Chapter 44: Miteer Au House

  "Phew!"

  Half an hour ter, Liu Ling leaped out of the bathtub and looked tu He in the pavilion.

  "Master, I endured for half an hour."

  Upon hearing this, Gu He slowly set down his teacup and Liu Ling.

  "Yes, well done. Keep up the good work, and tiomorrow."

  "..."

  Hearing this, Liu Ling's mouth twitched slightly, but in the end, he plied, saying, "Yes, Master."

  "After you return, apply some Iceheart Salve to recover faster," Gu He reminded, seeing that Liu Ling had some redness on his body.

  "Yes, Master," Liu Ling nodded and then slowly left the courtyard.

  ...

  Two days ter.

  Early in the m, Gu He left Yu and arrived in the capital city.

  He had received information that today was the day wheeer Au House was holding an au.

  Standing at the end of a bustling street, Gu He looked up at the colossal au house that loomed before him, uo help but let out a sigh of amazement.

  Although he had been to the Miteer Au House in his previous life, this was the first time Gu He had seen such a massive au house since his reination. He couldn't help but feel surprised.

  At the entrance of the Miteer Au House, several bck-cd men with indifferent expressions and sharp ons at their waists sed the passing crowd with eagle-like sharp gazes.

  From the aura emanating from these men, it arent that three of them were at the Dou Master level, while the others possessed Practitioner-level strength.

  Sending Dou Master-level individuals to guard the entrance showed that the Miteer Family was indeed one of the three major noble families in the Jia Ma Empire, with siderable power.

  Gu He, at this moment, was dressed in a rge white robe that cealed his entire face, making sure that no one would reize him.

  It wasn't that Gu He was afraid of being reized; he simply didn't want to invite unnecessary trouble.

  Following the crowd, Gu He slowly ehe au house, and the vast interior once again made him slightly dazed. However, he quickly regained his posure and proceeded towards the ter of the hall.

  Ihis au house, huge ss hung all around, dispying tless items up for au. Gu He g them briefly but didn't see anything particurly extraordinary. It seemed that the truly rare items were bei hidden to maintain their mystique.

  Of course, some iial forces could likely gather information about these hidden treasures through other els.

  "If I had known, I should have informed Liu Ling to e and inquire," Gu He thought to himself.

  With Gu He's status as the Alchemy King, having his disciples inquire about the au's s would surely be taken seriously by the Miteer Family.

  His gaze swept around and finally settled orao an appraisal room. Gu He hesitated for a moment and then walked in.

  As he stepped into the so-called appraisal room, Gu He was somewhat surprised to find that in this not-so-small space, it had beely divided into nearly a hundred small chambers. This measure was likely taken to prevent the exposure of valuable items.

  Gu He had just ehe appraisal room when a maidservant dressed in a fiery outfit approached him. Her coquettish voice carried a hint of allure as she asked, "Sir, are you here for appraisal, or are you here for price assessment before auing?"

  "The tter," Gu He replied calmly.

  "Please follow me." With a charming smile, the maidservant turned and walked away.

  Following the maidservant for nearly a dozeers, she finally stopped in front of a small chamber. She respectfully bent forward and said, "Sir, as long as you submit the item you wish to au for evaluation and verification inside, you then obtain different levels of au seats based on the rarity of your au item."

  Nodding slightly, Gu He gently pushed open the bck wooden door aered. He closed the door behind him.

  The small chamber was well-lit, and an elderly man with slightly graying hair was examining Gu He with sharp eyes. However, as Gu He was almost entirely cealed by his robe, it was difficult for the man to dis aails.

  "Please have a seat."

  Pointing casually to a chair in front of the table, the elderly man finished anizing the tools for examining au items and said in a subdued tone, "Please take out the item you wish to au."

  Gu He remained silent and didn't speak. Instead, he flicked his hand, and a small jade bottle appeared oable.

  "An elixir?"

  Hearing the sound of the jade bottle toug the tabletop, the old man blinked slightly, raised his head, and fixed his gaze on the jade bottle. A hint of surprise fshed in his eyes as he dohin transparent gloves. Carefully, he took the jade bottle and poured out the tents.

  As a golden pill fell into the old man's palm, apanied by a dazzling golden light, aremely rich medial fragranstantly filled the room.

  "Oh!"

  Seeing this golden light and smelling the unique fragrahe old man's face showed a slight ge, and he carefully examihe mysterious patterns on the pill's surface. A sense of seriousness appeared on his aged face.

  "May I ask, sir, what kind of elixir is this?"

  After for a while, the old man's face showed a hint of fusion, and he couldn't help but ask Gu He.

  "This is a sixth-grade Dou Spirit Pill."

  Gng at the old man, Gu He said calmly.

  "What?"

  Hearing Gu He's words, the old man's aged face dispyed a look of shock, and then he asked in disbelief.

  "This... this is a sixth-grade elixir, the Dou Spirit Pill?"

  Gu He g the old man and casually replied, "You should go and call the highest-ranking person from the Miteer Au House who is present here."

  Upon hearing this, the old man was slightly stuhen o Gu He, saying, "Please wait, sir. I will go and summon the Elder-in-Charge of Supervision."

  After waiting quietly for about a cup of tea's time, an elderly figure ehrough the door.

  "Hello, sir. I am the head of the Miteer Au House, Miteer Tushan."

  As soon as the elderly maered, he introduced himself to Gu He.

  "I am Gu He," Gu He replied in a calm tone.

  Being able to produce a sixth-grade elixir, there robably no one else iire Jia Ma Empire but Gu He who could do so. Therefore, as long as Gu He inteo au off this Dou Spirit Pill, his identity could not remain hidden.

  "It's indeed Lord Alchemy King."

  Seeing Gu He reveal his identity, Miteer Tushan's mouth curled into a smile.

  Clearly, he had already guessed Gu He's identity.

  After all, apart from a sixth-grade alchemist, no one else could produce a sixth-grade elixir.

  "Your Excellency, I simply wish to participate in this au quietly." Gu He looked at Miteer Tushan and spoke slowly.

  Upon hearing this, Miteer Tushan was momentarily surprised but then dispyed a fident smile as he replied, "I uand. The news of Lord Alchemy King's presence here will not leak before the au begins."

  As for what would happen after the au began, when a sixth-grade elixir appeared, even a fool would know that Alchemy King Gu He had arrived.

  (End of this chapter)