All the members are good people, only the host is a pervert

The next day, Xu Luoning really took out two Spirit Stone Cards. Lin Ruan pretended to be confused and refused, "Second Brother, why are you giving me your Spirit Stone Cards? I have Spirit Stones. My father and mother gave me a lot of Spirit Stones when I came back."

Xu Luoning laughed and said, "Do you really think your Second Senior Brother is a sucker? He doesn't want it all but gives it to you. Come on, take it! This is what Master and Mistress asked me to give to you before they left the mountain."

Only then did Lin Ruan accept it.

The two of them didn't have anything much to pack, so Xu Luoning took Lin Ruan down the mountain. They used the teleportation array in Changyun Town at the foot of the mountain and arrived at Xuelan Town in an instant.

Like Changyun Town, although Xuelan Town is called a town, it is located at the foot of the mountain of Xuelan Sect after all, and is the size of a city.

Although the weather here is extremely cold and there is snow all year round, since all the people coming and going are monks, very few of them wear furs to keep warm, and most people still wear ordinary clothes.

Xu Luoning led Lin Ruan into a restaurant that specialized in spiritual food and said with a smile, "Junior Sister, feel free to order whatever you want. I have some things to take care of outside and will be back soon."

Lin Ruan nodded in agreement. Just as she ordered the food, Xu Luoning returned with two jade slips in his hands.

Xu Luoning said, "Junior Sister, this is the list of items from the Xuelan Sect auction that my family just sent you. You can take a look and see if there's anything you like. Although the Xuelan Sect auction is held anonymously, you don't have to worry. With the sect elders watching, murder for treasure won't happen in Xuelan City."

Lin Ruan took the auction list and looked at it carefully.

Suddenly, her gaze paused, and she asked, "Second Brother, what is Frost Spirit Flame?"

Xu Luoning patiently explained, "Speaking of which, if you, Junior Sister, want to learn alchemy, this Frost Spirit Flame is extremely suitable for you. It's a special kind of ice-attributed flame produced by the Frost Spirit Stone in the secret realm of the Blue Frost Domain. Its quality depends on the quality of the Frost Spirit Stone. Furthermore, this kind of flame is not rare, so it shouldn't be particularly expensive."

Lin Ruan nodded obediently, listening carefully to Xu Luoning's explanation. A hint of curiosity and anticipation flashed in her eyes, and she said, "Then I'll take a look when the time comes."

"What else? Is there anything else you want?" Xu Luoning looked at her gently and continued to ask.

Lin Ruan carefully considered the information on the jade slip, frowned, shook his head, and said uncertainly, "So far, I haven't seen anything I particularly want, but maybe I'll find something I like at the auction."

Xu Luoning said, "You're right. Let's eat first. The auction won't start for another two hours, so there's no need to rush."

Xu Luoning chose a private room in the restaurant. After eating, he asked the waiter to clear the food away. The two chatted for a while in the room. When they estimated that it was almost time, they left the restaurant.

After all, it was in the snowfield, and the afternoon sun was not very bright. The entire Xuelan Town was covered with a thin layer of snow, and it was as beautiful as a painting.

Lin Ruan and Xu Luoning quickly arrived at the entrance of the auction house. There weren't many monks queuing at the door at this time. When it was Lin Ruan's turn, Xu Luoning took out a card and handed it to the receptionist, saying, "Please give us a quieter private room."

The receptionist smiled even brighter when he saw it, and said, "It turns out to be Master Xiao Xu. Please follow me."

Hahaha, Master Xu. Lin Ruan almost couldn't hold it in after hearing that. After finally reaching the private room and waiting for the receptionist to leave, leaving only her and Xu Luoning in the room, Xu Luoning rubbed Lin Ruan's hair viciously with his palm and said, "Okay, little junior sister, tell me the truth, did you laugh at me just now? Hmm?"

Lin Ruan quickly escaped from Xu Luoning's clutches, protecting her hair. She said with a smile, "Second Senior Brother, why does he call you Little Master Xu?"

Generally speaking, cultivators are called by the names of their swords. Those below the Spirit Transformation stage are called True Immortals, and those above the Void Refinement stage are called Venerables. For example, her senior brother Jun Jianhen is also called Venerable Qingmiao when he goes out. Xu Luoning is a dual cultivator of sword and alchemy. Even though Luo Feiding's name is not nice, his sword is called Lijiang Sword, so others should call him True Immortal Lijiang.

Xu Luoning felt a little embarrassed by her question. He coughed lightly and said, "Well..."

Lin Ruan asked curiously, "Why is that?"

Xu Luoning sighed and said, "There's nothing I can do. The Xu family's reputation is too great. My father said that he was once called 'Xiao Xu' by everyone. I'll be fine once I reach the Lianxu stage. Sigh~"

Lin Ruan: "Okay."

The auction began. Inside the huge venue, the lights were bright. On the high platform in the center, an auctioneer in a snow-white robe was introducing one item after another in his magnetic voice.

At first, the auction was filled with low-level elixirs, talismans, and magical weapons, items neither Xu Luoning nor Lin Ruan would need. However, the pace of the auction was brisk, and soon, Lin Ruan heard the auctioneer say, "The next item is a top-grade Frost Spirit Flame. As everyone knows, top-grade Frost Spirit Flame is rare. The starting price is 500 mid-grade spirit stones."

It is indeed not too high. Firstly, there are not many cultivators with ice spiritual roots, and alchemy cultivators with ice spiritual roots are even rarer. Lin Ruan glanced over and saw that there were very few people bidding.

"I'll go host," the system said excitedly, "which idiot did this appraisal? This is not a top-grade Frost Spirit Flame, this is an immortal-grade Ice Soul Heart Flame. Host, do you want to take it?"

This incident was not originally written in the plot, and the person who took the photo probably didn't feel any difference. At most, he thought that this cluster of Frost Spirit Flame was quite old and very useful.

At this time, the price reached fifty high-grade spirit stones, and no one bid higher.

"One hundred high-grade spirit stones." Lin Ruan finally spoke.

The auctioneer smiled and said, "Everyone, the average age of a top-grade Frost Spirit Flame is only ten thousand years old. This one has been appraised by us to be over fifty thousand years old. The current price is one hundred top-grade spirit stones. Is there anyone who wants to bid more?"

This sounds nice, but isn’t the 50,000-year-old Frost Spirit Flame still the Frost Spirit Flame?

Lin Ruan and the others entered the private room in full view of the crowd. Everyone knew the woman bidding was only a Foundation Establishment junior, likely a family member who had brought her over for fun. Seeing the Frost Spirit Flame as a novelty, she'd bid for it. After all, most people who came to the auction were there for the Qingshuang Territory Secret Realm. If they didn't find it at the auction, there were plenty of Qingshuang Territory Secret Realms. They could just go find it themselves.

"One hundred high-grade spirit stones for once!"

"One hundred high-grade spirit stones twice!"

"One hundred high-grade spirit stones three times!"

"Deal! Congratulations to this customer for successfully obtaining this cluster of top-grade Frost Spirit Flame."

Whether it was the top-grade Frost Spirit Flame or the Ice Soul Heart Flame, they were both extremely compatible with Lin Ruan's ice spirit roots. Coupled with the help of the system, Lin Ruan had already completely absorbed and refined them by the time the two items were auctioned.

As soon as she became aware of it, a small cluster of translucent ice-white flames ignited at her fingertips.

Xu Luoning had been protecting her by her side to prevent any accidents from happening to Lin Ruan during the absorption process. Seeing this situation, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The two of them had not left yet, but Lin Ruan was just watching. There was nothing else that interested her and made her want to take pictures. However, Xu Luoning took pictures of quite a few things, worthy of being the wealthy Master Xiao Xu.

When the auction was about to end, Xu Luoning handed the top-grade Snow Bone Ginseng he had bought to Lin Ruan. He smiled and said, "Master has a water spirit root. I believe there is no shortage of spiritual medicines with water spirit roots. It's just that ice spirit roots are rare and only easy to find in the territory of Xuelan Sect. This Snow Bone Ginseng is of good quality. I'll give it to you, little sister."

Lin Ruan laughed and said, "Second Brother, didn't you say you weren't a sucker?"

"How dare you," Xu Luoning said, shaking his head in mock seriousness. "The Xu Luoning who gave you his entire fortune is naturally a sucker. The Xu Luoning who gave you a piece of top-grade snow bone ginseng is certainly your respectable and lovable Second Senior Brother."

Lin Ruan was so amused by him that she couldn't stop laughing. She no longer refused and took the Snow Bone Ginseng, saying, "Then I would like to thank this respectable and lovely Second Senior Brother."

The two of them left the auction chatting and laughing. Xu Luoning originally wanted to send Lin Ruan back, but who knew that the secret realm of Qingshuang Domain would open so suddenly, and everyone rushed towards the secret realm of Qingshuang Domain.

Lin Ruan said: "Second Brother, you go too, I can go back by myself."

Xu Luoning thought about it and realized that both Xuelan Town and Changyun Town were the sect’s top towns, so there shouldn’t be any danger. He just gave a few instructions and watched Lin Ruan walk towards the teleportation array.

He also walked towards the entrance to the Qingshuang Territory secret realm.