Chapter 5 The Black Bird Auction

The Fifth Princess and Sixth Prince should have been the hot contenders in the battle for the throne, as they had respectively gained the support of the Nian family of the Red Division and the Wu family of Blue Coral among the four great families.

However, due to the Cuckoo Tower's uniquely advantageous position, their competitiveness could only be compared to that of the Second, Third, and Fourth Princes, far behind the First Prince.

As for the Seventh Prince, he was famously indifferent to worldly affairs, like a reclusive master, preferring a life of leisure. But no one knew what he was really like in secret.

The Eighth and Ninth Princesses were barely more competitive than the Seventh Prince, but they were at the bottom of the heap compared to the others, with almost no presence at all.

Of course, this referred to their competitiveness in the battle for the throne. In the capital, anyone who dared to provoke these nine princes, even just one of them, would be enough to have their entire family exterminated.

The battle for the throne was the greatest power in the current capital!

Beneath these nine powers, large and small forces, based on their own situations, chose to attach themselves to a prince, becoming their claws and pawns.

Even large sects like the Glacial Ice Sect and the Blazing Fire Sect couldn't escape the mundane world, getting caught up in the struggle, becoming a sharp sword to cut down enemies and cover their retreat.

The nine forces were fighting openly and secretly, and the capital was already a seething cauldron.

As for Tianlong of the Blazing Fire Sect, he didn't know who he was following, after all, he was just an outer disciple of the Blazing Fire Sect, how could he be qualified to know such things? However, the Blazing Fire Sect had been dealing with the Glacial Ice Sect all along, so the force behind the Blazing Fire Sect should have a huge hatred for the force behind the Glacial Ice Sect.

"Idol, this is all the information I know. But don't worry, once I get these pills and cultivate my way up, one day, I'll definitely become an inner disciple of the Blazing Fire Sect and find out more information for you!"

Tianlong said confidently in the message.

Fang Yue, however, felt that the hope was slim.

Tianlong's aptitude wasn't considered good. If he wanted to improve quickly, he needed a stroke of luck.

And in the image foreseen by the parchment earlier... countless dark clouds of the Crow Rain Clan descended on the entire palace.

Although he didn't know the exact time, it shouldn't be too far off.

After all, for the parchment, the more distant the prediction, the more power it consumed. Having just awakened, it didn't have much power to predict things too far into the future.

Closing his eyes and thinking for a while, Fang Yue sorted out the information from Tianlong in his mind and roughly understood the current situation in the capital.

The only thing that surprised him a little was that the four great families... or rather, the Red Division and Blue Coral among the four departments, had both chosen a prince to support.

And Qing Si's choice was... the Seventh Prince, who was engaged to You Sisi, it just hadn't been revealed yet, and it was probably originally intended to be completed smoothly after the wedding.

The last one, the Purple Palace, had no news at all, but it was possible that they secretly had someone they supported.

The complicated situation in the capital gave Fang Yue a headache.

Fortunately, his goal didn't require him to stand against these princes.

First, rescue Jing Yan and the others, then find the Phoenix Organization, rescue An Dong'er and Team Leader Wu, and finally, whether it was through robbing the bride or eloping with You Sisi, he had to take You Sisi away!

As Fang Yue thought of this, people began to enter the entrance of the Black Bird Auction House one after another.

Fang Yue wanted to ask Ming what the identities of those who came in were, but he didn't want to ask.

Although they entered the Cuckoo Tower together, they were actually in a mutually beneficial relationship.

But Ming smiled.

"Captain Ye wants me, a blind person, to introduce you to the dignitaries here?"

"..."

Fang Yue curled his lips and ignored her.

Soon, the seats in the entire auction house were gradually filled, and there were not many empty seats left.

As the lights dimmed, the entire auction officially began.

"Welcome, everyone, to the Black Bird Auction! The auction will now officially begin!"

The host on the stage was a man with clown makeup and strange clothes, like a circus performer.

Although he was such a comical figure, the people in the seats showed surprise, and some even stood up directly from their seats.

"The Clown Master, one of the four masters of the Cuckoo Tower!"

"How could it be him hosting the Black Bird Auction?"

"Interesting! It's getting interesting! It seems that there are some extraordinary treasures at this auction!"

The atmosphere on the scene suddenly became heated.

Everyone's face showed excitement.

Fang Yue looked at Ming with some confusion and asked in a low voice, "What's the background of this clown? What's the deal with the four masters of the Cuckoo Tower?"

Ming had just managed to restrain her excitement, gripping the corner of her skirt with her small hands and said in a low voice, "Although the Cuckoo Tower was founded and supported by the four princes behind the scenes, they can't show their faces in front of the stage, so they handed it over to their respective subordinates to form the four masters! They are in charge of all the affairs of the Cuckoo Tower.

The Clown is the master of the Fourth Prince."

Fang Yue immediately understood.

The four princes jointly started a business, and after the shares were divided equally, they each sent a capable subordinate to serve as the company's CEO.

"Then the Black Bird Auction House, is it an industry under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Prince?"

"No, the Black Bird Auction House has a special nature. It is jointly owned by the four princes. Other fields, such as assassination bounties, information gathering, and material exchange, each have their own prince in charge of a single piece. Only some special industries are jointly owned by the four, such as the Black Bird Auction House.

And this kind of shared asset can be handled by any of the four masters.

Of course, I rarely heard that the masters would host the Black Bird Auction in the past. It seems that they have found something good this time."

At the end of her speech, Ming's tone also became excited.

The atmosphere of the entire Black Bird Auction House had been hyped up before people had even seen anything.

Fang Yue sensed it, but couldn't gauge the depth of the Clown.

This meant that this Clown Master was at least a Cloud-level martial artist, or even possibly... a Rain-level martial artist!

Things had become troublesome.

Fang Yue calmed himself down.

At this time, the Clown Master on the stage seemed very satisfied with the audience's reaction.

Turning his head and waving his hand, the red cloth was lifted, and the first auction item was carried to the front of the stage like a palanquin by four strong men.

It was an iron cage, and inside the cage was a mass of jelly-like rotten flesh.

"The first item, a Gu Fu Gui (Solid Recovery Ghoul)!"

"A Gu Fu Gui has the ability to restore the body. As long as it is used with our specially made pills, it can be shaped into any form. Any person or thing you like can be permanently shaped through continuous pills, allowing you to have what you like in your pocket."

"For example, Sakura Girl, the former top performer of our Cuckoo Tower. If you want, you can turn the Gu Fu Gui into her appearance."

As he spoke, the Clown Master punched the iron cage. With a bang, the cage broke, revealing the shivering, mud-like creature inside.

Picking it up with one hand, the Clown Master poured a pill into its body, and then quickly moved his hands, creating afterimages.

Before long, a lifelike beautiful woman was created, even the clothes were restored perfectly, as if the real person was standing there!

"Wow! The completion is very high!"

"As expected of Master Clown, too strong!"

"Is this the Black Bird Auction? I love it!!"

Fang Yue: ???

Isn't this just a large-sized figure??