"No wonder you look surprised. It's normal. I was also surprised when I first came here." The woman chatted with Lin Jingge in a very familiar manner. When she got to this point, she realized that she hadn't introduced herself yet, so she quickly extended her hands and gestured: "Hello, my name is Tang Cheng."
Lin Jingge smiled slightly. Although she didn't understand the meaning of the hand gesture made by the other person, she didn't sense any malice from them.
"Lin Jingge." After introducing herself, Lin Jingge nodded to the man.
Tang Cheng only realized what was happening after making the gesture. When she heard Lin Jingge say her name, she quickly withdrew her hand and slapped her forehead: "Damn it, I almost forgot we're already out of the village. This gesture is how we greet each other in our village."
"I was just wondering what this meant, now I understand." Lin Jingge suddenly realized after hearing the explanation. It was probably like seeing someone reach out to shake hands and greet them.
"Yes, I've been trying my best to change it. Let's not talk about that anymore. Let me tell you about the auction venue."
“I also came here two months ago and have been here a few times. I heard that this formation was specially set up by Venerable Qing, whom Yuntian Auction House specially invited. It is said that it took a lot of effort to achieve this effect.”
Tang Cheng told her everything she knew: "It was my first time here, and I was surprised too. It was the first time I had ever seen an auction like this, so I had to ask around to find out."
After listening to what Tang Cheng said, Lin Jingge raised an eyebrow slightly and turned her gaze back to the auction stage in the center below.
Lin Jingge subconsciously felt that it didn't seem like a formation at all, but rather more like a projection technology that had been phased out in interstellar space.
For some unknown reason, Lin Jingge suddenly lowered her eyes and turned to look at Tang Cheng sitting next to her.
"Who is this Venerable Qing you're talking about?"
Tang Cheng was taken aback by Lin Jingge's question:
"You don't recognize Venerable Qing?! He's a renowned array master on our Cloud Cauldron Continent!"
"Um, I haven't been in the Cloud Peak Continent for long, so I don't know much about it."
"I see... So you came all the way from another continent specifically to register for the four major academies?"
"Mm." Lin Jingge nodded.
"So, have you passed yet?"
"Passed."
Upon hearing this, Tang Cheng's face lit up with joy: "What a coincidence! I've passed too, so we can do it together tomorrow. I heard that the last test is very difficult, and we can help each other out."
Lin Jingge smiled and agreed.
"I've gotten off-topic. I almost forgot to tell you about Venerable Qing!" Tang Cheng suddenly said seriously, "Venerable Qing is a renowned array master in the Cloud Cauldron Continent. He is good at innovating arrays and used to create some very strange arrays. For example, most of the arrays on our spirit card were invented by Venerable Qing."
When Tang Cheng spoke of Venerable Qing, her eyes shone brightly, her gaze filled with admiration.
After hearing about the deeds of this Venerable Qing, Lin Jingge didn't have any particular feelings.
If I had to pinpoint any other feeling, it would be that I've become curious about the identity of this Venerable Qing.
Spirit cards and projection screens don't seem like things that would appear in this other world.
The auction began as the two men were lost in their own thoughts.
The auction was very competitive.
As the most famous auction house in the Cloud Peak Continent, the Cloud Sky Auction House lives up to its reputation, with each item on auction becoming more and more eye-catching.
Even the minerals that Lin Jingge wanted appeared, but when she heard the starting price of one thousand mid-grade spirit stones, Lin Jingge didn't even have a chance to raise her paddle.
Hilarious! All her savings combined didn't even amount to a thousand mid-grade spirit stones!
Tang Cheng, sitting next to Lin Jingge, was obviously just there to join in the fun, looking at the items appearing on the light screen with great curiosity.
Among them was a defensive, grade-five glass bracelet, which Tang Cheng particularly liked.
How did Lin Jingge know that Tang Cheng liked her?
Lin Jingge didn't need to guess at all, because when the glass bracelet appeared in the light screen, Tang Cheng excitedly grabbed Lin Jingge's hand, whispering:
"Waaaaah, this is so beautiful!"
However, Tang Cheng did not bid once, even after the bracelet was snapped up by several women.
This time, Lin Jingge was somewhat puzzled.
She looked down at Tang Cheng's hand, which was still holding her wrist, then glanced at the other woman and asked curiously, "Since you like it so much, why don't you take a picture?"
Looking at Tang Cheng's array of magical artifacts, Lin Jingge realized that she didn't seem to lack spirit stones.
“What good is it if I like it? This bracelet is pretty, but it’s not practical. If my mother knew I spent thousands of spirit stones to buy this thing, she would kill me.” After saying that, Tang Cheng seemed worried that Lin Jingge would be fooled by the appearance of the bracelet, and added a reminder: “In our village, a bracelet with this kind of attribute can be bought for less than a hundred mid-grade spirit stones.”
Before Lin Jingge could say anything, Xiao Shi exclaimed in surprise:
Wow, these prices are so cheap!
You should know that it has accompanied Lin Jingge to many shops. Even in the small town when they first arrived in Yunding Continent, the starting price for a fifth-grade or higher spiritual weapon was in the thousands.
"Then it's quite cheap in your village."
"The magical artifacts in my village are cheap, which is good, but they're all too ugly. Look at this bracelet of mine, it's the best-looking one." Tang Cheng said, her face showing some disdain.
She raised her hand, and a dark green bracelet, somewhat dull in appearance, hung on her wrist.
The bracelet was quite eye-catching, and given that Tang Cheng was wearing short sleeves, Lin Jingge noticed the bracelet on her wrist immediately.
Now, observing it up close, Lin Jingge realized that while the bracelet wasn't perfect, it was certainly worth eight or nine out of ten.
Lin Jingge didn't think the bracelet was ugly.
"This is quite nice," Lin Jingge said sincerely.
Although she didn't know the power of this bracelet, in Lin Jingge's opinion, this bracelet was no worse than the sky-high price glass bracelet that had just been auctioned for hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.
"What's so pretty about it?! It has to be a transparent, delicate pink color like a glass bracelet to look good. This dark green and grayish bracelet is not pretty at all."
As soon as the other party finished speaking, Lin Jingge immediately realized what was going on.
It turns out that Tang Cheng likes pink.
The bracelet's color scheme is indeed a bit old-fashioned. Lin Jingge cares most about attributes and doesn't pay much attention to appearance.
Lin Jingge didn't interfere with other people's hobbies.
An auction concluded amidst the occasional hushed conversations between the two.
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