"You are so surprised by such a small thing? Be careful not to be too shocked in the future..."
Red really couldn't say that he had already comprehended all the laws in existence. Wouldn't this girl be shocked to death?
While he could only use a fraction of the laws he had comprehended due to his low cultivation level at the moment, he could still use it.
"You... You are impossible!"
Scarlett didn't know what to say anymore. She decided to stop thinking about it. This man had already surprised her too many times.
"Didn't I teleport you and Eve once before? Why so surprised?"
"It's not impossible to teleport two other people over a short distance for strong Martial Emperors. What's surprising is that you comprehended the Law of Space!"
Scarlett was more knowledgeable than the old man. She was originally from the upper realms, after all. She had more experience with cultivation and naturally wouldn't be surprised by a Martial Emperor being able to teleport 2 other people with them.
'Ah...'
Red understood it now. It seems that the old man was wrong about Martial Emperors being able to teleport only one person with them. Well, it wasn't so surprising. He would naturally believe Scarlett.
"Okay, let's just go. Both of you - hold my hand."
He extended one of his hands.
They both held his hand. Scarlett was more relaxed this time but the old man was feeling slightly awkward.
*Whoosh!*
The spatial power wrapped around them and they disappeared instantly.
......
The auction hall of the Quinn family stood as the biggest and most luxurious auction hall in the whole empire. It stood strong for hundreds of years.
In contrast to the modern buildings surrounding it, the auction hall looked like an ancient Colosseum.
The Quinn family never wanted to renovate the place in a more modern style. They wanted to keep the auction hall from the old days which was its own tourist attraction these days.
The auction hall could fit thousands of people and it had many private rooms above. While the private rooms on the 2nd floor numbered in hundreds - the rooms on the 3rd floor were only 5.
The biggest one was always reserved for the Empress and the other 4 were reserved for the 4 great families of the empire.
The rooms on the 2nd floor were reserved for the 2nd and 3rd-rated families in the empire, as well as the governors of other cities in the empire.
Even some strong sects and clans had qualifications to reserve the private rooms on the 2nd floor.
But in contrast to the Empress and the 4 great families, people who wanted to reserve private rooms on the 2nd floor needed to pay astronomical amounts of money.
Some families and strong sects didn't need a private room and would be better off not renting it, but it was treated as showing off their status, so they still had to do their best to reserve them.
......
At that moment, a spatial distortion appeared in front of the reception desk in the auction hall, and four people appeared out of thin air, stunning the crowd around who were patiently waiting for their turn to enter.
The four people were none other than Red, Eve, Scarlett and the old man August Devure.
They approached the reception desk to hand over their invitations.
The person working at the reception desk was a Martial King from the Quinn family and one of the elders of the family. He was present at the Banquet of the Quinn family two days ago, so he naturally recognized them.
"No need for the invitation, no need! You can go straight in!"
He hurriedly stood up to greet them, then he turned around to address the worker of the auction hall standing beside him.
"Trevor, hurry and take our guests to the private rooms on the 3rd floor!"
"Ah! Yes, yes! Please, this way, honored guests."
The worker, Trevor, was startled and didn't dare to delay the guests for even a moment. These were guests from the 4 great families!
He started leading the way into the auction hall, and Red and others started following him calmly.
As soon as they entered the big hall, they were greeted with loud cheers and voices of discussion from inside.
At that moment, hundreds of people were already filling the seats in the hall.
They turned left and went upstairs to the 3rd floor.
Arriving in front of the private room of the Vaelanor family on the 3rd floor, old man August turned to them.
"This old man will go to his private room. I won't bother you anymore. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call me!"
"Okay, old man, same goes to you. If you need anything, just call us. Take care."
The old man laughed heartily and went towards the other room.
Red, Eve and Scarlett entered the room to wait for the auction to start.
The room was very spacious with numerous sofas and sectionals neatly ordered in a half-circle shape, overlooking the auction below. There was a big table in front of the sofas, filled with all kinds of fruits and snacks.
The glass panel of the room was naturally equipped with strong spirit arrays so that the other people outside of the private room couldn't peer inside.
"Honored guests. Would you like me to invite some maids to serve you tonight?"
Trevor asked them politely. It was normal that they had servants ready to serve guests in the private rooms, but they still needed to ask for guests' opinion, especially the top families of the empire. They would occasionally bring their own servants to serve them or sometimes they would just reject having servants around them, keeping their privacy.
"No need. We will be fine."
Red waved his hand indifferently. It was not that it wasn't good to have maids to serve. It was just that he found that most people these days would just stare at him and his companions because of their good looks. Most people wouldn't even be able to think normally and would just stare at them in a daze.
He didn't feel shy at all, but what use was there for servants who wouldn't even be able to do their duties properly?
"Understood. Please enjoy the auction, honored guests. There will be a servant stationed in front of the door of your private room, so don't hesitate to reach out if you have any orders for us."
Saying that, Trevor excused himself. He was quite afraid of offending these guests himself.
Red, Eve and Scarlett walked up to the biggest sofa in the center of the room and sat down. Red sat in the center with Eve on his right and Scarlett on his left.
They still had about 30 minutes to wait before the auction started, so they started eating and discussing the auction. None of them were too interested in checking the items that would be displayed at the auction. Red only knew about the Wyvern Egg.
......
In another private room of the auction hall.
"Your Majesty. Patriarch Vaelanor just arrived and entered his private room. He arrived with his wife and Lady Scarlett Devure."
The Empress Aeriel was sitting on a large sofa in her private room, calmly drinking tea.
"Hmm."
Aeriel nodded and waved her hand, signaling the servants to leave.
'That stinky man! He still didn't visit me after I called him at that banquet.'
Aeriel was still angry at Red for not visiting her yet. She was also a bit surprised that he came to attend this auction. She expected that he wouldn't be interested in that. Otherwise, she would have called him again and asked him to attend with her!
'Maybe I'll visit them later.'
......
Back in the private room of the Vaelanor family.
Time passed very fast and it was finally time for the auction to start.
At that moment, a beautiful blonde woman climbed the stage at the center of the auction hall. Red remembered this woman from that banquet the other day.
It was the same woman who started the speech back then in the banquet hall. It seemed that this woman would be the auctioneer.
She calmly walked to the center of the stage and took the microphone.
"Welcome, dear guests, to this year's auction hosted by our Quinn family. We are honored to see you all again this year. With this, the auction will officially begin!"
Guests below started cheering even louder. They were all eager to see the items that would be displayed.
"Now we will start with the first item of today's auction."
Two servants walked up to the stage holding a big tray that was covered with a red cloth.
The auctioneer removed the cloth and revealed a box on the tray.
She opened the box slowly and revealed a beautiful diamond necklace.
"A mind-calming necklace! This diamond necklace was made from special diamond crystals and has the power to calm the wearer's mind. Starting bid is 20 high-grade spirit stones. Dear guests, please start bidding!"
"20 high-grade spirit stones!"
"21 high-grade spirit stones!"
"25 high-grade spirit stones!"
"26 high-grade spirit stones!"
The guests below started bidding.
Red was a bit confused.
"Such a cheap item? Why display it?"
"This is normal. They will always start with cheaper items and the items will get more expensive later. It might be cheap for us but 20 high-grade spirit stones is quite expensive for the lower families that couldn't even reserve a room on the 2nd floor. There will most likely be hundreds of items displayed before they start displaying actual valuables."
"Sigh... I guess we'll be waiting for quite a long time then..."
Red couldn't bother with these cheap treasures. He wouldn't need them at all, and even if he needed them, the system could just make them for him.
They continued waiting for the later parts of the auction.
......
Two hours later...
"Damn... they are still displaying these cheap things?"
"Well, it's normal. But they should display a valuable or an interesting item soon. They usually throw an interesting item here and there to keep the guests on the upper floors interested while waiting for the later part of the auction."
Just as Scarlett said that, the auctioneer below announced.
"The next item is a mysterious stone tablet found in a secret realm. The secret realm was left by a powerhouse from the upper realm many years ago. A person who wished to stay anonymous provided this item for today's auction."
She took out a small stone tablet from the tray that the servants brought to the stage and showed it to the audience. The stone tablet was the size of a palm and was completely black.
"We don't know what it is. Many experts have already tested it and couldn't figure out what this stone tablet is. What makes it very interesting is that even the Martial Kings who tested it couldn't even put a scratch on the surface of the tablet even with their full strength, so it must be something extraordinary! The starting bid for this stone tablet is 100 high-grade spirit stones!"
Everyone in the hall was stunned. They didn't know what it was? Then why display such an item? But what also surprised them was that the Martial Kings couldn't damage the item.
It must be something special. Some guests were interested, if only to put the mysterious item in their collection.
So they started bidding!
"100 high-grade spirit stones!"
"105 high-grade spirit stones!"
"110 high-grade spirit stones!"
In Red's private room.
Red noticed that Scarlett was looking at the stone tablet unblinkingly from the moment it appeared.
"Scarlett, do you know what that stone tablet is?"
"No, but I sense something from it. I'm not sure, but the feeling is familiar."
'System, do you know what that stone tablet is?'
[Host, it's nothing too special, but it contains a drop of true dragon's blood. The item could be very useful for Scarlett to awaken her dormant bloodline.]
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[A/N: I hope you liked this chapter! If you have any suggestions, please comment.]