111: Stardust, stars
"Business?"
Liang Jingsi was slightly startled.
"That's right. I'm entrusting this King Beast to your Qingyun Rare Goods Auction House. What kind of arrangement can you offer me?"
Auction. Liang Jingsi suddenly recalled the grand auction of the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit last time.
She knew very well that if this Sun Moon Wolf King, which possessed a domain Skill, could be sold at their Qingyun Rare Goods Auction House, it would instantly make a name for them and reverse the awkward situation their auction house currently faced in Liuguang City.
In a short moment, her thoughts raced, and finally, she composed herself and looked at the smiling Luo Chen.
"Shopkeeper Luo, for this King Beast, we can agree not to charge any commission and treat it as the ultimate treasure. How does that sound?"
Liang Jingsi's condition was already within Luo Chen's expectations, but he wanted more than just that.
"Besides these, I have one more condition. That is, within the remaining seven days, you must promote this Beast using the slogan I specify."
Liang Jingsi suddenly had a bad premonition. "What slogan?"
"Chenyang Pet Store entrusts Qingyun Rare Goods Auction House to sell the rare King-Ranked Beast, Sun Moon Wolf King."
Sure enough, Liang Jingsi knew that the same tactic as with the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit had reappeared.
It was still using the Qingyun Rare Goods Auction House to advertise his own pet store.
However, at this moment, Liang Jingsi felt that this condition was not too difficult to accept, because the Qingyun Rare Goods Auction House urgently needed a treasure like the Sun Moon Wolf King to be sold at their auction house.
Without much hesitation, Liang Jingsi smiled and nodded, "I accept this condition on behalf of Qingyun Rare Goods Auction House."
"That's excellent. Happy cooperation."
Liang Jingsi also smiled and nodded, "Happy cooperation."
"Miss Liang, you've been picking for so long. Have you chosen your Beasts?" After discussing the matters of the Sun Moon Wolf King, Luo Chen curiously inquired about Liang Jingsi's Beast selection.
In fact, Luo Chen was more hopeful that she could buy all the Beasts, which would save him the trouble of opening the store and facing the surging crowds.
However, this was just a thought, because the prices of the Beasts he was selling this time were quite high, and he believed that the Liang Corporation currently did not have that much liquid capital to buy them all.
"Shopkeeper Luo, I plan to choose these Beasts."
Liang Jingsi handed her small notebook to Luo Chen, which had the names of the Beasts she wanted to buy written on it.
One Ice Domain Snow Lotus, 3.5 million spirit coin.
One Fragrant Lily of the Valley, 4.2 million spirit coin.
One Xi Guang Ling Sparrow, 1.25 million spirit coin.
One Ghost Hair Rune Grass, 1.3 million spirit coin.
One Miyan Silent Sound Finch, 1.4 million spirit coin.
Total price: 11.65 million spirit coin.
After confirming that Luo Chen had finished reading the contents of the notebook, Liang Jingsi chuckled and said, "Shopkeeper Luo, what do you say we round it up? I'll give you 12 million spirit coin, and you can give me a discount on that Golden Winged Light Butterfly."
The Golden Winged Light Butterfly was considered the most ordinary among this batch of Beasts in the store. It had no Earth-Tier Skills, and its Aptitude was only of good quality.
Originally, Luo Chen had thought of keeping this fellow in his secret realm as an ornamental Spirit Affinity, but its personality was a bit special, belonging to the particularly combative Type.
When placed in the secret realm, it would constantly cause trouble. Although it was currently at Spirit Rank eight stars, Luo Chen had only priced it at 600,000 spirit coin, intending to sell it at a discount.
Now, Liang Jingsi's suggestion naturally pleased Luo Chen, as long as this restless Golden Winged Light Butterfly could be sold.
However, he naturally couldn't show too much joy on his face. He maintained his demeanor and nodded, "You're a big customer, so I'll give it to you at a low price."
A bright smile bloomed on Liang Jingsi's face.
"Then thank you, Shopkeeper. In the future, if you have any Beasts you want to auction, please be sure to contact Qingyun Rare Goods Auction House. Not only will we give you the most favorable auction terms, but we will also definitely achieve a price that satisfies you."
"Alright, next time for sure."
Although Luo Chen's words sounded a bit strange to Liang Jingsi, she didn't think much of it and sincerely thanked Luo Chen again.
Hearing Liang Jingsi's sincere thanks, Luo Chen felt a little embarrassed. He rubbed his nose.
He actively took out the Beasts Liang Jingsi had chosen from their cages.
Seeing the Beasts after they came out of their cages, Liang Jingsi was somewhat surprised to find that their sizes had changed so much compared to when they were in the cages.
This cage had also been enchanted with space-related Skills. Liang Jingsi shook her head slightly; this pet store was too wealthy.
Now, regarding the relatively small size of that Giant Elephant, she seemed to be able to understand it.
She forgot to try choosing a Giant Elephant as the last extra. Perhaps the 'generous' Shopkeeper Luo would agree.
Liang Jingsi had arrived just after noon, but it was already evening when she left the store.
As Liang Jingsi left contentedly with the six Beasts she had purchased, Luo Chen looked at the many empty cages.
He then brought out many more Beasts of the same race that Liang Jingsi had taken from the secret realm, filling the empty spaces in the cages.
However, no second Fragrant Lily of the Valley or Sun Moon Wolf King appeared. There were some in the secret realm, but not many, so Luo Chen decided not to bring them out for sale for now.
Suddenly, Luo Chen looked at the shop next door that Chang Guiheng had left him. To be honest, he hadn't yet thought about how to utilize it.
He also wondered if this shop could now be counted among the system-bound shops. It seemed he had heard the system's voice very rarely recently.
"System, System, calling System."
The dull system voice sounded, "I'm here, please speak."
"The shop next door theoretically belongs to me now, so can it also be included in the range of bound shops?"
"This operation can only be completed when the shop undergoes its next upgrade," the system explained, being quite cooperative.
Luo Chen nodded in satisfaction. Now the shop's area could be expanded even further.
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Star Moon City.
As one of the ten Upper Cities currently existing in Huaguo, compared to the dignified, grand, and prosperous capital, it exuded more of a beautiful and peaceful aura.
The Beast Master Competition in Star Moon City was held in the evening, because the Breeder Competition was held during the day.
Chang Guiheng's figure appeared in the Illusion World, entering his designated battle arena.
As soon as he entered the arena, the cheers from below erupted as if on cue.
Among them were members of his own Chang family whom he knew, and even more unfamiliar strangers, whose expressions made it seem as if he was very famous in Star Moon City.
He was indeed famous, but his fame was in the capital, not in Star Moon City where his family resided.
The Chang family had truly exerted a lot of effort to maintain their relationship with him.
In fact, they didn't need to be so cautious. As long as they made no major mistakes, he would eventually be willing to protect the Chang family, even though his relationship with them wasn't particularly close.
Today was the fifth round of the competition. Compared to the millions of competitors in Star Moon City, the competition had only just begun.
In the previous five matches, he had only used one Beast, the Moonstar Spirit.
Compared to when Luo Chen first gave it to him, the Moonstar Spirit's Skills and information had undergone earth-shattering changes.
"race: Moonstar Spirit
Rank: King Beast Two Stars
Type: Light-Type · Stellar · Moonlight
State: Leisurely and at ease
Aptitude: Excellent
Skills: 1. Starlight Fall (Profound Tier): The Moonstar Spirit summons starlight to infuse into the target's body, healing internal injuries within a short period.
2. Starburst (Earth Tier): The Moonstar Spirit throws star particles into the target area, detonating them when needed.
3. Moon-Guided Starstart (Earth Tier): The Moonstar Spirit bestows a Stellar blessing upon the target, allowing the target to receive the power of starlight and enhance their physique.
4. Moon Summoning Art (Earth Tier): The Moonstar Spirit summons the moon, providing comprehensive buffs to itself, and can also fire moonlight from the moon to attack targets.
5. Shared Radiance (Profound Tier): The Moonstar Spirit designates a target to share in the radiance, instantly replenishing consumed energy, and applying a radiance State to itself and the target, allowing Skills and attacks to deplete the target's internal energy.
6. Stellar Domain (Earth Tier): The Moonstar Spirit summons a domain within its surrounding area, transforming the weather into a sky full of twinkling stars. Stars will fall from the sky at irregular intervals, with different stars having different effects.
It deals damage and negative effects (stun) to enemy targets, and provides healing, energy recovery, and State buffs (speed increase, reaction ability increase, etc.) to friendly targets.
7. Stardust (Earth Tier): The fragmented dust of stars, when scattered like smoke, will absorb surrounding energy or elements, making it difficult for other targets to receive energy replenishment from the outside world."