After asking a few staff members, Rudra finally found the second auction hall. He entered the hall, where the auction was about to begin, with an originally bright environment, but the light in that hall slowly darkened, as the crowd filled the seats.
The hall was pretty huge, with a podium set at the center, and was surrounded by seats that stair up, and at a specific height were a set of special seats, the VIP seats, whereas the way to go those seats and the podium were also provided. Soon a spotlight primarily focused towards the podium at the center.
But then the light shifted its focus towards the gate and under the primarily focused light, a beautiful lady walked up to the center. It meant that the auction was about to begin. That beauty stood under the spotlight leaving the rest of the hall filled with darkness.
The beautiful lady was adorned in a breathtaking ensemble that exuded elegance and allure. Her outfit consisted of a luxurious blue and white color combination design with a little tight portion around her waist, outlining her charming curves. Making her look extremely tantalizing to the people.
Rudra just took a corner seat and waited for the auction to begin. Then he looked at the lady. She was Parika, a famous beauty of the city and she was a great auctioneer too. Her mature charm made many attracted to her. Rudra's gaze shifted to the waist and her chanting curves made him speak, "A real beauty!"
With a graceful smile on her face, Parika began the auction, "Here, with the beginning of the auction, we present the first item to you!", she removed the cloth from the item kept on the table beside her.
As Rudra didn't have any money he didn't even pay attention to the item, and looked around the auction hall only to find a familiar figure.
"Huh, Jahnvi?", she was wearing a pink-colored outfit that made her look like a fairy. Jahnvi along with her father had arrived in the auction.
To her right, was her father, Vashihaan, he was the leader of the Storm Forge clan, one of the best blacksmith clans in the state, and supported the skambha clan a lot for some reason.
But Rudra didn't take their presence too seriously, as he knew they would be here to buy something necessary being sold here for their blacksmith work. But Rudra spotted someone else too besides Jahnvi and her father.
Beside both of them sat a young man and Rudra recognized him. It was a popular face within his clan. He was Vijay the vice clan leader, Practitioner level, 8th stage. He was a middle-aged man and had a calm personality.
In the absence of the main clan leader, Vijay was in charge of managing the clan and all its issues under the advice of the elders. Now Rudra was sure that something precious would appear in this auction therefore even the skambha clan members were here.
Here Parika seemed an expert in creating atmosphere and suspense, she said Every single thing and detail in such a way, that would cause anyone to take interest even in an empty wooden box at first, making the things sell at prices higher than estimated.
In addition, she glanced towards people in such a way that they couldn't stop themselves from bidding and she would also send a charming smile to the person who had called out the latest bid, making them forget their pain of overspending on useless items. The auction kept going, and a few items were sold.
Until a boy ran in and whispered something in Parika's ears, Parika nodded her head and gestured to him by waving her hand.
Parika then explained, "Hey everyone, just now a new item has come for auction that would cause anyone to take an interest in it, I hope you take some interest, cause you can't miss it.", Parika said with an alluring smile. With that, she clapped two times, and a waitress came in running with a box in her hands. Parika opened the box and took out a pill with her delicate hands.
"This is a first-rank pill, a spiritual pill", Parika's charming voice caused everyone to be excited for the item, as a pill was one of the rarest things in the whole Suryalok, and people always sought it.
"This spiritual pill can increase anyone's spiritual power by five percent, but its effects are affected according to the consumer's level, also it's efficient, our alchemist expert Devjan has ensured it has no life risks!", Parika explains everything about the pill.
People began to think, as they never saw such a pill that could increase spiritual energy and had no life risks, but since a saint alchemist, himself ensured its effectiveness, it awoken their intent to take interest in it.
"the bidding will begin with 500 white stone coins, and the difference between every bid should be 100 white stone coins.", Parika seemed to announce this at the right time.
"600 white stone coins!", Just as Parika stopped speaking, a person shouted out the first bid.
The bid raised to a few more hundred coins until a soft voice called out, "1000 white stone coins!".
Following the voice everyone gazed at the main source.
'Jahnvi? Even she has an interest in these pills.', Rudra thought.
"2500 white stone coins!", another huge bid was announced. It was by a tall guy, Mr. Masaan, the leader of the Masaan clan, which was a rival of the skambha clan and stayed in constant conflicts due to trying to capture the towns under the skambha clan forcefully.
"4000 white stone coins!", this time silence covered the room as Vijay announced his bid.
If 100 white stone coins are equal to 1 shilling, then with 4000 white stone coins it's equal to 40 shillings, Rudra had unlocked a jackpot. Mr. Masaan gritted his teeth as he muttered, "Damn you, Vijay!"
No one dared to bid more, as the price had reached to the sum of 40 iron shillings. "50 iron shillings", a loud voice echoed in the hall.
"50 shillings one, two, three!", after waiting for a few moments Parika counted till three, and when no one said their bid she hit the hammer on the table declaring, "Rank 1 spiritual pills, sold to Mr. Masaan for 50 shillings!"
Rudra's eyes were filled with the excitement of getting 50 iron shillings.
After the auction of those pills, most of the people walked out as they didn't have any budget or interest for the next items. But Rudra stayed there to see the precious item. Parika indicated that waitresses bring the next item
"This is a great sword, forged by a second chakra saint, specially made for wind talent users.", Parika said as she revealed the great sword
A weapon developed by a second chakra saint was very auspicious for everyone, but Rudra without any interest walked out of the hall. Walking in that huge lobby Rudra entered that small corridor and into the consignment room. As Rudra came back he found the same middle-aged man, sitting on the chair, lonely.
Rudra walked towards that man, "Hey!"
That middle-aged man looked towards the sound to find it was the same alchemist boy, and a hint of politeness appeared in his behavior.
"Mister, can you wait for a while, your valuables are coming!", that man requested.
Rudra couldn't do anything except wait patiently. Suddenly with a flurry of steps, two shadows entered the room.
"Nice meeting you, Mr. Alchemist, it seems like you are new in this city.", Parika greeted Rudra.
Rudra didn't reply and just nodded his head, "So, did you bring my share?"
"Mister, why so excited? Did you make those pills?", Parika asked as she went close to him with a charming smile.
Rudra couldn't save himself from glaring at the beauty, long and delicate arms, beautiful neck, her breathing chest, curves that were being outlined by the tight waist of her dress, and her eyes could cause anyone to lose themselves in front of her. But then Rudra realized what was happening.
He then used his spiritual energy, and as soon as his spiritual energy stepped in, he was able to calm himself down again.
"Yes, I made them, since the auction was successful, give me my share of money I have other works as well", Said Rudra.
Seeing such a sudden change in Rudra's demeanor, Parika was intrigued by this mysterious man. She blushed a little, But a few moments later she recovered and said, "Please excuse us for the late, your money would be coming anytime soon."
With interest in her eyes for that guy, she asked, "Mister, alchemists are very respected, after Uncle Devjan you are the only alchemist I have met, can you please tell me your name?"
Rudra then answered with only one word, "Aadarsh"
After a few moments, a waitress with a special type of stone in her hand entered the room in a hurry and handed the stone to Parika. Parika grabbed that stone and moved it towards Rudra.
"Mister Aadarsh, as you witnessed we made 50 iron shillings from your pills and we have deducted 10 % as the auction fees, and you have 40 iron shillings stored inside this special stone."
'Currency stone', was a special type of stone in which one could store their money in all forms of currencies. Rudra grabbed that currency stone and stood up.
"Mister Aadarsh next time if you have any plans of auctioning any medicines, please keep our lapis lazuli Auction house in your mind.", Parika said.
"hmm", replying carelessly, Rudra walked out of the tense atmosphere and out of their glances.
For Parika, this was a weird encounter, since Rudra was the first one, who wasn't distracted or attracted by her natural beauty and charm, every factor of her body and her intelligence seemed to be designed by nature itself to disrupt people's tracks. This fact caused her to take an interest in that guy.
Parika sat on the chair, she leaned back, and let out a sigh, "Uncle Devjan, what do you think about him?"
"There is something special in him, in my opinion, he is the best rank 1 medicine former in this state, I felt a special ingredient in that pill, but couldn't sense it, also I felt his strong spiritual energy through which the pill was formed, and the medicinal energy was much better than any pill on the same level.", Devjan explained.
"if he is such good in the beginning of alchemy....", Parika took a small pause, "he is a saint way user how many chakras could he have unlocked?"
"I was not able to sense much of him, which means he has more chakras unlocked, I suspect, he is on a higher level, but acts to be on level one!", Devjan told his opinions on Aadarsh.
"or till now he just hasn't shown his true potential", Hearing Parika's words, Devjan let out a heavy breath.
Pursing her lips, Parika propped up her cheek while sighing. 'Alchemists have a lot of potential, what if I had such a talent?'