Chapter 71：Auction Sales (1/2)

”Greetings, Daoist. I am so sorry you had to wait so long.” Cai Ping apologized as she walked it. She constantly bowed and kept saying how sorry she was. For some reason, she had started calling him Daoist as well.

”Oh, it's ok. I don't mind waiting,” Alex got a little nervous seeing her bowing towards her so much.

Cai Ping smiled a little and sat down on the couch opposite to where Alex was currently sitting. She seemed a little tired and distraught for some reason.

”Are you okay, Miss Cai? You seem a little tired,” he said.

Cai Ping immediately straightened her posture and looked a little more active as she said, ”I'm so sorry for showing you such a terrible sight.”

”Is working in an auction house that hard?” he asked.

”Oh no, it's usually really easy. But today was different. The auction was a bit hectic and to be honest, mentally exhausting,” she laughed a bit and continued, ” Your pills were actually the most problematic of all. Most alchemists don't auction their pills, so when so many pills showed up at once, people kept bidding for it one after another. Those took a lot of time.”

”Does that mean all of my pills sold then?” he asked expectantly. He was really hoping to get the 80 spirit stones today.

”Ah, yes. All of them sold. I believe the after-auction transactions are being completed right now, and someone will bring your total here.”

”Oh, okay,” he said and waited for a bit longer.

About 5 minutes or so later, a knock sounded from the door to the room. ”Come in,” Cai Ping spoke from inside. A middle-aged man walked in and bowed to Cai Ping. He then turned to Alex and bowed once again.

Alex wasn't used to being bowed at so much, so he just nodded.

The man walked up to Cai Ping and handed her a bag. Cai Ping looked at the bag for a bit and nodded to the man, who then walked away.

”Your money after the reduction is here, Daoist,” she spoke. ”Your monster corpse sold for a bit more than expected and brought in 15 common spirit stones. After reduction, you get 13 common spirit stones and 50 gold coins.”

Alex was surprised when he heard that. '13 common spirit stones are about 120 dollars right?' he thought.

Cai Ping then continued, ” Your pills, however… I have never been so wrong on my estimate before.”

Alex frowned. 'Wrong on her estimate? Does that mean I am not getting the full 80 spirit stones she said?' he started to get disheartened. He was hoping for quite a bit of money, but from her talk, it seemed like the pills didn't do as well.