Chapter 3916: Since You Want In, Did You Think You Could Launch the Journey West Without Paying?!
The auction venue resembled an ancient opera house—and an unimaginably enormous one at that!
After all, a single seat could accommodate a Titan Giant with room to spare... For guests of normal size, sitting down was like settling onto a gigantic bed.
Whatever else one might say, they had certainly gone all out on grandeur.
Still, the best seats were undoubtedly in the upstairs VIP section!
When the auction officially began, something unexpected happened: three lights lit up in the upstairs VIP section!
The guests on the first floor couldn't help growing curious and whispering among themselves.
"...What's going on? Why are there three lights? Didn't they say the Void Spirit Mountain wasn't coming? Did they change their minds?"
"No idea. They haven't shown themselves, so it's hard to tell whether it's really someone from the Void Spirit Mountain..."
"The Heavenly Kingdom and the Heavenly Court are seated upstairs... Who besides the Void Spirit Mountain is qualified to sit alongside them?"
"No one on the Mythological Side, sure, but that doesn't mean there isn't anyone among the other three major sides."
"True... But isn't the Journey to the West Project a specialty of the Mythological Side? Why would the other sides come here to compete?"
"Can't they be here for the other auction items? This auction isn't just selling spots in the project..."
"Fair point..."
On the auction venue's second floor, in the Heavenly Kingdom's box... A translucent curtain had been lowered across the entrance. Naturally, its material was exceptionally fine, designed to prevent anyone outside from peering in.
Raguel was studying the location of the third light with curiosity. With the curtain blocking his view, even he couldn't immediately discern