Aizen, Ana, and Axel climb the stairs back to the room on the top floor with Zi Mei who is still accompanying them.
At the same time as they climbed the stairs, their figure was glimpsed by the Eternal Snow Sect's disciples who were going to the trading hall.
Lin Yu seemed to be pensive about something as soon as he saw the figure that immediately disappeared to the top floor, her two junior sisters followed the direction of her view to see if there was something.
"Senior Sister, what's up?"
"Ah. It's nothing." Lin Yu immediately stepped out of her reverie who was thinking about something and faced the maid of honor who was still accompanying them until they finished shopping at the trading hall.
"Do you know who they have just gone up the stairs?"
"Ah? If I'm not mistaken, the one who followed them from behind was our junior sister in charge of the honored guests in Tier 5 VIP room."
Maid of honor who is not even called her name feels it is normal to be treated like this. The treatment is quite different from that obtained by Zi Mei in Aizen's group.
"Is that so..." Lin Yu remembered very well that she had seen their figure before but she was not too sure who they were and where they were meeting.
She tried to remember a little back while continuing to go to the trading hall to buy a few pills, herbs, and other items. The two of her junior sisters looked at each other and followed their senior sister, they did not take the question as serious and only speculated that their senior sister was just curious.
Aizen and his group returned to Master Yin's private room, he was waiting for them inside.
"Nice to meet you again, Master Aizen." Master Yin greeted them with small talk.
"Um. Can we immediately go to your auction warehouse? I want to buy items directly from you with this blue diamond member card privilege."
Aizen nodded slightly to Master Yin and went straight to their topic without further ado. Because the nano surveillance unit that Axel had managed earlier had scanned the world map with names and brief information in it from Master Yin's private room, now all they need is an item in the auction warehouse.
"Well, then fine. Zi Mei, now you can go back."
"She can come with us. You are a host here, it is not your job to do miscellaneous tasks. She can bring some items for us later."
"Fine, then let's go to the warehouse."
Because Aizen was asked directly to bring Zi Mei, Master Yin could only obey because he was indeed the host here, he did not usually carry things for them.
Zi Mei seems excited because this is the first time she will enter this auction warehouse. While she is here, only officers from the association with Master Yin's permission are responsible for the auction warehouse, and she who as a core member has never had the opportunity or permission to enter there.
So on this occasion, when an honored guest with a blue diamond member card came to use his privileges to buy directly from the auction house, Zi Mei was very pleased to be allowed to go to the auction warehouse, she currently looked at Aizen's back with beaming eyes as if she was grateful.
The auction warehouse was on the same floor as Master Yin's private room, now they were at a large gate that looked old-fashioned and Master Yin did something to the gate by touching it directly before several runes lit at the gate and the gate opened to greet them.
"Please go inside and tell the object what you want." Master Yin guides inside and is followed by others.
Inside the auction warehouse neatly arranged unusual items that are fit to enter the auction every month. From gems to medicinal plants neatly arranged here.
But Aizen's main target this time was an ancient stone the size of an adult's palm with a diagram-like mark engraved there. That ancient stone was simply placed on one of the shelves as if it were not something that was too valuable.
"You can choose the object that interests you, I'll buy it for you."
Aizen wasn't too stupid to grab the ancient stone right away. Instead, he kindly asked Ana and Axel what items they were interested in first.
The three of them cheerfully gave the item of their choice to Zi Mei who was in charge of temporarily storing it into her storage ring while touring together, while Master Yin only watched the four of them from a distance.
"This hair ornament is so pretty... This bracelet too... What about this necklace..." Ana was once again only interested in beautiful and shiny objects while asking Aizen's opinion about the item.
"This dress looks beautiful... Gems that light up like aurora..." Axel just joined in and added their shopping list. While Aizen has added his coveted ancient stone to Zi Mei's storage ring, now their goal here is complete.
"I think this is enough. We can't buy everything, can we?" Ana suggested after having had enough.
Most of the items chosen were purchased because they were attractive and not because of the use of these items that they did not know about. Although the items can be traced later to their usefulness, they only buy things that interest them.
"Yes, I think this is enough." Axel agreed with that after having fun shopping for items in this auction warehouse. The two of them already knew what was their main target in this auction warehouse.
One of the nano reconnaissance units controlled by Aizen this afternoon managed to peer into this warehouse and found an ancient stone shrouded in mystery, but one thing is certain that inside the rock was detected a space law similar to the legacy that Axel looted long ago.
"Are you done? Then let's go back to Mr. Yin, who is waiting for us there." Aizen said it lightly as if the items purchased were nothing. The three of them immediately headed towards Master Yin who was still standing while watching them.
Zi Mei absentmindedly followed them from behind. She did not expect this man to be very kind and so considerate of his woman. He didn't even think long of buying so many items, even when he was asked for advice from his two women, he answered with care.
She does not know the wealth owned by him, his status, background, or anything other than his name which is referred to as Master Aizen by Master Yin. But one thing is for sure, anyone's future will be bright just by following him, while his two women must be very happy to be with him.
Unfortunately, she did not know, all the spirit coins that Aizen used were the result of Axel's plunder in her past adventures. Axel has said that 'all mine is yours and vice versa', a statement that is so direct and agreed upon by the three of them.
They are already in one system and surely they will always be together even death will no longer dare to separate them. Therefore, it is natural that all ownership in the past, at this time, and in the future will be the owner of the three of them.
"Mr. Yin, everything we want to buy directly from you is in Miss Zin Mei's storage ring."
Aizen said it kindly, while Master Yin could only sigh at the shelves that had been full, now becoming sparse and empty, because he saw that almost one-eighth of the items in his warehouse were empty.
The items purchased are quite a lot if calculated for the shopping list of one member cardholder. But because this is a blue diamond member card that is only owned by people who number no more than 20 in the entire world, he can only follow the flow.
Zi Mei gave the storage ring to her master carefully. Then, Master Yin looks at the content inside and calculates how much price needs to be paid.
"Oh! That's right. Mr. Yin. A little while ago, you bought an item from us directly. If added to the results of the Talisman auction, how much would the shortfall be?"
Aizen said that swiftly, he wanted Master Yin to still consider the items purchased by them to be limited to gems, jewelry, and other insignificant items that were bought based solely on interest.
"Well... I've already calculated all of them. Even with all those items, I still have to pay you, Master Aizen."
Master Yin shook his head slightly and added one million low tier spirit coins from his storage ring into the storage ring containing their purchase items.
Seen by them the spirit coins moved in and out quickly from one storage ring and the other, different from the space law that Aizen used earlier because the storage ring made by the Heavenly Soul Sect was only limited to ordinary space storage laws.
"Here. Think of this Tier 5 storage ring as a bonus gift from me."
Master Yin generously handed over the highest tier of storage ring available to Aizen. It was the same storage ring that Zi Mei used to store spirit coins and items purchased at the auction just because Aizen's group was a guest of Tier 5 VIP room.
"In that case, I accept it gladly." Aizen accepts the storage ring without thinking too much because he will accept all gifts given to him sincerely.
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"Mr. Yin, it is already night. We should excuse ourselves for the preparations for tomorrow." Aizen lightly excused himself after all their interests had been completed.
Master Yin understands what is meant for tomorrow. Tomorrow is indeed a day that is anticipated by all the younger generation under 25 who are gathering in this city.
The gate to the new hidden realm is very rarely found and will be greeted enthusiastically if found. Tomorrow is the time when the gate to the hidden realm is fully open and can be entered by anyone, but the rules apply to everyone too.
For vanguard teams from various places, only three talented people will enter in advance with a maximum period of one month to return and report on the situation in the hidden realm, and that the team has the freedom to decide which loot they can keep for themselves, sell, or other.
Whereas people who don't have backing like rogue cultivators, they can also enter the initial opening as long as they are under 25 years old. Although they usually do not dare to venture deep into the hidden realm.
"Well. Well then, see you later. I still owe you one favor." Master Yin did not linger any further even though he still wanted to make small talk with Aizen. He wants to build rapport, but he realizes that he can't overdo it at least not for now.
"Hehe... Just relax. May you achieve your hopes and dreams." Aizen left from there with Ana and Axel who accompanied him faithfully from the side.
Master Yin knew very well what Aizen meant, it was about his soul wounds that would soon recover. Maybe next month he will be born again. Meanwhile, Zi Mei looked at the back of Aizen's group as if she was daydreaming, and that did not escape Master Yin's observant eyes.
"Arara ~ Little Zi Mei... Have you been smitten with Master Aizen? Hmm... Unfortunately, he already has two very beautiful women by his side." Master Yin teased his youngest disciple.
"Master! What are you saying!" Zi Mei immediately came out of her reverie and blushed fiercely.
"Look at your blushing face, tell me, what do you think of Master Aizen and his two girls after you became their maid of honor during the auction?"
"Umm... Even though I don't know what the faces of the three of them look like, but I know they must be very extraordinary, their status is very high, strength cannot be measured, very rich..."
Zi Mei said what Master Yin knew, but he still put a smile on his feminine face to his disciple as if asking her to continue.
"However, Young Master Aizen is very different from other high-status people. He even asked me to sit with them instead of letting me stand alone during the auction. He also treated his woman very well and was very considerate. Their new beautiful hairstyles were the result of his arrangement."
Master Yin coughed a little at that, he still remembered the time when he was sent out delicately before. The disciple sat sweetly with them, but the host was kicked out.
It seems like he came at the wrong time and didn't have a role there. Previously, he saw the girl sitting on his lap seemed unhappy when he arrived. Perhaps because of that, Master Aizen evicted himself politely.
"Hmm... Is that so. Since we don't participate in exploration with the vanguard team tomorrow, why don't you hone your skills, little Zi Mei? Maybe when Master Aizen returns, he will glance at you and appoint you as his servant?"
Master Yin teased once again as if he were trying to become a matchmaker of his youngest disciple without any other purpose. Although he wanted to establish a mutually beneficial relationship with Aizen, he was not despicable until he used his disciple for that purpose.
He might have thought of eight of his disciples as his daughters he had raised, although in fact some of them also had families out there and he didn't really raise them.
"..." Zi Mei understood what her master meant and began to blush again but she just kept quiet as if she was considering something in her mind.
"Fufufu... It's already late. You can go back to your quarter. Getting enough sleep is good to maintain the beauty of your skin..." Master Yin was happy that his disciple seemed to agree with him.
"Then I will excuse myself."
Zi Mei immediately ran away from him as if afraid that her master would tempt her even further. But she also remembers that her senior sister will disturb her tonight, it seems the night will be long for her.
Master Yin smiled seeing his youngest and prettiest disciple was running away in a hurry while blushing. He began to wish, perhaps from the eight disciples, it was the youngest who would find her spring first.
His disciples are indeed talented which he adopts with many considerations. Zi Mei the youngest actually has the highest cultivation of all his disciples. She has reached the level of the 1st Nascent Spirit Realm at the age of 21 years.
Even so, he did not want to make his disciples take the risk of initial exploration in the hidden realm which was very dangerous. The Vanguard team that will be sent tomorrow is not as cool and glorious as it sounds.
Master Yin knows very well the mindset of higher-ups in each sect. Although the vanguard team is the most talented in the young generation in their sect, they are nothing more than a scouting team to find out how dangerous the hidden realm is, then they have to report back and the higher-ups will be sent by other teams.
The Twilight Amphitheater is just a luxury building used as an auction house that also works as a merchant backed by the auction house association, it is no more than a small sect with eight disciples and one master.
Therefore, Master Yin will not send his disciples as a vanguard team who are at great risk of losing their lives, he really values them like family because he was originally a rogue cultivator without anyone and anything. He would only send them in as a follow-up team the following month after the vanguard team returned from there.
Meanwhile, Aizen, Ana, and Axel return to 'Cozy Inn' with a light heart and are happy for different reasons.
Aizen was happy because he got a stone with a space law that might help Axel's technique of teleporting without runes as an accurate point, Ana was happy because after having fun watching several losers compete with each other at auction and shopping with Aizen and Axel, while Axel was happy because she indeed feels happy.
"Big Brother and Big Sisters! You're back!" A little girl welcomed them from the reception desk cheerfully before she approached them.
"Huh? Little Xiao hasn't slept? It's not good for a young girl at your age not getting enough sleep, you know?" Aizen lightly stroked the hair of the little girl who welcomed them.
"Un! I'm going to sleep after this." Little Xiao nodded and smiled happily.
"Welcome back, Young Master Aizen." Ms. Han who was at the reception desk greeted them.
"Um. Greetings, Ms. Han. Well... Isn't that great now that all the rooms are full. But why are there only three of you working? No servants or employees?" Aizen cordially greets back to Ms. Han, he also made small talk after seeing the guest list was full, according to his estimates given the city became crowded from visitors.
"Our inn's door is not open for 24 hours. We are enough to take care of 12 rooms. One hour before midnight, we will close the inn's door." Ms. Han explained briefly and kindly.
"That sounds good." Aizen did not linger in the pleasantries. Since law and orders are still running in the city, they might be okay because Ms. Han and Pak Guo are as strong as the majority of the city guards.
"Little Xiao, take this and go to sleep. Maybe you will have a nice dream tonight." Aizen gives her a cute rabbit doll and puts a nice hairpin in her hair.
"Hehe... Thank you, Big Brother! Have a nice dream!"
Little Xiao hugged the doll with a sweet smile on her sleepy face, she thanked Aizen before trotting with her tiny feet to a room in the dining room and kitchen behind the receptionist lobby, it seemed their private room was there.
"You are so kind, young master. Thank you for your gift to our daughter, little Xiao seems to idolize you, she even refuses to sleep until you return." Ms. Han smiled wryly.
"Well. She deserves it because she is a good girl. Good night, Ms. Han." Aizen finishes their conversation and goes up with Ana and Axel.
The three of them did not realize it, the figure of the three of them had been awaited by three girls they had never expected before.