That blond middle-aged man stood on the stage, continuing to talk loudly: "Talking about the top ten stone carvings in history, the cheapest one among the top ten stone carvings now is 5.28 million gold coins, and the most expensive one is the carving work 'Blood Eyed Lion', which was recently traded at a new price of 13 million gold coins in the Prucks Auction House of the Yulan Empire!"

  The nobles and rich people below all fell silent.

  This price is indeed terrifying.

  "The Blood-eyed Lion, taken from the sacred beast 'Blood-eyed Lion', was carved by the carving master 'Hufu' ten thousand years ago. And in the past ten thousand years, our Yulan continent has also produced two masters of the same level, namely Master Prucks and Master Hopkinsen. These two have also reached the level of a master."

  The middle-aged man with blond hair suddenly burst out laughing.

  "However, as far as I know, in history, any master, not to mention masters, even general masters, when they were called masters, the vast majority were over a hundred years old. Even if they didn't live to be a hundred, they were at least seventy or eighty years old. Who became a master before the age of thirty?"

  The middle-aged man with blond hair looked down: "There wasn't in the past, but there is now."

  "The great Lin Lei master, he is a genius. At the age of seventeen, he was already a 7th-level dual-system magician, and in the entire history of the Yulan continent's magical world, he was also ranked as the second most talented person. And at the age of seventeen, his carving works were also known to everyone."

  As he spoke, the blond middle-aged man turned his head towards Shi Chui 'Meng Xing'.

  The two maidservants immediately stepped forward and lifted the veil, revealing the true appearance of the "Dream Awakening" stone carving.

  "This is indeed a work by Master Lin Lei. According to our association's investigation, this piece was completed last December during the heavy snowfall, which was also the year Master Lin Lei turned 16." The middle-aged man with golden hair said with a smile, "I've always been puzzled as to why last year's snow was so heavy, but now I think it might be because of the birth of this piece by Master Lin Lei."

  At once, all the nobles and wealthy people below burst out laughing.

  "Alright, let's not waste any more words." The blond middle-aged man pointed at the 'Dream Awakening' stone carving, "This piece of stone carving has already reached the level of a master craftsman. What's most remarkable is that this work is extremely large in scale. To be honest, this piece can be completely divided into five parts for auction."

  The wealthy nobles all started chatting and laughing with each other.

  "Of course, I'm joking. Each of these five human-shaped sculptures has a unique charm, and when combined, they are like a beautiful love story. Many people who study stone carvings can feel this poignant love story."

  A middle-aged man with blond hair sighed: "Five figurines, each one has a master level, and the five combined can still make people feel that unique story. The price of this stone carving, I simply cannot guess."

  "What's most important is that Master Lin Lei completed this piece when he was only sixteen years old. Sixteen years old!" The middle-aged man with golden hair raised his voice, "I've never felt so inadequate in my language, I'm unable to express my admiration for Master Lin Lei. He's truly a genius!!!"

  These words also resonated with the nobles and wealthy people below.

  At sixteen, completing such a work is simply a miracle.

  The Debus family's box was silent.

  "Despicable guy." Kalan was resentful of this blond middle-aged man, because after he said that, the price of Shiyan's "Dream Awakening" would probably be even higher.

  "I can hardly imagine Master Lin Lei's future achievements, and it is precisely because of this that Master Lin Lei's first work to shake the Jade Orchid Continent is even more precious. Alas, unfortunately I don't have much money, otherwise I would spend all my wealth to buy it." The middle-aged man with golden hair said with a smile, "Alright, now the auction begins, starting price one million gold coins, does anyone object?"

  One million gold coins!

  Still at the bottom price?

  Many of the nobles who had been secretly optimistic were suddenly shocked, and not only did they lose their desire to compete for this stone carving "Dream Awakening", but even the idea of doing so was gone.

  "Each increase must be at least 100,000 gold coins." The blond middle-aged man added a sentence, "Alright, the auction of Master Lin Lei's stone carving 'Dream Awakening' officially begins."

  The entire auction hall fell silent in an instant.

  "1.5 million gold coins!" A noble in the first row directly made an offer.

  In the third floor, Lin Lei carefully listened to the quotation below, and 'Bei Bei' in Lin Lei's arms also stretched out her little head to look down.

  "Boss, from now on, I can eat as much roasted chicken and duck, and drink as much wine as I want, right?" Beibei's voice echoed in Lin Lei's mind.

  "No problem." Lin Lei patted BeiBei's head.

  For herself, Beibei is completely her own brother now.

  "Ah, it's going to be a happy ending!" Bebe's eyes sparkled with excitement as she stretched her neck and looked down, "Wow, two million gold coins! Higher, higher, please!" Bebe couldn't help but hope for an even higher price, and Lin Lei couldn't help but laugh at the sight.

  King Clyde of the Kingdom of Fenley patted Lin Lei's shoulder enthusiastically: "Lin Lei, I'll cheer for you too."

  "Ostuni, five hundred thousand gold coins." Clyde said to Ostuni.

  Auctioneer walked to a pronunciation place and said loudly: "Your Majesty Clyde, bid five million gold coins."

  "Thank you, Your Majesty," Lin Lei said immediately.

  "Haha, no big deal." Clyde enthusiastically patted Lin Lei's shoulder. "Lin Lei, are you interested in helping me out? We don't have to be so formal about it either." Clyde said casually.

  Lin Lei also had a good impression of Clyde.

  This is indeed a very charming and attractive leader.

  "Your Majesty, I beg your pardon. I'd like to go back and discuss with my father. If nothing unexpected happens, I'll still stay in the Kingdom of Fenley." Lin Lei said with a smile.

  "It's indeed necessary to discuss with your father." Clyde frowned slightly and said, "Lin Lei, as far as I know, your father seems to have left Wushan Town. I've investigated, but can't find any trace of your father. It's as if... he vanished."

  After Lin Lei's reputation shook the world, Clyde went to investigate Lin Lei's relatives in order to get him to help himself.

  Ke Hog was not in Wushan Town.

  "My father is not in Wushan Town?" Lin Lei was somewhat puzzled, then smiled and said, "My father may have gone to other places, he won't always stay in Wushan Town."

  "Maybe," Clyde said no more.

  Hogwarts is indeed hidden very deeply; otherwise, a king of a country wants to find someone, how can he not be found?

  The second floor VIP room of the auction hall.

  "Five million gold coins, damn it!" Karl cursed rarely.

  Bernard, the head of the Debus family, who had been gloomy-faced all along, said in a low voice: "Kalan, you should also know the situation of our family. Now that the future of our family is uncertain, we cannot afford to waste too much money on this. According to the discussion within our family, we can offer you at most 8 million gold coins. This is already the bottom line."

  Kala nodded.

  Kala was well aware that the family's total assets added up to a staggering one hundred million gold coins, but most of those were fixed assets. The liquid assets only came out to around twenty million gold coins. However, the family couldn't possibly waste all their money on just one stone statue.

  It's already rare for a family not to force Kala and Eris apart.

  "5.3 million gold coins!" Someone else quoted a price in the second-tier private room.

  The blond middle-aged host immediately became excited: "Five hundred and thirty million gold coins, the lowest price of the top ten stone carvings in the past was 5.28 million gold coins, but now the price of the top ten stone carvings has changed, I can announce that the stone carving 'Dream Awakening' is already on the list of the top ten stone carvings."

  "Dawson Mercantile bids 6 million gold coins for Yale Young Master!" Ostorny's voice came from the third floor of the auction hall.

  Hearing this price, Kalan's face turned black again.

  The price has reached six million gold coins so quickly, which is beyond Karan's expectation. According to Karan's expectation, the last of the top ten stone carvings was only 5.28 million gold coins, and he had prepared eight million gold coins, which should not have been a problem.

  But... Kalan is not a true collector, and he has no real knowledge of stone carvings.

  A true collector can fully feel the thrilling place of 'Meng Xing' stone carving, especially when five human-shaped stone carvings are combined, which is extremely rare. Throughout the history of Yulan Continent, there has never been a combination of five human-shaped stone carvings that can evoke a sense of poignant beauty.

  Especially the carver, who was only sixteen years old when he carved it, is a super magical genius.

  "We can't let prices keep going up step by step." Ka Lan frowned.

  He understands that if he lets the price go up slowly, his quotation success rate will be very low.

  "Eight million gold coins!" Kala loudly reported her own price.

  From six million gold coins to eight million gold coins, it rose by two million gold coins in one go. The magnitude of this drastic increase indeed shocked many people. After all, the top ten stone carvings were priced like that, and even the three most precious works of Prukus had only one piece for more than seven million gold coins.

  Collectors are not just blindly collecting, but also valuing.

  Otherwise, blindly comparing with others is the behavior of a prodigal son.

  A blond middle-aged man immediately shouted loudly: "The Debus family bid 8 million gold coins, and the price of 8 million gold coins is so clean. It can be seen that they must get this stone carving. I can imagine that in the future, Lin Lei will become a strong player in the Holy Domain, and the price of this work will not be 8 million gold coins, but more likely to be 16 million gold coins."

  This blond middle-aged man indeed has very strong persuasive abilities.

  But there are few idiots among them either. They are also thinking... after all, no matter how much money you have, it's still valuable to use it.

  On the third floor of the auction hall, Lin Lei, Yale, Clyde Your Highness, Gilmer Cardinal, Lampson Cardinal and others were looking down, chatting and laughing casually.

  "Lao San, that card has been priced." Yale said in a low voice.

  Lin Lei couldn't help but cast his gaze towards the private room, where he could clearly see that Kalan and Alice were holding hands, and from Kalan's expression, it was evident that he was extremely tense.

  "Lao San, otherwise I'll take him down. No matter what, your stone carving cannot fall into his hands." Yale whispered in Lin Lei's ear.

  "No need." Lin Lei slowly shook his head.

  Lin Lei stared at Alice, who looked like a poor and wronged little girl in the private room. The others from the Debus family looked at Alice with a hint of dissatisfaction, after all, their family had to spend a lot of money on her.

  "If they really want it, just give it to them." Lin Lei said coldly.

  Gilmour and Lampson exchanged a look and smiled at each other.

  In the private room.

  The Debus family is a relatively tense one, with Karl and Alice being the most tense of all.

  "Don't worry, Alice. Eight million gold coins is already an extremely high price. It won't go any higher." Kalan comforted Alice, but wasn't he also comforting himself? After all, the family had only authorized him to spend eight million gold coins.

  "And the blond middle-aged man also raised his small hammer: 'The Debus family bids 8 million gold coins, is there a higher bid? Well... I'm going to count down.'"

  "One hundred million gold coins."

  A lazy voice came from the seats in the first floor hall, and it was actually a quote for Shiyan 'Meng Xing' behind. Almost all of them were super aristocrats in the VIP rooms above, competing with each other. The nobles and tycoons below were just watching the show, but they didn't expect that someone would also make an offer in the first floor hall now.

  "What a lack of vision, I think this 'Dream Awakening' has opened up a whole new genre, the carving style is completely different from other stone carvings, and with five different divine human forms, it's worth 10 million gold coins." The man who casually said "10 million gold coins" said.

  This man in his thirties or forties was wearing a loose long gown, and the lazy atmosphere he exuded could be felt by everyone.

  "One hundred million gold coins?"

  Karl and Alice in the private room were stunned.

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