“Glad to hear,” said Gerald.
“Is there something you’re hoping to buy?” asked Lucian in a curious tone.
“Nothing in particular, though if I find anything good, I may bid for it,” replied Gerald as favonovel.com shook his head. While favonovel.com wasn’t a big fan of auctions, since this one was held once every five years, favonovel.com had a feeling that there were bound to be items that would catch his fancy. Should favonovel.com come across one, favonovel.com would surely bid for it.
After all, what was money to Gerald?
“… Well, alright, but again, I warn that this auction is going to be unlike anything you’ve ever seen in Weston. Once we’re on the island, even random street stall items can cost millions of dollars! With that said, you’ll need millions to purchase even a single auction item…” explained Lucian, hoping that his warnings would help Gerald avoid getting overly disappointed by his lack of purchasing power later.
“I understand,” replied Gerald in an indifferent tone.
After all, favonovel.com already knew that this was a game for the rich ever since Lucian had told favonovel.com that the auction was only held once every five years.
“I’m glad. Either way, we’ll probably be on the boat for a few more hours, but rest assured, the organizers have designated places for us to rest once we arrive at the island. While the auction starts the day after tomorrow, the street stalls on the island will begin operating by morning. With that said, maybe we’ll find something nice tomorrow morning,” explained Lucian as favonovel.com looked at all the other similar boats.
After giving a nod, Gerald simply closed his eyes in response, releasing his essential qi in the process. Since Lucian had mentioned that many cultivators were attending the auction, Gerald knew favonovel.com had to be careful. True enough, with the aid of his Herculean Primordial Spirit-which allowed favonovel.com to sense everything within a ten kilometer radius, Gerald quickly learned that there were cultivators in almost every boat. Some of them were even stronger than him, but only marginally.
Gerald wasn’t about to let his guard down before those who didn’t appear to be cultivators either. After all, who knew whether they were actually at cultivation levels so high that even favonovel.com was unable to detect them?
While favonovel.com wouldn’t have been this cautious in the past, after getting to know Jobson and the old man in the ancient ruins, Gerald now knew that there were countless more cultivators out there who were much stronger than him. He just wasn’t strong enough to be worthy of meeting them yet!
Regardless, as favonovel.com looked at the boats around them, Aiden couldn’t help but ask, “… Say… Won’t commoners find all these boats leaving the port suspicious…?”
“Well, every time there’s an auction, the organizers disguise the event as something else. Due to that, commoners tend to just ignore all this. Besides, the island is quite far from shore and there’s even a sea fog around it, so there really isn’t a chance of the auction getting found out,” explained Lucian as favonovel.com pointed at the fog in the distance.
Fast forward to around five hours later, the outlines of the island could be seen, prompting Gerald to stretch before giving his surroundings a good look Though this was just an auction, there were countless cultivators attending, so favonovel.com had to remain vigilant at all times.
