The auction was scheduled for the evening two days later, taking place in a private manor belonging to the Rothschild family in North Tower City, a part of the Kingdom of Sailort. Interestingly, before their departure, Zhuang Ying had prepared masks for him and Wang Cong.
"Why, Sister Ying? We're attending an auction, not a Halloween party. What's the use of this thing?" Fang Jueyu fiddled with the injured-looking, red, tusked demon mask.
"Hehe, young master, you just don't get it. The Rothschild family's auction isn't an ordinary one; many shady items end up there. If some people buy them, they might get into trouble," Zhuang Ying said with a smile. "So, covering your face and hiding your identity is a must."
"Seriously, it's like we're about to rob a bank."
"Gu Yi, what about you? Why don't you have one?" Fang Jueyu asked.
"I don't need such things!" Gu Yi smiled slightly. Suddenly, the muscles on his face began writhing like building blocks, and then, magically, his face transformed into that of Eddie Peng.
"Holy crap! You can do that?" Fang Jueyu exclaimed. With a skill like that, he could practically steal the job of Peking Opera performers!
As for Wang Cong, who was beside Fang Jueyu, he was even more dumbfounded. Although he lived in the upper-class family, he had never encountered a superpower user .
"Old Fang, what the heck is your bodyguard?" Wang Cong pointed at Gu Yi, even with a trace of fear on his face. Maybe it was a human instinctual reaction to encountering unknown things?
"Oh, don't panic. My bodyguard has some special abilities. You'll get used to it." Fang Jueyu didn't treat Wang Cong as an outsider. With all their interactions, he would eventually know these things.
"Do you want to change your face? I'm afraid if you go out , you'll quickly be surrounded by thousands of girls, and someone will keep calling you 'husband'." Fang Jueyu joked.
"Young master, this isn't Huaxia; no one knows Eddie Peng here!" Gu Yi laughed.
"Still, you should change it. As long as no one can recognize you, it'll be fine."
"Alright!" Gu Yi's face wriggled again, and suddenly, it became very ordinary, the kind that wouldn't be recognized in a crowd.
"This is amazing!" Fang Jueyu marveled. "If I can bring back the animal head this time, it should increase the completion rate quite a bit, right? Maybe I can learn this trick myself then?"
The incident where Fang Jueyu saved kidnapped children and his donations to various charitable organizations had greatly increased the completion of his first-stage unlock tasks. If he could bring back a national treasure this time, he might even complete the task directly.
"That might not be enough!" Xiao Yi said. "But if you spend a bit this time, maybe you'll complete this big task directly!"
"Right!" Fang Jueyu slapped his thigh. "Then I'll just treat this trip as going to a large supermarket. I'll buy whatever I see, best if I can use up all this money ha ha ha!"
"Young master, everything is ready. You and Mr. Wang can depart!" Zhuang Ying had already arranged the vehicles. The Ladinic family also had many enterprises in this city, so sending a car was a piece of cake. More than ten kilometers away, a helicopter awaited them at an airport.
"Old Fang, there are just four of us. Did you really have to bring a transport helicopter?" Wang Cong looked at the massive structure at the airport in disbelief. Forget four people, it could probably fit an entire troop.
"How should I know? It's not my doing..." Fang Jueyu glanced at Zhuang Ying.
"Young master, I don't know either. I only asked the Ladinic family to send a slightly impressive helicopter. I didn't expect them to go this overboard."
It was still an incredibly luxurious private helicopter, with almost all interior space modified, making it a luxury single apartment.
"Wow, I thought I was wealthy enough. It seems I still have a long way to catch up with you!" Wang Cong silently took some photos and mumbled to himself, hiding in a corner to post on Weibo.
The helicopter's interior was adorned with numerous paintings, almost all by famous artists. In the center hung a portrait and something that looked like a totem.
"Sister Ying, who's this?" Fang Jueyu didn't remember any historical figure looking like that.
"Oh, that's the first Clan Leader of the modern Ladinic family," Zhuang Ying said. "Actually, I don't know much about their family. I only know that their family went through a huge turmoil. This person became the Clan Leader after that. I think his name was Jerod Ladinic."
"Host, this is the Ladinic family child I told you about, who was taken in by Fang Yang."
"Oh, I see. He's quite handsome!"
"Of course, the host Fang Yang taught him some skills to unlock his potential. His genes were enhanced to some extent, so naturally, he's handsome."
"And what's that symbol?" Fang Jueyu looked closely. The central part of the symbol was a circle, surrounded by many triangle arrangements, resembling a sun emitting light.
"Oh, that's the emblem of your Fang Family. All families under the Fang Family use this as their emblem. It's an ancient ancestor of your family who carved it, meaning 'as dazzling as the sun.'"
"But why do I feel like I've seen it somewhere before?" Fang Jueyu thought for a long time until an image of a giant building appeared in his mind.
"Yes, yes! I remember now, the Hall of the Hanging Gardens of Ancient Babylon had this totem! Our family might have connections with Ancient Babylonian civilization?"
"Ha ha ha, you're right. When the Ancient Babylonians appeared, your Fang Family had already developed for a long time. Your ancestors brought them advanced knowledge, and that civilization was a vassal of your Fang Family. Unfortunately, it later declined."
"That impressive?" Fang Jueyu suddenly realized he knew very little about his family.
"That's nothing. Although your thoughts and technology were too backward back then, even if you were given high-tech, you couldn't immediately apply it. But surpassing that era wasn't easy."
"Ha ha, I'll be honest. Actually, ancient Egyptian and ancient Indian civilizations were disseminated by your ancestors. They were affiliated with your Fang Family in those distant times, even worshipped you like deities!"
"You know the Sphinx?"
"Ha ha ha, it was created with imagination, using your ancestor named Fang Shu as the template!"
"Ha ha ha! Are they demons? Ha ha ha!" Fang Jueyu couldn't help but laugh. "If those archaeologists knew that the mystery of the Sphinx's origin was just a little accident created by my ancestor, wouldn't they all be driven to madness?"