"Now, distinguished guests we will bring out the unknown items. These are the items whose functions could not be discerned even by the most trained professionals. The first item on this roster *as he said that a woman rolled out a table that displayed an ordinary-looking gold coin. On one side there was an indentation of a straight line while on the other side was an indentation of a circle. From its rugged state, one could tell that this coin had existed for a long time.* is this gold coin, its known effects are, increases the flow of qi and it can also create a force field that can repel an attack as great as the peak of the completion realm, once a day.
Also, the past owner claimed that after having it in his possession he seemed to have frequent encounters with good fortune. But its validity has not been verified due to its recent procurement. The bidding starts at 100,000 gold coins with each subsequent bid having a raise of at least 50,000 gold coins. Let the bidding begin."
"300,000"
A soft voice sounded causing everyone to turn their heads, shocked by the bid. An instant increase of 200,000?? what was this?!
"350,000"
Another bid was made. It came from the balcony-like structure to the left of where Bao Obi was.
'Damn bastard wants to outbid me???' thought the teen as he made another bid.
"600,000"
The crowd then turned back to the teen's structure with envy-filled eyes. But the bid did not deter the rival bidder as almost ten seconds later another bid was made.
"650,000"
The teen was now thoroughly pissed off.
'Bastard is not even giving me any face!'
"750,000"
"800,000"
This time, the counterbid came instantly.
"850,000"
"900,000"
. . .
At this point, the teen was silently looking at the bidder sitting on the other balcony. Although due to privacy reasons their face had been distorted and their attire had been blackened out, that didn't hide the feminine charm that emanated from the person. As he continued staring intently at the woman, the woman slowly turned toward him, and let out a sneer.
'You bitch!' thought the teen as he made another bid.
"1,000,000"
Everyone was shocked as the price reached a million, "everyone" included the ones in the teen's balcony.
Yuno slowly leaned and whispered, "You do know that we don't have that much money right???"
The teen nodded as he said, "Yea don't worry I've got a plan"
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[BOB.C]: tagged[Author]: I know we've had our difference but I need a favor.
[Author]: Speak...
[BOB.C]: I'm going to need money throughout the rest of the auction and I'd like for you to be my benefactor A.K.A gemme da cash.
[Author]: That's simple but wt do I get in return?
[BOB.C]: I'll pay back the money
[Author]: Hah, fictional riches mean nothing to me...
[BOB.C]: then how about this, where ever I go I'll spread the mighty name of [Author], the mighty hero that shakes the whole universe whenever he makes a move. By the time I'm done, fictional panties will go moist with the mere mention of your name!
[Author]: ... That does sound nice...
[Reader]: You horny bastard
[Author]: I prefer distinguished gentleman but oh well...
[BOB.C]: It's settled then.
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"1,050,000," said the lady on the other balcony. Hearing how the bid was still going the audience was completely dumbfounded.
"I spent every last dime I had to buy the bronze plate but these ppl actually have that much money to their name?!?? How is this possible?"
"It's just how this world is my friend, some ppl are blessed with fortune while others have to spend their entire lives slaving away for a penny." his friend said with a strange gleam in his eyes.
"Let's end this here, 3,000,000." The teen's voice resounded throughout the auction house as everyone choked on air. I mean increased qi circulation was useful but at the same time it was pretty common in many artifacts. And the ability to deflect an attack of a completion stage cultivator was rare but not rare enough to be valued at 3,000,000. In the eyes of the masses, this was simply a splurge of the rich.
The competing bidder looked a bit shocked before letting out a sigh.
'It seems like I've won the bet.'
"Are there no more bids?" Asked the auctioneer, followed by complete silence. I mean not everyone could match the price and those who could didn't want to spend that much on an above-average artifact.
"Then it is settled. Unknown item number one, sold to the occupant in balcony number one."
After that, three more items were sold for exorbitant prices, each exceeding two million.
The auctioneer was about to continue when suddenly a staff member came and whispered something in his ear. His face slowly turned cold as he informed the audience, "Honored guests, I am sorry to inform you but today's auction is to be concluded here."
And just as he said that the ceiling of the room suddenly rumbled, silence following soon after.
"What was that..." said one of the cultivators in the crowd with confusion mixed with apprehension.
Soon after, murmurs spread throughout the guests as they speculated over what that noise could have been. In a bid to calm the crowd, the auctioneer laughed out loud as he said, "Do not concern yourselves with such matters, there's always one or two nutjobs out there that thinks they can steal our merch. And every time they are dealt with accordin-" BOOM-BOOM-RUMBLE-RUMBLE-
Suddenly cracks spread across the ceiling.
-CRACK-CRACK-
A piece of the ceiling slowly came loose and fell towards the cultivators below. Seeing such a scene though, they weren't frightened in the slightest. I mean, they were cultivators after all, going against the natural order and attempting to gain immortality, so how could they be scared of such a mundane matter? None of them were phased and shortly after one of them raised his hands, allowing an invisible force to influence the rubble and set it down safely. But things didn't end there as a circular item was dropped through the hole. The item was metallic gray and about the size of a tennis ball with a blinking red dot on it. Starting from the red dot five lines stretched themselves across the surface of the ball, each joining on a vertex located on the opposite side of the red blinking dot.
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[Reader]: Hah, I didn't know we were in Marvel.
[BOB.C]: Wtf is a marvel??
[Reader]: It's a fictional universe that houses some of the most iconic heroes like Spiderman, Ironman, The Fantastic Four, Hulk, Wolverine, Thor, Daredevil... and etcetera.
[BOB.C]: Sounds stupid ngl...
[Reader]:(*_*) I'm not even gon argue with you, you fucking retard.