"The next lot is a set of Seven Luminaries Evil Suppressing Talismans, consigned to Treasure Forest by Fu Ling Sect."
"The next lot is an Boundless Sealing Grand Array, produced by Tiangong Gate..."
"..."
The auction continued in full swing. As the lots gradually grew more valuable, the people in attendance competed ever more fiercely. Even the Immortal Gates and cultivation families who had come for the Snake Mountain Bronze Cauldron would bid on anything that caught their eye. That was, after all, the whole point of revealing the headline lots in advance.
Yue Wen conducted a few little experiments during the auction.
He wanted to find out whether those people really weren't raising their paddles because of him. So when the auctioneer announced a lot, he pretended to lift his paddle. The people around him abruptly froze.
Then Yue Wen turned the paddle around and scratched his head with its pointed end.
Everyone around him breathed a sigh of relief.
For the next lot, he suddenly lifted his paddle halfway. When everyone around him held their breath and watched, he used it to fan himself.
The agents around him were all practically fuming.
This was a serious occasion. Stop moving around, you idiot!
Are you that hot?
Are you even a professional agent?
Because nearly all the clients in their earpieces had warned them not to bid against the person in Seat 167. They were to wait and see whether he raised his paddle before making a move. As a result, the agents, all tense as they watched Yue Wen, were put through the wringer again and again.
Whenever Yue Wen lifted a hand, the entire room seemed to hold its breath for a moment.
In the end, Yue Wen concluded that his high bid for the Purple Jade