38: The auction begins
“Ding, ding.”
The doorbell of the private room rang, and when it opened, Wei Yansheng appeared at the entrance.
Seeing Luo Yuheng, he smiled and said, “The auction is about to begin. That Beast can be taken to the backstage now.”
This had been discussed beforehand, so Luo Yuheng naturally had no objections and readily handed the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit to Wei Yansheng.
Not long after Wei Yansheng left, a resounding “Dong” echoed throughout the venue, capturing everyone’s attention, before someone walked onto the high platform at the very front.
“Welcome, esteemed guests, to the Qingyun Rare Item Auction. I am today’s auctioneer, Liang Jingsi.”
A tall, intellectual classical beauty stood on the stage, as if stepping out of a painting, a graceful smile gracing her lips as she looked at the guests below.
“Today, we have a total of one hundred and thirty-two items for auction, all of which can be considered rare and exquisite. If you are interested, you certainly shouldn't miss out.”
In the Luo Chen family’s private room, Luo Yuheng, after clearly seeing the auctioneer on stage, spoke with some surprise,
“The Liang Family truly values this auction. Even the Liang Family’s eldest legitimate daughter is showing her face to be an auctioneer.”
Su Muqing spoke indifferently, “It’s quite normal. The Liang Family is likely trying to use this auction to return to Liuyun City.”
Luo Yuheng frowned, twitched his lips, “That might be a bit difficult, but attracting some attention from the upper echelons of Liuyun City should still be possible.”
“Perhaps,” Su Muqing said noncommittally.
After a brief opening speech, the auction officially began.
“Our first item for auction is a mystic spirit grass with sixteen leaves. As everyone knows, the more branches and leaves a mystic spirit grass has, the more spirit energy it can produce daily.
Currently, mystic spirit grass sold on the market is scarce, and even when sold, most have only four to ten branches and leaves.
This particular mystic spirit grass should be considered the best among the best.”
As Liang Jingsi introduced it, the curtain on the display stand in front of her had already been lifted, revealing a lush, vibrant green mystic spirit grass in a glass display case.
At the same time, the large screen behind the entire viewing area simultaneously displayed the mystic spirit grass in a full 360-degree view, and a three-dimensional projection even appeared on the table inside the private room.
Luo Yuheng extended his finger and slid it across the three-dimensional projection, and the 3D model enlarged, shrunk, or changed angles with his finger, which was extremely convenient.
Luo Chen couldn't help but widen his eyes at this sight. He had originally thought that the technological level of this world was at most similar to his previous life, but who knew it had already developed to this extent?
What was with this sudden shift from fantasy to sci-fi?
Liang Jingsi gave the guests time to view the information of this mystic spirit grass, then continued, “This mystic spirit grass has a starting bid of 100,000 spirit coins, with each bid not less than 1,000 spirit coins. Bidding starts now.”
Bidding at the Qingyun Auction did not require shouting out loud; one only needed to enter their bid price on a tablet on the table in front of them, and the highest current bidder would be displayed on the large screen behind Liang Jingsi.
The numbers on the large screen changed rapidly, finally slowing down slightly after a few minutes.
“The current highest bid is 450,000 spirit coins by customer number 132. Is there any higher bid?”
However, this number only paused for a moment, and even before Liang Jingsi finished her sentence, the number jumped.
“470,000 spirit coins.”
“480,000 spirit coins.”
“483,000 spirit coins.”
...
Watching the soaring prices, the customers in the hall could only sigh in admiration, silently putting down their tablets. It wasn't that they lacked the financial means to bid.
If the price increased too much, it would make them consider whether it was worth it.
For them, buying a long-term effective mystic spirit grass was not as good as saving their money to compete for the high-tier Beasts that would appear later, which could rapidly enhance their strength.
“600,000 spirit coins, bid by the guest in private room number 25.”
Once the price reached a certain level, customers in the private rooms also began to bid, and at this point, the atmosphere of the auction venue gradually became more lively.
Liang Jingsi smiled as she looked at the guests in the hall, “600,000 spirit coins, going once.”
The numbers on the large screen changed again, “620,000 spirit coins, private room number 17.”
This time, the price of the mystic spirit grass reached its peak, and no further bids were made by customers.
“Then this mystic spirit grass belongs to the guest in private room number 17.”
In the private room, Luo Chen blinked. That mystic spirit grass should be the one he sold to Wei Yansheng, right? He bought it for 400,000 spirit coins then, and now it's selling for 620,000 spirit coins after a quick resale?
He didn't regret it, however. The expenses incurred by the other party for organizing such an auction were quite significant; one could only say that they deserved to earn that money.
With the first item successfully auctioned, a faint blush appeared on Liang Jingsi’s cheeks, adding a few more hints of charm to her.
“Next, we move on to the second item for auction…”
During the subsequent auction process, various products appeared.
Most of them were spirit beasts, and of course, those appearing at the Qingyun Rare Item Auction would naturally not be common or ordinary. Most were either rare or possessed some unique attractive feature.
Most also fetched high prices, but the appearance of these Beasts excited the customers in the hall. When facing the customers in the private rooms, however, they were somewhat met with a cold shoulder, rarely participating in the bidding.
Liang Jingsi subtly glanced at the private rooms with lower numbers. From the start until now, they hadn't made a move. It seemed the items at the auction truly couldn't capture their attention.
The He Family’s private room, private room number 2.
The arrogant young man looked at the items being auctioned below and commented disdainfully, “The countryside is indeed the countryside; such inferior goods can even be brought to an auction.
However, this auctioneer is quite good. After this is over, I’ll ask the Liang Family if they can offer her up. Perhaps I can consider their request to open a store in Liuyun City.”
By the end of his words, a lewd glint appeared in his eyes.
He Liangyu looked at He Liangshu, who was spouting nonsense in front of him, with a well-hidden hint of disgust in his eyes.
“The Law Enforcement Team Captain of Liuyun City is coming soon to transport the Secret Realm. You’d better behave yourself lately, to avoid leaving a bad impression.”
Hearing He Liangyu’s words, He Liangshu seemed to recall something, and his expression became slightly more restrained.
“I’m not forcibly taking her. It’s a matter of mutual consent, so how could it escalate to the Law Enforcement Team?”
He Liangyu glanced at him askance and said indifferently, “You’d better be.”
This guy always relied on having a Wild-Ranked ancestor, a King Rank father, and a genius older brother to cause trouble everywhere.
However, it was also good that he had some discernment and wouldn't provoke people with deep backgrounds, so the family mostly indulged him.
“You’d best not provoke the City Lord of Qingyang City. He is a member of the Feng Family, and what you said during the last siege has already displeased him.”
At this, He Liangshu’s expression became completely indifferent. “So what if he’s a Feng Family member? I’m a He Family member.”
“His older sister is Feng Manwu.” He Liangyu said calmly, in response to his indifference.
“Feng Manwu again… Huh? Feng Manwu? That Wild-Ranked Beast Master from the Feng Family who came to support this time?”
He Liangyu nodded.
He Liangshu shrugged, “How troublesome. I’ll just avoid him from now on, alright?”
Although his grandfather and Feng Manwu were both Wild-Ranked Beast Masters, his own grandfather only had one Wilderness Tier Beast, while Feng Manwu had two.
Therefore, Feng Manwu was categorized by him as someone not to be provoked.
“Next, item number fifty-five for auction, the extreme cold spirit flame.”