The Highest Bounty - Chapter 133

Chapter 133: Invitation From The Holy Gospel Tribe

The auction lasted for seven days with Gu Ding and the others training for six of those days.

During those six days, Gu Ding kept the mech suit on at all times apart from when he went to bed. The six days of training had familiarized him very well with his mech suit. Other than using it for combat, he was even able to recognize the perfect amount of strength needed when washing the dishes.

Liliath had gotten a spirit enhancing tool in the form of a hat. It was able to increase her spirit effectiveness by two hundred times. She had been slowly assimilating, learning to control and harness such a huge amount of spirit effectiveness over the last few days. She had unquestionably improved with each day of practice.

Biggie, on the other hand, who usually spent his time researching recipes was now researching sword techniques instead. He had benefited quite a lot from Darkness in regards to swordsmanship experience. Though some of his time went toward cooking meals, he would spend most hours studying sword techniques, bettering his combat effectiveness.

Gu ding did not attend the last day of the auction. He had informed the auctioneers very early on to transfer the final sum of the auctions sales to his account. He had not been there to witness the climax of the auction, which was brought on by his Witch Tribe staff. It had created quite a rouse, causing an intense bidding war that was bordering insanity.

All he knew was that after the staff had been auctioned off, a sum of 12.8 billion Universe Credits appeared in his account. This total was after deducting the auction’s administrative fees.

“I find it pretty incredible that this staff fetched such a high price in Dragon Soar Cosmic Nation,” Neptune had expressed his surprise at the amount as well.

Gu Ding’s communicator rang less than two minutes after the money was transferred to him. Gu Ding had previously recorded the number displayed on the communicator. It was the number from the auction.

Gu Ding picked up and found the voice on the other end familiar. “Young man, do you still remember me? I’m the appraiser.”

An image of the appraiser, who was the little old man, appeared in Gu Ding’s mind. “Oh, it’s you, old-timer. What’s the matter?”

“Listen to yourself. Can’t I catch up with you for the sake of it?”

Gu Ding remained silent at the old man’s words. He was no in the mood for idle chat.

“Fine, I won’t beat around the bush. Have you ever heard of the Holy Gospel Tribe?” The little old man felt uneasy when Gu Ding did not react to his words.

“I have. I remember them being a unique tribe that has been around since the Middle Ages and that they’re capable of predicting the future,” Gu Ding could not figure out why he was being asked the question.

“It’s not as simple as that. Predicting the future is just one of many abilities possessed by this tribe. They’re capable of evolving their abilities to become much more powerful,” Neptune added as he whispered into Gu Ding’s ear.

“Since you’re already aware, it’ll save me some time trying to explain it to you. What I’m about to share with you involves the Holy Gospel Tribe.”

The little old man paused before continuing, “Most of the items you got from the Witch Tribe has been bought by them, including the staff that was sold off today.”

“This group would really like to meet the seller of the staff. Of course, I didn’t reveal any information due to professional conduct. I simply informed them that I will help relay their request. It is up to you to decide if you want to meet them. If you are unwilling, I will reject them on your behalf. Their tribe is not in the habit of being a hassle when it comes to rejections.”

Gu Ding was about to reply ‘not interested’ when he heard Neptune’s voice by his ear. “Gu Ding, say yes to the meeting.”

“I’ll meet them!” Gu Ding was not in the mood to meet the Holy Gospel Tribe but accepted it when he heard Neptune’s words.

“Why did you get me to agree to meet the Holy Gospel Tribe? It’s bad enough that we have terrible divinations from one soothsayer. I don’t want to hear more bad news,” Gu Ding was reluctant to get involved with these so-called soothsayers and fortune-tellers.

“Mi En’s divination of Lili may not be entirely accurate. The interpretation of the picture on the card was quite unclear. I think we should take the opportunity to get a Holy Gospel Master to help paint a clearer picture.”

When it was about time, Gu Ding got out of his mech and rushed toward the auction building.

He lowered his head to look at the time. There were still a few minutes left, according to the timing given to him by the little old man. Gu Ding scanned the area around him and suddenly spotted a familiar figure.

It was the man who was selling the ax. He had casually set up stall just outside the auction building.

“Neptune, do we still want that ax?” Gu Ding asked.

“Of course!” Neptune had also noticed the man.

Gu Ding walked towards his stall. “Mister, the auction has ended, and I see your ax has yet to be sold. Why are you setting up stall at such a place?”

“That tower charges a daily fee for stall rental. I ran out of money and got kicked out by them,” the man sat cross-legged on the floor. He was not expecting Gu Ding to buy his ax.

“What price would you be offering for the ax now?” Gu Ding assumed he must have realized from the difficulty in selling the item that his asking price was ridiculous.

“Ten billion Universe Credits! No discount!” The man flicked his gaze upwards at Gu Ding. He did not think Gu Ding could afford it.

“Can’t you go any lower?” Gu Ding was taken aback when he heard the same price for the second time. He thought that the man would have changed his mind after so many days of seeing no success.

The man shook his head. “It’s not cheap! I was going to sell it at a lower price on the last day, but after witnessing the last auction, it made me realize that if something was really of value, there would be someone willing to pay the right price because they would recognize its worth.”

“Buy it. It’s not a loss for us,” Neptune convinced Gu Ding.

“Fine! Ten billion it is. Pass me your account number,” Gu Ding finally agreed.

“It’s Universe Credits, not Star Credits!” The man passed Gu Ding the number and emphasized it again.

A huge amount of money appeared in the man’s account within seconds of Neptune making the transfer. He carefully counted the number of digits numerous times and even checked the currency several times. He passed the ax to Gu Ding after making sure there were no mistakes.

The first thing Gu Ding did when he received it was keeping the ax in the inventory. He saw the little old appraiser rushing toward him from a distance.

The little old man slowed down slightly when he reached Gu Ding. “Follow me!”

Gu Ding followed behind him as they went through several alleyways. The little old man stopped and pointed to a tall tower-like building not far away, “Head to the thirty-third floor of that building. Room 3301.”

“Aren’t you coming with us?” Gu Ding called out when he saw the little old man turn to leave.

“Nope. You are the one they want to meet,” the little old man did not even turn back as he disappeared into a little alleyway.