Everyone made their own decision in response to Grandmaster's invitation.
Tang San naturally accepted with pleasure. He wanted to know what treasure Grandmaster was after.
Ma Hongjun declined. His consecutive battles against Blazing Fire had given him some insights, and he planned to stay at the academy to digest them. Oscar declined as well; he still had Ultimate Boundlessness to practice.
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing felt their training had been a little too intense lately, so they joined the group. Ning Rongrong wanted to try her luck and see whether she could find anything good.
The Four Little Ones naturally wanted to broaden their horizons, too.
And so, after dinner, once Flender, who handled the finances, had joined them, the dozen or so people set off in a grand procession for the Heaven Dou Auction House.
Thanks to Xue Beng's status as an imperial prince, they took a special passage to the Red-Level VIP Area of the highest-tier auction hall on the lowest floor.
"There are a few too many of us, so I reserved two rooms. Let's split into groups," Xue Beng told everyone.
The Red-Level VIP Area consisted of individual private rooms set high above the hall, offering a clear view of the entire auction floor below.
But the rooms had limited space. There were too many people in Tang San's party, so they had no choice but to split into two groups.
Tang San, Grandmaster, Xue Beng, and Ning Rongrong formed one group, assigned to Room 07. Flender, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Tai Long, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu formed the other, assigned to Room 21.
"Aren't the numbers a little uneven?" Faced with such an obvious difference in group size, Dai Mubai could not help asking Xue Beng.
"Sorry. My uncle, Prince Xue