Chapter 149: Bidding Wars
Li Lang’s group got settled in their seats in the auditorium of the auction house. A moment later, the lights dimmed, and an old man took to the stage. He had white unkempt facial hair and would be mistaken for a homeless man if he wasn’t wearing clean clothes.
He gestured for the crowd to quiet down, then glanced over at one of the servant boys. They answered by carrying over a large wooden chest to the center of the stage.
Everyone knew it contained the first lot for today’s auction, but no one bothered to question why he decided to place it in a chest instead of in a space ring. The old man simply continued as it was. He pointed at the chest and the lid flew open at his gesture.
Inside the container was a lone pair of sandals and nothing else. It was made from rose-colored wood and had an eye-catching sheen to it.
“New stuff, low-tier Earth-grade Skysandals. Allows you to fly with hard-to-predict movements, unlike Skyswords. Rating five and starting price of fifty red crystals.”
The old man was curt, but the auction quickly went on without taking note of it.
“Eighty!” one of the Young Masters from the floors above yelled.
“Ninety!”
“One-fifty!” a voice from the opposite side of the venue angrily shouted out.
It was apparent that the two factions of orthodox and demonic were in contention with each other. While they couldn’t fight in Polarity City, they could at least unleash their frustrations in a bidding war. No one stopped them as it played to the city’s advantage to allow it to happen.
The price grew quickly as various cultivators salivated at the chance to own the new model of flying artifacts. It allowed one to conserve their energy while moving faster than those without one. However, there were some hesitant people in the crowd simply due to preferring Skyswords.
“Hmph, these new Skysandals are only marginally more manageable but a lot slower than Skyswords.”