By the time they returned to Prince of Guangnan's Mansion, night had already fallen.
They had dinner outside with Mountain-Bearing True Person. After spending the day wandering through Golden Power Market with him and sharing an evening meal, Zhang Tie left Mountain-Bearing True Person a remote-sensing ring he had brought from the Earth Element Realm, then returned to the estate with Bai Suxian.
At the Ten Thousand Treasures Garden, neither Zhang Tie nor Bai Suxian saw the Star of God they had been hoping for. The Star of God had been an especially enticing lure at this Ten Thousand Treasures Convention. Though neither of them had been set on obtaining it, having gone all the way to the Ten Thousand Treasures Garden only to miss it still left them somewhat disappointed.
Of course, they were not the only disappointed ones. At the Ten Thousand Treasures Garden today, many knights who had arrived full of anticipation were disappointed when they failed to see the Star of God.
The explanation given by the Ten Thousand Treasures Garden was that the Star of God had originally been scheduled for public display today, after which it would be auctioned off. Unfortunately, after a small private appraisal gathering for prospective buyers, the Star of God had already been purchased by a mysterious figure. The seller had subsequently canceled the auction plan.
The identity of the seller, the identity of the buyer, the price or terms of the transaction, the function of that Star of God—all such information had become confidential secrets at the request of both seller and buyer.
Bai Suxian had been somewhat indignant about this on the way back, while Zhang Tie was comparatively calm. There was nothing unreasonable about it. The better the item, the more people wanted it, and the less