In the end, Xie Haitang could not resist the temptation. She bought another dozen or so skewers of charcoal-grilled Beautiful Abalone Mushrooms and asked for them to be packed up.
Although Xie Haitang had offered to sell the supplies at thirty percent of the market price in exchange for a trade permit during this trip to Longwind City, Lincon still remembered that she had indirectly helped him before and completed the transaction at seventy percent of the market price.
As a result, Xie Haitang actually had quite a lot of Longwind Currency on hand, enough to purchase a suitably sized storefront anywhere in the Outer City.
Normally, the requirements for non-Longwind City subjects to purchase property in Longwind City were extremely stringent. At least for now, there had never been a case of an outsider purchasing property in Longwind City.
Lincon had been willing to make an exception for Xie Haitang because he valued the operating model of her auction house.
It was not that Longwind City could not run one itself. But operating an auction house was not as simple as putting up a signboard. Rather than spend time figuring it out themselves, it was better to pick up a ready-made one.
Xie Haitang never imagined that Longwind City had already known her intentions in advance. The additional clauses that seemed beneficial to her were actually guiding her, step by step, toward the outcome someone wanted.
She strolled slowly down the street. The glow of Lantern Mushrooms on both sides illuminated the ground, while the Spirit Plants before each shop served as the finest signboards. Countless lights brightened the entire city.
"It does feel a bit like a fantasy version of a cyberpunk world."
Xie Haitang stopped before a strange, towering building.
Fantasy-style buildings were nothing unusual in Longwind