Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Li Zhichao looked in the direction from which the voice came.

After searching around, my gaze fell downwards.

Curly hair, freckles on her cheeks, wheat-colored skin, and a round, chubby face.

He has a youthful appearance, but his clothes are luxurious.

She wore metal woven gloves, a heat-resistant white spider silk robe with energy crystals inlaid along the edges that emitted a faint glow with her body temperature, and an alloy ring headband inlaid with three gemstones of different colors.

He clearly comes from a distinguished background.

The previous assessor was also by her side.

The evaluator stated, "Ms. Riley is indeed Master Odin's apprentice."

Li Zhi nodded and bent down to hand the dagger to Riley.

Riley took it and examined it very carefully, his hands trembling slightly.

Li Zhi felt something was off.

She did look excited, but for some reason, she also felt that there might be a hint of...guilt in her.

"Have you decided yet?"

Riley nodded, but did not return the dagger.

"This is my teacher's dagger. Please sell it to me."

Li Zhicai didn't care whose apprentice she was.

She's doing business, not doing favors.

She smiled and reminded them, "This is the auction area."

Riley was taken aback, then immediately nodded and said, "I know. What I mean is, you can make a bid. When I say that I am Master Odin's apprentice, people will be less likely to compete with me. If the auction ends here, you will lose out. I am willing to pay a high price to buy it."

She thought for a moment, then added somewhat haltingly, "After all, this is Odin's first work, so it has a different significance."

A flicker of suspicion crossed Li Zhi's eyes, but his tone instantly brightened with a hearty laugh: "It would be wonderful if we could sell Master Odin's works to his disciples! It would be like a legacy, and Master Odin would be overjoyed if he knew!"

"No, no, no, he doesn't need to know!"

Riley jumped up in a panic.

Her nose was also red.

"What I mean is... I... I want to surprise the teacher, it's best not to let him know for now!"

She glanced up at Li Zhi, then quickly looked down again, speaking rapidly: "When Master was young, his works usually sold for around 10 gold coins. Do you think that price is acceptable?"

10 gold coins?

The Apocalypse Crystal hasn't even been auctioned yet, and the dagger I bought for 15 copper coins has already sold for 10 gold coins?

What kind of extravagant wealth is this?!

Li Zhi maintained a calm tone: "Okay, let's get straight to the deal."

10 gold coins isn't a big price in the auction area.

The same applies to Riley.

She casually transferred the money to Li Zhi, whispered a few words to the appraiser, waved to Li Zhi, and prepared to leave.

Li Zhiye returned to the auction stage. "Ladies and gentlemen! I will now be auctioning my second item—"

Riley paused, then turned around abruptly, his expression shifting between recollection and wariness.

Li Zhi didn't care and simply placed the certificate of authenticity for the Apocalypse Crystal on the auction stage.

The lights on the auction stage came on, and the auction house's announcements followed:

"Auction table number 199 is currently auctioning the item highlighted in red: 0.1 units of Apocalypse Crystal Fragment."

Amidst the repetitive announcements, the projection of the Apocalypse Crystal fragments appeared in the sky above the auction house.

The shoppers stopped and walked over.

Many merchants who were auctioning off their goods also stopped the auction.

At the same time, many customers poured into the eight doors of the octagonal hall.

Riley's pensive expression vanished instantly, and he jumped up excitedly: "Apocalypse Crystal Shard!"

Li Zhi smiled and said, "As you can see, my second item for auction is a fragment of Apocalypse Crystal. The starting bid is 1000 Black Iron Coins, with each bid increasing by 100 Black Iron Coins. Let the auction begin!"

The customer at the front raised his sign without hesitation: "2000!"

"5000!" a merchant at the next auction table exclaimed.

Riley jumped up and raised his hand: "7000!"

An unknown race customer with wings on his back: "7100".

Dwarf: "7500!"

Li Zhi glanced at her with surprise.

Given the dwarf's personality, if she wanted it, she would have already taken advantage of her ignorance of market prices and ripped her off in the tent.

Why are they offering such a high price for this auction?

Soon, the wave of escalating offers left her with no time to think about it anymore.

A customer of an unknown race with wings: "7600."

Dwarf: "7700".

Riley: "7800!"

A customer of an unknown race with wings: "8000."

Dwarf: "8200!"

A customer of an unknown race with wings: "8500."

The dwarf whispered something in Riley's ear.

Riley looked surprised, then shook his head.

Did these two know each other before or not?

Li Zhi had a guess in her heart, but she wasn't very curious. She just hoped that her Apocalypse Crystal Fragment would fetch a higher price at auction.

Li Zhi looked at the dwarf with a teasing gaze: "8500 per time."

The dwarf gritted his teeth and said, "8600."

At the same time, she turned to the winged customer: "0.1 unit of Apocalypse Crystal has a market price of only 7500. How about we discuss it? You can give me the Apocalypse Crystal, and I'm willing to give you some compensation."

The winged customer's voice was cold and distant: "No need, 9000."

If the dwarf hadn't known how poor Li Zhi had been when he first arrived, he would have seriously suspected that the Feathered Spirits before him were planted by Li Zhi.

Most of the businessmen present thought the same way.

However, raising the price does not violate the rules of the auction house and is quite common, so the guests and merchants who stopped bidding all looked at the winged man and the dwarf.

Dwarf: "Nine thousand...one."

Li Zhi felt sorry for the dwarf after hearing this.

The winged man's tone remained unchanged: "9200."

Li Zhi looked at the dwarf expectantly.

The dwarf's prosthetic arm not only held down his own hand, but also held down Riley's hand, who was trying to jump around next to him.

Li Zhi raised the gavel in disappointment: "9200 per round."

Her gaze shifted to Riley: "9200 twice."

The dwarf whispered something in her ear, and she stopped jumping around and instead nodded.

Li Zhi waited for a while.

Riley still didn't offer a price.

Li Zhi could only lower the gavel in disappointment: "9200 three times, deal."

When the delivery was made, the feathered man handed over five feathers directly.

One gold, four silver, and two bronze.

The assessor explained: "This is a special currency among the Feathered Spirit nobles. A gold feather costs 50 gold coins, a silver feather costs 10 gold coins, and a bronze feather costs 1 gold coin. It can be exchanged for gold coins at the auction house."

Li Zhi immediately replied, "Welcome to visit again next time."

The winged man nodded slightly and left with the fragments of the Apocalypse Crystal.

Li Zhi immediately exchanged the feathers for gold coins, happily counted the 102 gold coins, then put them away and looked at the dwarf: "Let's go to the parts section."

The dwarf scoffed, "You have enough money to buy five finished airships. Why would you need to personally select the components?"

Li Zhi: "Of course, as your customer, cost-effectiveness is what I pursue."

As the two were speaking, a new projection appeared in the sky above the auction house: a feather swirling in a cloud of gas.

Li Zhiwei was taken aback: "What is this?"

The dwarf's tone instantly became excited: "The Origin!"

"The origin?" Li Zhi asked casually, "What is the origin?"

The dwarf chuckled enigmatically, "You'll find out soon enough."

Li Zhi and the dwarves were pushed back into the Crystal Octagonal Hall by the surging crowd.

The once bustling hall is now packed with merchants and customers of different races.

This scene was much more lively than when she auctioned off the Apocalypse Crystal fragments.

"Newcomer, you've certainly learned something new today. Transactions involving the source, especially auctions, aren't something you can just happen to see whenever you want."