The Highest Bounty

Chapter 123: Half A Sacred Object

In the appraisal room, the little old man who was an appraiser began feeling a little numb in his nerves. Besides that, his buttocks were also a little numb from sitting on the hard appraisal table. He stood up with a serious expression on his face and rubbed his buttocks without a hint of embarrassment. Even though he was standing on the table, his height was still shorter than Liliath–this was without a doubt a little funny.

Gu Ding took out hundreds of items for the little old man, and the latter appraised them one by one–all of them were genuine products from 14.6 billion years ago, and none of them were fake.

When Gu Ding took out a gilded Witch Tribe staff from his Inventory, the little old man was completely taken aback. After swallowing hard, he cautiously took the staff from Gu Ding and examined it carefully.

After more than ten minutes, he took a deep breath. “If my guess is correct, this Witch Tribe staff is something that was used by Witch Tribe Spirits. It’s basically a half-sacred object. If we were in a 5-star Cosmic Nation, half of the nation’s demi-powerhouses would be fighting over it. The auction on Great Divinity is grand in comparison to the Dragon Soar Cosmic Nation’s auction. No one can afford to bid for your item here. Try auctioning it again after you’ve entered Faye Cosmic Nation. You’ve opened my eyes today. I’ll keep the existence of this thing a secret. I won’t tell a single soul.”

Gu Ding put away the staff. “Old man, approximately how much can I sell it for?”

“I can only provide you with a reference price; at least tens of billions of Star Credits. No need to take action if it’s any lower.” The little old man pondered for a while as he stroked his white beard.

“Thank you, uncle!” Gu Ding grinned.

“Please forgive me for asking one question.” The little old man who was an appraiser was curious about the source of Gu Ding’s items. “You didn’t rob the Witch Tribe’s treasure vault, did you?”

“I didn’t rob them, I stole from them!” Gu Ding grinned and showed his pearly white teeth.

“Alright.” The little old man was not expecting Gu Ding to be so honest. “Except for the staff, sell everything else. I estimate that the things you have are worth about 1.9 billion Star Credits in total. That amount of fortune should be enough to make some lords of Cosmic Nations turn green with envy. Young man, an old man like me would like to give you a piece of advice–don’t show your fortune.”

“Okay!” Gu Ding nodded vigorously and asked in return, “Uncle, would you like to join our pirate crew?”

When Gu Ding asked this, Liliath and Biggie were both taken aback, even Neptune fell silent.

“No!” Little old man rejected Gu Ding without hesitation.

“Why?” Gu Ding was not expecting him to reject his proposal right away.

“Only a kid would become an Interstellar Pirate. It’s not something for my age.” The little old man projected a page in front of them. “Register whatever you’re going to put up for auction and leave those items here. The auction officially starts the day after tomorrow. Information on each seller is hidden, so you don’t have to worry about information leakage.”

Gu Ding connected his wristwatch and got Neptune to register everything that they were going to sell.

After they completed the registration, the little old man went through their items once again. Having made sure that they were consistent with the details they had put in the registration form, he waved his hand at Gu Ding and his friends as if they were flies. “You can leave now.”

After they left the appraisal room, Neptune asked Gu Ding, “Gu Ding, why did you want to recruit the old man just now? We don’t need an appraiser. If you have anything you want to appraise, hit me up.”

“Don’t you think he’s interesting?” Gu Ding grinned.

“Can’t you recruit someone normal like me in the future?” Liliath could not help but protest.

Biggie who was on the side scratched his head. He had a smirk on his face, but he did not express his thoughts.

“Let’s go shopping in the towers. Robert gave us an extremely long list, let’s see what we can buy.” Gu Ding changed the subject and began walking toward the tower on their left.

Liliath and the others stopped talking and followed Gu Ding into the tower.

This tower–located at the corner of the auction site–had seven floors. Each floor had items that were of different categories.

There was a description of each category at the gate outside the tower–Gu Ding took a look at them. Most of the items Robert wanted were metal materials, and they were located on the sixth floor. “I’m going to the sixth floor to run some errands for Robert, do you guys want to tag along?”

“I’m going to the third floor!” Liliath saw that the third floor had been categorized for clothes and accessories.

“How about you, Biggie?” Gu Ding was a little worried about him shopping alone.

“I’ll follow Lili.” Biggie smiled.

“After going through the third floor, we’ll head to the food section on the fifth floor.” Liliath was glad that she had company and thought that Biggie would want to visit the fifth floor more.

“Okay.” Biggie nodded.

“Alright then, contact me if you run into anything,” Gu Ding said as he hurried into the tower, leaving before them.

Liliath and Biggie seemed more relaxed as they slowly waited for the elevator.

When Gu Ding got to the sixth floor, he asked Neptune to quickly find the items on Robert’s list. Looking at the list that contained more than seventy different materials, Gu Ding knew that he would need more time to complete the task.

After going around the sixth floor once, Gu Ding was able to purchase more than twenty items on the list with help of Neptune. Gu Ding dialed Liliath’s communicator. “What’s up? I’ve finished purchasing the items in this tower.”

“We’re still shopping. I tried on a lot of clothes but none of them looked good on me.” Liliath’s voice sounded excited as she spoke. “The seventh floor seems to sell weapons and armor. You can go take a look, maybe you’ll find something useful.”

After hanging up the call, Gu Ding headed towards the seventh floor as it was still early.

Once he arrived on the seventh floor, a dazzling array of weapons and armor piqued Gu Ding’s interest. He had no interest in the metal materials Robert wanted–he just wanted to complete the task quickly with a shopping spree. Hence, he had Neptune scan the surrounding materials and compare them with the list he had, purchasing them right away if they were something on the list. On the other hand, once Gu Ding got to the seventh floor, he looked at the stalls one by one, not willing to let any of them slip past him.

There were all sorts of armor, uniquely-shaped changdaos, and cool firearms that raised Gu Ding’s interest.

Standing in front of a set of black armor, Gu Ding almost had drool coming out from his mouth. “This is so cool, I want to buy it so much…”

“Hey, don’t forget that your Combat Armor has stronger defense than this,” Neptune could not help but remind Gu Ding from making impulse purchases.

Gu Ding looked away reluctantly. Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure in a stall not too far away.

The person coincidentally happened to look in Gu Ding’s direction. “It’s you!”