Chapter 179 (2/2)

Fang Xingjian calmly asked, “There’s still that house on the outskirts which was sold for five hundred gold, and adding in my own savings, it’s twenty thousand, five hundred and eighty-seven gold.”

Ferdinand yawned and then smiled, “Alright, this should be about enough. Worst case, I’ll lend you some too. It should be enough to buy the six-hour ownership of the bones.”

Fang Xingjian shook his head and asked, “Have you heard of a person called Bruno?”

“Bruno? He’s a profligate son. However, he’s extremely rich,” Ferdinand said. “His grandfather is a Conferred Knight and works in the Empire’s Ministry of Finance. In the whole of Kirst, there’s probably no one else who’s richer than him.”

Fang Xingjian frowned and said, “Bruno will also be participating in this auction. And he has already released the news that he’s going to get this bone even if he has to pay thirty thousand gold.”

“Thirty thousand gold?!” Ferdinand gasped. “This guy really is a profligate son.”

“Are you sure that what he said is likely to be true?” Fang Xingjian asked.

“Hehe,” Ferdinand smiled bitterly and replied, “This guy doesn’t treat money like money at all. The businesses under their clan’s name is more than enough for him to live ten lives or more.

“But why does he want the parietal bones? Based on what I know, his talent is mediocre and he should know that even if he were to use them, it’s unlikely that he would be able to attain Heaven’s Perception.”

Fang Xingjian turned to him and said, “It’s because he heard the news that Governor Devitt is planning to choose a disciple from the participants in the upcoming Regional Selection.”

“Huh?!” The rumors that Devitt was planning to choose a disciple in the upcoming Regional Selection had been released by Ferdinand to begin with. Who would have thought this rumor not only helped him gain a greater profit from selling the Garcia’s Great Warriors’ bones, it also attracted a rich competitor like Bruno.

The next moment, he regained his senses, “Although his talent is not there, if he could buy the six hours, even if he could not succeed, he could at least prevent other people’s success. This way, his chances of being selected would slightly increase.

“This damned rich guy.”

He had the feeling as if he had lifted a heavy boulder and then smashed it down on his own foot.

Half an hour later, Robert, Anthony, Ferdinand and Fang Xingjian all gathered in the room, keeping very quiet.

Anthony was the first one to break the silence, asking, “Xingjian, are you sure that you must have these bones? Even if you’re late by one to two years…”

“No way.” Fang Xingjian’s tone was very firm. “I must definitely get my hands on them.” His tone was very cold as he said, “If everything else doesn’t work out, I can only snatch them.”

“Don’t!” Ferdinand said. “The people who brought the bones are not simple characters. I’ve heard that there’s at least one Conferred Knight amongst them. It’s an Empire’s Conferred Knight. He’s not going to be as weak as Garcia’s Destined Warriors.”

“Bruno only came because he heard the rumors and thought that the Governor would select a disciple in the upcoming Regional Selection.” Robert stroked his neck and said, “Then can we arrange for a meet-up with him to tell him the truth?”

Ferdinand sighed, “It’s useless. Why would he believe us? We can’t prove it.”

Truly, the news that the Governor would be selecting a disciple in the Regional Selection was one which people had the choice to believe or not. However, there was no way for them verify it. It only depended on what people chose to believe.

After all, they could not actually go up to ask that number one character in the Great Western Region if he was going to take in a disciple in the Regional Selection.

In the beginning, Ferdinand had been very proud of his plan, but now, he thought that even he was unable to find a loophole, since the rumor could not be verified.

Anthony spoke again, “Or…we could think of a way to delay Bruno so that he would be unable to take part in the auction?”