A Fresh, Tender Little Chive

When Mo Tang arrived at the Miter Auction House, the one who received him was not some seductive, stunning beauty, but an utterly ordinary greasy middle-aged man.

After all, this was not Wutan City, and there was no little enchantress like Ya Fei here.

"What does sir intend to auction?"

The middle-aged man asked with a beaming smile.

Since he was not a beauty, Mo Tang naturally had no interest in wasting words with him. He directly took out the Gale Eagle Magic Core stored in a jade box and said, "A Fourth-Tier Wind Attribute Magic Core."

The middle-aged man's eyes immediately lit up.

Magic Cores were not particularly rare, but Magic Cores that had reached the fourth tier were extremely scarce.

After all, they came from Demonic Beasts comparable to Dou Spirit level strong individuals. There were probably only a handful of people in all of Black Rock City capable of killing Demonic Beasts of that level.

"Can you arrange the auction as soon as possible?"

Mo Tang was urgently in need of money, so naturally, he hoped to auction it off sooner.

The middle-aged man looked slightly troubled. "Sir, the Miter Auction House's annual Summer Grand Auction will be held in a month. If you give us time to promote such a valuable Magic Core, it may fetch an even higher price then."

A month?

Mo Tang could not wait that long.

He was planning to raise his strength a little more before taking a trip to the Demonic Beast Mountain Range.

"Forget it. Arrange it as soon as possible."

The middle-aged man was somewhat regretful, but since it was the owner's request, they naturally had no reason to object.

"Hehe, of course that won't be a problem. My lord, take this to Auction Room No. 2. An Auction is being held there right now, and your Magic Core can be the final lot. It will be sold shortly!"

The middle-aged man smiled as he handed over a jet-black iron token.

"Mm."

Casually accepting the iron token, Mo Tang did not linger and walked out of the room under the other man's gaze.

Led by a female attendant, Mo Tang entered the ongoing Auction.

The moment he entered, the bright surroundings dimmed, while waves of clamor flooded into his ears.

The auction hall was enormous, easily capable of accommodating hundreds or even thousands of people. At that moment, beneath the lights at the center of the hall, a White-robed Elder was passionately explaining the functions of an item in his hand to everyone present.

Mo Tang had no interest in any of it. He merely waited boredly for his Magic Core to appear.

Finally, just as the Auction was about to end, the old man suddenly received a whisper from a maid. His expression immediately turned excited as he shouted, "Hehe, everyone, the auction house has just received a new lot. I believe everyone will be interested in it."

A silver tray was brought up, covered by a layer of red silk.

Watching the curious gazes of the crowd below, the old man gave a mysterious smile before abruptly lifting the red silk.

"A Fourth-Tier Wind Attribute Magic Core!"

"Everyone! This is a Fourth-Tier Wind Attribute Magic Core, and from the rather rare Gale Eagle at that. This is a Demonic Beast comparable to a Dou Spirit level strong individual. There is no need for this old man to explain the value of its Magic Core, is there?"

Seeing the crowd below already beginning to stir, the old man nodded inwardly.

He was quite satisfied with his ability to stir up the crowd's emotions...

"Hehe, the starting price for this Magic Core is fifty thousand Gold Coins. Please begin bidding!"

"Fifty-two thousand!" The moment the old man finished speaking, someone called out a price.

"Fifty-five thousand!" Another bid followed close behind.

Seeing his Magic Core take the stage, Mo Tang also perked up.

However, just as he was delighted by the steadily rising price, a voice suddenly drifted into his ears.

"Huh? A Fourth-Tier Wind Attribute Magic Core? Perfect. Teacher wants to refine a Wind Control Pill and happens to be short of a Fourth-Tier Wind Attribute Magic Core..."

Mo Tang raised a brow and followed the voice with his gaze.

It belonged to a girl of seventeen or eighteen, whose pretty face was also quite beautiful and captivating.

Her figure was somewhat petite, yet her development was rather astonishing...

Curved where she should be curved, slender where she should be slender. Her youthful face paired with her full, mature body gave her a unique charm.

However, that was not what caught Mo Tang's attention. It was the fact that she was wearing a set of tight-fitting purple alchemist robes...

It even carried a hint of uniform temptation.

But alchemist robes were not something one could wear casually!

Just as Mo Tang wondered whether she was some alchemical genius, his gaze fell on her chest, where he discovered there was no badge indicating a grade.

In other words, this girl was, at most, an alchemist apprentice.

"You want this Fourth-Tier Magic Core... What a coincidence..."

In Mo Tang's eyes, this beautiful girl had already turned into a fresh, tender little chive, swaying in the wind before him as though welcoming his sickle.

The bidding continued for a while longer before the calls gradually weakened. At the same time, the girl spoke calmly, "Ninety thousand!"

The instant her bid fell, the venue went quiet. Some people looked toward her alchemist robes and could only sit back down dejectedly. They neither had the strength nor the courage to compete with an alchemist.

Seeing the bidding suddenly stall, the old man onstage became somewhat anxious.

After all, he believed this item should fetch at least a hundred thousand Gold Coins...

Yet unexpectedly, after that young alchemist girl spoke, no one dared make another sound!

Once the old man onstage clearly saw the girl's face, he sucked in a breath.

Naturally, he recognized this girl, as she had worked with the Miter Auction House many times...

This girl was Lin Fei Heister, the disciple of Master Otto, the Vice President of the city's Alchemist Association and one of Black Rock City's only two Fourth-grade Alchemists. She was also the little princess of the city's Great Clan, the Heister Family!

There was no helping it. Since this little lady had made a move, everyone else naturally had to give her face.

With a sigh, the old man spoke helplessly, "Since no one is raising the bid, then this Fourth-Order Demonic Beast, the Gale Eagle's Magic Core, shall go to..."

Before he could finish, a voice suddenly rang out and interrupted him.

"One hundred thousand!"

In an instant, quite a few people turned toward the source of the voice.

There sat a black-clothed young man, calm and composed, completely ignoring all the gazes around him.

The one who had suddenly spoken was naturally Mo Tang.

Damn it! Something that should have sold for a hundred thousand Gold Coins, and you want to take it away for ninety thousand? Then what the hell was the point of putting it up for auction?!

He had already raised his sickle, ready to bring it down, and now this little chive actually dared to have ideas of her own. How could he tolerate that!

Although raising his own price like this was somewhat underhanded and could easily offend the Miter Auction House...

The price was simply far too different from what he had expected, so Mo Tang could only step in himself.