The end of the world, four quarters past.
Sunlight stread through the stained glass tiles above the fifth floor, casting broken shadows like fragnts scattered across the grand hall of the fifth floor.
Suddenly.
Dong——
Dong——
Dong——
Three powerful chis from a bronze bell resounded.
"It’s about to begin!" The thought flashed in Jiang Ning’s mind.
A mont later.
"Dear esteed guests, greetings! Apologies for the long wait!" A crisp female voice rang out.
Jiang Ning pushed open the window and looked down, only to see a woman in a purple extre dress standing at the center of the stage.
She appeared to be in her early twenties, with a very youthful appearance.
Just standing there, her aura was different from ordinary people, exuding nobility from head to toe.
"I am Xia Wanqin, in charge of this auction!"
As the woman finished speaking, a low murmur rose from below.
"This one looks unfamiliar, never seen her before!"
"I haven’t seen her either, definitely looks new!"
"With such an outstanding temperant, she must be extraordinary!"
"..."
On the stage.
Xia Wanqin had a slight smile on her lips.
The surrounding voices all reached her ears.
Then, she clapped her hands.
A corner of the curtain behind the stage was lifted.
A maid in a lavish dress gracefully approached, holding a redwood tray covered with a red cloth.
"The first item, most guests are already familiar with, so I won’t waste words."
"Guiyuan Fetal Breath Skill, Mid-level Inner Strength Martial Arts. Although the inner breath cultivated through this technique is not bold or domineering, it is known for its health-preserving and longevity effects, maintaining the body’s functions at peak longer."
"Bidding starts at ten gold, with each incrent not less than one gold."
After the words settled.
There was a mont of silence below.
Mid-level Martial Arts held little attraction to most people here.
Moreover, this Inner Strength Martial Art is not skilled in combat but in health preservation.
Despised by most.
Yet ten gold is quite cheap.
Converted to silver, it’s rely ten thousand taels.
"Young master, this is so cheap!" Lv Yi suddenly spoke.
Jiang Ning nodded slightly, "Indeed cheap, but it’s reasonable. Wanhua Building can’t set a high price. After all, if it doesn’t sell, they must reclaim it at the starting price, unless the consignor refuses!"
"The young master speaks wisely!" Lv Yi nodded repeatedly.
Soon after, soone began to bid.
"Eleven gold!"
"Thirteen gold!"
"Sixteen gold!"
"..."
Cheap enough that many chose to bid.
A mont later.
When it reached thirty gold, no one else bid.
The final selling price, thirty gold.
"Truly cheap indeed!" Hearing the auction conducted by Xia Wanqin below, with the first item’s conclusion, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but remark.
He still rembered the first Mid-level Martial Arts level Inner Strength thod he saw at the Inspection Office’s Internal Affairs Office, called Five Rises Morning Essence Breathing Technique.
At the ti, the exchange price was fifty thousand Contribution Points.
Within the Inspection Office, fifty thousand Contribution Points could directly exchange for fifty thousand taels of silver to spend freely.
And that’s just the exchange ratio; if a colleague bought it, fifty thousand Contribution Points could fetch seventy to eighty thousand taels of silver.
Seventy to eighty thousand taels of silver equals seventy to eighty gold.
Compared to the Guiyuan Fetal Breath Skill’s final price of thirty gold, it clearly shows Guiyuan Fetal Breath Skill isn’t favored.
Thereafter.
The second auction item was presented, followed by the third, and fourth...
Listening to the continuous bidding below, Jiang Ning’s heart remained undisturbed.
Not that those items were useless to him, but because he was currently penniless, nearly broke.
The one thousand gold gifted by Wang Qintan was long spent, and now he could only use tokens totaling a little over three thousand from the auction sales.
He couldn’t make a move lightly.
A mont later.
It was ti for serial number 119, the White Tiger Xuan Bone.
After Xia Wanqin’s introduction, she raised her hand to showcase the White Tiger Xuan Bone’s effect.
The roar of a tiger echoed, gusts of wind appeared out of nowhere, and murderous aura instantly filled the venue, causing so to change their expressions below.
"Such a strong murderous aura!!"
"..."
Seeing the reactions below, Xia Wanqin nodded in satisfaction.
"Starting price, ten gold! Each incrent not less than one gold!"
With Xia Wanqin’s announcent.
Bidding surged imdiately.
"Twenty gold!"
"Fifty gold!"
"Thirty gold!!"
"..."
In the blink of an eye, the bidding reached seventy to eighty gold.
Then naturally exceeded a hundred gold.
"Not bad! Not bad!" Listening to the bids below, Jiang Ning nodded in satisfaction.
Sipping the tea beside him.
He couldn’t help but take another look at Xia Wanqin.
That display just now, an ordinary Fifth Grade Inner Strength Realm couldn’t achieve such an effect.
This implied that the noble woman wasn’t simple.
Either a mysterious Heavenly Human Grandmaster, whose lifespan begins at two Jiazi cycles.
A seasoned Heavenly Human Grandmaster, completing nurous Blood Exchanges, reborn ti and again, experiencing life-level evolutions, could maintain the appearance of twenty to thirty at the age of seventy to eighty.
If one could enter the Heavenly Human Grandmaster realm before twenty, an extraordinary talent, they’d seem forever youthful.
That’s the wonder of Blood Exchange and rebirth.
In Jiang Ning’s eyes, this woman seed to have that potential.
Aside from this possibility, it could only be said she was extraordinarily gifted, with a wealthy background, not lacking in resources.
But regardless of which, it’s not simple!
And the White Tiger Xuan Bone he consigned attracted such competitive bids, thanks in no small part to Xia Wanqin’s display just now.
A mont later.
The bidding reached one hundred fifty gold.
At this price, the crowd cald considerably.
Every bid was made after much hesitation.
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