At 8.30 am, the door of the auction hall was finally opened and the bidders began to enter the hall.
Excluding the VIP rooms, the Wanbao Auction could only accommodate 12,000 people. It was different from a stadium that could accommodate tens of thousands of people. The size of the auction hall was considered huge.
After all, most of the spectators in the stadium were ordinary people while those who participated in the Wanbao Auction were all cultivators. Sometimes, the ratio of transcendents would exceed one-third of the people in the auction hall.
Some of the cultivators came to the auction not to bid but to broaden their horizons. They wanted to see how the legendary transcendents looked like. There were also some who were purely there to watch the show. They wanted to see what the real big shots were like.
Soon, the 12,000 seats were filled. Lin Huang and Yi Zheng could clearly sense that there were almost 5,000 transcendents in the auction hall. However, most of them were only on holy fire-level.
"There are only four immortal-level and none of them are on imperial-level." Yi Zheng looked around and was surprised.
"They should be in the VIP rooms now." Lin Huang stood up and walked to the transparent periosteum. He lowered his head and looked down. It was covered by a black curtain and he could not see anything.
When the staff brought the both of them to look at the rooms earlier, they briefly explained about the VIP rooms. Besides the eight Grade-S VIP rooms on the third floor, there were 128 Grade-A VIP rooms on the second floor.
By the time everyone was seated, it was almost nine o 'clock.
The auctioneer, who had been waiting below, walked up to the stage slowly.
The auctioneer looked very young. He looked like he was in his early 20s and was handsome. If he were on Earth, he would definitely be the idol of countless teenage girls.
However, Lin Huang and Yi Zheng could clearly sense that his combat strength was on immortal-level rank-9. He was definitely not as young as he looked.
"Welcome to the Wanbao Auction. I'm the auctioneer, Yu Bo. I hope that all of you will be able to bid for the items that you want in the next five days. "
"Alright, let's cut to the chase. Let's not waste any more of your time. The auction will officially begin now!" Yu Bo looked at the time. It was exactly nine o'clock, so he immediately got to the point.
"Now, please show us our first item!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the staff below the stage, who had long been ready, slowly brought up a collection covered by a red cloth.
Looking at the shape of the red cloth, there should be a long box inside.
Generally speaking, this kind of box should contain weapons such as swords and sabers.
Of course, Lin Huang wasn't 100% sure because there might be other things inside.
"Our first collection is …"
Yu Bo tore off the red cloth, revealing the mahogany box inside. The carvings on the box were extremely exquisite, and even the lock was made of pure gold.
"Ancient relic – Golden Rune Sword!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the mahogany box slowly opened, revealing a sheathed longsword.
The sword was about one meter long. The hilt was black, and the scabbard was golden. The patterns carved on it were extremely exquisite.
"This golden sword was obtained by an imperial-level who killed a crimson gold-rank Golden Snake. It has the sharpness attribute … "
Yu Bo's explanation made many people look at the Golden Patterned Sword even more fervently.
Even Yi Zheng, who was next to Lin Huang, was breathing heavily. It was obvious that he was interested in the first auction item.
"Why? Do you want this sword?" Lin Huang raised his eyebrow and asked.
Lin Huang had seen detailed information about the Golden Snake in the monster guide. Its combat strength ranged from black gold-rank to yellow gold-rank. After killing it, there was a very low probability that it would drop an ancient relic, the Golden Rune Sword. However, among the ancient sword relics, the Golden Rune Sword could only be considered as a beginner. To Lin Huang, it was not worth it.
"There are very few ancient relics in Division7, and they're rarely sold in the market. After I leveled up to immortal-level, the ancient relic that my family rewarded me was a Black Scale Sword. It's dropped from a black gold-rank Dragonscale Black Dolphin, and it doesn't have any attribute bonus. The quality of this Golden Rune Sword is not bad, and it has the sharpness attribute bonus. It's much better than the one I'm using now, "Yi Zheng said helplessly.
Lin Huang was stunned when he heard that. As he thought about it, compared to Division3, Division7 was indeed a place that lacked resources. One reason was that there were not many imperial-level monsters, and the other was that there were not many imperial-level humans. The drop rate of an ancient relic was extremely low. With these two factors, one could imagine the supply of it.
As for the black gold-rank Dragonscale Black Dolphin, apart from its outstanding defense and strength, it was average in other aspects. It even had a low intelligence. If immortal-level humans were to fight together, it would not be difficult to kill it as long as the method was right. Therefore, the Black Scale Sword dropped from such a monster was the most common in the market. As long as one was willing to spend money, it was not difficult to buy one in Division7. However, it was rare to see an ancient relic that was better than that on the market. Most of them were auctioned off.
Yi Zheng's first stop in Division3 was the auction in Wanbao City. His purpose was clear. He wanted to change his equipment as soon as possible to prepare for the upcoming trial.
On the auction stage, the auctioneer finally announced the starting price of the ancient relic after introducing and praising the item.
"The starting price is 22 million Life Crystals! Each increment must be no less than 500,000 Life Crystals. "
As soon as his voice fell, bidders began to bid one after another.
"23 million!"
"24 million!"
"25 million!"
…
In just a few breaths, the price had exceeded 30 million.
Looking at the bustling scene in the auction hall, Yi Zheng did not bid. It was not that he did not want to, but the bidders were bidding too fast. Before he could press the increment button, someone else would bid before him.
However, as the price increased to more than 30 million, the number of bidders decreased. Instead of increasing by one million, they only increased by 500,000 each time.
When the price rose to 31.5 million, Yi Zheng could not help but press the button to raise the bid. "35 million!"
Lin Huang did not stop him. After all, Yi Zheng could use the sword for now and he would buy another one in the future if he encountered a better one. He would sell it at the auction. It would not be a huge loss and he would just treat it as a usage fee.
As soon as the Supreme members on the third floor pressed the button, everyone in the auction hall had their eyes on it.
This was because a string of golden words appeared on the barrier that looked like a black curtain. "35 million!"
It was the special effect of the Grade-S VIP room. The price would appear in the form of golden fireworks on the barrier that was 12 meters long in the VIP room.
Yi Zheng's bid was the first time a guest in the VIP room was bidding at the auction.
The people in the auction hall were discussing among themselves. It was the first time for many of them to participate in the Wanbao Auction. They were curious to see that.
"It's on the third floor. I heard that only the Supreme members are qualified to stay in the Grade-S VIP room."
"The treatment in the Grade-S VIP room is really different. Even the bidding has a special effect!"
…
"The person who can become a Supreme member of the Wanbao Auction is definitely not an ordinary person. Why would he be interested in a lousy ancient relic?" In one of the Grade-A VIP rooms on the second floor, a man with blonde hair and glasses squinted his eyes. He then pressed the button to bid.
"36 million!"
A string of silver words lit up on the barrier on the second floor. It was the special effect of the Grade-A VIP rooms. However, it was much worse than Yi Zheng's special effect.
"Someone from the Grade-A VIP room is bidding too!"
"What's he doing? Is he trying to surpass the big shot on the third floor in terms of wealth? "
"What's going on? Is there a secret hidden in the sword? "
…
The sudden action from the Grade-A VIP room on the second floor caused more discussions.
A few of the people who were bidding had given up on bidding when they saw the bid from the third floor as they were afraid of offending the big shot on the third floor. Now that the second floor was involved, they were more than willing to watch the show from the sidelines.
"40 million!"
Yi Zheng had no idea what the other party was bidding for. He did not bother to argue with him so he raised the price to 40 million.
"The more you want it, the more it proves that there's something wrong with the sword!" Blonde smirked and pressed the button again.
"41 million!"
"61 million!" Yi Zheng raised the price by 20 million.
There was an uproar in the hall. Many of them thought that the big shot on the third floor was angry. Some of them began to suspect that there was a secret hidden in the sword on the auction stage.
Even Lin Huang who was sitting aside was surprised. "Brother Zheng, stop fooling around. This sword is worth 30 million at most. 60 million is enough to buy two of them."
Yi Zheng did not say anything. He stared blankly at the auctioneer on the stage. Nobody knew what he was thinking about.
Almost in the next second, the bidding price on the second floor lit up again.
"62 million!"
Lin Huang was worried that Yi Zheng was going to bid again. However, he turned around and patted his shoulder. "Don't worry, I won't bid anymore."
Many of them lifted their heads and looked at the VIP room where Lin Huang and the rest were. They were waiting for Yi Zheng to bid again.
The auctioneer was no exception. However, the barrier on the third floor was still dark. It did not light up until the auctioneer announced the deal.
"62 million going thrice! Sold! "
"Congratulations to the guest in VIP room A22 for winning the first item of the auction!"
The man with the blonde glasses on the second floor frowned. "How did this happen? Why didn't he bid again? Did I make a wrong guess? "
In the VIP room on the third floor, Lin Huang squinted his eyes and looked at Yi Zheng. "Did you do it on purpose?"
"Of course not! Yi Zheng had an innocent look on his face. "I wanted to increase the bid by two million, but I accidentally pressed an extra zero. I even clicked the bid button and sent it out … Luckily, the idiot on the second floor accepted the bid. Otherwise, I would have lost a lot."
"I'd be a fool to believe you," Lin Huang thought to himself.
After the first item was sold at the price of 62 million, the second item appeared on the auction stage.
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