THE GOOD FOR NOTHING SEVENTH YOUNG LADY

Chapters 25-32

The godly thief makes her move. Part 1Certainly, she severely suspected that with just one or two low-level crystalline nuclei, it would simply not be enough to fill in the gap between the teeth for a certain great master.Being sensible for the first time, Shen Yanxiao had run into some financial issues."Let's discuss. Just roughly how many low-level crystalline nuclei would you need to be able to restore your strength to the level where you can help me undo the second layer of seal?" Shen Yanxiao probed as she asked.After being silent for a moment, Xiu spitted out a figure that would even make Shen Yanxiao spurt out blood.'30000 pieces.'"30,000 pieces..." Shen Yanxiao dumbfoundedly asked the heavens. There was no need to speak about 30000 pieces, for she could not even afford 30 pieces of them as of now!'If it is the higher-level ones, it will be best to have roughly about 2000 pieces, and that will be good enough.' Xiu, who was seldom 'considerate to others', had spoken again.So long as there were 2000 pieces, it would be good enough.Shen Yanxiao suddenly became stern. During that time, when the few countries had acted together, the number of high-level demonic beasts that were eliminated was slightly more than 10,000. After those nuclei were distributed across a few countries, it was reckoned that the total sum of high-level crystalline nuclei within the Long Xuan Empire would only be about 3000 to 4000 pieces. As for this certain great master, he wanted 2000 pieces the moment he spoke...Unless she was that person who was sitting on top of that golden-bright and dazzling throne and had that precious-stoned crown worn on her head, or else, even if she was extremely wealthy, she absolutely would be unable to take out that tremendous amount of money."Let's talk about the inferior crystals nuclei then."As for those high-level crystalline nuclei, there was no need to think about them, and Shen Yanxiao could only start with those inferior crystalline nuclei. After that one military campaign, with the amount of drops gained from killing the low-level demonic beast, even if there were not millions, there would still be hundreds of thousands of them. 30000 crystalline nuclei were not an amount that would startle anyone. So long as there was enough money, all of the issues would no longer exist.The Vermillion Bird clan was very well-off. After all, the Vermillion Bird clan had a stable seat as one of the five influential clans in the Long Xuan Empire. Even if it were to be said that they did not have a wealth that was equivalent to that of the entire nation, they were still very rich.If Shen Feng was to be in a good mood, buying those 30000 inferior metallic nuclei was just like buying a tanghulu to him. However, the problem was that... Shen Yanxiao had to ask herself whether she had the kind of capability to do it or not, and whether she did not have the bargaining chip that was capable of yielding Shen Feng to stake a thousand pieces of gold in one throw' for her.As of now, Shen Yanxiao's problem is precisely money!The only thing that made Shen Yanxiao rejoice was that she had picked a proper 'occupation' for herself at that time—the godly thief, don't you think so?! With regards to her, this kind of thing called money was like a rock on the floor that could be seen just about everywhere. If she had not widened her horizons at that time by being a hitman, a spy, and so on, it would have been very likely that she could only silently stay in that dim corner and constantly dawdle about there!"Isn't it just 30,000 pieces? You can be at ease, for using this young master's skill, I will make you eat till you feel like throwing up!" About her workmanship, Shen Yanxiao was quite confident in herself. What was more was that she was at the affluent Vermillion Bird clan as of now. Even with a casual pick from either the second generation or third generation, there would not be quite a disparity, and it was just a great convenience to take advantage of.As a result of hearing those words, 'eat till you throw up', a certain great master had also accepted tacitly that certain sound of being complacent, calling herself 'young master'.Therefore, during that certain dark, stormy night, a petite black figure had begun to frequently appear in every courtyard of the Vermillion Bird clan. Numerous times, I had those pair of sin-like claws stretching out to those pure and dependable purses.During the second day of the early morning, the moment when the first strand of sunshine had spilled onto the earth, wave after wave of mournful wailing burst out within that quiet Vermillion Bird clan."Motherfucker! Where is this daddy's money?""Fuck! Just where did such a thief that was tired of living suddenly emerge, for the thief unexpectedly dare to steal money from this great aunt?""This daddy's bridal token, ah! Just kill me already!!"Within a night, there were entirely up to over 20 people, ranging from the old to the young, of the Vermillion Bird clan, who had suffered from those 'poisonous hands'.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The Godly Thief Makes Her Move Part 2Within the master room, Shen Feng's complexion was as black as the base of a pan.With Shen Duan as the head of the second generation and Shen Yifeng as the head of the third generation, each one of them had an emaciated look on their face.Without a doubt, being the most important member of the Vermillion Bird clan apart from Shen Feng, the clan head, the rest of them had their purses completely wiped out. There was no need to say about money, even those few golden tools that they had collected in their rooms had all also subsequently disappeared without a trace.Among them all, the most miserable one was Shen Jing. For him to be able to have a better "thorough experience" with numerous beauties, Shen Jing would never have forgotten to buy a few precious stones and pearls every day as he returned. A few days ago, he only recently competed in buying large quantities of top-notch precious stones from the commerce. However, today, early in the morning, just when he was preparing to take out those precious stones and present them to those beautiful women, what was left for him was only an empty jewelry box...The thing that made his hair stand in anger was that this little thief had no conscience at all! This thief unexpectedly did not even leave those few tiny precious stones which were on top of the jewelry box, even those few tiny precious stones were all dug out!!!Shen Jing already did not dare count the amount of loss that he had suffered this time around. He only knew that in the few months to come, he would have to wave his hands and bid farewell to those beauties.Ever since the establishment of the Vermillion Bird clan, they had never suffered such a loss before, like today!Although to the Vermilion Bird clan, the money lost could only be considered to be a hair from nine oxen, the thief's attitude had angered them!During that one night when the entire important members of the Vermillion Bird clan were robbed, surprisingly, there wasn't anyone who had discovered it happening from the beginning till the end. Just like that, it had allowed that person to quietly steal away that huge amount of money, and this simply was contempt to the prestige of the Vermillion Bird clan!Due to the economic problem and also because this involved their dignity, how could Shen Feng not care about this matter?"You guys are a group of good for nothing, for you guys unexpectedly did not even notice that someone had entered and was stealing in your room!" Shen Feng's anger was not light. Even though, over the last hundreds of years, the Vermillion Bird clan was already incapable of rousing the Vermillion Bird, the offspring's strength has yet to disgrace the clan.This surely was 'great' for right after they had fallen asleep, their rooms were entered and their stuff was stolen completely. Was this group of people all idiots? They unexpectedly didn't even have the slightest bit of perception."Dad... As for this, you can't blame us, for that person surely came prepared, and that person's skill could be on par with the chief of the 'Silver Hands Group'. Even my second brother failed to discover it, and it can be seen just how good that person's skill is." Being the person who had suffered the most, Shen Jing had a bitter face, as he explained.Seeing that Shen Jing had mentioned the 'Silver Hand', Shen Feng slightly frowned because the 'Silver Hand' was a group of robbers with an enormous reputation on the Guangming continent. It was said that every member of theirs had a completely exceptional skill, and among the 'Silver Hand', the chief was the strongest. According to the rumors, so long as there are things that he has fancied, there will never be one that cannot be stolen."Don't tell me it is the people from the 'Silver Hand'..." Shen Yifeng couldn't help but mutter out that the loss he suffered yesterday was not small."It can't be so." Shen Feng swung his hand as he said, "The 'Silver Hand' was located far from the Godly Wind Alliance. Even if there are members that are mingling at Long Xuan Empire, they would only be small fries that are too inferior to be shown to the public, and they would simply be unable to conceal themselves from your attention before advancing in stealing.""Then could it be the chief of the 'Silver Hand'?" Shen Yue asked.Shen Feng shakes his head."Although that person was arrogant, it is still unlikely to go as far as to be impudent at the Long Xuan Empire and oppose the Vermillion Bird clan. In addition to that, according to the urge, he would surely send a notification in advance to every target that he has made."In eliminating the possibility of the 'Silver Hand', everyone was even more at a loss. Could it be that in this world, there was still any other thief with excellent stealing technique who had not been admitted into the 'Silver Hand'?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The godly thief makes her move. Part 3 There truly was that kind of little thief that was at a godly level and did not belong to the 'Silver Hand'. There was no need to talk about "that" certain thief joining the 'Silver Hand' at this moment, as it was very likely "that" certain thief still had never heard of the 'Silver Hand'.During this moment when everyone from the Vermillion Bird clan had been at their wits' end about yesterday's matter, where they had collectively been plundered, a certain little thief was returning from a rewarding journey. That certain little thief sat on top of that pile of stolen goods and was beaming with pleasure as she listed down the harvest she had this time.People like Shen Duan had an illustrious identity, and so the amount of money in his hands was naturally not less. However, the true amount of money would all be stored in the credit institutions, and so the amount of money that he would carry on his body would simply not be a lot. Therefore, the amount of money that she had looted this time around would simply be regarded as not huge at all, but the highlight was those precious stones and golden tools that she had seized her chance to bring back.However, the question was: how would she exchange them for money?She could only consider sending them to the auction houses. After that, the people from the auction houses would naturally exchange those goods for an equivalent amount of money and deliver those funds into her pocket.Merely, the problem was that she could try her very best to make it so that those things would not have any special way to distinguish them, but could it be possible that those owners of the Vermillion Bird clan would not be able to recognize their lost items? She was quite confident that the people from the Vermillion Bird clan would not publicize this matter. After all, this matter would severely harm the prestige of the Vermillion Bird clan. However, it was simply not impossible that they would privately inquire with the auction houses regarding the seller of these goods.Although the information regarding the sellers is somewhat protected, those general auction houses would leak out some information as it was difficult for them to protect against the powers of the Vermillion Bird clan.Therefore, if she wanted to sell off these things, then she had to find an auction house where the Vermillion Bird clan would not be able to ask and obtain any information.The Vermillion Bird clan was situated in the imperial capital of the Long Xuan Empire. Within that big imperial capital, there were a dozen or more auction houses, yet there were only three, which were of considerable scale. Among these three, one of them was opened by the Qilin clan, which was one of the five big clans, and that was the Qilin Auction House.Although the Vermillion Bird clan and the Qilin clan were members of the 5 big clans, with everything that she had heard in the main room that day, she was certain that the 5 big clans may have seemed polite and amicable on the surface, but it was likely that they already hated each other to teeth-gnashing degrees in private.If she were to auction those things at the Qilin Auction House, it was certain that even if the people from the Vermillion Bird clan had discovered those stolen goods, it was very likely that it would be an inconvenience to inquire about the seller of those goods because they knew that if they asked, the people from the Qilin clan would also absolutely not tell them even one word.Regarding the riches of the human race, Xiu simply did not have any interest in them. The only thing in which he was interested was whether he was able to exchange these things for a sufficient amount of crystalline nuclei or not.As for Shen Yanxiao's divine stealing skill, although there was some doubt in him, he still simply decided not to ask much about it.Since she had set the QIlin Auction House as the target, Shen Yanxiao couldn't help but take the next step in planning. Although there were very few people who had seen the shame of the Vermillion Bird clan, it was hard to say that she would not be recognized by the people of the Qilin clan at other locations sometime later. Therefore, Shen Yanxiao decided on the spot to go to another auction house in advance, used the money that she had, and bought a few bottles of face-changing medicine.The face-changing medicine was a rather common kind of medicine and had three subdivisions, which were 'low',' middle and a 'high'. Different subdivisions of the face-changing medicine would all have a different duration for the disguise, and their prices would have even more disparity.On that night, Shen Yanxiao just wore a huge mantle and slipped out of the Vermilion Bird clan. She then ran up to a small auction house, which was located at the center of the imperial capital, and bought five bottles of low-level face-changing medicine. Don't look down on these 5 bottles of face-changing medicine, for just these 5 small bottles had already cost Shen Yanxiao 500 gold, and this had made Shen Yanxiao, who had a low supply of money, feel pain in her flesh for a moment._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Qilin Auction House, Part 1A low-level face-changing medicine could only be maintained for three hours. However, to Shen Yanxiao, that amount of time was already enough.For convenience purposes, she still bought an inferior storage ring.Storage rings were a type of spatial good. There may seem to be no difference from an ordinary ring, but so long as the holder opens it in a particular manner, there will certainly be a fixed area of space emerging that could be used for any non-living substance.On the Guangming Continent, storage rings were very common goods, and it was merely that a different grade of storage ring would have a different size of space in it.With the dimension of space as the basis, every storage ring would also have an entirely different price. As for the storage ring that Shen Yanxiao had bought, it was a middle-grade storage ring, and the space within it was roughly five cubic meters, which was enough to store those stolen goods that were in her room.With everything ready and all she needed was an east wind, Shen Yanxiao slipped back to the Vermillion Bird clan. She then had those stolen goods and face-changing medicine deposited into the storage ring. After that, she leaped back onto her bed. [TL Note: With everything ready and all she needed was an east wind, it means that everything was ready except for the most crucial thing. This was an idiom based on this story.In waiting till around tomorrow's nightfall, she would only go to the Qilin Auction House to exchange for her genuine 'first pot of gold' in this life of hers!The Qilin Auction House was located on the north side of the imperial capital and had an enormous floor area. It was also the richest and had a famous reputation among the three auction houses. All of this was because behind it was the Qilin clan, which was extremely well-received in the imperial capital. Everyone knew that within these big five clans, the Qilin clan was the richest among them all. This was because at that time, when the Qilin clan was being established, the founder of the Qilin clan had used his status to launch a trading activity that covered the nation. With several hundred years of accumulation, the amount of wealth that they had produced was so great that it could not be counted.There was once a rumor that the Qilin clan's storehouse could be compared to the state treasury.The nightfall arrived with the moon suspended high upwards.The auction houses belonging to the Qilin clan were brightly lit, for the quiet night was precisely the time when the auction house was most lively. Numerous buyers came quite early to the auction house, with each one of them sitting in the hall.Within that big auction house, it was quickly jam-packed with the previous competitive tender customers.At the rear of the Qilin Auction House's hall, a youngster of approximately 16 or 17 years old was sitting upright on that chair that was spread with tiger skin and was lazily folding his legs. The peerless attractiveness on the face had a trace of indolentness, and that pair of narrow phoenix eyes were hanging low as he looked at the list of items that were handed over by the person who was in charge of the auction house."Is that all?" That attractive juvenile raised his eyebrows, for today's items that were to be auctioned were somewhat unconcerned.Qi Meng, who was barely fifty years old, was the person in charge of the Qilin Auction House. The aloof and remote him of the past days at this moment was standing before the juvenile with his head filled with cold sweat and did not dare to take a deep breath."Third young master, the number of trusted customers that were auctioning was simply not a lot. However, I have contacted the people from Feng Qi (Phoenix Perching) City. Not long after a few days, they will appoint a man right away to send those precious things." Qi Meng continuously wiped away the cold sweat that was on his head. It was not that he was making a big fuss out of the small problem, but rather it was the juvenile that was before his eyes. That juvenile was not an ordinary person, for he, Qi Xia, the third young master, was already formulated to be the next clan head by the current clan head of the Qilin clan!The richness of the Qilin clan was world-renowned. However, every single one of the clan heads had to have achieved some extent in the trading industry, and only then could they take up the position. Among all of the members of this generation, the third young master was the one who had the strongest capability. At the age of barely sixteen years old, he had already accumulated a monumental amount of capital for himself. Even those few trading commercials that were recently built on the Long Xuan Empire within the past few years were secretly all brought about by the third young master.It could be said that within nearly up to the past hundred years, Qi Xia could be regarded as the number one genius in trading of the Qilin Clan. Even if it was a pair of broken copper and scrap iron, he would be able to sell them at a sky-high price after they had gone through his hands._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Qilin Auction House, Part 2Changing something rotten to magical was truly a fitting way of describing Qi Xia's means in trading, and also because of Qi Xia's extremely strong capability, the current head of the Qilin clan had only, therefore, stood his ground against the opinion of the masses to make an exception that would have set Qi Xia as the heir in advance.In facing the future clan head, Qi Meng did not dare to have the slightest bit of indifference, for those little tricks of his were simply child's play in Qi Xia's eyes.Like a noble cat, Qi Xia smirked with that lazy smile of his, blossoming at the edge of his lips."To be able to make contact with the people from Feng Qi City could only be considered to be barely good enough." Having no intention of making things too hard for Qi Meng deliberately, Qi Xia waved his hands and left him off the hook.Among all of the auction houses that were within the imperial capital, the Qilin Auction House occupied a huge amount of the market. This was because, apart from the prestige of the Qilin clan, much more of it was because most of the goods that were sold at the Qilin Auction House were goods that were extremely hard to show up in other auction houses. Within the Long Xuan Empire, everyone knew that all of the best goods had to be brought to the Qilin Auction House because not only was the gold commissioned comparatively lowered but also because the Qilin clan had extremely wide connections. So, those entrusted goods that were auctioned could be sold at a price that far exceeded one's expectations."Many thanks for the third young master's 'flattering'." Qi Meng swallowed his saliva. Although he was confronting a juvenile who was only sixteen years old, the oppression that Qi Xia had given him didn't pale in comparison to the oppression given off by the current clan head of the Qilin Clan.The sound of a door knocking had broken off the feeling of oppression that was suffocating Qi Meng."Come in." Qi Xia said. The attendant of the auction house came in after those words. He then respectfully said, "Reporting to the third young master, a little customer had come saying that there was a batch of goods that would be entrusted to us to be auctioned off.""A little customer?" Qi Xia slightly raised his eyes. In smiling, he said, "Since it is a customer, I might as well bring the customer in.""Third young master..." Qi Meng was startled, for it couldn't have been that the third young master would personally prepare himself to receive this person.Qi Xia gave a glance at Qi Meng, and Qi Meng then didn't dare say anything anymore.......Shen Yanxiao stood at the entrance of the Qilin Auction House. In seeing the rear view of the attendant leaving, Shen Yanxiao was subconsciously touching that little face of hers that had changed beyond recognition.The result of the low-level face-changing medicine was pretty good. Although the effectiveness was shortened by that bit for that given period, it was just enough to conform to her requirement, and the three hours were enough for her to have those goods delegated. If there was even more effectiveness for a given period, she truly would not know how she would carry that kind of face back to the Vermillion Bird clan.The present Shen Yanxiao's facial appearance was slightly better when compared to her original unprepossessing look. Not only was the skin slightly fairer, but even the five sense organs of hers had a variation that was not small. On the whole, although she could not be considered to be too beautiful, she could still be considered to be delicate and pretty. Then, adding on the man's clothes that she had meticulously put on, it would seem like she would resemble an average Joe. However, to fool the people, Shen Yanxiao had thoroughly added a piece of 'heightening pad' in her little boots, and this kind of thing was only invented in civilized society, which was pretty useful in this world. [TLN: Basically, a heightening pad is something like an insole.]As of now, not only had she altered her appearance and gender, but even her height had been given a little bit of a change. It was reckoned that even if Shen Siyu, who was close to her, was to pass by her side, he too would not be able to get any clues.After a few moments, the attendant that had previously gone to inform had returned, inviting her to enter the rear hall of the auction house to discuss the specific matters.Shen Yanxiao followed the attendant in proceeding towards the rear hall. Along the way, her eyes had incessantly swept past those attendants that were coming back and forth, where the flickering vision of hers had swept past every single item that was waiting to be auctioned, which was delivered by the attendants to the front hall.That feeling of seeing but not touching had made Shen Yanxiao, who had a critical occupational disease, itchy in her hands._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Qilin Auction House, Part 3Having finally arrived at the front door of the rear hall, the attendant knocked on the door of the room. After hearing that languid sound, only then did the attendant open the door and lift the arms, inviting Shen Yanxiao to enter.Just as she was about to enter the rear hall, Shen Yanxiao saw right away a handsome youngster who was sitting on that tiger-skin chair like a cat would be as it lay down on the balcony, basking in the afternoon sun. That pair of grinning eyes of his were as bright as the convergence of the stars, and it seemed as if there was no smiling expression hanging at the corner of his mouth while he was lazily supporting his chin single-handedly.During the moment when Qi Xia saw Shen Yanxiao, he was staring blankly for a moment. He finally knew why the attendant had said that 'he' was a little customer'.That thin and weak body was wrapped in plain and simple clothing. On the delicate and pretty face was that pair of clear eyes flickering out the ignorance of not having gone through the ways of the world and also sincerity. Just with regards to the height alone, the little bastard before his eyes was very likely to have not reached his shoulder and at most would have only had the look of a thirteen- to fourteen-year-old. It was no wonder that the little bastard was said to be a 'little customer'."Hello, I am Qi Meng, the person who is in charge here. May I know what goods this customer has that would be entrusted to us, the Qilin Auction House, to be sold?" As for this kind of matter of receiving the customer, Qi Meng would seriously not dare to trouble Qi Xia to personally open his mouth, and so Qi Meng immediately put out the loftiness of being the person in charge of the Qilin Auction House as he politely spoke."Oh, I have got a batch of precious stones and golden tools that I have wanted to entrust to you to sell. Is there any procedure that needs to be done?" There was this very strange feeling. Although the middle-aged man before her had given her this feeling of a firm and steady, experienced old man, Shen Yanxiao nevertheless subconsciously felt that the youngster that was sitting at his side was truly the one whose words held the most authority here.Qi Meng smiled as he said, "Just what kind of golden tools and precious stones are they? This customer ought to have come to our Qilin Auction House for the first time and therefore did not have a great understanding of our practices. Our Qilin Auction House auctions an extremely small amount of golden tools and precious stones. Unless they are extremely precious, we would only make an exception in selling them."Just what kind of scale was the Qilin Auction House at? If all those little gadgets could be brought to be auctioned, then even if the auction house was to expand tenfold, it was very likely that it was still insufficient. What was more was that those common types of luxury goods could already be obtained at other auction houses, and the Qilin Auction House was certainly never fond of taking over those 'staple goods'.Was it not for the fact that treasures, in general, were not easy to obtain, or else they would also not have taken one of the spots as one of the three biggest auction houses in the imperial capital?Shen Yanxiao stared blankly, for she truly did not know of the practices of the Qilin Auction Houses. With her foresight, these things that she had swept, whether it was the crafts or the quality, were all completely pretty good, but she precisely did not know what the norm of this world's appraisal was."As for this, I am also not sure. I will take it out and have you see them." Being disinclined to think of these details, Shen Yanxiao straightforwardly opened the storage ring that was on her finger, which would have all of the things inside poured out.Qi Meng had originally thought that a little bastard like this at most would have only taken a few things, and that would have been very amazing.Amid the storage ring, where the golden tools and precious stones were pouring down in torrents in unbroken succession, they had formed a pile of small mountains on the floor. In the eyes of Qi Meng, his looks showed amazement.With that many golden tools and precious stones, even if they were all inferior in quality, they could be exchanged for quite a sum of money. With Qi Meng's experienced foresight, each one of those golden tools that were sprinkled onto the ground was a work of art that was produced by the hands of renowned experts. As for those precious stones tumbling everywhere, each one of them even more had an unadulterated quality, and they were the highest grade of precious stones.This kind of batch of a huge number of luxury goods was unexpectedly taken out of a rather ordinary little bastard. It truly caused people to be somewhat startled. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Searching for Targets Again, Part 1Qi Meng swept through a glance at that plain and simple clothing that could no longer be any plainer and simpler than was on Shen Yanxiao's body. In his heart, he couldn't help but be somewhat nervous. Although these luxury goods were objectively expensive, they weren't worth much in the eyes of the Qilin Auction House.However, when quantity was turned into quality, that pile of luxury goods, which at the very least consisted of hundreds of them before his eyes, was sufficient to achieve an astonishing figure.Just where did this little demon get these goods from?In Qi Meng's thoughts, there were some suspicions, but he too had not revealed them, for the Qilin Auction House would never get involved with the history of the entrusted goods. Moreover, previously, he had also seen many customers who had brought in treasures, and they were dressed extremely plain and simple, as most of the time, it was to fool others."That's all. Have a look and see whether they are suitable or not." Shen Yanxiao could not grasp accurately the system of values in this world and also did not know the standards of the QIlin Auction House. Therefore, she could only wait quietly for Qi Meng to appraise. If the Qilin Auction House truly would not take over these goods, then she reckoned that she could only send them in little batches to other auction houses. Moreover, to avoid the Vermillion Bird clan's attention, she had to be more careful. Thus, not only would the speed of accumulating wealth distinctly drop, but it could also lead to more inconveniences.Qi Meng nodded his head, then called out for a few golden tools, appraising masters and precious stones, to enter and conduct appraisals on this pile of precious stones before his eyes.As expected, every one of those precious stones and golden tools was of exceedingly top-notch quality, and as for this grade of treasure, Qi Meng could have only seen them inside his clan, the Qilin clan.It was just that..."The value of these things was extremely precious, and it was just that... these few pieces of precious stones had some abrasion. It appeared as if it were not a finished product on its own but rather more of a portion of finished goods." The precious stone-appraising master said as his hand held onto a few pieces of thumb-sized precious stones.In looking at those few pieces of precious stones that were in the hands of the precious stones appraising master, Shen Yanxiao was silently recalling the scene where she at that time had them ripped off from Shen Jing's jewelry box."So, could these things be auctioned out here or not?" These kinds of insignificant details were nevertheless better to be directly overlooked, for what she had cared more about was whether the QIlin Auction House was going to take over these goods of hers or not.Being the person in charge of the Qilin Auction House, Qi Meng could naturally make an accurate estimate of the worth of this batch of goods. Based on the standards only, this batch of goods could only be barely enough to reach the 'dispensable' standards of the Qilin Auction House. However, what he truly cared about was the power behind the back of this little youngster.To be able to take out that many luxury goods at one time was not what an ordinary person could have been able to do in general.After weighing the pros and cons, Qi Meng smiled as he said, "They are okay. If this customer has the time, as of now, we could go and sign the agreement right away. We would have this batch of goods arranged to be auctioned off as soon as possible.""Very well." Shen Yanxiao nodded her head.It had to be said that the Qilin Auction House handled their work quite efficiently. Not even after a moment, Qi Meng and Shen Yanxiao had signed the agreement. The details of the agreement were awfully simple, which were that the Qilin Auction House would be in charge of auctioning the goods that Shen Yanxiao had entrusted them to, and after auctioning off the goods, the Qilin Auction House would receive 10% of the profits, and the rest of the profits would be given to Shen Yanxiao.After signing the agreement, Shen Yanxiao simply did not plan to straightforwardly collect the expense that she would get after the auction but rather to have a discussion with Qi Meng on whether it was possible or not to borrow from the Qilin Auction House the gains that she would get from the auction later to buy a certain amount of inferior crystalline nuclei."Are you sure that you want to have all of your money converted into crystalline nuclei? According to the current assessment, if the total amount of money after having that batch of goods auctioned off was to be converted to inferior crystalline nuclei, it was very likely that it had to be counted in thousands." Qi Meng couldn't help but remind this little customer that having the entire money to purchase the inferior crystalline nuclei at once would result in a tremendous amount of them. Moreover, the usage of the metallic nuclei was simply not huge at all, and therefore, it was very rare to have people buy them in a big batch._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Searching for Targets Again, Part 2Shen Yanxiao smiled. What could up to thousands be counted as? The amount of crystalline nuclei that she needed was up to 30000. To her, this figure of up to thousands could simply not be counted as anything."I am sure. As for the commission that the QiIin Auction House ought to receive, you could use it for yourself." Regarding the matter in the field of business, Shen Yanxiao was a layman, but she believed that with the reputation of the Qilin clan, he simply would not covet that little amount of money in her hands.Since the employer was already that determined, Qi Meng naturally would not speak much about it. Once again, after signing an agreement, this time around, Shen Yanxiao's objective could be considered to be accomplished perfectly.It was just that the thing that had made her somewhat curious was that youngster that was continuously sitting inside the rear hall, and all along, he had used that pair of eyes that were concentrated with interest to look at her.Even after she had changed her appearance, which was much better than before, it could also only be counted as delicate, and when compared to that juvenile, it was simply as different as heaven and earth. If it were said that the counterpart was a female, then she could perhaps comprehend why the counterpart had shown little interest in her appearance.However, he was a handsome youngster who was much more good-looking than her in countless folds!As a handsome youth, why aren't you staring at pretty girls, but staring at this 'new fresh girl' of the same gender?In assessing that the time of the face-changing medicine would be running out, Shen Yanxiao had no intention of staying any longer. After giving another few courteous words to Qi Meng, she got out as soon as possible.With the eyes of his following that petite figure who was hastily leaving, Qi Xia couldn't help but give a light smile."Third, young master?" Qi Meng suspiciously looked at Qi Xia's sudden arrival and his smiling expression. In the bottom of his heart, he was somewhat goosebumps.Qi Xia lazily shot a glance at him and said, "What are your thoughts on the goods that this little bastard has brought?"Was the third young master testing his eyesight? Qi Meng immediately put an extreme amount of thought into it as he said, "All of the goods are of top-notch quality. To be able to take in a tremendous amount of luxury goods in one go, this customer's influence is certainly not small. Therefore, this subordinate would only be bold enough to continue this business transaction. Moreover, according to his last request, which was the purchase of that huge batch of crystalline nuclei, they are bound to have another usage for them. With that huge amount of crystalline nuclei, even if there were up to hundreds of people using them, they would be unable to use them up. A certain big clan likely wanted to acquire the crystalline nuclei in the dark to temper their members."Qi Meng's analysis was very sensible, for the advantage of the crystalline nuclei was that their price was cheap, and the negative effect of the low-level crystalline nuclei was not high. Therefore, it was very fitting to be used on those few clans that were unable to buy a large batch of weapons that were applied with the fusion of the magic nuclei to temper their members.After having finished listening, Qi Xia only laughed and indifferently said, "Influence is not small." That huge amount of luxury goods was not what an ordinary rich household could obtain. Having placed his eyes on those golden tools that were within that pile, all of them were sufficient to be equal compared to the gadgets in his room. As for this grade of quality of golden tools, there were only three to four gold shops in the Long Xuan Empire that could make them out. Moreover, most of these finished goods from these gold shops would all enter into every major power within the imperial capital, and in just concentrating on the proportion of the 5 big clans, they took up most of the proportions.However, with the financial resources of the 5 big clans, it was simply unlikely for them to go as far as to auction these golden tools to obtain wealth.Qi Meng's judgment was not wrong, but he had overlooked one point, which was those badly damaged precious stones that he had neglected. Although their quality was original, would there be anyone from the clan who would have paced these badly damaged goods together with the pile of luxury goods to be sold?The corner of Qi Xia's mouth curled into a smiling expression of interest. Towards the history of these goods, he had already guessed most of the parts.To be able to get hold of this grade of quality and quantity of luxury goods, that youngster's technique was seriously out of the ordinary!