Hearing Mathew asking about the price of the skill old man said; now I can pay you about fifty gold coins for it but at the auction I can`t say anything about its exact price but I can guarantee a minimum sum for it, which will be twenty five gold as we shall be listing the skill at that price in the auction and we will be taking ten percent out of the price for which your item has sold for, as it will be our commission for providing you a platform to sold your item to a lot of potential buyers.
Mathew after hearing what old man said, asked lily as to what the best option will be.
Lily: Mat, I suggest you sold it at the auction not now as at the auction if someone whose fighting style match with the skill than they will pay any price for the skill as you know a skill stone is a very rare commodity and even one get the skill stone it has a very less chance to be compatible with its founder so I think it will be best to sell it at the auction.
Mathew hearing lily`s suggestion decided to sell it at the auction.
Old man I have decided to sell it at the auction.
Hearing Mathew say it old man nodded his head and proceeds to register Mathew's skill stone on the list of the selling item to be sold on the day of the auction. After doing some work he came to Mathew and gave him a card; lad here is your token with this you will have a proof that you have listed the skill stone at the auction house for sell and it will at as your entry ticket on the day of the auction as getting entry in the auction house on the day of our annual auction house is very hard.
Thanks, old man after that Mathew walked out of the auction house, as Mathew was walking out of the auction house the old man has a strange glint in his eyes as he can see through him. After trying to probe his cultivation level the old man could not see anything about Mathew, what a strange lad, I was not able to see anything about him through my eyes interesting said the old man stroking his beard.
Meanwhile Mathew walking out of the auction house suddenly got a feeling as to someone is trying t spy on him and he became extremely vigilant.
Lily: Mat you don`t have to be so vigilant it is that old man who is trying to see your cultivation level, but he can`t see through you as with magic realm with you, you are immune to any mental probe as well as any spiritual attack.
Hearing lily say that he is immune to any probe from others and any spiritual attack he became very happy as spiritual attack is a very hard thing to defend against. But he became somewhat curious as to why that old man trying to see through him.
Lily said: I think he became curious about you as you have a second stage beasts skill stone with you while you are so young. And Mat let me tell you something that old man is very strong he is a level 45 supreme master. Means he is one of the strongest people on this planet.
(stages after master is grandmaster, supreme master and king realm)
Mathew hearing what lily has said become astonished to know that seemingly not, so harmful old man is such a powerful man. But what is such a powerful being doing in Philo city and that to working as a receptionist in the auction house. After thinking for some time, he shrugged as to it is not his business but if the old man does something which may harm this city and his family than he will do anything to get revenge against the old man even at the cost of his life.
What Mathew do not know Is that the old man is the strongest man of their kingdom and he is the grand elder of the royal family which he will come to know in the future.
After walking out of the auction Mathew proceeded to go to the inn which he has booked as it is time for him to absorb all that mana stone he got from the monsters and to increase his cultivation before the auction.
After walking some time, he came to his room and locked it from inside and then he went inside the magic realm as according to his estimate it will take him close to ninety days to completely absorb all the mana stone which is not possible outside as the auction is just ten days later.
After coming inside the magic realm Mathew once again took a deep breathe as the mana concentration is too high in here and is so refreshing here just like in his previous world when someone goes to any hiss station and have a breath of their fresh air bur the experience here is ten times more refreshing.
After that he took a seat and started absorbing the mana stones one by one.
Meanwhile lily seeing Mathew being cultivating began happy as it is good for him to get strong fast so that he can coop with the upcoming disaster.
Suddenly lily looks upstairs as if seeing deep in to the cosmos and became astonished " how is it possible for them to penetrate so deep in the universe is it possible that the main line of defense is already breached by them but how is that possible according to my calculation all the race of this universe should still be able to hold the defense line for at least hundreds of years"
She looked at Mathew cultivating diligently and become worried Mat it seems we have less time than I have initially thought it seems it is time for you to got that place but first you have to have minimum cultivation of grandmaster level to have a chance to survive there so mat cultivate quickly as we and this universe doesn't have a lot of time.