Chapter 345: Secret Bid

"Yo heh, Dawn's Twelve-winged Angel Chairman, any advice?"

Seeing the two ellipses, Su Sheng couldn't help but smile; he could even imagine the Twelve-winged Angel's sullen look.

"You little brat, still can't cure you."

"Chairman Mo Wen, I'm impressed."

"What do you admire about me? You should admire my stuff. There should be quite a lot," Su Sheng chuckled.

Sure enough, that one took ages to react.

"Don't talk nonsense, your Yanhuang's hands are stretching too far," the Twelve-winged Angel finally replied after a long pause.

"Hehe... why can't I understand?" Anyway Su Sheng wasn't in a hurry, watching who would get anxious.

"Fine..."

"So the legend, is it the Alliance Charter?"

Su Sheng silently sent a screenshot of the Alliance Charter.

"Let's set a price."

The Twelve-winged Angel, upon seeing the screenshot Su Sheng sent, felt a little excited.

Alliance Charter...

"Twelve-winged Angel Chairman, you're dreaming too idealistically."

"Guess how many people now want this thing?"

The Twelve-winged Angel fell silent instantly.

Indeed, at present only Yanhuang has founded a guild, and none of the old top ten guilds have established one yet; everyone is holding their breath.

Though no one mentions it, the old top ten guilds are all competing for the second guild-creation position.

"After a while this thing will be worthless..." the Twelve-winged Angel still wasn't giving up.

After all, this thing was snatched right before his eyes, and having to spend a fortune to buy it would be rather pointless.

Moreover, with Dawn's strength, getting this thing isn't without chance.

"You already said it'll be after a while," Su Sheng raised an eyebrow, concluding the Twelve-winged Angel's perspective wasn't grand enough.

Since that's the case, I'm too lazy to waste words with him; after all, there's the War to Stop War as a safety net...

However, using War to Stop War as a fallback while I trap him like this doesn't feel right.

Seems not really a trap... hehe...

"Looks like the Twelve-winged Angel Chairman isn't very interested in this Alliance Charter, so never mind..."

The Twelve-winged Angel was momentarily speechless.

"If you're not that interested, why did I even look for you?"

"Set the price then."

The Twelve-winged Angel replied directly.

"It's not that I'm being unfair; Qiancheng Muxue directly excludes, so let Dawn and War to Stop War auction it."

"Wait for me a moment."

Su Sheng then created a team, pulling Zhi Ge Wei Wu, the Twelve-winged Angel, and Chen Guan together.

"Chairman Mo Wen, tell me the auction method, give me the regulations."

After joining, Zhi Ge Wei Wu said little and went straight to the topic.

"Hmm..."

"I'll be more humane; both of you definitely want this token, so I won't use the auction mode, which also spares you from wasting money."

"Use the secret bid mode; send me your internal price via Private Chat, and the higher bidder gets it."

Su Sheng said with a gentlemanly demeanor.

At the same time, Su Sheng couldn't help but sigh inwardly, still being kind.

Otherwise, if I just used the auction mode and fanned the flames, who knows how much wasteful money they'd spend.

But thinking I'd set a trap later, Su Sheng didn't agonize; a bit less trapping would let me be more at ease.

"Alright! No problem!" Zhi Ge Wei Wu responded.

If it were an auction mode, Zhi Ge Wei Wu himself would still be somewhat lacking confidence when facing Dawn.

After all, the capital behind Dawn is, to some degree, larger than the one behind him.

Of course, the difference isn't huge; the nine capital conglomerates behind the top ten guilds are actually fairly comparable.

Now, using the secret bid mode, it depends on who is more willing to part with it.

If I bite the bullet, there's still a great chance to obtain this Alliance Charter.

"Okay, I have no problem either."

The Twelve-winged Angel naturally wouldn't care about the auction mode.

Anyway, just snatching it with War to Stop War, the pressure isn't that high.

"Alright, next you each discuss with your own people; in five minutes I'll announce the secret bid."

After Su Sheng finished speaking, he wasn't worried they'd collude on any tricks.

Like you bid five, I bid ten, and so on.

Anyway, if the final price doesn't reach one's mental valuation, at worst they'll just discard this Alliance Charter.

"Chairman Mo Wen, these pieces of equipment aren't much," the Dream Building Squad members said, their faces gloomy as they carried the boss's loot out of the big pit.

Originally this BOSS was this hard, and they were even hoping it would drop good stuff.

Only two purple items, the stats are decent, but the level requirement is as high as 55! The others are all blue, green…

Now they're only level 41–42, 55 level is a far‑off thing.

Although the BOSS is hard to beat, it's only because of the level gap; the BOSS itself is just an ordinary Elite BOSS, so this kind of drop is actually normal.

However, Su Sheng's eyes lit up: "Now that's a good item."

Su Sheng looked at the loot prompt and saw something he had been yearning for.

"I'll just take this one; the rest are yours," Su Sheng said with a smile.

Both purple pieces are beyond his reach: a 55‑level two‑handed greatsword in purple, its stats are decent but compared to the Divine Artifact Su Sheng wields, it's naturally not even a fraction as good.

There's also a purple piece—a cloth armor shoe—but Su Sheng isn't interested at all.

He could give it to his dad or Li Wenwan, but since Zhu Meng Junjie has at least joined the guild, he should be a bit more magnanimous.

Then there was another thing, and Su Sheng was pleasantly surprised when he saw it.

Divine Craftsman Stone!

Indeed, besides equipment and Gold Coin, this BOSS also dropped a Divine Craftsman Stone; he had been searching for one for so long and didn't expect it to appear here.

"Huh? That's not right, is it? How about Chairman Mo Wen also picks one?" Zhu Meng Junjie hesitated.

"No need, just give me that stone; it fits my immediate need."

Su Sheng said with a smile.

"Fine…" Su Sheng persisted, and Zhu Meng Junjie said nothing more, directly trading the Divine Craftsman Stone to Su Sheng.

Holding the Divine Craftsman Stone, Su Sheng smiled; after treading the earth with iron shoes and finding nothing, he obtained it without any effort at all.

Now the mysterious Component 08 in the storage can be used, allowing it to evolve into an Epic.

It would be best to get Component 09 as well; the Divine Craftsman Stone reduces the level requirement by ten. Now the mysterious Ring 07 is a level‑45 purple, and with 08 it should be about level‑50 orange; if there's a 09, it would be level‑55 and still usable with the Divine Craftsman Stone.

"Alright, the roadblock is solved, let's continue the mission and repair the Teleport Array," Su Sheng said to Zhu Meng Junjie's group.

"Okay." Zhu Meng Junjie nodded and walked toward the Ancient Teleportation Array.

At that moment, Zhi Ge Wei Wu and the Twelve-winged Angel each sent a Private Chat with a final price.

Seeing the two offers, Su Sheng was a bit surprised…