Chrysus Auction House

Jiang Ying Yue sat in the carriage looking outside. She was really excited to see the town here.

At first, all she could see was trees then the scenery outside but then it changed when they have left Mount Caligo's vicinity.

There were a few ways to get in and out of Mount Caligo but every single entrance was protected with guards and arrays. Trespasser would either be arrested or trapped in an illusion due to the array as the mountain was occupied with important figures' manors.

Therefore, safety was very important there. Every single person with a manor at the mountain was not bound by any country and protected by both Heavenly Cloud Empire and Dark Star Empire; which explained why the mountain was an independent mountain untied to any country and solely owned by the Alchemist Guild.

Although they owned the mountain, the master of Alchemist Guild made a rule that the manors would only be given to important figures that contributed to the better of humanity and cultivation and must not be bound by any country.

Yes, to own a manor there, you must be invited and only then could you buy the manor in there. So, whenever people see a carriage coming out of the mountain, they knew then that that person must be an important figure; either the manor's owner, family members or guest. But one could recognize who they were just by the mark on the carriage.

And in this case, Jiang Ying Yue's carriage had a small 'Elder Yan Hua's' mark at the top left of the carriage. People gave way immediately as Yan Hua was big name anywhere in the continent. He was known as an eccentric old man to outsiders.

As the carriage was passing by, people started guessing the identity of the person in the carriage.

"Is that Elder Yan Hua in the carriage?"

"No, I don't think so. That is a new carriage. I have never seen that carriage before. And it gave of a feminine vibe too."

"Yea, all of Elder Yan Hua's carriages are white and either plain white or with normal carving. But this one is different. But who could be important enough that he has his own carriage with Elder Yan Hua's emblem on it?" One person wondered.

A person at the side that heard the girls' talks decided to help. "That person could be Elder Yan Hua's direct-disciple. The rumor has been going around lately that Elder Yan Hua has found a disciple and he made him his direct-disciple and the only disciple."

"What? Really? Oh my what an honor."

"Yes yes."

Jiang Ying Yue did not hear the chattering around her but even if she did, she wouldn't care.

She was currently looking at the surrounding. It took less than 10 minutes for them to reach the bustling town.

As it was not the capital of the country, Jiang Ying Yue expected the town to be small or even not as advanced as the capital. But she was dead wrong!

The town was as big and as advanced as the capital. Carriages were everywhere, big buildings and shops were around too.

She always had this idea that since they were far away from the capital, and high chance the suburbs, it wouldn't be as nice as the capital. But heh, it was as bustling as the capital.

She was really curious why though.

But people were more curious of her identity. Seeing the carriage stopping in front of Chrysus Auction House, people knew that the person must be Elder Yan Hua himself or someone important.

"Young miss, we have arrived. I'll be waiting at the carriage's parking whenever you are done." The coachman informed her politely.

"Thank you." The girl's sweet voice was heard.

People outside the carriage who had been waiting to see the person in the carriage were astounded when they saw a girl, no more than 13 to 14 years old, in a lemonade-pink robe with a lavender veil, coming out of the carriage.

Her aura was unique; it was calm, steady but strict and powerful. It was as if her words needed to be followed and people shouldn't cross her bottom line.

But still people were drawn to look at her.

When she walked, her back was straight, chin was high but not showing arrogance at all. When the wind blew, it carried her scent which smelled so good as if it was spring time right then although it was already mid autumn.

Stepping front of entrance of the huge building, Jiang Ying Yue politely greeted the two guards standing in front of it.

She smiled gently. The guards could not see it but he knew she was smiling because the corner of her eyes were slightly lifted.

"Good morning gentlemen. I am here under Master Yan Hua's order to pick his ingredients up. May I know where should I go to get it?"

The guards were shocked hearing her respectful tone.

They already knew her identity based on her carriage and the waist-jade plate hanging on her waist.

Usually, people of high identity would be rude, shout or belittle them. But she did not. They both liked her very much so one of them took the initiative to answer.

"Young miss, please enter the building and wait for a moment. I'll go and get the manager for you." He then jogged to call the manager.

The people in the surrounding were bewildered to see the guards acting nicely with girl. Of course, they new that she was of a high identity but the guards of the main building of Chrysus Auction House never cared about anyone's identity. They would not smile nor talk nicely to anyone. Their tone would either remain indifferent when talking or they wouldn't talk at all.

A short while later, the guard came back with an old man in tow.

The old man saw Jiang Ying Yue and immediately broke into a smile. He bowed slightly. "Hello young miss. I suppose you are here for your master's ingredients am I right? Please follow me and my people will bring them to you later."

"I will be troubling you then sir." She bowed her head slightly too.

The manager's eyes went big. 'What a polite young lady. No wonder she was chosen as Elder Yan Hua's disciple. She's polite but never meek nor submissive. Good.' The manager thought.

The manager was called as Manager Wu. He was a close confidant of the owner of Chrysus Auction House, but very few people knew him as that. Outsiders only knew him as the manager of the auction house not his identity as the right-hand man of the owner.

He was old and had seen many people eversince he started managing the auction house, and he could tell in glance what kind of personality a person have.

And this lady, was certainly a good and strong person. Ah finally Elder Yan Hua found a good disciple!