In box 15.

After the auctioneer finished speaking, everyone in the box showed an expression of surprise.

The person in charge of this event was the first to react and asked the person in charge of managing the funds nearby, "How many gold coins do we have left? Do we have any hope of winning this Silver Moon Lotus?"

The person in charge of managing the funds pushed up his glasses and said with a gloomy expression, "It's not enough. We've already used up most of our funds just to buy that golden flower. Even if we take into account the gains from the magic pistol, there's still a big gap."

"The main reason is that we didn't expect two S-rank illustrated books to appear at this auction."

"Yeah, if I had known earlier, I would have left less operating funds at the base outside, and we wouldn't be in such a difficult situation now."

The person in charge interrupted the others' slightly anxious voices and said decisively, "Okay, there's no point in talking about this now. Everyone, look around and see if you have anything you can sell or mortgage. Let's first find a way to raise some funds from the Emerald Auction House."

Xiao Chen, go back and tell the school now and ask them to find a way to prepare some money for us.

No matter what, we must first capture this Silver Moon Lotus. If we miss this opportunity, we won’t know when the next one will come.”

"Yes." Xiao Chen responded and immediately used the teleportation stone to teleport back to school.

The others also dispersed.

Faced with this situation, Yu Guangyuan mortgaged all the valuables he had on him to the Emerald Auction House.

On the way back to the box, he passed by the door of box No. 8, hesitated for a moment, and chose to talk to the waiter at the door.

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Box No. 8.

Gu Shi was originally paying attention to the fierce bidding outside, but suddenly he heard the waiter's voice.

"Hello, Mr. Gu Shi, there's a Mr. Yu Guangyuan outside who I want to see you. Would you please ask him to come in?"

Gu Shi didn't expect Yu Guangyuan to come to him at this time. He didn't know what was going on. "No need. I'll go out and talk to him. Wendel, wait for me for a moment."

"Okay, go ahead."

Gu Shi walked out into the corridor and saw Yu Guangyuan pacing back and forth anxiously. "Professor Yu, is there something you suddenly want to talk to me about?"

"So, classmate Gu Shi..."

Yu Guangyuan told Gu Shi about their current financial difficulties. "I'm at my wit's end, so I came to you to ask if you could lend us some gold coins. We'll return them all after the auction."

"Of course no problem." Gu Shi did not hesitate. Except for leaving 1,000 gold coins for himself for emergency, he lent all the remaining gold coins to Yu Guangyuan.

"Here are over 9 million gold coins, which should be able to help you."

Yu Guangyuan's eyes lit up when he heard this huge figure. This money could be said to have solved their urgent needs. "Thank you so much, classmate Gu Shi, you really helped us a lot."

Gu Shi waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. I just want everyone to achieve their goal of returning home as soon as possible."

"Then I'll leave first. We will return the money to you as soon as possible."

"Okay, I wish you success in photographing the Silver Moon Lotus."

Gu Shi watched Yu Guangyuan quickly push open the door of Box 15 and breathed a sigh of relief. He had just wondered if they might be short of funds. He hoped that this money would allow them to buy the Silver Moon Lotus.

After Gu Shi returned to the box, he nervously watched the final winner of the Silver Moon Lotus.

"…Third time, deal."

"Congratulations to the distinguished guest in Box 15 for obtaining this precious Silver Moon Lotus."

"This year's year-end auction has come to an end. Thank you all for your support of Emerald Auction House. Emerald Auction House will give you a small gift. See you next year."

Gu Shi was naturally very happy when he heard that the Silver Moon Lotus finally fell into Box 15.

Gu Shi's unusually excited look naturally caught Wendell's attention. "Judging from your expression, is the person in Box 15 someone you know?"

Gu Shi nodded. "Yes, he's a fellow countryman of mine. I met him unexpectedly at the market a few days ago."

Wendell frowned. "That Yu Guangyuan from earlier? Did he come to borrow money from you?"

Gu Shi nodded again.

Wendell's brow furrowed even more. "You wouldn't lend him the money after just meeting him once, would you? What if he gets scammed? Did you make him sign a contract or something?"

Gu Shi finally understood what Wendell was thinking. "How could I be so stupid? Don't worry, he and I have known each other for almost two years."

He didn't lie. Although they had only met four times, they had indeed known each other for almost two years.

After the auction officially ended, the two were not in a hurry to leave. There were too many people outside, so it would be better for them to sit in the box for a while.

The waiter outside the door brought them the small gift that the auctioneer had just mentioned.

Gu Shi looked at the exquisitely crafted Silver Moon Lotus badge in his hand and couldn't help but sigh, "Badge? And it's made of gold?"

Wendel explained, "These are souvenirs that the Emerald Trading Company gives to customers who come to the year-end auction. They have them every year, and I've collected quite a few.

It is usually based on the image of the last item auctioned, and only guests in the box will get the gold badge, while guests in the hall below can only get the iron badge.

"I see."

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In box 15.

The person in charge patted Yu Guangyuan's shoulder happily and said, "Old Yu, this time it's really thanks to you. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to get this Silver Moon Lotus."

Yu Guangyuan refused, "This is not my credit. If it weren't for classmate Gu Shi, I wouldn't be able to borrow so much money from anyone else."

Several very happy people at the back chatted at once.

"Oh, stop talking about it. You and that classmate Gu are both our great contributors."

"Remember to pay them back as soon as possible after you return."

"Yes, yes, it's such a huge sum of money, we can't just keep owing the students money."

"Old Yu, shall we go back and have a drink today?"

…

The person in charge successfully completed the transaction with the waiter who came to deliver the Silver Moon Lotus.

After getting the Silver Moon Lotus, the person in charge immediately asked someone to use the teleportation stone to bring it and the Golden Flower back to school. It was not safe to keep such valuable items on the body, so it was better to take them back as soon as possible.

After finishing these, the person in charge looked at the others who were chatting in the box and said, "Well, congratulations everyone, we have exceeded our task today.

Come on, I'll take everyone to a celebration banquet."

Everyone was happy to hear that someone was treating them to a big dinner.

"Then I'm going to give you a good meal today."

"Yeah, it's rare for this guy to treat us, so don't show any mercy."