112: Items in the crystal booth

Coach Huo saw that they weren't reacting and said, "What are you just standing there for? Jiang Xuan, transfer the money! How am I supposed to collect the supplies if you don't transfer the funds!?"

"Oh, oh, right, right!" Jiang Xuan finally reacted and transferred 4 billion star coins to Gu Xiaoyue.

Before the sound of the star coins arriving had even faded, Coach Huo had already collected all the rare treasures on the table into his Yu Beast Space.

"There are two guest rooms. Coach Huo and Assistant Wu can share one, and Assistant Jiang can have the other. Is that alright?" Gu Xiaoyue said as she led them into the guest rooms.

"It's only for one night, it doesn't matter!" Coach Huo said nonchalantly, taking a big gulp of his drink, while Wu Yan followed him into the guest room.

Jiang Xuan also went into the room arranged for her.

After settling them in, Gu Xiaoyue couldn't help but feel a bit worried. She wasn't inviting wolves into her house, was she?

She returned to her room, summoned Xiao Hei, and had it turn invisible.

As for herself, she stayed in Xiao Hei's hidden space for the whole night, only falling into a hazy sleep just before dawn.

The night passed without incident, and Gu Xiaoyue even mocked herself, wondering if she had been too suspicious.

In the near future, she would confirm that her caution was justified.

The auction was scheduled for 6:00 PM, and it was Gu Xiaoyue, Chu Li, and Shui Lingyu who hosted Coach Huo for dinner.

After dinner, they went to the auction venue together with Ye Wanrou, Ye Junhe, and Lin Zhiyi.

Xiao Mingyan saw that Gu Xiaoyue had arrived, with Chu Li and Shui Lingyu by her side.

But he hadn't expected her to arrive with people from the Ye family and the Lin family.

What surprised Xiao Mingyan even more was that Coach Huo from the World Championships National Team had also arrived; he hadn't sent an invitation to them—

He gritted his teeth. To think that Gu Xiaoyue could actually invite Coach Huo!

Yun'er had clearly said she had no real ability and only knew how to use tricks to make Chu Li work for her.

This auction hosted by the Xiao Family was much larger than the one held over a year ago for Gu Xiaoyue's birthday.

The auction items were placed inside individual, fully enclosed crystal display cases.

Gu Xiaoyue followed a staff member to complete the paperwork, and they asked her to place her auction items into similar crystal display cases.

"Is this anti-theft system reliable? My treasures are very expensive; what if they get lost?" She touched the crystal display case and voiced her concerns.

The staff member patiently explained to her, "These crystal display cases are specially made and connected to our anti-theft system. They are extremely sturdy; even a Legendary-tier Beastmaster cannot shatter them."

Gu Xiaoyue rolled her eyes and asked, "What about Mental Power? What if I want to collect the auction items into my Yu Beast Space through it?"

The staff member smiled, as if her question were very naive, "These are designed to block Mental Power. Even Beastmasters with talents above the Heaven Tier cannot collect auction items into their Yu Beast Space through the display case. Look, that over there is the immortal-rank pet egg, the most expensive auction item tonight."

Gu Xiaoyue put on an expression of sudden realization and specifically ran over to take a look at the immortal-rank pet egg.

She tried to probe the egg with her Mental Power, but the crystal display case did not block her Mental Power at all.

She could collect it into her Yu Beast Space!

The staff member had clearly said that this display case could block Mental Power; could it be that it couldn't block the Mental Power of an Immortal Tier talent?

If the crystal display cases weren't effective, this immortal-rank pet egg would likely have vanished long ago.

She returned to the staff member from earlier and took out 2 tianling fruits, 1 hua yu fruit, 1 Soul Exchange Fruit, and 3 portions of 10ml Spirit Cleansing Spring.

"You... this doesn't match the registered quantity?"

"How much did I register, and when did I register it?" Gu Xiaoyue asked, puzzled. From start to finish, she had never stated the quantity of the auction items.

The staff member showed her the form, "Right here: 10 tianling fruits, 5 hua yu fruits, 7 Soul Exchange Fruits, and 20 portions of 10ml Spirit Cleansing Spring."

This was the quantity she had previously listed for sale at the Beastmaster Association.

"The quantities don't match now. I need to report this to Young Master Ming."

The staff member reported to Xiao Mingyan in their work group chat that the quantity of auction items provided by Gu Xiaoyue was incorrect.

Xiao Mingyan arrived shortly after and asked Gu Xiaoyue with some confusion, "Gu Xiaoyue, didn't we agree on this earlier?"

Gu Xiaoyue spread her hands and said with an innocent face, "Didn't I come?"

Xiao Mingyan froze for a second, then couldn't help but laugh. When he had originally invited Gu Xiaoyue, he indeed hadn't specified the quantity of auction items.

"But that day, you clearly—" He wanted to say that before, Gu Xiaoyue had clearly listed many supplies for sale.

Gu Xiaoyue put on a very troubled expression, "Coach Huo was collecting supplies for the National Team, so I sold them all to him. These are the ones I specifically saved for you; otherwise, even this much wouldn't be left!"

Xiao Mingyan struggled to suppress the anger in his chest. Fortunately—the Soul Exchange Fruit and Spirit Cleansing Spring were still there; this wouldn't delay Yun'er from contracting the immortal-rank pet!

Even if Gu Xiaoyue managed to escape this time, it wouldn't be too late to take revenge once Yun'er's immortal-rank pet was raised!

He instructed the staff member to register the items according to the quantity provided by Gu Xiaoyue and place them into the crystal display cases.

Xiao Mingyan then returned to his gentle demeanor, "The auction is about to start; Gu Xiaoyue, go inside and take your seat."

Gu Xiaoyue thought to herself, he really knows how to put on an act.

She casually picked up an auction catalog and entered the venue.

Coach Huo, Chu Li, Shui Lingyu, and Ye Wanrou had all already taken their seats.

They had left a seat for her next to Coach Huo.

The outer area had been crowded and chaotic earlier. Only after sitting down inside the main venue did Gu Xiaoyue notice that He Zhichen, Lv Hao, and Su Anxi were also there.

They must have come for that immortal-rank pet egg.

What a pity, they were going to make this trip for nothing—

Gu Xiaoyue looked at the order of the auction items; they were arranged by the value of star coins.

The cheapest item, qiu mu grass, was auctioned first, followed by her Spirit Cleansing Spring, then han jiang grass, heavenly crafting stone, Golden Herb, tianling fruit, hua yu fruit, Soul Exchange Fruit—and finally, the immortal-rank pet egg.

While she was still studying the auction items, the host on stage had already begun the opening remarks.

The auctioneer finished the introduction for the qiu mu grass and invited the bidders to place their bids.

Since it wasn't a very scarce resource, the few pieces of qiu mu grass were, unsurprisingly, auctioned off for 15 million star coins.

Next was the Spirit Cleansing Spring provided by Gu Xiaoyue, and the auctioneer introduced it as per procedure.

"There hasn't been any Spirit Cleansing Spring on the market for many years!" an old gentleman wearing black-rimmed glasses said with great emotion.

Many bidders nodded in agreement, but it was a pity that there were only 3 portions of Spirit Cleansing Spring at this auction!

Once the discussion had died down, the auctioneer invited everyone to place their bids.

Since it was a scarce consumable, the first portion of Spirit Cleansing Spring was already bid up to 32 million star coins.

Gu Xiaoyue curled the corners of her lips and got up to go to the restroom.

The first two portions of Spirit Cleansing Spring were both sold for 36 million.

Just as the auctioneer was about to ask everyone to bid for the third portion, an attendee went to the restroom and, not long after, ran back into the venue shouting.

"All the auction items outside are gone!"