"Since there's no price tag or any indication that it's not for sale, it must be available for purchase. Why don't you ask the price, Master, and buy it to take a look?" He San crossed his arms and examined the clothes with curiosity in his eyes.

He genuinely wanted to see if the garment was truly impervious to water and fire; otherwise, why would he have left it here with such a ridiculous product description, making himself a laughingstock?

Inside the palace, people had already started working. The work inside the castle was different from that in the commercial buildings outside the castle.

The sales assistants here are not selected by lottery, but rather by choosing people who are quick-witted, flexible, and good-looking.

There are only a handful of sales assistants inside the castle.

A sales assistant occupies the central window display area where clothes are displayed.

Helsin was the first to go up and ask about the price of the clothes; even without Hessan's encouragement, he had planned to ask about the price anyway.

His immediate impression of the two garments was that they were stunning and novel, a real eye-opener.

Unlike other women, I didn't have the desire to possess it. I was just curious about the product's features as described in the product introduction, which is why I decided to buy it and try it out.

"Miss, the price of this dress is not listed. Could you please tell me the price?"

As soon as Helsin spoke, many people turned their attention to him, staring curiously at the sales assistant and waiting to hear the price.

The sales assistant gave Helsin a formulaic smile.

"Young master, you may not know this, but this item is not priced because it is priceless."

The customer needs to set their own price for the garment. If the price they set satisfies us, we will sell it to them.

Everyone was astonished upon hearing this. It was just like an auction, but unlike an auction, there wasn't a group of people scrambling to bid. Instead, they had to quietly mark their desired price to satisfy the other party. It wasn't that you could sell it to them just because you bid the highest price.

The decision ultimately rests with the seller.

Helsing smiled, "This way of selling is novel, that's interesting." There is no fixed standard of value, no precedent to follow, so one can only guess the price out of thin air.

He Shuang hesitated and looked at Helsin, "Master, should we still buy these clothes? It sounds a bit unreliable."

"Buy it? Why not buy it? This commercial building was built by the Jincheng government, how could it be unreliable? You're just talking nonsense."

He Shuang silently shut her mouth. It was her fault for speaking carelessly in this situation. Indeed, this entire place was built by the Jincheng government.

To say that the Jincheng government is unreliable is tantamount to saying that Islail is unreliable. To put it more bluntly, this is to disregard Islail's authority.

The He family intended to cultivate good relations with the Jincheng government, hoping to gain a share of the profits here, so naturally they couldn't afford to offend the government.

If these words were to reach the ears of the government officials, it would likely damage the master's image with them.

As they spoke, the sales assistant handed Helsin a piece of paper and a pen. "If you are interested in buying these two pieces of clothing, you can write down the price on this paper, and we will immediately know whether you can buy them or not."

Helsing thought for a moment, then wrote a number on a piece of paper. People around him wanted to come over and take a look, but the sales assistant was quicker and snatched the paper away.

Wei Jingran licked his lips curiously.

"Young Master He, what price range did you specify?"

Wei Jingyue glanced at Helsin, then picked up a pen and wrote a few lines on the paper, handing it to the sales assistant.

This is the kid who managed to gain Qingluan's special favor.

Don't think he's unaware of Qingluan's little schemes; he believes Qingluan has fallen for this boy.

The way they look at this kid is different from how they look at him.

Seeing Helsin and Wei Jingyue start writing, many others followed suit. Most of them were just testing the waters and didn't intend to pay more than the expected price for the clothes, so they didn't write high prices, just within their acceptable range.

Their purpose was simply to see how much the clothes were worth.

When asked about Wei Jingran's question, Helsin merely glanced at Wei Jingran, smiled without answering, and did not intend to tell Wei Jingran how much money he had written.

The sales assistant looked at them one by one and shook her head.

"I'm sorry, everyone, but we're not selling at this price." The sales assistant dismissed all the offers made by the crowd with a single sentence.

Everyone else seemed to be expecting it, except for Helsin, who was taken aback for a moment.

The price he quoted was not low.

Five hundred thousand gold coins!

That's fifty thousand taels of silver!

This completely exceeded his expectations; it was an inflated price!

A priceless garment? Ha, do you think it's a celestial garment?

They actually dared to ask for an exorbitant price.

Helsin lowered his eyelids. If this garment really was as described in the product description—impervious to water and fire, and capable of flying on the wind—then it could indeed fetch a very good price with that gimmick.

But these are just their own claims; no one has actually witnessed whether the garment truly possesses these properties.

The moment the sales assistant spoke, the hall erupted in chaos.

"Even the young master of the He family made a bid, but it still didn't pass."

"Since it's said to be a priceless garment, it's naturally going to be sold at an exorbitant price."

Even if the young master of the He family is incredibly wealthy, he couldn't possibly come up with an astronomical price, could he?

"Is it really as miraculous as they say? We haven't even seen it yet, and they've already set an exorbitant price?"

"..."

"Brother, how much did you write? It's not enough!" Wei Jingran grabbed Wei Jingyue and pressed him for an answer. Even the usually generous Young Master He hadn't passed the test. She was genuinely curious about how much silver she could get for this dress.

Wei Jingyue pursed his lips, his eyes lowered, and uttered, "One thousand taels."

Wei Jingran shrieked, "What? You won't even sell it for a thousand taels of silver?"

"What are you yelling about? Don't you know where you are?" Wei Jingyue scolded Wei Jingran, then fell silent and stopped participating in the transaction.

One thousand taels of silver was the limit he could afford.

He couldn't even get the thousand taels of silver, so he didn't plan to waste the money on it. He didn't think the two pieces of clothing were worth more than a thousand taels.

As for the claims of flying on the wind and being impervious to water and fire, he didn't believe it at all; it was definitely just a gimmick to sell.

Yan Qingxue stared blankly at the two pieces of clothing, a suspicious glint of something glistening on her lips. She snapped back to reality after hearing Wei Jingran's shrill scream.

Good heavens, if she can't even get a thousand taels of silver, she'd better not covet it.