Chapter 63 The Dispute Over The Robe

“Hey, Boss…how much does this magic robe cost?” Suo Jia yelled at the boss while stroking a sapphire blue robe.

Hearing Suo Jia’s voice, the boss indifferently turned his head. Just as he was about to reply, his expression suddenly changed, and he jumped up as if his butt had been lit on fire. In a loud voice, he shouted, “Stop, you brat, how can you be so ignorant? If you aren’t going to buy it, then don’t randomly touch it. If you got it dirty, would you be able to compensate for it?”

While speaking, the boss took large strides, and leapt up to Suo Jia, and slapped Suo Jia’s small hands. Tightly furrowing his brows, he closely inspected the light magic robe over and over for nonexistent dirt.

After a long time, the boss straightened his back, and impatiently glanced as Suo Jia, rudely saying, “Young boy, this isn’t somewhere you should be. If you want to play around, go play on the streets.”

Seeing the boss’s actions, Suo Jia almost erupted in anger. However, the robe belonged to the boss; if he didn’t want anyone to touch it, then Suo Jia had no choice.

Although Suo Jia didn’t say anything, the eccentric Sixth Sister couldn’t hold back. Knitting her brows, Sixth Sister angrily shouted, “How can you speak in such a tone? How can you possibly run a business like this? We’ve entered as customers; does anyone really treat their customers in this manner?”

As she continued to scold him, Sixth Sister pointed at the magic robe and said, “Isn’t it just some stupid piece of clothing? So what if it got ruined? Do you think we can’t afford it? I tell you, you shouldn’t act so snobbish!”

Since Sixth Sister was used to meeting nobles and other high class individuals, her temperament was usually good, however, she saw that the Suo Jia next to her was thoroughly enjoying his time here. It could be said that with Suo Jia’s current identity and status, he was absolutely fearless, and there weren’t many people who were willing to cause trouble for him. How could she allow Suo Jia to be looked down upon by a simple shop owner?

“Hmph!” Just as the Sixth Sister stopped speaking, the boss replied with a rigid face, “If you want to buy it, then buy it. If you don’t want to buy it, then don’t touch it so carelessly. I don’t know if you can actually afford this magic robe or not, but I will still stick to my words. If you don’t want to buy it, don’t touch it. If you touch it, then you’d better purchase it!”

Coldly looking at the store’s boss, Sixth Sister sharply replied, “You are really amusing. If we didn’t want to buy it, then why would we ask you about the price? You not only failed to answer our question, you even randomly started spouting nonsense. Even if you’re bored, don’t just fool around with us for your own amusement!”

“Fine fine fine…” Unable to nag any further with Sixth Sister, the store boss helplessly said, “Is it ok if I say I’m scared of you then? If you want to buy it, then I’ll just tell you. The price for this magic robe is 280,000 gold!”

“What!” Hearing the store boss’s words, Suo Jia cried out in shock. In disbelief, he said, “What kind of materials is this made of? How could it be so expensive? Even if it was made of pure gold, its value wouldn’t be so high!”

“Chi…” With a sneer, the store boss curled his lip and replied, “Just by hearing your words, I can tell that you are a village bumpkin. Did you think that mage robes were made of cloth? I’ll have you know that the materials for this mage robe, although they aren’t gold, have values that are many times higher than that of gold. Otherwise, how would it have magic effects?”

Hearing the boss’s words, Suo Jia could not help but break out into sweat. Originally, he had thought that he had quite a bit of money. However, he hadn’t imagined that casually entering a shop and asking about the price of a mage robe would end up being worth far more than all his assets.

Seeing Suo Jia blush with shame, the store boss smugly replied, “Now do you understand why I didn’t allow you to touch it? If you soiled such an expensive thing, then who would be willing to buy it? Let me tell you that the fact that I haven’t punished you for doing this is already quite merciful of me.”

As the store boss loudly replied, although Suo Jia felt extremely stuffy from his words, he still didn’t interrupt him. If he currently pulled out that much money for the sake of changing his tone, then he would definitely buy it. However, he currently was only carrying 200,000 gold; it was nowhere near enough!

Seeing Suo Jia’s miserable expression, Sixth Sister panicked. This was the first time she had gone out with the young master, and yet she had somehow managed to force him to endure this anger. She had been way too incompetent in her job. No matter what, she had to find face for him.

While thinking this, Sixth Sister indignantly replied, “This is definitely extortion. How could there possibly be something so expensive? In my opinion…this mage robe is very normal, and at most could only be worth 10,000 to 20,000 gold. There’s no way the price can be as shocking as you claim it to be.

Extortion? Hearing Sixth Sister’s words, the boss also became angry. Trembling, he pointed at that sapphire blue mage robe and said, “To think you would accuse me of extortion! Go out and inquire if this magic robe made from mermaids is really worth 280,0000. If anyone dares to say it isn’t, then I will give my whole store to you!”

“Inquire? Who would we go ask? It seems obvious to me that you know there is nobody knowledgeable around to ask, so you spout a random excuse. You must be purposely trying to anger us!” Sixth Sister smiled fakely at the boss. Seeing this scene, Suo Jia was almost laughing out loud from the atmosphere. He knew that Sixth Sister was purposely baiting the boss into giving him some face.

However, he hadn’t imagined that the boss would bring up the day he first opened the business, and what types of people he had never met. Soon, he had seen through Sixth Sister’s intentions, disdainfully curling his lips, the boss replied, “Stop saying such useless words. If you have the money to buy it, then I will naturally welcome you. But if you don’t have enough money, then don’t laze around here. I don’t have the time to pointlessly blather with you.”

Hearing the boss’ words, Sixth Sister grew angry beyond words. Having reached his limit, seeing that Sixth Sister was completely riled up and yet could not retort, the boss was prepared to strike a deadly blow, hoping for an ultimate victory. The boss shook his head, “However, I still look down on you guys. This was originally not someplace that poor people could just wantonly enter. Not mentioning 280,000, how about this….as long as you take out even 180,000, then I will sell this mage robe to you. If you can’t bring the money out, then I want you to immediately leave my store, and save me from wasting any more breath with you annoying guys.”

Hearing the boss’s words, Suo Jia slowly lifted his head, and with a sweet smile, he grabbed the sapphire blue mage robe, and opened his mouth to say indifferently, “You’ve been had.” After finishing his words, Suo Jia turned to leave.

“Hey!” Seeing Suo Jia actually leave while holding the robe, the boss began to worry, thinking that Suo Jia had stolen it. In a panicked tone, the boss shouted, “Don’t be reckless, theft in Holy Light is a crime that you can be hanged for!”

Seeing the young master’s actions, Sixth Sister immediately realized his intention. Stretching out her arm, Sixth Sister blocked the boss from advancing, “Boss, my young master has bought this robe. You were the one who said that you would sell it for 180,000, so we won’t bother thanking you.” While saying this, Sixth Sister pulled out two crystal cards that were each worth 100,000 gold, and handed them to the boss.

“What! This…” In confusion, the boss took the two crystal cards, and was at a loss on what he should do. He had purchased that mage robe for 250,000 gold. Based on the selling price of 180,000, he not only didn’t earn money, he even had incurred a loss of 70,000!

Outside the door, Suo Jia stopped walking, and smiled back, “Sixth Sister, don’t bother waiting for him to find change. Such a small amount can be given away as lunch money.” After saying these words that were enough to make the boss blow up from anger, Suo Jia skipped out of the store.

After looking back and forth between the two crystal cards in his hands, and the retreating figures of Suo Jia and Sixth Sister for a while, the boss suddenly tilted his head and angrily slapped his own mouth. “I let them trick me! I let them trick me…..”

Humanity is not actually a race that is agreeable with nature. Take fire for example, a person cannot resist fire as well as a lizard can. In terms of water, humans aren’t as compatible and intimate with water as fish are. As for earth, humans aren’t as comfortable with it as anteaters are…..

As for that mage robe, it was made from a material that accumulated various elements and condensed them together within a certain type of magical beast leather. This type of leather could attract elements far more powerfully than a human would be able to. The higher level the mage robe, the more elements it could draw in and gather them. This also made it more expensive.

Wearing this mage robe made from mermaid’s skin, Suo Jia immediately felt the difference. The magical elements strived to be the first to gather around his body. With the magical elements densely surrounding him, Suo Jia’s magic power recovery and growth rates increased exponentially. This was only a single mage robe; if he managed to wear a complete set of magic equipment, what would the results be?

Chapter 64 – The Auction

Under the help of the magic robe, Suo Jia discovered that although not much had changed in terms of his spirit power, he discovered that he could clearly feel that his magic power had increased by 10% even though in reality it wasn’t that big of a difference.

The problem now is that although the elemental density around Suo Jia was definitely no longer a problem, his power to absorb these elements was too lacking. If he had a magical necklace to help adjust his magical power as well as a magical helmet to improve the effects of meditation, then his improvement would be even clearer.

Currently, Suo Jia did not need magical items like rings or bracelets. Within this short period of time, he did not need to fight. What he needed most were the items that could improve his training speed, since this was the foundation to everything.

The night passed without any incidents, and Suo Jia left the next morning to attend school. Due to having excellent results while cultivating, Suo Jia left a bit late. Only when class was about to start did he leave the White Villa.

While walking towards school, Suo Jia could not help but jump with joy. With the help of the robe, his training speed could finally be considered to have made a breakthrough. Only… he didn’t know how long it would take before he could collect the other pieces.

While contemplating, a group of youths wearing embroidered garments passed by. At the same time, what they said next stood out to Suo Jia, “Hey! I heard that the Holy Light Auction House will auction off a few legendary-class magical items. Is that true or false?”

“Xi!” Hearing this, Suo Jia could not help but stop walking. Legendary-ranked items! This was way too extraordinary; it should be pointed out that the robe that Suo Jia currently could afford was only a High-ranked robe. Compared to Legendary-ranked items, there were still four or five grades in between.

Magical items were split into grades too. From low to high, the ranks were Low-ranked magical items, Middle-ranked magical items, High-ranked magical items, Practical-ranked magical items, Power-ranked magical items, Precious-ranked magical items, Excellent-ranked magical items, Ideal-ranked magical items, Legendary-ranked magical items, and Epic-ranked magical items; a total of ten grades.

The only rank surpassing the Legendary-ranked magical items were Epic-ranked magical items. Anything above these were divine artifacts titled the Laws of God. These things only existed in legends, as they did not actually exist. In other words, a complete Epic-ranked magical equipment set was precisely a divine artifact. Although this knowledge existed, there weren’t many supporters of this.

While pondering this, Suo Jia blended in with the group of youths. Last night, Suo Jia had already reaped the benefits of the High-ranked magical equipment’s effects. As for legendary-ranked magical items, between that and High-ranked magical items, there were still the Practical-rank, Power-rank, Precious-rank, Excellent-rank, and Ideal-rank. He could only begin to imagine this five rank difference; how much better would the effects be if he wore one of those?

Nodding his head in praise, Suo Jia knew that the Legendary-ranked mage robe increased his limits by a certain amount. These effects far surpassed his previous robe, which had increased his limits by 10%. Unfortunately, the Legendary-ranked magical items had values that were beyond imaginable!

Suo Jia helplessly shook his head. Although he knew that he couldn’t afford them, he still wanted to glance through them. Even if he couldn’t actually use them, being able to personally witness a Legendary magical item was still good.

While thinking this, Suo Jia’s movements stopped. After some hesitation, he turned around to walk back home. He first asked Eldest Sister to help excuse him from a day of school, and then he sat on a carriage to rush towards Duke Wen Sha’s mansion. Currently…the only person who could help him enter the auction venue was Wen Ya.

An hour later, as Suo Jia’s carriage entered Duke Wen Sha’s mansion, the youth in magnificent clothes that Suo Jia had met this morning coincidentally just entered Emma’s room. Having closely inspected all of Suo Jia’s actions, he reported them back to Emma. It was obvious that this fellow had been dispatched by Emma.

“Hehe….” Laughing in glee, Emma knew that Suo Jia had already taken the bait. After so many years, Emma had learned quite a few skills from her father. If one wants to gift someone with something, then the receiver must know the gift’s high value. Otherwise, how would the receiver be touched?

Hearing of Suo Jia’s intentions, Wen Ya happily agreed. Such a minor thing was actually something that Suo Jia himself could do; his eighth ranked lord status was enough to carry out many tasks. However, Suo Jia attached too much importance to depending on his own heart.

Skipping over the minor details, that evening at 8pm, Suo Jia held the entry notice and directly entered the auction VIP room. The so-called VIP room was really just a box that anyone with distinguished enough status could enter. As for other people, no matter how much money they had, they had to stand in the large hall underneath.

Suo Jia’s box was Box #1 together with Wen Ya. Aside from Wen Ya and Duke Wen Sha, the average person had no rights to enter Box #1. Even Emma and her father couldn’t do so.

Although Emma’s father held a position of great power and wealth, in reality, his power within Holy Light City’s hierarchy was not high at all. Emma’s box number wasn’t even within the first 10 boxes: Box #18.

Sitting within her box, Emma was stuffing herself with large, red grapes. While she was enjoying her food, a low sound came from outside her door, “Miss Emma, Lord Suo Jia has already arrived. He’s currently in Box #1 with Miss Wen Ya.”

“Oh!” Hearing the news, Emma’s eyes lit up, and she began to shovel down the grapes at a faster speed.

In terms of power, titles, and status, perhaps Emma’s family was not within the top 10. However in terms of money, if her family said they were second; even Duke Wen Sha could not dare be called first!

Although the amount of money Duke Wen Sha had could not be considered little, it really couldn’t be compared to Emma’s household. 80% of Duke Wen Sha’s property belonged to the Holy Light City, so the amount of money actually in Duke Wen Sha’s hands was not much. While Emma’s household did not own as much property as the Duke, she had mountains of gold within her warehouse!

Strictly speaking in terms of money, Emma’s household has never lost in any comparison. Even though they were extremely rich, it’s not a good idea to play tricks on them, as they generally only bought items at good prices. If someone randomly raised the price beyond the normal price of that item, then Emma’s household would not pay attention to that idiot.

After some time flowed, the auction finally began to start. Initially the auction revealed some other treasures, such as real estate and other goods, and there was not much that aroused Suo Jia’s interest. However, although those items did not arouse Suo Jia’s interest, he was still greatly shocked at the prices of those items!

Generally speaking, for a piece of Holy Light real estate, as long as the location was good, a single ping of land could sell for 10,000 gold! Suo Jia was convinced that the amount of gold the land was worth could completely cover the surface area of the land.

In a daze, Suo Jia watched as each of the auction goods were sold one by one. With difficulty, he turned around and looked at Wen Ya. Before, he knew that the White Villa was worth a high value, however, only now could he clearly determine its exact price.

The White Villa’s location was Holy Light’s most flourishing area. Compared to the properties sold today, its location was far better. Not mentioning the real estate and the gardens included with the White Villa, simply selling the White Villa alone would already be worth an astronomical price.

The White Villa’s area of land was ten thousand pings. If one ping was worth 10,000 gold, then according to the most basic calculations, 10,000 ping was worth a hundred million gold. All of Holy Light City counted as Duke Wen Sha’s property, and thus represented Wen Ya, so she hadn’t spent any money on this property. However, despite this, this area of land’s value was only so high; its value would never change for any reason.

Suo Jia knew that if he demolished the White Villa and re-constructed a supermarket there, the profits he’d gain would be immeasurable. Having such a good location and such a large area of land, was something most people couldn’t gain even if they begged their families. However, Suo Jia could use it as his residence; it was really too extravagant. Aside from Suo Jia, the only person who could afford to be as luxurious would only be Holy Light City’s Lord, Duke Wen Sha.

While thinking this, the auction gradually reached its climax. Goods like property had already finished being dealt out; next was the auction of various battle equipment and magical items. This was this auction event’s greatest selling point. Seeing the maids carry over all different types of battle equipment and magical items over, Suo Jia excitedly straightened his back, and concentrated all his attention on the stage.

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