Fang Yang's eyes widened, watching the scene before him in disbelief.
His Adam's apple unconsciously bobbed, and his voice trembled slightly: "Gu Yue, this..."
Gu Yue simply tilted her head slightly, her waterfall-like black hair falling over her shoulders with her movement.
A faint smile played on her lips: "What? Didn't you say you wanted to live off me?"
Her slender finger tapped her chin, feigning thought, "If it's not enough... should I wrap another layer?"
Suddenly, Gu Yue leaned close to Fang Yang, her warm breath caressing his ear, carrying a faint, sweet scent: "Or... should I buy out all the spirit items in the entire East Sea City auction house?"
Fang Yang was slightly stunned. This person before him was the Silver Dragon King! This money was probably the family fortune Di Tian had painstakingly accumulated over thousands of years.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but mourn for the Beast God of the Star Dou Great Forest for a second.
At the same time, far away in the core circle of the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian, who was cultivating with his eyes closed, suddenly sneezed.
He opened his golden Dragon eyes and looked around in confusion: "Strange, why do I suddenly have an ominous premonition..."
"Enough, enough!"
Fang Yang quickly took Gu Yue's slender hand, afraid that this Young Miss would truly buy all the spirit items in the entire East Sea auction house.
The female receptionist nearby was already dumbfounded. She stammered: "R-respected VIP, I'll go get the manager right away..."
Before she finished speaking, the Young Miss receptionist stumbled away, her high heels making hurried sounds on the floor.
Gu Yue nodded in satisfaction: "Now, you can properly choose the spirit items you need."
Her tone carried a hint of triumph, and a faint blush was visible on her fair cheeks.
Fang Yang shook his head helplessly, but the corners of his mouth curved upwards uncontrollably.
He gently squeezed Gu Yue's palm and whispered: "Gu Yue, it seems I'm destined to live off you for the rest of my life..."
Hearing this, Gu Yue's fair ear tips subtly flushed crimson, but she pretended to be calm and turned her face away: "Hmph, it's good that you bad guy know."
However, the slightly upturned corners of her mouth betrayed her true feelings.
Not long after, a middle-aged man in a formal suit walked quickly, followed by the Young Miss receptionist from before.
He bowed respectfully: "Respected VIP, hello. I heard you wish to purchase all the spirit items on the first floor?"
Gu Yue nodded slightly: "That's right."
The middle-aged manager immediately presented a detailed list: "Respected VIP, this is a detailed catalog and price list of all the spirit items on this floor. Please take a look."
Gu Yue gestured for Fang Yang to take the list. Fang Yang opened it and saw it densely packed with information on various rare spirit plants:
"Dragon Soul Grass, fifteen years old, effect: enhances spirit power affinity, 320,000 federal currency."
"Crystal Peach, thirty years old, effect: nourishes Meridians, 350,000 federal currency."
"Starlight Vine, twenty-five years old, effect: enhances mental force, 280,000 federal currency."
Fang Yang carefully browsed the list. The quality of these spirit items was not high, mostly ordinary goods of ten to thirty years old.
However, for him now, these were already enough for Alchemy.
"How does it look?"
Gu Yue leaned over and asked, her hair accidentally brushing against Fang Yang's cheek, bringing a tingling sensation.
"The spirit items are all pretty good." Fang Yang closed the list.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yue directly told the middle-aged manager: "Pack them all up, and I'll pay."
The middle-aged manager immediately beamed with smiles: "Alright, respected VIP. After calculation, these spirit items total ten million federal currency."
He answered respectfully, his gaze expectantly on Gu Yue.
Gu Yue calmly took out the black gold card: "Swipe the card."
"Alright, processing it for you right away!" The middle-aged manager's voice trembled slightly with excitement as he immediately took out a spirit tool card reader.
With a crisp "ding" sound, the payment successful notification sounded: "Payment successful, amount ten million federal currency."
The middle-aged manager turned to the Young Miss receptionist and instructed: "Immediately package all the spirit items on the first floor with the best wrapping!"
"Yes, Manager."
The Young Miss receptionist quickly nodded and scurried away.
A moment later, the Young Miss receptionist ran back, panting, and handed over a Storage Ring spirit tool: "Manager, all the spirit items have been packaged."
The middle-aged manager respectfully handed the Storage Ring spirit tool to Fang Yang: "Respected VIP, all the spirit items you purchased are here."
"This is a special Storage Ring spirit tool from our auction house, consider it a small gift from us."
Fang Yang was about to thank him when he suddenly remembered something: "Oh, by the way, could you give me your business card? So I can contact you if needed in the future."
"Oh dear! Look at my memory!"
The middle-aged manager slapped his forehead and quickly took out a business card from his Storage Ring, along with a crystal bottle containing red liquid, "This is the blood of a hundred-year-old Dragon Spirit Beast, consider it my apology."
"How can I accept this..." Fang Yang politely declined.
"Respected VIP, you must accept it!"
The middle-aged manager enthusiastically pressed the items into Fang Yang's hand, "We look forward to your next visit!"
"Then thank you very much." Fang Yang solemnly accepted the items.
Just like that, Fang Yang, holding the purchased spirit items, left the East Sea auction house with Gu Yue's hand in his.
...
As Fang Yang and Gu Yue returned to the dormitory building, they stumbled upon a heartwarming scene.
At this moment, Tang Wulin was holding Senior Ouyang Zixin's hand, and the two were reluctantly bidding farewell.
"Senior, see you tomorrow!" Tang Wulin gazed affectionately at Senior Ouyang Zixin, his eyes full of tenderness.
Senior Ouyang Zixin gently squeezed his hand: "Mm, Wu Lin, remember to think of me..."
"Ahem, how much longer are you two going to say goodbye?" Fang Yang walked closer with Gu Yue, deliberately clearing his throat.
Tang Wulin and Ouyang Zixin were startled, and a blush appeared on their faces.
They then realized they had been too engrossed and completely forgotten the time.
However, seeing that the newcomers were Fang Yang and Gu Yue, Tang Wulin visibly relaxed, thinking to himself: "Good thing it's not that Xie Xie guy..."
"Fang Yang, how can you even say that to me?"
Tang Wulin's eyes darted, and he immediately retorted, "Aren't you and Gu Yue also inseparable all day?"
"???"
Fang Yang looked bewildered, thinking: "No, Tang Wulin, are you trying so hard for Senior?"
Just as the atmosphere became subtle, a familiar voice came from behind: "Yo yo, what's this..."
Xie Xie appeared behind them at some point, a smile still on his face.
However, before he could finish his sentence, he found Fang Yang and Tang Wulin turning their heads simultaneously, their gazes fixed on him.
"Xie Xie!" The two shouted in unison.
Xie Xie immediately felt a chill down his spine: "Wait, I just got here, why are you two..."
Senior Ouyang Zixin, seeing this, covered her mouth and chuckled: "It seems you boys have 'things' to deal with. Wu Lin, I'll be going now."
With that, she waved to everyone and gracefully departed.
Gu Yue stood beside Fang Yang, a faint smile playing on her lips, clearly enjoying the show.
Tang Wulin and Fang Yang exchanged glances and walked towards Xie Xie in默契. Xie Xie subconsciously took two steps back: "Hey hey, let's talk this out..."
"I heard you've been quite free lately?" Fang Yang asked with a smile.
"How about we 'properly' have a chat?" Tang Wulin also showed a friendly smile.
Cold sweat broke out on Xie Xie's forehead, and he suddenly had an idea: "Wait! I'll treat you to a meal! There's a new barbecue restaurant in East Sea City!"
Fang Yang and Tang Wulin stopped, exchanging a look.
"The most expensive one." Fang Yang said.
"And double portions." Tang Wulin added.
Xie Xie felt as if he had been granted a great pardon and quickly nodded: "No problem!"
However, his heart was bleeding; his pocket money for this month was probably going to hit rock bottom...
Gu Yue looked at these three jokers, shaking her head helplessly, but her eyes held a warm smile.
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