Chapter 39: Lishi Auction House (First Update)

  Returning home, Yi Chi did not see Qiu Xue in Jinghe Yard.

  "Isn't it really over? Well, maybe this is the best outcome anyway?" For some reason, not seeing Qiu Xue made Yi Chi feel a little empty in his heart, and it was very uncomfortable.

  "Let it go! Let it go!" He muttered to himself, trying to dispel his own thoughts, but unfortunately, it seemed useless.

  Young Master?

  The sudden sound interrupted Yi Chi's contemplation, and when he turned around, it was Qiuyu.

  "Xiao Yu, aren't you asleep yet?" It's already quite late, Yi Chi had been out strolling the whole day, and now it was deep into the night.

  Autumn rain did not speak, but silently looked at Yi Chi.

  This couldn't help but make Yi Chi wonder, when did Autumn Rain learn to be so profound?

  "Little girl, what's wrong with you?" Yi Chi patted Autumn Rain's little head and said with a smile.

  Young Master!

  Just then, Qiuyu burst into tears and tightly hugged Yi Chi.

  "What...?"

  This suddenly made Yi Chi so flustered that she didn't know what had happened again, and why this girl was crying so hard.

  "Little Rain, don't cry anymore, if you keep crying, you won't be pretty. Besides, I'm here, you can tell me anything." Yi Chi hurriedly comforted her. He wasn't afraid of women being venomous or using their charm on him, but he was afraid of the women he knew and had a good relationship with crying. If it were someone he didn't know well, Yi Chi wouldn't bother with them. The key point was that Yi Chi already treated Autumn Rain as his own younger sister, and her tears were making him anxious to death.

  "Master, are you going to leave Xiaoyu?" Qiu Yu asked with tears streaming down her face, her pitiful gaze making Yi Chi's heart ache.

  "Silly girl, what are you talking about? How could I ever leave you?" Yi Chi smiled and wiped away the tears of Autumn Rain, also casually patting her little head. Yi Chi found that he especially liked patting Autumn Rain's head, but didn't know why.

  "Hmph, stop patting people's heads all the time! You'll pat them stupid." Autumn Rain discontentedly pushed away Yi Chi's hand, pouting as she spoke.

  "Hehe, okay, okay, I won't take a picture, I won't take a picture, is that alright? Alright, now you should tell me, why did you cry? Was someone bullying you?" Yi Chi smiled and gently scratched her nose.

  Bai Le shot a glance at Yi Chi, and even Qiu Yu couldn't help but be amused by Yi Chi.

  "Didn't expect Young Master to care about me so much." thought to herself with a pleasant feeling in her heart.

  "No, no one bullied me, it's just..." Qiu Yu said hesitantly.

  "Heh heh, what's wrong?" Seeing that Xiaoyao was no longer crying, Yichi also relaxed.

  "It's just that I saw you and your sister arguing, and I'm afraid you'll abandon us." Qiu Yu said pitifully, her big eyes staring at Yi Chi with a flapping motion.

  Upon hearing this, Yi Chi's heart turned cold and he couldn't help but pause for a moment.

  "Hey, that's between me and your sister, it's none of your business, kiddo." Yi Chi said with a dry laugh, his tone slightly bitter.

  "After all, can't forget it?" Yi Chi asked himself with a sigh.

  This feeling can be said to be Yi Chi's first love. First loves are always bittersweet, unfortunately, it seems that Yi Chi's first love was more bitter than sweet. As the saying goes, what comes quickly also leaves quickly, that's just how it is.

  "Hmph, I'm not young anymore!" After saying that, she puffed out her chest, as if trying to prove that she's not small.

  With this, Yi Chi's slightly melancholic mood suddenly cleared up.

  "Haha, okay, you're not young anymore, hehe, really!" Laughing, he rubbed Autumn Rain's nose, and Yi Chi's mood improved a lot.

  "Hmph, bad young master." Rubbing her nose, Qiuyu looked at Yichi with discontent.

  The two of them fell silent for a while.

  Yi Chi smiled awkwardly and said: "Little girl, you can go to sleep now? Don't worry, I won't abandon you."

  "Yes, good night, young master." She nodded obediently and walked into her own room with a quick three-step turn.

  Smiling, Yi Chi suddenly felt that he was still quite happy.

  "Maybe autumn rain is more suitable for me?" Yi Chi suddenly said with a confused expression.

  He shook his head fiercely, trying to wipe out the thoughts in his mind, but he couldn't.

  "Yi Chi, Yi Chi, what are you thinking about? You're treating her like your own sister, this won't do!!" With a fierce self-rebuke, Yi Chi turned around and returned to his room. Suddenly, the courtyard fell silent once again, with only the crescent moon hanging high in the sky, as if telling some sort of tale.

  ......

  The next morning.

  He sat cross-legged on the ground, his eyes opened after a night of cultivation, and the aura in his body became more abundant, with improvements in both quantity and quality.

  "This time, it seems that breaking through will have to wait for another four or five months. Alas, indeed the later stages are getting harder and harder to break through! Who knows when I'll be able to cultivate to the Dou Zong realm?" Yi Chi thought to himself, feeling the Dou Qi in his body.

  It's not that Dou Zong is the target of Yi Chi, but rather, only when one has cultivated to the realm of Dou Zong can they stand firm in this Floating Feather City and no longer be manipulated by others.

  "If I had a lot of energy points, would I still need to be so passive?" Thinking this way, Yi Chi couldn't help but start thinking about ways to earn more energy points.

  "Trading in Demon Cores is no longer an option. If I had only bought a few, it would be fine, but if I had bought many, I estimate that it wouldn't just be Fighters coming to kill me, but also Master Fighters and Great Master Fighters. That would be troublesome. And then there's the Lu and Chen families, they'll probably come looking for trouble too. Sigh, what should I do?" After thinking about it for half a day, Yi Chi still had no progress and couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

  "Or go buy a 6th-grade magic core?"

  If you just buy a few intermediate magic cores, then it won't arouse suspicion, but it seems that Yi Chi doesn't have that much money to spend.

  "74,000 energy points can only be exchanged for 20,000 gold coins, which is just enough to buy two level-5 magic cores. But there's also the risk of being tracked down, no way, it's not worth the risk. I won't take any more chances. If my identity is discovered, I'll really have no choice but to die." After thinking again and again, Yi Chi still couldn't think of a good solution, so he opened the door and walked out. Maybe with a better mood and broader view, he might come up with an idea.

  Young Master!

  Autumn rain is sweeping the yard when Yiqi comes out and pays his respects.

  "Hehe, getting up so early!" Laughed and didn't think about those annoying things anymore.

  "Hehe, you're up late, young master!" Qiu Yu said with a soft laugh.

  "You little girl, you're getting more and more out of control. I don't know when I'll have to deal with you." Yi Chi said in a fake fierce tone, unfortunately, it seemed to have no effect at all.

  "Alas, it's getting less and less like Master's dignity." He sighed with emotion.

  "Master, are you going out?" Autumn rain put down the tool in his hand and ran to Yi Chi's front to ask.

  "Really? How about you, want to go out too?" Yi Chi, who was also troubled, couldn't help but think of going out to clear his mind.

  "Not really, but I heard that Lishi Auction House is holding a large-scale auction in the next few days, and it's said that many great items will be unveiled!" Qiu Yu said with a look of yearning.

  It's the same for maids like her from big families, there's no freedom. If they're lucky and meet a good master, that's okay, but if they encounter a lustful evil spirit, then it can only be said that they didn't accumulate good karma in their past life and will have to suffer in this one.

  But even the best masters would not allow their maids to run around everywhere, as a maid is naturally supposed to be by their side and take care of them. So, someone like Autumn Rain, after entering the Yi household, was basically tied to her master and usually stayed in the courtyard. If she needed to go out, she had to get permission from her master and would be escorted by guards when running errands. What chance did she have to attend events for high-society people?

  "Hehe, it seems like our little girl wants to go!!" Yi Chi said with a teasing smile.

  "There is." With a slightly evasive gaze, Autumn Rain looked at Yi Chi, like a thief caught stealing, not daring to look straight at him.

  "Hehe, if you want to go, just say so, I didn't say I wouldn't take you." Yi Chi also didn't want to overly restrict Autumn Rain, after all, he regarded her as his own younger sister, not just a maid.

  "Really?" Autumn rain's eyes sparkled with surprise, looking at Yi Chi with extreme excitement.

  "Who just said they didn't want to go?" Yi Chi asked with a smile.

  "Is there? Young master, you must have misheard?" An awkward smile, Autumn Rain looked at Yi Chi with a delighted expression.

  "You little scamp!! Alright, I'll come to you then." He chuckled and didn't continue the joke, Yi Chi directly agreed.

  "No, no, no, we're going this afternoon." Qiu Yu said shaking her head.

  "You can't be in such a hurry?" Yi Chi couldn't believe that this little girl was so impatient.

  "No, the auction will last for seven days. The first six days are small auctions, and the seventh day is the main event. By then, it won't be easy to get in. Let's go today instead." Qiu Yu explained hastily as Yi Chi misunderstood her meaning.

  "Ah, I see!!" He looked at Qiuyu with a bit of embarrassment. This young master didn't even have the news that a servant girl had, how humiliating!

  "Hehe, young master, you go ahead and busy yourself, but don't forget our appointment this afternoon!!" Seeing Yi Chi's embarrassed expression, Qiu Yu smiled as she picked up the tool that was placed aside and ran off.

  "Embarrassed, being laughed at by this little girl." Thought gloomily, Yi Chi couldn't help but feel a sense of failure in life.

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  A new week has arrived, Xiaoyi thanks everyone for their support last week, thank you!