At this time, dozens of people had gathered in the room, including some familiar figures, who were jewelers who came to participate in the jewelry exhibition.
Yang Qi and others only waited for a moment before the auction began.
The auction items are mainly porcelain and jade, with prices ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. According to Xie Wei, the black market price is at least one-third cheaper than the normal market price. This is why so many people come to an underground auction.
If you have the channels, you can buy this thing and immediately resell it to make tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
It was a rare auction, and Liu Yang and Xie Guangyao were not idle. They both bought an item. The price of hundreds of thousands was just a drop in the bucket for them. Even Xie Wei bought a snuff bottle, and the price was as high as 880,000. Among the many items that had been auctioned, the price was relatively high.
"Yang Qi, don't you plan to take some photos and bring them back?" Xie Guangyao looked at Yang Qi and said.
The auction lasted for dozens of minutes, but Yang Qi didn't bid once. You have to know that this auction is not very formal, and the speed is much faster than that of precious auctions. In dozens of minutes, there are dozens of items.
"I have no interest in jade, and even less in porcelain." Yang Qi shook his head slightly. Jade is also a type of jade. He himself is a master, so he naturally doesn't care about the auction items. As for porcelain, Yang Qi has even less interest.
"Don't worry. I heard there are a few items for auction that are not jade or porcelain. Maybe you will like them." Xie Guangyao said with a smile.
Although black market auctions are mostly dominated by jade and porcelain, it is not entirely so. There are also some other things, and sometimes even extremely rare things like calligraphy and paintings appear.
Ten minutes later, the man in charge of the auction walked onto the stage holding a wooden box. Inside the box was an ancient sword, which shone with a cold light and could easily cut through more than ten copper coins. It was obviously a precious sword that could cut through iron like mud.
“It’s not even a Xuan Weapon.” Yang Qi shook his head slightly. Although the ancient sword was good, it did not even reach the quality of a Xuan Weapon. For ordinary people, it was considered a magic weapon, but for practitioners in the Taixi realm, they simply could not look down on it.
Not many people were interested in the ancient sword, and finally the ancient sword was won by Mu Yan. As a warrior, Mu Yan had seen Yang Qi use the sword, and she herself was also very interested in swords, so it was not surprising that she bought the ancient sword.
"Why did you think of buying this ancient sword?" Yang Qi asked curiously.
"Actually, my grandfather has always had the habit of collecting ancient swords. I think this ancient sword is good, so I plan to buy it and give it to him." Mu Yan said with a smile.
As a martial arts family, the Mu family has many weapons, some of which are even as good as this ancient sword. However, in modern society, hot weapons have become the mainstream, especially for martial artists at the Huajin level, who cannot resist ordinary firearms. As a result, martial artists below the fetal breathing level rarely use weapons in modern society, and most of them use some hidden weapons, or even directly use hot weapons.
"Hmm?" As he was speaking, Yang Qi suddenly felt a strange fluctuation. The next moment, he looked towards the auction booth and saw a man walking up to the booth holding a wooden box the size of his head.
Wow~
The wooden box was opened, revealing a wolf-shaped mask inside. However, the shape of the mask was quite strange, and the strange fluctuations were emanating from the mask.
"Strange." Xie Wei's eyes fell on the mask and her eyebrows raised.
"What's wrong?" Yang Qi frowned.
This mask is not visible. It should be a mysterious weapon. However, this is the first time that Yang Qi has seen a mysterious weapon made into a mask. Although weapons do not necessarily have to look like swords, mysterious weapons like masks are extremely rare.
"This thing should not be from China. Judging from its style, it is something from Pharaoh." Xie Wei said in a deep voice.
Pharaoh's kingdom
Yang Qi's expression changed slightly. He had never heard of any powerful cultivators or cultivation forces in Africa, but now the mysterious soldiers actually appeared, which also surprised him very much.
"Well, this mask should belong to Anubis in the Pharaoh mythology. But how could such a mythical mask appear here?" Xie Wei frowned.
"Anubis?"
"The god of death in Pharaoh mythology." Xie Wei said lightly.
“Death God?” Yang Qi’s eyes narrowed, and he thought to himself, “Could this Death God be related to the legendary Death Temple?”
The Holy See of Light and the Dark Council had previously fought a great battle in the desert near the Pharaoh Kingdom in order to find the Temple of Death. However, according to Mu Ying's investigation, after the previous battle, neither the Holy See of Light nor the Dark Council had been able to find the Temple of Death for such a long time.
“We must get this thing.” A gleam of light flashed in Yang Qi’s eyes. He was originally very curious about the mask-shaped Xuanbing. Now that he knew that this thing might be related to the Temple of Death, he couldn’t miss it.
"The mask of death, the starting price is one million, and each increase in price must not be less than ten thousand." said the man in charge of the auction.
Not many people were interested in this mask from foreign mythology. It took a long time after the man finished speaking before someone offered a bid of 1.05 million.
“One million and one hundred thousand.” Yang Qi said calmly. If other practitioners in the fetal breathing state knew that one million was needed to buy a mysterious weapon, they would probably go crazy.
"One million, one hundred and fifty thousand."
"One million and two hundred thousand."
Following Yang Qi's offer, other people continued to bid, but the prices were not high. In the end, Yang Qi bought the Death Mask for 1.6 million.
"Yang Qi, is there anything special about this mask?" Xie Guangyao asked curiously.
Yang Qi didn't bid for the jade and porcelain, and he didn't bid for the ancient sword. Xie Guangyao knew that Yang Qi was a swordsman, so he should be very interested in the ancient sword. But Yang Qi didn't bid for the ancient sword, but bid for the mask that looked a bit hideous.
Antiques are not something that people like just because they are old and have a historical background. In fact, many things related to death, even if they have a long history, are rarely bought by people. This is because they represent bad luck, and no one will spend money to buy these things.
“This mask is not special, but it is useful to me.” Yang Qi smiled slightly. This wolf head mask itself is a mysterious weapon, and it involves the god of death of the Pharaoh Kingdom. Maybe it is related to the Temple of Death. It is not a loss to spend more than one million to buy it.
"This is the first time I've seen someone so happy after buying a dead person's mask." At this moment, an abrupt voice was heard.
Hearing this, everyone frowned and turned their heads to see a middle-aged man not far away looking at Yang Qi and his group with disdain. The Death Mask represented an ominous sign, but someone actually spent a lot of money on it and said it was useful to him.
"This is the person who was bidding with you just now." Xie Guangyao whispered.
There weren't many people bidding for the Death Mask before, but the one who kept bidding with Yang Qi in the end was the middle-aged man in front of him. (To be continued)