Chapter 20: Auction in Progress (Part )
This is a room of about square meters, the interior is extremely luxuriously decorated, filled with precious wood, jade, and various decorations that are obviously expensive at first glance.The decoration here is full of extravagance, but there is also a strange feeling of elegance that you have to praise.

Room No. 7 of Auction Hall No. 1 of the Mingdu Auction House is rectangular. One of the long walls is crystal clear and white. That wall is the only one without any decoration.

The large sofa is made of unknown animal skin. The long white hair is extremely soft. When you sit on it, you feel like you are sinking into it, but it also has good support.

The sofa is large enough to accommodate at least twenty people, and a variety of drinks and food are placed on the jade table.

Lu Xueling, Xilin, Bella and Huo Yuhao walked into the private room under the guidance of a maid, sat on the sofa and waited quietly.

"Sir, the auction will begin soon. Please wait for a moment with your companions. Of course, if you like other items during the auction, you can also bid for them. In the end, the profits will be deducted from the gold soul coins earned from your items."

Lu Xueling nodded slightly: "I understand."

The maid bowed again and said, "All the food and drinks here are free. After the auction, the items will be delivered to the room immediately. You just need to pay the bill at the end. You can eat something first. I will take my leave now."

Everyone was chewing the fruits of the King of Ten Thousand Demons along the way. Although they were sweet, they had not eaten proper human food for a long time, especially the young Xiao Yuhao. These things were like delicacies from the mountains and the sea to him. He put them on the table without saying a word and started to feast on them.

Xilin and Lu Xueling each picked up a glass of juice and started drinking, but Beibeilong was not interested in these things and of course took on the role of the Queen's dragon maid.

In just a few minutes, the entire room was painted with a layer of gold, and the three people and the dragon subconsciously turned their eyes to the area under the glass.

The soft golden light that was not dazzling was emitted by the soul guide lamp in the box, and the originally warm and comfortable atmosphere suddenly had a more noble feeling.

The spotlight shone, and a female auctioneer stepped forward and bowed respectfully to all the guests.

She looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a red gauze dress that set off her fair skin. Her melodious voice rang out: "Welcome all distinguished guests to the top auction at Mingdu Auction House. Today, we will present a total of nine precious items to you, and we will display them in order of value from low to high. I hope you will like them."

The first few items were of no interest to Lu Xueling and Xilin, and were not very useful. Xiao Yuhao was lively all the time, looking at each precious item with sparkling eyes, but he was a child after all, and after only looking for a while, he focused his attention on other items, his eyes were full of little stars.

"Human~I'm sleepy." Xilin put down the juice and rubbed her eyebrows.

Lu Xueling gently touched Xilin's head and said lovingly, "Then lean on me and take a nap."

"Hmm☆" Xilin snorted softly, snuggled in Lu Xueling's arms and closed her eyes to rest.

Beibeilong was holding the fruit plate, a trace of jealousy flashed across her eyes. She also wanted to be a pillow for the Queen, or even a lap pillow.

"Next is our third to last lot today. After this lot, it will be the grand finale of today. I believe everyone will be very surprised by then."

The etiquette lady pushed the penultimate lot. It can be seen from the shape of the cloth that this lot is not large, and the cloth is almost attached to the cart.

The female auctioneer walked to the cart holding a loudspeaker soul guide and introduced it with a smile: "I think all the distinguished guests here who are well versed in soul guides must be very familiar with this item. It is also a common item in soul guide auctions. It has an interesting name, called: [Baby Bottle]."

As she spoke, she lifted the curtain and picked up the lot from the cart.

It was a silver necklace, and the pendant of the necklace was a metal pendant in the shape of a baby bottle, about the size of an adult's thumb.

A milk bottle? I seem to have some impression of it...

Lu Xueling's attention was slightly focused on this [baby bottle].

If I remember correctly, this is a soul guide that can store soul power, that is, an auxiliary soul guide that increases the combat endurance of soul masters. If it can be improved...

While Lu Xueling's mind was racing, the auctioneer's introduction continued.

"The scientific name of this milk bottle should be called a charging soul guide device. It can be used by both soul masters and soul guides. The milk bottle can be a soul guide device of any level, but it must be made by a soul guide of at least level three."

"The function of the milk bottle is naturally to replenish soul power. The level of the milk bottle can replenish the soul power of the soul master of that level. When using it, you only need to charge the soul power in advance. But it also has certain limitations. That is, when using it, you must stop and absorb it with your whole body and mind. Otherwise, if you are not focused, you will not be able to guide this soul power."

"Okay, let's start the auction. The starting price is 6,000 gold soul coins, and each bid increase must not be less than 100 gold soul coins."

As soon as the auctioneer finished his introduction, competitors for the item immediately raised their placards to bid, and in less than a minute the price reached 13,000.

"Huo Yuhao." Lu Xueling suddenly shouted.

Huo Yuhao, who was concentrating on watching the auction, immediately turned around and looked at Lu Xueling with a bit of awe in his eyes: "Mr. Lu?"

Lu Xueling turned the straw in his hand and said seriously: "I plan to take a picture of this and give it to you. This is both a gift and a future task for you."

“For me?” Huo Yuhao pointed at himself, with an uncertain expression on his face.

Lu Xueling nodded calmly and said, "Yes."

As he spoke, he raised his sign and quoted a price: "3."

When the VIP box made the offer, the whole place fell silent. The female auctioneer's eyes changed from a professional smile to an eager one. No one would dislike the sponsor.

What's more, she had information in her hands that the finale item to be auctioned later was provided by this distinguished guest.

"30,000 once, 30,000 twice, 30,000 gold soul coins three times, deal!"

Perhaps in order to give Lu Xueling a good impression, the female auctioneer brought down the hammer extremely quickly, and the bottle was obtained.

It was only 30,000, far less than one thousandth of the starting price of the Shura Sword fragment he had put up. To say it was a drop in the bucket would be an exaggeration.

So next...

Opposite Lu Xueling's box, there sat an old man who looked to be no more than 40 years old. He was not tall but very broad. To describe him in the simplest terms, he was short and fat.

The short and fat figure is undoubtedly not suitable for long hair, but he has long hair. The brown-red hair is scattered behind his head, which makes his short and thick neck somewhat unclear.

He was less than 1.5 meters tall, but his waist was definitely over 1.5 meters. His black robe with gold thread patterns covered his round belly.

(Don’t blame me, Huang San really wrote Jing Hongchen’s appearance like this)

"A fragment of a divine weapon... who are you to have obtained such a rare treasure? But at least, this hall master swears to get it!!"

(End of this chapter)