Treasure Palace was a mysterious place in Clear Cloud City that nobody dared to go against. No one knew of its real origin, though he had heard rumors that it was back by the Crimson Royal Family.
As its name suggested, it was a place where you could find whatever treasure you desired. Ofcourse, you will have to pay the appropriate price.
Three different auctions were set up by the Treasure Palace. 1st was held the day before the beginning of the tournament which not many people attended as they were either too busy making preparations or too excited to care. Besides, only the rich had the privilege of attending the auctions held by Treasure Palace.
2nd auction was going to be held today after the first phase ended and before the beginning of Fighting Competition tomorrow morning. The last auction was set up to be held after the tournament ended.
The moment Yuan found the Red-tail Rabbit in the examination hall, the idea of selling it in the auction house came into his mind. This was the fastest way for him to make a huge profit without bearing much cost.
Although he could raise the Red-tail Rabbit himself and benefit from its spirit-sensing ability, it wasn't worth the effort. Red also had the same spirit-sensing ability, albeit on a lower scale than the Rabbit. However, Red potential was way higher than the rabbit and its ability would only increase over time. Because of this reason, Yuan decided to sell the beast instead of raising it himself.
In the hellish training under his parents, his mother repeatedly told him that to become powerful and achieve his dreams, he would need a lot of resources. And money was the biggest resource that existed in the world.
The auction was set up to start at 8 pm and a person would have to submit the items two hours earlier than the auction time according to Palace rules. Although the time limit was reduced by one hour because of the tournament, still, there wasn't much time left by the time Yuan arrived at the Treasure Palace entrance.
After paying two silver coin entrance fees, Yuan entered the Treasure Palace. The first floor of the Palace was just like Menghao Beast Pavilion where different items were displayed on the shelves for customers. Yuan glanced at the items for a moment before turning toward the beautiful young retainer standing before him.
"Welcome, mister!" the young retainer welcome him in. "Do you want to participate in the auction or do you want to sell something?"
Yuan's eyebrows rose slightly behind the mask. 'How did she know?' he frowned but he immediately realized he was overreacting. There was no way she knew about the rabbit.
Instead, it was his disguise that spoke volumes. From the way she handled herself, he could tell the female retainer was quite experienced. The instant she saw Yuan in complete black clothes and wearing the mask, she knew he was here for auction.
After a moment, Yuan said, "I want to put something for auction."
The female retainer nodded. "Follow me."
Yuan followed the female and soon stopped before a door at the back of Treasure Palace. "Wait for a moment." Female retainer said and entered the room, waiting giving Yuan a chance to speak.
Yuan sighed and shook his head. "It seems Mother was right. I do need a lot of experience." He muttered to himself. It was his first time auctioning something and he felt very nervous.
Moments later, the gate opened and the girl signaled Yuan to come in.
After taking a big breath to calm himself, Yuan stepped into the room. The first thing he noticed was the size of the room. It was almost 3 times the size of an average room. The walls of the room were decorated with different colorful paintings.
For a moment, Yuan felt he had stepped into a different world. However, it took him only a moment to reorganize himself which amazed the middle-aged woman sitting behind the table. She waved her hand, causing the previous splendor to disappear. Yuan immediately changed his posture, standing on guard and ready to pounce.
Yuan's wild standing posture amazed the middle-aged woman once again as a look of shock appeared on her face. Although with her power level, she could see many weaknesses in it, she still felt not all the weaknesses were real and if she attacked carelessly, she might fall into a trap at any time.
'Just who is he?' Li Shimming wondered, but didn't put much thought into it as she saw people like Yuan on a daily basis.
Yuan had no idea about her thoughts. He even himself didn't even know about the uniqueness of the way he stood just now. He learned this standing posture over the years as he fought different beasts in the Cloudy Forest.
And during the last month, his father helped him further perfect it without telling him anything to avoid putting useless words in his brain. But it was still only at the budding stage. It was upto him to perfect it. Besides, he would have to put in a lot of effort to reach the state where his opponents couldn't find any weakness to attack him.
"Ahm!" Li Shimming coughed slightly before getting straight to the point. "What do you want to put in the auction? I will tell you before you show us anything that we are only accepting rare items for today's auction."
Yuan nodded as he was done reading the rules of the Treasure Palace auction before coming here.
He glanced at Li Shimming, hesitation visible in his eyes. Li Shimming immediately understood his hesitation and reassured him, "You don't have to worry. We, Treasure Palace, are absolutely fair in our dealings and no one will dare to take your treasures in this building."
Upon hearing the words, Yuan felt relieved and took out the small cage containing Red-tail Rabbit.
Li Shimming was speechless. As she opened her mouth to speak, the beautiful retainer spoke first, "What did you mean by this? Are you trying to make fun of Treasure Palace?"
She was wondering what kind of treasure Yuan would take out after hesitating so much, only to be disappointed seeing him taking out petty Red-eyed Rabbit.
"Huh?" a look of confusion appeared on Yuan's face, though it was covered by his mask. Seeing him not speaking, the anger on the girl's face only increased. "Shi Ying" Just as she was about to flare, Li Shimming waved her hand, causing her to calm down.
At this moment, as if something clicked in his mind, Yuan suddenly turned to Li Shimming and exclaimed, "Don't tell me you can't recognize this rabbit?"
Both Li Shimming and Li Shi Ying were once again left speechless, thinking Yuan was too naïve, trying to put dust in their experienced eyes. But then, Yuan added, "It is a Red-tail Rabbit."