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The Great Tree King chuckled and whispered to him, "Cousin, what are you afraid of? This is Miss Ningguang's auction. Even if you bid an astronomical price, do you really think she'll want your Mora?"
"I can't refuse, or I'll owe them a favor."
"Debts of gratitude must be repaid with flesh. Cousin, why don't you just make her feel good a few more times?"
"...Cousin, you don't want to dream alone at night, do you?"
"Damn it, I can do it myself, can't I?"
"Are you rich?"
"I have knowledge, the economics knowledge that Ningguang most desires."
"Okay, whatever you want."
"hey-hey."
After a while, the auction began.
Xia Zhi found it quite novel.
The first item up for auction was a mechanical pocket watch from Fontainebleau.
The Great Tree King was the first to call out: "1 Mora."
The whole place was quiet.
Surprisingly, no one else came forward to continue shouting.
It's probably to give Ningguang face.
"Anyone else want to bid?"
"1 Mora for the first time."
"1 Mora for the second time."
"1 Mora for the third time."
"The auction is successful. Congratulations, young lady, this item is yours."
A pretty young lady handed over the pocket watch.
The Great Compassion Tree King held the pocket watch, fiddled with it in his hand for a moment, and sighed, "It's really boring that no one's competing with me for it."
The goddess of pleasure immediately lost interest and stopped bidding.
On the other side, Zhongli withdrew his gaze and took a sip of tea.
He wasn't really interested in these kinds of auctions; they were nowhere near as entertaining as the shows his old colleagues put on.
True Lord Lishui glanced at the Emperor and said sensibly, "This banquet is almost over. How about we go play cards?"
True Lord Xiaoyue nodded and replied, "Great! I've already signed up for the competition, so I might as well go practice some more."
Zhong Li nodded slightly and said, "Alright, I'll sign up too."
"Shall we leave now?"
"Let's go, there will still be seats at the teahouse if we go early."
"Ah."
The three people put down their teacups, silently got up and left.
Xia Zhi watched their figures disappear into the distance from his "God's-eye view," tapping his fingers lightly on the table before looking at all the guests in the room.
Most of their progress bars for the Black Iron skill were still at 0%, because Xia Zhi had not interacted with them in any way.
However, the silver progress bar on one of the mature women, a woman with a good figure, black hair, and wearing a cheongsam, showed a slight increase.
This is because she drank the cocktail Diona made.
The liquor in Diona's shaker was brewed by Xia Zhi himself, so the drink Diona made had Xia Zhi's involvement and could be considered as his "feeding" interaction with her.
The banquet is about to end, and they need to obtain these treasure chests through a gentle, harmless, high-speed, and efficient method.
Xia Zhi lowered his head, thinking of the little crane.
At that time, the little crane was seriously injured. When Xia Zhi used his healing technique to heal her, her progress bar increased.
With so many people around, single-target healing is too slow; group healing would be a better option.
After thinking for a while, he guessed that Prince Yan had already gone far away.
Xia Zhi used the [Hourglass of Time] to freeze time throughout the entire Qunyu Pavilion.
Then, he raised his hand and cast a [Healing Rain], and because of the effect of [Tears of the Goddess], his mana was immediately and permanently increased.
Countless raindrops of light fell from the sky, gently nourishing the guests and silently moisturizing their bodies.
At the same time, Xia Zhi saw the progress bars on the people within his detection range begin to rise steadily.
[1%], [2%], [3%]...
The rate of increase is a bit slow.
Xia Zhi then cast several new group healing spells.
Before long, he heard the system's voice constantly ringing in his mind.
"Progress bar has reached 100%, Black Iron Treasure Chest reward obtained."
"Progress bar has reached 100%, Black Iron Treasure Chest reward obtained."
"Progress bar has reached 100%, Silver Treasure Chest reward obtained."
"Progress bar has reached 100%, Black Iron Treasure Chest reward obtained."
……
Xia Zhi's inventory suddenly contained dozens of black iron treasure chests and more than a dozen silver treasure chests.
Great, this means not only are this year's employees' year-end bonuses secured.
It's enough to cover the year-end bonuses for next year and the year after... if no new employees join the store.
Chapter 275 Ying'er, I've figured it out.
Wait until time stops and ends.
The guests suddenly felt much more comfortable.
Even though they are all pampered and privileged people, they all have some health problems. This is a case of treating illnesses if they are sick and extending their lives if they are not.
Xia Zhi glanced at his cousin beside him, and felt a little amused.
She looked a little confused, and a small red mark was on her cute cheek.
This is the result of Xia Zhi gently pinching it with his fingers when time stopped just now.
Her skin was so delicate that even a slight touch left such marks.
"cousin?"
"Ok?"
"is that you?"
"What is not me?"
"It seems like someone just offended me."
"How dare you slander someone's innocence out of thin air again?"
"I think you did it."
"Produce the evidence."
"I don't need evidence."
"?"
"Someone is already gone, and given his personality, he wouldn't do such a thing. Only you can do it, and you're capable of doing it. Eliminate all the impossible options, and the remaining one, even if it seems unbelievable, must be the truth."
"..."
"You did it!"
Xia Zhi didn't want to talk to her.
She was the one who pinched him first.
The flesh on my waist was pinched, and that hurt the most.
He only retaliated slightly, which is quite reasonable, isn't it?
After the banquet ended, Xia Zhi and the others bid farewell to Ning Guang and got up to leave.
While you're at it, go find the cat at the bar, and also Chongyun.
Diona excitedly packed her things, exclaiming, "Boss, I was amazing today!"