The City's Strongest Son-in-law

Chapter 1340: Chapter 1339: The Hierarchy of Tiers

"Capital verification, so that we can participate in the auction, aren’t you welcoming us?" Wang Junyi asked indifferently.

The other’s attitude immediately eased a lot upon hearing this and he said, "All right, you three come this way."

Under the guidance of that person, they walked into the auction house, directly into a room.

The room was large and very luxuriously decorated. It seemed to be an office, but rarely seen on Earth, with gems embedded everywhere. Judging from the quality, they were all high-end goods, probably only Shangguan Sichen could achieve such extravagance.

The middle-aged man in the room, dressed in neatly tailored attire, stood up and walked over when he saw Su Changfeng’s group.

"My name is Zhou Hai, one of the managers of Xinlong Auction House," Zhou Hai said proactively.

"Su Changfeng."

"Wang Junyi."

"Yu’er."

Su Changfeng and the others politely and courteously reported their names.

"I wonder which auction you plan to attend?" Zhou Hai asked.

Su Changfeng naturally wasn’t familiar with the rules of Xinlong Auction House. From Zhou Hai’s words, it seemed there wasn’t just one auction here, and there were different levels.

But upon careful thought, it was understandable. Xinlong Auction House only held auctions once every six months. It’s unrealistic to finish in one session. Moreover, the quality of auction items varies, and so do their audiences, thus separation facilitates better management.

"Naturally the highest level, we have money!" Wang Junyi said.

Zhou Hai chuckled lightly, explaining, "It’s not just about money to attend the highest level. To participate, you must bring a valuable auction item."

"Is that so? Isn’t having enough money enough? After all, we’re here to buy, not to sell." Wang Junyi was somewhat dissatisfied, never having heard of such a rule.

"Please understand, this is indeed our rule. If it’s burdensome for you, perhaps you can opt for a slightly lower level," Zhou Hai said.

Upon hearing this, Wang Junyi was even more dissatisfied. Wasn’t this belittling them? Why should they attend a lower-level auction? If they were to participate, they would definitely want to see the best, or else it would be meaningless.

However, Wang Junyi thought about it and realized he couldn’t produce anything worthy as an auction item.

"Master, what do you think?" Wang Junyi softly asked Su Changfeng.

To Su Changfeng, providing an auction item wasn’t an especially difficult task. The Red Fruit he possessed was naturally a valuable thing, but that was merely his own perception. As for how others viewed it and its true worth, he wasn’t sure, so he didn’t know if the others would value the fruit.

"If you find it challenging, we certainly won’t force you. However, I have other work to attend to, so it’s inconvenient for me to accompany you further." Zhou Hai said very politely, though his underlying intention to dismiss them was clear.

Wang Junyi was very annoyed by Zhou Hai’s double-edged demeanor. Yet he didn’t know how to release his anger because Zhou Hai’s attitude remained polite, giving him no chance to explode.

"What’s the rush? Let my master think about it," Wang Junyi said.

A hint of impatience flashed in Zhou Hai’s eyes. These people didn’t seem capable of bringing valuable items, and he naturally didn’t want to waste time on them.

"I’m truly sorry, I have other matters to attend to, so you may leave now," Zhou Hai said.

Being driven away like this would naturally be disgraceful. Wang Junyi became anxious and said to Su Changfeng, "Master, what should we do?"

Su Changfeng couldn’t help but sigh. He clearly understood that doing so would be embarrassing. If the Red Fruit was rejected by Zhou Hai, wouldn’t they be even more humiliated?

"Let’s proceed with capital verification. Ultimately, we won’t attend the highest one," Su Changfeng said.

Wang Junyi saw that Su Changfeng had made up his mind, so he said to Zhou Hai, "My master’s things can’t be just casually auctioned. We’ll settle for a slightly lower-level auction."

"Very well, follow me, please," Zhou Hai said, suppressing his inner impatience.

Then, Wang Junyi was taken into a room, and after a while, he emerged with a look of dejection.

"You are completely wasting my time," Zhou Hai’s attitude had turned sharply, with subtle anger in his voice.

"What happened?" Su Changfeng asked Wang Junyi.

"Master, they said that the money I brought isn’t even enough to attend the lowest level. I brought nearly everything I owned when I came," Wang Junyi never expected that his entire wealth would be entirely dismissed by Zhou Hai. He couldn’t even imagine what kind of wealthy people attended these auctions.

Su Changfeng’s face suddenly darkened. He had never been stumped by money before.

Back on Earth, although he experienced financial difficulties at times, it never reached such a point.

At this moment, a group of people suddenly rushed in from outside, they came aggressively, and their eyes showed hostility.

"Zhou Hai, what are you doing?" Wang Junyi’s expression changed. It’s just about money, does it really require such a grand display?

Zhou Hai’s face was ice-cold, nothing like the warmth shown earlier as he coldly said, "Where do you country bumpkins come from, not even able to produce money, and dare to stir up trouble? You must pay the price for what happened earlier."

"Going to fight?" Wang Junyi’s face lit up with excitement. Nowadays, what he loved most was fighting, especially when Su Changfeng was present, Wang Junyi was even more unrestrained.

"Just with you? A mere fifth-rank, to our Xinlong Auction House, what are you really worth?" Zhou Hai showed disdain. He could see Wang Junyi’s rank, his own strength was naturally also quite commendable.

If he could take up the manager’s position at Xinlong Auction House, he surely had some skills.

Just as the conflict was about to ignite, Su Changfeng suddenly said, "We have items that can be auctioned, but not sure if you can handle them."

Since things had come to this point, they could only try their luck with the Red Fruit. Su Changfeng wanted to see if this item had any value on the Tianyuan Continent.

However, he was also worried that if Xinlong Auction House had grown to this scale, it must have backing. Creating a big conflict here in Xinluo City and Xinlong Auction House surely wouldn’t be wise.

Su Changfeng and his group had just arrived here, and he didn’t want to leave just as quickly.

"Hahaha..." Zhou Hai couldn’t help but laugh upon hearing this.

"What’s so funny? My master’s things are rare in the world, your auction house probably hasn’t even seen them," Wang Junyi looked at the sneering expression on the other’s face with strong dissatisfaction.

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