Interviewing an Auctioneer! A Seventh-level Appraiser!

The matter of Langya Hall was nothing more than a minor interlude.

Lin Shu did not pay it much mind.

He merely kept the mysterious object in mind.

For now, everything else took second place to the auction.

Only by holding auctions and earning Auction Points could he draw more prizes.

And only by drawing more prizes would he have a greater chance of obtaining items that would be immensely useful for his advancement.

Just like the Level 4 Soul Power Pill.

After consuming the Level 4 Soul Power Pill, Lin Shu's Soul Power had already reached level forty-nine.

In theory, that Unlimited Grade 1 Soul Power Pill would also be useful to him.

But in Lin Shu's view, using it on himself would be far too wasteful.

It would be better to auction it off, where it could serve a greater purpose.

Within the God-tier Auction System, Auction Points were everything.

As long as he had enough Auction Points, he could even unlock the Auction Mall.

At that point, he would no longer need to rely on draws and could use Auction Points to exchange for whatever he wanted.

Of course, compared with drawing prizes, exchange prices were much higher.

Take the Unlimited Grade 1 Soul Power Pill, for instance. Exchanging for such a pill started at one million Auction Points.

One million Auction Points were equivalent to one million Gold Soul Coins.

With the revenue of Langya Auction House, earning one million Gold Soul Coins would take at least ten years.

Although Copper Soul Coins were the lowest currency circulating among soul masters on the Soul Master Continent, Copper Soul Coins were not actually the lowest-grade currency.

Ordinary people generally used ordinary gold, silver, and copper coins.

As for Soul Coins, they were forged from gold, silver, and copper, with Soul Power infused into them during the minting process.

Their value exceeded that of ordinary coins of the same grade by more than a thousandfold.

A single Gold Soul Coin was worth over a thousand gold coins.

On the continent, the design of every coin was naturally subject to clear regulations. Each coin was three millimeters thick and two centimeters in diameter.

Of course, because the materials differed, their weights naturally differed as well.

A gold coin weighed more than a silver coin, which weighed more than a copper coin.

Gold Soul Coins, Silver Soul Coins, and Copper Soul Coins forged from gold, silver, and copper followed standards roughly similar to those of ordinary gold, silver, and copper coins.

Langya Auction House could earn anywhere from tens of thousands to one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins a year. Among ordinary people, that was an unimaginable fortune.

After all, most ordinary people used copper coins, only the wealthy used silver coins, and only nobles used gold coins.

Even gold coins were worth a thousand times less than Gold Soul Coins.

It could be said that after crossing over, Lin Shu's background already surpassed that of ninety percent of people.

After all, even on the Soul Master Continent, where Soul Power reigned supreme, it was already quite good if five out of ten people could become soul masters.

And even those who could become soul masters might not reach Lin Shu's level, much less compare to Langya Auction House.

Measured against his previous life, Lin Shu's background was equivalent to being the descendant of the richest man in a county—a truly top-tier status.

Yet with such a background, it would still take ten years of savings just to barely exchange for one Unlimited Grade 1 Soul Power Pill.

The value of this Unlimited Grade 1 Soul Power Pill was evidently astonishing.

If Lin Shu wanted to grow, he had to accumulate Auction Points quickly.

He needed to build up a substantial reserve of Auction Points for the items he would need in the future.

"Even if this Unlimited Grade 1 Soul Power Pill fails to reach the System's exchange price after this auction, as long as it brings in more than ten thousand Auction Points—far exceeding the hundred Auction Points needed for a draw—I won't lose out!"

Lin Shu did not expect a single Unlimited Grade 1 Soul Power Pill to grant him financial freedom.

This was merely a starting point, something to open up the market and make a name for himself.

Once the auction house relocated to Langya Prefecture in the Central Martial Region, the heart of the continent, that would be when real money-making began.

Just then,

the Fifth Elder came to report:

"Guild Master, a woman has arrived at the auction house. She says she is here to interview for the position of auctioneer!"

Hearing this, Lin Shu immediately said without hesitation:

"What? Do I need to handle even an auctioneer interview? Then what use is an elder like you?"

"The auction house has held so many auctions before. Didn't we have dedicated auctioneers? Why do we need to recruit new ones?"

The Fifth Elder hurriedly replied:

"Guild Master, we did not put out any recruitment notice. That woman came on her own!"

"Moreover, her background seems far from ordinary. Even after our auction house used such decisive measures to cripple eight people from Langya Hall, she showed no fear at all."

Upon hearing that,

Lin Shu became somewhat interested.

"In that case, bring her here. I want to see what kind of woman dares to come for an interview. If she lacks professional ability, then even if her background is extraordinary, she can forget about joining Langya Auction House!"

After hearing Lin Shu's words, the Fifth Elder immediately went to make the arrangements.

Not long afterward,

the Fifth Elder brought a woman over.

Judging from her height, she was probably over 1.8 meters tall.

Although humans on the Soul Master Continent were generally taller than they had been before Lin Shu crossed over,

it was fairly common here for those with excellent lineage to exceed two meters in height.

However, women were somewhat shorter by comparison. Even exceptional women found it difficult to exceed two meters, yet this woman appeared quite young, probably only around twenty years old, and she was already this tall. No wonder the Fifth Elder said her background was not simple.

This world was unlike Lin Shu's previous life. There, a woman's height was basically fixed by the age of twenty.

Here, as cultivation improved, one's height would continue to increase slowly, though not by much.

For the woman before him to exceed 1.8 meters, either her cultivation was not weak, or her lineage was exceptional.

In the terms of his previous life, her genes were excellent!

One had to know,

Lin Shu himself, as a man, was only a little over 1.9 meters tall at the age of eighteen.

But Lin Shu was a descendant of a Title Douluo.

Of course, the woman's height was secondary.

Her appearance and bearing were equally outstanding.

Her aura in particular seemed to carry a faint trace of nobility.

For even Lin Shu to feel this way, it meant that this woman was undoubtedly a noble even within the soul master world.

At the very least, she was a descendant of a Title Douluo.

For a descendant of a Title Douluo to become an auctioneer was rather thought-provoking.

Lin Shu did not waste words and went straight to the point:

"Since you wish to become an auctioneer for Langya Auction House, first give me a simple introduction. For example, your name, identity, and proof that you are qualified to serve as an auctioneer!"

"Of course, you may choose to hide your identity, and I may choose not to hire you!"

The woman directly replied:

"My name is Su Qian. I am from the Yaoquan Empire and have some ties to the Yaoquan Imperial Family. As for proof that I am qualified to be an auctioneer, would this token suffice?"

Su Qian?

Lin Shu froze.

That surname was indeed the same as Empress Yao, Su Yao's.

Then, Lin Shu looked at the token.

It was actually a Treasure Appraisal Token, and a Level 7 Appraisal Token at that, representing that she was a Seventh-level Appraiser.

"Good. From this day forward, you will be the Chief Auctioneer of Langya Auction House!"