While Shen Qiang and Xin Xiaoting were looking at the auction items in the exhibition hall.

In the grand hall of Wanxin Hesheng.

With a face red with anger, Zhang Liwei gritted his teeth and said, "I get it now, no wonder Shen Qiang could tell the emerald ring I bought last time was fake—he's an appraiser."

The heavily made-up woman by his side giggled, "Young Master Wei, now it's not hard to understand why Shen Qiang used the VIP channel. Maybe he's just a worker but knows the staff here, so they pretended he was some VIP."

"Makes sense!" Zhang Liwei clapped his hands, "If he were really a VIP, truly wealthy, why would he go eat at a street stall?"

The heavily made-up woman giggled, "So Young Master Wei, there's no need for you to be angry with him. Once the auction starts, with your family's vast business, we'll have plenty of opportunities to humiliate him."

Zhang Liwei sneered, "I'll make sure he gets what's coming to him, I guarantee it!"

In the exhibition hall, Xin Xiaoting's eyes curved in a smile.

Seemingly by a woman's innate love for beauty, her favorite things to see were all kinds of glittering jewels and jewelry.

However, Shen Qiang was not interested in these things at all.

Because every item displayed there had been appraised by a professional, the price margin would not vary much, and buying them would not make much money.

Except for wanting to make Xin Xiaoting happy, Shen Qiang had no interest in jewelry.

He accompanied Xin Xiaoting as they lingered beside the jewelry showcases.

Unintentionally, Shen Qiang suddenly saw opposite the dazzling Buddha's Treasure under three spotlights, similarly illuminated by three spotlights, three other items.

One of them was the Daoist Artifact, the Yin Yang Mother and Child Bead Stick, which Shen Qiang had examined for Xu Nan a few days earlier.

To the right was a small flag made of golden thread.

Shen Qiang couldn't help but use his Observing the Micro skill, and was immediately stunned.

Daoist Artifact: Cloud Water Flag.

Material: gold thread, silver thread.

Existing time: 525 years.

Another Daoist Artifact!

This discovery astounded Shen Qiang.

But upon reflection, it wasn't hard to understand.

After all, antiques are usually old items.

And the most widely spread and numerous among them, other than daily use items, are those related to religion.

Including various Buddha statues and heads, Daoist magic artifacts, Confucian brushes, ink, paper, inkstones—such are common in the world of antiques.

Comparatively, these two Daoist artifacts, from their positioning, obviously ranked lower than the copper tripod placed in the center.

Realizing this,

Shen Qiang shifted his attention to the palm-sized copper tripod.

After activating Observing the Micro, Shen Qiang was instantly astonished.

Furnace Tripod sealed by an Immortal Sealing Technique.

Material: unknown.

Existing time: unknown.

How could this be!

Was there actually something that Observing the Micro couldn't see through?

Could it be due to the Immortal Sealing Technique?

Just then, a mess of footsteps and clamor came from outside the exhibition hall, and a large number of antique enthusiasts flowed in. Xin Xiaoting gently tugged at the daydreaming Shen Qiang and whispered, "There are too many people, let's go."

Shen Qiang, snapping out of it, replied affirmatively.

At that moment, he immediately saw a young man in a shirt so neat it had not a single wrinkle, staring blankly at him.

Seeing Shen Qiang looking at him, he politely said, "The auction will start in fifteen minutes. Mr. Shen and this lady, would you like to enter now?"

Shen Qiang nodded.

The young man immediately said, "Please follow me."

After speaking, Shen Qiang led Xin Xiaoting with him into the hall of the auction.

The auction hall looked not too small, but actually, it was just over two hundred square meters.

At the very end in the center, there was a small stage.

There was a table on the stage.

Somehow, it oddly reminded Shen Qiang of a lecturer's desk in a classroom.

In front of the table, there were small tables facing away from the lecturer's desk, with four chairs behind them. The tables had nameplates reading "notary" and "appraisal center."

Beyond that, there were rows of seats like those in old-fashioned movie theaters, with only open space behind them.

Shen Qiang and Xin Xiaoting, led by the young man, came to a spot on the side facing the stage, an area designated for VIP guests.

Certainly, it sounded very grand, but in reality, it was just comfortable executive chairs with tables in front covered with snow-white tablecloths, furnished with red wine, champagne, some snacks, tea, and dried fruits—nothing more.

But this spot was very comfortable for sitting; the air vent was nearby, the air quality was excellent, and more importantly, one could clearly see everything inside the hall from this position.

Xin Xiaoting was pulled to sit down in the VIP seats.

Not long after, other VIP guests began to enter.

However, most of them sat on the side opposite to Shen Qiang.

There were not many people on Shen Qiang and Xin Xiaoting's side.

Just when Shen Qiang thought it was because there were not many VIP buyers, an astonishing scene made him gasp—in three minutes, five monks clad in Kasayas took seats in the VIP section.

Besides them was Old Master Meng, who was also a VIP, though he sat on the opposite side of the hall from Shen Qiang.

Soon, the VIP seats began to fill up continuously, and Shen Qiang noted that combining both sides of the VIP sections, there were only fifty seats. Including Xin Xiaoting and himself, forty-seven people were seated.

What was peculiar, though, was that aside from many monks among the buyers, there was even an old man in Daoist robes sitting opposite.

This made Shen Qiang oddly think of the Furnace Tripod sealed by an Immortal Technique; that old fellow was probably here for that.

Realizing this, he coincidentally saw Xu Nan peeking over there.

After advising Xin Xiaoting, Shen Qiang immediately stood up and walked toward Xu Nan, saying, "Manager Xu, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."

Xu Nan looked slightly surprised, "What is it?"

Shen Qiang glanced at the old man sitting in the VIP seats and said, "I've found something I'm interested in and would like to buy, but I don't have any money unless I sell my own items."

Upon hearing this, Xu Nan smiled, "Your Blood Coral and Spiritual Bone Relics, as appraised by Master Tong, are roughly valued around twenty million. You also have a Nalan Xingde's thumb ring that might sell for ten million. Considering your Treasure Appraisal Skill, I can allow you to buy now and pay later, with a credit limit up to fifty million."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang was stunned, "That much?"

Xu Nan smiled, "If you cannot pay in three days, then the artifacts you purchase, along with your existing ones, will be used to offset your debt at their lower estimated value. If there's still an outstanding balance, you'll need to work at Wan Xin He Sheng until it is paid off."

"Of course, if you settle the payment within twenty-four hours after the auction ends, it will be interest-free. After twenty-four hours, interest will be calculated on your debt at three times the basic commercial loan interest rate from the banks. If you agree, I can notify the staff right now."

Three times the bank loan interest rate—this was practically usurious!

Thinking of the Furnace Tripod sealed with the Immortal Technique, Shen Qiang immediately nodded, "No problem."

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