80 Step two conquering the world: make sure the sex maniac doesn’t ruin your prospect II

"I am sure only some of you know what is this and most of you don't. This is the dragon jade of luck. It's a jade that would be able to repel bad luck or curses 10 times. Once it reach its limit, it will break. It is quite interesting item as it can even deter even a high grade curse away from you. How about it guys? The starting bid will be 300 blue spirit stone!"

"Uwaaa.. three hundred spirit stones for that???!! No one will bid for it, they'll be stupid if they did" Rolen waved his hands away, he was sure that none of them would buy it! Average wages for workers around here would be two hundred spirit stones to three hundred hundreds if one are lucky enough. Even his own saving was only one thousands red spirits stones that was equal to one blue stone. To spend on three hundred of blue spirit stones just for merely ten protections, he would rather gamble his luck than buy it.

"Three hundred and fifty" Arya raised his fan slightly and the host eyes caught it, sporting a big smile on her face. Rolen jaw almost dropped to the ground. He look at the man in front of him, he began to question Arya's ability to think straight.

"We have a bidder for three hundred and fifty! Anyone want to raise it??" Arya smirk and again flip his fan open to hide his lower face.

"It's no brainer for him to bid for that jade. Considering his lifestyle, he would've to face a lot of curses thrown at him on daily basis" muttered one of the guy behind them. Arya's jaw ticked, but he didn't move from his spot.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." The other laughed while eyeing Arya's back. If look could've kill, Rolen was sure that Arya's back would already look like a beehives.

Again, he didn't turn nor move from his spot but the temperature around them dropped low so suddenly.

"Better having one than none. I am sure both of you will feel regret for not getting one, after this" it was said rather nonchalantly but anyone could catch the hidden meaning behind it. It was an underlying threat that shut those big mouth people off. Cold sweat broke out from their skin and they knew their time was almost up. Those who heard it look at both of the men with a pity. They will surely get a personal visit from the Arya later. Arya was the type of person who would never break his promises or threat. A man that hold on to his words and he never failed to deliver except one time; Iiana.

And because they were suddenly overwhelmed by a sense of fear, they began to bid for the green jade. Luka slap his face and thought Arya was being stupid for egging people to steal that item right under his nose.

"What kind of villain are you? You should've stay quite and win the bid and kill them behind the alley."

Arya gave him his dry look.

"So not my style. That would be Kuro's way, not mine."

Rolen rubs his chin with interest.

"Oh, I can imagine Master Kuro doing just that. He is calm and collected person indeed. Though maybe he'll silence the other person right then without giving his enemies a chance to say another words"

"True."Nodded Arya with a smug face, he kept on rising his hand to bid higher while talking to Rolen. "But that only happen when he's being merciful. If he's in one of his dark and moody day, you won't get an easy death" the price had reach 675 blue stones and the bid was still going strong.

"1 gold spirit stone" said Arya, making the hall dead silence. The host smile and asked if anyone would contend Arya's price. No one could raise their bid since that was by far the most expensive bids that they had ever heard or witness.

"sold to the man with black hair and fan with one gold spirit stone!!" Said the woman who was brimming with happiness since she got to break the auction highest item price record.

"O-One gold spirit stone!!! Do you have enough to pay??!" Asked Rolen with disbelieve.

"Sure" Arya replied with lax. He saw the other two was slowly retreating, so does Rolen.

"Hey, that people is getting away!"

"Let them be. I already gave them a proper 'gift', though I'm not sure if they notice it, not until its too late" he shrugs and was completely unbothered by it.

Soon, Another man came out while pushing a cart. The cart was wrapped with a big red linens.

"Let's welcome the second best one." The red linen was taken off and one could see an old box with three emerald jewel on it. Arya instantly perked up and knew what the item was. As he had the pleasure to see it one hundred years ago.

"The Emperor Ching's Chest" muttered Arya, loud enough to be heard by Rolen and Luka.

"What's that?"

"A chest left behind by an emperor of the northern land hundred and fifty years ago. It was said that he had was obsessed with heaven and portals. He researched about it and finally found the key to another paradise. He kept the something inside there for someone to inherit his knowledge."

Rolen eyes rolled.

"I think he figured he didnt need that since he had a free ticket to the underworld"

That made Arya smiled.

"Well, I think so too. But if that paradise really exist, wouldn't it be amazing to get a glimpse of it and own the place like your own backyard?"

"Well, when you put it that way.."agreed him, but not that enthusiastically. Rolen couldn't understand these people who spend their money needlessly, when most of the people barely have a scrap of food on their table to feed themselves.

The host told the history behind the item and that made the whole people in the hall perked up. Those who had remained silence the first bid began to bid higher and higher and the atmosphere become too tense. A slight bump from the crowd would explode in chaos. That was how tense it was.

"Not bidding?" Asked Luka. Arya glance at Luka and thought about it.

"Should I?"

"You look like you were interested earlier.."

"No one can open it unless they had the bloodline of Emperor Ching. And even if they had, they had to have a particular skill to open it. I guess that is why they decided to sold it like that since none of them could open it. So it basically useless."

"What kind of skill?" Luka the ever curious boy, asked Arya with interest.

"I suspect it was the lost art of Ancient Spirit touch. I heard a rumour that the late emperor was lucky enough to stumble upon a master who taught him that skill. No one knows what it do because those had witness him using it will be sent six feet underground a.k.a dead" Arya use his fan to signal the cutting throat sign and that made Luka lean away.

"Then what happened to the master that teach him?"

"It was said that he disappeared after teaching him, some even speculate that the emperor killed or imprison him."

"Then doesn't that basically mean that nobody can open the chest??!!"

"Who knows?maybe yes, maybe no" Arya just shrug as if he didn't care.

One of the VIP bidders smash his fist on the table and stood up. He was accompanied by two other men behind him, wearing the same white robe like him. He had short thick beard masking his mouth and quite thick eyebrow.

"You dare to bid higher than me, Family of Nuah??!!"That made Luka eyes widen. Nuah family was considered one of the powerhouse in this place. There are three Families that control the area, Nuah, Pasha and Rhata. Three of these families control the markets, and power, their influence has reach the whole region. People fear and respected them. Though each of them had their own personalities that caused people to respect and fear them, of course.

The lone man wearing black hood who was sitting on one of the VIP right the opposite to the Nuah's family didn't reply him and completely ignored him. That pissed that man off.

"1 Gold Spirit stone!!" He raised the bid again. The hood raised his hand.

"3Gold"

"5Gold!!"

"7Gold" oddly the hooded man didn't raised it too high and simply bidding his way lazily.

"10Gold!!!"