The Soul Fighting Tournament was naturally the best time to rake in money. Beyond the GDP contributed to Star Luo City by tourists from all over the world who came to watch, the Star Luo Imperial Family's businesses would not pass up this golden opportunity either.
As the hotel housing the competing teams, the Starlight Hotel could no longer operate normally, but the Starlight Auction House certainly could.
Purple-Level Auctions and Black-Level Auctions, normally rare sights, came one after another. In the single month the tournament lasted, there were five Purple-Level Auctions and two Black-Level Auctions.
There was even one auction of the highest level, a Red-Level Auction-the original story's "The Finest and the Princess."
Ye Qing requested invitations from the Starlight Auction House in Shrek Academy's name. Naturally, they had no reason to let a wealthy patron like Shrek Academy slip away. Even if he had not asked, the auction house's people would have delivered invitations themselves.
"Qing, are you going to an auction?" After Qing Ya left, Zhang Lexuan watched Ye Qing toy with an invitation and asked curiously.
"Yeah. There aren't any opponents worth fighting in this tournament. Whoever I fight, I finish them in one move. It's too boring, so I'm finding myself some entertainment. Maybe I can even dig up something interesting at the auction," Ye Qing said with a smile.
"The Star Luo Empire only gets its turn to host once every twenty years. As the host, surely it'll bring out plenty of good stuff. Anyone want to come along?"
The others exchanged glances, but none opposed Ye Qing's suggestion.
Even with their team short of its full lineup, this tournament really put little pressure on them. They could treat the auction as some post-match diversion.
And so, after watching the matches the next