The Tomb Raiders Are Here

"Thump!"

The moment the gavel struck, the entire auction hall fell silent. (Please search (品书网) to read the most complete novels!)

An elderly man with white hair stood before the audience, smiling as he looked down at the crowd.

Thank you all for attending tonight's auction.

"Next, I will briefly introduce the basic procedures of tonight's auction."

"First..."

Secondly...

"At last..."

"Alright, now I hereby announce that tonight's auction has officially begun. Please welcome the first item for auction."

A graceful young woman approached, carrying a plate.

The old man lifted the cloth, revealing a red and white Poké Ball.

"Whoosh~"

A gasp erupted in the auction hall. No one had expected that the item up for auction would be a little elf!

The old man gestured for everyone to be quiet and introduced, "As you all probably know, this is our first item for auction tonight, the little sprite that has recently become all the rage throughout the Great Chu."

"Because the owner cannot show himself, we cannot let the Pokémon out, but I can tell you that there is a rare Pokémon inside, and its name is Eevee."

It was even a rare-quality Pokémon! Another commotion erupted at the scene.

This is at least an eighth-tier existence! And someone's actually putting it up for auction!

It's been almost a month since I first entered the world of Pokémon, and in that month, no cultivator has ever put up a sign to sell a rare Pokémon.

The Pokémon up for auction tonight is the first rare-quality Pokémon to be sold in a month.

"It seems that the mastermind behind this is being targeted, otherwise they wouldn't have chosen to sell this little sprite," some cultivators below the stage discussed.

"What's this called again? I was browsing in the Bookstore a couple of days ago and there was an idiom in one of the books that I thought was particularly fitting, something like something about a pond or a forest." A cultivator thought for a while but couldn't remember.

"It's like 'fish in a pond and trees in a forest,' which comes from the 'Huainanzi: Shuoshan Xun,' meaning to be innocently implicated and suffer misfortune," another cultivator interjected.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's this book! This idiom is absolutely perfect here!" The cultivator exclaimed in sudden realization, clapping his hands in praise.

"Brother, as the saying goes, 'Those who Zhuolu don't care about rabbits,' you still need to put your heart into reading. After all, reading a book isn't cheap," the cultivator who had just given him pointers said, stroking his beard.

Despite being lectured, the cultivator showed no anger whatsoever; instead, his face became solemn as he cupped his hands and said, "I have learned much. May I ask how I should address you, elder?"

"My name is Zuo Tang."

"Left Master!"

The group of people watching were completely bewildered. What was all this about? They were totally confused, but the two of them seemed to be having a great time, and listening to their sophisticated conversation made them seem much more sophisticated.

How could anyone not understand such a sophisticated conversation? Even if they didn't understand, they had to pretend they did. So the group listened to the conversation, nodding in agreement from time to time, until the auction items were introduced, at which point everyone stopped discussing.

"Now, we will begin the auction. The starting price is one million Spirit Crystal, and each bid must be at least one hundred thousand spirit crystals higher. The auction begins."

With a "thump!" the old man announced that the auction would begin.

"One million two hundred thousand"

One million five hundred thousand

Two million

Two and a half million

"Six million"

The bidding stopped at six million, which was clearly an extremely high price.

"Six million Spirit Crystal, is there anything more than six million?"

"Six million once, six million twice, six million three times."

"Congratulations to customer number xxx for successfully bidding on this rare Pokémon."

"Next, let's welcome our second item for auction."

A maidservant approached gracefully, and the old man continued to lift the veil, revealing a bell inside.

"This is the sixth-tier spiritual artifact, the Winged Flight Yang Bell. Its main functions are to calm the mind, refresh the spirit, and ward off evil spirits."

"If combined with the Yin Bell, it can become a seventh-tier spiritual weapon, possessing the power to seize souls and spirits."

"The starting price is 200,000 Spirit Crystal, and each bid must be at least 10,000 Spirit Crystal higher. The auction begins."

Two hundred and one thousand.

Two hundred and fifty thousand.

Below the stage, Liu Ying glanced at the Winged Flight on the stage, then at the silent Chang Kong, and quietly stuck out her tongue.

Inside the VIP room, Ma Feifei, who had been chatting with Gongsun Qiong, became interested when she heard the introduction of the Winged Flight Bell.

"To calm the mind and expel evil spirits?" Ma Feifei stroked his chin, deep in thought.

Ma Feifei remembered that there was a Side Quest in his Main Quest called 'Tomb Raider'.

"Let's buy it; we might come in handy someday." Ma Feifei pondered for a moment, clapped his hands, and called over the maid standing in the corner, instructing her to quote a price.

"The gentleman from VIP room number one is asking for 500,000."

Private room number one was naturally where Ma Feifei was staying.

"Wow~ it's doubled!" The people in the hall couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"You don't understand the world of the rich."

"Yes, someone who can sit in VIP room number one, would they care about such a small amount of money?"

"Master, it's doubled!" Liu Ying exclaimed happily from the corner.

Chang Kong also smiled; 500,000 was a lot, enough for him to buy several exclusive phone numbers.

In another corner, Lin Wuchi and Li Beiguo stared grimly at the direction of VIP room number one.

"How many Spirit Crystal do you have left, Northern Kingdom?" Lin Wuchi asked through gritted teeth.

Li Beiguo took out his spatial bag, looked at it, and said, "There are only a little over a thousand left."

Lin Wuchi turned and glared at Li Beiguo, cursing, "Bullshit! You just dug up the imperial tomb, and you're telling Laozi you don't have any Spirit Crystal?"

Li Beiguo was a little embarrassed and said, "I bought a Pokémon yesterday, it cost over a million."

Lin Wuchi was speechless. He glanced at Li Beiguo and said, "Then I'll continue filming. I'll pay for it first, and you can make it up to me later."

"Okay." Li Beiguo nodded.

"Six hundred thousand!" Lin Wuchi stopped holding up the sign and stood up to shout.

"Okay, customer number xxx has bid 600,000. Is there anyone bidding higher?"

Ma Feifei, who was in the private room, was taken aback when he heard that someone else was following. This thing didn't seem to be worth much, did it? They had already lost 600,000!

But Ma Feifei finally gets to film something, and someone else manages to steal it?

"Seven hundred thousand!"

"The VIP room 1 has asked for 700,000! Any higher bids?"

"Eight hundred thousand!" Lin Wuchi's temper flared.

"Nine hundred thousand!" Ma Feifei is rich.

Before Lin Wuchi could finish speaking, Li Beiguo covered his mouth and pulled him back to his feet.

"What are you doing? You dare to ask for a million? Are you out of your mind?" Li Beiguo shouted angrily.

If the Yang Bell Winged Flight, they would be worth this price; even selling them individually for half the price would be astronomical.

Lin Wuchi had been so angry that he lost his temper. After hearing Li Beiguo's words, he realized that he had acted too impulsively. He covered his head and began to calm down, but did not mention bidding again.

"Nine hundred thousand once, nine hundred thousand twice, nine hundred thousand three times, congratulations to the VIP in room number one for successfully bidding on this magical artifact."

Immediately afterwards, a chorus of blessings erupted from the onlookers in the hall.

Impressive!

Ma Feifei is happy.

Lin Wuchi looked at the location of VIP room number one with a grim face and said, "Beiguo, go and find out who's in VIP room number one."

Unlike Lin Wuchi, Li Beiguo seemed quite calm, saying, "What? Are you going to fight the big shots in the VIP room? Forget it, I want to live a few more years."

Their cultivation levels had only recently reached the Spirit Master ninth stage realm. A cultivator at the Spirit Ancestor realm could easily defeat them, let alone the important figures in the VIP room, who would at least be at the Spirit King level. Causing trouble for them? They must be asking for trouble.

"Fight? I'm not stupid enough to do that," Lin Wuchi said coldly.

"Then why do you need to know who's inside?" Li Beiguo asked, puzzled.

Since you're not looking to cause trouble for anyone, why bother finding out who they are? There's nothing you can do about it anyway, so it's better not to know. Finding out will only make you more upset!

"You can't dig up their ancestral graves!"