CH 344

344: Box Zero

Zo was confused. Had the person who told him about it remembered wrong, or had the past changed because of his presence? Regardless, he would not let Zi Cheng get the egg.

“One hundred twenty thousand!” Ai Lin kept increasing the price. Why did things get so difficult just as she planned to rob the heroine of an advantage? When the heroine wanted to bid, no one opposed her, but as soon as the female villain joined in, all of a sudden there was an outpouring of competition. Was this the treatment difference between the heroine and the female villain?

Ai Lin shook her head. It didn’t matter, she had to get the egg. It was one of the heroine’s strongest advantages.

“One hundred ten thousand gold!”

“One hundred twenty!”

“One hundred fifty thousand gold!”

Once Zo joined in, other boxes also bid. It forced Zi Cheng to make the one hundred fifty thousand gold bid.

The other guests who were curious before thought about it for a few seconds before deciding to not join the fray. They were rich, but that didn’t mean money was free.

It would be foolish to spend so much on an unknown ore. They could investigate it later. Guests in box Number Four and Five bowed out, so only Zi Cheng, Zo and Ai Lin were left.

“Senior Ming Xi, do you think there’s something special about that stone? The other boxes are even bidding.” Ink was curious. What was that egg-shaped stone?

A lot of other people were also wondering the same thing. It had to be something good right?

Ming Xi carefully looked at the stone on stage, but he couldn’t tell anything. He shook his head. “I don’t know.”

Feng Wu heard a faint voice.

...Help... Help me... Help... what is this place? Why are there so many around me?

The stone! Feng Wu’s eyes got big. It was the first time she could hear from a stone! What a strange feeling!

She turned and tugged at the corner of Ming Xi’s coat.

At the tug, Ming Xi turned to Feng Wu and asked, “What’s the matter?”

“That, I want it.”

Ming Xi was surprised, but then he smiled and nodded. “OK.”

It was just a stone. If Feng Wu wanted it, he would be happy to get it for her. As the prince of the Ancient Silver Moon kingdom and the next king in line, Ming Xi was never short on funds. He had a whole kingdom behind him. Enough said.

“You like it, I’ll get it for you.” He patted her head. Indeed, patting her head felt great.

“Hm!” Feng Wu smiled brightly.

“Five hundred thousand!” was Ming Xi’s bid.

The other three competitors looked toward the sound of the shout. The sign under it said “ZERO”, but it was written in a different font and style than all the other boxes. It was an indication that whoever was in that box was higher in status than anyone in any of the other boxes.

Box ZERO was occupied?! Zo knew about the existence of the box. It was a reserved box that the boss refused to open no matter the emergency. Whoever was in the box had to be someone the Ancient Moon Auction house acknowledged, otherwise the person would not have been able to get into the box no matter how much wealth the person had.

Who was it? Had this happened in the past?

Zo racked his brain but couldn’t figure it out. He was too much of a recluse in his previous life. He knew he was unwanted, so he always stayed home. His knowledge of the world was limited because of this.

He only knew what he knew now because his father and Zi Cheng’s former friends and suitors took great pains to share what they remembered. Had they not done so, he would have been powerless to stop Zi Cheng from getting the elemental hearts. On his own, he didn’t know anything!

So the identity of box ZERO, he had no idea. He was just too much of a homebody to know.

He wasn’t sure if box ZERO had been involved before, or if things changed because he present, but in either case, he couldn’t risk letting the egg fall into Zi Cheng’s possession.

Zo wasn’t the only one who couldn’t figure it out, Ai Lin was also stumped. She was certain no one had occupied box ZERO in the original novel. So who was in it now?

Grr! Couldn’t her counter attacks be easier please?!

Zi Cheng didn’t know what would happen in the future; she had never read the novel, so she had no idea she was the heroine. She was only mildly curious about box ZERO. Her bigger priority was the egg. She wanted it badly.

After using her system to scan it, she learned it was a rare ancient beast egg, called a rui. Ruis were wise and lived longer than most other beasts. Being darlings of heaven and earth, they had a special ability that, when combined with their wisdom, allowed them to live better than all other beasts. So even though they couldn’t fight well, they were precious treasures.

It nearly made Zi Cheng cry when she saw what the exchange price for one was in her system.

In fact, although ruis were grouped with other divine beasts in the past, they were unusual even for divine beasts. They were a mystery even for divine beasts.

She refused to give it up now that she knew what it was. It didn’t matter how much it cost; she had to get it. She had a gut feeling the egg belonged to her.