower in Slán Lìpà City, overlooking the entire city.

He could clearly see the ‘Blood Mist’ members mixed in the crowd, disguised as various identities, but very few could directly infiltrate the auction house. Most could only squat outside.

But this Augreir Auction House was quite impressive. It had only been bombed by him in the morning. Although he didn’t use many Flame Emblems this time, he still blew a hole in half a floor. But they could still hold the auction as usual tonight?

How many mages and alchemists did they have to mobilize to repair it!

Yan Yunqing sighed. Suddenly he felt a bit of hatred for the rich. How did that saying go? Hatred for the rich isn’t an emotion, it’s a life attitude.

He watched from the clock tower for a while, until a noble appeared, surrounded by a circle of servants, entering his sight. Yan Yunqing straightened up slightly.

Even though the other party had made some disguises, Yan Yunqing, who had met him before, recognized him at a glance.

Fei Qi.

The sixth prince of Bato Vita, the target of ‘Blood Mist’.

Yan Yunqing glanced at the ‘Blood Mist’ members mixed in the crowd on the other side, and sure enough, he saw that their attention was basically focused on the person who arrived.

Perhaps when you’re in the middle of it, you can’t tell, but looking down from Yan Yunqing’s position, these people’s purpose was too obvious.

Of course, it might also be because Yan Yunqing was carrying the answer to find the clues, so it felt even more obvious.

How interesting.

The ‘Blood Mist’ people had fought with him this morning, probably for the identity of that high-level steward. He wondered what other actions they would take after their planned action failed in the morning?

Were they going to change from causing trouble inside the auction house to causing trouble outside?

Yan Yunqing propped his chin, watching the scene below. Until Fei Qi entered the auction house, none of those ‘Blood Mist’ people made a move. He raised his eyebrows.

They weren’t making a move now, so were they really going to make a move in the auction house? Or were they going to make a move after the auction ended?

Yan Yunqing thought for a moment, supported himself with his palm and lightly leaped down. With a few small jumps, he climbed down the clock tower, landing steadily on the ground.

At the same time, Yu Qie’er, located in the crowd, looked up and glanced at the direction of the clock tower without a trace, narrowing his eyes.

If he didn’t feel wrong, there seemed to be someone up there just now?

*

“Mmm—!”

“Thump.”

Yan Yunqing skillfully tied the other party up with hemp rope, threw him into the bushes in the corner, and stuffed his mouth with the other party’s cravat to make sure he wouldn’t wake up for four or five hours and couldn’t attract the attention of the surrounding patrols. Yan Yunqing used his disguise skill to transform into the appearance of this middle-aged man.

He tugged at the custom-made dress on his body. Yan Yunqing nodded with satisfaction.

It seemed that this unlucky guy whose identity he had borrowed was a minor noble with a good family background and a little money.

Yan Yunqing pulled out the invitation from the other party’s arms and carefully put it into the pocket in his chest. He took out the [Merlin’s Pocket Watch] from his backpack. The antique and luxurious pocket watch, paired with the gold chain hanging outside the pocket, looked very elegant.

… Of course it was elegant. Although Merlin looked unkempt, he was indeed born into an old noble family, a super noble family with a history of more than three thousand years, whose family history could be traced back to the early days of the Light Empire.

Without such a family, they couldn’t have cultivated the so-called ‘greatest magician in history’. Learning magic cost a lot and lots of money.

Yan Yunqing casually took a tie from the fashion items in his backpack. This was a design similar to a bolo tie, with a beautiful sapphire inlaid on the middle buckle. Two braided ropes that looked like vines dangled down. Yan Yunqing tied it into a bow.

Turning around and walking out of the dark alley, Yan Yunqing blended into the crowd imperceptibly, slowly moving forward with the crowd queuing to enter.

“Sir, please show your invitation.” When the line reached Yan Yunqing, the usher guarding the door bowed slightly.

Yan Yunqing raised his eyes and glanced at the usher, took out the invitation from his chest, and handed it over. The usher respectfully took the invitation, opened it and compared it to the unique anti-counterfeiting mark on the invitation. After confirming that it was correct, the usher did not return the invitation to Yan Yunqing, but looked at his appearance and clothes.

Yan Yunqing pretended to take out his pocket watch, pressed the button, glanced at the time, and impatiently said, “Can you hurry up? You’re too slow. Does it take so long to confirm an invitation?”

“Sorry, sir.” The usher immediately apologized, and then asked: “Sir, may I ask if you are from—?”

Yan Yunqing raised his chin, “The Ken En Family.”

The usher matched the surname with the face, respectfully returned the invitation to Yan Yunqing with both hands, and made way for him, making a welcoming gesture: “Please forgive me. Because the auction house was attacked by unknown people this morning, the strict inspection is also to ensure the safety of all of you. Please come in.”

Yan Yunqing glanced at him casually, snorted coldly and walked inside. The usher who had been treated like this looked as usual, and didn’t think there was anything wrong.

Sure enough, it was most enjoyable to be an arrogant person.

Yan Yunqing walked into the auction house, and the ushers inside immediately greeted him. After looking at Yan Yunqing’s invitation, they took him to a small booth.

The surroundings were partitioned by green plants. Yan Yunqing didn’t know if there were separate soundproof formations. After Yan Yunqing sat down, he felt that the surroundings had quieted down a bit, leaving only the melodious music played by the bands on both sides.

Yan Yunqing scanned the surroundings and found that in addition to the ushers, there were two ‘Blood Mist’ people mixed in. He didn’t see anyone else for the time being.

It seemed they were going to wait until the end to make a move.

Yan Yunqing adjusted his sitting position, changed to a comfortable position, lazily leaned on the back of the chair, took out a goblet from his backpack, and poured himself a glass of drink, shaking it from time to time as if tasting wine.

Although he had sneaked into the auction mainly out of curiosity about what treasures the Augreir Family could display at the auction with such a large array, the matter of the city lord’s son had long been told to Isabella by Yan Yunqing. It wasn’t his turn to avenge the Dragon Clan, and he was happy to be idle.

But even if there were no important matters, Yan Yunqing couldn’t be too casual. After all, the Augreir Family was still a red-named monster to him. Being surrounded by a bunch of red-named monsters and drinking leisurely would be really stupid.

Yan Yunqing took a sip of berry juice, looking contented.

Suddenly feeling a gaze falling on him, Yan Yunqing paused, pretending to turn his head back unintentionally, and saw that familiar face again.

It was you again, Yu Qie’er.

Realizing that the other party was watching him, Yan Yunqing’s expression remained unchanged. He raised his glass in the direction of Yu Qie’er from afar, showing the etiquette of a stranger.

Yu Qie’er withdrew his gaze and didn’t continue staring at Yan Yunqing’s direction. Yan Yunqing let out a sigh of relief imperceptibly, pinched a fruit placed on the small table in the booth, and threw it into his mouth.

Tsk, tsk, I have to say that the Augreir Family’s service was really good. He had only been to their family’s auction house twice, but the quality of the fruits he ate each time was very good. Was this the quality control of a big family?

If he didn’t know that the Augreir Family smuggled and sold magical creatures, Yan Yunqing would have praised them for doing such good business.

He waited for a while, mainly waiting for all the important distinguished guests to take their seats, and the auction officially began.

This kind of auction didn’t have a catalog of auction items. Yan Yunqing didn’t know what he would see next. He ate the free small fruit platter provided by the auction house while observing the other guests.

Below the booths was the ordinary seating area, without any cover, which also made it convenient for Yan Yunqing to observe the NPC titles above their heads.

A bunch of flashy noble names dazzled Yan Yunqing.

The first item was a magic scroll, made by an 87th-level great mage. It contained a defensive magic that could resist attacks below level 60, and could be used three times.

For wealthy nobles, this kind of defensive magic scroll was not as good as a defensive item, especially one that could be detected and used automatically. This scroll-form defensive magic was not very popular.

Only small nobles and small merchants who lacked combat power at home would be interested.

Sure enough, only people in the ordinary seats below participated in the bidding, while no one in the booth area where Yan Yunqing was located or the upper box area took action.

Yan Yunqing was even less interested. He was almost level 74 himself. This kind of defensive scroll that could only resist below level 60 was like waste paper to him.

Yan Yunqing yawned and continued watching, propping his head up.

The previous few auction items were not very attractive to Yan Yunqing. Either he couldn’t use them, or Yan Yunqing had better ones in his backpack. Don’t underestimate how rich the small treasury of someone who had once been the lord of a country was.

In the middle, several beastmen beauties and handsome men appeared. It was a common operation for the Augreir Family to treat people as auction items. In the human empire, beastmen had a low status. It was not uncommon for them to be placed on the auction table.

Yan Yunqing sighed, took out the bidding paddle next to him, and bought all these beastmen.

He couldn’t do too many things, but he could help one if he could. Anyway, the identity he was wearing this time was a rich one. Buying a few more beastmen would at most be regarded as a pervert by others.

Speaking of which, were those newbie villages still missing a few NPCs? These beastmen could be trained and sent to the newbie village to deal with the players.

Yan Yunqing casually raised a sign with the number 10,000 gold coins written on it.

The auctioneer on the stage was very excited, “This gentleman has added 10,000 gold coins. The current price is 122,000 gold coins. Are there any other guests who want to bid?”

Yes, this was the sign for adding 10,000 gold coins each time.

Another nobleman sitting next to Yan Yunqing couldn’t help but cast an unspeakable look in Yan Yunqing’s direction.

Where did this nobleman come from? Every bid was in units of ten thousand, and he didn’t let go of any of the beautiful ones. How lecherous was he?

Yan Yunqing crossed his legs and didn’t care how many gold coins he had spent. No matter how much he spent, he wouldn’t really pay so much money to Augreir in the end.

He could use the skill he got from Mandy Pell before.

[Turn Stone into Gold]

Description: After using the skill, you can transform any unit into gold by touching it. The duration is determined by the MP consumed and the target’s level. There is a certain chance that it will cause your will to decline and suffer backlash. ‘Make a deal with the pseudo-god Morgan, this is the price!’

With this skill, he could have as many gold coins as he wanted. The only difference was how long these gold coins would remain in gold state.

For example, if he just handed a box of gold coins that he had turned from stone into gold to the auction house, the box of gold coins would turn back to its original appearance as soon as he turned around and left the auction house.

Yan Yunqing: Please call me a white glove knight.

Yan Yunqing bought all the beastmen in the auction items, but didn’t bid on the other auction items. After all, the gold coins he paid were not real gold coins. It was okay to trick Augreir, who sold beastmen as goods, but it would be very unethical to trick other sellers.

“Next, is our auction house’s treasure—”

The auctioneer waved his hand, and two beautiful ushers pushed the auction item up, solemnly opening the curtain covering the auction item, revealing the treasure underneath.

Carefully wrapped dragon scales and dragon blood.

“I believe sharp-eyed guests have already discovered what our auction item is!” The auctioneer’s voice rose and fell. “That’s right—it’s a precious alchemy material, complete dragon scales with multiple uses, and three bottles of dragon blood!”

“I believe everyone knows the rarity of dragon scales and dragon blood. Dragon scales and dragon blood have always been priceless on the market. And the dragon scales and dragon blood that our auction house has brought out this time are not from mixed-blood dragons to fool everyone, but were taken from a real, pure-blooded dragon!”

The whole audience was in an uproar. Yan Yunqing was very calm. He observed that a small number of people in the boxes above and the booths had no extra reactions. They probably already knew that the Augreir Auction House would sell dragon scales and dragon blood once a month, so they were not surprised at all.

They called it the treasure of the store, but he didn’t know how many times this statement had been used.

“Because the number is small, these dragon scales and dragon blood will be sold as a package. The highest bidder will take all the dragon scales and dragon blood!”

“The starting price is 300,000 gold coins, and each bid must be no less than 10,000 gold coins!”

This price immediately scared off a small number of people, but more people quickly raised the price increase signs the moment the auctioneer’s voice fell.

“350,000!”

“480,000!”

“540,000…”

“…”

Every time something related to dragons appeared at the auction, the bidding voices would rise and fall one after another. The escalating prices also showed how attractive the parts of dragons were to the human race.

Dragons were few in number. The stronger the creatures, the harder it was to breed offspring. Dragons, as the strongest individuals, were extremely difficult to reproduce. Most dragons now lived in Dragon Valley and rarely came out. Therefore, it was very difficult for the outside world to obtain those insignificant small parts of their bodies.

However, the small parts of the dragon family were excellent alchemy materials, which meant that once these dragon scales and dragon blood appeared, they would be snatched up by a group of people.

Yan Yunqing originally didn’t intend to participate, but when the price was called to 3.2 million, the largest box upstairs also called a price, “6 million gold coins.”

This one breath increased the price by 2.8 million gold coins, almost doubling it, making everyone’s scalps tingle.

Yan Yunqing almost thought that the unit of currency used by the auction house this time was not gold coins but silver coins.

Was there anyone who bid like this?

Yan Yunqing looked back. The entrance to that kind of box was not together with the entrance for booth guests like them, so he didn’t know who was sitting in this box. But considering that Fei Qi was present today, Augreir shouldn’t leave the largest box to others, but let their owner sit in a small box, right?

That should be Fei Qi.

The bidding voices at the scene stopped. Those who often participated in auctions knew that the people who could enter this kind of box with a good view, good environment, and separate soundproofing were either rich or expensive, and most of them were not easy to mess with.

Continuing to bid, you had to consider whether you would offend these noble people who could enter the boxes.

For a time, the scene was quiet.

The auctioneer also knew who was in that box. Suppressing the shock in his heart, he skillfully shouted: “Six million once, six million twice, is there anyone…”

Before he could finish speaking, Yan Yunqing raised the price increase sign symbolizing 10,000 gold coins again.

“Uh.” The auctioneer was stunned. “This gentleman has increased the price by 10,000, and the current price is 6.01 million gold coins.”

Then the box called a new price again.

“8 million.”

Yan Yunqing didn’t wait for the auctioneer to ask, and directly raised a sign for 10,000 gold coins again.

“10 million”

“10.01 million”

“12 million”

“12.01 million”

Until the price soared to 28 million gold coins, Yan Yunqing loosened his mouth and stopped the reckless bidding method. The people sitting next to Yan Yunqing all looked at him with shocked eyes.

This was a warrior!

Raising the price of the top box, and raising it by more than 10 million gold coins at a time, he really wasn’t afraid that those big shots in the top floor would come to trouble him?

Yan Yunqing naturally knew why these people were looking at him, but he was refreshed at the moment. He had tricked a sum of money from Augreir and Fei Qi, and he felt that the white-bearded auctioneer on the stage had become handsome.

He hadn’t forgotten that on the first day he traveled to this world, he was almost auctioned off as a cargo by the Augreir people.

It was said that a gentleman’s revenge was not too late in ten years, but he, Yan Yunqing, was not a gentleman. He had to take revenge several times before he could feel comfortable.

The auctioneer wiped a handful of sweat and finally knocked down the three hammers, selling the things to his own people at a price that had been increased several times. Although this had nothing to do with him, as the auctioneer, he would definitely be troubled after the auction.

Especially since the person who bought the things was from the Augreir family…

Feeling that his legs were a little wobbly, fortunately the next auction item was also pushed up. The auctioneer barely shifted his attention to the new auction item.

“The next auction item, cough.” Realizing that his voice was a little dry, the auctioneer cleared his throat and opened his mouth again: “The next auction item is a magical treasure.”

“It is a treasure containing the power of a fallen god thousands of years ago. It is said that by owning it, you will have the opportunity to possess the same power as that god.”

“It is also our main event today – the Heart of Morgan.”

As the auctioneer’s voice rose and fell, Yan Yunqing also straightened his body and looked up in surprise at the item that was pushed onto the stage and placed on the table.

It was a black chess piece with a crown, similar to the ‘king’ chess piece in chess.

—— ‘Heart of Morgan’