Three days passed in a flash, and soon it was the day when the year-end auction officially opened. Early in the morning, Wendel had already arrived outside the manor in a carriage waiting for Gu Shi.
As soon as he stepped onto the carriage, Gu Shi asked, "Why are you here so early? Is the auction starting now?"
"The auction won't officially start until tonight, so I'm taking you there now to see something else."
Wendell didn't keep Gu Shi in suspense and said bluntly, "There's also a year-end fair held together with the auction. Many items that were brought in for the auction but weren't selected for the auction will be sold by merchants at this fair.
However, buying things at this kind of market is more of a test of the buyer's discerning eye. Many merchants will take advantage of the situation by packaging worthless items and selling them. Every year, I hear about many people being cheated by this.
After hearing what Wendel said, Gu Shi was actually aroused a little interest. "It sounds quite interesting. There should be a lot of new and interesting things at the market."
“Of course, the final transaction amount of the year-end auction held every ten years is an astronomical figure. In order to make money, many merchants will deliberately save the good things they received until this time.
Many of the items sold at the market would normally be eligible for the year-end auction. Selling them at the market might even get you a better price than at auction, so this is a great opportunity to snag a bargain.
"Then I have to go shopping."
Although Gu Shi is not short of money now, the joy of finding a bargain is always hard to refuse.
The market was held in a square not far from Burns Manor. It didn't take them long to arrive at the bustling market.
"I didn't expect it to be so lively. There are too many people." Before entering the square, Gu Shi saw the crowds of people in the market. It was comparable to the train station during the Spring Festival travel rush every year.
Wendell's face also showed a hint of surprise, but he quickly composed himself. "After all, this is a grand event that only happens once every ten years. Many people have come from various cities to participate."
Gu Shi was a little surprised. "Haven't you been to the market before?"
Wendell explained, "The last time ten years ago, I was only seven years old. My father didn't allow me to come. There weren't so many people at the fair during normal auctions in previous years."
Then he said excitedly: "Let's go in and take a look to see if there is anything good."
"good."
The two walked into the square together and were quickly submerged in the crowd.
There were indeed a lot of things in the market. They walked and stopped along the way and each bought a lot of interesting little things, but because there were too many people, they were soon dispersed.
Gu Shi had just paid for something he liked, and when he turned around, he found that Wendel had disappeared in the surging crowd.
Looking at the crowded crowd, Gu Shi knew that it was impossible for him to find Wendel again. Thinking that Wendel was a big man and would definitely not get lost, he simply started to walk around by himself.
While walking around, Gu Shi saw something with a very strange appearance on a stall. Just as he was thinking of picking it up to take a look, he accidentally bumped into his other hand.
When Gu Shi turned around, he unexpectedly saw a somewhat familiar face.
The middle-aged man took the initiative to talk to him, "Student Gu Shi? What a coincidence."
"You are..." Gu Shi looked at him a few more times in confusion before he suddenly remembered the man's identity. "Professor Yu?"
Yu Guangyuan nodded, confirming Gu Shi's guess, "It's me. I didn't expect to meet you here."
Gu Shi had met Yu Guangyuan once shortly after the school started because of the staff incident. He didn't expect that he could still recognize him.
"Professor Yu, why are you here? Did the school transfer you?" Seeing the unexpected person, Gu Shi asked curiously.
Yu Guangyuan smiled and said, "Of course it's because of the year-end auction in the Royal City. There was news that the auction might have what we're looking for, so we sent people from all over the country to the Royal City with funds."
Gu Shi was also very happy to hear this, "Really? This is really good news."
Something that required the pooling of funds from so many places to film must most likely be S-level. It seems they are one step closer to their mission.
The school will regularly publish the progress of the system collection tasks on the Explorer APP. Over the past two years, most of the requirements for the low-level illustrations have been completed, but the high-level illustrations are not so optimistic.
Especially for the S-level, apart from the wind forbidden spell that Gu Shi and the others handed in that time, only one Warcraft encyclopedia was lit up, which was barely one and a half.
Seeing that two years have passed in the ten years, but only one of the ten S-level atlases has been completed, everyone is a little anxious. It would be best if they could get good news at the auction now.
"I'll give this to you, Professor Yu. I'll go look around at other stalls."
Gu Shi was originally only attracted by the appearance of this thing and did not have any intention of getting it. There was no loss in giving it to Yu Guangyuan.
Yu Guangyuan didn't act pretentiously and agreed openly, "Then I'll be honored to decline. Thank you, Mr. Gu."
"I'm leaving now. Goodbye, Professor Yu."
"goodbye."
Gu Shi changed direction and left.
After strolling around the market for a while, Gu Shi felt that he had enough and returned to the carriage with a full load. He was startled by Wendel who was half-lying inside.
Gu Shi asked in surprise: "What happened to you? Even your hair has become a mess."
Wendel is now a completely different person from before. His originally clean and tidy clothes have become messy, with a few dirty handprints on them, and his hair is in a mess as if it has been exposed to static electricity.
Wendell said weakly, “Oh, stop talking.
I just squatted down to pick up something, but I was swept away by the crowd and almost fell. If the market hadn't been encircled by a forbidden magic circle, I would have used magic to separate myself from the others.
"There's actually a forbidden magic circle here?"
"Yes, there are quite a few professionals among the people coming and going. If there were no forbidden magic circle to suppress them, a conflict would break out in a few minutes.
There are also regulations that anyone who uses violence in the market will be arrested and imprisoned for a few days. No matter what the reason, as long as they use violence, they will be arrested.
It's already like this, and in previous years there were still quite a few people getting into physical altercations inside. Judging by the situation this year, the number is expected to double."
Gu Shi thought about it and realized that places like markets are prone to conflicts due to various reasons. If there was no forbidden magic circle, this place would probably become bumpy in less than a day.
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