Two days later
The day of the auction had arrived, and many people came from all over the place. The main road has also begun to be crowded with luxury horse-drawn carriages of various sizes running towards a tall building with 6 floors.
Wild cultivators, major families, and well-known sects also attended the auction to buy valuable items, especially they all desperately wanted the 3 High-grade Silver Weapons whose news had been spread before.
***
Lin Chen got up from his bed and changed his appearance to how it was before, and he walked out of the inn towards the Red Dragon Pavilion.
Not long ago…
Now that Lin Chen was right in front of a tall building, he took out the wooden plate that Su Qian had given him, which allowed him to enter without a hitch to enter the auction.
A beautiful young woman with shoulder-length hair approached Lin Chen, "Master, please follow me to the VIP room," said the young woman smiling gently.
Lin Chen only gave a small nod in reply and followed the young lady into the cubicle of the room.
Lin Chen, who was in the room, looked around and turned his head out the window. Hundreds of benches were almost full of visitors, "Unlike the 1st floor, the 2nd floor is wider. Even on the 2nd floor, there are still several floors that are used for booths," muttered Lin Chen, looking at several booths.
Knock... Knock... Knock...
I could hear a knock on the door from outside. Lin Chen turned his head towards the knock, "Come in", said Lin Chen in a moderate tone.
Crack...
The door opened, and the young woman who had escorted Lin Chen had come back with a blackboard with a rope tied at the end, "This is sir," said the young woman approaching Lin Chen and handing over the blackboard.
Lin Chen, who received the blackboard, looked puzzled, "What for?" asked Lin Chen, turning towards the young woman.
"Master can write your name on this board and then hang it in front of the room," she explained.
"Can I write anything other than a name?" asked Lin Chen curiously.
"Sure, but I suggest writing the name so it's easy to mention at the auction," she explained again.
Hearing that, Lin Chen wrote down the word on the blackboard using his Qi energy and handed the blackboard back to the female servant.
The maidservant reading the writing looked at Lin Chen strangely, "Did master seriously write this down?" he asked, clarifying.
"Sure," replied Lin Chen curtly as he raised his thumb.
"Okay. We will hang your nameplate, sir," said the maid bowing and heading for the exit.
***
In the middle of the auction podium was a beautiful woman with large breasts with purple hair hanging down to her waist. She looked at all the seats that had been occupied and knocked on a hammer.
Knock... Knock... Knock...
"I am Xiao Su Ling, the host for this auction. This time, the auction was divided into several sessions: the first session for items priced below 100 gold taels, the second session for fairly rare items, and the third session as we know it. There are 3 High-grade Silver Weapons," she explained at length with a smile.
Wooo… Wooo… Wooo…
Heard screams throughout the room.
"Xiao Su Ling, marry me!" I could hear the screams of one of the people.
"The first item to be auctioned is a Purple Qi Energy Pill *9 with a price of 500 taels of Silver. For each price increase, it must not be less than 50 taels of Silver," said Xiao Su Ling.
"500 taels of silver," said the visitor in the front seat of the podium.
"550 taels of Silver," said another.
"600"
"800"
"1200"
Bidding stopped when the price had reached the price of 1200 silver taels. He tapped the hammer, "Congratulations to No. 125. Have obtained a Qi Energy Pill for 1200 taels of Silver," pointing at the visitor's bench.
"The next item is welcome to enter," said the presenter.
Two male employees brought a large black stone to the centre of the podium. All visitors' eyes were on the object to be auctioned with confused looks.
"Stone?" said one of the bidders.
Xiao Su Ling, who saw all the confused visitors opened her voice, "Wild cultivators found this stone in the mountains. Other than the stone is very hard, and our side does not know its use." She explained.
Hearing that, the bidders were even more confused. If it's useless, why auction it off? All the bidders thought about the useless stone in front of them.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
Xiao Su Ling saw that no visitors were bidding and only sighed in resignation, "It seems that this time it won't sell either," she muttered.
"Okay, let's move on to the next thing-" Before she could finish her sentence, she was startled by a voice from one of the booths.
***
Inside the VIP booth…
Lin Chen, who saw the huge rock looked useless, felt the existence of life within the rock. What's more, that living thing has a powerful aura.
"10 taels of Gold!" said Lin Chen loudly.
Suddenly all bidders were shocked because someone was bidding on useless items. Everyone then looked at the booth on level 2.
How surprised they all were when they saw the nameplate hanging in front of the booth.
"Handsome Old Man. Are you serious?" said one of the bidders.
"Is that person crazy to use that name?" said another.
"Moreover, he bids on useless stones at a high price," said the auctioneer with a cynical tone.
Lin Chen ignored other people's chatter about him and looked at the emcee, "Can you knock the hammer?" Lin Chen said quietly but could be heard by Xiao Su Ling.
Xiao Su Ling woke up from shock and knocked on the hammer, "Congratulations to Room No.10 for getting this Stone for 10 gold taels", she said, turning to Lin Chen's VIP room.
"Let's move on to the next item. The healer found this item while he was on the mountain. 10 year old iron grass can increase physical strength by 2%. And if it is refined into pills, it can increase its effectiveness by up to 5%. The initial price is 50 gold taels. For every price increase, it can't be less than 5 gold taels," she said, explaining the plants on the table.
"50 gold taels"
"70 gold taels"
"200 gold taels"
Bidding stopped when it had reached a high enough price with a price of 200 gold taels, "This item was the closing of the first session. Let's start the second session of the auction." Xue Su Ling said quietly.
The auction resumed. The young lady entered the Auction Hall with a tray in her hand, on top of which one could see a fairly beautiful Jade Bracelet.
"The second session opening item to be auctioned is this Jade Bracelet, and this Bracelet is equipped with a Defense Array. Can withstand the attacks of people under the Heavenly King Realm. The initial price is 1000 gold taels. For each price increase, it can't be less than 100 gold taels," she said, explaining the Jade Bracelet's advantages.
Immediately everyone raised their hands in the air, starting to bid high prices because it was scarce for jewellers to have defensive arrays.
"1000 taels of gold"
"3000"
"5000"
"7000! Please give only my Xue family!" heard a young man's voice in one of the VIP booths.
"Is that Xue Yang, the young master of the Xue family?" said visitors seeing the VIP booth on level 2.
"…"
"10,000", a voice rang out in one of the other VIP booths.
Instantly the auctioneers who were in the Hall turned to the VIP room.
"That old man again?" said one of the bidders.
"Isn't he afraid of the Xue family?" said another.
The young man inside the VIP booth No. 3 gritted his teeth in annoyance, and it never occurred to him that anyone would dare to go against the Xuenya family. He looked at VIP booth No.10 with a murderous look, "Old man! Do you want to fight my Xue family!" Xue Yang shouted.
Occupant No. 10, none other than Lin Chen, chuckled lightly when someone threatened him. He stared behind booth No. 3, crossing him, "If you have money, then bargain!" said Lin Chen loudly.
Lin Chen's provocation-like words made the entire room silent. How could the older man in booth No. 10 challenge the Xue family head-on? Does the older man have a solid background?
Many questions appear in everyone's mind.
Xue Yang, provoked by Lin Chen, immediately raised the price back, "30,000!" she shouted.
"50,000," said Lin Chen casually.
"70,000!"
"200,000", Lin Chen replied calmly.
There was a commotion again. How could an item that originally only cost 1000 gold taels go up 200 times from its initial price?
Xue Yang, who was in booth No. 3, just gritted his teeth in annoyance. He gripped his chair until it cracked. He tried to raise the price again but was restrained by the older man beside him.
"Young Master, the big master, told us to buy the main item," he said quietly.
Xue Yang recalled his father's message and couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then he looked again at booth No. 10 with strong killing intent.