Chapter 55 (1/2)

Chapter 55

Chapter 55 Golden Spotted Tiger

Following Yao Niqian’s movements, the stage split open like a flower blooming, and a small stone platform rose out .

That kind of mechanism wasn’t that exquisite, but the entire mechanism was built out of ivory and was as pure white as jade, causing it to truly shock quite a few people .

A s.h.i.+ning golden battle armor floated atop the stone platform .

That battle armor was extremely thick, and from the golden l.u.s.ter, it had to weigh at least fifty kilograms . With such a weight, neither Long Chen or even grandmaster Yun Qi would be able to keep it floating in midair with just Spiritual Strength .

But when Long Chen swept his spirit over it, he shook his head and cursed inside .

That armor was actually being supported by some very thin props . Due to the length of the armor and its positioning, it perfectly blocked those supportive props from vision .

Yao Niqian’s charming voice rang out, “This golden armor was made completely out of gold with a small amount of ‘wind copper’ . It comes from a famous craftsman and its defense is shocking . ”

At some point a sword had appeared in Yao Niqian’s hand . She slashed the armor so quickly it was like a thunderbolt in many people’s eyes . A cold gale from the speed of the slash blew over everyone before they could even react, and a clear ringing came from the golden armor .

Her slash just now completely shocked everyone . The Huayun Pavilion truly was strong; just an auctioneer was a Blood Condensation expert .

And from her slash’s speed, it was obvious there wasn’t the slightest waste in her attack . She was a true expert of the Blood Condensation stage .

A couple of those people who had planning on bringing that bewitching woman back with them into their homes immediately gave up .

“Everyone can clearly see I used my full strength yet was unable to leave behind a single mark on the golden armor . Its hardness is truly shocking,” Yao Niqian said to the crowd .

But looking at her bewitching eyes and recalling the huge gust caused by her slash just now, many people had already started to feel that she was the thing that whose hardness was most shocking .

“The golden armor is our first item this time . The minimum price is set at a hundred thousand gold coins . Each bid must be at least ten thousand greater than the last . The auction has officially begun!”

Yao Niqian smiled slightly . She raised a small wooden mallet and lightly banged it before her .

“150,000!”

“180,000!”

“250,000!”

Countless bidders immediately leapt into action .

But the auction had only just begun, so everyone was still very reserved . The prices only went up by the ten thousands .

However, due to how many people there were, the price continued to rise . Even s.h.i.+ Feng wasn’t able to resist the temptation and shouted out two bids, but he was quickly drowned out .

Long Chen couldn’t help shaking his head . Businessmen truly were all evil .

They truly were planning on plucking away everyone’s money . This golden armor would definitely be sold for over a million .

That was why Yao Niqian had tossed out such a low starting price . It was in order to slowly entice everyone and gradually excite everyone’s moods .

This was just like boiling a frog . If Yao Niqian’s display was too seductive, many people would be on the alert inside . Although most men thought with their lower halves, it didn’t mean all people were fools .

Now Yao Niqian was acting extremely tranquil . She would only occasionally saw a couple words . But whenever someone shouted out a high price, her roving gaze would always brighten and pause over that person for a while .

“Give up s.h.i.+ Feng . That thing is definitely not cheap . Don’t be fooled at the beginning,” advised Long Chen .

Although that golden armor looked good for an auction, and its defense was irrefutable, it wasn’t actually that practical . It was only useful in small armies . In a large army, who would wear such gaudy armor? And if you were to wear such a c.u.mbersome heavy armor at other times, you would be asking for death .

And even if it was a small army, if you were to wear such a s.h.i.+ny armor without a strong enough martial might, it would also be no different than asking for death .

In a battle between armies, the main hope was to kill the opposing officers . Wearing something that gaudy would inevitably attract trouble .

Frankly speaking, this armor was just for looks . If it really was something good, the Huayun Pavilion wouldn’t be foolish enough to bring it out as the first item .

Normally the first item to be auctioned was always the hardest to pick for the auctioneers . It had to attract people’s eyes and it couldn’t be too expensive, otherwise it might negatively impact the items following it .

And thus this golden armor which appeared awe-inspiring yet didn’t have much use had been chosen to start the auction . As expected, it ended up attracting quite a few people .

After s.h.i.+ Feng heard Long Chen, he also gave up on it . Originally he had thought that with a starting price of a hundred thousand, he should be able to get it for under three hundred thousand . He hadn’t thought of other shenanigans .

In just a couple breathes’ time, the golden armor’s price had already exceeded eight hundred thousand . And furthermore, the bids had yet to stop . This caused s.h.i.+ Feng to completely give up any thoughts on it .

“d.a.m.n, are these even people anymore? How can they spend that much money?” Shou Hou gulped .

“All the people capable of being invited have cash to spare . Just the first item is like this . I can’t even manage what will kind of intense level the bidding will reach for the rest of the items,” sighed Fatty Yu .

Although they were all part of the n.o.bility as n.o.ble heirs, they were all still speechless at the tens of thousands of gold coins being spent .

Back when Long Chen had fought with Li Hao, the person with the most money in their group had been Fatty Yu . He had saved all his money since his childhood and still only had eighty thousand gold coins .

Just as they were sighing, the bidding of the golden armor easily broke through a million gold coins .

“1,050,000!”