Chapter 491  The Grand Auction (part-3)

“110 thousand” “4120 thousand” “4130” “4140” “4150” “4160” “4170” “4180”

“4650” “4660” “4670” “4680”… “4880” “4890”

The Auction House Master was filled with excitement as neither party seemed to be going down. An item that was listed at 100 thousand gold coins is now bid at 5 million. Who could have expected such a thing?

Seeing such an absurd thing, Mark couldn’t help but feel regret for not putting up the semi-divine weapons in his inventory for the auction.

He kept those items to himself for the purpose of trading them to the system whenever he would be in need of money. The system pays him more money compared to the fixed prices put up by the Void Temple.

But, what is the use of regretting right now? The deadline is already over and there is nothing he can do unless he resorts to threats of pulling out the lone item he put for the auction if they don’t overlook the rules and list the items sitting in his inventory.

But, that’s not good for business either.

Hence, he could only swallow his frustration and watch the bidding war between Rong Huang and Tang Xin.

“5170” Tang Xin’s bidding paddle lit up once again. But, this time, he opened his mouth, “Lord Rong, there are still 249 items to go. Why don’t you let this go? It’s pretty much important for me.”

Everyone looked at the charismatic young man in his early thirties. More than a mercenary group leader, he had the bearing of a scholar. Even his attire resembles one, giving the impression of a tiger in the skin of a docile sheep.

“Hmpf, dream on,” Rong Huang scoffed in response to the request as his lips curled up. “Do you think I’m not aware why you want it? You don’t want it for taming purposes or anything. You merely want to destroy it and absorb its core, thereby awaken the Dragon bloodline.”

He then let out a snicker, “Too bad that you have already missed your chance of the buyout.”

“You…” Tang Xin got up from his seat as he tightly clenched the paddle. “Only those of Dragon descent can awaken the bloodline.”

“Well, I can still gift it to someone who needs it though,” Rong Huang shrugged his shoulders as he crossed his legs. He raised the bid once again and added a comment, “I don’t lack the money.”

At once, the entire coliseum shook by surprise. Even Xin Rui and the Auction House Master were taken aback for a moment.

While several VIP guests started discussing with their respective acquaintances, Mark on the other hand had a look of disgust appear on his face as he mumbled, “These fellows are terrible actors.”

“Hmm?” Sylvandria’s pointy ears perked up as she heard him clearly. She looked at Mark and asked, “What do you mean? They are acting?”

Mark answered, “The statue doesn’t have such capability. It is likely they were acting to bait someone.”

“Hmm… Quite possible,” Shen Ling also nodded in agreement. After a quick analysis, she said, “Due to the intense bidding war, they might have realized that they went too far and probably put up an act in order to drag someone in the bid and give up. After all, who would reveal such a hidden ability openly? The Void Temple’s representative didn’t even speak of it. There are a lot of nobles and wealthy individuals here. There must be a couple of people who would definitely fall for it.”

“Maybe, they were speaking the truth and were frustrated that the bid is getting out of their hands?” Song Yue also threw in her opinion, but Mark immediately refuted the suspicion, “No. I’m sure that the statue doesn’t have such capability. It is not easy to deceive my eyes.” His tone was very confident.

In reality, he was confident that the system’s given Eyes of God ability could uncover any secret.

Perhaps, it is because of their collective effort, or due to his 7 points of luck. Someone who looked like a teenager bit the bait right away.

Ever since that memory loss fiasco occurred in the Elven world, the descriptions of the inspected item/person have become more detailed.

He was sure that they were trying to bait someone by letting out false pieces of information and he was also looking for the idiot who would fall for it.

Perhaps, it is because of their collective effort, or due to his 7 points of luck. Someone who looked like a teenager bit the bait right away.

“5200” The 17-year-old in luxury attire and two Exalt realm experts (7-circle) as guards on the side announced the bid, attracting the people’s attention.

*tap*

Shen Ling slapped her own forehead and shook her head with a comment, “The fool has fallen for it. But then again, it is expected.”

“Do you know him?” Song Yue asked in curiosity.

Shen Ling nodded while letting out a sigh, “Yeah. Yu Tiajin, the second son of the wealthiest merchant of the Leon Empire. I was classmates with his older brother. Senior Brother Yu once said that his younger brother has excellent memorization but lacks wisdom. Because of his risk-taking personality regarding bets, I heard that his family lost tens of millions of gold coins.”

“Yet, they sent him for this auction?” Mark wanted to inspect his details too, but due to the absence of line of sight, he couldn’t do it.

Shen Ling answered his question with a shrug of shoulders, “It is probably because he was born with the blessings of Heaven. The Goddess of Luck favored him many times.”

“What do you mean?” Mark became curious.

Shen Ling explained, “I still remember the last year’s auction. It was only an annual world auction and he purchased a mystery box for a buyout purchase of 6.5 million gold coins. Everyone took him for a fool on spending such money for a random item ranging from silver grade item to platinum grade. However, it ended up being an Earth-grade item. Even Void Temple didn’t expect it.”

“I see…” Mark shifted his attention back to the podium calmly as if he wasn’t interested.

The mystery boxes have sealing techniques inscribed on them and weren’t usually appraised by the Auction House. Even a trap could be possible. It just means that he is either incredibly lucky or already knew what was in the box, beforehand.

Since he doesn’t know about him, Mark decides not to have any opinions for the moment until he inspects his soul and sees the details.

The auction continued at the same aggressive pace, making them look like madmen and almost confusing Shen Ling with her earlier analysis. Mark, on the other, was confident and watched calmly in silence.

“5210” “5220” “5230” … “5300”

“5510” “5520” … “5600”

“5910” “5920” … “5980”

“5990” called out Yu Tiajin.

Usually, it was supposed to be Rong Huang’s turn to bid for the higher amount, but he put away the paddle instead without any expression.

The spectators shifted their attention toward Tang Xin, who seemed like he was discussing something with his teammate. Because the object is stated to be important to him, everyone thought that he was seriously considering the matter.

The time passed but they seemed like they were talking.

Once the 55-second mark crossed, Xin Rui’s voice, which was amplified by a sound skill, was heard all over the coliseum, “5 seconds left. Any bidders?”

Tang Xin abruptly stopped his discussion with his aide and shook his head while putting down the paddle, indicating that he had given up.

“5,990,000; once, twice, sold. Congratulations, Mr. Yu Tiajin, on winning the Statue of Dragon Deity, Agaros.”

The statue disappeared back into her storage ring while the attendant went to the VIP Box to get the money.

Five minutes later, the attendant returned to Xin Rui and she checked the contents of the ring with a special monocle, a semi-divine treasure.

“Hmm, there are 1000 coins more, but that’s not my problem regardless,” mumbled Xin Rui before putting away the storage ring full of gold coins in her storage ring.

She then took out the second item of the auction without wasting any time as one whole hour passed just for the first one, and there were 499 to go.

While she was still happy on behalf of the Void Temple that they struck it rich, a lot of time has been lost due to that. This was the first she was doing her job as the representative of the Void Temple and she doesn’t want to mess it up.

As a result, she acted quickly and changed the bidding raise instead.

“The Sword of Tular, crafted by the Master Blacksmith Tular using the powder of bone marrow of a Greyhound King as the key ingredient. The listed price is 100,000 gold coins and the bidding raise is 10,000 coins.”

She directly raised the bidding raise, hoping to save time.

But, her plan backfired as only two bidders came forward for the item and the bidding was over in two minutes, selling for only 150k.

Thinking that maybe it is just because the item is a weapon and the wealthy guests here usually would have semi-divine items in their arsenal, Xin Rui continued the auction by taking out the third item.

The result?

The next twelve items entirely netted her a total amount of 2 million gold coins, which isn’t even half of what came from the first item.

Xin Rui started feeling nervous inside, but as the legendary realm expert and the official representative of the Void Temple, she kept her coolness on the exterior and continued to deal in the same way upon convincing herself that platinum-grade items are not important either way and the first item was merely a ploy created by those two well-known rivals. The main focus is always the semi-divine category.

“14th item of the auction.” She announced while taking out a large rectangular wooden box with various mysterious markings on every side.

“As you can see, the item is a mystery box. The seller requested the starting price to be fixed at 50,000 gold coins. The bid raise is 5000 gold coins. Let the bidding begin.”

As soon as she announced the bidding, the paddle in Shen Ling’s hands was raised high and Mark’s voice echoed in the coliseum, “Buyout.”

In an instant, tens of thousands of spectators shifted their attention to VIP Box 8 for the first time.

“Hmm, buyout? There’s another 5 million bid?” Even Xin Rui was also taken aback for a moment and looked in the direction of the voice. Her eyes fell on Mark and the group.

Letting out a smile, Mark raised the glass and drank a sip of wine before he slowly spoke to the others, “Now that we have already entered the ring, it is the perfect time to release all your auras.”

Sylvandria, James, and Steve, who had been masking their cultivation until now, suddenly released it and threw the entire coliseum into commotion, including the VIPs. 

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