Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 226 Is the Red Peony Girl Angry?

With the tokens settled, it was time for the next item to be auctioned: the Tree of Immortality.

Gu Qingyue waited all night, and what she really wanted to see most was this item up for auction.

The brochure states that the Everlasting Tree grows in Tianchi Lake in the Kunlun Mountains.

The tree is about 300 years old, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, and bears fruit once every three years.

The Longevity Fruit is a miraculous medicine for healing injuries. It can help those who are seriously injured in martial arts to reconnect their bones and rebuild their meridians.

The seller searched for more than ten years before finally acquiring this one.

It was originally a precious tree, but unfortunately, despite having sought out over a hundred people who cultivate herbs and trees, none of them were able to get the tree to bear fruit. Therefore, it had no choice but to sell it at auction.

While Gu Qingyue was reading the booklet, downstairs, Master Ying also had the longevity tree carried up to the high platform. The tree was about four or five feet tall.

Master Ying gave a detailed account of the tree's origins, but as soon as he finished, the crowd downstairs erupted in cheers.

"Can a tree that never bears fruit still be called a tree of immortality? Are we going to buy it and eat its leaves?"

"Yeah, it's probably not real!"

"We don't accept these swindling items. Take them away now, don't try to fool us!"

"Exactly, if we buy it and it doesn't bear fruit for a hundred years, are we just paying for loneliness?"

The crowd downstairs chattered amongst themselves, growing increasingly angry. Someone even shouted to Eagle Master, urging him to proceed with the auction for the next item immediately.

"Please don't be anxious, everyone. This tree of immortality is indeed real. We have also had it appraised by the divine physician of Medicine Valley. If someone can buy it and make it bloom and bear fruit, wouldn't that be an incredible opportunity?"

Eagle was pushing it hard.

In fact, the fact that the seller of this tree was willing to put it up for sale was the result of Liujintang's 'efforts', although the process was too bloody for outsiders to know.

Gu Qingyue carefully examined the tree downstairs; it was indeed an immortal tree.

The tree has many branches and lush green leaves, looking lush and full of nutrients, not withered and malnourished. Very good, she wants this tree!

"Everyone, the bidding will now begin, starting at one hundred gold coins," Eagle Lord announced immediately as the murmurs subsided.

"One hundred and ten gold!"

"One hundred and thirty gold coins!"

"Two hundred gold coins!"

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Fifteen minutes later, Gu Qingyue began to bid, "Six hundred gold coins!"

As soon as she made her bid, everyone downstairs who had been bidding fell silent.

It's not that people are short of money, but rather that they feel the price is far from worth it.

Who would spend a lot of money to buy a tree that is very likely to never flower or bear fruit?

"Eight hundred gold pieces!"

Just when Gu Qingyue thought no one would compete with her, the old man in gray next door shouted out a high price.

Gu Qingyue looked over curiously. The old man still looked calm and composed, holding a teacup in his hand and gently blowing on it, his eyes narrowed, as if he had just woken up.

"Eight hundred and ten gold coins!" Gu Qingyue continued to add.

"Eight hundred and fifty gold!"

"A thousand gold pieces!" Gu Qingyue refused to back down.

With a whoosh, people upstairs and downstairs in the auction house immediately started discussing it, with an estimated 90% of them thinking that Gu Qingyue had gone mad.

The elderly man next door, who had been comfortably squinting, was startled and immediately stood up, dropping his cup onto the table and spilling all the tea.

The old man clenched his fists, as if he was about to rush over and confront Gu Qingyue.

But then he remembered something and suppressed his anger, sitting down.

Gu Qingyue had been closely watching his movements, and seeing his reaction, she couldn't help but smile slightly.

As soon as Mu Yun Chu stood up and walked past the window, most people downstairs fell silent upon seeing his mask.

Only a few people remained, whispering among themselves.

Mu Yun Chu turned from the window to Gu Qing Yue's chair. Gu Qing Yue watched as he pulled her up from the chair and into his arms, waving to Master Ying on the high platform.

Eagle realized what was happening, quickly raised the price three times, and then the hammer fell to the ground!

Gu Qingyue: ...What kind of crazy move is this? A threat?

"Young Master Qin, who exactly are you?" Gu Qingyue asked curiously.

"I'll tell you later," Mu Yun Chu whispered mysteriously in her ear.

Gu Qingyue's ears were a little itchy, and she unconsciously leaned back.

Then I felt a large hand on the back of my head, and my lips were touched by something warm.

Gu Qingyue: ......

"Ahhhhhhh!" Gasps of surprise rose and fell from downstairs.

Gu Qingyue: ......

She quickly pushed Mu Yun Chu away and stood up straight.

This person is too outrageous! How could they kiss me in front of so many people?

Gu Qingyue asked with her eyes: Why did you do this?

She glanced down at the curious eyes watching her from below and immediately left the window.

Mu Yun Chu turned and sat down in his chair, looking at Gu Qing Yue's sullen face with interest. "Is Miss Red Peony angry?"

His voice was languid with a hint of mockery.

Suddenly remembering something, Gu Qingyue immediately walked up to Mu Yun Chu with a charming gait, "Please enlighten me, young master--------" Her voice was sweet and soft.

Mu Yunchu was stunned for a moment.

'Cough cough cough-------' He covered his mouth with his hand, and after a moment, when his breathing had calmed down, he reached out and pulled Gu Qingyue to sit on his lap. 'I'll tell you when we get back.'

"Is someone else watching?" Gu Qingyue asked in a low voice.

"Yes, you took a picture of the Tree of Immortality. People will be watching you from now on."

Mu Yun Chu's meaningful words left Gu Qing Yue puzzled.

"I'll tell you when I get back," Mu Yun Chu said again.

Gu Qingyue: ...Do you dare tell me now?

Seeing that Gu Qingyue was about to explode, Mu Yun Chu lowered her voice and added, "Liu Jin Tang hopes that someone can successfully grow this tree before trying to steal it."

Gu Qingyue's eyes widened. Could this really be done?

I was so naive!

Gu Qingyue lost interest in the next few items.

She tallied up the photos and found that they had photographed a bottle of Broken Heart Return, a Tree of Immortality, but hadn't managed to photograph the Iron-Eating Beast.

But you can go and steal it—no, I mean, pick it up!

Anyway, the Thunderbolt Hall is going to be dealt with, and as for that token, Gu Qingyue thought for a moment, and then said, "Well... I can't say."

After the auction ended, Gu Qingyue walked out of the auction house with her divine medicine and the Tree of Immortality.

"Young Master Qin, please wait a moment," a woman's voice, clear and melodious like a nightingale's, came from behind him as soon as he stepped out the door.

The two stopped and turned around, and saw the woman in blue walking gracefully towards them, standing tall and elegant, with two maids following behind her.

Gu Qingyue: Tsk tsk, look at that swaying waist, she's even more alluring than the courtesan Red Peony, amazing!

"Young Master Qin, my daughter thanks you for your patronage of Liujintang. I wonder if you are satisfied with the items auctioned this time?"

In their minds, everything that Gu Qingyue and her group bought in their private room must have been bought by Young Master Qin, and had absolutely nothing to do with Gu Qingyue, a woman who used her looks to please men.

As she spoke, she bowed to Mu Yun Chu in the proper manners of a well-bred young lady, and gave Gu Qing Yue a provocative smile.

Gu Qingyue: ...There are so many lunatics!

"Well, it's alright," Mu Yun Chu said, then turned to leave.

"Young Master Qin," the woman in blue called out hurriedly, then bowed again, "My uncle would like to invite you for a cup of tea. Would you do me the honor?"

After saying that, she looked at Mu Yun Chu with a pitiful expression, her eyes pleading.