Harvesting Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron

The auction began right on time.

On the auction stage, a woman in a long red dress walked out gracefully.

She looked to be about thirty, with striking beauty and a full figure. Wine-red hair spilled over her shoulders, and under the lights it looked like flowing flame.

She stopped at the center of the auction stage, swept her gaze across the entire hall, and lifted the corners of her mouth slightly in a perfectly measured smile.

"Honored guests, welcome to Heaven Dou Auction House. I am the chief auctioneer, Hong Yu."

Her voice was not loud, but it carried powerfully, and the entire hall immediately quieted down.

"The first item up for auction today is a piece of Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron."

With a wave of Hong Yu's hand, two burly men carried a pitch-black stone onto the auction stage and set it on a specially made display stand.

The display stand had been forged from refined steel, but the instant the stone was placed on it, the stand let out a creaking sound, clearly straining under the weight.

"It weighs five hundred and thirty jin, and its texture is extremely hard. Ordinary sabers and swords would not leave even a mark on it."

Hong Yu held a small hammer and lightly tapped the meteorite iron. "Clang—" The sound was crisp and lingering, echoing through the entire auction hall.

"This item can be used to forge divine weapons, or as material for armor. Starting bid: one thousand Gold Soul Coins. Each increase must be no less than one hundred Gold Soul Coins."

The auction hall fell quiet for a moment. Some people whispered to one another, some flipped through the catalog, and some closed their eyes to rest.

Five hundred jin of meteorite iron was very heavy, but its uses