"The Aikoa Ruby?"

Joey had wanted to show off in front of Phil, but Phil's expression at the moment didn't seem suitable for him to flaunt his talents.

Joey didn't know the true origin of the ruby; he only knew that it was taken from the body of the red dragon when he killed it.

"That should be right. We have a catalog of rare gems in our goblin bank. I've had the pleasure of reading it, but I've never actually seen a real gem."

Phil said this with a proud look on his face, indicating that this illustrated guide to rare gemstones was not something everyone could read.

"What's the origin of this gemstone? I just liked it and bought it from someone else at a high price!"

Joey wasn't stupid. She couldn't tell Phil that the ruby ​​was taken from the red dragon's body. After all, the old magician had given her the task of taking the red dragon. If Phil heard about it and came to ask her for it back, that would be bad.

"No matter how many gold coins you spent to buy this Aecia Gem, it was worth it!"

Phil kept his eyes glued to the ruby ​​in his hand, no longer paying attention to the gold coins he had been so interested in.

"That's amazing?"

Joey's curiosity was piqued, and he immediately asked another question.

According to the encyclopedia, there are five gems in total: ruby, sapphire, topaz, amethyst, and emerald. These five gems are relics from ancient times. It is said that if you collect all five gems, you can glimpse a message left behind from ancient times!

Phil, whether intentionally or not, put on a mysterious expression as if to say, "I'm only telling you this, don't tell anyone else."

"Just one message?"

That's it?

"It's gone!"

"This is outrageous! I thought this thing was worth a lot of money!"

"Mr. Joey, you don't really want to sell, do you? This is truly a wonderful item! Anyone who believes this rumor would be willing to sell it for a fortune. If you really intend to sell, I believe going to an auction house would be a good choice!"

Joey looked at the Arkia ruby ​​in Phil's hand and began to trust Phil's words more. However, he was more concerned about what price it could fetch. He still had a blue one. Which rich person would want to collect all five? They would have to ask him first.

"Then I'll go to the auction house later. Looks like I'll be running between these two places today!"

"After I'm done here, I'll go with you. There's someone there named Anna that I know quite well!"

Phil reluctantly returned the ruby ​​to Joey.

"Anna? I've already met her, she's a beautiful girl!"

Although Joey thought all goblins looked the same, he still had to say something nice, since these goblins did provide excellent service.

"Oh? You've already been to the auction house?"

Phil was somewhat surprised that Joey had gone to the auction house but knew nothing about the ruby. It seemed that he hadn't taken the gem out at the auction.

"Yeah, I just came from there!"

"Then I'll deal with the gold coins here first!"

After saying that, Phil pushed open the door and walked out.

Not long after, the door opened again, and three goblins and Phil carried in a machine that was almost as tall as them.

"Phil, you're amazing! I thought you were lying!"

As soon as they entered the room, one of the goblins stared at the "golden mountain" on the ground with envy in his eyes.

"I'll leave it here, thank you everyone!"

Phil was naturally pleased to receive the praise.

"I'll treat you to a drink at the tavern another day!"

"One meal isn't enough, we need three!"

"Alright, alright, three meals it is!"

This was Phil's happiest day since arriving in Ashfurnace, so he readily agreed.

The three goblins then went outside.

"Is this a money counting machine?"

Joey looked at the machine and asked curiously.

"This is a coin counting machine, it should be similar to the banknote counting machine you mentioned!"

Phil didn't know what Joey meant by the money counting machine, but since the name sounded similar, he figured he must have seen something similar elsewhere.

Phil turned on the switch, then picked up the gold and silver coins and threw them all into a funnel in the machine.

"Splash—"

The beautiful sound of gold and silver coins clashing together was constant.

The machine has two outlets with three exits. The first outlet only produces gold coins, and a clock-like number above the outlet is spinning rapidly. The second outlet produces silver coins, and the third outlet should produce copper coins. However, since Joey didn't take out any copper coins this time, there were no copper coins at the third outlet.

Even with the help of the machine, it still took almost an hour to complete the inventory.

"Dear Mr. Joey, here are [number] gold coins and [number] silver coins. Please check the quantity. If you think there is a problem, I can count them again!"

"No need, it should be right!"

"Time is money, let's finish this first and then do something else!"

Joey doesn't have time to waste here right now.

"Alright, here is your deposit slip!"

At that moment, the machine spat out a slip of paper, which Phil picked up and handed to Joey.

"If you lose this certificate, that's okay, we still have a facial recognition system!"

"very good!"

Joey's mind was completely occupied with the ruby, and he didn't want to stay here any longer.

"By the way, Mr. Joey, since your deposit amount meets our bank's gift-giving criteria, we have a small gift for you!"

After Phil finished speaking, he took out an exquisite box from the drawer and handed it to Joey.

"Oh, I almost forgot, the rocket boots I sent last time are broken and need to be repaired!"

"It's broken? I'm so sorry!"

"I'll replace them with new ones, and they're rocket boots with improved craftsmanship, so the same thing won't happen again."

Sure enough, the rich get good treatment; if something breaks, they just get a new one. That's much better than patching it up.

Phil went out again and came back with a brand new pair of rocket boots.

"Let's go then!"

Joey wasn't in a hurry to look at the gift in the box; he simply tossed it and the rocket boots into his waist bag.

"Okay, we'll go right now!"

Phil left the rest of the work—depositing the gold coins in the bank—to the other goblins, and then led Joey toward the auction house.