RAD Chapter 44

It was the weekend rest time. Luo Xiao took out the carefully selected a book and put it into his backpack without much care. After finishing his meal, he rushed to find his master.

As soon as he entered, he saw his master practicing Tai Chi in the courtyard, which he had recently become fascinated with. In fact, the main motivation for this practice came from the obvious disdainful words of Grandpa Yu before he left last time. Although he couldn’t remember the exact words, the general meaning was to mock his master for being weak like a woman.

This really upset the master. You know, he hated being compared to a woman the most. Whether it was his feminine appearance or his weak physique. He knew his delicate look was just how his parents had made him, and his poor constitution was due to being born premature. But his personality was still very masculine, okay!

However, every time someone met him, they would mistake him for a woman dressed as a man. This was extremely annoying. What’s even more annoying was that this “iron rooster” would make such remarks every time they met. Look, he even dares to embarrass this master in front of his obedient disciple. Mr. Huo clenched his fists, thinking: “Iron rooster, you better not give me a chance to get back at you, or else, hmph!”

Nonetheless, it was undeniable that his physical fitness did need improvement. In his younger days, he had encountered many dangerous divination rituals. But he never did cough up blood like he did in front of his junior this time, okay! He felt a bit embarrassed about this. Well, it was time to start exercising and strengthening his body.

“Master, I’m here,” Luo Xiao waved and greeted him. “By the way, Master, I found something on the road yesterday. Could you take a look?”

“Okay, let me finish this last move,” Mr. Huo said unhurriedly.

As Luo Xiao put down his backpack and naturally reached for the table, he was slightly taken aback. Looking at the table, his usual drinking cup was not there. He raised his eyebrows in surprise. Ah, so Ye Lan was not home today? No wonder something felt off when he first came in.

Luo Xiao couldn’t help but smile to himself. So Ye Lan’s influence on him had become this deep? In that case, he was starting to doubt whether he could still firmly stick to his original intentions.

Forget it, let’s just go with the flow.

Luo Xiao shrugged and skillfully walked into the kitchen to get his usual cup, then filled it with hot water and sat down to wait for his master to finish his morning practice.

“Xiao Xiao, what did you find?” Mr. Huo asked as he wiped the sweat off his face with a towel and came to sit down.

Luo Xiao pretended to be ignorant and casually took the item out of his backpack, placing it on the table. “Master, you take a look. It’s a book I found next to a street garbage can when I passed by yesterday. Since it was a book, I felt it was a pity to just throw it away, so I brought it back home. When I got back, I saw that it was in traditional Chinese characters, with a few I didn’t recognize. That’s why I brought it to you.”

Mr. Huo initially just glanced at it casually, but his eyes suddenly widened. He immediately threw down the towel and carefully picked up the book with trembling hands.

There was still a slight doubt in his heart at first, but after flipping through a few pages, Mr. Huo’s mood became increasingly excited: It’s real! This is really it! He never imagined he would be able to see the original in his lifetime.

However, Mr. Huo immediately frowned. The reason was simple. He saw the obvious new imprints on the book and knew that his disciple did not treat the book carefully. Thinking about how his disciple had taken it out of the backpack so casually, Mr. Huo’s heart was bleeding.

Seeing the clear expression on his master’s face, Luo Xiao knew that his plan had succeeded halfway. There was no other way, this was the only way to divert his master’s attention from the source of the book.

“Xiao Xiao, you really…” Mr. Huo’s face was a mix of love and hate. “This book is real, but you must remember to take good care of it in the future, okay?”

“Mm, I understand,” Luo Xiao nodded and then tentatively asked, “Master, since this book is real, is it valuable?”

Mr. Huo glared at him. “Bullshit, of course it’s valuable!”

“Ah? Really?” Luo Xiao laughed excitedly. “Then, master, how much is it worth?”

Seeing his disciple act like a little money-grubber, Mr. Huo suddenly had a bad premonition, but he still held up a hand and gave a number.

“Huh? Five thousand?” Luo Xiao purposely said a slightly lower price.

“Go, what’s five thousand, over a million is nothing, okay!” Mr. Huo directly rolled his eyes, and seeing his own disciple’s eyes wide open, that bad premonition became even stronger. Sure enough, Luo Xiao’s next sentence made Mr. Huo wish he could grab his ear and give him a good lecture on what art value is!

“Wow, so much money, Master, let’s sell it!”

“……” After a pause, Mr. Huo finally calmed down and asked, “Xiao Xiao, why do you want to sell it?”

“Why not sell it?” Luo Xiao tilted his head, “It’s just a book, right? You can’t eat it, you can’t use it, but if you sell it, it’ll be different. With this big sum of money, Mom and Godmother’s financial pressure will be much less. And they’ve already planned to take the adult college entrance exam next year. This way, the tuition and other expenses will be solved, right?”

Mr. Huo listened carefully and pondered in his heart: Indeed, after all, it’s just the two of them, the divorced women plus a junior high school student, especially in a big city like S City, their consumption level is not comparable to the original C town.

Luo Xiao, who was standing beside him, had been quietly observing the expression on his master’s face, and knew that he had already begun to waver in his heart. He only needed to add a little fuel to the fire.

So Luo Xiao continued to say, “Besides, even if we don’t sell it, if someone with ill intentions knows I have this book, they might just directly rob it, right? After all, I’m just a junior high school student, and you, Master, is just an old man over fifty. We, the old and the young, can’t possibly be a match for those with ill intentions.”

Mr. Huo originally wanted to blurt out, “Isn’t there Ye kid?” You know, that was one of the best families in the imperial capital! Although the numbers of the family were only two, countless loyal subordinates and talented elites were there!

But soon he quickly swallowed those words. Hmph, thinking about that kid’s bad intentions towards his good disciple, he didn’t want to have deep connections with them! Unfortunately, on a certain day in the future, Mr. Huo will have to reluctantly accept the close relationship between the two families with an angry look.

Although he is the sect leader of this generation of the Heavenly Secrets Sect, but the whole country has more than ten such sects. And some of these sects even have nearly a hundred members! Their sect only has two people, how can they compare with those sects? Plus, they are only good at divination and the five elements, but they are crap in other aspects!

So, after much struggle, Mr. Huo decided to agree to Luo Xiao’s proposal and sell this book.

However, since this book is about cultivation, for ordinary people who don’t know this field, it is basically a feudal superstitious book with no value at all.

But for their group of people with spiritual power, it’s different. Moreover, this book talks about the precautions for intermediate to advanced cultivation! It must be known that due to the disaster three hundred years ago, the inheritance of various sects has been somewhat problematic from generation to generation. Especially for such key content, because in the prosperous past they could be taught by elders, they have neglected to record them in writing, which has led to the obvious decrease in the number of high-level cultivators in recent years.

There’s no way around it, that’s just the way it is. If those who have already cultivated were to teach those basuc knowledge, they would be able to say and describe it very well, but for the advanced and key ones, it would be quite difficult.

Mr. Huo suddenly felt that this book in his hand was like a hot, hot sweet potato. Since that’s the case, they must have a perfect plan to handle this book properly. You must make sure not to leave any clues behind. As long as they can’t trace it back to you, everything will be fine.

If that’s the case, then they can’t go to those regular trading places anymore. After all, you can still try to find the information you want there. Since that’s the case, why don’t you go to the Shengde Auction House?

Although it is an underground auction house, its powerful backers are not to be underestimated. So far, no one has been able to find out who the real owner is behind it. Since its establishment, anyone who has tried to cause trouble, regardless of their strength, has always failed.

In addition, it is also known in the industry for protecting customer information. There has never been any information leaks, providing the greatest protection for those who want to auction or buy auction items!

Since it’s like this, let’s decide to go there!

Mr. Huo immediately told Luo Xiao his decision. When Luo Xiao heard the name Shengde Auction House, a sense of familiarity appeared in his mind. He felt like seemed to have heard or seen it somewhere before!

After pondering for a while and not coming up with any results, he shook his head and gave up. Oh well, if he can’t remember it now, he’ll remember it someday, right?

Speaking of which, he’s actually quite looking forward to going to this Shengde Auction House. After all, this can be considered the first time in his two lifetimes that he has the opportunity to go to an auction house, and this time it’s as a seller!

Really, he’s looking forward to it!