An Ge stared at the almost blindingly bright artifact, speechless. She had only heard Hogg say that the artifact had been forged, but had never actually seen it.
Unexpectedly, this magical weapon is so high-profile.
Suddenly, after being lectured by An Ge, Qing Yan, who had been relatively quiet lately, started yelling again.
"Woman, I woke up to find you looking at other wildflowers. Tell me, were you attracted by that broken magic wand?"
Mistake! I forgot to lock Qingyan in the dark room.
"Don't talk nonsense. This artifact is meant to deal with Fang Yuanyuan. How could I possibly have designs on it? If I really did, I wouldn't have agreed to let Hogg put it up for auction in the first place."
How many times do I have to tell you before you understand? You are my true love, and within the realm of weapons, you are my one and only.
After saying this, An Ge felt that she was becoming more and more like a "bad girl".
Listen to that, it's practically the kind of talk a jerk would use to win over his partner. But having spent so much time with Qingyan, Ange knows that it falls for that.
Sure enough, upon hearing An Ge's words, Qing Yan flinched shyly and said, "You have good taste. Humph, the wand above looks too tacky. My master would never be attracted to such a tacky appearance."
An Ge… to be honest, she was really attracted to her.
“Master, you can’t judge a weapon by its appearance; its inner qualities are the most important. This weapon looks powerful, but it’s really just so-so. It doesn’t even have a weapon spirit. How dare it call itself a divine weapon? If I wasn’t afraid of interfering with your important business, I would definitely go up and teach it a lesson.”
An Ge strangely sensed a hint of empress's authority in Qing Yan's tone.
"You're right. Such ornate weapons are useless except for their appearance. That's why I don't like them. I prefer weapons that are understated yet beautiful and powerful."
After listening, Qingyan silently compared the two and found that she perfectly met Ange's requirements. Satisfied, she continued to lie back in her space.
Sensing Qingyan's emotions, Ange breathed a sigh of relief. Then she suddenly realized, why was she, as the master, so afraid of Qingyan getting angry?
Hu Jiu couldn't help but smile as he watched An Ge's expressions change.
He knew about An Ge's natal weapon; although it was powerful, it was somewhat unreliable.
Most weapon spirits on the Tianxuan Continent are quite stable, especially sword spirits. Whether it's fortunate or unfortunate that An Ge was able to find such a weapon in the myriad sword tombs is truly hard to say.
Fang Yuanyuan looked at the magical artifact, and her heart skipped a beat.
This divine weapon perfectly suited her tastes; only such a magnificent weapon could be worthy of her status.
She was initially worried that there might be something wrong with the artifact, but after asking several appraisers, none of them found anything unusual, which put her at ease.
"No matter what it takes, I must get my hands on this divine artifact." Fang Yuanyuan said firmly, thinking of the alien races who might compete with her.
Mote nodded, seemingly lost in thought as he considered the damage that divine artifacts could inflict on the soul.
The allure of the artifact was greater than An Ge had imagined. Just as everyone was discussing it, a figure suddenly darted out and rushed straight to the booth amidst everyone's exclamations.
Before he even got close to the artifact, the man was blocked by an invisible force. Then, the auctioneer waved his sleeve, and the man vanished into thin air.
The next process took only a few seconds, and the person who tried to seize the artifact simply vanished.
Those who were initially tempted to take action gave up after seeing his fate.
Ange looked at the auctioneer with some surprise. She hadn't expected the other party to be so powerful. If she wasn't mistaken, he was at least a magic master.
Even a grandmaster of magic could have a good life in a big city, but I never expected that he would be willing to work as an auctioneer at the Nitan Auction House.
This incident did not affect the auction process, and everyone quickly started a new round of bidding. It seemed that everyone was already used to this kind of thing.
It seems that Nitan Auction House is even more powerful than she thought.
As the price reached a certain level, fewer and fewer people started bidding, but everyone knew that what followed was just a small skirmish; the real battle was yet to come.
Once the people in the top-tier VIP boxes made their move, those who had originally wanted to bid were forced to give up in frustration; they simply couldn't compete.
"Fifty million gold coins."
"Fifty-five million gold coins."
The prices were all outrageous, leaving An Ge speechless.
These people are incredibly wealthy. Given the prices here, an ordinary person might not even earn a single gold coin after a year of hard work, while these people easily have tens of millions.
"Hiss, I'm suddenly feeling a bit resentful of the rich." An Ge thought she was already rich enough. Although her wealth couldn't be measured in gold coins, she still couldn't bring herself to take out so much money all at once.
She thought the gold coins the Elf King gave her when she went from the Elf Forest to the capital were more than enough, but now she realizes that she was simply naive.
“These are all backed by powerful families, so it’s not surprising that they can come up with this much money.” Hu Jiu looked at An Ge’s money-grubbing appearance and pondered his own net worth.
As the young master of the demon race, he is quite wealthy and should be able to meet Xiaoge'er's requirements.
"I know, but I didn't expect the allure of this artifact to be so great." So many gold coins, even without breaking a financial hardship, are not something that can be easily taken out.
"Divine artifacts are extremely rare and hard to come by. For these families, the benefits of having a divine artifact are immense."
As An Ge listened to the increasingly higher bids, she felt as if countless coins were flying towards her.
Hogg said that she would receive a cut of the proceeds from the auction of this artifact.
Although her insistence resulted in a low commission rate, it still amounted to a small fortune.
Happy! Thinking of this, An Ge's eyes narrowed into slits.
Bidding continued, with only a few major races still bidding; the others regretfully gave up.
Fang Yuanyuan, seeing the several races refusing to yield an inch, smashed the jade cup in her hand in anger.
She did want to use her power to get the artifact auctioned to her by the Nitan Auction House, but she dared not do so in front of so many races.
Moreover, Nitan Auction House is not easily manipulated; getting them to postpone the auction was already quite an achievement.
After much thought, Fang Yuanyuan could only blame those few thieves who exposed her experiments. Without them, these alien races would never have been able to openly participate in the auction on human territory.
"Keep raising the price, and add some other things, and I'll believe I can't compete."
No sooner had Fang Yuanyuan finished speaking than another bid was made.
"One hundred million gold coins!" The auctioneer's voice was hoarse with excitement; this was a new record for the Nitan Auction House.
The crowd erupted in uproar.
A burly man slapped his forehead, his face full of disbelief. "My goodness, I actually won a hundred million! I never thought I'd hear someone else say that amount of money in my life."
The others also gaped in astonishment. One hundred million! Even their royal family's treasury might not have that much money.
Little did anyone know, this was just the beginning.
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