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While Mu Qinglan was thinking about it, the lights in the hall suddenly dimmed.
Then, a bright beam of light shone down on the crystal stage in the middle of the room.
Mu Qinglan fixed her attention on the light.
The entire auction hall quieted down at this.
On the crystal stage, a figure suddenly appeared.
When the crowd finally got a good look at the man, there were intakes of sharp breaths all around the room.
“It’s him! It’s actually him!”
“Xia Zhong is the top auctioneer here, and he only makes a handful of appearances a year! He will only come out when there are really rare treasures to personally auction them off! It seems that the news this time is real!”
“So what if it’s real? Aren’t those few prominent families the only ones who can fight for it? We’re just ordinary people, so we can only just dream about it!”
Low murmurs came from all other the hall.
Mu Qinglan finally had a good look at the person on the crystal stage.
It was an old man.
However, although the person’s hair and beard were white, his face looked like a middle-aged person. His gaze was sharp and lively. Just standing on the stage, his entire body seemed to faintly exude a majestic aura.
This was the top auctioneer here?
Mu Qinglan narrowed her eyes.
Xia Zhong looked at the crowd bursting with excitement under the stage, and he didn’t feel surprised at the atmosphere at all.
If he hadn’t gotten his hands on that treasure, he naturally wouldn’t have easily made an appearance.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I’m Xia Zhong, and I will be the auctioneer today.”
His voice was old yet strong. Even though he didn’t speak very loudly, his voice carried all over the auction house easily.
“I won’t waste time with any more words. I believe that all of you are here today because you have desires. So, let’s start the auction!”
As soon as he said that, he stretched out his right hand. A white jade column suddenly appeared slowly from his side.
On it, a long black sword was placed.
“This is the first auction item today—the Seven Star Ancient Sword! It’s a Profound intermediate level Yuan weapon, and it’s extremely powerful and sharp. The starting bid is five thousand gold coins!”
Even though cultivators could use their own Yuan Energy to manifest weapons, the required Yuan Energy and degree of control were extremely demanding and taxing on the user. If they had the help of a Yuan weapon, the cultivators would be able to perform powerful attacks with just a fraction of Yuan Energy required instead.
However, the forging of Yuan weapons was a complicated process, so they were extremely expensive. Only the prominent families would have those weapons.
Therefore, when the people in the hall caught sight of the first auction item, many straightened up in their seats and stared at the sword with fervor in their eyes.
Although it was not a high-grade weapon, it was still quite a good one.
At this moment, the people started calling out their bids.
“Five thousand five hundred gold coins!”
“Six thousand gold coins!”
When Mu Qinglan heard this, she could only let out a small sigh.
If it was her a few months ago, this kind of thing would naturally be insignificant in her eyes. The amount of money would also be considered nothing to her.
But today, she was penniless and had less than a hundred gold coins on her, which made her feel overly upset.
She could only wait until she had managed to auction off the Yuan Soul-Fire Crystal to maintain her daily life…
Mu Qinglan was lost in thought for a moment, and the sword’s bid had already gone up to seven thousand three hundred gold coins.
She noticed that the few people from prominent families had not opened their mouths to bid on the item.
It wasn’t like they lacked weapons like this, so it was only natural they wouldn’t bid on it.
Finally, the auction item was sold for seven thousand five hundred gold coins, and it was a big, burly man who had won the bid.
Mu Qinglan glanced over to see a hint of pain on the man’s face, yet his lips were curled up slightly in a smile.
Sometimes, the more simple a person, the easier it was to satisfy them.
“The second auction item is a Tier 2 peak grade Yuan Core! The starting bid is twenty thousand gold coins!”
Compared to Yuan weapons, Yuan Cores were able to boost a person’s strength in a more direct and quick way, and it was naturally a more favored item. In the blink of an eye, the bidding price had doubled.
Mu Qinglan had little interest in this.
She had two Tier 6 Yuan Cores in her hands, and it was something that even Mu Zhongtian, the head of the Mu family, might never get in this lifetime.
So, she didn’t place any significance on these inferior items.
The bidding was fierce, and at the end of it, the young master from the Jiang family won with the bid of 60,000 gold coins.
The price he had paid was far more than the value of the Yuan Core.
Mu Qinglan turned to see which foolish spendthrift had done this, only to catch sight of Jiang Xuan looking at Ye Yurou with a pleased look on his face.
“Yurou, although this Yuan Core’s grade is average, it also contains a little of my sincerity. Do you like it?”
The corner of Mu Qinglan’s lips curled up. So, it was to garner someone’s favor, no wonder the guy put up such a dramatic act in public.
Ye Yurou obviously didn’t want his sincerity. Even though she was short on an item to replenish her Yuan Core and really wanted it, how could she accept it in front of so many people?
This Jiang Xuan was really brainless!
So, the second young lady of the Ye family once again politely refused the kindness of the Jiang family’s young master.
Mu Qinglan turned her attention back to the crystal stage.
Time passed slowly, and the remaining auction items were gradually auctioned out.
There was no shortage of items that caught the eyes of many, and people bid fiercely during this time. However, Mu Qinglan lounged lazily on her seat, leaning back against it. Those things were not the least important to her.
Finally, Xia Zhong took a step forward and clasped his fist together in front of him as he looked around the room and smiled. “Now, we have come to the two final auction items. Both of them are rated as first-class treasures!”
Woosh!
These words finally ignited the long-suppressed fervor and anticipation of the crowd!
The eyes of numerous people were set ablaze as they sat up straighter in their seats, and many also leaned forward in hopes to get a look at the item first. They looked as though they wanted to rush over to the stage in the next instance.
Mu Qinglan raised her head.
Jade columns slowly rose from each of Xia Zhong’s sides!
On top of the columns, two black jade boxes were placed.
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The boxes were used to isolate energy fluctuations, and these were the only two auction items that were kept in these boxes in today’s auction!
A smile stretched across Xia Zhong’s face, and he pointed to the right box as he said, “This one is the second last auction item of the day—Heavenly Meteor Matrix!”
The hall fell into a dead silence, but the eyes of the crowd were burning with fire, displaying their passion and desire to get ahold of this item.
Xia Zhong paused for a while before he raised his voice slightly to continue, “After the Xia Shang Auction House appraised it, we have determined that this Heavenly Meteor Matrix is a true Tier 3 star matrix!”
He looked around the room, then said in a deep voice, “The starting bid is one million gold coins!”