NOVEL NEXT Chapter 28 - The Stinking Male Protagonist, Lin Chen
As the commotion passed, the auction continued in an orderly manner.
The next item up for auction was an unremarkable stone. The beautiful woman introduced it, saying, “This stone, our Fu’an Commerce Chamber’s appraisers are unsure about its nature, but it has withstood a full-force strike from a Self-Severing Realm expert without even a scratch on its surface. This is being auctioned on behalf of a friend. The starting bid is 20,000 spirit stones, with each increment not less than 500 spirit stones.”
People began discussing among themselves, but no one made a bid. An unknown stone, even if it could withstand a blow from a Self-Severing Realm expert, had little use for most people.
Only a few interested in studying the stone placed some bids.
“Twenty-one thousand spirit stones.”
“Twenty-one thousand five hundred spirit stones.”
At this moment, the protagonist Lin Chen spoke up, “Twenty-five thousand spirit stones.”
Lin Chen was originally not interested in this ordinary stone, but Elder Danyue transmitted a message to him, saying, “There is a powerful ancient formation within this stone. If you win the bid, I can study it and help you use the formation.”
Hearing about the ancient formation, Lin Chen’s eyes lit up, and he immediately placed a bid.
Jun Jiuxiao, having overheard the conversation between the master and disciple, also placed a bid, “Twenty-six thousand spirit stones.”
He didn’t want to deliberately humiliate Lin Chen; that would make him seem petty.
Lin Chen continued bidding, “Twenty-seven thousand spirit stones.”
Elder Danyue did not advise Lin Chen to stop bidding; he also wanted the stone.
“Thirty thousand spirit stones.”
“Thirty-five thousand spirit stones.”
“Forty thousand spirit stones.”
Lin Chen continued bidding up to “Eighty thousand spirit stones.”
Eighty thousand spirit stones was all Lin Chen had. Thankfully, Jun Jiuxiao did not place another bid.
Lin Chen and Elder Danyue breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he had stopped bidding.
Jun Jiuxiao’s goal was not the stone but to deplete Lin Chen’s spirit stones.
The ancient formation within the stone had long been destroyed by Jun Jiuxiao, who had replaced it with a special stinky powder. Anyone exposed to this powder would emit a foul odor for a month. Jun Jiuxiao was curious whether the protagonist would like his first gift.
After the auction ended, Jun Jiuxiao was not in a hurry to leave. He set up a barrier with his spiritual sense in the private room to prevent anyone from using spiritual sense to spy or enter.
He also shielded 2233 from seeing anything it shouldn’t.
Jun Jiuxiao called Ji Lanqing over and then grabbed her wrist, pulling her into his embrace.
Ji Lanqing’s face flushed as she was pulled into Jun Jiuxiao’s arms. She wondered if the Holy Son was impatient and wanted her right there. Should she cooperate or be more proactive?
Ji Lanqing took the initiative to close her eyes, looking like she was letting him pick and choose.
With her warm and soft body in his arms, Jun Jiuxiao enjoyed the moment but did not forget his purpose. Holding the Fire Essence Crystal in his left hand and Ji Lanqing’s right hand in his right, he used himself as a filter, suppressing the violent fire spirit energy and transferring the gentle fire spirit energy into Ji Lanqing’s body.
Ji Lanqing suddenly realized that the Holy Son did not seem to want to have intimate relations but was helping her cultivate. She was momentarily stunned, unsure whether to feel disappointed or something else.
“Quickly, circulate your spiritual power,” Jun Jiuxiao’s voice sounded in her ear.
Ji Lanqing shook off her distracting thoughts and focused on circulating her spiritual power. The fire lotus inferno within her revived, actively absorbing the spiritual energy from the Fire Essence Crystal.
Soon, both of their clothes were burned away by the Red Lotus Fire, leaving them exposed to each other.
After a while, once Ji Lanqing had absorbed all the fire spirit energy, she opened her eyes and saw Jun Jiuxiao standing there without clothes. She quickly got up from his embrace.
Realizing she was also without clothes, she hurriedly turned away, pulling out clothes from her storage and putting them on.
When Ji Lanqing turned back around, Jun Jiuxiao was dressed again. Both were quite embarrassed and did not mention the incident.
Jun Jiuxiao originally didn’t need to hug Ji Lanqing to filter the spiritual energy, but thinking that he had given the Fire Essence Crystal and the Refining Bone Pill, he couldn’t bear to suffer, so he hugged her as a reward.
He hadn’t expected the Red Lotus Fire to burn their clothes, and he hadn’t taken precautions, resulting in both of them being left without garments.
Since the clothes were already gone and it wasn’t intentional, he didn’t make much of it.
The most important thing was that the Red Lotus Karma Fire recovered, and Ji Lanqing’s appearance had also recovered. She is really stunningly beautiful, this woman should only exist in heaven.
With such a beauty in his arms, Jun Jiuxiao, not being a eunuch, naturally would not let go.
Adhering to the principle of not letting go of a good opportunity, he continued to enjoy Ji Lanqing’s exquisite body. The sensation of her bare skin was quite pleasing.
Even little Jiuxiao, who had been alone for more than a hundred years, stood up happily.
He was also grateful for his foresight in setting up the barrier in advance; otherwise, if others had spied in, it would have been impossible to vent his frustration.
While Jun Jiuxiao enjoyed Ji Lanqing’s warmth and softness, the protagonist Lin Chen had a much worse experience.
After the auction, he was surrounded and pursued by a group of unidentified people. With great difficulty, he escaped with Elder Danyue’s help.
After several arduous days, Lin Chen finally deciphered the formation in the stone. However, it exploded with a bang, and the stinky powder spread everywhere, covering his entire body.
Even after ten washes, the stench persisted, and Lin Chen had no choice but to return to the sect, as the departure date to the Xuantian Holy Land was approaching.
Upon returning to the sect, everyone avoided him as much as possible due to the unbearable stench. Even his master, Fairy Miaoyin, only spoke to him from a distance.
Lin Chen tried various methods to remove the odor but to no avail, and he could only remain in his residence as much as possible.
The entire Nine Suns Sect now knew that Fairy Miaoyin’s only disciple was a foul-smelling person.
Lin Chen became a notorious figure in the Nine Suns Sect, not for being famous but for being the stinking person.
On the large spiritual boat to the Xuantian Holy Land, everyone kept their distance from Lin Chen. While people gathered at the bow, Lin Chen was at the stern, but the stench was still detectable.
The crowd suffered greatly. If Lin Chen weren’t Fairy Miaoyin’s disciple and if Miaoyin hadn’t been the elder leading the group to the Xuantian Holy Land, they would have kicked Lin Chen off the ship long ago.
Even Fairy Miaoyin found the stench difficult to endure but couldn’t say much since Lin Chen was her disciple.
Lin Chen, alone at the stern, glared resentfully at those who shunned him, thinking to himself, “Don’t look down on the poor youth. Once I succeed, I’ll take revenge on each of these people.”
When his gaze swept over his master, Fairy Miaoyin, it softened with affection. Only his master did not disdain him, and he vowed to repay her well.
Elder Danyue, even as a spiritual entity, was covered in the stinky powder as well. Jun Jiuxiao’s special powder affected both the body and the soul, causing the stench to last a month.
Lin Chen and Elder Danyue couldn’t understand why the ancient formation had exploded and emitted such a terrible smell.
If Elder Danyue hadn’t been stinking just like him, Lin Chen would have suspected that the old man had intentionally set him up.