"...a very nice pot lid."
Pot lid...
build……
Inside the main room, Prince Xuexing's facial muscles twitched and stiffened at times.
He slowly turned his neck, looking at Ning Liu with the eyes of someone looking at a monster, and then at his elder brother.
Emperor Xueye's expression control was obviously better than his younger brother's, but the slightly trembling corners of his mouth and the fingers that were almost digging into the armrest still betrayed the turmoil in his heart.
Having lived to such an old age, experienced palace coups, and witnessed the rise and fall of many powers, he believed that his temperament had long been tempered to the point of being as calm as an ancient well.
But today, someone threw a piece of the back shell of a ten-year-old pangolin into the well, and splashed water all over his face.
In contrast to the deathly silence in the private room, a deafening burst of laughter erupted from below the auction hall after a brief silence.
"Hahahaha! A pot lid! Did I hear that right? Liuli Tian is selling kitchenware now?"
"A ten-year-old pangolin? My god, this thing is considered a soul beast? My backyard dog could fight it for three hundred rounds!"
"You know what, Miss DouDou is right, it really is tough! Last time at the rare item exchange, I bought the hide of a hundred-year-old iron-skinned wild boar and made a leather armor for my son. It's impervious to swords and spears!"
A burly man shouted loudly.
Someone nearby immediately chimed in, "Forget it."
The atmosphere inside was cheerful, with jokes and banter rising and falling, and no one seemed angry about the "meager" auction items.
DouDou on stage maintained her sweet smile, ignoring the teasing from below, clearly used to this kind of scene.
"Alright, everyone, jokes aside."
She cleared her throat and tapped her finger lightly, "Starting bid: one gold soul coin! Each bid must be at least one gold soul coin higher!"
One Gold Soul Coin!
The audience laughed even harder.
"I'll offer two gold soul coins! I'll buy it and use it as a shield; maybe it'll actually block something!"
"I'll bet five! This diamond pattern is quite unique; it would make a nice wall decoration!"
"Ten gold soul coins! I'm short a pot lid these days!"
The price kept rising amidst the laughter and chatter; it was less of an auction and more of a large-scale praising game.
Inside the private room, Prince Xuexing coughed awkwardly twice, trying to save face for Ning Liu:
"Your Majesty, you see, this is the charm of Liuli Heaven... the atmosphere, the atmosphere is exceptional! Yes, it's the atmosphere!"
Emperor Xueye gave a blank "hmm" and gazed down at the scene below.
In the end, this "very nice pot lid" was auctioned off to a wealthy businessman for one hundred gold soul coins, and the whole room erupted in good-natured applause and laughter, as if he had accomplished a remarkable feat.
At the same time, a voice that only he could hear rang in Ning Liu's mind.
[Ding! Detected that the host sold a "ten-year-old pangolin shell," triggering a 100x return. Congratulations, host, you have received 10,000 Gold Soul Coins.]
Ning Liu's expression remained unchanged, but he was somewhat speechless inside.
"Brother, don't worry."
After the first item was sold out, Prince Xuexing quickly leaned over and whispered.
"This is called a lucky start, just for fun! To liven things up! The second item, the second lot, will definitely be different!"
Emperor Xueye remained noncommittal, simply picking up his teacup and taking a small sip, seemingly trying to calm his dazed state of mind with the warmth of the tea.
Sure enough, DouDou on the stage quickly had the pot lid removed, and another waiter brought out a second tray.
"Thank you all for your enthusiasm!" DouDou's voice rang out again, full of passion. "Now, let's look at the second item!"
The red cloth was lifted.
A sword lay quietly on the tray.
The sword was gray and covered in rust, with several nicks on the blade. The rope binding the hilt was also rotten and looked as if it had been picked up from a garbage dump.
The entire room fell silent once again.
Inside the private room, Prince Xuexing's chest, which had just straightened up, slowly slumped back down.
DouDou, in her magnetic voice, introduced it with great emotion: "This is an ordinary iron sword!"
"puff--"
Someone in the audience spat out the wine they had just drunk.
“But!” DouDou changed the subject, emphasizing her words.
"It is no ordinary creature! It once followed a great Soul Master and slew... a ten-year-old Soul Beast!"
After a brief pause, she added, "Later, that Soul Master got a better weapon and sold this glorious sword to our Liuli Heaven."
Hahahaha!
This time, the laughter from the audience was even louder than before, almost lifting the roof off the auction house.
"My god, an iron sword that has slain a ten-year-old soul beast! What an honor that is!"
"Oh no, I feel like my chef's cleaver could be auctioned off too. It even cut the meat of a century-old three-eyed pig yesterday!"
"Miss DouDou, tell me, is your LiuLiTian going after ten-year soul beasts?"
Inside the private room, Prince Xuexing had given up thinking.
Emperor Xueye put down his teacup, a hint of...curiosity flashing in his eyes. He began to feel that this matter might not be so simple, or rather, Ning Liu's thought process was indeed unusual.
Ultimately, this "glorious iron sword" was also sold for one hundred gold soul coins.
The system notification sounded again in Ning Liu's mind.
[Ding! Detected that the host sold an "Iron Sword that has slain a ten-year-old Soul Beast," triggering a 100x return. Congratulations, host, you have received 10,000 Gold Soul Coins.]
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