Gods Must Not Be Offended!

As the System's voice faded, ten indigo beams descended from the sky and landed directly on ten red wooden chairs!

When the light dissipated, ten figures appeared one after another.

Each person was obscured by faint black mist, making it impossible for them to see one another's clothing or features.

But as the owner of the Misty Auction House, Lin Ziyi could see everyone clearly through the mist.

They were extravagantly dressed and carried themselves with unusual grace. Without exception, they were all wealthy people!

Eerie black mist once again surfaced around Lin Ziyi, adding a touch of mystery to his entire person and concealing his heroic appearance.

He looked at the ten people sitting in the chairs, all of them wearing bewildered expressions.

The young man realized that this Misty Auction House seemed capable of pulling anyone in from anywhere, so long as they met the requirements for bidding!

As his gaze swept across their faces, Lin Ziyi suddenly found three of them somewhat familiar!

The man seated in the first position was handsome and mature, with long sacred golden hair. A holy aura radiated from him, one that only Lin Ziyi could sense!

Seated in the sixth position was a stunningly beautiful mature woman. Her waterfall-like snow-white hair fell behind her back, while her sea-blue eyes carried both gentleness and coldness...

The man seated in the tenth position wore blood-red armor and exuded an aura of death. His horrifying face made him look like a vicious ghost from hell!

Lin Ziyi felt that these three resembled three peak Douluo from the Douluo Continent!

He had never expected the System to be able to "invite" even them. Could its authority have already reached the level of gods?!

Just as Lin Ziyi was examining the three of them, the fat man in the second seat, dressed in a black suit, suddenly spoke.

"Oh, my God of Wealth! This is absolutely the shabbiest auction I have ever attended in my life!

"If Kafu hadn't drained all my energy last night, I definitely wouldn't be having such a strange dream right now!

"When I wake up, I'll use my black, glossy pointed leather shoes to kick her ass hard!"

Hearing that damned translated-sounding manner of speech, Lin Ziyi smiled.

This fatty thought he was dreaming... That was indeed the normal reaction.

Although Lin Ziyi could see what he looked like, he had no way of determining whether he was a Soul Master. He did not know whether the man was pretending to be foolish or genuinely believed he was dreaming.

After all, Lin Ziyi himself was only a level 0 rookie Soul Master...

The fat man's words instantly brought the others back to their senses.

A delicate pink-haired little girl in Lolita clothing, seated in the fourth position, gave the fat man a haughty snort.

"Even if I can't hear your actual voice clearly, can you stop with that disgusting translated-sounding way of talking? It's seriously so lame~"

Seeing someone question his taste, the fat man in the second seat immediately retorted.

"Oh, my God of Wealth! You truly lack elegance.

"This is not some so-called translated-sounding manner of speech. It is the tone commonly used among us nobles!

"It is filled with the utmost refinement and sense of ceremony, something uncultured commoners like you will never understand... class!"

The little girl gave a disdainful "Tch" and ignored him.

For the next while, everyone except the three peak Douluo began chattering away at once.

Only the three strongest Soul Masters on the continent kept staring at the humanoid creature on the platform, which seemed to be formed from black mist.

Clearly, they all knew they were not dreaming. They had truly arrived in a bizarre space!

The silent figure on the auction platform was undoubtedly the culprit who had summoned them here!

The three of them could not understand how, with their strength as Level 99 Limit Douluo, they had still been unable to resist this summoning.

Could this Black Mist Person be an existence on the level of a god?!

Just as everyone was bewildered, Lin Ziyi finally spoke from the auction platform.

"Silence."

The two casually spoken words sounded like thunder exploding in everyone's ears, frightening them into obediently shutting their mouths!

The three peak Douluo looked even more stunned! That voice had just made their souls tremble!

They became even more convinced that this Black Mist Person was an incomparably exalted existence!

Seeing everyone obediently fall silent, Lin Ziyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

This was his first time hosting an auction, and with his insufficient strength, he had been worried that he would not be able to keep the situation under control.

But now, it seemed these people were being quite cooperative...

Having long since prepared his words, he introduced the place to them.

"As you have seen and felt, you are not dreaming. You have arrived at my Misty Auction House!

"Only those fated to encounter this auction house will be invited here.

"I will hold a grand auction here, and the items being auctioned will all be treasures rarely seen in this world!

"If you possess sufficient wealth, you may obtain unprecedented power from me!"

After hearing the Black Mist Person's words, some people were amazed, some were confused, and others were frightened and lost...

But clearly, they were all convinced that they truly were not dreaming! They had genuinely arrived in an indescribably bizarre place!

The man seated in the first position was none other than Spirit Hall's Great Enshriner, Qian Daoliu, the owner of a Level 99 Six-Winged Angel Spirit!

At that moment, hearing the Black Mist Person's androgynous voice, he could not determine whether the other party was male or female at all!

Beyond that, he discovered that he could not even do something as simple as standing up.

An invisible force seemed to glue his buttocks to the chair, making it impossible for him to leave his seat!

Even the Soul Power he took pride in could not be used at all, including his Spirit Bone Skills and the soul techniques he had created himself...

This Misty Auction House was likely something similar to a domain.

Within this infinitely mysterious domain, none of their methods could be used!

Lin Ziyi looked at the still somewhat uneasy crowd and comforted them in a gentle voice.

"Rest assured, everyone. So long as you do nothing out of line and peacefully accompany me through this auction, there will be no danger.

"But if anyone dares disrupt the auction's order and obstruct its proceedings... I will make him pay a price he cannot bear!"

Hearing those threatening words, everyone looked at one another and did not dare say much.

Only the man seated in the tenth position, wearing a foul expression on his demon-like face, urged impatiently.

"Then hurry up and begin! I'd like to see what kind of treasure a pretentious fraud like you can produce!"

Hearing those utterly impolite words, Lin Ziyi's gaze abruptly fell upon him.

This demon-faced man was Tang San's great-grandfather, Tang Chen!

But at present, he was clearly still the King of Slaughter, possessed by the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King!

Lin Ziyi had originally only given him a casual glance.

However, when that gaze fell into the King of Slaughter's eyes, it was like a branding iron scorching them!

A thought that terrified him to the core suddenly rose in the King of Slaughter's heart.

Gods must not be offended!

Gods must not be spoken of rashly!!

Gods must not be looked upon directly!!!

The original work stated, "One Gold Soul Coin is enough to cover several months of expenses for a family of three."

Let us assume that an ordinary family's monthly expenses in reality are only one thousand, and treat "several months" here as nine months.

Then one Gold Soul Coin would have roughly the purchasing power of ten thousand in our world.

But the original work also stated that "one Gold Soul Coin can buy 150 loaves of bread." Converted to modern prices, that would mean a single loaf of bread costs a freaking sixty-six...

Never mind whether such expensive bread even exists in reality. Even if it did, could an ordinary family afford to consume it as part of their daily diet?

Furthermore, the original work also stated that "two Copper Soul Coins can buy a cheap boxed meal."

And since 1 Gold Soul Coin = 100 Copper Soul Coins ≈ money, then 1 Copper Soul Coin ≈ 100.

That meant two Copper Soul Coins, or two hundred, were needed to buy a cheap boxed meal... Why are things on your Hydrogen Continent so expensive?

By this point, dear readers should be able to see just how severely the currency system in the original Douluo work had collapsed, right?

But after all, it was a book written more than ten years ago. Such oversights were perfectly normal and entirely understandable.

But understanding was one thing. As a fanfiction novel, I could not possibly continue using the original work's mistakes, could I?

That would be far too irresponsible toward my lovely readers~

But I have never been an author who likes using exaggeratedly huge numbers just to grab attention.

Those other authors who casually throw around prices of hundreds of millions or tens of billions... Don't they feel embarrassed and fake while writing that?

So let me explain this to all of you in advance: in this novel, 1 Gold Soul Coin = 10 Silver Soul Coins = 100 Copper Soul Coins ≈ RMB.

Even if the novel differs from reality, this humble author does not want the prices in the story to become detached from real-world foundations.

But as long as you readers use real-world prices as a reference, you will find that the prices written by this humble author are not low at all!

So there will not be any inflated, exaggeratedly huge numbers later in this book. I hope you readers can understand and forgive me a little~???