My Pretty Campus Queen

Chapter 1287: Chapter 1286: Entering the Manor for the First Time

"Thank you, Manor Master. We will definitely attend," said Chen Tianlong and Tan Xianglan in unison.

"Haha, friends of Zheng are friends of our manor. There’s no need to stand on ceremony with all the joyful events happening lately. I reckon everyone is tired, so I’ll have someone arrange rooms for you. After tidying up, we’ll have you taken there. For now, let Zheng show you around the manor to get familiar with it, since guests should be treated well." Yan Zheng said happily.

Indeed, when joyous events happen, one’s spirit is lifted. If this auction can be successfully completed, the manor estimated that it could earn at least five billion, which would solve the financial issues for the Antique Manor.

Actually, this Antique Manor appears wealthy, but in reality, it’s stagnant. Money is there, but if the antiques don’t sell, it’s dead money.

The auction is being organized because the manor lacks money and usable liquid funds. After thinking it over, Yan Zheng decided to sell some rare treasures they’ve collected over the years.

Otherwise, attracting overseas markets wouldn’t be possible.

Why people from Japan know about this is simple—they’ve spread the news through Capital City’s Huang Family and Lao Family. This matter was disclosed a long time ago. At the time, Xue Kong was also in Huaxia, and after learning the news, he informed the Red-eyed Eagle upon his return home.

Everyone knows the pill furnace they’re searching for is at the Antique Manor. It’s well-known that the manor’s pill furnace has long been coveted. People from the cultivation world dare not come because of restrictions, but these three gangs are different; they belong to the semi-cultivation world.

With the world in chaos, both the Mortal Realm and the Cultivation World have been thrown into disorder, and even the Cultivator Association is no longer interested in getting involved. Hence, basically everyone can move about freely without restraints.

This time, the Celestial Pill Sect sent their second disciple Zhong Ruofeng along with five subordinates. Pure Yang Daoist plans to get the pill furnace in hand. They’ve already lost the Divine Cauldron, so they can’t miss out on this Grade Three Alchemy Furnace.

Only with the pill furnace can their Alchemy Masters potentially create Grade Three pills, enabling the production of Super Qi Gathering Pills, Great Rejuvenation Pills, and Foundation Establishment Pills, raising their strength will be no problem.

They aren’t the only ones aware of this information; there’s no way the Scorpio Gang and Butterfly Assassin Group wouldn’t also know.

Thus, the Scorpio Gang sent Left Protector Fang Shi along with six subordinates, while the Butterfly Assassin Group had second disciple Ren Kun lead three fellow disciples.

The Lao Family has suffered too many losses, so they sent an elder, Lao Guoji’s second uncle Lao Feng, who has a seven-star Celestial Dao strength, having returned from cultivating on Thundercloud Island.

Thundercloud Island is one of five advanced cultivation domains, known alongside Huishan, Celestial Pill Sect, Guiyang, and Exotic West Sea.

The Huang Family hasn’t sent any major figures; the elder’s plan was not to use violence but to simply buy.

The Huang Family is on the verge of downfall; if they don’t rise this time, they’ll be completely defeated, unable to recover. Although among the Five Great Families, they aren’t the last yet, it seems the Yang Family is gradually rising.

Moreover, the Mo Family supported the new family, the Lei Family, in gradually climbing the ranks. Though the Lei Family hasn’t sent people independently, they dispatched the young master Lei Laowu for assistance.

Their family’s strength is average, but they’re incredibly wealthy.

The Lei Family started out selling antiques and later moved on to mining operations, coal mining, and other highly profitable ventures. Consequently, they’ve accumulated substantial wealth, just waiting for an opportunity.

Now, the Huang Family is slowly declining due to the impact of the world electronic civilianization on its antique business and electronic development, leading to a gradual downfall.

Back in the day, they made a huge profit on PCs and phones priced at least half.

But now it’s clearly not working, as the rise of the electronic industry has made things overwhelmingly widespread, with laptops selling for as low as two thousand yuan and still having excellent configurations.

The antique industry is suffering due to the growing and perfect high imitation market; many buyers are more into cheap purchases, opting for replicas over genuine pieces, thinking they are too expensive.

However, given they bought at such high prices, selling cheaply would be unwise; it would be a massive loss.

Yet not selling causes stockpiling, which leads to a lack of operational funds and a slow collapse of the industry.

Currently, the Huang Family is in the most severe condition, followed by the Mo Family.

Consequently, besides the Chu Family and Ren Family not attending, the other three families struggling at the edges have arrived. Tan Xianglan, appearing as a free agent, isn’t conspicuous but has great chances given he’s a friend of Yan Zheng and Chen Tianlong.

With Chen Tianlong present, things won’t easily fall into the hands of others.

"These two, the manor has quite a nice view, hasn’t it? But for me, I’ve grown tired of it, preferring to explore the outside world instead," Yan Zheng said, gesturing toward his family’s pavilions, landscapes, and trees.

"Mhm, true enough. Staying here for two or three months would be quite pleasant," Tan Xianglan replied truthfully.

Though beautiful, it’s too quiet here. Unless you’re someone who has seen through the worldly dust, everyone would eventually tire of it.

The three quickly circled the place, and as the sun set, a servant rushed over with news that the rooms were ready, inviting them to dine together as the manor had prepared a banquet for the guests.

"Please, both of you, go ahead. I won’t be joining you later. Since this is my family, I must dine with my father. Enjoy yourselves, and let’s exchange phone numbers for convenience in case of anything," Yan Zheng said.

Chen Tianlong and Tan Xianglan nodded, exchanged phone numbers, and everyone memorized them. After handling everything, Chen Tianlong and Tan Xianglan followed a servant to the dining hall while Yan Zheng went off in another direction.

Before long, the two, guided by the servant, arrived at the dining hall.

"Here is the dining hall. I’ve brought you here, but I have other duties to attend to, please continue," the servant stated before leaving.

"Thank you," Tan Xianglan quickly expressed gratitude.

Seeing the ground floor was already full, they headed toward the second floor for a look. However, the stairway was quite narrow; two ascending seemed crowded, but one alone felt a bit wide.

Chen Tianlong considered it, then said, "Ladies first, please!"

"Haha, really didn’t expect you to have a gentlemanly moment," Tan Xianglan teased.

"What do you mean? Haven’t I always been a gentleman?" Chen Tianlong retorted with a glance at Tan Xianglan.

"Not really," Tan Xianglan covered her mouth and started heading up, followed by Chen Tianlong.

Yet halfway up the stairs, someone was descending, followed by three subordinates. This person’s face resembled a monkey with a pointed nose and small eyes, a clearly petty character.

"Ahead, make way!" Speaking was Lei Laowu from Capital City’s Lei Family, acting arrogantly with the Mo Family joining them on this occasion.

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