The Matter is Over

"Distinguished guest, please wait a moment while we send someone to inform the manager. Only managers and above are qualified to conduct transactions of such a large amount." A maidservant spoke respectfully as Lin Ming walked out of the auction house to hand over the Storage Ring he had auctioned.

"Hurry up! I don't have much time to wait for you." Lin Ming said calmly to the maid. As for the "old man" part, Lin Ming had changed his voice as soon as he arrived, making it sound quite old.

"Distinguished guest, our manager will be here shortly," the maid replied cautiously. The auction house was extremely pleased if these VIPs wanted to manipulate maids like them. After all, those who could become VIPs were people of considerable power and influence. If a mere maid could maintain a good relationship with these people, the auction house would be overjoyed.

For these maids, their fate was already sealed, and they had no way to resist. Naturally, they fantasized about a handsome young man taking them away. But now, Lin Ming from Lin Ming's voice, he was clearly an old man, which didn't fit their expectations.

If Lin Ming were to make a move, they would naturally be powerless to resist. But since Lin Ming hasn't made a move yet, they would absolutely not flaunt themselves to try and pique Lin Ming interest.

Ignoring the maid, Lin Ming waited inside the house.

"Distinguished guest, I apologize for keeping you waiting." A middle-aged man arrived shortly after and said.

"Let's see how much of the difference we need to pay." Upon seeing the middle-aged man arrive, Lin Ming had no intention of chatting with him any longer and simply tossed out his VIP Token.

"Honorable guest, the pills you auctioned totaled 1.7 million Gold Coin. Our auction house takes a 10% cut of the auctioned items. However, because you are a VIP, we receive a discount on your auctioned pills, taking only 8%. So, of the 1.7 million Gold Coin you auctioned, we take 136,000 Gold Coin. Your profit is 1.564 million Gold Coin."

"What I just mentioned was the profit from your auction of the pills. Then you bought the Spirit Absorption item, spending four million Gold Coin. After deducting the Gold Coin you spent on the auction of the pills, you still need to pay an additional two million four hundred and thirty-six thousand Gold Coin. However, we have some discounts for VIPs. So, VIPs, you only need to pay two million four hundred thousand Gold Coin, and the odd change will be waived." The middle-aged man explained the details of his auction to Lin Ming.

Lin Ming had no objection to the middle-aged man's explanation and directly took out a Gold Coin card and gave it to the man.

Of course, it's impossible to carry four million Gold Coin around all the time. Fortunately, this world also has money shops, just like banks in my previous life, where you can store Gold Coin and make transactions through Gold Card.

The middle-aged man wasn't surprised to see the Gold Card Lin Ming produced. After all, those who could become VIPs were all people worth millions. It was perfectly normal for them to produce Gold Card.

After receiving the Gold Card, the middle-aged man deducted 2.4 million from it and then handed the Gold Card, along with Lin Ming's auction item Spirit Absorption, to Lin Ming.

After receiving the Gold Card and the Spirit Absorption charm, and confirming that both were correct, Lin Ming put them away. Then, after glancing at Zi Yan, Lin Ming got up and prepared to leave.

"Distinguished guest, if you have any more pills you wish to auction, please come back to me. If you have even higher-grade pills, the discount can be even greater," the middle-aged man said as Lin Ming was about to leave.

Lin Ming didn't speak, he just nodded, and then led Zi Yan outside.

Shortly after Lin Ming left, a Red-Faced Elder appeared in the room where Lin Ming had just been.

"Elder Qi, was that old man who just left Alchemist?" the middle-aged man asked respectfully upon seeing the Red-Faced Elder's arrival.

The Red-Faced Elder in front of them, though not a very good person, was the most skilled Alchemist in the Black Emperor Sect, reaching the level of Tier 5 Alchemist. As a result, apart from the Sect Master and a very few others, everyone else had to treat him with utmost respect.

"Unless his alchemy skills surpass mine, he could never be Alchemist," the Red-Faced Elder said arrogantly, seeing the middle-aged man ask so respectfully.

The Red-Faced Elder had been sensing Lin Ming from the side, and in his perception, Lin Ming's Soul Power was not at the level of Alchemist.

Under the powerful Soul Power of this Tier 5 Alchemist, unless the person's Soul Strength surpasses his own, allowing them to easily fake their Soul Power strength and make it impossible for others to discern the truth, then this person cannot possibly be Alchemist.

"With your alchemy skills, Elder Qi, in the Black Corner Region, apart from the Medicine Emperor who can surpass you, who else can rival Elder Qi? Let alone anyone who can defeat you. It seems this person was just lucky to find some pills." Upon hearing the Red-Faced Elder's words, the middle-aged man immediately spoke respectfully.

Although the middle-aged man's words contained elements of flattery, a large part of them were also true.

In the Black Corner Region, the only publicly acknowledged 6th Grade Alchemist is Medicine Emperor Han Feng. The other major powers, while possessing Tier 5 Alchemist, are at best comparable to Elder Qi, or even slightly superior. Therefore, the middle-aged man's words were almost entirely sincere.

"Alright, I have other matters to attend to, so I won't stay here any longer." The Red-Faced Elder was quite satisfied with what the middle-aged man said. However, he had been listening to these words the whole time, and of course he wouldn't stay here bored just because of a few words.

"Respectfully seeing off Elder Qi." After respectfully seeing Elder Qi off, the middle-aged man also left on his own.

"Lin Ming, was something wrong just now?" Having known Lin Ming for so many years, Zi Yan was naturally very familiar with Lin Ming. Lin Ming had noticed his unusual behavior immediately, which was why Zi Yan only asked now, after they had left the Black Emperor Sect Zi Yan.

"Just now, a rather powerful Soul Power was probing us. It must be Tier 5 Alchemist from the Black Emperor Sect," Lin Ming said in response to Zi Yan's question.

"Hehe, it seems you're still better, Lin Ming." Zi Yan said with a smile after hearing Lin Ming say that someone had been spying on the two of them.

Although Zi Yan acted like a child, she wasn't really one. The fact that the two of them were able to leave the Black Emperor Sect despite being investigated meant that the other party hadn't discovered anything.

To be able to block the detection of a Tier 5 Alchemist, one must be even stronger than that Tier 5 Alchemist. Therefore, it is obvious who is stronger.

"Alright, we've explored the Black Corner Region, it's time to head back." Lin Ming said with a faint smile in response to Zi Yan's suggestion.

"Alright! Back to your family, Lin Ming!"