After roughly the time it took to eat a meal, Xiao Ying had mastered the auction rules and controls. By then, three or four treasures had already been auctioned off.
Looking at Silver Wing, Tianjia, and the others, Xiao Ying said amiably:
"It's rare to attend an auction of this scale, especially with VIP treatment. Have some fun yourselves. Don't waste the opportunity. We're all among friends here, so there's no need to stand on ceremony..."
"Uh..."
Everyone present, including the maid, wore a different expression, but all looked decidedly odd.
Have fun?! The Black Tower High Priest had come to an auction like this just to play around? If word got out, he would become the laughingstock of the world!
Seeing their strange reactions, Xiao Ying gave it some thought and instructed, "Oh, right! Bid on every intact soul on the list, provided the price doesn't exceed half its market value. Also, if there's anything you want, cultivation methods or otherwise, you can bid on it too. Don't hold back!"
"What?!"
Everyone's mouths fell open. Silver Wing's phoenix eyes widened, and she pursed her crimson lips as she glared at Xiao Ying. Her beautiful, bright eyes, limpid as flowing water, seemed to say: Don't you dare make a mess here!
Xiao Ying's expression darkened, and he said gravely, "This is my order, and one of the main reasons I brought you here!"
"Innate five-element essence, gathered from a newly opened world. The size of a fist, weighing seven thousand five hundred jin. Bidding starts at five hundred thousand, with increments of no less than ten thousand!"
Meanwhile, the auction introduced another lot. A "newly opened world" meant a new minor world recently discovered by a faction, containing many innate materials, not the primordial opening of heaven and earth.
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