Chapter 108 Black Bird Auction

The capital was the gathering place for all the prominent figures in the entire Qing Kingdom.

In other smaller cities, a net worth of a million might make you a person above others.

But in the capital, that amount wasn’t nearly enough.

Among themselves, everyone held high positions and great power. So, how could they further distinguish the differences in status?

Regarding this distinction, the capital had refined it to the extreme.

Even a mere token from the Juan Bird Tower was enough to create a big fuss.

After getting information from Steward Hai, Fang Yue had confirmed that the Shuangsheng Token (Double Sound Token) was indeed a high-level ticket, a status symbol.

He couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, wondering if these wealthy people were too idle or if the competition was just too fierce, to the point where they had to compete over everything.

Ordinary people probably couldn't understand such a thing at all.

After all, the requirements for entering the Juan Bird Tower were already so strict, only those with power and influence could enter, yet they still had to further differentiate and distinguish between high and low.

But Fang Yue understood that the closer you got to the peak, the more clearly the division of power and status needed to be defined, otherwise, disrupting the relationships could lead to major events.

After comforting You Sisi for a long while and personally sending her back to the You family, under You Sisi's lingering gaze, Fang Yue boarded the carriage and followed Steward Hai back to the Seventh Prince's Residence.

He did want to accompany You Sisi to the You family as a guest, but after the morning court incident, his visit to the You family now would only add fuel to the fire, which was unnecessary.

Back at the Seventh Prince's Residence, Fang Yue borrowed a sharp sword and began to practice.

Consolidating the Ningbing (Freeze) Heart Sutra, Liubing (Glazed Ice) Footwork, and Kongbing (Empty Ice) Swordplay, these three core techniques would enhance his strength, preparing him for tomorrow's trip to the Juan Bird Tower.

In the training field, cold air spread out from Fang Yue, freezing the ground.

Fang Yue glided across the frosty ground, his movements sometimes fast, sometimes slow, his swordplay elusive and intangible, leaving Steward Hai, who was observing from afar, dumbfounded.

"Lord Ye is so strong!"

Although he had heard Lord Tian Ruichi mention it before and was mentally prepared,

Steward Hai was still shocked when he truly saw Lord Ye practicing martial arts.

This... is really a Ren-level (Human-level) martial artist?

This kind of strength... if he could be used by the Seventh Prince, he could add another fierce general to his ranks!

Since he had given up on You Sisi and the You family, why not recruit this man for his own use? What is the Seventh Prince thinking? Don't let matters of the heart cause him to miss out on such a strong general...

Steward Hai was secretly anxious and walked away.

He wanted to persuade the Seventh Prince.

After Steward Hai left, Fang Yue, who was practicing, glanced in the direction Steward Hai had left, and then his aura changed!

The already exaggerated ice field expanded again, freezing the distant courtyard pond and the stone ground.

Sword energy coiled around the sword, his moves became broad and powerful, and his aura became violent.

That night, the temperature of the entire Seventh Prince's Residence dropped sharply, and many servants caught a cold in their sleep due to the drop in temperature.

And the culprit, as the sun rose, sheathed his sword and walked out of the Seventh Prince's Residence, saying to the coachman who was already waiting at the door, "Set off, to the Tianjiao (Heaven's Pride) Residence."

"Yes!"

The capital was very large, and it took a lot of time to reach the Tianjiao Residence in the Red Division area.

When Fang Yue opened the curtain, he immediately saw Ming, dressed to the nines, waiting at the door for a long time.

Seemingly because she saw Fang Yue, Ming blossomed into a smile.

"Captain Ye, I knew you would come."

"...Stop talking nonsense, get in the carriage, we're going to the Juan Bird Tower."

Ming smiled sweetly, "Okay."

The roads in the capital were very stable and smooth.

The coachman's skills were excellent, his speed neither fast nor slow.

Therefore, the carriage never bumped.

The two 'looked' at each other calmly for a while, and Ming, with her eyes closed, suddenly laughed.

"Captain Ye, you don't have to treat me with any particular attitude. Since you've come, it means you need me, and we're partners."

"If I wasn't worried about something, I could have waited two days and still had a token to enter and exit the Juan Bird Tower."

"Oh?"

Ming was slightly startled, seemingly quite surprised, "Lord Ye, don't you know about that matter yet? Otherwise, how could you say something like waiting two days?"

Fang Yue was stunned, realizing that this woman had information that she knew but he didn't, and couldn't help but say in a deep voice, "What do you mean?"

"It seems Lord Ye really doesn't know. Well, I'll be kind enough to tell you, the Juan Bird Tower's Black Bird Auction is being held today, and among the people being auctioned is... your friend."

Auction?!

Jing Yan and the others were going to be auctioned off?

Fang Yue was immediately stunned, then his face darkened, "Explain in detail!"

Feeling the change in Fang Yue's tone, Ming covered her mouth and smiled.

"Telling you the details is naturally no problem, but in return, you must protect me when you enter the Juan Bird Tower. The Shuangsheng Token (Double Sound Token) can't do anything in the Juan Bird Tower without the person holding the Main Token. Moreover, before I left, I mentioned it to my husband that if I die in the Juan Bird Tower, he should attack the You family and kill You Sisi to avenge me. That man is very obsessed with me, and I don't know what he might do."

Fang Yue looked at her coldly, this woman was indeed cunning.

But whether or not to protect her in the Juan Bird Tower was his own decision.

Seeing that Fang Yue didn't react, Ming didn't mind.

As long as she revealed this information, this man would make his own judgment.

She began to explain to Fang Yue what the Black Bird Auction was.

Where there is light, there is shadow, and where there is black, there is white.

The Juan Bird Tower, a huge organization established by the four princes, was not just a brothel.

It contained almost all of the entertainment programs and was a paradise of pleasure.

In Fang Yue's words, it was a large-scale integrated club, with a one-stop massage service, plus food, drink, gambling, and everything else you could want. Whether you should enjoy it or not, they would arrange it all for you, depending on whether you had enough money in your pocket to pay for it.

The so-called White Bird Auction was a public auction in the Juan Bird Tower, and the auction items were mostly strange objects, pills, materials, minerals, and other rare things.

The Black Bird Auction, on the other hand, was the auction of prohibited items that were forbidden by law, such as human medicine, dirty goods, living oddities, and living humans!

According to Ming's information, Jing Yan and Qing Chen would be sold as slaves in today's auction!

"Under the heavens, selling people? Is there still any justice!"

Fang Yue's face was as dark as water.

He probably understood what was going on.

Qing Chen was fine, there was nothing unusual about him, but after Jing Yan was hit by the strange curse, he was a complete fish-scale man, with gills on his face, being sold as a rare species at a high price was not impossible.

And Tian Ruichi, half a sword spirit... if not for a strong background suppressing it, this kind of rare person would have been the target of this dark auction!

Juan Bird Tower... the Juan Bird Tower, mainly established by the First Prince, was actually engaged in such dark things!