Chapter 1 "Esteemed Guests"

"Esteemed guests, please come this way and take the floating elevator to the sixty-sixth floor, where you will be greeted by our staff," a blonde beauty said with a smile, standing beside the floating elevator.

The floating elevator of the Blackwing Auction House was large enough to accommodate more than fifty people. It was made of Septstars Crystals, known for their excellent magical conductivity, and engraved with numerous magic runes. This allowed the floating elevator to move freely in the air, but the cost was extremely high, and even selling the entire Red Leaf Town would not be enough to buy it.

In the entire Star-Moon Kingdom, only the auction house in Star-Moon City and the royal palace were equipped with floating elevators, and even those were much smaller than the Blackwing Auction House's floating elevator, showing how wealthy and generous the Blackwing Auction House was.

The Blackwing Auction House was very large and divided into three areas: the Common Area, the VIP Area, and the Luxury Area.

The Common Area auction hall was located on the 4th to 36th floors. Anyone could participate in the auction after purchasing a Blackwing badge. The items auctioned were less rare and expensive.

The VIP Area auction hall was located on the 50th to 100th floors. Only people with a certain status could participate. The auctioned items were mainly rare and expensive, with occasional treasures.

The Luxury Area auction hall was located on the 150th to 180th floors. The people who could participate were either extremely powerful or overlords, such as the top figures in the Star-Moon Kingdom.

In his previous life, Shi Feng was promoted to a Tier 3 Sword King and obtained some good titles, which allowed him to enter the VIP Area. Only the presidents and vice presidents of those first-rate guilds, or peak players who had advanced to Tier 5 professions, were qualified to enter the Luxury Area. Shi Feng didn't know what exactly was auctioned inside. That was a secret known only to the overlords and peak experts of God's Domain.

Shi Feng arrived at the sixty-sixth floor auction hall.

The entire auction hall was the size of a soccer field, and it was already crowded with people, all of whom were NPCs of noble rank or higher. It was very difficult to compete with these NPCs for items, because their main purpose was to prevent players from winning easily when there was no competition.

In short, they were shills hired by the auction house. If the amount offered by the players did not meet the standard, the items would be bought by the NPCs. It was impossible to get a bargain.

After everyone was seated, the auction officially began. A white-bearded old man walked onto the stage, announced the start, and took out the auction items one by one.

The first auction item was a Level 20 Mithril-grade plate armor chest piece, with a starting price of 2 gold.

"The attributes are good, but the price is too expensive." Shi Feng opened the inspection panel, checked the attributes of the equipment, and gave up immediately.

The equipment was good, but he couldn't use it now.

If he really spent 2 gold to buy it, Shi Feng might have considered it, but the NPCs were bidding against each other, and the price had already reached 7 gold.

If he sold it to a first-rate guild, he definitely wouldn't get 7 gold. Selling it for 3 to 4 gold would be the limit. After all, copper coins were very precious to ordinary players right now, let alone gold coins.

Then, one piece of Mithril-grade equipment after another was brought out, and even Fine-Gold grade equipment was presented, but Shi Feng didn't like any of them.

The reason was simple: they were too expensive.

If he waited until ordinary players reached level 20 or so, the prices of these equipment would be much cheaper. However, God's Domain hadn't been open for long, and the average level was only 4. Where would they get so much money?

Half an hour later, the equipment auction phase ended, and other items began to be auctioned.

"Next up for auction is a weapon forging design blueprint. This design blueprint is a masterpiece by Master Keryne. The starting price is 3 gold coins."

This immediately aroused Shi Feng's interest, and he checked it out.

Silver Dawn One-Handed Sword Design, Mithril grade, Level 10.

Seeing the Mithril grade, Shi Feng knew that his luck had come, and it was a Level 10 design blueprint, which was definitely what he needed most. Moreover, his Abyssal Blade needed 10 Mithril-grade weapons to upgrade. With the forging blueprint, Mithril-grade weapons would be easy to obtain.

However, besides Shi Feng, some blacksmiths also wanted to get it for reference. After all, it was a Mithril-grade design blueprint, which was very rare, and they all started bidding.

Before long, the auction price reached 6 gold.

Shi Feng gritted his teeth and shouted, "7 gold!"

"7 gold and 30 silver."

"7 gold and 50 silver."

"8 gold."

The NPCs bid crazily, and the price soared.

"Damn, I'll bid 15 gold!" Seeing that it was about to reach 13 gold, Shi Feng directly raised the price by 2 gold to shock these NPCs and show them his determination. If it went up any further, he couldn't afford it. After all, he only had 20 gold left.

"16 gold!"

The forging blueprint itself was only worth about 15 gold, and Shi Feng didn't expect any NPCs to compete for it.

"17 gold!" Shi Feng decided to go all out. If that NPC blacksmith bid again, he would raise it to 20 gold. If that didn't work, he would just have to admit he was unlucky.

Finally, the NPC blacksmith shook his head at this price and stopped bidding.

"Congratulations to Mr. Black Flame for winning Master Keryne's Silver Dawn forging blueprint," the white-bearded old man said, clapping his hands in congratulations.

After Shi Feng got the design blueprint, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. This trip to the auction house was not in vain. As for the 17 gold he spent, he would eventually earn it back through the Silver Dawn.

After the design blueprint was auctioned off, the white-bearded old man continued, "The next item is an ultra-rare skill for melee professions, Yan Lei Bao (Flame Lightning Burst), with a starting price of 5 gold."

Yan Lei Bao (Flame Lightning Burst), requirements for use: equip a melee weapon, action-type, deals 200 base damage to enemies within a 5-yard radius, plus Yan Lei (Flame Lightning) damage, and stuns enemies for 4 seconds. Cooldown time: 45 seconds.

Shi Feng's eyes lit up when he saw it. This Yan Lei Bao (Flame Lightning Burst) was definitely a super skill for melee professions and was definitely a treasure of this auction.

"What to do? I don't have enough money now." Shi Feng was very eager for this skill book, but the starting price was 5 gold, and the final transaction price would be at least 20 gold or more.

Just as Shi Feng was worried, the price had already climbed to 10 gold, which was much hotter than the Silver Dawn.

Shi Feng quickly opened the virtual transaction center and canceled the remaining gold coins for sale.

"Thank goodness." Shi Feng breathed a sigh of relief and found that there were still 23 gold left in the transaction center. Adding that to what he already had, he barely had 30 gold, which should be enough to take a gamble on this Yan Lei Bao (Flame Lightning Burst).

"20 gold!" Shi Feng shouted quickly.

"20 gold! Mr. Black Flame has bid 20 gold. I wonder who else is interested? This is the only treasure of this auction. Don't miss it, everyone!"

Shi Feng couldn't help but despise the white-bearded old man.

"21 gold."

"Since it's a treasure, it must be extraordinary. I'll bid 24 gold," a Tier 2 Sword Master said boldly.

"I'll bid 26 gold," a Tier 3 Shadow said.

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Most of the NPCs in the auction hall were melee professions, so the competition was particularly fierce. Moreover, high-level NPCs were generally wealthy. They could earn several gold coins for completing a task, so they could make money quickly. If Shi Feng hadn't earned a lot of money before, he wouldn't have been qualified to compete with these high-level NPCs.

Seeing that these high-level NPCs were more impressive than the others, even Tier 4 professions were bidding.

It was about to exceed Shi Feng's affordable limit.

"30 gold!" Shi Feng offered the final price. Succeed or die!