Holding the beauty in his embrace, Zhou Yan glanced at the sky. He then said to Chang'e, whose body was within his arms, "Let's skip today's auction. Get some good rest."
"Mm," Chang'e nodded, her head buried in his chest. She was not one to seek out excitement.
After they were all dressed, a few people were left behind. They hadn't bought extra tickets last time, and when they wanted to buy more, there were none left.
Although the little girl wanted to go, she was very quiet now, especially when looking at Zhou Yan. A sense of fear filled her eyes.
Li Chungang did not go. He was not interested in auctions and stayed behind with Ning Shuiqing.
As for the others, they headed towards the auction house.
"Have you gotten what you wished for?" Diao Chan whispered in Zhou Yan's ear.
Looking at the beautiful and charming Diao Chan, Zhou Yan grasped her jade-like hand and said, "You understand me best."
"We're outside," Diao Chan exclaimed in surprise, feeling very shy. She wanted to break free from Zhou Yan's hand but ultimately failed.
"Hee hee hee."
Hearing the laughter of Wei Zifu and the others made Diao Chan blush all the way to her ears. She even felt a little embarrassed to be seen.
Entering the crowded auction house and walking into the private room, Zhou Yan chatted with the ladies.
Zhou Yan didn't expect anything particularly good to appear at this kind of auction.
On the other hand, Dian Wei and the others were attending an auction for the first time and found it quite interesting. Zhou Yan simply let them bid as they pleased, and he would foot the bill.
Everyone was in high spirits, then they waited for the auction to begin.
Half an hour later, the auction had started, and item after item was brought onto the stage.
Dian Wei and the others looked at the items and appeared bored. "They're even auctioning off equipment of diamond quality," he remarked.
"Why are all these low-level items? I thought there would be something good."
"Are eight-star spirit medicines really that rare?"
"They're fighting so hard for a seventh-grade pill. Just how scarce is it?"
...
within the territory, the numerous generals were not lacking in pills or equipment.
Powerful cultivation techniques and martial skills were available in the 【Scripture Repository】.
There was an inexhaustible supply of cultivation resources. Every general had a large pile of them stored in their spatial rings.
To them, the items being auctioned, while some were decent, were just okay. They weren't to the point where they absolutely had to have them.
However, for others, these items were extremely precious and rare, causing countless people to fight tooth and nail for them.
After dozens of items had been auctioned, not a single one had satisfied them.
"Is this all this auction is?" the generals were very disappointed, having expected to encounter something good.
"These items are indeed not great," Diao Chan also chimed in.
"I thought there would be something worth buying, but I didn't expect it to be all these low-level items," Zhao Min and Xiao Zhao also expressed their lack of interest.
"The good items should be later. Let's wait and see," Zhou Yan said.
Time quickly passed into the afternoon. Throughout the morning, no one in the private room had purchased anything.
They hoped that the afternoon session would bring forth some good items.
In the afternoon's auction, a few items finally appeared that satisfied everyone.
The first item was a blueprint for forging a spiritual artifact accessory.
"This is a good item. Bid for it for me," Zhou Yan said after seeing the blueprint, having already decided its fate.
"Got it. If the Lord wants it, then it's definitely ours," Dian Wei immediately declared upon hearing this.
Everyone burst into laughter. Competing with them in terms of wealth, even if everyone present combined their fortunes, they still wouldn't be as wealthy as their Lord.
The auction had begun. With a starting bid of five hundred million spirit coins, Dian Wei and the others immediately shouted, "One billion!"
Whoosh!
Everyone turned to look at their private room. Doubling the price with the first bid, that was too aggressive.
"Dian Wei, you brat, do you know how to bid? Who told you to bid one billion!" Yang Zaixing quickly reprimanded.
"Then how much do you think we should bid!" Dian Wei asked.
"One point two billion!" Yang Zaixing spoke again.
The people below were speechless again. What was going on with the people in this private room? Others hadn't even bid yet, and they had already called out another price.
Were they playing with themselves?
However, the price of this blueprint was far more than one point two billion.
But it wouldn't be too far off.
"One point three billion!"
Someone else continued to bid.
"See, what kind of bid was yours? Someone is still competing," Dian Wei remarked.
"What is the market price of this blueprint?" Wu Song inquired.
"How would I know? I'm not in business."
"Don't ask me, I don't understand these things."
"Leave the fighting and killing to me. These price-related matters are useless to me."
The others all shook their heads, indicating they didn't know the blueprint's exact price.
It was Cai Yan who said, "Normally, the price for a spiritual artifact level accessory blueprint like this should be between twelve billion and twenty billion. It usually doesn't exceed this price."
"I didn't know you researched these things," Zhou Yan looked at the dignified and virtuous Cai Yan, who always maintained the beauty of a classical woman.
"I just read about the value of these things in various places when I was bored," Cai Yan replied.
"Since we know the price, it's easier to handle," Zhang Xiu continued, "Eighteen billion."
"Aren't we bidding too high? I think fifteen billion is about right," Wen Pin said.
"I've observed that there should be quite a few Lords here. Eighteen billion is probably appropriate," Zhang Xiu stated.
"I didn't expect General Zhang Xiu to be so observant," Hou Junji chuckled.
"It's just a habit," Zhang Xiu replied.
As expected, after this price was announced, no one else competed.
Next, the second item was auctioned.
A complete set of women's clothing. This was a special attire, not only beautiful but also capable of increasing quite a few attribute points.
However, the chief tailor in Zhou Yan's territory could make even better ones than what was being auctioned here, so they did not bid for this item.
The third, fourth... up to the tenth item, another item that piqued everyone's interest appeared.
It was a pair of two-handed weapons, somewhat niche, called a 'shuo'. They resembled short spears but had a different design.
Anything that could interest the generals had to be equipment of spiritual artifact quality or higher. This pair of 'shuo' happened to be spiritual artifacts.
"These weapons are decent. I estimate they won't be acquired for less than thirty billion."
"If it were a one-handed 'shuo', many people would need it, but for these two-handed short 'shuo', there are very few people accustomed to using them. Thirty billion is probably about right."
"Then let's bid."
"Thirty billion!"
Wu Song directly called out.
Everyone's attention once again turned to their private room. Just as people below were about to bid, they had already pushed the price to its peak.
As expected, no one was willing to bid further at this price. They had successfully acquired another item.