Although I'm happy to see all these skill books in front of me...but...

"Boss, do you really only have this type of martial arts manual?"

"It can't be helped. They have strict regulations, so these are the only ones available for bulk sale."

"But...these are just techniques for inner cultivation, physical strength, lightness skills, and stance. Aren't there any Yin-Yang arts, occult arts, swordsmanship, or knife skills?"

That's right, most of these skill books in front of me are basically books for practicing internal cultivation or strengthening the body, instead of books that can be used to display skills.

Body techniques?

Are you kidding me? I clearly practice magic, so why would I go and practice body techniques? Do you want me to participate in rhythmic gymnastics while using dazzling magic? Doing gymnastics while using magic...the visuals are too magnificent for me to handle!

"Well, there's nothing I can do. Even though that's the case, I'll take one of each, Boss."

Pfft!

The boss sprayed the tea he was drinking.

"Get me a new book to replace the one that got sprayed with tea."

"Are you...are you joking, sir? One of each? For real?"

"Do you think I'm joking? There are a total of 127 books, which amounts to 6,350 gold coins. Give me your ring."

"Uh..."

Although full of doubts, he still handed over the ring on his little finger.

There's also one on his ring finger and middle finger. Seriously, he's clearly a wealthy man.

I connected his ring with mine and transferred 6,350 gold coins.

I don't want to bring out over 6,000 gold coins here, that would be too ostentatious.

Returning the ring that I borrowed, the other person held the ring, stunned for a moment, and his eyes widened suddenly.

"It seems you're not an ordinary person...this..."

"No, no, I'm just an ordinary person. Okay, just as we agreed, I won't say that I bought books from you, and you don't mention this either."

"That's for sure, that's for sure...but..."

"Huh, is there something else?"

Could it be that this guy is having second thoughts?

"Since you are such a sincere customer, I think you should attend the auction at the Yanmeng Building tomorrow night. I believe you might find what you want to buy there."

"Yanmeng Building..."

Quietly remembering this name, I continued.

"Thanks for the reminder."

"Oh, not at all. Please take care."

Walking out of the bookstore, I glanced at the pile of books in the ring and looked at Bai Yueguang with a dejected expression.

"Such a waste of money..."

"Do you have the nerve to say that! Where did you get so much money from! Did you rob a bank?"

"Something like that."

"Huh?"

"It should be a place even more formidable than a bank...well, let's not focus on the details. But really, I didn't expect to trigger a strange quest."

That's right, just when the other person told us about the auction, a new quest popped up.

Side quest: Gilded Auction

Quest: Choose a path to complete

1. Participate in the auction and ignore what happens.

2. Participate in the auction and prevent the robbery from happening (eastern continent affinity).

3. Participate in the auction and join the robbery (western continent affinity).

4. Infiltrate the auction and steal all the goods (thief main quest).

5. Infiltrate the auction and complete the Red Leaf task (Heart of Red Leaf).

"I always feel that no matter what task it is, it's a hassle. And it has nothing to do with our current mission. What are you planning to do?"

"What else can we do? Let's first gather some intelligence. Actually, I just don't want to go shopping. Do you really think I have a way to investigate that mountain? If I could, someone would have already gone in and dragged out the people inside. Why would they wait for us?"

I shrugged and continued.

"Anyway, let's start by investigating the auction. It seems like it is related to the relationship between the auction and the mainland. We need to be cautious."

"You're right. If a war breaks out, the plot will become boring."

It seems that Bai Yueguang also doesn't like war.

"I completely agree on that point. Although leveling up through war is convenient... I'm more of a storyline person."

"True. Otherwise, we would be out there, looking at the Staff rushing to kill monsters in the wild."

"Hahaha, too bad world bosses don't drop orange equipment."

Like this, we continued to complain, while heading towards the residential area along the commercial street.

We weren't going to monitor the people's sentiments, but rather to find the black market's terminal machine. After all, there are too few terminal machines here, and I don't want anyone to suspect that it's me using them.

And the reason I want to use the terminal machine is naturally to check the Heart of Red Leaf mission. After all, I still have another side quest hanging there, and I can't just leave it there forever.

However, in such a city, there is a simpler way to determine the black market's location.

Because...

It's close to the mountains, so normal people generally won't continue to operate the black market underground but rather find a cave. So, as long as there's an area inside the mountain full of names, it's the right place.

"Hey, I found it."

Bai Yueguang pointed to a stone tower not far away, and below it, a person's name kept moving downwards, then stopped and ran towards the direction of the mountain.

But the problem is... this stone tower doesn't have a door!

"Is it an illusion or a mechanism?"

Bai Yueguang asked, holding his chin.

"Enchantment illusion."

Hearing me say that, Bai Yueguang looked at me in surprise.

"How do you know?"

"It's simple."

I pointed to my glasses.

"This item is called Reality Goggles."