6 Snake and Rabbit 5 (2/2)
”Hmm...” Seeing that the demon king had on a thoughtful expression, Yin Mei was a little excited. Could it be that this really was the legendary love at first sight? It didn't make a very beautiful image considering that the female lead's appearance right now wasn't too great, but she was still the female lead ah.
If the demon king was paying attention to Yin Mei, he would have been a little disappointed. Was his charm so low these days that all the girls wanted him to get together with someone else?
But, sadly, Yin Mei wasn't able to hear the demon king's answer yet when they were interrupted by the returning attendant. Yin Mei received the list of items from her, taking a casual look over it and spotting the item at the end, mysterious ice aura rock. What a crude name they used... but that had nothing to do with her.
She pointed at the item. ”We'll buy this. For ten purple gold.” She said bluntly.
Purple gold was the highest level of currency excluding spirit stones. But, according to the information, spirit stones were rare and almost never used as currency in the Li Kingdom. Also in the information it recorded how much the female lead had spent to acquire this rock, and it was not even one purple gold, so Yin Mei thought that ten purple gold should be more than enough. She might have even given more, but actually most of the currency she had was in spirit stones...
”Th-this, I'll have to inquire with the manager first,” the attendant said, stammering for some reason. Yin Mei wondered whether she had proposed too much or too little - she couldn't tell. In the end she just nodded, allowing the attendant to run off. Looking down on the auction stage, she could see that the hall was filled up and the auction was about to start. Although the ninth prince was usually like a leech, always stuck to the female lead, he wouldn't appear at this auction to woo the female lead today due to personal matters. Yin Mei wasn't sure what he was doing exactly, though she could probably find out through the system, but she did know it had something to do with planning the conquering of the main continent.
”Ah, that's right! Your Majesty, you never answered what you thought about that girl!” Yin Mei said, recalling what she was talking about with the demon king moments before. She once more leaned in, looking at him with sparkling eyes filled with anticipation. ”So? Do you like her? Is she to your tastes?” She just barely restrained herself from asking if he wanted to take her home right now to XX and OO her, shutting her mouth just in time.
”She's just average.” The demon king said. He thought that, like most girls, the little rabbit would be happy hearing he didn't have much interest in another girl, but to his surprise, she looked like she was filled with disappointment, as if it was the end of the world.
Yin Mei thought that she wouldn't have to worry about the demon king's side, since the female lead had the Mary Sue aura, but could it be that she would actually have to work hard to make him fall in love with the female lead as well? Making one side love the other was hard enough, but now she had to work on both sides??
No, no, no, it was just that the demon king hadn't associated with the female lead long enough. Yin Mei was sure that the Mary Sue aura would gradually make the demon king fall in love with the female lead. He just needed to witness a little more of how OP she was.
These thoughts were once more interrupted by the attendant, who had directly come with the mysterious rock to sell to the two, along with the branch manager. Yin Mei didn't dally, trading ten purple gold for the ordinary looking rock and waving them off, having no interest in seeing them grovel and flatter her.
She held the rock in her hand, tossing it a few times. It had a pretty good weight, and felt rather cold even for her, a cultivator. The demon king's eyes were immediately drawn to the rock, probably already able to see through its secrets. This was something good, even in the eyes of the demon king, who had already seen all sorts of treasures and lived many years.
Seeing the demon king's gaze, Yin Mei couldn't help but brag, ”I told you there would be good stuff, right?” Well, actually she didn't say that. She had said that there would be fun events, but to her, it was all the same.
The demon king also didn't notice, only nodding. After all, this rock alone was worth the trip to the human world. There was also the furnace, which would be very useful for him. The demon king gave Yin Mei a meaningful look, but it was too bad that Yin Mei was too dense and only thought that the demon king had a pair of really beautiful eyes as she handed him the rock.
As the demon king felt the rock in his hands, glancing toward Yin Mei, they could hear the announcer calling for the start of the auction. Yin Mei eagerly turned her head to look past the curtains and the open balcony toward the auction stage. It was finally time for the auction to start!