Chapter 374

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Chapter 374: Give an Explanation
As Zhang Mu neared the Drunken Immortal Building, a servant who had been waiting appeared before them. Surprisingly, the servant was an evolver with peak first-rank strength, willingly serving as a greeter now.
After a moment of reflection, Zhang Mu followed him and slowly walked up a special passageway to the third floor.
On the Eight Immortals Table this time, there was still no Era Sub-merchant. Each of the six people occupied a table, and despite the gazes of the six second-rank strong individuals, Zhang Mu ignored them and sat with Yuan Rui at a table closer to Zhang Yi.
Xiao Nan Bara is on the side of the Caravan Alliance, as for Su Rui Huang Yan, even if he didn’t join them, he had a conflict with Zhang Mu’s group last time. Huyan Tu is quiet, and Zhang Yi looks comfortable sitting beside him.
“This Drunken Immortal Building is very special, I never noticed before that it can change freely.”
Zhang Mu saw everyone looking at him and calmly started chatting with Zhang Yi next to him.
“This is my second brother Huyan’s specialty, the skill of mechanisms, quite mysterious.”
When Zhang Mu saw the changes in the Drunken Immortal Building, he knew there must be an evolver who is skilled in mechanisms. He initially thought it was Zhang Yi, but it turned out to be Huyan Tu.
It’s important to know that this skill of mechanisms is not a regular evolved ability. It is unique because it is not just a simple ability, but an extension of metal-type abilities.
When Zhang Yi mentioned this, Zhang Mu started sensing the structure of the entire Drunken Immortal Building. Indeed, the wooden surface was just a disguise. The interior was made of metal, which allowed it to change its form freely.
This skill of mechanisms, on a battlefield, is like a fortress of war. Zhang Mu now highly doubted that this Drunken Immortal Building was a huge war weapon, the size of a tavern, indicating its enormous strength.
Fortunately, Huyan Tu is only a second-rank evolver for now. His proficiency in this skill of mechanisms may only be limited to controlling the actions of the things he creates. In later generations, he had seen war beasts created by fifth-rank evolvers, which were more massive than the current one and did not require the creator to hide inside the weapon to control it, allowing for mass production.
However, due to the failure of the racial dispute, even such a masterpiece was no match for the mutated beasts rewarded by the winners. They were easily defeated, turning into a pile of scrap metal with just one slap.
The giant war beast couldn’t keep up with Huyan Tu’s Mad Wolf Rider’s marching speed now. It felt useless in actual battles, so it was left here. When Huyan Tu advances further or needs to attack a city, it will reveal its true monstrous face by tearing off the disguise of this tavern once again.
Even the second-ranked Huyan Tu was so powerful that it made this proud and arrogant person, who named his war mount “Mad,” bow down willingly and accept second place.
Among the Eight War Riders, who is the true number one, Zhang Yi? What kind of terrifying power does he possess?
“Brother Zhang Mu, look, this isn’t quite what we agreed on before.”
Zhang Yi glanced at the upcoming auction below, not sounding particularly difficult, just calmly looking at Zhang Mu, waiting for his reply.
“I have brought the goods here. The auction can still proceed as planned. I underestimated them, their inventory is sufficient. The Era Region goods this time will be traded at half price with all of you.”
I have my Epoch goods with me, and we can complete the final delivery now. There doesn’t seem to be anything particularly special at this auction. What do you all think?”
At that moment, Xiao Nan, lazily playing with his long sword, sneered and said something.
“Don’t worry, we’ll continue with the final delivery after the auction ends.”
Zhang Mu thought Xiao Nan might cause trouble, but he didn’t expect him to say that. Bara and Huang Yan’s glances were strange, while the others seemed to agree with Xiao Nan.
“Okay, let’s wait until it’s over.”
Zhang Mu wasn’t in a hurry. As he spoke, suddenly, there was the sound of a gong being struck below. Zhang Mu squinted his eyes and looked at the auctioneer down below.
“The Era Auction is now officially beginning.”
The voice was deep and direct, without beating around the bush.
“Now we begin the auction for the first item, Era Universal Merchandise.”
With so many powerful people present, Zhang Mu couldn’t use his mental powers easily. However, he could sense that the auctioneer below was also very powerful.
But the next thing the person said made Zhang Mu extremely alert.
“The first batch of Era Universal Merchandise started bidding.”
“One ton of food starts at ten first-rank elemental crystals, with a limit of one hundred tons per person.”
Ten first-rank elemental crystals?
Is this the original price at Era Store, and how are their prices determined?
But his next words directly denied Zhang Mu’s hopeful thinking.
“A set of standard weapons starts at fifteen first-rank elemental crystals, with a limit of fifty sets per person.”
“One unit of first-rank agility potion starts at one hundred first-rank elemental crystals, with a limit of five units per person.”
All prices are at Era Store’s cost price, well, some even incur a loss of ten percent.
Thinking back to Xiao Nan’s words just now, Zhang Mu suddenly felt a cold sweat behind him. The people from Caravan Alliance had long known about his deal with the Eight War Riders, yet they didn’t intervene but let Zhang Mu act. Their goal was for this moment – to let Zhang Mu take most of the elemental crystals from the Eight War Riders. This way, ordinary evolvers, who originally had no competitive edge against the Eight War Riders, now had the chance to compete.
Underneath, many evolvers did not know what was happening, but no one dared to question. After a while, a top evolver tentatively stood up and hesitantly raised the auction paddle in their hand, calling out.
“One hundred tons of food.”
Upon hearing a bid, the auctioneer diligently quickly found the bidder’s location, pointing to the buyer and saying.
“One hundred tons of food, one thousand elemental crystals for the first time.”
No one else spoke after the first bidder, making the evolver who bid earlier feel anxious.
“One hundred tons of food, one thousand elemental crystals for the second time, is there any higher offer?”
The room remained silent, with no response.
The auctioneer looked around and decisively struck the golden gong in their hand.
“One hundred tons of food, one thousand elemental crystals for the third time, sold!”
The whole crowd went into an uproar!
It turned out to be true, the price dropped by a whopping 80% compared to the last auction.
“I want fifteen sets of standardized weapons! With fifteen elemental crystals!”
“I bid twenty!”
“I bid thirty sets, with fifteen elemental crystals!”
The noise below grew louder, but the auctioneer seemed to have the ability to accurately locate and give the latest bid no matter how many people were bidding.
Unlike the noisy lower levels, the atmosphere on the third level fell into dead silence.
Xiao Nan casually tapped the tabletop with his scabbard, looked up at Zhang Mu, and slowly spoke with a series of thuds.
“Now you’ve lost your biggest advantage. And because of the elemental crystals you have, we can’t compete in this auction. We have to share such a big piece of meat with those below. Your profit is unexpectedly large, which has broadened our horizons.”
“Half, the cost is only half!”
“Zhang Mu, the big merchant, don’t you need to explain to us?”