Luo Lian'er bent gracefully and offered a formal salute, the snowy whiteness before her chest trembling with the motion, drawing a wave of fervent attention.
At the reaction from below, she smiled faintly, seeming rather pleased, and introduced the auction's rules as usual.
There was nothing more to it than this: the highest bidder won.
Threats and interference with others' bids were forbidden; probing another person's identity with spiritual sense was forbidden; so was bidding far beyond one's means, or deliberately driving up the price and then refusing to pay...
Once discovered, the offender would be expelled at best. At worst, their cultivation would be crippled. In especially serious cases, the auction house reserved the right to kill the troublemaker on the spot.
"Then the auction officially begins!"
"Please bring up the first treasure, the Flying Locust Mother-Child Stones!"
Luo Lian'er's charming voice rang out through the hall. It was not loud, yet it clearly fell into everyone's ears.
Lin Changheng raised his brows slightly. She must have used some kind of magical artifact to amplify her voice, producing such an effect.
Then a white-clad female attendant walked onto the stage carrying a tray and stopped facing the audience below.
The tray was raised. Fixed upon it were five irregular, yellow-gold stones—one large and four small—with spiritual light flickering across their surfaces.
"Everyone has surely heard of the Flying Locust Mother-Child Stones. They are a complete set of middle-grade offensive magical artifacts: the large stone commands the small ones, the small ones assist the large, and the mother and children move as one to strike together."
"This is also one of our House's signature magical artifacts. Its refinement is extraordinarily complicated, and only four sets are put up for sale each year. This opportunity must not be missed."
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