About half an hour later, the Song Chamber of Commerce's auction finally began.
The auctioneer in charge of the auction was a middle-aged man in the late Zongshi realm.
"My name is Song Yan, and I am the auctioneer in charge of this auction. I know that all of you have come to this auction to buy the items you want, so I will cut to the chase and get to the point.”Song Yan stood on the auction stage and looked at the hall and the private rooms upstairs as he cupped his hands.
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"A late-stage grandmaster auctioneer? "What a big deal. Only the Song family, which is ranked in the top five of the aristocratic families, can be so generous. As expected of a family with a martial grandmaster. I can feel that I have an opportunity in this auction. I don't know if I have enough funds. If it's not enough, I can only borrow some from Tang Xuan and the others. If it's not enough, I can only use Master's favor."”
"Master once had an old friendship with the Song Clan's Great Grandmaster. He gave Master a token and said that with this token, the Song Clan would help him unconditionally. Master gave me this token before I left, and I hope I don't use it. After all, this is a favor from the Song Clan. It's too wasteful to use it on an auction item.”Ye Chen thought to himself when he saw Song Yan on the auction stage.
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Very quickly, Song Yan brought out the first auction item of the day. It was an ancient ink painting of mountains and rivers, and one could not tell its age.
"Everyone, this painting was passed down from the Han Dynasty. I don't know who painted it, but this painting is definitely the highest display of the ancient people's superb painting skills. When this painting is placed on the water, it seems to come alive. The water in the painting flows, the birds in the painting fly away, and even the flowers and trees seem to have life.”
"After the painting is taken out of the water, everything will return to its original state. At the same time, this painting is also made of a special material that does not touch water. After taking it out of the water, it will not get wet, as if it was not put into the water. The starting price of this painting is 300 million, and each bid must not be lower than 10 million.”Song Yan pointed at the landscape painting and introduced it.
After the introduction, he asked someone to bring a square bucket and place the painting in the water.
Just as Song Yan had said, the painting really wanted to come alive.
Seeing this strange scene, many people revealed some interest.
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"Young Master, if it's possible, please bid for this painting.”In Zhao Zheng's private room, Ling Donglai suddenly spoke to Zhao Zheng via secret sound transmission.
"Old Ling, is there anything wrong with this thing?”Hearing the voice in his ear, Zhao Zheng also asked Ling Donglai through secret sound transmission.
Because the auction had been brought forward, the items at the auction would be different from those three months later. At the very least, Zhao Zheng had not seen this painting in his future memories, so he did not take it seriously. However, when Ling Donglai suddenly spoke, Zhao Zheng revealed his interest. After all, an item that Ling Donglai wanted to bid for would definitely not be simple.
"This painting contains a type of Feng Shui technique. When this painting is placed in water, the birds will fly, the water will flow, and the flowers and trees will sway. These are all special Feng Shui characters that only those who are truly proficient in Feng Shui can understand. Although I don't know the level of Feng Shui in this painting, it is definitely much more powerful than the Feng Shui chapter that I created.”Ling Dong replied.
"Feng Shui? As expected of the main character. Even if I steal the Divine-Ghost Fengshui Technique, will I still get a new Fengshui Technique as compensation for the main character's halo? Although its level might not be as high as that of the Ghosts, Geomancy, and Fortune Telling Art, it was probably only one level lower, right? At the very least, it was a top-notch cultivation technique. Fortunately, he had drawn Ling Donglai from the lottery last time. Otherwise, wouldn't he have missed it?”When Zhao Zheng heard Ling Donglai's words, he glanced at Ye Chen through the window and thought to himself.
"310 million."
"320 million."
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At this moment, there were people bidding continuously in the auction hall. In a very short period of time, the price had risen to 470 million.
After reaching this number, it stopped.
In the eyes of those who understood this landscape painting, it was priceless. However, in the eyes of those who did not understand it, it was a highly skilled landscape painting with limited value.
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"500 million."
After a long time, when no one else raised the bid, Ye Chen finally called out the bid in the hall.
"I thought you didn't see through the secret of this landscape painting. It seems that I was thinking too much. I was just waiting for you to open your mouth and bid.”When Zhao Zheng heard Ye Chen's bid, he smiled inwardly.
Zhao Zheng did not bid all this while because he was waiting for Ye Chen to bid.
This was because his method of obtaining luck value was to go against the protagonist. If Ye Chen did not see any clues and did not bid, he would not be able to obtain Ye Chen's luck value even if he bought this landscape painting.
However, now that Ye Chen had opened his mouth to purchase the landscape painting, it had formed a connection with the landscape painting. If Zhao Zheng seized it now, he would be able to obtain Ye Chen's luck value.
"600 million."
Just as Song Yan was about to give the landscape painting to Ye Chen, Zhao Zheng spoke from the private room.
Ye Chen's pupils constricted when he heard Zhao Zheng's voice.
Ye Chen clenched his fists tightly and his face was filled with rage.
He would never forget this voice.
"You destroyed my opportunity. I originally wanted to deal with you in two days, but now you actually dare to appear and oppose me. Alright, there's no time like the present. After tonight's auction ends, I'll make you and the Zhao family pay a painful price.”Ye Chen thought to himself gloomily.
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"It's Zhao Zheng's voice." Tang Xuan. Li Yu immediately recognized him when he heard Zhao Zheng's voice.
"Brother Tang, Brother Li, I like this landscape painting very much. I don't have enough funds at the moment, so can you lend me some?”Ye Chen said to Tang Xuan and Li Yu.
"Brother Ye, what's the point of borrowing? You saved my father last night, so you've done a great favor to my Tang family. I have one billion here, so just take it. Also, I've been unhappy with Zhao Zheng for a long time. If you don't want to bid, I'll fight with him even if I hear this voice. However, since you like this landscape painting, I won't fight with you. We're all brothers, so there's no point.”Tang Xuan smiled at Ye Chen.
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