BXBX NOVEL Chapter 232 - Two Hundred and Twenty Eight.
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Shopping is a woman’s nature, or more accurately, turning large sums of money into practical items is a woman’s source of joy.
For Xu Shuhui, who controls a vast amount of financial resources, the Xiao family’s auction is a shopping paradise. Unlike other mistresses, however, she is not particularly interested in jewelry and other inanimate objects, but has a great passion for spiritual beasts.
Various spiritual beasts are auctioned off at every Xiao farmly auction, and many of the spiritual beasts in the Tang Mansion were purchased there.
Moreover, since Xiao Zheng started serving as the leader of the Xiao family’s business team, each auction has been full of surprises, and she is already eager to get started.
The reason she is so excited to attend the event isn’t just due to her uncontrollable desire to shop but also due to the gush of love and anticipation for her family.
Her nephew’s arrival at Xiling meant she, as an elder, needed to give him gifts. As the items in the mansion were too commonplace, she saw the auction as a good opportunity to get him a meaningful gift and also let him see the prosperity of Xiling: “Old Win, don’t wander around tonight, come with your aunt to an auction.”
The old Win, who was engrossed in his meal, hesitated. The evening was a time for him to increase his cultivation. However, sensing Xu Shuhui’s anticipation and lots of love, he couldn’t refuse and obediently agreed, “Alright, Aunt.” Having obtained her nephew’s consent, Xu Shuhui turned her gaze toward Tang Luo, hoping that the whole family could go together in the evening.
A mother’s expectation is something that cannot be let down, so Tang Luo’s reply came promptly: “Alright, mother, I’ll accompany you tonight.” In any case, an auction wouldn’t take up much time, so he thought rather optimistically.
That night, Xu Shuhui took Old Win, Tang Luo, Tang Xing, and Tang Nuannuan, and rode in a gold-plated chariot towards the Xiao family’s auction house in East City.
As one of the most anticipated events in Xiling, every return of the Xiao family’s business team is accompanied by a grand auction that lasts for ten days.
This extravagant event, to the mistresses of various clans in Xiling, is not just a shopping spree but also a banquet of competition.
On this day, the mistresses of all the clans would dress up and participate in the auction. To these mistresses, each bid made at the auction is an moment in the spotlight. If they can outbid others to seize the treasures they desire, the satisfaction is akin to a martial artist triumphing over rivals.
However, the Xiao family’s auction has an extremely high threshold. Any clan with less than a billion gold in wealth does not even qualify to receive an invitation.
For many mistresses, receiving an invitation to the Xiao family’s auction is already a great honor. Yet, among those who seek an invitation but do not receive one, Xu Shuhui is definitely not included.
In the circle of mistresses in Xiling, Xu Shuhui is undoubtedly the dazzling pearl. Not only because she is Tang Sen’s wife but also because of her identity as a young mistress from the Xu Clan of Yuanzhou.
There is an old saying in Xiling – “Only after three generations can one become
a noble.”
This means a family must flourish for at least three generations, accumulating enough heritage and reputation, before people will acknowledge its existence.
The Xu Clan of Yuanzhou, was already a family of saints at a time when the human race was still competing with demons for resources.
The thousands of years of heritage and hundreds of generations of inheritance; if this land were to choose who would be considered nobility, the Xu Clan would undoubtedly be the aristocrats among the nobility.
This is why Xu Shuhui has her own invitation and a separate box. This is the treatment a young mistress of the Xu Clan deserves.
As the golden chariot arrived and stopped outside the Xiao family’s auction house, the many mistresses who were attending the auction consciously stood to both sides of the road, leaving a clear path for passage.
The mistresses looked at the majestic golden chariot, their eyes revealing a myriad of complex emotions.
Three black-armored warriors opened the chariot’s carriage door. Tang Luo and Old Win stepped out first before assisting Xu Shuhui, Tang Xing, and Tang Nuannuan to exit.
Tonight, Xu Shuhui was wearing a lotus-green dress with a long rolled-edge silk shirt, a light purple peony skirt, and a chiffon shawl decorated with flower and cloud patterns. Her cloud-like hair was adorned with butterfly flower tassel agate ornaments. Her skin, as white as congealed fat, was adorned with a multi-gem bangle. She wore a wish-granting girdle studded with double green rings around her waist. Moreover, she wore a pair of smoky white beaded boots. Combined with her delicate face, she instantly attracted everyone’s attention with her luxurious outfit.
Even more so were the two young men on either side of her. Tang Luo’s fame in Xiling was unparalleled among his generation. After acquiring the Five Acres Mandate, he was hailed by the people of Xiling as a living Buddha.
The tall and slender Old Win, however, was single-handedly challenging the unparalleled martial artists of Xiling. These two youthful heroes, holding Xu Shuhui’s arm on her left and right, added a glint of glamour to this already noticed woman.
Under the gaze of the public, both Tang Luo and Old Win maintained a seemingly indifferent expression, as if they were literally looking at cucumber and radishes. However, Little Nuannuan, who had never witnessed such a spectacle, was so scared that she threw herself into Tang Luo’s embrace, burying her head in his shoulder. The little boy, on the other hand, was feigning calm, grabbing Tang Luo’s sleeve, and following him closely.
Walking along a road that was only a few dozen meters long, Xu Shuhui and her family took quite a while to finally enter the dazzling Xiao family auction house. Just as the five of them entered the auction house, they heard the loud announcement from inside.
“The presence of Madam Xu Shuhui, the First Lady of Tang Clan.”
“The presence of the Pride of Xiling – Tang Luo.”
“The presence of old Prince Win of the Yuanzhou Xu Clan.
“The presence of the little master and the little miss of the Tang Mansion.” The loud announcement by the servants immediately caught the attention of everyone in the auction house. They all turned their heads toward the entrance, staring at Xu Shuhui and her party. Most of their gazes were focused on Tang Luo and old Prince Win.
Xu Shuhui’s presence at the auction was nothing strange for these people, but Tang Luo rarely showed up in public. They were eager to see what the Pride of Xiling looked like. As for old Prince Win, he was at the center of the Xiling storm, which naturally piqued people’s curiosity.
Fortunately, the curious gazes did not last too long. A few stewards, upon hearing the announcement, quickly ran over to Xu Shuhui and escorted them to the VIP seats on the second floor.
Finally free from the gaze of the crowd, Little hero and Little Nuannuan relaxed and obediently sat down beside Xu Shuhui, waiting quietly for the auction to begin.
Tang Luo, with a frown, walked over to the balcony on the second floor and peered down at a corner of the auction house.
In the south-west corner of the auction house, there were five middle-aged men and a young man, an unusual combination for such an event. Even more extraordinary was having five martial artists from the Fierce Realm accompanying a young master.
He called a servant over and asked, “Who are those people sitting in the southwest corner?”
Following Tang Luo’s gaze, the steward looked at the southwest corner and answered, “That’s young Master Ji.”
“Who is that?” Tang Luo had not heard of this family in Xiling. Knowing that a family capable of bringing five martial artists from the Fierce Realm to an auction were above the standard of many small families, he couldn’t have missed them..