"These things that came up earlier were just to warm things up. The most valuable things will naturally be on stage last, including the beautiful little wizard you've been eyeing," the black market boss said.
"Then I'll wait a little longer." Yu Ling flicked her tail.
The auction proceeded smoothly, and the items that were just put up for auction were, as the black market owner had said, precious rare pearls and jewels, ancient ornaments and paintings, magical artifacts made by wizards, and magical potions with a variety of functions.
The prices are exorbitant, but that's nothing special for these wealthy individuals; they can easily buy a few as a hobby while shopping. The truly rare items that would drain most of their savings haven't even started the auction yet!
...After a brief period of companionship, Yu Ling left his side again, making the waiting time for Pai Liu unbearable. He listened to the lively bidding outside from behind the curtain and kept trying to imagine himself in her shoes.
How interesting! Being kidnapped and sold because of her looks is shocking in the entire wizarding world! Luckily, no one knows her... Looks like she'll have to change her name from now on.
In stark contrast to Pailu's mindset, Yuling's eyes lit up as she watched the items being bid up to exorbitant prices.
These are the sunken treasures that the original owner never even glanced at in his storage space! So these things are worth so much on the black market!
"Hey! Let's make a deal. If, just suppose, I wanted to consign something to your auction, could I sell it for this price?!" Yu Ling was so engrossed in watching that she smacked the black market boss's... finger.
"What, you have something to sell too?" The black market boss didn't believe that such a small rag doll could have any treasures to it.
“Of course, look at this!” Yu Ling took out a painting by a famous artist from a fairy tale world, three times the size of her, from her storage space with her small hands. It looked a bit bloated.
The black market boss's pupils dilated in shock. Wasn't this the treasure that had been missing since the last century?
"And this too!"
The painting disappeared and was replaced with a stone sculpture by a well-known sculptor.
"this!"
The stone sculpture disappeared and was replaced by a priceless item that held a certain symbolic significance!
"And...this! This, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, and—this!!!" (The speech gets faster and faster, ending with a rapid repetition of the same phrase N times; this isn't filler.)
With each "this," a treasure would appear, and one underwater treasure after another would flash through Yu Ling's small cloth hand, making it far more exciting than the heated auction below!
Meanwhile, the items in the storage space kept disappearing and reappearing, leaving even the system fish, which routinely inventoried its treasures, dumbfounded.
[Help, host! This...this storage space seems...there's really something wrong with it. Why is it lagging? 404 error? This shouldn't be happening! Is the God of War's reward delivery this slow?] The above was just the system fish talking to itself.
When the body it possessed turned into an egg, it couldn't directly connect with Yu Ling's soul. However, Yu Ling could hear it, but he pretended not to hear it and stared longingly at the black market boss.
Where did you get all these things?
"It's my own house." That's right, what belonged to the original owner was his!
"It seems you're not some simple monster. Was that old wizard lying to me?"
Just a moment ago he was calling him the leader of the wizarding corps, and now he's calling him an old wizard. The black market boss is furious.
“Consigning these treasures to me is no problem at all. These things you have are more than enough to cover the young wizard’s ransom, but…”
"Don't try to fool me with this little rag doll look."
—Translation: Talk while you're on the toilet!
"Actually, my true identity is the child of a real merman..."
Yu Ling started her deception mode.
"But my family was cruelly murdered by King XX (the protagonist), and I was seriously injured, so I can only use this doll's body... Waaaaah (?????)..."
The black market boss snorted coldly, he—
I believe it.
He was still too inexperienced and had never been deceived by someone as insincere as Yu Ling. Looking at the doll that couldn't squeeze out a single tear, wiping away tears with an expression that said "I'm not crying, I'm not crying," he really thought Yu Ling was just a cub, completely unlike the long-lived and aloof merman.
"Okay, okay, I misunderstood you, sweetie."
Even the worst person (except for those with a naturally twisted mind) will soften when faced with an adorable cub. The black market boss, who controlled the entire dark side of the Kingdom of Lenko, also fell into the hands of the adorable doll Yuling.
"Okay! What do you want? Pay me the gold coins first, then I'll give you the treasure. No backing out, okay?"
Hehe, he's a genius! He used these useless ornaments to sell for money, bought back ownership of the wizard's property, and got Pailiu to do his laundry and cook for him. Then, after transforming, he could just settle down here with the money and even come to the black market to patronize some beauties. How awesome is that?!
“Okay.” The masked black market boss adopted a kind of…pampering tone, like he was coaxing a pet.
After they finished cooking Pai Liu together, the two started discussing the price of Yu Ling's underwater treasures. The more they talked, the more they felt that they were getting a good deal, and they couldn't wait to make the deal on the spot.
Having money is indeed a plus, at least for the black market boss and Yu Ling. They found each other quite agreeable and almost forgot about the middleman, Payi Liu, whom they knew.
"How about I round up these 73 items to a total of 1.35 million gold coins?"
The black market boss took out his spatial items and carefully packed Yu Ling into them one by one before throwing them out... He then asked about all the less attractive treasures in his storage space.
"By the way, I can use that wizard as collateral. One million gold coins plus the wizard in exchange for these things. Do you want to trade?"
"don't want."
After cleaning up the storage space, leaving only her favorite decorative items and valuables such as gold and silver jewelry, Yu Ling decisively refused to leave.
He actually really wanted to see how Payiru was sold, but if he rescued her so early, he wouldn't be able to see it.
"Just proceed with the auction as normal, I want to participate in the bidding!"
"Sure, I'll have someone hold up the sign for you next door." After all, they were in the host's private room, and it wouldn't look good for them to sell and buy on their own.
Time flew by, and when the Pai Liu, disguised as an auction item, was carried up, the whole place erupted in cheers, and many fans of the item excitedly stood up to watch.
They'd bet that no queen, princess, or prince from any kingdom could be even half as beautiful as this lot!
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