Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 15: Useless Gunmanship
The sudden increase in the price by twenty thousand taels made everyone in the venue hold their breath, waiting for the ownership of the bottle of muscle strengthening powder to be settled.

Facts have proved that Jiang Xuan made the right bet.

The woman in the black cloak discussed briefly with the old man standing nearby and stopped bidding.

The black-masked man glanced at the private room where Jiang Xuan was. Although he looked a little unwilling, he gave up bidding and no longer participated in the competition.

"Congratulations to the buyer for successfully bidding for this bottle of muscle-strengthening powder at a price of 150,000 taels!" Jiang Xuan's heart finally settled down after hearing the congratulations from the woman in the indigo dress.

"How lavish! Whose family does it belong to?"

"It's not the Wu family anyway. It could only be a wealthy family from another state. Otherwise, who would have the financial resources to compete for this muscle strengthening powder at such an inflated price?"

"Yes, although this Strengthening Powder is indeed a good thing, the price of 100,000 taels is already a bit high. Now this bottle of Strengthening Powder has been sold for 150,000 taels. It seems that the power behind this young man under the ink-colored cloak is not simple."

……

As the hammer fell on Qiangjinsan, the buyers in the private room stood up and left one after another. Obviously, once an item like Qiangjinsan appeared, it meant the end of the climax of the auction. The remaining items would not have much value, and waiting any longer would only be a waste of time.

Led by the buyers in the private rooms, the buyers in the hall also began to get up and leave. Many of them naturally left because they could not see the excitement.

As a result, the remaining buyers in the entire auction hall were less than 50%.

"Everyone, today..." The young woman in an indigo dress had just opened her mouth when a young man suddenly hurried out from behind the exquisite door behind her, whispered a few words to the woman, handed something to her, and hurried away.

The young woman placed a slightly dog-eared booklet on the table in front of her and announced, "Everyone, it looks like we'll be adding an item to today's auction. It's a manual on spearmanship called 'Falling Leaf Spearmanship.' Buyers interested in spearmanship may hold back for now."

When the young woman mentioned the temporary addition of items, several buyers who were about to leave paused temporarily, but when they heard the words "Falling Leaf Gun Technique", they quickened their pace with a slightly contemptuous expression.

"What's going on at the Green Lake Auction today? How dare they put such an unknown gun technique up for auction?"

"Some random, anonymous person made up something and called it a gunmanship manual? They must be crazy for the money!"

"Although spear training isn't common, would you like to hear the name of this spear technique at the auction house? Falling Leaf Spear Technique? If you practice this spear technique to the point where it even resembles the word 'falling leaf', you'll probably lose it!"

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As a result, only about 10% to 20% of the buyers were left in the auction hall, and a considerable number of them were there to watch the fun.

"If you want to leave, go ahead. I find it rather amusing." A young man who had just stood up in the hall sat back down, crossed his legs, and said with a curious look on his face, "Let's see which idiot will take a picture of this useless shooting skill."

The young woman under the mask frowned slightly and cursed in her heart.

She has been hosting auctions at the auction house for more than two years, but this is the first time she has encountered such a situation. What kind of alchemy technique and falling leaf spear technique were they? They all attracted a lot of ridicule and scolding.

She took the opportunity to casually flip through the gunmanship manual on the table. The descriptions of the gunmanship on it were just as the name suggested, all light and airy, and could not really be considered serious gunmanship.

But since the old guys at the auction house brought this shooting skill to the stage, there must be some reasons.

For the sake of the auction house's reputation, I had no choice but to recommend it.

The young woman smiled and raised the spearmanship manual in her hand, saying, "You may not know, but although the name of this spearmanship manual is a bit strange, its magic lies in its unconventional use. When it is used, it makes the opponent exhausted and difficult to resist."

The crowd naturally took a few glances at the young woman's spearmanship as she demonstrated it. Not only was it bizarre, but each move was extremely difficult to execute. Any martial artist with even a few days of training could tell at a glance that there were only two types of spearmanship: one that deceived the other with bizarre moves, and the other that was truly a profound and difficult technique.

However, the second situation is almost non-existent. The reason is very simple. If it is really some precious gun-fighting secret manual, it should have been collected by the official martial arts school long ago, and it could also fetch a considerable amount of money. Why come to this auction to get scolded?

While everyone was watching the excitement, Jiang Xuan in the private room stared at the strange shooting technique with his eyes wide open.

The young woman was a little surprised to find that the buyer of the top-floor private room had not left yet. She politely greeted Jiang Xuan and waited for his response as to whether he wanted to make an offer.

The awkward part was that the woman was demonstrating the spear technique in front of her, while Jiang Xuan rested his chin on his hand, as if the Falling Leaf Spear Technique was quite to his liking, staring intently at the contents of the spear technique...

Because the private room on the top floor was a little far away from the young woman, Jiang Xuan had to try harder to see the shooting skills in the woman's hand. He did not notice that there was a hint of anger under the young woman's mask at this moment.

Jiang Xuan didn't notice the woman's expression. At the moment, he was worried whether the remaining five thousand taels in the jade token would be enough to buy the Falling Leaf Spear Technique.

"The starting price of this book of Falling Leaf Spear Technique is three hundred taels. Buyers are welcome to bid." The young woman spoke, but her enthusiasm was a little lacking.

Jiang Xuan stood in front of the French window, feeling nervous as he waited for other buyers to make their bids first.

A young woman in a grey cloak stood up, her expression calm. This made the woman in the indigo dress feel relieved, but also made Jiang Xuan's heartstrings tighten even more.

"Excuse me, buyer, how much are you bidding?" When the woman in the gray cloak stood up and did not bid, the woman in the indigo dress asked.

The woman in the gray cloak looked around, as if she understood the situation, and replied apologetically: "I'm not bidding, I'm looking for something." After that, she quickly left her seat.

The young woman on the stage lowered her brows beneath her mask. "Any bidders? This level of marksmanship is rare."

The young man in the private room on the top floor made a bidding gesture with a calm expression. It was Jiang Xuan.

"Three hundred taels per time."

"Three hundred and two times."

"Congratulations to the buyer for purchasing this gunmanship manual for three hundred taels of silver." The young woman said the words she had already thought of in her mind without hesitation.

Jiang Xuan finally felt relieved.

At this moment in the hall, after the sound of the hammer fell, there was a burst of laughter.

"Three hundred taels for a tattered gunmanship book, could it be someone hired by the auction house?"

"That shouldn't be the case. This guy just spent 150,000 taels of silver to buy that bottle of muscle strengthening powder."

"Otherwise, they say people are stupid and have a lot of money."

……

Jiang Xuan naturally didn't care about other people's ridicule. At this moment, he was extremely excited.

The word "fallen leaves" fits the form of the spear technique after it is performed very well. With this spear technique, plus the Suiyuan spear technique created by my father, if I can combine the two well, I will definitely be able to take my spear technique to a higher level!
(End of this chapter)