Chapter 16: The New Luo Auction House

  Taking advantage of the night, Warlight Crazy brought Xiao Piao to the crystal core they had eaten earlier, and chose a secluded place. He tapped his feet in two strange steps, using the wall for leverage, and flipped out.

  After walking for half a time, they finally arrived at Holy Light City. This city indeed deserved its second ranking, with bright lights and bustling night markets. After asking around for the location of the auction house, Gluttony's eyes widened as he saw the food, and he couldn't stop comforting him: "Gluttony, don't worry, don't worry, once our master has money, I'll buy you whatever you want to eat."

  "Alright, alright, master, hurry up, hurry up." Xiaohuo was almost scratching his ears and cheeks.

  The new Luo auction house of the Ga Sheng Empire was founded by the Ximen family, one of the four major families. Every city in the country has a branch. The new Luo auction branch in Holy Light City is a magnificent building with glazed tiles on the roof and auspicious beasts at each corner, holding wind chimes in their mouths that tinkle in the breeze.

  Upon arrival at the door, a sweet-looking girl warmly greeted, "Hello, welcome to Newrow Auction House, is there anything I can help you with?"

  "I have some WoW epic gems that need to be auctioned."

  "Alright, wait a moment, I'll go get the appraiser. Please sit down and have a cup of tea." The girl led her inside, poured another cup of tea for her, then went upstairs.

  He sipped his tea, and with a calm and composed demeanor, he took in the surroundings. He had just walked through a courtyard, past a long corridor to this room. The furniture was all made of high-quality Huangli wood, and the walls were adorned with various decorations. Even the tea was top-grade Bi Luo Chun, leaving a fragrant aftertaste.

  The sound of footsteps came, and the girl from just now led an old man down, "This is our auction house's appraiser Sun Fu, in a moment, please let him do the appraisal for you, look at me, not yet asking Miss..."

  "My surname is Zhan."

  "Miss Zhan, may I take a look at the beast core you'd like to auction?" The appraiser asked with a good attitude, and Zhan Qing was very satisfied with the service.

  He took out the package of demon beast cores from behind his back and poured them onto the table, waiting for him to appraise. As time passed, the appraiser's mouth grew wider and wider, his eyes turned red, and his hands trembled non-stop, despite having a calm smile on his face just moments before.

  "My goodness, my goodness! Nine-star Wind Crystal Core, King-grade Water Crystal Core, King-grade Thunder Crystal Core... and even Saint-grade... Wood Crystal Core, Ice Crystal Core... My goodness, my goodness, so many... Miss War, are you going to auction all of these?" The appraiser finally finished speaking.

  Zhan Light nodded, not selling anything here. At first, he collected these things, not because of the level of these demons, but which one had fresher and more delicious meat, could be used to make food. Gluttons don't care about levels or strength, as long as it's what they like, they'll bite, and the remaining crystal nuclei are naturally utilized as waste!

  "Alright, alright, I'll now give Miss a rough estimate of the value of these magical beast cores."

  A whole half bag of crystal nuclei, Zhan Light Crazy is not in a hurry, waiting for him to finish counting.

  "I'll give you 1,000 white crystal coins for each of the nine-star ones, 1,000 red crystal coins for each of the king-level ones, and 500 purple crystal coins for each of the sacred-level ones. As for the thunder system crystal nuclei and ice system crystal nuclei, I'll also give you 500 purple crystal coins. So, there are 45 nine-star ones, 30 king-level ones, 20 sacred-level ones, and 10 each of the thunder system and ice system ones...". The appraiser was holding an abacus and kept calculating, sweating profusely.

  On this continent, crystal coins are circulating currency. One thousand white crystal coins equal one red crystal coin, one thousand red crystal coins equal one purple crystal coin, and one thousand purple crystal coins equal one colorful crystal coin. If one white crystal coin is equivalent to 1 yuan, then she now has 20,330,000 yuan.

  "Alright, you now have a total of twenty Color Crystals, thirty Purple Crystals, and forty-five Red Crystals. Given the large amount, we'd like to offer you a VIP badge for our auction house, which will grant you priority treatment whenever you visit us in the future. Your crystals are all here, and they can be exchanged for goods at any of our auction houses or other merchant establishments." The appraiser quickly retrieved the badge and respectfully handed it over to her.

  "Thank you, I still have a few Mote of Mana left in my hand, I'll send them over when I have time."

  "That's great, I'll be waiting for your arrival at any time." The appraiser was overjoyed, such a big deal, a major customer! Originally, he was studying a plant upstairs, who would have thought that today would bring a noble guest!

  "By the way, do you have any storage containers here? If so, I can buy one." Recalling the inconvenience of traveling, she decided to just buy a temporary one for now.

  "Wait a moment, I'll have someone bring the auction list right away." The appraiser's words had barely fallen when the girl who had been standing by his side all along handed over the list with great presence of mind.

  "There is one, but the space is too small, I'm afraid it won't meet your requirements. If you're not in a hurry, I'll keep an eye on it for you." The appraiser kept an eye on her expression, seeing her frown and swallow hard.

  Having is better than nothing. Anyway, she just packed some food, seasonings, tents and so on. It's inconvenient to carry bottles and cans every time.

  "It's okay if it's small, will the food spoil inside? How many crystal coins?"

  "It won't be a problem, it's just a bit small, but the quality is definitely guaranteed. If you give me ten red crystals, we have a deal."

  A satisfying one-handed payment and one-handed delivery, Zhan Light Crazy immediately put on the space ring, which looked very simple.

  "Help me exchange some of these red crystals for white ones, take them all out! I'm going to buy something, do you have any backpacks or boxes here?"

  The girl went to give her crystal coins, and the appraiser was with her.

  "Box, package? Look at my memory, not long ago someone sent a duffel bag, but the size is not suitable, so it can't be sold for a good price. I'll take it out and show you now." The appraiser patted his head, saying regretfully.

  Before long, the two returned together, and the crystal coin was placed on the table. The appraiser took out a small arm-length bag with black wavy patterns on top and bottom, three diamond shapes lined up in parallel, and a crystal stone was embedded in the middle diamond shape.

  "This is a pouch made of dark rhinoceros leather, and the crystal embedded in it also has a hidden effect. It can hold many things, but if you put food in it, it won't keep forever."

  Weighing it lightly, Zhong Liang was very satisfied, anyway, it wasn't something she would use.

  "Alright, I'll take this one. How many crystals will it cost?"

  "Anywhere, anywhere, if Miss Zhan likes it, I'll give it to you." The appraiser smiled and waved his hand.

  Warlight didn't put on airs, and acknowledged his feelings. He took out two red crystal coins and gave one to each of them, "It's so late, I've disturbed you, this is the hard work fee for both of you." Tonight's transaction made her have a good impression of New Luo Auction House.

  "Miss Zhan smiled and said, 'It's not hard work, it's not hard work.' The two of them escorted her all the way to the gate, until they couldn't see anyone anymore, before walking back with big smiles on their faces. This Miss Zhan is really generous, a single red crystal coin is something they can't even earn in a year!"

  Walking through the bustling night market, Zhan Light Crazy looked at the street vendors enthusiastically calling out, every time he walked to a food stall, Zhan Light Crazy bought a big push without saying a word, the gluttony on his shoulder ah wow wow, eating with big mouth, round and shiny eyes all smiled.

  "Master, master, that glutinous rice cake is delicious, and the udon noodles from earlier, and the honey dates, dried fruit..."

  "Enjoy your meal and eat more, after all, you're the one who earned those crystals. Do you want another one? I'll buy it for you." Zhan Qing stroked its head with a pampering tone.

  "That one, that red fruit, I've never seen it before." Gluttony swallowed the pastry in his paws and pointed ahead.

  It was actually sugar gourd! Bought two strings from the vendor, holding the treats in her arms to prevent them from getting on her clothes.

  "Ahhh" with one mouthful, eating deliciously, in a little while, the eyes became moist and sour.

  "Sour already!" Zhan Qing laughed at it.

  "Not sour, not sour, very delicious, would you like some, master?" As he said that, he handed it over with his small paws.

  "I won't eat it, give it all to the gluttons!" As for desires of the mouth and stomach, Zhaoyun is not too concerned.

  One person, one beast, played until the lanterns were first lit, and then returned to the academy. That night, Zhan Qingcang modified the expandable bag, installed two shoulder straps, added a rope that could be tied on top, and called Gluttony to try it out. It was just right when worn on its back.

  Then, the first divine beast that ran errands for its master was born. It went happily every time, overjoyed to the point of being unable to contain itself. Since it couldn't speak yet, Warlight and Crazy put written notes and crystal coins in its backpack, letting it go to the New Luo Auction House to exchange them. The first time Gluttony returned from a feast, there was an extra note in its backpack - the appraiser asking if they needed anything, offering help. However, seeing how much fun Gluttony was having, Warlight and Crazy politely declined. Every now and then, they would let Gluttony go out to make purchases again, buying food they needed as well as snacks for Gluttony itself.

  So, recently in the market of Holy Light City, a black figure can always be seen. The stall owners almost all recognize it now, and at first, they were startled, but every time the little guy would point to what was needed, and then its small paws would pay with crystal coins. After many times, everyone got used to it, and some food vendors found it cute and would always give two extra pieces. Of course, there are those who have ulterior motives, but who is that glutton? That's a divine beast! Is that speed something you can catch up to if you want to? If it gets angry, it will directly bite you to death, clean and neat. Fortunately, it still can't speak now, and no one has any suspicions, thinking it's just someone's clever pet, always buying things for its owner. If they knew it was a divine beast, wouldn't they go crazy?! So, only people like Warlight, who don't treat the divine beast as a treasure, would let it do this and that, and only Gluttony, this short-sighted beast, is happy to work every time, with an "I'm laboring, I'm glorious" attitude. Ah! What a good beast, being ruined by Warlight's sugar-coated cannonballs like this!

  The luxurious mansion was left unattended, the evil master was busy fighting in a distant land, and she was desperately acquiring knowledge. Since then, except for meal times, she had spent almost all her time in the library, finishing two-thirds of the books, and every night returning to her living quarters to practice her spiritual power. Her days were spent shuttling between the cloud pavilion, kitchen, and library, with no time to listen to the harsh instructor's coarse teachings at the Lingyun Hall, knowledge she had already acquired in the library.