First of all, being able to hold an annual auction is a declaration of the strength of the Tianhun Empire. You know, five years ago, when the competition was held in the capital of the Douling Empire, there was no annual auction. It is conceivable how aggrieved the people from the Douling Empire who participated in the auction tonight would be.
Secondly, tonight's auction has gathered the elites of the four empires, and the auction process is actually a contest of strength between the parties. It is not enough to win financially, you also have to win in terms of strength, otherwise your auction items will never arrive home safely.
"Everyone please follow me."
Vivia's words interrupted Dai Yuheng's thoughts, and he hurried to follow.
When they walked into the auction house, everyone's eyes lit up. Compared with the luxurious design and full sense of technology in other auction houses, it was impossible not to be surprised when they first saw the ancient and charming Tiandu Auction House.
Zhao Xin had seen it once before, so this time he was just admiring it instead of marveling at it.
Although Vivia was leading the way, she did not forget to look back and observe. She noticed that Zhao Xin's reaction was completely different from others. Was this the person her father asked her to pay special attention to? Besides being very good-looking and having a calm personality, what was so special about him?
There were eight staircases in the hall on the first floor. Vivia led them up the rightmost staircase. At the top of the stairs was a white carved door.
There were two women standing by the door. Unlike the women who were receiving guests at the gate, these two women were wearing white sleeveless dresses. The short hems of the dresses were just seven inches above their waists. The dresses were very slim-fitting, outlining their soft body lines.
As an Earthling, Zhao Xin didn't think there was anything wrong with wearing it this way, but several men present couldn't take their eyes off it.
Ma Xiaotao secretly glanced at Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin looked straight ahead and did not react to the two women at the door. On the contrary, the two women's eyes were almost glued to Zhao Xin. They only opened the door quickly when they saw Vivia coming.
Behind the door was a long corridor. After passing through the corridor, they came to a spacious room. This was a room of about 200 square meters, and the decoration was still elegant and retro. One wall of the room was transparent, and with a single view, one could see the circular podium in the center below, with circles of circular seats spreading out around it. It was clear that the seats below were just ordinary seats, and the place where Shrek and his group were was the VIP room.
The auction was about to begin, and more than half of the circular seats below were already occupied.
Zhao Xin didn't look anywhere else. His eyes were fixed on a light-guiding screen in the room. Seeing Zhao Xin's curiosity, Vivia smiled and explained, "This is a light-guiding screen from the Sun-Moon Empire. It is driven by ore, not soul power. However, the technology is not yet perfect. A piece of ore can only be driven once. This kind of ore is extremely rare."
No need to use soul power! Everyone was shocked.
Zhao Xin was not surprised. He admired the Sun-Moon Empire very much. Their technological level was really strong. He wondered what impact his Hundred Forged Metal would have after it came out.
Dear distinguished guests, don’t be surprised. You will see auction items that will shock you tonight. This annual auction is specially held for those auction items.”
Everyone was wondering what was worthy of holding an annual auction?
The lights in the venue suddenly dimmed, a beam of light hit the podium, and the rest of the lights lit up again one after another.
Standing on the stage was a handsome young man in a formal suit holding a microphone. He said loudly, "Welcome all distinguished guests to Tiandou Auction House to participate in the annual auction. I hope you can buy the things you like. Now, the auction officially begins."
"Hello, distinguished guests. I am today's auctioneer Luo Tian. It is my honor to host this annual auction. Your time is precious. Our auction will begin now. Now, please appreciate the first auction item of today."
Luo Tian bowed respectfully, and the staff pushed a cart onto the stage. Everyone was immediately attracted by the things on the cart.
It was a blue gem. It was very big, about twenty centimeters in diameter. White steam was coming out of the surface of the bead. This was cold air. The bead was a deep-sea night-shining pearl.
The picture of the deep-sea night pearl was also displayed on the soul guide light screen in the room.
Gong Yangmo leaned over and exclaimed: "Wow, this deep-sea night-shining pearl is so big, it's really beautiful."
Jin Lingyu also walked to the soul guide light screen and muttered, "It's so big, I don't know how much it will cost."
Luo Tian's voice came again: "Please turn off all the lights now."
"Snap."
All the lights were turned off, but the auction room was not as dark as it had been before. Instead, it was as bright as day.
The light source comes from the deep-sea night pearl in the center of the platform, which emits a soft white light.
"As you can see, this deep-sea night-shining pearl has an excellent lighting effect, which shows its high quality. According to our Tiandou Auction House, this deep-sea night-shining pearl is the largest one currently circulating on the market. The starting price is 10,000 gold soul coins, and each bid must not be less than 5,000 gold soul coins. Bidding begins."
As soon as Luo Tian finished speaking, someone in the circular seats below raised a sign and shouted loudly: "Fifteen thousand."
Then someone shouted, "Twenty thousand."
"Twenty-five thousand."
Wang Yan turned around and said, "For ordinary people, the Deep Sea Night Pearl can only be collected when bought back, but for ice-type soul masters, it is helpful for cultivation. Ling Luochen, don't you want it?"
There was a hint of desire in Ling Luochen's eyes, but she suppressed it.
Seeing this, Mu Xuhui said, "There are a lot of good things today. If you like anything, just buy it. The academy will pay for it for you, and you can just return the money to the academy later. So, don't be polite to your teacher Wang."
"That's right, this deep-sea luminous pearl is very suitable for Ling Luochen. Teacher Wang Yan, let's buy it!" Xiang Ze'en said.
"Want to buy it?" Wang Yan asked Ling Luochen.
"Well, thank you, Mr. Wang. I will return the money to the college."
After listening to everyone's conversation, Vivia handed Wang Yan a small screen and said, "Just enter the number before the auction ends."
Wang Yan took over the small screen, which showed that the price had risen to 85,000 gold soul coins, and the rising trend was gradually slowing down.
Soon, a countdown of five, four, three, two, and one appeared on the small screen, and Luo Tian's words were clearly transmitted to every room through the loudspeaker soul guide, "The countdown to the auction of the Deep Sea Night Pearl is five seconds."
At the last second, Wang Yan entered one hundred thousand.
"Time's up! Congratulations to the guest on the second floor for winning the Deep Sea Night Pearl."
The people below immediately started whispering to each other, discussing which VIP on the second floor had bought the Deep Sea Night Pearl.
At the same time, a line of words appeared on the small screen in Wang Yan's hand: Bidding successful.
Vivia said at the right time: "Please rest assured, the auction items will be delivered soon. Just pay the bill when you leave."
Soon, a waiter knocked on the door and brought in the Deep Sea Night Pearl and handed it to Ling Luochen.
Ling Luochen was overjoyed as if he had found a treasure. He excitedly thanked the waiter and put it away.
After the break, the second item was auctioned.
The second auction item is also of ice element, which is the ice element treasure Ice Flame Flower.
The ice flame flowers were placed on a circular platform. Many distinguished guests on the second floor did not even look at the pictures on the soul guide light screen, but walked to the transparent glass and looked down, carefully admiring the beautiful flowers.
The main function of the Ice Flame Flower is to strengthen the body and strengthen the constitution. It is not very attractive to the VIPs on the second floor. In the end, a noble sitting in the circular seat bought it for 80,000 gold soul coins.
The auction continued, and many rare items appeared, such as fixed-type soul guide shells with special effects, a blueprint of an eighth-level flying soul guide device, various rare treasures, and so on.
Shrek took action once and took a picture of the blueprint of the eighth-level flying soul guide.
It was time for a break. Vivia bowed to everyone and said, "I'm sorry, distinguished guests. I have to host the next auction and cannot continue to serve you."
"It's okay, just go ahead!"
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