232: Chapter 232 Entrance

Today, Qianbao City was even livelier; everyone on the streets was rushing in the same direction, and Lin Qing and the other two were also part of the crowd.

As soon as the three of them approached the auction house, they heard an argument coming from the entrance.

"Shoo, shoo, shoo, don't come here and cause trouble."

"Impossible, it was clearly your people who introduced the seller to me; my admission ticket couldn't possibly be fake!"

"I'm telling you, don't look for trouble. Who did you find? If you have the guts, call him out!"

"I..."

"Shoo, shoo, shoo, step aside, or we'll arrest you later."

Lin Qing's mouth twitched upon hearing this; could this person have also found that Disciple from the other day?

Naturally, Lin Qing and the others would not queue up here with these people; their location was a private box. However, back then the Grandmaster had not exposed their strength, and the two of them had simply exchanged a very ordinary treasure for the location, so the box was merely a medium-grade private box.

Floating above the auction house were dozens of pavilions, which were the truly top-tier private boxes. The people inside were either Level 11 Cultivators or high-ranking members of some super factions, immensely wealthy or noble.

Just as they walked to the entrance of the VIP passage, a beautiful female attendant greeted them. After Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao handed over the admission ticket for inspection, the female attendant began to guide the three of them.

The auction house was generally circular in shape, with a high platform in the middle dedicated to displaying auction items, followed by ordinary spectator seats rising layer by layer outward, and the highest few circles on the outside were private boxes.

Basically all who came to participate in the auction were high-level Cultivators whose five senses were far beyond those of ordinary people; therefore, even though the private boxes were relatively far from the center, there would be no such situation as not being able to see or hear clearly.

The three of them followed the female attendant walking along the outer corridor, and during this time, they also encountered many guests like them, all being led by attendants to their own private boxes.

Lin Qing also encountered a few familiar faces: Tao Tao, Ren Wudi, and Qiyue, and they were all acting together with their fellow martial brothers.

"Several guests, this is it. The auction will start in half an hour, please wait a moment."

After the female attendant brought the three of them into the private box, she left. Before long, a few women dressed somewhat revealingly walked in. Lin Qing and the others naturally did not have such refined interests, and after they served the melon fruits and brewed tea, they had them leave.

In such occasions, many people covered themselves up, and these women were already accustomed to the requests of Lin Qing and the others. When leaving, one of the women took out a communication token and placed it on the table.

"This is the communication token of our manager. If the distinguished guests need to sell items during the auction, you can contact him."

It must be said that Qianbao Mysterious Palace was truly an old merchant, having considered even the situation where guests needed to sell their family property midway. One could imagine that if they were ordinary items, the price at that time would definitely be suppressed very low.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao picked up a booklet from the table, flipped through a few pages, and handed it to Lin Qing.

"Lin Qing, here is an auction item catalog, take a look first."

Because occasionally someone would bring some treasures to participate in the auction these past few days, the auction item catalog was constantly being updated, and the one they got right now was the latest version.

Lin Qing immediately took it and started browsing. This auction would last for quite a while, so there were many auction items. The very front were basically very ordinary things, but even though they were ordinary, they all started from the God Realm, such as ninth-rank Spiritual Weapons, ninth-rank Medicinal Pills, and so on.

Towards the back, things useful to Lin Qing began to appear: ninth or Tenth Rank Pill Formulas, Spiritual Weapon blueprints, Formation diagrams, and even many Level 12 Formation main Materials that he needed.

Lin Qing frowned; he had still somewhat underestimated this auction. The Materials he needed were not very common general Materials; originally he thought that encountering one or two of them at the auction would be about it. After reading this catalog, he found that there were many things he could buy, and the Spirit Stones he had prepared might very well not be enough.

Seeing Lin Qing's tightly furrowed brows, the Grandmaster asked:

"What's wrong, Qing'er, are there no things you want?"

Lin Qing shook his head and sighed.

"There are, and quite a lot. The Spirit Stones I prepared might not be enough."

"It doesn't matter, Grandmaster still has over three billion here; if you need them, I'll give them all to you. Your Grand Aunt-Master should also have several billion over there."

"Right, how many Spirit Stones did you prepare?"

After asking, the Grandmaster chuckled, picked up the spiritual tea on the table and took a sip, looking at Lin Qing with eyes full of affection.

"25 billion."

"Puff—"

"What is to be done now!"

With so many Spirit Stones on Lin Qing's body worrying him to this extent, the Grandmaster knew that even adding their own meager Spirit Stones might not help matters.

Right at this moment, the sound of singing and dancing came from the high platform in the center of the auction house; the auction was about to begin.

At the white jade stone platform in the center of the auction house, a layer of thin spiritual gauze slowly rose from all around, turning into a curtain that covered the entire stone platform. A flash of spiritual light lit up from the center of the stone platform, and dozens of graceful figures instantly appeared on the spiritual gauze.

Melodious music overflowed, with clear, moist, and lingering tones spreading along the circular spectator seats and lingering throughout the entire circular auction house.

Dozens of figures danced gracefully to the music, their postures relaxed and elegant, with spiritual mist flowing along with the dance steps, occasionally converging into floating clouds and occasionally scattering in all directions.

The somewhat noisy spectator seats gradually quieted down, and everyone's gaze gathered on the central high platform.

The singing and dancing lasted for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea. When the last note fell, the curtains around the high platform suddenly dropped, revealing a slender figure.

The crowd that had already quieted down was even more pin-drop silent at this moment, as if everyone had been petrified.

The woman was dressed in a moon-white long dress, with silver floating clouds embroidered on the hem. The hem swayed gently in the breeze, and the silver floating clouds flickered with a faint fluorescent light.

The woman had a perfectly proportioned figure, neither too plump nor too thin, with shoulders as if carved and a waist like a bundle of silk. Her neck was upright and graceful, her skin was lustrous and natural, and without applying powder or makeup, she possessed a natural elegance.

"It really is her!"

After seeing the woman's face clearly, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao let out a sigh.

"Grand Aunt-Master knows her?"

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao nodded gently, and then narrated in detail.

"When I was young, I also ventured into the Central Continent. She can be considered a figure of my era. At that time, with the cultivation of the eighth-rank Early Stage, she directly topped the Beauty Ranking of the Central Continent, hailed as the number one beauty of the mainland for three thousand years."

"Now it seems, it has to be changed to four thousand years."

After listening to this exaggerated description, Lin Qing turned his head again to look closely. She was indeed pretty, but it didn't seem to reach the level of once every few millennia, right? In Lin Qing's view, the appearance of the woman on this high platform was about the same as Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao, Tao Tao, and Qiyue.

Looking at the still silent spectator seats at this moment, Lin Qing couldn't help doubting himself: Could it be that I have face blindness?!