Moreover, cultivation isn't like the legends where one can live off the wind and dew, it requires a huge amount of financial investment. For example, this auction, if there's something good from the cultivation world being sold here, without money, how can you bring it back?

  So Lin Qingyao decided to sell one of her ginseng first.

  Lin Qingyao and Shao Jingming made up a lie, saying they were going to the restroom, but took advantage of this opportunity to sneak into the auction house connected to the grand hall.

  "Miss, is there anything I can help you with?" A gentle voice sounded, Lin Qingyao looked up and saw a man in a well-fitted suit, with a handsome face, appearing before her. He should be an employee of the Qin Auction House.

  Lin Qingyao smiled and said: "I have something, I want to auction it."

  "Please, this way," said the staff member in a suit, leading Lin Qingyao into a room that appeared to be an appraisal room. After all, not just anyone could bring something in for auction without some basic authentication, and Qin's Auction House would conduct the most fundamental examination.

  In the room, a table was placed horizontally, and the position opposite the table was empty. After Lin Qingyao sat down, that handsome and impolite staff member asked: "I don't know, miss, what do you want to auction?"

  Lin Qingyao smiled, knowing that the Qin auction house would keep customers' identities confidential, so she wasn't afraid of revealing anything. She directly took out a ginseng wrapped in a plastic bag from her handbag - of course, she wouldn't casually carry ginseng in her handbag; she was just using the small handbag as cover, and actually took the ginseng out from her storage bag.

  She couldn't just enter the space casually, so she had put some things into her storage bag early on, which is why today's scene unfolded as it did.

  The man in the suit looked at Lin Qingyao's cheap plastic bag, slightly stunned, but it was clear that he was a well-bred gentleman. He smiled and gestured for Lin Qingyao to put the things on the table, without reaching out to take them.

  Of course, he didn't reach out to take it, not because he looked down on the thing, but because auction houses have their own rules. In such places, what they fear most is accidental breakage. Who knows if there's a fragile item inside? If one person puts it down and another picks it up, and it really breaks, everyone can be clear about it.

  Lin Qingyao hadn't been to an auction house before, but she had heard some of the ways from Bao Tong, so she naturally understood. She stretched out her hand and opened the plastic bag, revealing the white and plump ginseng inside.

  The man in the suit saw this ginseng, his forehead couldn't help but jump up and down, this ginseng... if he wasn't mistaken, it was probably quite old, now being treated so casually by her, it's simply...

  The man in the suit picked up the ginseng, carefully stroked it, and then pressed one of several buttons on the auction table.

  Before long, an old man wearing a casual Zhongshan suit came over.

  "Little Qin, what brings you to find me?" The old man came in and saw the man in the suit at a glance.

  The man in the suit gestured to something on the table, and when the old man saw it, he was taken aback, looking surprised, and hastily walked around to the back of the table, then examined it carefully.

  Finally, he said excitedly: "This ginseng... is over a hundred years old!"

  Then he asked again: "Girl doll, is this ginseng going to be auctioned?"

  Lin Qingyao nodded: "Please ask the old gentleman for a fair appraisal."

  The reserve price is also not arbitrarily set, but rather it needs to be appraised by an auction house and negotiated jointly by both parties.

  The old man hesitated for a moment, then said: "Thirty million."

  Lin Qingyao heard this price and was slightly stunned, remaining silent for a long time.

  The old man thought that Lin Qingyao was dissatisfied with the low price, so he explained: "This is just the base price. If the base price is set too high, it will only make some people hesitant to bid, and the competitive atmosphere won't be as intense, making it harder to sell at a good price."

  Lin Qingyao snapped back to reality, she wasn't complaining about the low price, but rather hadn't expected that this casual ginseng she had picked out could sell for so much money. Thinking of the ginseng in her space, which was as common as radishes, Lin Qingyao felt a little unsettled, emotionally... had she inadvertently become a wealthy woman by growing ginseng?

  However, Lin Qingyao just thought about it. As the saying goes, "rare goods can be expensive", if she took out all the ginseng to sell, she definitely wouldn't get such a good price. Moreover, one or two plants would be fine, but if she took out too many, that would be asking for trouble!

  Space is something that must be used, but the premise is that it must be in a situation where it can be protected! Now without absolute strength, she has to be extremely careful.

  Lin Qingyao calmly said: "Then that's the price, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, please keep my identity confidential."

  The old man wanted to pick up the ginseng at this moment, but when he looked at the plastic bag, his mouth twitched obviously, and then he scolded Lin Qingyao: "You girl, you're really a spendthrift! This is simply a waste of heaven's resources! If you store ginseng like this, the essence of the ginseng will be lost!"

  Lin Qingyao could see that this old man was a straightforward person and didn't get angry, so she smiled and said: "Old sir, don't be angry."

  The old man saw Lin Qingyao's expression of "I've learned, I humbly accept" and was very satisfied. He then added a couple more sentences: "This ginseng is most suitable when stored in a jade box."

  Lin Qingyao felt a bit helpless in her heart. She actually wanted the jade box, some of the spiritual medicine used to refine the elixir also needed to be stored in a jade box, but how much would that jade box cost? Where did she have the spare money to buy it?

  Lin Qingyao thought that she would need to use elixirs in the future, and needed to buy spiritual grass, which made her a bit worried. Now she couldn't even afford a few jade boxes... The goal of searching for spiritual grass to refine elixirs seemed somewhat distant...

  Lin Qingyao returned with "Little Qin", Lin Qingyao didn't want him to send her back, but he said he had things to do here too, so Lin Qingyao could only walk back with him. At this moment, Shao Jingming was anxiously searching for Lin Qingyao.

  At this moment, his eyes lit up and he hurried over quickly: "Qingyao!"

  Lin Qingyao smiled and nodded at Shao Jingming.

  Shao Jingming saw "Little Qin" beside Lin Qingyao. His eyes became guarded, and he pulled Lin Qingyao over with one hand while pointing at Little Qin with the other: "Qin Gongzi, how did you end up together with Qingyao?"

  Lin Qingyao didn't notice Shao Jingming's nickname for "Little Qin" at this moment, but instead put her heart on high alert, fearing that Qin Gongzi would tell Shao Jingming about going to sell ginseng. This matter wasn't anything shameful, but Lin Qingyao still felt that one less thing was better than one more thing; if she had to explain the origin of the ginseng later, she couldn't avoid telling another lie.