"Wow, Big Black will definitely love it!" Long Teng's eyes lit up the moment he saw the picture.
The Flying Dragon's obsession with sparkle was deeply ingrained; the golden crystal on its forehead had long since transformed into a giant natural diamond, its dazzling light a constant sight every time it opened its eyes.
Because of the Flying Dragon, Long Teng also paid extra attention to sparkly things.
Xie Sen couldn't help but exclaim, "So beautiful!"
He glanced at the comments; almost all were screams of praise, and many expressed their determination to get their hands on it. Seeing these boastful comments, he asked, "Do you know anything about jewelry prices? How much would such a large pearl cost?"
Long Teng shook his head: "I don't know, my dad prepares everything for Big Black."
Mei Yin also shook her head: "I rarely pay attention."
Although Bai Jiao didn't usually wear jewelry, due to her family background, she frequently attended various banquets from a young age and had some knowledge of these things: "The largest pearl currently available is less than one-thirtieth the diameter of this one, and it sold for three hundred million."
Xie Sen was dumbfounded. If it were based on diameter, wouldn't it cost over nine billion? How could anyone afford that!
In his excitement, he blurted out his thoughts. Bai Jiao laughed, "It won't be that expensive. This pearl is too big to be made into jewelry; it can only be used as an ornament, which has more collectible value... However, it's so big and rare that it can't be cheap."
Xie Sen pondered for a moment, "Then let's prepare for both possibilities. We'll wait for the sales information and see if we can find any security loopholes."
Long Teng's attention was entirely on the second half of the sentence, his eyes sparkling .
Maine asked, "Can you pinpoint its location?"
Xie Sen glanced up, "Above the 80th floor, the exact location..." He said, preparing to mentally call out to Adan to ask about the distance between Xiao Yin and their current location.
However, a quick glance revealed that the height of each floor was different. Just like now, the restaurant was obviously higher than the guest rooms. He remembered that the lowest floors were battlegrounds, where each floor might be even higher.
Therefore, even knowing the distance, he couldn't calculate the exact 80th floor. Thinking of Adan's weak voice earlier, he decided not to waste Adan's energy. After thinking it through, he continued, "The exact location is uncertain."
"Then shall we search floor by floor?" Long Teng suggested.
Maine tapped the virtual screen twice, quickly scanning the area, then turned the screen back to the three of them: "Floors 80 and 81 are the auction hall. The purpose of floors 82 and above has not been publicly announced, and entry is prohibited."
Xie Sen's eyes lit up: "There must be a lot of treasures in the auction hall, and Little Silver is a treasure too. Will it be on floors 80 and 81?"
Maine said, "We can go take a look." He clicked on floor 81 and pointed to the lower right corner, "There's an auction at 8 PM."
Xie Sen looked over; the tickets were 100,000 per person. He couldn't help but complain, "Isn't this robbery?"
Maine said, "Tickets for floor 80 are 10,000, with a starting bid of 1 million. The starting bid for floor 81 is 10 million. The really good stuff is on floor 81. The tickets are just the entry barrier."
Long Teng had no concept of ticket prices and said directly, "Let's go to floor 81!"
Bai Jiao carefully read through the information page and smiled, "Perfect timing, it's still early, we have time to prepare." He pointed to the middle of the screen, "Formal attire is required for entry."
So after finishing their hotpot, the four of them went directly to floor 60 to buy formal attire.
They had prepared a lot of things for this trip, but not formal wear. After all, their destination was an unknown little planet, and no one expected to need such frivolous items.
The four were strikingly good-looking, and the sales clerk's eyes lit up when he saw them, eagerly introducing various styles. However, the four didn't care about the clothes; they just picked out the colors and sizes, without even trying them on, and packed them up to leave.
The sales clerk, shocked and regretful, urged them to leave; he wanted to see them try on clothes!
Back in their rooms, Xie Sen immediately found a change of clothes and went to the bathroom. Youhai's room was luxurious and spacious, with a large bathroom. He had been longing to take a bath since before dinner.
Bathing on the Yamu Continent was always outdoors; cleanliness was another matter, and a hot bath was impossible.
Mei Yin followed him in, closing the bathroom door behind him. Xie Sen heard the sound and was about to turn around when Mei Yin hugged him from behind, then nibbled on his earlobe. He trembled slightly, grabbing Mei Yin's hand: "Stop it, take a bath first."
"I'll help you," Mei Yin said in a low, hoarse voice.
Xie Sen reacted immediately. They'd spent the past few days on the Holy Mountain with Long Teng and Bai Jiao, and being outdoors made things inconvenient, so they hadn't been intimate for several days. Mei Yin reacted even more strongly, having already reached her limit.
In the end, the bathroom was a mess, and Mei Yin, wrapped in a large bath towel, carried Xie Sen to the bed.
He lay on Mei Yin's lap, pinching Mei Yin's waist, but Mei Yin's waist had no soft flesh, so the pinch felt bland. He groaned softly. Mei Yin relaxed her muscles, giving him more sensation, her eyes filled with satisfaction and doting as she used a hairdryer to dry his hair.
His hair dried quickly, and Xie Sen rolled over onto the bed, glancing at the time and sighing, "It'll be eight in fifteen minutes. I was thinking of resting a bit."
Mei Yin put down the hairdryer, took off the towel she'd casually wrapped herself in, and tossed it beside the bed. Xie Sen tilted his head to look at her, silently swallowing, and simply lay on the bed, propping his chin up and staring intently.
Mei Yin, buttoning his black shirt, glanced at him, his voice low and husky, and unbuttoned one button: "Don't want to go?"
Xie Sen quickly looked away and scrambled up from the bed, but the movement was so sudden that his back ached and he fell back down, the bed sinking slightly: "Ouch... Go, go, go, get dressed properly."
He was suddenly lifted into the air as Mei Yin scooped him up and placed him on the edge of the bed, rubbing his back with a slight frown: "Does it hurt?"
"No," Xie Sen pushed him away and jumped off the bed, "It's sore."
Mei Yin chuckled and quickly put on his clothes. Then he helped Xie Sen, who was getting dressed on the sofa after putting on his pants, but clearly he was making things worse. He knelt down in front of Xie Sen, and as he bent down to button Xie Sen's shirt, he saw the marks he had left on Xie Sen's body and uncontrollably kissed him.
Xie Sen rolled his eyes and kicked him with his bare foot: "Go away, I can do it myself, or we'll be late."
Mei Yin grabbed his foot and kissed the instep.
Xie Sen's toes immediately curled up, and he was about to get angry when Maine released him, took a step back, and sat down on the sofa opposite him.
By the time the two left, there were only two minutes left before the auction. Long Teng looked at Xie Sen's flushed face: "Ah Sen, do you have a fever?"
"Cough...no," Xie Sen said quickly, "Let's hurry, our tickets to the 81st floor will expire at eight o'clock."
Tickets for the 81st floor auction are only valid for the day. After purchasing them, the personal bracelet will grant access to the 81st floor from the start of the auction until the official start time, but the access will be lost after that time.
The four of them entered the venue just thirty seconds before the auction started. There weren't many people in the venue, and Xie Sen didn't want to attract attention, so he went straight to a spot near the door. Bai Jiao tugged at him: "Our seats are at the front. You need to sit in your assigned seats. These empty seats are occupied, but they're not there in person; they're bidding remotely."
Xie Sen suddenly realized why there were so few people in the venue, but there were advantages to it. He wasn't here for the auction. After he reached the 81st floor, he clearly felt that he was very close to Xiaoyin.
Earlier, he had tried to communicate with Xiao Yin in the guest room, but failed. After sitting down, he ignored the auctioneer's words and immediately called out to Xiao Yin in his mind: "Xiao Yin, are you there? Can you hear me?"
"Waaah, I thought you were gone! When are you coming to save me? They keep trying to pry my mouth open and have replaced it with so many strange things, it's so scary!" Xiao Yin continued to cry, her voice soft and pitiful.
Xie Sen breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the previous communication failure was because the guest room was too far from Xiao Yin. He had been worried that something had happened to her!
Hearing Xiao Yin's words, he quickly asked, "Are you alright?"
"I didn't open my mouth, and my shell wasn't broken, but I'm so scared. I heard them say that they're going to replace my shell with something very powerful, it's so scary, waaaah..."
From its description, Xie Sen could imagine what the scene was like. The people of Youhai definitely wanted to take out the pearl, but with the energy, they couldn't break Xiao Yin's shell.
He thought that if he instantly transformed into an indestructible being, and someone tried to cut him with a sharp weapon, even if it didn't hurt, he would definitely be terrified.
He quickly comforted Xiao Yin: "I'm trying to save you. You can understand human speech. Do you know which floor you're on now?"
"I know, the eighty-second floor," Xiao Yin choked out, "They say the eighty-second floor is full of great treasures. There are two big iron bars next to me, and inside are two big monsters that keep drooling over me. They want to eat me, but I'm too scared to speak, waaaaah... They don't look like treasures at all!"
Xie Sen was startled. Could they be some kind of wild beast?
Xiao Yin cried out in panic: "Waaaah... That big flat monster told the fat monster that I'm delicious, waaaah, I'm not delicious at all!"
Xie Sen was stunned: "You can understand them?"
"Yes, I can. Hmm~" Xiao Yin paused, "That's right, I couldn't understand them before. I saw one of these big flat monsters not long ago, and I couldn't understand what they were saying!"
Xie Sen couldn't help but wonder, could the monster Xiao Yin was talking about be a contracted beast? Contracted beasts can communicate with each other, but they cannot communicate with wild animals. Although Little Silver isn't a contracted beast, its intelligence has been greatly enhanced due to the energy it received.
He asked, "Have you spoken to them?"
"I'm afraid..." Little Silver whispered.
Xie Sen said, "Try communicating with them. If they know you can talk to them, they won't want to eat you."
"Really? I'll try."
Xie Sen's mind went quiet for a moment. After a while, Little Silver said, "Great, they're not drooling at me anymore." Xie Sen
thought for a moment and had it ask the two beasts why they were captured. After asking, Little Silver said, "They said they are contracted beasts. Humans want to increase their combat power by forming contracts with them, but they don't have the ability to make them submit, so they resorted to this despicable method." They
really are contracted beasts