Chapter 353: Before the Auction

"I don’t like it!"

The corner of Fu Young’s mouth twitched. He glared at Yao Ming in annoyance. What an unlucky day.

First, his Master had shaken off his hand. Then, just when he wanted to talk to Master, his own spirit pet had interrupted him. Things really could not get any worse.

Why had he ever thought it was a good idea to form a contract with such an idiot?

Since he was unhappy, he naturally could not let his spirit pet be happy either. With a malicious glint in his eyes, Fu Young said, "Liking things like this shows a lack of taste."

Xiao Shou who had just been about to praise the room immediately swallowed his words. He looked at Fu Young and Yao Ming with an odd expression before asking, "Why did you two teleport into this private room too? Didn’t you reserve separate rooms?"

"I don’t have anything I particularly want. I just want to accompany Master." Finally able to talk to his master again, Fu Young was extremely happy. He definitely had to keep talking and not let his attention be diverted again. Without thinking, he continued, "However, Master, you came too early. There is still an hour before the auction begins."

Yao Ming flew over to Xiao Shou and said, "I want to accompany Master and the beautiful man."

Having been distracted by Fu Young and unintentionally ignoring the little creature for once, Xiao Shou said, "Really? It’s fine to wait. I can take the opportunity to admire... Uh, taste some of the spiritual fruits and food here. Come to think of it, I haven’t eaten anything in a long time. Today is the perfect chance to have a big feast."

He had originally wanted to say that he could admire the glazed jade private room and the floating auction venue outside. However, the moment he opened his mouth, he remembered that his beloved disciple had just said this style lacked class, so he swallowed those words and casually praised the food on the table instead.

"Master, you like delicious food?" This was the first time Fu Young had heard his master mention his appetite.

Fu Young secretly thought, Since Master likes delicious food, I should find some time to study the culinary path and make delicious dishes that satisfy him.

He remembered someone saying when he was little that if you wanted to capture someone’s heart, you first had to capture their stomach.

That saying made a lot of sense. If he could make food that Master simply could not refuse, then his Master definitely would not be willing to leave him.

Hmm! It was happily decided. His next subject to learn would be the culinary path.

Very satisfied with the idea he had come up with, Fu Young officially set his next goal: to make food that Xiao Shou could never refuse.

Xiao Shou had no idea that his casual praise would later bring him so much enjoyment from delicious food. When he heard Fu Young’s question, he immediately nodded. "Of course I do! What’s the point of living if you can’t eat and drink? Although cultivators at the Spirit Transformation stage and above no longer need to eat or drink, I still enjoy it."

It was just that, in this world from the novel, Xiao Shou had always felt insecure and did not want to stand out too much. So he suppressed his appetite and lived the way other cultivators did. Whatever lifestyle ordinary cultivators followed, he followed as well, making himself appear no different from them, although in other aspects he was becoming increasingly extraordinary.

After learning that he could eventually return to the modern world, he had already made up his mind.

Once he returned, he would open up his appetite and eat to his heart’s content.

Oh! Speaking of food, his own world was currently in the middle of an apocalypse, with resources in short supply. There probably wouldn’t be much to eat there.

No, that wouldn’t do!

Before returning, he had to prepare a large amount of food, drinks, medicinal herbs, and other supplies. As the savior of his own world, he couldn’t possibly live an even more miserable life there than as a cannon fodder character in this book world!

Hmm! That settled it.

Xiao Shou happily made up his mind while taking small bites of a spirit fruit, thinking about what supplies he should prepare when the time came.

Food and water naturally came first, followed by clothing, shelter, and so on. Then he realized there was actually quite a lot to prepare.

It looked like it was going to be troublesome... ( ˇ?ˇ )

Thus, the two master and disciple who had happily made up their minds about their respective plans chatted and laughed together, eating and drinking as they leisurely passed the time.

An hour later, while they were still inside the private room, they suddenly heard several crisp sounds of jade tablets striking against each other.

Fu Young and Xiao Shou immediately came to their senses and looked outside.

The moment the sounds stopped, all the suspended glazed jade private rooms and seats suddenly began rapidly changing positions, shifting back and forth until the arrangement became a dazzling blur.

Xiao Shou had read about this in the original novel. It was done to disrupt the original arrangement of the private rooms and seats, preventing anyone with special methods from determining the locations and information of the guests.

With the arrangement constantly changing, any previous marking or positioning methods would become inaccurate, allowing the guests’ identities and locations to remain more secure.

Once the rearrangement was complete, the opening ceremony of the auction would begin.

At the same time, the previously confidential auction item list would become available for viewing.

Xiao Shou sat down expectantly and took the jade slip delivered through the teleportation array.

After carefully reading through it, he turned to Fu Young and said, "Young’er, come take a look. If there’s anything you like, I’ll buy it for you."