There were some people sitting in private room number 36.
"Dad, those people just now were Wu Chen and Zhou Jie and the others."
Sitting on the soft leather chair was a middle-aged man. There was an indescribable sharp aura about him. This aura was extremely powerful, even more powerful than that of Gu Batian.
Next to him sat a young man who was dressed in black and looked familiar. If Wu Chen were here, he would definitely recognize him. This man was Zhao Chonglou, the peerless genius of the Zhao family who had been defeated by him.
Since he is Zhao Chonglou, the identity of this middle-aged man is obvious: Zhao Fengguo, the current head of the Zhao family.
"What are the identities of the two girls with him?" Zhao Fengguo asked.
Zhao Chonglou replied: "Father, one of those two is from the Mu family of the Canglan Dynasty, and the other is from the Mi family of the Milan Dynasty."
“The Mi family, isn’t that the royal family of Milan Wuchen?”
Zhao Chonglou nodded and said, "Father, you are right. This woman's father is the Prince of Zhennan of the Milan Dynasty, and he himself was also named a princess."
"Princess?"
Zhao Fengguo said nothing more and just waited quietly for the auction to begin.
Soon, the time came.
At this time, a beautiful woman slowly walked towards the auction table. When people saw her coming, they knew that the auction was about to begin.
"Isn't this Miss Avon, one of the top beauties in Fengyun Ancient City?"
"Haha, I didn't expect that Miss Avon would be the one to host the auction this time. That's great."
"Miss Avon is hosting the auction. Even if you don't buy anything, it's nice to come and take a look."
"Yeah yeah."
Wu Chen shrugged. Whether this woman was beautiful or not had nothing to do with him. What's more, there were two beauties beside him.
"Hello everyone, welcome to our Yunhai Auction House to participate in this auction. I am He Yafang, and I have been invited to host this auction."
Standing on the auction table, He Yafang gave a brief self-introduction. Her gentle voice, refracted through the crystal, was clearly heard by everyone.
Everyone was excited and stared at He Yafang without blinking. She was such a beautiful woman, and she was pleasing to the eyes just by looking at her.
"Before the auction begins, I want to explain that this auction will be divided into three rounds. Gold, silver and silver notes are universal, and the exchange rate is the same as the market. Silver and silver notes are equal, and one tael of gold is equivalent to one thousand taels of silver. Of course, if there are crystal coins, it would be even better. One crystal coin is equivalent to one thousand taels of gold."
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
"Crystal Coins, what a joke, is there anyone below the Star Realm who can own Crystal Coins?"
"That's right. Only the strong ones at the Star Realm and above are worthy of possessing crystal coins. None of us have such things."
In the private room, Wu Chen frowned slightly but said nothing. Silver and silver notes were all low-level currencies, usually circulated among cultivators below the True Martial Realm. They were not as precious as gold, and this was a well-known fact.
However, once they reach the Zhenwu realm, the currency in common circulation is no longer silver, but gold, because only gold is worthy of their status.
As for the higher-level Star Realm and those above that, they use more advanced currency.
He Yafang laughed and didn't care. She continued, "Of course, if you have any precious things that need to be auctioned, you can also take them out for auction. The profit-collecting rules of our auction house are the same as those of other auction houses in various places. For items below one million taels of silver, the profit-collecting rate is 20%, for items between one million and five million, the profit-collecting rate is 15%, for items between five million and ten million, the profit-collecting rate is 10%, and for items above ten million, the profit-collecting rate is 5%."
Taking profit is the main way for their auction house to make money. Their auction house relies on this to make a profit.
Everyone was secretly thinking that the profit margin was too high. No wonder the auction house was so profitable and was one of the most profitable industries on the mainland.
Wu Chen said nothing and waited patiently.
"Okay, I won't waste any more time on small talk. Now let's take a look at our auction items."
As soon as he finished speaking, a beautiful waitress slowly walked over with an exquisite tray.
The place gradually became quiet, and they all knew that the time for the real auction had arrived.
"This is the first item in our auction, a map of Hengling Territory. This map is very detailed and contains detailed records of the countries in Hengling Territory and the surrounding areas. The starting price is 10,000 taels of silver, and each bid will be increased by no less than 1,000 taels. Anyone interested can bid."
He Yafang took out a scroll and introduced it while unfolding it.
"Tsk, I thought it was some treasure, but it turns out to be just a broken map."
"A broken painting costs 10,000 taels of silver. This auction house is really shady."
"Outside, you can easily spend a hundred taels of silver to get a very good picture, but here you need ten thousand taels of silver. It's really too shady." xdw8
"Yeah yeah."
Everyone was talking at once and expressing their disdain; of course, there were also some people who were interested in the map and stared at it.
After listening to everyone's discussion, He Yafang was not in a hurry at all. In the Hengling area, the relationships between countries and regions were complicated. Some places were dangerous places and some places were dangerous passes. All these must be taken into consideration. If one wants to go out for training, it is impossible without the guidance of a map. Therefore, she was not worried that no one would buy it.
"Ten thousand taels of silver."
"Eleven thousand taels of silver."
Soon someone started bidding a price. If you want to go out for a long journey and gain experience, it would be very difficult without a map to guide you.
“Damn, someone actually bought it.”
"Of course. If you go out and explore without a map, you won't know how you died."
"Of course I know the importance of maps, but there is no need to spend so much silver. Ten thousand taels of silver can buy a hundred copies of the best maps."
"People are willing to pay for it, so what can we do about it?"
"I'll just watch and not say anything."
…
Wu Chen shook his head. He was not very interested in the map. Soon, he would leave Fengyun Empire and Hengling Territory. Naturally, the map of Hengling Territory would have no value to him.
After several people took turns bidding for the map, it was bought by a cultivator at the fifth level of the Spirit Wheel Realm for twenty-seven thousand taels of silver.