Chapter 3395: BuyingEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Late at night.

The auction house was still brightly lit.

Fang Heng stayed in the guest room refining Black Crystal stones, while Zane was busy shopping on the auction house’s second floor.

Besides Black Crystal dust, there were top-grade elemental crystals Fang Heng needed, treasures that could provide energy absorption from various academic disciplines, and various items carrying Evil God auras that could help him recover strength quickly.

Buy!

Just buy everything!

Zane experienced the joy of spending.

The trading area on the auction house’s second floor was very large. After browsing less than one-fifth, Zane had already found more than ten treasures carrying Evil God auras.

After absorbing them all, his originally weak aura gradually condensed.

Compared to his peak, he had recovered about thirty percent of his strength.

Zane was very pleased.

If he had known earlier, he would have brought Fang Heng to the Endless Domain sooner! Doing it alone was so much harder; Fang Heng only needed to wave his hand and refine a few more Black Crystal stones.

Hmm?

Suddenly, Zane sensed something. His gaze fell on a stall in the front right corner.

On the stall was only a fist-sized, pitch-black stone.

Soul Weeping Stone!

Faces of wailing souls constantly appeared on the stone’s surface.

Good stuff! This thing was very rare! It was sealed with tens of millions of believers’ souls possessing Evil God strength, and could provide a large amount of faith power filled with evil thoughts.

It was exactly what Zane urgently needed.

If he could absorb it, he could restore at least ten percent of his strength!

Before, he definitely wouldn’t have dared to think about this.

But now...

He had money! Buy it!

Excitement appeared in Zane’s eyes. He strode over and pointed at the Soul Weeping Stone on the stall, "How much for this?"

The stall owner was a thin old man. He glanced at Zane, then raised three thin fingers.

"Three hundred Black Crystal coins."

Without hesitation, Zane took out five of the largest raw Black Crystal materials from his pocket and slapped them on the stall.

"Is this enough?"

A flicker of sharp light appeared in the old man’s murky eyes. He picked up one Black Crystal, carefully sensed it, then looked at Zane for examination and nodded gently.

"Enough."

Just as Zane reached to take the Soul Weeping Stone, two figures stepped forward from behind and blocked him.

They were the auction house guards.

Zane frowned.

Turning around, he saw that several guards had already surrounded the entire stall, hidden but enclosing it.

Realizing some commotion was happening, many curious onlookers gathered.

The auction house’s second-floor guard captain said seriously to the old stall owner, "Wait, this transaction is suspended."

The stall owner hesitated, looked at the captain, then at Zane, and did not speak. He took back the Soul Weeping Stone from Zane’s hand.

Zane saw the Soul Weeping Stone he was about to get disappear and felt displeased. He looked at the captain.

"What does this mean?"

"Sir, we received a report suspecting that the currency you used in this transaction is of unknown origin."

The captain arrogantly said this, then picked up a raw Black Crystal stone from the stall and held it up for the increasingly large crowd to see.

"Everyone, please look. This purity of void crystal, as far as I know, is only produced in the core mining areas under the command of the Five Kings of Gods. Each piece has a unique energy code for tracking its flow."

He paused, then continued, "But these crystals have no energy codes. We have reason to suspect they are illegally smuggled goods from the mining areas."

The crowd immediately murmured.

Illegal collection?

In the Endless Domain, who dares to offend the Five Kings of Gods and steal mines?

Quite bold!

Zane’s expression darkened, sharply sensing that something was wrong.

A report?

Impossible!

The items he bought before all involved an extra payment. Even if the traders knew they were black market goods, they feared confiscation by the auction house and would never report him.

So the problem was very likely coming from the auction house.

Could it be aimed at Fang Heng?

"Nonsense! These are raw Black Crystal ores I brought from outside! On what basis do you claim they came from the Endless Domain mines?"

"Is that so?"

The captain was unmoved, gave a cold smile, stepped aside, and gestured, "Then, to ensure the auction house’s transaction security and clear your suspicion, please come with us and cooperate with the investigation."

Zane frowned tightly.

He had just recovered thirty percent of his strength; naturally, he did not fear these guards.

What truly worried him was the auction house’s backing.

One of the Five Kings of Gods—the God of Decay.

Hmm!?

Zane was pondering when suddenly his heart skipped a beat.

He looked up and saw three gray-robed believers standing on the high platform of the second floor. Their auras had already firmly locked onto him.

The God of Decay’s followers!

Zane felt something was wrong.

If he acted now, whether he could win was uncertain, but it was equal to openly clashing with the auction house.

If he caused trouble at the auction house, even if he could prove the Black Crystal stones weren’t stolen, the God of Decay would still have a reason to eliminate him.

After hesitating for a moment, Zane nodded and said, "Fine, I’ll go with you."

A faint, hard-to-detect smile appeared on the captain’s face.

"Please."

...

In the living room.

Fang Heng finished refining the last batch of Black Crystal ore and put the high-tier elemental crystals that Zane had bought into his backpack.

That was it.

The raw materials of Black Crystal dust were used up.

Where was Zane? He had been gone for more than half an hour.

Had he encountered trouble?

Xia Xi sensed something was wrong and asked, "Should we go check?"

Just then, someone knocked on the door from outside.

"Boom boom boom..."

Xia Xi glanced at Fang Heng, then got up to open the door.

The person outside was not Zane but an attendant wearing the auction house uniform.

The attendant smiled and bowed slightly to Xia Xi, "Hello, guest, sorry to bother you."

"What is it?"

"Your companion, Mr. Zane, encountered a little trouble in the trading area. Our manager, Mr. Fayman, would like you to come over to assist in understanding the situation."

A little trouble?

Assist in understanding the situation?

Xia Xi looked back at Fang Heng.

Fang Heng asked, "Where is Zane?"

"Please follow me. The manager is waiting in the reception room and will explain everything to you."

"Okay, lead the way."

Fang Heng didn’t ask more and followed Xia Xi and the attendant toward the reception room.

...

VIP room.

Manager Fayman was talking with Pena. When Fang Heng entered, he stood up, still wearing a gentle smile.

"Sorry to bother you at such a time."

Fang Heng glanced at Pena beside him and asked, "Where is Zane?"

"Please don’t worry. Mr. Zane is very safe now. Please have a seat."

Fayman motioned for Fang Heng and Xia Xi to sit down before calmly explaining, "Here’s the situation: we received a report that Mr. Zane used a batch of void crystals of unknown origin in the trading area."

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