"Sir, I sincerely want to take part in your establishment's auction."
Hearing Mu Fan's voice, the stern middle-aged man smiled as he toyed with a smooth, watery crystal in his hand.
"Which faction above Tier 3 are you the heir to?"
Mu Fan's mind instantly went blank.
Based on the faction classifications he had learned, the Star River Federation and the Gador Empire were Tier 6 factions, the highest-level powers in this region of the universe.
Solomon, the Dark Overlord, was classified as a Tier 5 faction by universal standards.
The Xinqiluo Business Alliance was a Tier 5 faction.
The Barnard Star System, known as the Technology Star Capital, was a Tier 4 faction.
As for Tier 3 factions, even the weakest were small duchies that controlled more than five highly developed planets.
In the Star River Federation, they would be great nobles with five planets as private territories, true aristocratic houses comparable to the Two Houses of Parliament and the Administrative Star.
And Mu Fan? Was he one?
Clearly not.
"I'm not," Mu Fan said frankly. "Isn't an auction supposed to go to the highest bidder? I'm willing to offer a high price for the goods. That should count as business for you and your auction house."
"Hehe~" The stern middle-aged man finally laughed aloud, though there was no kindness in it. "You must be from out of town..."
Without waiting for Mu Fan to speak, he continued on his own, "Auctioning things for money is perfectly normal. But that rule does not apply to the New Moon Auction House."
"Because... we don't lack money."
"There's a café up ahead. The prices are reasonable, and they serve Yunmei Star's specialty fragrant flower coffee. Once you finish a cup, you can leave on your own."
After saying that, the stern