Mo Xiang's lips curled into a grin. "182 gold coins."
Qiu Zhi was exasperated as she glared at room 02. For the first time in her life, she wasn't able to get what she wanted. But after a moment, she sighed and shook her head. She knew there was no use being frustrated as she couldn't do anything.
"182 gold coins, going once!" Bloody Hand sharp voice sounded in the all, attracting everyone's attention back to the auction.
Only 4 people were remaining.
"185 gold coins," Yang Jun spoke lightly.
Mo Xiang gritted his teeth as he glared toward room 03. Just like Qiu Zhi, he was also running low on gold coins and was hoping others didn't have much either.
"186 gold coins," Ni Kang added.
"187 gold coins," Hang Jie said.
"190 gold coins," Yang Jun bid again.
Mo Xiang sighed and gave up with a bitter smile on his face. He was now deeply regretting spending 30 gold coins on the Cloth Armor earlier. Soon, Ni Kang also gave up. Only Han Jie and Yang Jun continued bidding.
"198 gold coins,"
"200 gold coins," Yang Jun calmly added. He was a Grade-3 Alchemy Apprentice from Profound Pill Valley and alchemy was the richest profession out of all.
Han Jie let out an exasperated sigh. He had already bought a 5-petal Lotus Flower with 120 gold coins and 200 gold coins were exactly what he had remaining on him. Although he could gather some from others, from Yang Jun's calm tone, he could tell that his funds were ample.
He sighed and placed one final bid, "201 gold coins,"
"202 gold coins," Yang Jun once again spoke.
Han Jie sighed. "You win, Yang Jun."
Yang Jun took out a breath of relief as his lips rose into a big smile, "Thank you, everyone. I will be taking the Rabbit."
Without waiting for Bloody Hand to end the bidding, he jumped down from the upper floor and made his way toward the stage. Bloody Hand grinned brightly as he welcomed him on the stage and brought him before the cage.
After looking at the small creature in the cage for a moment, Yang Jun face brightly lit up, and waved his hand. A small pouch flew in the air and landed in Bloody Hand. Bloody Hand happily received the pouch and passed it to the attendant before turning toward Yang Jun, "Thank you for your patronage."
Yang Jun nodded and directly left the hall with the cage in his hands with a happy smile on his face. He wanted to tame the rabbit as soon as possible. Bloody Hand signaled the attendant to bring the next item immediately so as to not diffuse the momentum.
After the auction of Red-tail Rabbit ended, Yuan silently left the hall and walked toward the room where he met Li Shiming earlier.
Soon he entered the room again and instead of the middle-aged woman he expected to see, a beautiful girl was calmly sitting behind the table. "Uh, Hello!"
The girl raised her head and turned toward him. "Oh! Senior, you are here! Wait for a moment, I will get you your money." She hurriedly left the room.
Yuan was shocked. He felt the girl was familiar but couldn't remember where he had seen her before. After a few minutes, she came back with a tray in her hands filled with gold coins. "Your 192 gold coins after taking the 5% fee of the Palace."
Yuan eyes gleamed with golden light when he saw so many gold coins in front of him. He couldn't believe ears that these gold coins belonged to him. With shaky hands, he took the gold coins and stored them in his normal storage bag.
Only after storing them in his storage bag, he was able to calm himself. Still, there was a wide smile on his face behind the black cloak.
"Senior, this is for you." the girl passed him a silver-colored card with the name Treasure Palace imprinted on it. "In the future, if you were to buy anything from the Palace, with this card you will get up to 20% discount. Not only that, if you want to auction something, you will be charged a 2% less fee than the norm."
Yuan eyebrows rose in surprise as he accepted the card. He never expected the receive such a gift.
"Thank you." he thanked her from the bottom of his heart.
Although he knew she had misunderstood him being a powerful cultivator and gifted him this card, he still felt grateful. This card was something not many could get even if they wanted to. And with Treasure Palace being present almost everywhere in Amber Realm, he could only imagine how much this card would help in the future.
The girl shook her head. "I hope Senior would consider Treasure Palace first if you want to sell anything in the future."
"Of course." Yuan immediately agreed. He would be an idiot if he didn't agree to her request since she had just gifted him the card. He bid her goodbye and left the Treasure Palace in a jubilant mood. However, he still had no idea that the girl was none other than Li Shiming.
Yuan had planned everything meticulously. People attention was focused on tomorrow's Fighting competition while the higher-ups were busy in the auction. So no one suspected him and he was easily able to leave the city.
Just as he exited the city gate, Red appeared before him with Silver in tow. Through his contract with Red, he had already asked him to stealthily bring Silver along when he stepped outside the Treasure Palace earlier. He didn't want them to be captured by his mother again.
The pet owner could contact their pet if it was within a certain range, which is usually 1 km or less.
Yuan didn't rent the horse, fearing that someone might recognize him, and began walking on foot. It took him half a day to reach the camp area, But instead of going to the camp like usual, he directly ventured into the forest.