Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 552 - 526: Good News

Half an hour passed by like years.

The auction host, temporarily played by a government staff, nervously took the stage.

There were as many as twenty-eight martial artists present, including both civilian and military martial artists.

Facing such a group of people, anyone would tremble.

He took a deep breath and began to introduce today’s auction item, which was also the only auction item.

"Greetings to all leaders, I will be hosting today’s auction."

"This demigod is the founder of the Chen Clan’s cultivation method, a martial arts grandmaster, Chen Shouyi, General Manager Chen killed in another world, so it entirely belongs to General Manager Chen personally... Demigod meat has never been publicly auctioned globally, nor is there any reference price.

After agreement with the Jiangnan Province Price Bureau and with General Manager Chen’s consent, it was finally decided to start the auction at a base price of one million per 500 grams, with the starting bid at 5,000 grams per portion."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar below.

It wasn’t because the price was too high, but rather too low.

This is real demigod meat; just think, previously, the internally traded inferior divine blood with pitiful effects cost 800,000 per vial, which was only 100 milliliters.

A million for a jin of demigod meat is practically a bargain!

"How much is being auctioned?" A martial artist asked.

Everyone suddenly realized, the starting price didn’t mean much. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

If there were only a few dozen or a hundred jin, even with a starting price of a million, all these martial artists could hype it up to sky-high prices.

Martial artists don’t lack money in the first place.

"Please thank General Manager Chen for his generosity and selflessness!" The guest auctioneer’s initial nervousness disappeared, and he said with a smile: "Due to the large amount of demigod meat, the auction will be unlimited."

In other words, all of you are broke; even if everyone here spends every last cent they have, you still wouldn’t be able to buy all the demigod meat.

However, none of the martial artists felt broke; each one looked excited, and there was tumult among the audience.

Unlimited auction.

This means as long as you don’t overspend, each portion can be settled at the base price.

Luo Peibin trembled with excitement; he had gathered a full one hundred and ten million, enough to buy a hundred and ten jin. Perhaps in his lifetime, it wouldn’t be impossible to become a legendary strongman like General Manager Chen.

He then looked at Qin Liuyuan beside him, who seemed indifferent, zoning out as if seeing through everything: "Aren’t you excited?"

"Excited!" Qin Liuyuan glanced at him and said calmly.

Seeing you so excited, I can’t bring myself to be excited.

Sitting next to you was a mistake.

I only have twenty million!

If I had more time, I would consider robbing a bank.

Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity might never come again.

So depressing.

Feels like a weight on my chest.

Alas!

I shouldn’t have been so polite to General Manager Chen back then.

I even gave him a box of tea!

...

In another auction room, it was much livelier.

The air was foul, voices were deafening, and the atmosphere was boiling.

"One million!"

"One million and fifty thousand!"

"One million and fifty thousand! Anyone else?"

"Sold! Bidder number 365, please proceed to the back to complete the formalities," the auction host shouted hoarsely, straining his throat.

"Next lot!"

"One million!"

...

The auction moved efficiently and swiftly; this was a small-scale auction, starting from one jin, with each sale taking no more than ten seconds.

Chen Xingyue was reluctantly dragged over by a group of colleagues from school. Being Chen Shouyi, General Manager Chen’s sister, a true top-tier socialite, she naturally never had to worry about social interactions; she was constantly surrounded by people.

"It’s so lively!" a female colleague said excitedly, then turned to Chen Xingyue and said, "Xing Yue, your brother is probably the richest person in the province now, right?"

"Even if he has more, it’s not mine," Chen Xingyue replied.

She remembered her brother had several tons of demigod meat. If it were all auctioned, it would be two to three hundred billion.

How much money is that?

She thought quietly for a moment and found she couldn’t even imagine it.

"You’re his real sister, just act a little spoiled, and you’ll have everything!" another female colleague said with a smile: "Your brother really didn’t give you any demigod meat? Otherwise, we can buy from you, what we get from the auction is divine blood, it’s better to separate it in the school lab."

Humph, I wouldn’t even act spoiled.

Chen Xingyue grumbled internally and said, "Really, he didn’t give me any. Such a dangerous thing, my brother wouldn’t give it to me. He said to wait until I become a martial artist."

The atmosphere suddenly grew quiet.

Everyone felt a million-point blow to the heart.

Comparing oneself to others is truly infuriating.

Like Chen Xingyue, only seventeen, not yet an adult, already at the peak of great martial artist.

All the divine blood, all the divine marrow.

The vast majority of martial artists have never even seen it, while she acts like she’s drinking water, drinking until she vomits.

Why don’t I have a brother like that!

...

In the martial artist auction hall.

The initially intense atmosphere started gradually calming down.

The auction proceeded systematically, and each transaction was made at the base price.

Qin Liuyuan secured twenty jin early and just sat in his seat, dazing, depressedly watching Luo Peibin continuing the auction with excitement.

"It’s stuffy here, I’m going for a smoke," Qin Liuyuan patted his shoulder and said.

Luo Peibin snapped back, his face excited as he said, "Oh, alright!"

Qin Liuyuan stood up, preparing to leave.

But just then, someone went from the back to the auction host’s side and whispered a few words to him.

The host’s expression froze and became excited: "Sorry to interrupt, I have good news for everyone, General Manager Chen just called and is willing to provide five jin of true god meat for each auction venue to auction.

It’s not demigod meat, it’s true god meat, weak divine power’s true god meat.

Thanks to General Manager Chen’s generosity, this time the true god meat will be auctioned starting at one hundred grams, with a starting base price of zero."

"Boom!"

The entire auction hall exploded!

Many martial artists’ faces turned red; this was true god meat, not demigod meat. Once divine blood is separated, its consumption can immediately enhance one’s strength.

But not everyone was excited; many martial artists who had spent all their money wore faces full of regret.

"Can what I bought earlier be returned?" A martial artist quickly asked.

"Yes!" The auction host nodded.

Just ready to leave, Qin Liuyuan hesitated, finally sighing with profound resentment, his forehead’s wrinkles deepening.

He only had twenty million, the lowest of all martial artists in terms of funding.

There was hardly any hope.

He walked out of the auction hall, searching his pocket for a pack of cigarettes, pulled one out, lit it with a lighter, took a deep drag, exhaled a cloud of smoke, listening to the intense atmosphere behind him, feeling like he was in a world far away.

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