The auction finally began, and the host, beaming with enthusiasm, addressed all the guests in an inflammatory tone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, welcome to our auction.
I am your host, Zhao Liutao. I am happy to serve you all today, and I hope..."
"Whoosh..." Before the host could finish his opening remarks,
a grape was thrown at his forehead, hitting him squarely between the eyebrows, shattering instantly.
An impatient man urged,
"Can you stop with the nonsense and get on with it? We don't have time for your rambling! Isn't it annoying?"
Unexpectedly, after this man vented his frustration, several other VIPs echoed his sentiments.
"Your opening remarks took so long! I'm here to see the auction items, not to listen to your nonsense!"
"That's right, if you keep rambling on, believe me, I'll slap you twice..."
"Hurry up, hurry up! An auction doesn't last long, and the tickets are so expensive, don't waste my time."
...
The host's face stiffened. He always followed the usual procedures without
any apparent dissatisfaction from the VIPs. He guessed they were getting impatient because of what had just happened.
But given Ling Yun's formidable strength, they forced themselves to endure their discontent.
While he was giving his opening remarks, these VIPs seized the opportunity to attack him and vent their frustrations.
Ultimately, it was a case of bullying the weak and fearing the strong. He brushed the grapes from his head and beckoned to a beautiful maid in a cheongsam.
The beautiful maid then approached, carrying an item covered by a red envelope, swaying her alluring figure and quickly attracting the curiosity of many guests.
The host abruptly lifted the red cloth covering the item, revealing its true form: a bracelet-type soul tool.
"Distinguished guests, this is today's first item for auction: a bracelet-type spatial soul tool with an internal capacity of five cubic meters.
The starting bid is one thousand gold soul coins, with each bid increment no less than one hundred. Bidding begins now..."
Ling Yun frowned. A bracelet-type spatial soul tool with only five cubic meters of capacity? That was far too small!
If he hadn't witnessed the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon and didn't possess his own storage space, perhaps Ling Yun might have been interested.
But Ling Yun now had his own storage space with a capacity of several hundred cubic meters. Compared to his storage space, this bracelet was utterly worthless.
Similarly, neither the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, nor the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, nor any other medium to large-sized families showed much interest in this bracelet.
After all, which of these families didn't possess several spatial soul tools?
For example, in the original novel, Dugu Bo gave Tang San a Ruyi Hundred Treasure Pouch.
Not only was its storage function superior to the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon, but it could also store living things, easily even holding Xiao Wu in her semi-resurrected form.
This shows that the production of storage-type soul tools is quite advanced in the Douluo World; large and medium-sized families generally don't lack them.
However, while these large and medium-sized families aren't interested in these things, it doesn't mean smaller families don't want them.
Therefore, the price of the bracelet soul tool, which started at a low of 1,000 gold coins, quickly soared.
"1,200 gold soul coins."
"1,400 gold soul coins."
"1,700 gold soul coins."
...
Soon, the price of the bracelet soul tool broke through the 2,000 gold soul coin mark and continued to rise until it reached 3,600 gold soul coins before the bidding stopped.
"3,600 gold soul coins once, 3,600 gold soul coins twice, 3,600 gold soul coins three times, sold!!!"
The host was overjoyed; he hadn't expected the first five-cubic-meter storage space soul tool to be such a resounding success.
Ling Yun curled his lip; it was only worth so little.
If this five-cubic-meter bracelet-like spatial soul tool were in his previous life, it would have been a
hot commodity, with countless people fighting tooth and nail for it. It would likely have sold for billions, even tens of billions, a astronomical price. After all, such treasures didn't exist in his previous life; rarity drives up value.
Ever since he carried a gold card worth three million gold soul coins, Ling Yun felt his horizons had broadened considerably.
Three thousand gold soul coins was nothing, just a drop in the ocean.
After the beautiful maid carrying the storage bracelet left the auction with the winning bidder
, the second item was brought out by a maid with exotic features at the host's signal.
The host spoke enticingly to the guests,
"The first item was a resounding success; I hope this second item will also be well-received."
After saying this, the host abruptly lifted the red cloth covering the item in the maid's hands, revealing its true form.
The item up for auction was none other than the hidden blade made by the Li Clan under Ling Yun's command. Its strange shape and the metallic sheen successfully piqued everyone's curiosity.
"This item is called a sleeve dart. It has the effect of continuous single-target attacks and consists of three arrows and a sleeve.
It can be worn on the hand, and its characteristics are high speed and strong penetration. Because it is silent and can be concealed within the sleeve, its concealment is extremely strong."
The host almost repeated Ling Yun's introduction from that day.
After he finished speaking, his expression became serious, and he took out a pair of gloves from his pocket and put them on his hands.
His solemn appearance aroused the curiosity of the crowd even more. What was going on? Why did he have to wear gloves to introduce this auction item?
Under the curious gazes of the crowd, the host put on the gloves and carefully put the sleeve dart, which was held by a maid, on his right arm.
He then attached the three arrows, each more than a foot long, to the sleeve dart. Next,
a burly man walked up with three targets and set them up outside the auction stage, about twenty meters away from the host.
After the burly man left, the host immediately activated the sleeve dart. Most of the VIPs only saw the host posing strangely, but did not hear a single sound.
Most of the VIPs were somewhat bewildered, unable to understand what he was up to.
Only those at the Soul Saint level or above saw that, with the host's various strange gestures, the device on his right arm fired three arrows, each hitting a target.
Yu Luomian stood up from his seat, frowning, and asked the host,
"Is this one of the treasures your auction house advertises as capable of turning the battlefield upside down? May I come forward to see it?"
The host, recognizing Yu Luomian's identity at a glance, nodded slightly.
"Yes, please, Second Master Yu, come to the stage."
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