Volume 1 Chapter 111 The True Sacred Artifact
Xuzhou, the northernmost city in Jiangsu Province. Xuzhou is a historic city with a long history, and the historical culture of the Central Plains has been flowing for a long time. The ancient culture here is also very prosperous. Liucheng, where Liu Yi Yang's hometown is located, is no exception. The museum in Liucheng, a prefecture-level city, is not inferior to some provincial museums in certain fields. It was able to supplement Liu Yi Yang's spiritual energy once before.
With a long history and culture, there are also many antique auctions here. Xuzhou has two large auction houses that have a certain reputation nationwide. Liu Yiyang and his friends were going to Lida Auctions, which was also the summer auction held by Lida Auctions this year.
Huawei's Mercedes-Benz is very comfortable to sit in, driving a BMW and sitting in a Mercedes-Benz, although it's just a joke, but it's not unreasonable, these old luxury car brands all have their own characteristics.
Set off after 8 am and arrived in Xuzhou before 10 am, the distance between the two places is indeed very close.
"Director Hua, this is a surprise attack!"
The car stopped in front of a large hotel in Xuzhou, where the exhibition was being held. Huatian knew that Liu Yiyang and others wanted to see things, so he came here directly.
Before they arrived, the deputy manager of the auction house had been waiting for them. Huatian was a major client of theirs, and every year he would buy many fine items from them and also consign some items to be auctioned off. However, most of the items that Huatian put up for auction were for charity auctions, so he didn't need to sell things to make a profit.
The deputy manager, who looked to be in his early forties, had a slightly receding hairline, was not very tall and was somewhat thin. He looked sharp and capable. As soon as Huatian got out of the car, he smiled and stretched out his hand, warmly shaking hands with him.
"Manager Tian, this time it's not me who wants to come, but two new friends of mine are interested, I'm just accompanying them!"
Hua Tian smiled and introduced Liu Yi Yang and Ouyang Xun to him. He said this was also intentionally elevating the influence of both people.
Manager Tian raised his head, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. Like Huatian's secretary driver, he was also shocked by Huatian's attitude towards Liu Yiyang, and hurriedly went up to greet him to make amends.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, several people entered the hotel together. For Liu Yi Yang and Ouyang Xuan, what was most important was to see that piece of jade Qilin. They wanted to know as soon as possible whether it was indeed an authentic immortal artifact.
The preview is on the 16th floor of the hotel, which is a large hall. The entire hall has been rented by the auction company and is filled with glass display cabinets.
The hall was crowded with people, but it was very quiet. Everyone was looking at their own favorite treasures, and even those who were chatting were speaking in hushed tones so as not to disturb others.
After the preview, these things will not be taken out separately during the auction. If they are not sold, this may be the last public appearance of these treasures. Therefore, no matter what purpose people come to participate in the auction, everyone will look very carefully. After entering, the two bid farewell to Hua Tian and others, and separated to visit alone. As soon as they left, Ouyang Xuan grasped Liu Yiyang's arm, and the two quickly walked inside together.
At this time, Ouyang Xun looked even more natural. Some young people saw that both of them still cast envious glances at Liu Yi Yang, and Ouyang Xun's beauty made everyone look sideways.
However, she was so close that Liu Yi Yang didn't have a chance to properly absorb the spiritual energy of these treasures.
"Over here!"
Liu Yi Yang suddenly pointed and they saw the sign for the jade exhibit area, so they changed direction and headed towards it.
This auction has few jade items, and the jade display area is not large. Soon, the two of them saw that piece of Pixiu jade carving. The red Pixiu jade carving was placed inside the display stand, with a faint red glow on its body, which was very beautiful. When they saw this Pixiu jade carving, both of them were stunned for a moment. Liu Yiyang noticed that the Pixiu's body had a reddish glow that other jade items did not have. The glow was about three millimeters long, with a non-transparent misty shape, covering the Pixiu's body.
Just by looking at this point, Liu Yi Yang understood that this was absolutely not an ordinary jade carving. An ordinary jade carving wouldn't have such a halo.
"Xiao Xuan, can you try and see if it's a magical artifact?"
After a while, Liu Yi Yang turned his head and asked in a low voice. He could only see that the jade carving was different, but whether it was really a magical artifact or not, he didn't know either. In this regard, he had almost no experience at all. Ouyang Xun raised her head, her eyes slightly complex. There was excitement, confusion, and a bit of anger, an inexplicable complex feeling. After a while, she slowly said: "This is indeed a treasure, it's not a quasi-magical artifact, but a real magical artifact. The spiritual energy contained in it is much more than that of ordinary quasi-magical artifacts. Moreover, this is a magical artifact that has not concealed its spiritual nature. As long as anyone from the Mystic Door comes here, they will notice!"
"What did you say? It's not being veiled in spirituality?"
Liu Yi Yang suddenly widened his eyes, asking in a tone that dared not believe. He couldn't appraise sacred artifacts, but he understood the role of spiritual energy. A treasure with spiritual energy, whether it was a sacred artifact or a magical instrument, was something that someone was using. If it wasn't used, the spiritual energy would slowly disappear and eventually be covered up by nature.
If the spirituality was hidden due to the long time, Ouyang Xun still needed some means to test it out, which was also what they had prepared to do before coming, but these preparations had lost their effect.
This Qilin jade carving is truly a treasure, and it's still an unsealed treasure. There can only be one explanation: this treasure has been used recently or is still in use. A sacred object that's being used, put up for auction? No wonder Liu Yi Yang was so shocked, and Ouyang Xun's eyes were so complex. It's like she's putting her own Black Wood Sword up for auction, which is almost impossible.
Any magic treasure is the most reliable partner of a Xuanmen practitioner. How could one possibly sell their own partner in exchange for money?
"Yi Yang, I just noticed that it has a strong spiritual energy on top of it. It should have been used not long ago, within the past month!"
Ouyang Huan said another sentence, and Liu Yiyang's eyes became even more puzzled. A month ago, it was still in use, but now it has appeared at the auction house. What exactly happened in between?
The owner of the treasure unexpectedly encountered an enemy and was killed, after which the treasure was picked up by ordinary people who thought it was a valuable old thing and sent it to auction. This is somewhat possible, but the probability is not high. If the original owner of the treasure was murdered, then the person who could kill him would absolutely not let go of such a treasure, as long as they knew of its existence, they would definitely keep chasing after it.
"This is a truly divine artifact, not some ordinary trinket you'd find on the streets. Even an old codger like Ouyang Ming would go to great lengths to get his hands on something this precious."
"Never mind, let's ask the auction company people later, check who sent this treasure, no matter why it appeared here, we must get it this time!"
Ouyang Huan gently shook her head, she couldn't understand it either, and the more she thought about it, the more confused she became.
"Okay, it's fine like this, but Xiaoxuan, I want to ask you, how much money did you bring on you?"
Liu Yi Yang nodded, and then asked a question with some embarrassment. The starting price of this jade carving is not low. This is a good item from the Guangxu period, made of high-quality malachite, and the value of the raw material alone is very high. Liu Yi Yang was no stranger to antiques, he estimated that the starting price of this jade carving would not be less than two million, and it might even be higher. He didn't have that much money now, even if he didn't leave any for his family.
"I'm going to calculate!"
Ouyang Xun's eyebrows jumped, and she herself started counting on her fingers: "Over the years, I've completed over a dozen tasks for them, plus the things I encountered alone, adding up to about twenty times. In total, it's roughly 60 million in rewards. And last time, I helped Grandpa find the Qiankun Mirror and got 20 million from him. Although I spent a lot over the years, there should still be at least 70 million left in my card!"
After finishing the calculation, Ouyang Wan raised her head and looked at Liu Yi Yang.
Liu Yi Yang's head suddenly felt dizzy, he had known that Ouyang Xun was rich, but he didn't expect it to be this much, 700 million! He had previously earned over 2 million and thought it was impressive, but compared to others, it was nothing.
"Right, last New Year's Day, Master Brother and the others came back, I extorted a sum of money from them, it was on another card, about over 50 million, yes, over 50 million!"
Ouyang Huan added another sentence, Liu Yiyang's heart suddenly stagnated, with a feeling of shortness of breath.
700 million plus 500 million, this is over one billion already. I didn't expect that Ou Yang Xuan would be a billionaire, and still a billionaire with hundreds of millions in cash.
"Is it enough? If not, I'll ask them for the bonus for this operation. This time, we got a level 7 nightmare, solved a level 7 peak great black wolf and an 8th-level demon repairman. The bonus should be at least tens of millions. If that's still not enough, I'll ask Grandpa and Master Brother for it. I reckon they can easily take out three to five billion!"
Ouyang Huan slowly said, Liu Yiyang hastily pulled her back, whispering: "Enough, enough, no need to go further, the money in your hands is already sufficient. This qilin is valuable, but its normal market price should be over 3 million, at most around 4 million. I'm talking about its antique value!"
"Four million, what a bargain!"
Ouyang Xun looked somewhat surprised, she was also worried and confused earlier, thinking that this was a treasure of the fairy artifact level, and any higher value would not be excessive.
She had forgotten that this was just an auction, and if no one from the mysterious door appeared, it would be a normal auction. This was just a Qing dynasty antique, calculated according to its value as an antique, 40 million was indeed a high price.
Only calculating the value of antiques, adding up the four-day auction, it's not necessarily possible to sell for 300-500 million. It's really letting Ouyang Xuan take so much money to participate in the auction, she can buy everything at this auction.
Shaking his head, Liu Yi Yang concentrated again. The items had been decided on, and the next step was to bid for them. Taking advantage of this time, he absorbed all the spiritual energy from the treasures here. After the last big battle, he had lost a lot of spiritual energy, and the replenishment from the Liucheng Museum had almost been depleted. If he didn't replenish it, he might not be able to use it for much longer.
Liu Yi Yang's spirit was concentrated on the Pi Xiu, this is a fairy artifact, but after all, it is also an old object. Old objects have spiritual energy, and the value of several million yuan old objects, such spiritual energy can't be wasted.
A wisp of red mist slowly appeared on the body of Qiuqiu, Liu Yiyang's eyebrows jumped slightly, and these mists surprisingly did not slowly surge into his forehead as usual, but instead continued to condense on Qiuqiu's body.
Liu Yi Yang was in a state of bewilderment, but the next moment he suddenly opened his eyes wide, his body involuntarily took a step back, and his eyes still held a deep sense of shock.
