Bidder 23 hesitated for a moment. He had only recently arrived in the Divine Plane. Back at the Plane Teleportation Array, people from Qingxuan City had invited them to join them and told them about the dangers of the Divine Plane. But the couple had not wanted to go onto someone else's territory, so they had left.
Later, however, they had encountered danger. To protect his Lowgod wife, he had used his Innate Divine Ability and exhausted too much of his Power of the Soul. Now he had no choice but to steel himself and continue bidding for this Soul Gold Bead.
Gritting his teeth, he raised his paddle again. "Number 23 bids fifteen thousand."
After he spoke, the gods all looked at bidder 103, as though urging him to continue. Bidder 103 chose to remain silent.
Seeing that bidder 103 was no longer bidding, the host called for further bids three times as usual.
Clang-
"Congratulations to bidder 23! With a bid of fifteen thousand Qingxuan Coins, you have won one Soul Gold Bead, a Soul-Healing Treasure."
After announcing that, she continued, "Thank you all for coming. Those who won treasures, please go backstage to complete your transactions. Of course, guests who did not win anything need not be discouraged. Our Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion will auction another Soul Gold Bead in fifty years."
Most of the gods who had failed to win the bead committed this news to memory. Bidder 103 gave Lowgod 23 a long look, then left expressionlessly!
Bidder 23 went backstage and met Aurora, who was responsible for handling the transactions there. After the currency changed hands, Aurora took a Soul Gold Bead the size of a small mung bean out of her Interspatial Ring.
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