Chapter 172 (Chapter 171) Entrance
Yan Shi was not thrown out by the floating auction house.
In fact, what's strange is that Gui Wujiu, the host of the floating auction, didn't even know that Yan Shi was still in the auction house.
The floating auction house benefits from the transformation of the former site of the Floating Vatican, and its interior decoration is extremely luxurious and solid.
It means the curtains are very thick. Yan Shi sat on the bay window behind the curtains, and Gui Wujiu didn't notice anyone beside her when he walked past her.
Gui Wujiu was walking and making a phone call.
“Lord.” Her voice echoed in the empty corridor.
Gui Wujiu's mobile phone microphone has good sound reception.
Even at such a close distance, Yan Shi could still not hear the voice on the other end of the phone very clearly.
Gui Wujiu: "I plead guilty. But Lord, I feel this is a very good opportunity. There has never been a precedent for auctioning off gods in the Inner World; the first time was hosted by the Floating City. I..."
She must have crossed the covered bridge; her voice faded into the distance and could no longer be heard.
After Yan Shiren walked away, he waited a while, then peeked out from behind the curtains. Using the moonlight shining through the glass, he looked around to make sure there were no living creatures in the corridor. Then, he slowly jumped down from the windowsill.
Stepping out from behind the curtains, she was surprised to find that the entire corridor was different.
The entire auction house has been completely renovated.
The long carpet in the corridor seemed to have been replaced; the original thick, dark-colored plush was gone, replaced by a finely woven silver-white rug. The material was unknown, but when you stepped on it, the plush spread outwards from the shoe surface, creating a shimmering ring of light.
The original large-scale, exaggerated, and intricate reliefs on the ceiling have disappeared, replaced by a void. In the void, phantoms and words seem to flow, but when Yan looks closely, they turn into distorted mist and merge into the void.
The corridors remained nested, but at the end of almost every corridor appeared a deep black door, with intricate array circuits carved on it.
After passing three almost identical doors, Yan Shi finally pushed open the fourth identical door he encountered, somewhat speechless.
Behind the door is a terrace...
Yan Shi walked in, and the door closed automatically behind her, revealing a bright and open view.
This is a terrace suspended in mid-air. There are no railings around it, and the ground underfoot has been transformed from carpet into jade, inlaid with silver-blue patterns, shimmering with light, isolating the entire space from the outside world.
Below the terrace was a magnificent and vast auction hall.
The dome soared high, the lights shone brightly, and countless golden curtains hung down, casting a pale golden glow from the star-shaped glass lamps suspended in mid-air.
The entire space is laid out like a theater, with tiers of seats surrounding the central auction stage, progressing from low to high. At the top are concentric terraces, all with dark crystal curtain walls obscuring the view behind them.
There are only a few terraces, and Yan Shi is on the highest one.
The entire auction hall was clearly ready, awaiting the audience to take their seats.
A bell tolls in the distance.
Just like the opening bell of the floating auction, the space suddenly fell silent, plunging into a dizzying blankness.
Then the sound returned.
Yan Shi stood on the outside of the terrace and looked down. Several doors along the edge of the hall were open, and crowds poured in from them.
Since the Floating City handed over the tickets to the Gods' Auction to almost all the nobles in the Underworld, their participation in this auction was different from that of a regular black market auction, and there was no secrecy about it.
Even if they try to cover it up, it won't work. They all know the truth, and no one will give up the enormous power that may be within their grasp.
Who wouldn't want to imprison a god and seize His authority for themselves?
Yan Shi immediately recognized his subordinates in the crowd.
For no other reason than so many people entered through several doors at once, leaving the personnel of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs in a vacuum.
The nearest family was about a few meters away.
Yan Shi: ?
I feel like I'm being ostracized at work.
Unlike Yan Shi's relaxed state of watching a play above, Lu Jian, Gui Ge Mu, and Bian Zheng below are all in a more tense state.
In such a major event, which person in charge is currently missing and not with the main group?
Due to time constraints, each clan or prominent figure received one admission ticket. Each ticket allowed them to bring five beings in.
Even if Lu Jian doesn't use the quota allocated to Yan Ju by the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, he can still enter through the quota allocated to Jiu Cheng.
By standing in the line of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, she had already made it clear the stance of the Wine City and herself.
"Is Director Yan still not replying to messages?" Bian Zheng asked telepathically from the side.
Lu Jian lowered his brows slightly, his expression serious: "Yes."
"So, is the Bureau of Foreign Affairs going to participate in the bidding?" Gui Gemu asked, somewhat eager to try. "If they don't have enough working capital, I can help cover part of it."
Lu Jian: "You should have received your admission ticket to Sanyi Tower, right? As the host, aren't you going back?"
"I told them not to come to the building," Gui Gemu said casually, then turned his head. "I have some top-secret information. Do you want to know?"
Lu Jian: "Hmm?"
"It's the item for this auction," Guigemu whispered, "the deity who's about to be auctioned off."
"It was Yanlan who commissioned the photography."
Author's Note: Damn it, I was writing Yan Lan's storyline, but halfway through I realized I was subconsciously giving all the highlights to Director Yan...
The following is a major plot point; I'll release the entire chapter together once it's finished writing and revising.
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