Chapter 353: Auction of the Era

“You arrogant kid, when I, Huang Yan, was out and about, you were probably not even born yet!”

Su Rui remained silent in contemplation, while Huang Yan, upon hearing Zhang Mu’s unfriendly tone, reacted like a provoked old lion, disdainfully saying, “What skills do you have? Are you so confident that you can keep the two of us here?”

“Indeed, when Elder Huang was making a name for himself, I wasn’t even born yet. But now, it’s not your era anymore. Elders like you, Elder Huang, should be tending to flowers at home, playing with pets, and spending time with grandchildren. Why bother coming out again to show your face, trying to compete with us younger generation, right, Elder Huang?”

Although Zhang Mu’s words and tone were extremely respectful, they were subtly mocking Huang Yan for relying on his age.

Huang Yan was quite upset by Zhang Mu’s words. Since becoming Sub City Lord, he hadn’t dared to speak so boldly for a long time. But he realized that they were in the wrong in this matter. Not only could Zhang Mu and the others not stay, but they definitely could not keep all four of them. If news of this got out, the other four riders from the neighboring city would probably cause trouble.

So, Huang Yan could only snort coldly and turned his head away, ignoring Zhang Mu.

“Zhang Mu, my brother, you’re truly humorous. Our lives can’t be bought with money. It’s been delayed for quite some time now. My brothers are waiting for me at the tavern to have another drink with them. After that, I must rush back to the sub-city. But Zhang Mu, you’re our guest. Please forgive any shortcomings in hospitality. Please accept this small gesture of goodwill.”

The silent Su Rui finally spoke and threw out an Era Card, which was caught by Zhang Mu.

He reminded Zhang Mu that he had nearly a thousand Grey Wolf Riders in Ordos City, asking him not to be too extreme.

Ignoring the implied threat in Zhang Mu’s words, Zhang Mu played with two cards for a while, glanced at the red numbers of ten thousand elemental crystals on them, and finally placed the two Era Cards into his Era Merchant Ring on his right hand. With money in hand, Zhang Mu put on a fake smile and said, “Just joking, Su Rui Sub City Lord, no need to take it seriously. You are too polite.”

Su Rui’s expression changed slightly when he took out ten thousand elemental crystals, but he quickly regained his composure. Even Zhang Mu was impressed by Su Rui’s deep city.

“Since Su Rui Sub City Lord has something to attend to, Zhang Mu won’t keep you any longer. Goodbye.”

Su Rui didn’t want to see Zhang Mu’s face anymore, so he turned around and walked out of the horse training field with Huang Yan, who was suppressing his anger beside him.

Hachikuju saw Su Rui and the others leaving the horse training field, then turned to Zhang Mu with a puzzled expression and said, “Zhang Mu, it’s clear that Su Rui wants to use the King of Warhorses to get rid of us. Just now was the best opportunity. The four of us, along with your second-rank mutant pet, can surely handle them.”

“Although Su Rui is a mental evolver, he is not on the same level as the King of Warhorses in terms of mental power. If he really attacks, I won’t be as passive as I was just now,” Hachikuju said confidently.

Zhang Mu shook his head and said, “That’s not the case, Brother Hachikuju. As you said, Su Rui has the highest popularity among ordinary people. If he and another Sub City Lord die in the capital city, and you and Qizilbash brothers survive, what would others think? Even if one of you ends up as the Capital City Lord, won’t there always be gossip behind your backs?”

Hachikuju argued, “Didn’t Su Rui purposely distract the guards to endanger us? Can Su Rui sit securely in that seat?”

Zhang Mu chuckled, patted Hachikuju’s broad shoulder, and said, “Buddy, Su Rui might actually be able to sit securely. Let me explain slowly to you.”

One reason is that we came to tame the King of Warhorses, the guards knew this and the danger of the King of Warhorses is well known. There have been cases of people dying before. Su Rui’s explanation that the King of Warhorses suddenly became aggressive is convincing.

Another reason is about your own problem, Brother Hachikuju, even Su Rui, like that, can be the most influential, it must be that you haven’t done some superficial work properly.”

Hachikuju said embarrassedly, “I usually hang out with my brothers, but I also ensure their basic needs. There are so many complications, it’s really annoying.”

Zhang Mu smiled but didn’t say anything. This time he came and although he couldn’t tame the King of Warhorses, he earned five thousand elemental crystals in one morning, which was quite profitable.

“By the way, Zhang Mu, are you going to Hohhot City next?”

Hachikuju suddenly asked, catching Zhang Mu off guard. He nodded instinctively and said, “Yes.”

“Considering the time, it should be close to the opening of the monthly auction in Hohhot City. Zhang Mu, you should also be going then. We can go together.”

“An auction?”

Seeing Zhang Mu looking confused, Hachikuju remembered that she hadn’t mentioned it to him before. She glanced at Zhang Mu and said, “It’s the auction organized by Era Sub-merchant, just like you. The leaders of the Eight Cavalry will all participate. The last time, the two bottles of second-rank healing potions belonging to Su Rui and Elder Huang were the highlight of that auction.”

Talking about this, Hachikuju’s expression was full of regret. It’s true that one regrets not having enough money when they need it. At that time, both him and Qizilbash couldn’t afford to buy even one bottle of second-rank healing potion.

The auction organized by Era Sub-merchant?

Interesting, is it an auction centered around items from Era Store?

This is meant to drain the Sub City Lords. It happens once a month, and the elemental crystals or mutated beast cores that have just been collected are likely exchanged for Era Store goods. The entire initiative is in the hands of this alliance.

Since it’s convenient to visit the capital, might as well take a look at the crazy bidding as well.

Just as Zhang Mu was still thinking about the auction, Su Rui, who had just left the horse ranch, looked at Huang Yan with a gloomy face and said, “Elder Huang, give me that thing. I’ll contact them.”

“They said not to use it unless it’s important, as the uses are limited.”

Huang Yan looked a bit surprised, but still took out a cicada wing from his sleeve and handed it to Su Rui.

Su Rui had a serious expression and slowly said, “The appearance of this new Era Sub-merchant is probably the most important thing we have encountered recently.”

He carefully projected the spiritual information flow onto the cicada wing, infused all of Zhang Mu and Yuan Rui’s information into it, and waited quietly for a response.

Within a few seconds, three golden words appeared on the cicada wing, simple and plain.

“Understood.”

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