"To ordinary people, five hundred years is indeed a long time but to Ancient Martial Artists, five hundred years isn’t actually that long," Gu Zhiqi replied nonchalantly, as she plucked a grape from the fruit plate and popped it into her mouth.
Su Yunling understood what Gu Zhiqi wanted to say. Seeing her busy eating grapes, she spoke unhurriedly, "The average lifespan of a fourth-order peak ancient martial artist is 290 years, so if two fourth-order peak ancient martial artists ran this auction house, there would only have been two generations of managers."
Listening to Su Yunling’s words, Gu Zhiqi looked up at her, then nodded towards Tang Yichen.
What Su Yunling said was exactly what she was going to mention next.
Now there was no need to say it.
Thinking this, she plucked another grape and tossed it into her mouth.
After hearing the conversation between the two, Tang Yichen suddenly had the illusion that five hundred years didn’t seem that long.
After a few seconds, Tang Yichen, propping up his chin, continued to speak, "Let’s assume for the moment that the mastermind behind Heavenly Domain Pavilion is a fourth-order peak ancient martial artist, but this is still too mysterious, even the Ever Winning Army can’t find any traces of this person."
While speaking, he mimicked Gu Zhiqi and grabbed a grape to eat.
"It’s not just that they can’t be found; it’s as if this person has never appeared. Not only the mastermind but aside from Gu Qing, other managers of Heavenly Domain Pavilion have never shown their faces," Su Luo joined in the conversation, resting her chin on her hand as she spoke, looking at Gu Zhiqi, "The room next to us is Heaven Room Number One, which is supposedly reserved for the senior management of Heavenly Domain Pavilion. However, I’ve been here many times and I’ve never seen it open once."
"Oh," Gu Zhiqi responded indifferently, not seeming very interested.
Tang Yichen swallowed the grape in his mouth and said with a tilt of his head as he thought aloud, "Two years ago, I did see that room open." He looked at Fu Xiyan, "Old Fu, do you remember? Two years ago, on the day you secured the Phoenix Sleep Fragrance at Heavenly Domain Pavilion, someone was sitting in the room next door. At that time, the person inside even bid on a flowering vine that looked like stars."
Her hand, reaching out for another grape, paused.
A vine like stars from two years ago?
Was this a coincidence or...
"I didn’t notice," Fu Xiyan replied nonchalantly upon hearing Tang Yichen’s question.
At the time, he had been too busy bidding on the Phoenix Sleep Fragrance to pay attention to whether there were people in Heaven Room Number One.
Hearing Fu Xiyan’s response, Tang Yichen slightly pursed his lips.
The topic of the Heavenly Domain Pavilion’s managers was only briefly touched upon by Tang Yichen and the others before they quickly moved on to a new subject.
The auction was set to start at two, and the group had arrived at around 1:20.
After sitting in the box for about fifteen minutes, Tang Yichen stood up, "Brother Jin and the madman have arrived too; I’ll go greet them."
Upon hearing this, Fu Xiyan’s eyes showed a touch of surprise, "The madman came too?"
Tang Yichen was also puzzled, "When I invited him yesterday, he said he had to deal with his tour and couldn’t make it. I don’t know how he ended up coming with Brother Jin today."
As Tang Yichen muttered to himself, he stepped out of the box.
As soon as Tang Yichen left, Gu Zhiqi received a message from Gu Mengyang.
[Gu Mengyang: Gu Qing said she saw you?]
Gu Zhiqi paused for a moment as she read the message.
Their messages were indeed shared among them.
[Qiqi: Yeah, I suppose.]
She had indeed met someone named Gu Qing, but she wasn’t sure if it was the Gu Qing Gu Mengyang was referring to.
[Gu Mengyang: She added you as a friend, remember to accept.]
[Gu Mengyang: She wants to meet you.]
Hadn’t they just met?