Zhao's Auction House

Chapter 45 Zhao's Auction House

Of course, upon entering the auction house, he deliberately wore a black mask to conceal his identity.

If we're talking about the top families in the country, the Zhao family definitely deserves a place. In terms of magical assets alone, the Zhao family is undisputed as the number one family.

Not to mention Shanghai, the Zhao family's influence even extends overseas, with Zhao's auctions enjoying a high reputation in many bustling cities abroad.

The China World Trade Center is one of Shanghai's landmark buildings, and the top floor is where Zhao's auction house is located.

Those who can enter and leave this place are basically either rich or noble, mostly scions of aristocratic families, high-level hunters...

High-level mages, who are rarely seen on ordinary days, are everywhere here.

Even ordinary people with some wealth can only wander around the lower floors at most, and most likely won't be able to get into the auction house on the top floor.

Sure enough, the moment Ling Tianyu stepped into the auction house, he was stopped by a young and beautiful hostess.

Those who are responsible for receiving customers here are absolutely stunning, with most scoring above 80 points. They would be considered one in a hundred beauties in the outside world.

"Hello sir, this is an auction house. Do you have any identification or a membership card from our bank?"

The hostess was surprised to see Ling Tianyu's handsome yet slightly boyish face. However, her professionalism compelled her to speak to him.

"I have something to auction; could you please contact your appraiser?"

Ling Tianyu replied politely.

"What could someone so young possibly have to auction off?" The hostess didn't really believe he could bring out anything valuable; she just thought he was an innocent high school student having fun.

It has to be said that Ling Tianyu's good looks played a significant role; normally, she would have already started kicking him out.

The hostess patiently explained, "The starting bids for everything here are over five million. Can you bring out items of sufficient value?"

Ling Tianyu isn't stupid; he probably wouldn't call an appraiser unless he revealed something.

In the original story, Mo Fan was incredibly lucky to get into the auction house. Without the help of the second young master of the Zhao family, he probably wouldn't have even been able to get through the door.

After all, no one will listen to the nonsense of a mere "rookie hunter," and even a "senior hunter" falls short. Only the title of "elite hunter" carries enough weight here.

"This is my hunter's certificate, and this time I'm sending out a Warrior-level spirit for auction."

Even servant-level spirits are considered beneath contempt in an auction of this caliber, so Ling Tianyu immediately threw out the main attraction.

He didn't believe that an appraiser could resist the temptation of a warrior-level spirit.

"Respected Hunter Elite, please forgive my rudeness, I will go and call the appraiser right away!" The hostess's heart skipped a beat when she saw the four gold-embossed characters "Hunter Elite" on Ling Tianyu's certificate.

Such a young [Hunter Elite]?

Now the hostess had no more doubts. The [Elite Hunter] did indeed have the ability to hunt down demon generals, and his demon general's essence was most likely genuine.

Looks like my commission is in the works!

The appraiser at Zhao's Auction House was a balding, fat old man with gold-rimmed glasses perched on his nose, who looked very professional.

"Sir, could you please show me the items you're selling? I'd like to know how to price them."

Ling Tianyu nodded, took out six storage magic artifacts from his backpack (actually from his personal space), and placed them on the table in front of him.

"This is the essence of a warrior, and the other five are the essences of servants. Please check the quality, and I hope the price will satisfy me!"

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In theory, once the auction list is finalized, it cannot be changed. However, the competition for spirit essences is even fiercer than for spirit seeds. Which mage bidding for an item doesn't want it to appear?

The bald man examined the six essences carefully, a smile playing on his lips. Satisfied, he said to Ling Tianyu, "Sir, these six essences are all perfectly preserved. I plan to auction off the five servant essences together, and the warrior essence separately. The starting price for both is 1200 million. What do you think?"

"1200 million, isn't that a bit too little?" Ling Tianyu frowned, somewhat dissatisfied.

"Sir, our starting price is indeed not high, but based on past experience, your items will likely sell for no less than forty-five million!"

"Alright, that's settled then!" Ling Tianyu nodded, then said to the hostess beside him, "So, am I eligible to go in now?"

"Yes, yes, of course!" The hostess was almost stunned by the sudden surprise. Forty-five million, with the auction house taking a 10% commission, even if she only got one-thousandth of it, it was still equivalent to half a month's salary!

"By the way, our auction house has a rule that any monk who has sold items here will receive a free membership!" the auctioneer reminded them.

"Sir, your membership card will be delivered to you after the auction!"

"Oh? I didn't expect this unexpected surprise!"

In this way, I won't have to go through as much trouble as I do today when I enter Zhao's auction house in the future!

Led by a hostess into the auction venue, I admired the opulent splendor along the way. In my previous life, I was just an ordinary student; I had never seen such extravagant decorations.

Is this the world of the rich?

In his past life, Ling Tianyu deeply hated the rich and privileged. He never expected that the dragon slayer would become the dragon himself, and he would end up living the very thing he hated most in his past life.

Compared to the long corridor, the auction hall was much more luxurious, with dazzling lights illuminating the space and making it incredibly beautiful – a pleasure to behold.

Leather seats and other features are standard equipment, needless to say.

Without Mo Fan's protagonist aura, no one came up to cause trouble for Ling Tianyu along the way.

He was happy to live a peaceful life. Showing off and getting slapped in the face was too much trouble. Wasn't it better to just stay put and develop his character?

Ling Tianyu casually found a place to sit down and waited for the auction to begin.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Zhao's Auction House!"

A middle-aged man in a black suit slowly walked onto the auction platform in the center of the hall.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Zhao Benshan, the top auctioneer from the Zhao family. This auction is hosted by…"

The auctioneer didn't waste any time and quickly got to the point.

"This is our first item up for auction: a magical artifact, the Swift Boots!"

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Nothing at the auction sold for less than five million.

The auction items are diverse, ranging from magical tools that enhance a mage's attributes to young, high-bloodline summon beast cubs...

"The fifth item for auction: five slave-level spirit essences, starting bid 12 million!"

"How many?"

"Five servant spirits! That's quite a sum!"

Its rarity stems from the extremely low drop rate of the essence and the expensive collection containers.

As the saying goes, things are valued for their rarity, and this applies to spirits as well.

Even in the magical capital city, where magical resources are abundant, spirit essences are undoubtedly in high demand.

"Fifteen million!" A man with thick eyebrows and big eyes was the first to bid, raising the price by three million from the original price, showing his determination to win.

"Old man Mu, fifteen million? You think you can give me a beggar's coin? I'll offer twenty million!"

These scions of prominent families in Shanghai have too many entanglements among their senior members, and they often engage in open and covert struggles, constantly trying to trip each other up.

Even if they're not interested in the auction items, they might still want to get involved. Not for any other reason than to prove a point.

Ling Tianyu had already discovered this situation during the previous bidding process, and he was secretly pleased.

"The fiercer you fight, the better, because I'll be the one who benefits in the end!"

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