"Your Majesty Ye Luo, where are you headed after leaving the auction? I've been here for two days and heard there's an antique-style restaurant in the north of the city. Its chef is a famous centaur chef from the Elf Race. What do you say? Interested in having lunch together?" Ferdinand invited him with a smile.
Diman and Malken both looked at Ye Luo. It seemed that as long as Ye Luo nodded, the two of them would shamelessly tag along uninvited. They knew that Ferdinand wanted to negotiate with Ye Luo alone because of the Zerg's specialties.
The Zerg were far too unfamiliar to them, but precisely because they were unfamiliar, they were an untapped treasure trove. They might find it difficult to acquire more Undying Ice Silkworms, but other Zerg specialties could perhaps fill their armories as well.
Ye Luo shook his head. "No. I've been traveling nonstop for twenty days, and I'm a little tired. I need to go back and rest. Tonight, everyone—those who want to trade, I'll see you then..."
Ye Luo waved casually and headed downstairs. Ferdinand and the others watched him leave with goodwill.
Only Tolstoy had gained nothing. He had been toyed with like an idiot for half the day, and he simmered with anger where he stood.
After returning to the embassy, Ye Luo immediately took out the Morgana Crystal and waved open a portal. At the same time, a gate of light rapidly unfolded aboard the Hive Battleship outside the planet. Ye Luo stepped into it and vanished from the embassy.
Once aboard the warship, Ye Luo tossed the Morgana Crystal to the Hive and took out the bottle of red liquid—Phoenix blood essence!
He had not wanted this thing because Phoenix blood essence was useful to him. He wanted