The place was now crowded with people, too many people even.
Li Jiwen understood that now he was getting closer and closer to entering the auction house’s very own auction room.
He knew that the main auction was still two days away, but he could tell that most people were already here and would go for the smaller items as well.
He thought to himself, ’That looks interesting if I think about it closely enough, I guess. Meaning people in this life as well are interested in small things, even if they are too powerful for the things that they want. Power is everything.’
Li Jiwen understood that greatly.
There was nothing other than power that meant anything, and power alone could mean anything in this life.
He decided that now was the time, and he opened his eyes.
Although his eyes did not really change much since the golden eyes that he had since his first transformation, he now decided that this was the moment.
He decided to enter into one of the rooms of the auction and see what exactly this auction house of renowned reputation had at their grasp.
Li Jiwen finally entered one of the rooms.
He did not care too much about the people that were sitting.
He chose a simple and very much uninteresting small seat and just sat on it.
He closed his eyes.
Minutes passed.
"Welcome, great cultivators of the province. This is the 5555th auction of this year. We are pleased to announce that because of the very interesting number, we have a magnum opus of an item in our grasp, and it shall be presented in this auction at the moment. This is a surprise that came its way and was not planned. So you who are fated are the ones who would get a chance to go through this."
Li Jiwen opened his eyes slowly, looking at the man at the very top of the place and the stage itself.
He thought, ’Hmm, this man is actually powerful enough to be a Soul Transformation cultivator. I can feel it in my bones. This is different. What did I enter into here?’
Finally, he did not care too much, and he just began to take a small and very much unnoticed move.
He chose not to do anything other than just be prepared.
The presenter looked like an old man with long white hair and a long beard, as well as a very interesting feature of his own: his eyebrows that were hanging from his head.
He announced, "Welcome all, now we start with the first item, the Marrow of the Dead Bird. This is an item of the Earth grade. It can be said that its most interesting factor is that it can actually heal many of the sicknesses that are hard to heal normally. You can start the bidding at exactly 500 middle grade spiritual stones. Let’s start."
The bidding started, and tens of people began to bid on the item.
Li Jiwen did not take action or do anything.
He understood that this item was not too interesting to him as well, but it would be of use later on.
He just began to think about who exactly would win it and who exactly would be the lucky person that would be hunted down by him so he could get this item to his own collection.
The man did not stop in his tracks and said, "Now with number two of our items to this day, it is none other than the most interesting thing you would see today, at least before the thing. This is a Jewel of the Dark Squid of the Deep. You can have it, and its own abilities and its own uses are very, very varying. You can search for yourself on how to exactly use it correctly. I would advise the people who do not know at the moment what it does to stop and learn later and think about it on their own."
Li Jiwen looked at it with surprise.
He knew exactly what this was.
The Jewel of the Dark Squid of the Deep was something that he thought he would never encounter in this auction, a small auction that was not even the main one.
This thing could actually change one’s talent in something of their choosing.
This was the most important use of it.
The man on the stage said, "The bidding starts at 50,000 middle grade spiritual stones. Please proceed."
Li Jiwen thought, ’I must get this. Although my own talents are good, I still have use for it in a talent that my talents in is not that good. I will fight for it.’
Finally, he said, "55,000 middle grade spiritual stones."
The presenter said, "Well, I..."