Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Auction Begins
There are nine floors in the auction room, the bottom three floors are dedicated to buying and selling things, and the top three floors are almost closed to the public on weekdays, except for the middle three floors, which are used for regular auctions. Every ten days, when the auction is held at the jade auction house, the flow of people is several times higher than usual.
Today is the day when the auction house holds the auction, and the deliberate publicity of the auction house a few days ago, so there are especially many people coming to the auction house today, almost more than ten times the usual. However, although there are a lot of people coming, most of them can only enter the fourth layer in terms of strength and financial resources, that is, the ordinary seats at the lowest level of the auction house, and only a small number of people can enter the fifth floor of the Tianzi box, as for those who can enter the sixth layer of the Tianzi box, there are naturally even fewer, and everyone who is qualified to enter the Tianzi box is an absolute overlord-level existence in the Demon City.
On the ordinary passage at the entrance of the auction hall, there were many people queuing, the queue was long, and I didn't know where the queue went, and they all bought tickets for ordinary seats.
When Mo Qinghe and July walked along the VIP passage to the Tianzi box that had been booked, it caused a lot of commotion, especially the appearance of July. July is the leader of the July Mercenary Group, one of the three veteran mercenary groups in Demon City, but she has been very low-key in recent years, and few people have seen her.
But her name is far more than Mo Qinghe, the leader of the top-ranked Blizzard mercenary group, not only because of her amazing strength, but more importantly, because of the topics she can arouse.
Fifteen years ago, before the July mercenary group was formed, he traveled around, because of his boldness, because of his strength, and because he was born very beautifully, gradually, he created the name of the first beauty of Wuhuan. At that time, there were countless suitors around her, from the young head of the family to the children of the poor family, almost all of them were ministers under her skirt, and even the royal family followed her. But none of these young talents can enter her eyes.
Later, according to insiders, it was not that these people were not good enough, but that there was a person in the heart of Lord July. As soon as this news came out, many young talents were heartbroken. However, because of this, many people are looking around, and they don't know who that person really is, and so far, no one knows about the mysterious sweetheart of July.
The secret and topic of July has continued until now, until July became the creation and expansion of the July mercenary group, and it still did not stop, but was hotly discussed by more people, and it has been the case for more than ten years.
The power of Lin Haoxue's mind is amazing, even if she doesn't have to listen deliberately, she can hear it from the whispers of those people, and she looked at the July head who walked in front, her face was still calm, as if she hadn't heard anything, Lin Haoxue was also a little curious in her heart, what kind of role is this sweetheart of the July head of July?
She remembered that the head of the regiment in July saw her gaffe today, like that, it seemed that she saw another person through her, I'm afraid that person was her sweetheart, right? Suddenly, there seemed to be a strange thought jumping out of her heart, and she was slightly startled in her heart, she immediately shook her head, threw this incredible thought behind her, and followed them into the Tianzi No. 2 box.
"Master, Head Mo, are you here?" In this Tianzi No. 2 box, a girl in a green dress who was about sixteen or seventeen years old immediately greeted her and saluted Qiyue and Mo Qinghe.
"Well, during this time, have you inquired about anything?" Leader July nodded slightly and asked softly, because of her personality, her attitude towards her disciples was also so gentle.
"The disciple tried all kinds of methods, but he still couldn't find the slightest news about the person in this auction, and he failed to live up to the master's expectations, so he asked the master to punish him. The girl in green lowered her hand slightly in frustration when she heard July's question.
"It's okay, since you can take out such items, this person must be from a lot of background, and it's normal that you can't hear the news, so there's no need to worry about it. July lightly relieved her disciple, and then didn't ask more, it seemed that such a result had been expected by her.
"Thank you Master for not being responsible. Master, Head Mo, please sit here. Linglong bowed down and let Mo Qinghe and Qiyue to the main seat, and then greeted Mo Xuan and the others very familiarly.
"Who are these two?" After greeting her, Linglong kept her eyes on Lin Haoxue and Shen Molian, and then asked Mo Xuan.
"These two areβ" Mo Xuan hesitated slightly, and then continued to introduce, "Xue Hao Xue Gongzi, Lian Mo Lian Gongzi, the two of them rescued me and my father from Zhao Tianye's conspiracy. β
"Ah," Linglong immediately widened her beautiful eyes, covered her lips with her little hands, and exclaimed, "It turned out to be you, but you still look very small, and you are still so beautiful, are you really that powerful?"
"It's just a fluke," Lin Haoxue smiled helplessly.
"It seems to be true. Linglong's eyes flashed with a hint of fiery color as she looked at them, and there was a hint of eagerness.
Looking at Linglong's eyes that suddenly became hot, Lin Haoxue subconsciously took a step back, she had no doubt what the fiery eyes in Linglong's eyes meant, it was the impulse to challenge, not long ago, he did it himself. Unexpectedly, this July Regiment Leader, who looked so gentle, actually had a disciple who was a battle maniac.
"Linglong, a person's strength has little to do with age, you have to understand this. Also, it's better not to get me into trouble. When he said the last sentence, the tone of the head of the July regiment was fierce.
"Yes, Master, disciple obeys. Linglong immediately hung her head, wiped away the heat in her eyes, and replied respectfully, she knew that although the master was usually gentle, if she got angry, it would be very terrible, and she didn't dare to annoy the master.
Seeing that Linglong finally annihilated her thoughts, Lin Haoxue breathed a sigh of relief, she was not afraid of trouble, but she didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble. looked at Shen Molian beside her, and saw that she fell on the auction table below, as if she was not the slightest aware of Linglong's words just now. This guy, Lin Haoxue smiled bitterly, he was always so cold and self-contained in front of outsiders, and he was a little arrogant, as if nothing would make her eyebrows move.
However, such a person by her side can give her a sense of peace of mind. Probably this is a real friend, it's nice to have such a friend!
"Knock-" A long and mellow voice sounded throughout the auction hall, and the atmosphere of the auction hall was mobilized at once.
Lin Haoxue knew that this meant that the auction was about to start, so she looked at the auction platform below.
At this moment, the originally empty platform suddenly moved, and the middle piece moved away from both sides, revealing a black hole, and then, a table slowly rose from the hole. Standing in Lin Haoxue's position, it can be clearly seen that this table is much larger than the usual table, and there is a circular bulge similar to metal on it, and next to that bulge, there is a hammer for auction.
Soon, an old man in a white robe came out of the open door directly behind the table, and stood at the table, he was the host of the auction, Master Zhong.
"Friends, welcome to this auction, and now, I announce that the auction has officially begun. "This Master Zhong is a senior auctioneer, and he has a good grasp of the psychological state of the people participating in the auction, and he doesn't talk nonsense at the moment, and directly announces the start of the auction. Sure enough, Master Zhong's words made most people nod their heads with satisfaction, looking forward to the start of the first auction item.
In this auction, everyone covets the finale items, but because of financial resources, it is estimated that only a very small number of them can get it, and most people have no hope, they just hope to be able to auction something suitable for themselves from the auction.
"Now, let's take a look at the first auction item, Qinglin Fruit. Master Zhong said this, deliberately paused, and at this time, a young and beautiful maid appeared with a delicate tray, on which was placed a fist-sized green fruit, which looked inconspicuous.
"Qinglin Fruit, is this actually this thing?" There were some people in the audience who were both surprised and happy.
"Could it be that our Wuhuan Empire still has a place where Qinglin lived? β
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Seeing the atmosphere that was instantly hot below, Master Zhong pressed the palms of his hands down with great satisfaction, motioning for everyone to be quiet, and then continued, "Everyone knows that Qinglin is one of the legendary top divine beasts, and the only existence that can cultivate the wind system mystic power to the extreme. And today's Qinglin fruit, and the legendary Qinglin has something to do with it, only the place where Qinglin has lived will grow the Qinglin tree, the Qinglin tree will grow for a thousand years, it will begin to bear Qinglin fruit, take this Qinglin fruit, you can increase the purity of a wind system Xuanli by two or three percent, and what is more valuable is that this promotion is permanent. β
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and make a bid. Someone in the audience couldn't hold it anymore and said rudely.
Hearing this, Master Zhong was not angry, but said with a smile: "Presumably, there are many people who are as anxious as this friend, then I won't sell Guanzi, the reserve price of this Qinglin fruit is two hundred lower grade fine stones, and each increase in price shall not be less than ten lower grade fine stones, and the one with the highest price will get it, and now, the bidding will begin." β
As soon as Master Zhong's words fell, someone in the audience immediately shouted:
"Two hundred and ten fine stones. β
"Two hundred and twenty. β
"I'm out of two hundred and six. β
"I'm out of two hundred and eight. β
"Three hundred. β
"Three hundred and five. β
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The sound of bidding under the stage came and went, and soon the price was raised to four hundred lower-grade essence stones, and it was still rising, Lin Haoxue looked at those red-faced bidders in surprise, a little confused, it was just an elixir that increased the purity of the wind system Xuan Li by two or three percent, as for being so popular?