Sealed Divine Throne II: Twin Sons of Dragon
Chapter 333 - 165: Holy City Grand Auction Hall_2

Chapter 333: Chapter 165: Holy City Grand Auction Hall_2

Ling Menglu glanced at him and said, "We know each other pretty well. Shi Zeyu is the legitimate son of the Shi family. His father, the current head of the Shi family, holds him in high regard for his exceptional talent even though he is the youngest son. He should already possess Seventh Tier Strength. He’s twenty-six this year. As you heard, he’s a demon hunter and has been promoted to a General Class demon hunting team. When he attended the Spirit Furnace Academy, I was still a child. His father is a divine seal knight among the six Sacred Legates in the Knights Temple. He holds the Fear and Sorrow God’s Seal Cathedra Rex. He should be the next in line to the Knights Temple Master. He is also the Deputy Temple Master of the Knights Temple. Most importantly, he is not even sixty years old. It is said that he is a strong contender for the next Temple Master."

After hearing Ling Menglu’s explanation, Long Dangdang understood.

The Knights Temple is the top among the Six Great Sacred Temples. Being the second in command of the Knights Temple, his status is indeed quite high, even higher than my grandfather’s. After all, the Priests Temple isn’t as highly ranked among the Six Great Sacred Temples. The Shi family does have an impressive pillar of support.

"Why are you silent?" Ling Menglu couldn’t help asking when he didn’t say a word.

Long Dangdang pretended to be surprised and asked, "What should I say?"

Ling Menglu was annoyed and pinched his waist.

"Ouch," Long Dangdang winced, "Why did you pinch me?"

Ling Menglu huffed, "Aren’t you supposed to be asking more questions?"

Long Dangdang asked in surprise, "You’ve so clearly distanced yourself from him, what else should I ask?"

Ling Menglu gave him a glare, "No matter what, you cannot appear this indifferent."

"Okay. Cousin, I think he seems to have some feelings for you. He admires your beauty and talent, and appears quite attentive. But with his background and capabilities, he probably has many girls around him. You mustn’t be fooled. I, as an honest person, am the most reliable one!" Long Dangdang said with heavy emphasis.

Ling Menglu burst into laughter, "Are you reliable? How can you be reliable when you’re so cunning and always ’Never Reveal All’?"

Long Dangdang responded, "That’s just my way of protecting myself. If I were not too young to date, I would definitely pursue you. Just give me a few more years. Legally, I can start dating when I’m eighteen, right? I just need to wait a little over three years."

Ling Menglu blushed, "Who would want to date you? Dream on."

Long Dangdang simply laughed and did not reply. The light in the VIP room was somewhat dim. As they sat shoulder to shoulder, they could feel each other’s presence. Perhaps due to Ling Menglu’s Light God’s Physique, she always exuded a faint aura of sunlight, crisp and pure, with a bit of the sweet fragrance unique to girls. Sitting next to her, Long Dangdang felt a serene and warm feeling, and a subtle change in his heart.

At that moment, the glass screen suddenly lit up. To be exact, the outside Grand Auction Hall lit up.

The filtered sound transmitted into the room, "Welcome, esteemed guests, to our auction today. We have a total of thirty-two items up for auction. There are rare herbs, powerful weapons and equipment, as well as uncommon treasures. We hope that the guests attending the auction today can find what they’re looking for."

The center of the VIP room’s screen lit up, and a clear image of the enlarged auction platform appeared.

It was Long Dangdang’s first time participating in an auction. He stood up and walked to the window to look outside.

At this time, about a third of the seats in the Grand Auction Hall were occupied. The one speaking on the auction platform was a man in his thirties dressed in a suit, looking very gentlemanly.

Perhaps due to it being an ordinary auction, there was no excessive pomp and circumstance, and they started bidding straight away.

Long Dangdang sat back down on the couch, and Ling Menglu explained to him how to bid. In the VIP room, there is a special device for bidding. You can press the price increase button to bid, or you can directly enter a new price to bid. The currency used for bidding is uniformly gold coins.

"Now, let’s introduce our first auction item of today. I believe everyone is familiar with this item. As we all know, the blood of magical beasts contains a certain amount of energy, with different beasts’ blood containing different amounts of energy. Whether for making magic remedies, extracting energy from the blood, or as a necessity for gourmet cooking, it is very suitable. Our first auction item today is the fresh blood of an earth thorny dragon."

There was a stir in the outside auction hall. Long Dangdang didn’t understand why, but Ling Menglu explained, "Because the value is relatively low, usually the items that appear in the Holy City Grand Auction Hall are relatively expensive."

"Ladies and gentlemen, do not worry. Under normal circumstances, the blood of an earth thorny dragon would indeed not appear here. However, today is different. The earth thorny dragon blood we are auctioning is not being sold by the litre, but by a different unit. That’s right, our first auction item today is one tonne of earth thorny dragon blood."

Once these words were spoken, the whole room quieted down. Of course, this first auction item was exactly what Long Dangdang needed, and under the careful arrangement of his uncle, it was the first one to come out.

"An adult earth thorny dragon can weigh more than 3,000 pounds, with the heaviest earth thorny dragon even reaching 8,000 pounds. However, even if an earth thorny dragon is drained of all its blood, it’s only a few hundred pounds. This one-ton fresh blood from an earth thorny dragon, without affecting health, needs thirty earth thorny dragons to collect enough. Such a huge amount is very rare. The starting bid is 5000 gold coins and each minimum increase cannot be less than 100 gold coins. Let’s begin."

Just as Long Dangdang was about to increase the bid, he was stopped by Ling Menglu, "Let’s wait and see, don’t rush to increase the price. There’s a trick to bidding. It’s best to bid when no one else is, you’ll get it for the lowest price that way. Even if we have money, we can’t waste it."

"5000 gold coins, good. This esteemed guest has bid 5000 gold coins."

"5100 gold coins."

"5200..."

A ton of this weight seemed quite attractive, as the bidding price continued to rise. In just a short while, it had already exceeded 7000 gold coins and was still slowly increasing.

It was Long Dangdang’s first time participating in an auction, so he couldn’t help feeling a bit nervous.

Ling Menglu chuckled and said, "Your hands are a bit cold, I thought you never got nervous."

Long Dangdang looked down and realized that Ling Menglu’s hand was still on his, just as she said, his hand was a bit cold from the nerves, but the warmth was coming from her slender palm. This made his heart somewhat warm and he subconsciously turned his palm over to hold her hand.

Ling Menglu’s body stiffened. She didn’t glance at him, but Long Dangdang could definitely feel her originally warm little hand was becoming cold quickly.

"Cousin, your hand is also cold now?"

"Huh!" Ling Menglu tried to pull her hand back, but Long Dangdang held it tighter and she couldn’t withdraw it.

Although the room was dark, Long Dangdang could still see the obvious blush on her pretty face even through her veil.

Even though they were not of age to be in a relationship, holding hands wasn’t considered dating, right?

"8000 gold coins!" The auctioneer’s voice came again.

"8500 gold coins." Long Dangdang made a bid.

"8600 gold coins."

"9000 gold coins." Long Dangdang made another bid.

"9100 gold coins."

"10,000 gold coins!" When Long Dangdang called out this price, his originally cold hand started to heat up.

Ling Menglu turned to look at him. Though 10,000 gold coins wasn’t much, Long Dangdang was still under fifteen years old. But when she saw his calm profile, she knew he didn’t just blurt out the price because he got carried away.

"10,000 gold coins, first time!"

"10,000 gold coins, second time!"

"10,000 gold coins, third time, sold!"