The Journey of Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 1045 - 571: Too Ugly, Get Another One

Has this woman determined that Ning Xiaoxian wouldn’t dare make a move against her here?

Ning Xiaoxian narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, "Where is Steward Wu who received me last time?"

Juan Niang replied calmly, "Steward Wu has important duties today and is attending to other esteemed guests. I am in charge here."

"Hmm." Ning Xiaoxian glanced at her casually and said to the servant beside her, "This woman is hideous, I don’t like her, go and get Steward Wu."

The tone in which she spoke was akin to a wealthy patron dissatisfied with the girls in a brothel: "I don’t like this one, find me another." Despite Juan Niang standing right in front of her, she instructed the servant as if he wasn’t there.

Such disdain, such humiliation!

No matter how deep Juan Niang’s mind was, her face immediately turned red as she said, "Even if you’re a guest of Heavenly Residence, you have no right to insult me like this! This is the booth I am responsible for, Steward Wu..."

Before she could finish, Ning Xiaoxian coldly interrupted, "I don’t like you, does that mean I’m insulting you? Then there’re too many people in the world insulting you, you should have gotten used to it by now. Ha, even stewards of Heavenly Residence have the right to make decisions for the guests, do you want to decide what I’ll buy or not buy at the auction later?" Ignoring her, she turned to the servant and said, "Go, call Steward Wu here, or I’ll leave."

The servant glanced at her, then at Juan Niang, and swiftly ran out. As soon as he exited the booth, Juan Niang’s angry expression faded, quietly staring at Ning Xiaoxian.

Ning Xiaoxian picked a cherry and put it in her mouth, saying blandly, "Juan Niang is still standing here, is there something you want to say to me?" She had various attitudes she could adopt towards this woman, but she chose the worst one.

What does it matter? She’s not bothered to feign politeness with this woman in black; in any case, in three days there will be a definitive outcome, what use is superficial courtesy?

The hostility emanating from the other made it clear to Juan Niang that Ning Xiaoxian had guessed her as the mastermind already. At this point, Juan Niang instead felt relief; after all, so far, the upper hand was hers, this girl hadn’t shown her cards yet — no matter how vile her attitude, it wouldn’t change this fact. Seeing her wear emotions openly, not like someone with a great mind, she seemed much easier to handle.

Thus, she forcefully swallowed her anger, tugged at the corners of her mouth, and said, "Juan Niang takes her leave, wishing Elder Ning a great harvest at this auction." Saying this, she turned and left proudly.

Once she left, Jiu Mo sneered, "This woman is quite shrewd; she looks triumphant without realizing the mistress already set a trap for her!"

Ning Xiaoxian shrugged, casually picked up the auction catalog from the table.

The catalog looked heavy, but it felt light in hand, texture like silk or satin, exquisitely made. Upon opening it, it almost dazzled her titanium alloy dog-eyes:

Inside, items were neatly categorized, but each item had an imprint image and textual description, and the images would float from the pages into the air, presenting a three-dimensional effect, thoroughly restoring the item’s real appearance! Its color, size, all scaled down from the original, Ning Xiaoxian even spotted a tiny bamboo blemish on a green jade duster’s handle.

F*cking hell, isn’t this the kind of 3D holographic effect not yet popularized even in Huaxia? Yet it’s realized by Divine Skills in this world. Apparently, there are really talented people here. Ning Xiaoxian reached through the hologram with her hand. Well, too bad it doesn’t deform at the command of fingers like in movies, otherwise, it’d be even more advanced, wouldn’t it?

Everyone couldn’t hide the shock on their faces. Right at that moment, the servant walked in and seeing the scene, said, "This catalog was improved only in the past fifty years to help esteemed guests more intuitively see the quality of the auction items. Our Heavenly Residence Chamber of Commerce will take a twelve percent fee from each auction transaction."

Behind him, came in Steward Wu with a big smile.

Now Ning Xiaoxian noticed that attached behind each item in the catalog were market estimates and starting prices. What Steward Wu said to her earlier was indeed correct; these estimates were ’market’ enough: the estimated price of each item was actually completed by the buyer. She simply needed to tap the imprint image of the item in the catalog, and it would automatically increment the amount. Then this amount and the number of views would display next to the item.