Female Protagonist is a Blackened Villainess

Chapter 24.1: Three Chapters in One, A Lot of Words (First Part)

(TLN: Basically, the author made a chapter whose word count is equivalent to 3 chapters and called it 3 chapters in one. I split the huge chapter into 3 and will be releasing the word count I normally release at.)

Red Crystal Royal Jelly, as the beautiful host said, could not only extend one’s life by ten years but also had a very important function. Which was to easily wash away the impurities in one’s body, which had a great effect on swordsmen.

Long Shiyan’s body won’t always be healthy. But if she had this treasure, then even if she couldn’t fully recover, it could alleviate her pain and perhaps help her body naturally heal. Just how great it would be if she could obtain this amazing treasure?

Long Shiyan was not lacking in money. When her parents died and she fell into the Tian Jing mountain range, she accidentally chanced upon a lot of wealth and treasures, which was the source of her dark Douqi. However, she never really took out these treasures as she left them in the system’s storage space.

If she used that horde of money, she might be able to buy this treasure, but things would become more troublesome for her. However, how would she explain where she obtained all that wealth to Long Yuqing, not to mention provoking the influential forces within the auction?

In short, she was in a sticky situation.

“200,000 gold coins!”

“210,000 gold coins!”

“250,000 gold coins!”

“300,000 gold coins!”

The auction was passionate, and all the influential figures in the VIP boxes started shooting out prices. The lesser figures could not afford to bid and compete against them. 300,000 gold coins wasn’t a small amount. A single gold coin was equal to 100 yuan, and 300,000 gold coins were equal to 30 million RMB. Speaking of which, it really was too cheap of an offer for this longevity increasing item.

Those ninth-level magicians or ninth-level swordsmen, who were close to breaking through, were almost willing to bid all of their possessions in order to obtain this treasure.

If they were lucky, then they would be able to break into the Saint realm within ten years by using the item. When they do, they wouldn’t have to worry about the problem of longevity. It was definitely worth it.

However, it was really strange that such a good treasure would appear in this small auction venue. Even in the royal auctions, it would be extremely rare. This magical treasure was only available in the world’s decade-old auction of the Radiant Church! Unless it was a treasure collector who was poor enough to have to auction this item away, there should be no reason for this treasure to appear here.

Nevertheless, the treasure was right before them.

What should she do? If she obtained it, would she be able to grow up?

Long Shiyan had been shaking all this time. Zi Linglong was able to notice her abnormality as she decided to take the initiative by asking. In turn, after hearing her ask about Long Shiyan’s body, Long Shiyan shook her head, indicating that there was no problem. However, her teeth had been clenched for a while.

The system was floating around silently.

Feng Xiaojing, the service staff next to her, also wanted to ask what was the matter. But before the words left her mouth, she quickly swallowed it back because the auction for the item was over. Long Shiyan’s signs of unwillingness quickly disappeared as she returned back to normal.

But inside, her mind wasn’t calm.

She could have obtained the opportunity to make her body age, but for the sake of the overall situation, she gave up. If she did not use this item when she was young, it wouldn’t have any effects in the future anyway.

She will be stuck in this ten-year old’s body forever. Even if she could temporarily become bigger in the future, she wouldn’t be able to support that transformation for too long.

This was definitely a nightmare!

The auction continued on. After Long Shiyan recovered from her thoughts, the service staff helped them to bid for some small consumable items as if the events that occurred earlier had never happened.

The auction passed by quickly. It could be assumed that the beautiful host was very experienced in hosting the auction. On her face was a smile that could affect people’s hearts.

After waiting for a while, Long Shiyan finally saw the treasure she had been waiting for. 

The beautiful host’s white finger pointed at the small cauldron in front of her and she introduced, “This is a treasure from the Silver Sky Era. Although it is broken, it is still a treasure from the Silver Sky Era and thus, worth collecting. The starting price is 1,000 gold coins.” Her explanation was brief and the crowd was puzzled as they examined the good.

“Is this broken thing really worth 1,000 gold coins?” Zi Linglong carefully observed the treasure, as she did not feel that it was valuable at all. A thousand gold coins were equivalent to 100,000 yuan.

“It’s an ancient treasure from the Silver Sky Era. Although it might be broken, it is still worth collecting for the antique collectors of the Silver Sky Era. It isn’t impossible for someone to spend tens of thousands of gold coins in order to buy it,” Long Shiyan whispered, observing as they were getting ready to sell the item.

Feng Xiaojing didn’t think it was strange that she bought this item because Long Shiyan had already bought several odd items. She was used to her doing so, so buying the lowest priced treasure wasn’t out of the ordinary.

Zi Linglong pondered for a while, yet still couldn’t understand. Therefore, she just asked Long Shiyan directly, “That thing…Sister, what is the Silver Sky Era?”

The service staff, Feng Xiaojing, couldn’t help but glance at them with the corner of her eye.

Long Shiyan looked at the auction as she answered, “The Silver Sky Era was an era with civilization from the ancient times. It has a history of 5.7 million years. The people at that time were extremely developed in magic and Douqi. Saints could be seen everywhere, just like ordinary civilians, and there were many god-level powerful figures.”

“5,700,000 years!” Zi Linglong tried counting on her fingers, yet still couldn’t make heads or tails of this astronomical number. She couldn’t help but look up in horror. “Is 5.7 million years long? So during that era, many powerful people existed?”

“It’s an awfully long period of time! When Elder Sister teaches you basic arithmetic, you will understand how massive of a number 5.7 million really is.” Long Shiyan looked at Zi Linglong’s cute appearance and couldn’t help but reach out and pinch Zi Linglong’s small nose. Then, she said, “According to the history books, there were indeed many strong people during that time period, but after the war of extinction, those strong people left.”

“Why was there a war of extinction?” Zi Linglong displayed her curiosity and eagerness to learn. Whenever she had a question, she began to endlessly ask it. As long as she asked, Long Shiyan would give her an answer.

“The Silver Sky Era was too long ago. I just read a bit about it in the “General History of the Continent”. The real reason is unknown.” Long Shiyan shook her head; she actually didn’t know much about the Silver Sky Era. In the original book, Long Aotian understood that it was just the age when the Saints were like dogs and the gods were running all over the place.

When her parents were still alive, she read many types of history books. Later, when she found out that she was in the world of the novel, she compared the things mentioned in the original with those history books and her knowledge about the real world. From this, she discovered a lot of coincidences between the novel and her knowledge.

In addition to bidding, Feng Xiaojing had been watching over them. Her eyes were also filled with curiosity. She had grown up without reading many books and she only learned how to auction items and do basic arithmetic. She had never heard of the things Long Shiyan had said.

She often learned a lot from customers like Long Shiyan, who shared many things that made her curious and surprised. After going back, she would definitely talk about this to her sisters during today’s story sharing session.

“2500 gold coins going once!”

“2500 gold coins going twice!”

“2500 gold coins going thrice!”

After the sound of a small wooden hammer landing, the host smiled. “This small silver cauldron is sold to the customer in private room 305,” she said, nonchalantly glancing at the location of the box.

After obtaining what she wanted, Long Shiyan couldn’t help but be happy. The purpose of her coming here on this day had been fulfilled.

In the original book, Long Aotian was in seclusion during this time period. The item was actioned to her grandfather, Long Batian. Later, Long Aotian seized it and became the cauldron’s master.

In order to get this thing, she had to research about the cauldron for a long time from the original book, she was able to trace its location to here, and she planned to buy it before it was taken by her grandfather. She did not expect that the end result would be like this.

At the end of the auction, the staff began to send the treasures she purchased one by one. Long Shiyan took out a gold card, handed it to them, and then received the items. The staff connected their card to Long Shiyan’s card and quickly transferred the money between the cards, making the transaction extremely convenient.

Long Shiyan inspected these items, took a crystal necklace, and gave it to Zi Linglong with no explanation.

Zi Linglong was slightly surprised and she hesitated. “Elder Sister, what is this?”

“This is a gift that Elder Sister gave to you.” Long Shiyan put the necklace on Zi Linglong and then, she went back to her seat. Zi Linglong smiled and touched the necklace. She then kissed Long Shiyan’s cheek.

Soon, the second half of the auction began. Since Long Shiyan no longer had a purpose, she just bought a few items at random until Zi Linglong shouted at her for buying too many small items.

After a while, Yu Qingrou soon came back with Long Yuqing. Long Yuqing looked at the goods in front of her and couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows as she asked Long Shiyan. “Yan Yan, did you buy these little things just for fun?”

There were about ten items ranging in size, but the sum of the prices was about 20,000 gold coins. She had used up so much money at once, and now her pocket money was almost gone! She was penniless. In order to re-establish the family’s power and send Long Shiyan and Zi Linglong to school, Long Yuqing would need a lot of money.

“Auntie doesn’t know but these are antiques, so their prices will increase in the future.” Long Shiyan answered.

Long Shiyan swiftly answered her aunt’s worries. On the account of her father, should she give the family’s inheritance to her niece now? She let the employee leave before taking out a small ring. With a wave of a hand, all the items disappeared. She then knelt down and handed the ring to Long Shiyan, asking, “Do you know what this ring is?”

Long Shiyan looked down at it and replied, “Isn’t that a spatial ring?”

“Yes.” Long Yuqing slightly nodded, “This spatial ring is for you to store items. There are 100,000 gold coins in it. It is for you to go to the Holy Spirit Magic School, so don’t spend it casually. Our family isn’t as rich as it used to be.” Her beautiful eyebrows raised, obviously showing her uneasiness.

Long Shiyan took the ring with a serious expression and she nodded heavily. “Yan Yan knows what to do. She won’t spend it casually.”

“Auntie knows where your cousin is right now. He is planning to go to that place later as well. Right now, I can’t accompany you to the Holy Spirit Magic School. Other than gold coins, I have also prepared a lot of clothes, food, and more than half of the books from our family home. You have to conserve them all.” Long Yuqing looked at her solemnly.

Although the girl was very young, she was extremely intelligent. She knew that this girl would be fine, but she still couldn’t help but feel worried when the girl wanted to go so far away.

However, she couldn’t go with her.

Long Shiyan lightly picked up the item and innocently asked, ”By cousin, did you mean Elder Brother Aotian or Elder Brother Pingtian? Where are they?”

“These two are with the old housekeepers.” Long Yuqing’s pretty face burst into a beautiful smile. “They are in the southern region within Tianqiao City and temporarily in seclusion.”

“Tianqiao City is in the remote southern region. Even the Fengyun Empire’s influence doesn’t spread all the way there, yet it is still our Long family’s base. It is indeed a very good place to live.” Long Shiyan paused and said, “Is Auntie planning to go to that place and relocate the Long family house there?”

Long Yuqing nodded in amazement.

“While that place is far from the Fengyun Empire, it isn’t impossible for that place to be invaded. Auntie has to be careful in the future. And now there is a hidden Saint threat, so it is best for Auntie to not expose her own name or beautiful face. It’s also best not to show yourself in public for a while.” Long Shiyan’s stretched her hand out and touched her chin. “After a few years, Auntie won’t have to be afraid of Saints.”

The child’s harmless words caused her to exclaim in astonishment.

Long Yuqing and Yu Qingrou exchanged looks and saw each other’s shocked expressions. At this young age, she was determined to become a Saint? It might be easy to say, but it was extremely difficult to achieve!

Long Yuqing hugged her and chuckled. “The adult’s matters should be solved by adults. Yan Yan should just study hard in school instead of bearing such pressure on your shoulders. This is what I hope for along with my father and mother. Everyone in the family wishes for the same thing, including your parents.”

The family knew about how Long Shiyan matured early but hearing her explain the family’s overall situation caused Long Yuqing to be shocked. She did overturn half the books in the family’s library and in her early years, she traveled with her parents while gaining a lot of experience. Later, when she came back from the Tian Jing Mountain Range, she changed a lot.