My Evil Imperial Wife is Too Arrogant

“Eldest Brother and Second Elder Brother have something on, so they won’t go anymore.”

The two of them were still in Closed-Door Cultivation, so they definitely wouldn’t be able to participate in the auction.

It usually took around ten days for the average person to refine and absorb the Marrow Cleansing Pill’s medicinal effects. Then it was up to talent and perseverance to determine just how much their meridians were widened and the length of time required to absorb and refine the pill.

She was able to finish in such a short time, first because of the rich experience from her previous life, and second, was because of the talent of this body.

Although this body had the Terminal Meridians constitution, but its talent was exceptional, and its aptitude for cultivation was even better than herself that was termed a genius in her past life. Of course, without the Marrow Cleansing Pill, then she could only be trash her entire life. Now that her constitution changed, she could absorb the Spiritual Force of Heaven and earth two to three times faster than an ordinary Sword Master. This was almost comparable to the Innate Spirit Body constitution, so regardless of whatever it was, if there was a loss, there was also bound to be a gain¹.

Yun Lan frowned slightly. What situation could the two possibly have that they couldn’t even participate in such an auction?

However, he couldn’t enquire about it in public, so he smiled at Lou Mu Yan and invited: “Then since Mu Yan is alone, why don’t we go together?”

After all, they were family. Although he didn’t like her unreliable temperament in the past, but he wouldn’t be ambiguous when he needed to protect her, not to mention protect a cousin whose temperament had become more likable now. So naturally he should take care of her here and there.

“Sure!” Lou Mu Yan nodded.

Most of her memory was about Chi Yi Xuan and there was basically no information about the auction. It was more reliable to follow this cousin than going alone.

The others wanted to enquire more about how Lou Mu Yan eradicated her Terminal Meridians constitution, so of course they wouldn’t object to her following.

Yun Luo looked at the time of day—the auction was about to begin, “It’s getting late, let’s go.”

“Alright!”

The group of people entered their respective carriages when they exited the private room, and Lou Mu Yan was naturally with Yun Lan.

“Does Mu Yan know of the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance?” Yun Lan picked up a teapot and poured a cup of tea for Lou Mu Yan. He guessed that this cousin who only knew to chase after Chi Yi Xuan in the past wouldn’t know much about the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance.

Lou Mu Yan took a sip from the teacup, mused for a while and said: “I only know that the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance is an organisation that’s spread across the entire Tian’ling Continent, and the entities behind it are extremely large. Even the strongest kingdoms on this land don’t dare to provoke them.

“Their stores are spread throughout the entire land, and they sold a wide range of items. In particular, their large-scale auctions that are held regularly at various kingdoms are highly popular and pursued. Every time, they would have rare items appearing.” This was why Lou Mu Yan anticipated participating at the auction this time.

Yun Lan stroked his cup and raised an eyebrow: “That’s all you know?”

“Yep!” Lou Mu Yan nodded helplessly. This was also information she had heard from others and wasn’t from the original’s memory. “Does cousin know other information about the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance?” She was very curious about this huge organisation that was the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance.

“The Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance’s power isn’t just limited to those. They also control more than one-tenth of the resources of Tian’ling Continent. Especially in the past ten years, the development of the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance was unstoppable. Several major entities joined together in an attempt to suppress their momentum, but even after offering up huge sacrifices they couldn’t succeed and could only compromise in the end.” What Yun Lan said was undisclosed information to people below the Sword Monarch Stage.

“No wonder at every auction they could bring out so many rare items.” Lou Mu Yan had a deeper understanding of the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance’s power now. Being able to control such a vast amount of resources on Tian’ling Continent, one could see that the strength behind them was surely exceptionally powerful.

The Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance putting out rare items for auction from time to time simply followed the practice of ‘if we’re able to eat meat, then those who followed could definitely have some soup’². Not only did they win over people’s hearts, but they also earned a lot of purple-gold coins, and most importantly, they could also accumulate more connections to experts and resources.

Compared to the powerful entities that controlled all the resources tightly in their own hands, the Sword Masters of Tian’ling Continent naturally preferred the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance that could share them some soup.

“There are countless Sword Masters in Tian’ling Continent that want to connect with the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance since if they could befriend them, then there were an incalculable number of benefits. The distinguished guest-level Ming Alliance Token was also exceptionally precious and rare, sought after my even experts of the Sword Monarch Stage.” Yun Lan’s eyes revealed a trace of longing.

“Ming Alliance Token? Did it have any great use?” The token could even tempt Sword Monarch experts, then it mustn’t be used for something as simple as trading items.

Yun Lan smiled bitterly and shook his head: “Even I don’t know the specific use.” With his level of strength, he didn’t have access to those secrets.

Lou Mu Yan mumbled softly: “The Ming Alliance Token…” Then a glint of light flashed in her eyes, so fast that even Yun Lan who was sitting on the opposite side didn’t capture it.

Only after a cup of tea’s worth of time³, they successively arrived at where the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance was situated within Yan’zhou Kingdom.

Lou Mu Yan exited the carriage. When she looked up, she saw a towering, imposing building unfold before her.

The first floor was where the shops of the Alliance was located, selling things needed by Sword Masters such as Crystal Cores, Pills, Spirit Tools, Spiritual Armour to name a few; the second floor was a purchase area where the Alliance purchased Demonic Beast Crystal Cores, leather armour, Pills, Spirit Tools and the like; and the third floor as an independent auction hall with a large space filled with ordinary seats as well as rooms for distinguished guests.

When they got off their carriage, a middle-aged man walked over and greeted them with a smile that was neither humble nor haughty: “Third Prince, Fifth Prince, Young Prince, Young Sir Xiao, Young Sir Chi, Young Miss Lou, please come in.”

“To think it was Shopkeeper Lu⁴ who personally came to welcome the guests. How rare.” Yun Lan smiled politely and gave enough respect to the Advanced-Phase Great Master Stage shopkeeper. This person was the head shopkeeper of the Ming Chamber of Commerce Alliance in Yan’zhou Kingdom and possessed a very high status.

“Haha, the auction this time is very important, so this old man could only come out personally.” Shopkeeper Lu led the few people up to the third floor with a smile and took them into an individual private room—it was the privilege of the royals, “I still need to attend to a few other distinguished guests, so I will not disturb you further.”

“Please do as you require, Shopkeeper Lu.” Yun Lan and the rest nodded with smiles.

Only after Shopkeeper Lu left, did Lou Mu Yan scrutinise the private room used to receive distinguished guests.

The wall facing the auction stage was a transparent floor-to-ceiling crystal mineral where one could see the outside, but others couldn’t see the inside. Moreover, it even had the effect of blocking Mental Energy detections.

There were several soft chairs in the private room, and each soft chair had a red button. If one wanted to make a bid, all they needed to do was press the button—this was simpler and more convenient compared to the auctions in her Immortal Cultivation World.

After they all sat down, two beautiful female attendants entered the private room bringing Spiritual Tea to brew for them.

The movements of the two were like flowing water, filled with elegance and were pleasing to the eye.

Not long after, the fragrance of the tea permeated the room, making the people feel relaxed and refreshed.

Sure enough, this was the best Alliance of the entire land, even their tea was so extravagant.

Translated product by May Our 梦 Come True

¹similar to ‘no pain no gain’.

²basically I won’t leave you guys out if I obtain good things.

³around 10 minutes.

⁴different Lu surname to Old Lu. Shopkeeper Lu is 卢, and Old Lu is 路.