Chapter 149: Wan'an Auction House
In a moment, Shen Qing walked into the wide and lively main street, and not far away, it was the "Guang" field.
The auction held at Duobao Pavilion is not in the store, but in a special auction venue directly south of the Guangchang Field.
The exterior of the auction hall looks like a large hall, covering a wide area, with gold glazed tiles as the roof, 28 white jade pillars standing in front of the hall surrounded by two people, and the ground is paved with a smooth and flat Qinggang rock floor. The whole hall gives people a sense of solemnity and grandeur.
There are five big characters of "Wan'an Auction House" above the main entrance of the main hall, this auction house will hold several auctions every month, in addition to the Duobao Pavilion holding auctions here regularly, the major merchants in Lingzhou, as well as some of the sect branches stationed here will also rent this auction house from time to time to carry out auction activities.
Tonight is the regular auction of Duobao Pavilion once a half month, and there are naturally a lot of monks who come to Taobao to support the auction, at this time, the time of the auction is approaching, and a wide open space in front of the hall has parked a lot of various beast carts.
Of course, there were also many monks like Shen Qing who came on foot, and there was already a long queue of people at the entrance of the main entrance of the auction hall.
Shen Qing participated in this kind of large-scale auction for the first time, and honestly lined up at the back of the line, slowly moving forward.
Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the entrance of the main hall, Shen Qing noticed that the monks who came here to participate in the auction were roughly divided into two kinds, one was to have the tokens issued by the Duobao Pavilion and could enter with the tokens, and the other was that they did not have the tokens in hand and had to pay twenty spirit stones to enter.
Shen Qing had a VIP jade plaque given by Feng Xinru, the steward of the Duobao Pavilion, and twenty spirit stones could be saved.
Not only that, Shen Qing observed for a while, and the VIP jade plate he owned seemed to be a little more advanced than the ordinary token, and only a few people got the same style of the VIP jade card themselves, and there was no need to queue up to enter at all, just show the VIP jade card to the guard guarding the door, and there was a shì woman who was waiting here to guide the way.
Shen Qing noticed the treatment of having VIP tokens, but at this moment, it was close to the entrance of the hall, and Shen Qing didn't bother to move any more places, and was still in line.
Not long after, after the person in front of him paid the spirit stone and entered the palace gate, it was Shen Qing's turn.
Shen Qing took out the VIP jade card and shook it in front of the guards.
The guard was already in the late stage of Qi cultivation, and with a sweep of his divine sense, he recognized that the jade plate in Shen Qing's hand was genuine, and he couldn't help but wipe a trace of surprise in his eyes.
You must know that those who can have VIP tokens are generally monks in the foundation building period, even if they do not have foundation building period cultivation, at least they are the core disciples of the Xiuzhen family, or the elite disciples of the sect.
The young man in front of him is not very old, and his cultivation is only the fourth level of Qi training, but he has the Duobao Pavilion Feng Ji VIP jade plate, which is a token personally sent by Feng Xinru, the chief steward of the Duobao Pavilion, and the level is not ordinarily high.
The guard was also well-informed, guessing that the young man in front of him had a lot of background, so he hurriedly politely gestured to invite in, and just as Shen Qing raised his foot and was about to enter, at this time, a girl in green clothes with a pretty figure greeted him.
"It turned out that Shen Gongzi was here, maid Fengling, you have been waiting here for a long time, please come with me.
The girl who called herself Feng Ling had a pretty face and a sweet voice, Shen Qing looked familiar, and secretly thought in her heart: "Isn't this girl the shì girl who led her to the second floor of Duobao Pavilion three days ago, no wonder she knows what her surname is, she should have been told by that Feng Fairy."
Shen Qing was courteous, and the monks who were honestly queuing up looked at each other, but they didn't have any background, so they could only be jealous in their hearts.
As Feng Ling entered the palace gate, turned a shadow wall, and a hall came into view, the hall was extremely wide, with rows of wooden chairs, and there were already eight seats on the wooden chairs at this time, and at a glance, there were nearly a thousand people. In front of the rows of wooden chairs, there is a circular wooden platform nearly two feet high, which should be the place where the auctioneer auctions all kinds of treasures.
The green-robed girl did not lead Shen Qing to sit on the wooden stick in the hall, but walked down the aisle on the side of the hall to the staircase at the end.
Shen Qing raised his eyes and glanced at it, and saw that the second floor was a separated annular box, and the window of the box was equipped with a forbidden light shield.
Soon, Feng Ling led Shen Qing to the staircase, and without stopping, she walked directly towards the second floor. , a mere mid-stage Qi cultivator was able to go up to the box on the second floor, which immediately attracted the attention of a group of monks near the staircase.
Shen Qing sensed that there were countless gazes behind him, and without looking back, he felt that the eyes were either surprised, jealous, envious, or cold, and there were several malicious glances among them.
The eyes focused from behind him were too complicated, making Shen Qing feel as if he was grilling on a fire, and he was uncomfortable. Shen Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly, he originally wanted to keep a low profile, but this was inexplicable, and he accidentally became high-profile again.
went up to the second floor and walked a short distance down the aisle, Feng Ling stopped and faced a ...... Yes...... At the door of the box with the fifteenth sign, he took out a token and slashed it towards the closed box door.
The token flickered, and the box door burst into a flash of light, and then quietly opened.
"Shen Gongzi, please inside" Feng Ling stretched out her slender hand and made a gesture of please.
Although this treatment seems to be a little higher, when he arrives at the ground, Shen Qing will not flinch and step in first.
The box is not large, but the decoration is quite luxurious and comfortable, the floor is paved with thick stalls, and around the end of the wall, there are several calligraphy and paintings for decoration. In the box "middle", this triangular bronze tripod is placed, and three fragrant incense sticks are lit inside.
Near the window sill, there is a wide soft couch, on which a soft and smooth purple leather mattress is laid, which can be sat on or reclined. In front of the soft couch, there is a beautiful coffee table made of pineapple wood, on which are placed several plates of spiritual fruits, as well as a set of jade tea sets.
After Shen Qing'an sat down, through the wide window, he could see the auction table downstairs and the scene of the hall at a glance, and this window was forbidden to shield the snooping of the divine sense, so he didn't have to worry about the people downstairs seeing his appearance.
At this time, after Feng Ling stepped forward to brew a cup of steaming spiritual tea for Shen Qing, she didn't leave, just stood aside quietly.
Feng Ling didn't leave, although Shen Qing didn't want to, but it was not good to make a noise to drive her away, so he could only acquiesce to her existence.
"How long will this auction start?" Shen Qing felt a little bored, and asked without words.
"It's almost a quarter of an hour at most, and the auction is about to start. ”
Feng Ling replied in a voice, and then said: "By the way, if Shen Gongzi sees the treasures in the auction, he doesn't need to shout loudly, just tell the maid, and the maid will bid for you."
Shen Qing's heart moved slightly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but make a secret plan: "This saves me a mouthpiece, and besides, with this girl helping to bargain, I don't have to worry about others hearing my voice."
Although he can change his voice and even change his appearance, he can solve it without wasting mana, so why not do it? It seems that it is not superfluous to have this girl waiting.
"And" I only heard the wind chime pause slightly, and then said: "Shen Gongzi, but please rest assured, this auction is over, the maid will not miss half a sentence, and the maid belongs to the personal maid of the Phoenix Fairy, the chief steward of the Duobao Pavilion, in this Ten Thousand Souls City, no one dares to coerce the little maid to spit out Shen Daoyou's secret ..............."
Feng Ling's words were obviously relieving Shen Qing's heart, but Shen Qing smiled slightly: "I believe this, but you don't tell outsiders, but you will tell your master, Feng Xianzi, right?"
"This" Wind Chime's face couldn't help but blush slightly, and some couldn't take it anymore.
"Hehe, it doesn't matter, even if the secret is known by the Phoenix Fairy, it's nothing, after all, I still have a deal to do with your store in the future, I think, Duobao Pavilion has an outstanding reputation, naturally it will not smash its own signboard, and some little secrets under it, just don't let outsiders know..."Feng Ling listened to Shen Qing's words, and her heart suddenly relaxed, and she vomited. The aroma said: "Childe, don't worry, my Duobao Pavilion has always paid attention to reputation, and will never do anything that violates credibility, and please Shen Daoyou rest assured that it is ......" While the two were talking, at this time, I saw an old man appear behind the circular wooden platform, Shi Shiran, and walked directly to the wooden platform.
The old man was dressed in a purple robe, his face was thin, his chin was long and there was a three-inch white beard, his eyes were open and closed, his eyes were full of light, and his whole body exuded a faint coercion, this old man turned out to be a monk in the foundation building period.
Shen Qing estimated that the purple-robed old man was the main auctioneer of this auction, and at this time, he did not see the gorgeous and enchanting figure of the phoenix fairy, and Shen Qing had a faint disappointment in his heart for no reason The purple-robed old man stood still in the center of the wooden platform, hugged his fist and saluted: "Old man Wan Liming, deacon of the Dharma Hall of Duobao Pavilion, this auction will be auctioned by the old man." ”
That Wan Liming's words were concise and to the point, and his voice was not loud, but the people present could hear it clearly.
At this time, everyone in the hall waited for Wan Liming's nose to fall, and the entire hall emitted a buzzing sound.
"I didn't expect that this time it was the main shot of the deacon Wan of the Duobao Pavilion Dharma Hall, it seems that this time there is another heavy treasure..............."
"Daoyou's words are good, the deacon of the Dharma Hall usually doesn't have a lù face, a lù face, either a bad thing, or a great good thing, these 10,000 seniors appear at the auction, there will be a rare treasure on the market. "Hehe, in this way, the twenty spirit stones under it are not white, at least they can see for a long time, right?"
"Alas, this fellow Daoist, we can only see for a long time, just you and me, there are really heavy treasures, is it possible that you can still bid for something?"
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Maybe it was the bitterness in the words of the Taoist friend that happened to the hearts of the monks, and for a while, sighs and sighed! .