Rare Treasures

Dong—!

After a long wait, a distant, deep bell slowly descended from the heights of the auction pavilion, piercing the dome, piercing the halos of the spirit lamps, and settling steadily into every inch of the entire auction hall.

The roaring clamor was as if an invisible hand had clamped over tens of thousands of mouths at once—it vanished in an instant, leaving not a crow or sparrow's cry. Everyone turned their gaze at the same moment toward the auction platform in the very center, forged from azure spirit jade. This auction had officially begun.

Rumble—

The floor at the center of the auction platform slowly split open, and a white jade Stone Platform carved with intricate tide patterns gradually rose from beneath the ground.

Only when the Stone Platform had risen to waist height did everyone finally see clearly—

On the Stone Platform, there was actually an incomparably beautiful woman standing there.

She wore a moon-white cheongsam tailored extremely close to her figure, its hem slit up to the side of her thigh, revealing long, fair jade legs that showed faintly with every step. Draped over her shoulders was a soft, fluffy white fox stole, the fox fur so pure it had not a single stray shade, shimmering with a faint silver glow beneath the spirit lamps.

Her face was delicate as someone from a painting, red lips slightly parted in a smile that carried a thousand charms. Her pitch-black long hair was loosely pinned up with an azure coral hairpin, and on her oval face, a pair of peach-blossom eyes shone as they moved, their corners slightly lifted. Standing upon the Stone Platform, her graceful figure was like a green willow gently brushing in the wind, yet she also carried an air of seasoned ease honed through long