Chapter 181 (1/2)

Chapter 181: Auction (Part II)

Translator: Yukidaruma Translations  Editor: Yukidaruma Translations

Under Ferdinand’s nervous gaze, the subordinate left the hall for the door. After opening the door, Bang! Bang! Bang! Non-stop knocking sounds resounded.

He frowned and looked over to discover that five to six men were in the corridor, fixing up the place. He nodded and closed the door, shouting out to the leader, “Sir, it’s alright. Someone’s fixing up the wall over there.”

Ferdinand exhaled and thought to himself, ‘Thank goodness we made the arrangements earlier.’

The black-robed leader asked, “Why, don’t you have to go out and take charge?”

Ferdinand replied, “No, my job today is to wait upon everyone here. He pointed to a room above the hall and said, “Your room is over there. This is a secret auction, so all the buyers will be staying in their respective rooms. No one will find out your identities.”

Other than the seats in the hall , there were also some slightly elevated rooms which appeared to be observation booths. They were spread out in a circle around the entire hall. The people inside could look outside easily, but those outside would not be able to look in.

The black-robed leader nodded and headed for the room.

On the other side, under the lead of attendants, the buyers participating in the secret auction were led to the hall on the second story.

Fang Xingjian stood in the dark, while Robert signaled toward a man wearing a golden mask, “That’s him, Bruno. He’s probably going to be the winner of the auction this time around.”

Fang Xingjian nodded and looked toward the first story.

‘Hope that everything goes well.’

The auctions on both stories would start at the same time.

On the first story, only the black-robed sellers were real, while the others were all the trained Warriors from Ferdinand’s clan. Some of them took on the roles of attendants, some of them stood in the private rooms, getting ready to put up the farce of calling the bids on behalf of the buyers.

And on the second story, all the real buyers were gathered, including Bruno. The only thing missing was the actual seller.

In the auction hall on the first story, an auctioneer went up the stage and started talking, “A great welcome to everyone here tonight. Compared to the usual jokes I share at the start of auctions, I’m sure everyone is more concerned about the auctioned item. Let’s cut to the chase and let me introduce the item put up for auction today. It’s the parietal bones of a level 25 Conferred Knight, which can help the user appreciate the feeling of Heaven’s Perception. The item will be loaned out for six hours.

“There’s no need for me to say more about the effects. No expert who aspires to be a Conferred Knight would miss this chance.

“Six hours will be sufficient for you to completely comprehend the feeling of Heaven’s Perception.

“It may even allow you to achieve a further breakthrough and attain the true Heaven’s Perception. It would be as if you have passed the Regional Selection before it has even started.”

The auctioneer continued with his inflammatory speech, and the fake buyers did not show much of a reaction.

Only the black-robed leader who had brought the parietal bones nodded slightly, feeling that this auctioneer was quite good.

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In the auction hall on the second story, another auctioneer had stepped onto the stage. He started off by saying, “A great welcome to everyone here tonight. Compared to the usual jokes I share at the start of auctions, I’m sure everyone is more concerned about the auctioned item. Let’s cut to the chase and let me introduce the item put up for auction today…”

But just as he spoke halfway, furious bellow rang out.

“Shut your trap. Who here doesn’t know this thing? Just go straight to the auction.”

“Hehe, that’s right, just go straight to the auction.”

The auctioneer seemed to have not received such a response with everyone raising a commotion before. At that split second, he was at a loss.

Fang Xingjian looked at the situation in the dark and said to Robert, “Let him start directly. It’ll also allow us to make up the time difference and allow us to end this side faster.”

With that, he headed for the door, saying, “I’ll go make some preparations.”