After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

If he chooses 20 million gold coins, will the system reimburse him for it?

Hmm, let's choose four million gold coins!

"Of course, it was a transaction of four million gold coins!"

[Host, you've miscalculated!]

[Five bottles of Tier 6 potions worth 400,000 gold coins each, two bottles of Legendary potions worth 3 million gold coins each, and one bottle of Epic potion worth 12 million gold coins each, for a total value of 20 million gold coins!]

[You just traded 20 million gold coins. I'm going to compensate you according to the amount you traded. This compensation will be 2... shi...]

"!!!"

Mu Qiu's eyes widened.

You're really going to reimburse me?!

"Wait, I chose the wrong one!"

The next second, Mu Qiu heard the system's guidance voice in his mind being interrupted.

【Oh dear! You chose the wrong one!】

[Host, how about this, I'll give you one chance to back out, do you want to back out?]

【whether】

Ok?

This system actually gave him a chance to back out?

What else is there to say? Of course we have to back out!

"Yes! I want to change my mind! I choose 20 million gold coins!"

Then, Mu Qiu heard that cheerful female voice ring out in his mind again.

[So, host, you've made a transaction worth a whopping 20 million gold coins!]

[This transaction amount is too large, exceeding twice your initial capital. I estimate you're out of money. How about this: the portion exceeding your initial capital will be covered by this system!]

[Congratulations, host, you have received ten million gold coins in system funds. I have exchanged them for fifty high-grade starstones for you.]

[By the way, to facilitate your transactions, when your trading partner has the ability to spend Starshine Stones, the gold coins you withdraw will be automatically converted into an equivalent amount of Starshine Stones. Host, isn't this new feature thoughtful?]

Mu Qiu's lips twitched.

You call this thoughtful?!

Not long ago, he spent twenty high-grade starstones at that alchemist's place, and now he has finally managed to use up another twenty high-grade starstones.

Before he knew it, the system gifted him fifty high-grade starstones and even enabled a feature that automatically converts gold coins into starstones...

"Mu, Master Mu Qiu!"

At this moment, Misty's address to Mu Qiu became even more enthusiastic. Her emerald green cat eyes sparkled with stars, and her tail swayed gently ingratiatingly, like a well-behaved mangy cat: "Will you keep collecting these things in the future, meow? If Misty... if Misty finds something good again, where should I look for you, meow?"

Mu Qiu smiled slightly and said, "I usually live in a manor outside Radiant City. The specific address is... about 30 kilometers north of Blackstone Town."

"Outside Radiant City...the manor...Misty, remember this, Misty!"

Misty nodded her little head vigorously, firmly engraving the place name in her heart.

At this moment, in her eyes, Mu Qiu was simply a walking gold mine. This pile of magic potions, worth about eight million on the black market, was bought by the other party for a huge sum of twenty million gold coins without saying a word, and the payment method was even a precious high-grade starstone!

While it's true that one million gold coins can be exchanged for a high-grade starstone, generally speaking, high-grade starstones that fall into the outside world are fought over by epic-level powerhouses.

Moreover, for those legendary ninth-tier powerhouses in the Starry Sky Council and the Truth Association, low-grade and mid-grade Starshine Stones are no longer of much use to them. Every year, they can exchange a batch of low-grade and mid-grade Starshine Stones from the Council or the Association at an extremely low price, and a large portion of these Starshine Stones will flow into the outside market.

However, high-grade starstones are extremely needed by epic-level powerhouses, and ordinary legendary powerhouses also need starstones of this level to forge their rank. They rarely fall into the hands of legendary professionals like them.

Legendary professionals like them can usually only use low-grade and mid-grade starstones.

But if she could trade with this descendant of a saint, wouldn't she have a stable source of high-quality starstones?

"By the way, what about equipment? Did you steal any decent gear last night?"

Mu Qiu casually asked, "I have a group of catgirl maids in my manor. I might as well get them some new outfits."

"Misty found the cat! She didn't steal it!"

Misty reflexively corrected him, then shook his head: "Misty's auto-pickup range was very small last night, meow! I didn't go to the equipment shop to pick up the equipment they didn't want, meow!"

As she spoke, her petite body swayed twice, and her cat tail swayed behind her as she looked at Mu Qiu expectantly.

"However, if Lord Mu Qiu needs it, Misty can go and collect more equipment in the future!"

Mu Qiu smiled.

What an adorable cat!

"Alright, then I'll wait for your good news. If you find anything good, you can come to me anytime. No one can offer a higher price than me!"

Hearing Mu Qiu's words, Misty felt at ease.

This is a promise from the descendants of a saint!

After completing the transaction, Mu Qiu and Vera left the black market.

"Oh, right, Vera, this is for you."

On the way back to the hotel, Mu Qiu saw a snack stall and asked Fiona to buy a few servings.

While waiting for Fiona to return, Mu Qiu handed two storage rings to Vera.

One of the storage rings contained two legendary potions, four mithril-grade Tier 6 potions, and the epic potion.

The other one contained a mithril-grade alchemical puppet, a half-step legendary-grade alchemical puppet, and a bottle of ice-attribute sixth-order mithril potion.

Mu Qiu glanced in Fiona's direction and saw that she was still picking things out at the stall. He then whispered to Vera, "Give this storage ring to Sophie tonight. Don't tell her that I gave it to her. Just give it to her privately in your own name. Do you understand what I mean?"

Vera blinked, lowered her voice, and whispered, "Master, I understand what you mean. You've secretly added a dark potion to this potion. After Miss Sophie drinks it, she'll feel unbearably hot and will throw herself onto your bed, making 'hoarse' noises. When she wakes up the next day, she'll definitely think it was this wicked elf who did it, and it won't damage your image, Master."

"...Am I such an evil master in your eyes?!"

"They were just being kind by taking the blame for their owner, weren't they?"

Vera put her hands on her hips and looked at the black-haired boy in front of her with a disgusted expression: "As long as you make her think that all the bad things were done by him, her lewd and lustful master will become innocent. At this time, she should obediently show me a grateful expression, hug his leg and say: 'Vera, you are simply an angel!'"

"The angels in this world would never be as lewd as you, and such thoughts are only conceived by demons, aren't they?"

"That's because the master is a demon, right? Because I got close to a master who is as lewd as a demon, I became like the master."

Mu Qiu glanced at Vera.

They were so arrogant and aloof when we first met, but now they're already thinking about how to help their master get rid of the new slave.

However, if Sophie could really be convinced that he was a low-class nobleman who would drug potions, it might actually further fuel the witch's desire to escape.

"Just focus on delivering these things to Sophie! Don't say anything unnecessary! Make sure she's truly grateful to you!"

If it weren't for the fact that Sophie's matter involved Fiona, and that it was best not to let Fiona know about this, Mu Qiu wouldn't have wanted to give this task to Vera either. Who knows what that lewd elf would say to Sophie.

However, there was no other way; the only people he could use right now were Vera and Fiona. If Fiona was ruled out, then it was just Vera.

“I know—!”

Vera muttered to herself, but when she saw Fiona return with snacks, she changed the subject.

"By the way, Master, that cat-like human just now really didn't look like a legendary professional at all."

"Yes."

Mu Qiu also felt a bit emotional.

This legendary old man named Misty looks like a magnificent cat!

Who said this is an old cat? This is clearly a wonderful kitten!

……

at the same time.

At this moment, the "Hard Auction House" located on the city's central commercial street was shrouded in a low-pressure atmosphere.

The first to notice something was wrong was old George, the auction house's senior warehouse manager.

As usual, he conducted his first patrol of the day at the crack of dawn.

As he yawned, he used a specially made magic key to open the thick, half-foot-thick mithril door, engraved with layers of protective runes, and stepped into the temperature- and humidity-controlled vault. The sleepiness on his face vanished instantly, replaced by extreme terror.

The shelves, which should have been filled with dazzling arrays of treasures, were now mostly empty!

The areas where the rare items that failed to sell at the last auction and the final items reserved for this auction were especially clean, with even the velvet underneath looking as if it had been carefully arranged!

"No...it's gone?!"

Old George quickly stepped forward and checked each item against the labels on the shelf.

"A sixth-tier potion... Molten Core... all three bottles are gone?! And one was even smashed?!"

"A sixth-tier magic potion... Extreme Cold Soul... thankfully it wasn't broken, but all three bottles were taken..."

"And that bottle of Star Guiding and Giant Power Essence... are gone too?!"

What made old George's pupils constrict even more was—

"The eighth-tier epic potion that was supposed to be the grand finale... is gone too?!"

"Gone? All gone?!"

"All the potions of rank five and above are... not a single bottle left?"

Old George's voice trembled like an autumn leaf as he scrambled out of the vault and sounded the highest-level alarm.

The piercing magic alarm instantly resounded throughout the entire auction house, even affecting a small part of the commercial street.

Before long, the auction house manager arrived at the scene with a livid face, followed by a man.

It was Had from the capital!

Previously, after losing to Mu Qiu in the Wealth Club and being kicked out by security, he remembered the saying that the Goddess of Wealth bestows good fortune upon him. Worried that something might go wrong at the auction house in Earth City after he left, he decided to stay in Earth City until the auction was over before leaving!

Upon seeing their boss, who was far away in the capital, appear here, everyone at the auction house held their breath, not daring to make a sound.

"Go away!"

Hader shoved old George aside and strode into the vault.

When he saw the empty shelves, especially the places where legendary and epic potions used to be, his chest heaved violently, and he could hardly breathe.

Those few bottles of potions were not only priceless, but also the auction rights he had painstakingly obtained from a legendary potion master. They were the bargaining chips that attracted those legendary powerhouses to this auction!

The ownership of this potion does not belong to their auction house!

Now that the potion has been stolen, not only can the original auction not be held, but they also have to pay a large sum of money in compensation to that legendary potion master!

"Can anyone tell me! What on earth is going on?!"

Hader's voice was hoarse with rage as he roared like an enraged lion: "Where are our protective magic arrays? Where are the guards patrolling 24 hours a day? Where are those priceless magical traps? Are they all asleep?!"

Not far away, a dwarf wearing thick glasses was inspecting the protective magic array, sweating profusely.

He repeatedly checked the records of the magic circuits and monitoring crystals, his face filled with disbelief: "Boss... everything in the system records is normal! There are no signs of it being triggered or damaged! It's like... it's like those things just grew legs and flew away!"

"How can it be!"

The manager glared at the dwarf and roared, "Your potions can fly! How much did we pay to have this protective array custom-made?! It can't even stop a petty thief?!"

He pointed to the mithril-level gate.

"This door is made of mithril-grade material and is engraved with runes! Even ten peak mithril-level professionals would have no chance of breaking through this door! Even a legendary professional would trigger the alarm here! What legendary professional would risk ruining their reputation to steal from us!"

Upon hearing this, Hader seemed to realize something, and his expression immediately turned ugly.

A legendary professional?!

"Keyboard cat...it must be that keyboard cat!"

"That phantom thief Hakimi! It's her! It must be her!"

The manager suddenly remembered the legendary old man and cautiously reminded him, "Boss, the legendary cat-like being who likes to exhale is known as the Phantom Thief Kimi..."

"I don't care if she's Phantom Thief Kimi or Phantom Thief Hakimi!"

Hader's face contorted in anger as he roared, "Keyboard Cat... that hateful Keyboard Cat!"

"Quick! Go find the temple and the Duke! That hateful keyboard cat, I'll skin her alive and tear her tendons out! I'll let her know that even a legend can't get away with offending our Had Auction House!"