Trading system, I exchanged vegetables for golden pills.

The second item is a Kapala bracelet, with a starting price of 20 yuan and a minimum increment of 1 yuan.

This is a Tantric Buddhist ritual implement, and it has quite a high collectible value.

At least that's what many people think.

You could tell from the reaction at the scene that the price jumped to 48 in just over 10 seconds.

Auctioneer Sasha was so overwhelmed by the dazzling display screen that she couldn't even keep up with the announcements.

Of course, it might also be because of the contrast with the first item auctioned that people feel that something worth hundreds of thousands is "cheap"!

It's not even worth a fraction of the price of the first item!

Therefore, there were significantly more people bidding this time, with at least twenty or thirty people participating.

The bracelet was eventually sold for 88!

The third item was a piece of calligraphy, but it wasn't an antique; it was the work of a modern master calligrapher.

The starting bid is 10 yuan, and each bid must be at least 1 yuan higher.

Eventually, someone offered 50 yuan to buy the calligraphy.

Ye Chen was unfamiliar with the market and had never heard of this calligrapher, so he couldn't judge the price.

As the saying goes, you can't buy what I like with a thousand pieces of gold!

It's none of anyone else's business how rich someone can spend their money!

Of course, it's also possible that it's a shill, used to hype up this calligraphy master; who can say for sure?

However, even if it was a hoax, the fact that this painting could be auctioned in such a setting is enough to demonstrate the extraordinary nature of this calligrapher.

Ye Chen didn't delve into this situation, his eyes fixed on the auctioneer Sasha, seemingly unsure of where he was looking.

The next seven or eight lots are all calligraphy and paintings!

Ye Chen wasn't very interested.

Perhaps his cultivation hasn't reached that level yet; he's not old enough to appreciate calligraphy and painting.

So he just hopes these products will be gone quickly.

The twelfth item is an old book called "Minfanglu" (Records of Folk Remedies), which was written by an unknown folk traditional Chinese medicine doctor during the Republic of China era.

The starting bid is 5 yuan, and each bid must be at least 1000 yuan higher.

This price has broken the record for the lowest starting bid at an auction.

Ye Chen guessed that the price was because the book was well preserved.

There was a few seconds of silence in the room, and no one made a bid!

I don't know if they look down on such cheap things or what.

It has no collectible value even if you buy it.

Ye Chen pondered for a moment, and since it was an ancient book, it might be worth trading.

After so much time, Ye Chen had figured out the system's nature.

It's not trading time now, so the trading system is usually silent except in special circumstances, such as when Qi Lirong is accepted as an apprentice.

Even if new tradable items appear, the trade window will be grayed out, indicating that they are temporarily untradable, and there will be no voice prompt.

A new voice prompt will not appear until the cooldown period ends.

However, all of this is based on the premise that the item belongs to him.

The book doesn't theoretically belong to him right now, so even if it could be traded, the system wouldn't show it yet!

Ye Chen decided to take a small gamble. After all, ancient books don't depreciate too much. Even if they can't be traded, he can still keep them as collectibles.

So Ye Chen pressed the red button.

The electronic screen showed that VIP number 998 had bid 51000!

Sasa was already a little embarrassed. No one bid on the item immediately after it was put up for auction. Where did the enthusiasm go?

Even though the price is cheap, at least give me a price!

Are they afraid that if they bid, they'll actually win the bid?

If you dare to make an offer, I dare to close the deal...

You can just give me any price, even 51000 would be fine!

For an auctioneer like her, having items go unsold is a big problem, as it will affect her performance rating!

Ye Chen's bid was like a godsend; Sasha's eyes lit up as she smiled and announced, "VIP number 998 bids 51000! 51000 once!"

"51000 twice, 51000 three times, sold!"

Sasa's bidding speed increased significantly this time, and no one offered a higher price after three bids.

Ye Chen won the 12th lot for 51000.

That's a great start!

This was Ye Chen's first time participating in an auction, and he succeeded on his first try, so he was in a pretty good mood.

Sasha also cast a grateful glance in Ye Chen's direction.

Of course, in the dim lighting, she couldn't see what Ye Chen looked like.

A female staff member came over and handed Ye Chen a bidding paddle numbered 12.

Ye Chen immediately opened the trading system panel and found that a new book, "Records of Folk Customs," had been added to the items needed for trading, and a new temporary item, "Flying Technique," had been added to the items available for trading.

Ye Chen was slightly taken aback. Aerial flight technique? Holy crap, the kind of aerial flight technique he was thinking of? The kind that lets you fly?

The description is very simple: Flying Techniques, the basic method of flight!

These few words stirred up a storm in Ye Chen's heart.

It really is a method of flight!

The true method of flight!

Although the sword control technique can theoretically allow one to fly, it is ultimately an external object and is not the same as true flying!

Who wouldn't want to stand in mid-air and walk on the waves?

Who doesn't want to be the center of attention and have girls admiring them?

Now, can our childhood fantasies finally come true?

Ye Chen was so excited that he was already daydreaming even before he started learning. He even imagined his flying posture and his body started to twist unconsciously.

He didn't pay any attention to the next few items!

By the time he had completely calmed down, the auction had already reached lot number 20!

Ye Chen took a deep breath. Getting excited now was useless, since he hadn't received the item yet and couldn't trade it.

We'll just have to bear with it for now!

Next up was another high-value item: a piece of ancient jade from the Song Dynasty in excellent condition. The starting bid was 500 million, with each bid increment not less than 10.

I wonder if it's just that rich people have different tastes.

When ancient jade from the Song Dynasty appeared, the bidding at the scene became much more active!

Perhaps the high price aroused people's competitive spirit and made them feel excited!

600 million, 700 million, and some people even raised the price to 1000 million.

In just a few seconds, the price of the Song Dynasty jade doubled.

This is just the beginning!

Ye Chen was also secretly shocked, realizing he had underestimated the obsession these wealthy people had with antiques.

A minute later, the bidding slowed down slightly, but the price still reached 3100 million, which was the highest price so far in the auction.

Only three people remained in the bidding.

One of them withdrew after bidding 3500 million in the final round, while the other two continued to compete, bidding 3600 million, 3800 million, and 4000 million.

The final screen resolution was set at 4000 million pixels, with no higher bids.

Auctioneer Sasha's eyes crinkled into crescent moons with laughter: "Congratulations to guest number 1 for winning the rare ancient jade!"

Buying a piece of ancient jade for 4000 million is something most people wouldn't even dare to dream of, yet now people are bidding on it without batting an eye.

This is a true master.