Chapter 80: New Moon Hotel, Nine Gates Converge
Hu Ba Yi and the others did not know Zhang Qiling, but seeing Su Mo’s attitude toward Zhang Qiling, they quickly invited him in.
Zhang Qiling still had the appearance of a mute oil bottle, did not exchange pleasantries with Hu Ba Yi and the others, turned around and walked into the living room, and sat down in front of Su Mo.
“Master Su, I’ve come this time for something important!”
After speaking, he placed an invitation in front of Su Mo.
Su Mo took one look and saw that it was an invitation made in an antique style, with a black background sprinkled with gold, and the words New Moon Hotel Auction printed on it in large characters. Opening the invitation revealed:
“New Moon Hotel will hold its annual auction on the nineteenth. You are cordially invited to attend!”
The signature below was just a very elegant “Huo” character!
Seeing this invitation, Su Mo could not help but be slightly stunned.
He had not expected that Zhang Qiling had come for the New Moon Hotel Auction.
After pondering for a moment, Su Mo said:
“What things will be auctioned at this auction?”
“Ghost Seal!”
Zhang Qiling glanced at Hu Ba Yi and the others nearby, knowing that these people must be very close to Su Mo, so he did not conceal it and said:
“At this auction, a Ghost Seal will be auctioned!”
Su Mo instantly understood.
There were two Ghost Seals in this world, both keys to opening the Bronze Gate in Cloud Top Heavenly Palace. Su Mo had already obtained one and placed it in his System Space paper, while New Moon Hotel had somehow acquired the other Ghost Seal and planned to auction it off.
As the current Clan Leader of the Zhang Family and the gatekeeper of the Bronze Gate, Zhang Qiling naturally had to prevent the Ghost Seal from falling into others’ hands!
Su Mo immediately nodded.
The Ghost Seal was the key to opening the Bronze Gate and hid many secrets behind it, so Su Mo naturally did not want the Ghost Seal to fall into others’ hands either.
Moreover, if this Ghost Seal was real, the mysterious Wang Family people were likely to appear at the auction as well.
Su Mo had taken quite a bit of grave goods wealth from the Wang Family at the Stone Tablet Shop, and he believed the Wang Family would soon know about it. This mysterious organization had hidden in the shadows for a millennium, and it seemed they sought more than just the secret of immortality. Su Mo also wanted to see at the auction if he could find traces of the Wang Family.
Thinking of this, Su Mo immediately said to Da Jin Ya:
“Gold Tooth, in a bit I’ll take out some things and hand them all to you to sell on the market for money. I’m preparing to attend the auction!”
Da Jin Ya immediately nodded in agreement and followed Su Mo to the back room.
Su Mo had already sorted out some of the less important grave goods he took from the Stone Tablet Shop, and those several hundred thousand silver dollars were all placed in this room.
Da Jin Ya took one look at the grave goods and silver dollars in the room and could not help but have his eyes light up.
Just the value of these silver dollars was tens of millions, and with those grave goods, the things in this room could be called invaluable.
“Master, you sure are generous. The money from selling so many things would be enough even at Sotheby’s!”
Su Mo smiled faintly:
“New Moon Hotel’s auction might be even more unfathomable than Sotheby’s. Find a way to sell these things as quickly as possible, and have Old Hu and Fatty help you!”
Da Jin Ya quickly agreed, called Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi to help move all the grave goods and silver dollars out of the room, then found ways to sell them discreetly at Panjiayuan.
Su Mo left Zhang Qiling to stay in the courtyard, just waiting for the New Moon Hotel Auction to begin.
Those silver dollars were easy to sell off, after all, they were common items with high preservation value, and many people bought them for collection, so in less than three days Da Jin Ya sold all several hundred thousand silver dollars.
However, the grave goods sold a bit slower. Da Jin Ya mobilized all his resources and connections, and after a few days managed to sell them all off, finally handing all the obtained money to Su Mo.
By then, the date of the New Moon Hotel Auction had arrived. Su Mo took the money Da Jin Ya gave him plus the wealth he had obtained earlier from Lu Wang Palace, estimating it was enough to light a Sky Lantern once at New Moon Hotel. He then brought Zhang Qiling, Hu Ba Yi, and the others, made some slight preparations, and went straight to New Moon Hotel.
Su Mo brought Zhang Qiling, Hu Ba Yi, Wang Pang Zi, and Da Jin Ya, the four of them riding together to the entrance of New Moon Hotel. After the car stopped at the entrance, Wang Pang Zi got out first and opened the car door for Su Mo.
Su Mo got out of the car and looked up at New Moon Hotel.
New Moon Hotel was a vast ancient building, three stories tall from top to bottom, each floor with carved beams, painted rafters, bracket sets, and upturned eaves, exuding a profound antique charm.
This hotel originally belonged to the Yin Family, but after the founding of the country it was once state-owned, and only returned to the Yin Family after the reforms. The person now managing the hotel was Yin Nanfeng of the Yin Family.
At this time, the entrance of the hotel was already filled with cars, almost all luxury vehicles. It seemed today’s auction was surely packed with experts and gathered with tycoons.
Two beautiful women in cheongsams at the entrance smiled at Su Mo and the others, checked the invitation Su Mo presented, and then welcomed them into the hotel.
The five went straight to the theater inside.
This theater was the venue for New Moon Hotel’s auctions. When not holding auctions, it served as a performance space. The audience seating in the theater was divided into two levels: the ground floor had general seating, while the upper space was a circle of dozens of private rooms, with windows facing the stage, allowing VIPs to sit in the private rooms to enjoy performances or watch auctions.
Su Mo looked up and scanned the hall and private rooms, quickly spotting several unusual people among them.
In the private room directly facing the stage sat an old woman with silver-white hair. Though her face was covered in wrinkles, her bone structure and features still showed she must have been a beauty in her youth.
The old woman was looking toward Zhang Qiling beside Su Mo. When their eyes suddenly met, she was slightly stunned, then nodded slightly in greeting.
Su Mo knew this person might be Huo Xianggu of the Huo Family, so he nodded back in return, then turned his eyes to the adjacent private room.
In the adjacent private room sat an old man in a black Zhongshan suit, with another elderly man standing beside him, also in a Zhongshan suit, standing ramrod straight.
Su Mo’s heart could not help but skip a beat.
Through the Great Yin Meditation Technique, Su Mo could tell at a glance that the bloodline aura on these two was unusual, faintly carrying a mythical beast aura.
Could they be Zhang Qishan and Zhang Rishan, who had been elusive since the founding of the country?
In addition, in other private rooms, Su Mo saw some other extraordinary people. Though they did not have mythical beast aura, their presence and demeanor were also unusual, clearly not ordinary individuals.
Among them, there were two people Su Mo recognized!
Uncle Wu San and Wu Tianzhen!
Su Mo could not help but feel a stir in his heart.
It seemed that this Ghost Seal auction at New Moon Hotel had drawn out quite a few figures lurking in the martial world, and perhaps even the Nine Gates and the Wang Family had come!
