The usher looked at these guests who were demanding an explanation from him, his face wearing a fawning smile, while in his heart he was already cursing under his breath.

You want an explanation from me, but whom do I ask for an explanation? These people are really troublesome. They already enjoy enough privileges.

And now, because of someone else’s even higher privilege, they come questioning someone like me, born a servant. Isn’t this stabbing right at my heart?

"That noble holds a Supreme Invitation Letter."

The smile on the usher’s face remained unchanged as he spoke this with utmost respect.

Upon hearing this, the originally noisy crowd was immediately silenced as if someone pressed the pause button, and all quieted down.

Everyone’s expressions turned as if they had seen a ghost.

The next second, the quiet scene suddenly boiled over, like a drop of water hitting a pot of boiling oil.

"Supreme Invitation Letter!!!"

"Heavens, it’s actually a Supreme Invitation Letter. Divine Sword Manor hasn’t invited such a noble in decades, has it?"

"No wonder I thought that woman with the mask was so dignified earlier. As expected of someone who can hold a Supreme Invitation Letter!"

...

The usher watched these people gathered outside the mountain gate, changing from dissatisfaction at first to admiration, as if that noble was someone they knew.

If only his status was worthy, otherwise he would surely mock these people for playing both the high and the low, an act they had mastered.

The Young Master of Divine Sword Manor, upon hearing reports from his subordinates that a guest holding a Supreme Invitation Letter had arrived,

didn’t care about the current guests he was entertaining and brought a group to welcome Yun Ran.

Others witnessing this scene were also a bit confused and quickly pulled aside someone who had just entered from outside to ask: "What is Young Master Xue doing?"

"He must be headed towards the person holding the Supreme Invitation Letter; many people have already found out."

If it were any other affair, these people who held themselves in such high esteem might genuinely have no interest and would rather stay here socializing with other families.

But when it comes to someone who can obtain a Supreme Invitation Letter, they certainly have to go and have a look.

As is well known, Divine Sword Manor has not issued a Supreme Invitation Letter in decades.

They are not stingy or unwilling to send it. If the other party doesn’t need it, they don’t even have an address to send it to.

No one knows the exact identity of someone who can acquire a Supreme Invitation Letter.

The only certainty is that such a person is by no means ordinary.

"This is someone spoken of in legends. Why don’t we go and take a look?"

"We must see. This auction really was worth attending."

"It’s quite stuffy in here. Why don’t we go out and get some fresh air too?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

...

Young Master Xue had just left with his people when many others who remained there to make small talk also found excuses to follow out.

The sedan chair was carried very steadily along the way; Yun Ran did not even feel much of a bump, much better than the previous carriage.

Soon, the sedan chair landed in front of a small building in Divine Sword Manor, specially reserved for guests with a Supreme Invitation Letter.

Other guests, wanting to enter the auction house, could only do so through its entrance, but only this small building was special.

The position on the building allowed one to see the entire inner area of the auction house; it even made it clear what other guests were doing.

As long as Yun Ran wished, she could come and go without disturbing anyone in the auction house.

"My noble, we’ve arrived."

Ma San glared at the sedan chair carriers, almost telling them they lacked discernment. How could tending to the master fall to outsiders!

He then took the lead in lifting the curtain of the sedan chair, and Yun Ran glanced at this small building, noting a not-weak protective array at the entrance.

Such an array, once activated, would prevent others from entering, and even if they screamed their lungs out outside, they could not disturb those inside.

"Didn’t expect Divine Sword Manor to be so lavish—quite impressive."

This small building looked rather new, but the lingering aura inside was barely detectable, proving that hardly anyone easily set foot in it.

Ma San was just about to step forward to inspect the small building when Yun Ran raised her hand to stop him: "No need to check, there’s no problem with this small building."

Since entering Divine Sword Manor, Yun Ran had activated her Heavenly Eye.

For a power capable of auctioning the Heavenly Book Fragment, not taking any precautions or measures upon entering would indeed be asking for trouble.

Ma San immediately halted, faithfully following behind Yun Ran, maintaining the perfect posture of an attendant.

Yun Ran stepped into the small building, and the scene inside changed dramatically.

Ma San followed inside, and from his perspective, everything in the building came to life, even attacking him.

This scene scared Ma San so much that his face went pale in an instant.

Even someone like him, accustomed to various brutal scenes, couldn’t handle the sight of objects coming to life and trying to tear him apart.

Just when Ma San felt something had entangled his limbs, with a piercing cold pain on the verge of overwhelming him,

a sudden loud shout exploded in his ears: "How dare you!"

Yun Ran’s voice, at that moment, was like celestial rain bringing salvation, rescuing Ma San from the intense pain and fear instantly.

After calming down, Ma San found himself twisted under a small table.

Such a tiny gap clearly could not accommodate his bulky frame; no wonder he felt pain all over earlier.

And Yun Ran, at that moment, was casually sitting on a stool, her fingers gently tapping the tea table beside her.

Meeting Yun Ran’s gaze, Ma San felt too embarrassed to speak, never thinking he would have such a humiliating moment.

Struggling to crawl out from under the table, Ma San didn’t even have time to care for the injuries strangled onto his body.

He knelt directly on the ground: "Master, I disgraced you."

Yun Ran did not immediately let Ma San rise, her gaze sweeping over those temporarily behaved items.

Not knowing what Yun Ran was thinking, Ma San only knelt, frequently reflecting on whether he was too foolish, where his mistakes lay...

"Stand up."

Ma San didn’t feel even a bit that he...

Not knowing what Yun Ran was thinking, Ma San only knelt, frequently reflecting on whether he was too foolish, where his mistakes lay...

"Stand up."

Ma San didn’t feel even a bit that he...

"Stand up."

Ma San didn’t feel even a bit that he...