Chapter 137 - The Auction House

"Miss Li, where's the shop?" Jin Jing asked with a lump in her throat.

When they appeared in an empty area, Jin Jing had no idea that she was standing on the exact spot where her shop was, a few days ago.

That's why when Li Ming answered Zi Yan's question of their whereabouts, Jin Jing almost felt her heart stop beating.

"Don't panic. I took the old shop away so that we can build a new one. You will be able to see the new shop after a month or so." Li Ming assured the girl as she took a few things out of her space.

It was around nine-thirty in the morning and the auction was supposed to start around one in the noon.

That's why Li Ming decided to start building the shop in the time being.

She took out a large chart and opened it to show the two girls.

"What's this Miss Li?" Jin Jing asked as she looked at the chart with confused eyes as nothing made sense to her.

"This is the design for the new shop. Initially, this area was divided into two parts, the shop in the front and then your house in the backyard. We don't have much space but this entire area is twice of the Black Jade Inn. Therefore, I have decided to utilize it as much as I can." Li Ming answered Jin Jing.

To be honest, she was more like making plans of her own than answering Jin Jing. But of course, her plans were based on the reality that at the end of the day it was Jin Jing's shop she was talking about, that's why the girl deserved to ask questions or interfere if she wanted.

"Master, are you planning to take over the market of the Wang Empire?" Zi Yan asked as she looked at the young girl whose mind was full of plans and strategies.

Zi Yan was sure that her father would have loved to include Miss Li in his military troop based on her intelligence and high level of cultivation.

"Nah! I'm only planning to invest in two businesses here. One, of course, will be Jin Jing's shop and the other one is a secret for now. You will know later." Li Ming dismissed the question as she took out a bunch of pens. Their body was made of iron and coated with a layer of steel.

The two girls stood behind Li Ming, silently observing their master. None of them bombarded her with questions as to not disturb her even though they were dying in curiosity.

Li Ming handed all the things to the two girls and only kept the chart and a square box in her hands. She went to the very center of the empty area and placed the chart on the ground and then put the box on the top of the chart. 

Just like always, she closed her eyes and pushed her spiritual energy into the box as she chanted a spell.

A few seconds later, the box and the chart disappeared and a red outline of the design of the shop appeared on the ground.

The design that was initially on the chart was now on the ground made of red threads.

Li Ming again closed her eyes and transferred a small part of her spiritual energy into the design and soon the design took over the entire area of the shop, only leaving a small area in the front.

The two girls who were standing in the far corner all this time were staring at those red threads in amazement.

Li Ming took one of the pens from Jin Jing and searched for a small black button on it. She went to one of the corners of the design and placed the pen on it.

As she pushed the black button, the pen transformed into a large iron beam as it started sinking deep into the ground.

Li Ming kept doing the same process for the next fifteen minutes and finally, all the corners of the shop were secured by the iron beams. The next step was the basement.

Though she was not planning to start many businesses in the Wang Empire, however, she still wanted to keep her eyes on the activities of the market.

The basement could work as a perfect secret ground base for that.

For the next hour, Li Ming spent twenty percent of her energy and powers on building the basement rooms of the shop. In total, there were four rooms in the basement.

"I think it's enough for today. I'll start again another time. Let's go." Li Ming said as she took out a water bottle from her space and took a large gulp. It was sure not easy to drink or eat something while wearing a veil.

She passed two bottles to the girls and with a flick of her fingers, she once again polished her appearance.

"Here, put on these veils. Just to stay out of the unwanted drama. I don't want to confront some bitches just because they have nothing better to do." Li Ming said as she passed two veils to the girls who immediately put them on.

"Let's go." 

And with that, Li Ming stepped out of the protected barrier of the shop along with Jin Jing and Zi Yan.

To those who were on the other end of the barrier, it appeared like three young girls walked out of the infamous shop of the Jin family. 

"Jin Jing, can you lead the way to the auction house?" Li Ming asked as they appeared on the market street.

The girl nodded her head and started walking towards the auction house along with Li Ming and Zi Yan.

The main reason behind Li Ming bringing Jin Jing with her was because the girl was initially from the Capital city of the Wang Empire and had already spent a few years in the market street. 

Jin Jing had told her that she was more or less familiar with many faces that visited the capital market to stop by the auction house. 

It was a perfect opportunity for Li Ming to learn about the powerful people of the mainland. Not only it would be beneficial for her business but she would also get to expand her knowledge.

After a few minutes, Jin Jing stopped in front of a four-storey shop. Two guards were standing at the entrance of the shop.

Li Ming stepped forward and reached the entrance when none of the guards stopped her, she entered into the shop with the girls.

The first room that came into her view was actually a sitting area, with a table set near the entrance where a man in his late forties was sitting, writing something in his notebook.

What Li Ming had noticed in the shops of this market was that almost all of them had a sitting area in the starting, more like a reception area in the modern world.

Jin Jing coughed lightly to grab the attention of the man who was still busy in his book.

At the voice of someone coughing, he looked up and came across three girls, one of them appeared like a Young Miss from a wealthy background while her other two companions also looked confident. 

"Oh, my bad! Please welcome. How can I help you?" The man asked with a polite tone.

"Can I meet the manager of this auction house? I have something to auction in today's auction." Li Ming told the man.

"This...actually...I'm sorry to say this but it's too late for us to take any new items for the auction. Maybe you can try next time." The shopkeeper replied after a few pauses. His tone was still polite.

Li Ming took out one of the jars filled with the pills and placed it on the table in front of the man who looked at the jar in both confusion and surprise.

"This...?" The man asked as he looked at the young girl in shock.

Though those pills could be any normal pills of the lowest grade but still looking at an entire jar full of pills was not a normal sight, not even in their auction house.

Even the herb halls only had two or three dozen small jars with two or three pills inside each of them. Therefore, seeing a huge jar filled with hundreds of pills was too much for the man to take in.

"This is the first level low-grade Body Cleansing Pills. I have three more jars like this, a total of four hundred pills that I want to auction off today. Can I meet the manager now?" Li Ming asked as she answered his question.

The two girls behind Li Ming were having a hard time to not show their surprise at the revelation. One being a part of the business market and another being trained in the military, had enough knowledge about medicinal pills and how expensive they were as it's very hard to refine pills.

But the man was not able to hide his surprise when he heard the total number of pills that the girl mentioned. If not for the jar that was already sitting in front of his eyes he would have thought that the girl was lying.