Zombie Bodyguard-Chapter 1448 - 1445: Auction House
"But what?" Shen Danxi stepped forward two steps, speaking urgently.
The more anxious she was, the more leisurely Lin Tian became. He said unhurriedly, "Let’s make a deal. Once the deal is completed, the token is yours."
"You want to make a deal with me?" Shen Danxi sneered, showing some disdain, "What status do you have to make a deal with me? Besides, the token from Qinglan Garden rightfully belongs to Qingshuang Pavilion, why should I make a deal with you!"
With a slap, Lin Tian placed the token on the table, saying crisply, "In that case, Manager Shen, just go about your business, pardon my lack of hospitality."
"You..." Lin Tian’s attitude made Shen Danxi quite angry. She glared at Lin Tian with eyes full of fire, and after a while, gritted her teeth and said, "Speak then, what’s the deal?"
"I heard the auction house manager will arrive in a couple of days, and you will be hosting them. My deal is simple, tell me their check-in time and location, let me meet with the auction house people. After the auction ends, the token is yours," Lin Tian went straight to the point.
To Lin Tian, this token wasn’t anything rare, so whoever got the token didn’t make a difference; even Tang Banqing didn’t care much about it.
After hearing Lin Tian’s demand, Shen Danxi froze for a moment, then her expression turned vigilant, "What’s your purpose in approaching the auction house manager?"
"Don’t worry about my purpose, just the condition. Do you agree or not, let me be clear, if you don’t tell me, I have ways to find out, just a bit more effort." Lin Tian didn’t care about her reaction, his tone was still indifferent. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
This made Shen Danxi hesitate; she looked at the token sometimes and Lin Tian at others; Lin Tian remained silent, allowing her to think it through.
"Fine, I can tell you, but if anything happens, don’t say I informed you. I’ll tell you frankly, when the auction house moves in, they carry various treasures, you’d better not think about those treasures, otherwise you’ll die without knowing why." Shen Danxi made up her mind but didn’t forget to warn Lin Tian.
Shen Danxi agreeing was within Lin Tian’s expectation, but her speech showing fear towards the auction house surprised him; weren’t Qingshuang Pavilion’s female disciples always arrogant, thinking highly of themselves? Turns out, there were people they feared?
"I’m curious, someone so... oh, so proud like you seems quite afraid of that auction house," Lin Tian couldn’t help asking, intending to probe for more auction house information.
Shen Danxi glanced at Lin Tian, slightly frowned, with some doubt in her eyes, "I really doubt whether you are an ancient martial artist; you don’t even know the background of the auction house."
"Whether you truly don’t know or pretend not to know, I can tell you to prevent you from recklessly causing trouble in Qinglan Garden. The auction house itself isn’t much, its managers aren’t exceptional martial artists, some have less skill than general ancient martial artists, and some are ordinary people."
"But everyone fears this auction house because of the big boss behind it. This boss is the one to be feared," Shen Danxi said seriously.
Lin Tian slightly raised an eyebrow and asked, "Big boss? Could one person cause an ancient martial family to fear?"
"Humph, truly ignorant," Shen Danxi snorted coldly, "Who said the big boss is just one person? This big boss is an ancient martial family; it’s the Ling Family."
"Lin Family?" Lin Tian’s heart shook, his facial expression uncontrollably changed, and his brows furrowed.
"Hahaha..." Shen Danxi burst into laughter uncontrollably and then, collecting her smile, looked at Lin Tian mockingly, "Seeing your expression, you’d think it’s your Lin Tian’s Lin? That’s ridiculous; it’s the Ling of ’aspires high’, nothing to do with you."
"Very well, leave the information, you may go." Lin Tian said indifferently, then with a swipe of his hand, he collected the token.
As Lin Tian collected the token, Shen Danxi almost couldn’t resist grabbing it, but she held back, not acting rashly before understanding how Lin Tian got the token.
"Tomorrow afternoon at four, the auction house people will arrive; there will be two groups, one responsible for escorting auction items, these are Ling Family people uniformly dressed in black; you’d be wise not to provoke them."
"The remaining group handles auction affairs; among them, a person named Ling Taoran is in charge; he’s from the Ling Family’s side branch but lacks cultivation talent. Hence, he’s just an ordinary person, not an ancient martial artist. However, he has a keen business acumen and gave up cultivation to focus on running the family auction house, becoming one of the most important managers."
"And this Ling Taoran, I will arrange for him to stay in the number one room with the character ’Tian’. That’s the information I can provide you; whether you meet him or not depends on your ability." Shen Danxi explained in detail.
Lin Tian noticed her cunningness, providing only information and unwilling to involve herself further. However, he didn’t care and said calmly, "Good, I hope you didn’t lie, or I’ll burn the token."
Although Lin Tian was just speaking, mentioning burning the token made Shen Danxi’s eyes twitch a few times; she said nothing more and turned to leave the small building.
Watching Shen Danxi leave, Lin Tian thought to himself, "Ling Family? Truly an interesting family."
Though Shen Danxi didn’t elaborate much on the Ling Family or discuss their prowess, the fact that they operate an auction house in the Ancient Martial World was notable; dealing with treasures means they can’t lack power.
Once Shen Danxi walked far enough away, Yun Xiaotian and Ghost descended from upstairs.
"Brother Tian, what’s the deal with this Ling Family Shen Danxi mentioned? Seems like they’re your distant relatives," Ghost joked.
"What nonsense, besides, their surname is Ling, ’aspiring high’ Ling." Lin Tian was quite helpless.
"Ling Taoran seems impressive though, a regular person occupying the number one room with the character ’Tian’, putting ancient martial families to shame," Yun Xiaotian also remarked.
It’s true, in a place crowded with ancient martial artists, an ordinary person like Ling Taoran instead resides in the best room.
Lin Tian chuckled, saying, "Ling Taoran gets the number one room because of the Ling Family’s influence; without it, those arrogant women of Qingshuang Pavilion wouldn’t give him a second thought."
"So what’s our next move? Mom’s off doing who knows what?" Yun Xiaotian asked.
"Aunt Wang is probably preparing for the auction, as for us, let’s head to the mall and buy a few sets of clothes." Lin Tian laughed.
Ghost and Yun Xiaotian were puzzled, "Brother Tian, shopping for clothes is not your style, is it?"
