Chapter 133 The Auction Begins

Although Tao Jin is from Anyang City, he has also heard of Master Chen, who has recently become famous in Qinghe City.

He taught Mo Shiqiu, the president of the Qinghe City Alchemy Guild, to refine the Snow Lotus Creation Pill and helped the Qinghe City Alchemy Guild to be promoted to the second grade. These are all Master Chen's deeds.

Including the recent establishment of a new family in Qinghe City, which caused the grand occasion of "hundreds of families paying homage", it is said that it was also because of Master Chen's face.

"Yes." Su Chen nodded slightly.

Hearing this, Tao Jin couldn't help but look at Su Chen curiously. It turned out that this man in the black cloak was the mysterious Master Chen?

However, because Su Chen's cloak covered his entire face, Tao Jin couldn't see his specific appearance, nor could he infer his specific age from his voice.

Gu Qianyin's expression changed slightly. Su Chen was too bold to pretend to be Master Chen...

Even she, who was in Qingluan Sect, had heard of Master Chen's name. Such a person could not be a 15-year-old boy. Su Chen was too bold this time. Didn't he think about the consequences of pretending to be Master Chen?

Gu Qianyin wanted to persuade Su Chen not to do this, but it was inconvenient in front of Tao Jin and others, so she had to stand there silently.

"So you are Master Chen, I'm really sorry."

Tao Jin said, and took Su Chen's pill bottle, uncorked it and poured a pill into his palm.

After just one look, Tao Jin's face changed slightly: "It's indeed the Purple Flame Pill, and it's the Twelve-Star Purple Flame Pill."

Su Chen smiled without saying anything, but there was a little more admiration in his eyes. Tao Jin was able to recognize the Purple Flame Pill at a glance, so he was not an ordinary person.

"Master Chen, do you want to sell these four Purple Flame Pills directly to Wubaotang, or consign them at tomorrow's mobile auction?" Tao Jin asked.

"Consignment." Su Chen had planned this from the beginning. This kind of barrier-breaking pill is easy to attract competition from powerful people at the auction, and it is easy to sell at a high price.

Tao Jin looked slightly disappointed. In fact, he hoped that Su Chen would sell these four Purple Flame Pills directly to Wubaotang, so that Wubaotang could make a profit from the difference in price.

However, Wubaotang is a big family with a big business, so naturally it will not care too much about the gains and losses at this time. What Wubaotang cares about is its reputation. As long as these four Purple Flame Pills are auctioned at Wubaotang's auction, it can be equivalent to advertising Wubaotang for free.

What's more, even if it is consignment, Wubaotang can extract a large handling fee from it, which is already very profitable.

"Master Chen, if you want to consign it at the mobile auction of Wubaotang, the practice of Wubaotang is to charge 20% of the transaction price as a handling fee. However, the Purple Flame Pill is a high-priced commodity. I am the boss here, and the handling fee can be reduced to 15%. What do you think?" Tao Jin said with a smile.

It's really shady.

Su Chen secretly sighed that Wubaotang only played the role of a middleman, but it had to charge 15% of the huge profit. This money is really easy to make.

However, Su Chen had many things to do and had no time to worry about the Purple Flame Pill auction. Besides, he didn't care much about money, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay."

Tao Jin smiled and said: "Regarding these four Purple Flame Pills, our suggestion is not to sell them all at once at tomorrow's mobile auction, but to sell them separately, and auction one every one or two months. This can keep the Purple Flame Pill as popular as possible and allow it to be auctioned at a higher price."

Su Chen shook his head: "Let's sell them all at once tomorrow."

Although what Tao Jin said did make sense, Su Chen couldn't wait that long. If he had that time, he would have refined new pills to auction.

After hearing this, Tao Jin didn't say anything else. After all, the pills belonged to others, so naturally they could be sold as they wanted.

Tao Jin ordered someone to bring a jade pendant with two pieces put together, and handed one of the pieces to Su Chen, saying with a smile: "This is a token. After the auction, Master Chen, you can use this token to collect the money at Wubao Hall. You can also let someone else collect it on your behalf, but you must have this token, and this token must not be lost. We only recognize tokens and not people in Wubao Hall."

The patterns on each piece of this jade pendant are different, which eliminates the possibility of forgery by others.

"In addition, our Wubao Hall keeps the seller's identity information confidential. Unless you actively request it, we will announce it." Tao Jin said.

"Okay, then I will wait for good news from Wubao Hall."

Su Chen said, took the token, and left with Gu Qianyin.

As soon as Su Chen left, Tao Jin immediately ordered his subordinates: "Spread the word immediately that there will be unexpected top-grade elixirs for sale at tomorrow's mobile auction. In addition, send someone to Anyang City immediately to inform our old customers of this news!"

"Yes!"

The subordinates took the order and left.

On Su Chen's side, when he walked out of the gate of Wubao Hall, he saw the dying Wei Youde being carried out by the Wubao Hall guards and thrown outside the gate.

Su Chen had no sympathy for this man. He ended up like this entirely because of his greed.

After leaving Wubaotang and walking to a secluded place, Gu Qianyin said, "You are crazy. You dare to pretend to be Master Chen, who is in the limelight recently. Do you know that once people know that you are pretending to be a master of alchemy, the consequences will be serious?"

Su Chen said, "Have you never thought that maybe I am Master Chen?"

"Impossible." Gu Qianyin said firmly. Master Chen's alchemy attainments are so high. He must be an old man with a white beard. How could he be a 15-year-old boy like Su Chen?

Su Chen smiled faintly and said nothing more. He said leisurely, "Let's go!"

The two slowly returned to Nanjiang Mansion. Su Chen took off his black cloak and returned to his usual appearance.

Just as he was about to eat, Xu Yin came in.

"Xiao Chen, Wubaotang will hold a mobile auction tomorrow. It is said that there are exclusive elixirs for sale. Let's go and have a look?" Xu Yin said with some expectation.

And Su Chen was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that Wubaotang would release the news of Ziyandan so quickly. It was really efficient.

"Okay, auntie, I just want to go to the mobile auction." Su Chen said with a smile.

Xu Yin was very happy and sat down to have dinner with Su Chen and the others before leaving.

Gu Qianyin was watching this scene thoughtfully. She didn't know why Su Chen didn't tell Xu Yin that he was the one who sold the Purple Flame Pill.

But I think Su Chen must have his reasons for doing this.

...

The next day, the mobile auction of Wubao Hall was held as scheduled.

Su Chen came to Wubao Hall with Xu Yin, Gu Qianyin and Gu Qianxue early in the morning.

Today Su Chen didn't wear the black cloak, but used his original identity. As soon as he arrived at the gate of Wubao Hall, he was warmly received.