Chapter 176: The Man in White
The quiet hall buzzed as soon as the voice sounded, and everyone followed the sound of the voice for the first time.
The white-haired old man's deep-set eyes flashed, and he had an irrepressible smile on his face, he had already planned to lose the auction, but he didn't expect someone to ask for a bid at the last moment.
I have to say that this kind of situation has not happened a few times, even in the auctions he has held for so many years.
As long as someone is bidding, it's fine!
As long as anyone is interested in this thing!
The white-haired old man thought so, because he believed that as long as there was a first bid, there would be a second bid, and this codex of Master Xuanqing would not become the first unsold item in this auction in his hands after all.
After all, in the early publicity, this codex was shown to the outside world with a great gimmick, and if it was unsold, it would not only be a question about an auctioneer like him, but also a question about this auction.
Perhaps because of this item, the effect of this auction will be greatly reduced, and the value of the subsequent auction items will be lowered.
Ji Mingyue, who was in the private room, raised her willow eyebrows slightly, and her beautiful eyes also looked over following the voice. She didn't feel much about this sudden sound, but she felt a little novel.
At this point, who else would be interested in this codex?
Everyone looked over, only to see that in a corner of the auction, a young man held up the jade plaque in his hand, staring closely at the yellowed book in the hand of the white-haired old man on the stage, and the voice seemed to be shouted by him.
This person is naturally none other than Mo Ming.
Mo Ming also felt everyone's gaze, and subconsciously swept the entire hall, but what everyone present didn't notice was that his face under the white mask was very stiff, and there was a look of gnashing his teeth.
"Damn, why is there still someone shouting at this time!"
Mo Ming scolded secretly, although everyone's eyes were on him, he was sure that the shouting before was not him, but the man who thought he was wearing a white shirt next to him.
The man sat quietly from beginning to end, holding the jade plaque in his hand, but he had not shouted from the beginning of the auction until now, until Mo Ming just wanted to open his mouth to bid, but the man shouted first, and there was no movement on the surface, so that others seemed to think that Mo Ming shouted.
Mo Ming's face was very gloomy, feeling the gaze of everyone, his hand holding the jade plate was not accepted or not, and finally he had to grit his teeth and shake the jade card in his hand.
"I'll give out 101,000 spirit stones!"
Mo Ming gritted his teeth, because someone shouted once, then his original idea of photographing this object at a low price fell through, and there were a thousand more spirit stones in vain, how could it not be painful.
When the voice fell, everyone was in an uproar, only then did they know that the voice before was not shouted by Mo Ming.
"This fellow Daoist bid for 101,000 lower-grade spirit stones, will anyone increase the price?" the white-haired old man on the stage shook the yellowed book in his hand and asked with a smile.
"One hundred and two thousand!"
Finally, the man in white beside Mo Ming made a move and raised the jade plaque in his hand, and it was only at this time that the surrounding people noticed this person.
"One hundred and three thousand yuan!" Mo Ming said in a low voice, he had some bad premonitions in his heart, and he couldn't help but turn his head and think that the man had looked over.
As if he felt something, the man also turned his eyes to look over, and a pair of clear starry eyes flashed with aura, which made Mo Ming's heart feel for a moment.
"It's ......"
Mo Ming was secretly shocked in his heart, not because of how intimidating the person's gaze was, but looking at those eyes, he faintly felt a trace of familiarity, but when he recalled the people he had seen, he couldn't remember where he had seen them.
"One hundred and three thousand yuan! One hundred and three thousand yuan! Will anyone increase the price? If the old man does not increase the price, he will shout, if this thing is photographed by this Taoist friend, then there will be no more such shops in this village!" the white-haired old man smiled and shouted, his voice was very inciting.
Mo Ming turned his head and felt the urge to beat the white-haired old man to death.
Are you shouting this because you want me to have more spirit stones?
I don't know how many spirit stones I have?
Mo Ming was a little annoyed, but he was helpless, because this was something that any auctioneer would shout, and he couldn't avoid it.
Just when he was worried about whether the people next to him would shout out any price, the next moment, Mo Ming suddenly found that the entire hall seemed unusually quiet, and the man in white directly shut up after seeing him.
"This ...... That's going to give up?"
Mo Ming couldn't help but be a little stunned, this was really a bit unexpected.
The white-haired old man was also stunned, but after carefully looking at the man in white beside Mo Ming, he was finally sure that the auction of this codex might really end here.
The good auction literacy made the white-haired old man angry, and he smiled and shouted Mo Ming's price.
There were no accidents, and in the end, with the sound of an earth-shattering gong resounding through the hall, this alchemy codex of Master Xuanqing, which had been publicized a lot by the Treasure Pavilion, was finally photographed by Mo Ming.
Mo Ming is happy and painful, happy that he can finally start trying alchemy, the pain is naturally that another 100,000 spirit stones are about to leave him, and the spirit stones on his body have shrunk greatly.
With the end of the auction of this item, more than a dozen treasures were auctioned off, and none of the items in the audience were unsold, which brought the auction situation to its peak, and until the second round of auctions was completely over, Mo Ming did not bid on any items.
The finale of the third round of auction was held as scheduled, and the white-haired old man looked at the many monks in the audience with a slightly sunken face.
It's not nonsense, and it directly attracts a woman with a very slim figure holding a tray.
In the grand finale, there are only three items in total, each of which is a rare treasure in the world.
The first is a Yuan Infant Heavenly Attack Magic Weapon with all the magical powers of the owner, with a starting price of 500,000, which seems to be very high and discourages many people, but it has also aroused some people who have been silent to bid.
These people all exude an aura that makes Mo Ming feel deeply obscure, and it is difficult to see through the cultivation at all, and most of them have their own private rooms, which makes people understand at a glance that they are some monks with advanced cultivation and noble status.
The second, an elixir, also had a very high starting price, which was auctioned off by several monks and finally taken away by a man who was hiding in a private room.
And the third one is an ancient book, which records what the white-haired old man did not introduce much about it, and directly shouted out the reserve price of 600,000 lower grade spirit stones.
Mo Ming sat in the corner and was very strange, the ancient book was not introduced, but many people showed a strong fiery color at the moment when the ancient book first appeared, as if this item had long been known to everyone, and some monks who had never spoken out of their bidding spoke one after another.
Above that, there were people shouting in every private room, among which in addition to Ji Mingyue and Feng Jianhan, there were several unknown monks, in just a moment, this ancient book was auctioned for a price of one million, and there was no slightest weakening drive, but it became more and more intense.
"One million and two million!"
Suddenly, a faint voice came from Mo Ming's side, and Mo Ming was surprised to find that it was the white-clothed young man who had competed with him for the alchemy codex before.
The sound of this voice caused a brief silence in the hall, because the young man in white did not increase the price of 11,000, but directly raised 1,200,000 from 1 million, which caught many people off guard.
"Who is this person?"
After being stunned, there was a sudden discussion in the field, the voice of the young man in white was very sudden, which surprised many people, and at the same time, because of this price, some people's faces were gloomy, as if they were about to give up.
However, this discussion did not appear for long, and the next moment there was still someone bidding.
The voice of the price shouting came from the private room above, and there was some anger in it, as if it was a little angry that the young man in white had raised the price so high.
The young man in white was unmoved, and he didn't make much movement from beginning to end, just glanced at the ancient book in the old man's hand, then closed his eyes, and actually gave up.
Mo Ming was surprised, this person really made people have to pay attention, he was sitting too close to him, so he also felt something that others couldn't perceive.
Mo Ming can be sure that this young man cares about that ancient book very much, but the other party is also very honorable, whether it is the alchemy codex that he fought with him before, or the price this time, he said that he would let it go, without the slightest drag.
It seems to be deliberately to raise the price, and it doesn't seem to have much to compete for.
After this little episode, in the end, the ancient book was auctioned away with 1.5 million spirit stones, and no one knew who that person was, only that the person was from the private room, but they didn't know what the specific cultivation and identity were.
At this point, this auction was over, and the people in the hall began to leave one after another, and Mo Ming immediately got up and prepared to go to the rear to pay the spirit stone to receive his pill and alchemy codex.
When leaving, Mo Ming inadvertently noticed that the man in white took a deep look at the private room above as he left, and then set his eyes on him.
Mo Ming's heart froze, he didn't dare to be careless, left quickly, and disappeared into the crowd.