Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 67 The Grand Event Begins

In the virtual universe, above the continent corresponding to the Lanting Universe Kingdom, there is a massive city suspended in the clouds.

The entire floating city was majestic, with strange marks resembling lightning bolts imprinted all over the buildings, which were predominantly purple and black.

At the very center of the floating city stood an enormous, dazzling purple-gold building—the auction hall!

The triennial Lanting Auction is held in this auction hall!
When Qi Yuan arrived, he saw long queues at all 16 entrances to the auction hall.

People dressed in various styles, some elegant and some simple, with different appearances and body types, were queuing up to enter.

At a glance, the number of people queuing up was at least over 100,000!

It should be noted that those qualified to participate in the Lanting Auction are at least three-star clients of the two major banks.

Three-star level customers are usually those with the status of a realm lord, with very few being big businessmen or young people with super backgrounds.

In other words, just from what Qi Yuan is seeing now, there are nearly 100,000 Realm Lords!

Nearly 100,000 Realm Lords
The Eternal Empire, where he had previously served, had fewer than a hundred Realm Lords across its entire star field, barely accounting for one-thousandth of the Realm Lords present.
"As expected of a super event within the entire Lanting Universe Kingdom, this scene is truly breathtaking!"

Qi Yuan randomly chose an entrance to queue up. There were many familiar Realm Lords in the queue, greeting each other and casually discussing interesting topics.

Qi Yuan, however, could only obediently wait in line in silence.

There was nothing he could do. He was surrounded by powerful and influential world lords, and the topics they were discussing were extremely high-level, something that a mere cosmic-level nobody like him could not possibly participate in.

Fortunately, the group moved very quickly, and before long, he arrived at the entrance of the auction hall.

"Sir, welcome to this year's Lanting Auction. Here is your seat number, please keep it safe."

A beautiful woman with transparent wings, resembling an elf from Earth's legends, respectfully handed over a black token.

Qi Yuan took it and saw that the black token had a semi-transparent screen, which was displaying a seat number—nrd101289.

……

“nrd101289”

Qi Yuan followed the surging crowd into the auction hall and quickly found his seat.

"This seat is big enough for me to lie down and sleep in."

Qi Yuan stared at the enormous seat in front of him, which was six meters wide and ten meters high, and remained silent.

There are a total of 300 million such enormous seats in the entire auction hall!

The seats are arranged in a circular pattern, and you can hardly see the end of them!

Qi Yuan didn't know anyone here, so after sitting down, he closed his eyes to rest and wait for the auction to begin.

As time passed, more and more people entered the auction hall, and the surrounding seats were gradually occupied by more and more people.

"Hey, is this your first time attending an auction? I don't think I've seen you before."

A curious voice reached Qi Yuan's ears.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a girl in a beautiful white dress, with fair skin and two delicate white dragon horns on her forehead, whose appearance was almost identical to that of a human from his previous life, proudly 'looking' at him from the seat next to him on his right.

The reason it is described as 'proud' is because although she seemed to be talking to Qi Yuan, her little face was tilted forward, with only a few glimpses of her eyes peeking over her long eyelashes.

"Stellar level?"

Qi Yuan was slightly surprised. After all, the sudden appearance of a small star-level being among a large group of world lords was much more conspicuous than his own universe-level status.

The fact that someone at the Stellar level could enter the Lanting Auction suggests that their background is far from simple.

Moreover, the other party immediately asked him if it was his first time attending an auction, and said that she had never seen him before, as if the auction was her own business.
Qi Yuan, who came from an ordinary family in his previous life, always kept his distance from the sons of powerful people.

He didn't intend to make any further contact at this point, and simply gave a soft "hmm" before withdrawing his scrutinizing gaze.

Seeing his attitude, the other party lost interest in continuing the contact.

However, a powerful realm lord sitting to Qi Yuan's left, clad in a golden fish-scale battle robe and possessing a third eye on his forehead, secretly glanced over with a strange glint in his eyes. Time slowly passed.

Two hours later, nearly two-thirds of the three million huge seats in the auction hall were occupied by powerful or distinguished figures.

"Everyone!"

A clear voice echoed in everyone's ears, and the once bustling auction hall immediately fell silent.

Qi Yuan looked toward the center of the auction hall and saw a beautiful woman wearing a fiery red, sexy long dress, with even her hair in red, standing on the high platform in the center.

As the woman moved, a red fox tail, like a burning flame, could be seen swaying gently behind her.

"Welcome everyone to this year's Lanting Auction. Thank you to Virtual Universe Company, Universe First Bank, Universe Galaxy Bank, Giant Axe Arena, Universe Mercenary Alliance, and Lanting Universe Nation for their strong support."

The woman spoke, her voice filled with an alluring magnetism, "This auction will once again be hosted by Xue Shang. I hope everyone will participate enthusiastically during the bidding and not let Xue Shang's place become dull."

The woman in the red dress didn't waste much of everyone's time; after a brief warm-up, she immediately announced the start of the auction.

"The number of participants in this Lanting Auction reached 1934562, the highest in nearly 10,000 years. To thank everyone for your long-term support, we have prepared a small surprise for you before the official auction!"

As the woman in the red dress, Xue Shang, spoke, she raised her hand and pointed to the side. Countless rays of light converged at her fingertips, forming a giant screen in the blink of an eye.

On the screen, a colossal, silvery-white pyramid floated silently. Even though it was behind a screen, everyone present could feel the pyramid's grandeur and power.

The moment the image of the silver pyramid appeared, the auction hall erupted in commotion.

"Could this be...?"

"My God, they've even brought out such a treasure! This auction must be quite high-profile!"

"I was originally planning to bid on a powerful mechanical weapon, but if I could get this, it would be a much better deal than buying any other weapon!"

Even Qi Yuan, who was sitting in his seat, couldn't help but be slightly lost in thought.

"This, this design, could it be that..."

"Everyone!"

Seeing that the first item had indeed caused a sensation, the sexy woman named Xue Chang smiled with satisfaction.

"Hehe, I think everyone has recognized this treasure. That's right, it's a top-tier E-class spaceship from another powerful race in the universe, the 'Mechanical Race'!"

"Everyone has probably heard about the power of the Machine Race's technology. What I want to say is that the previous owner of this E-class peak Machine Race spaceship was an immortal powerhouse of the Machine Race."

"The entire spaceship is nearly 1300 meters tall. In addition to the powerful kinetic energy that the mechanical race's spaceships have always possessed, it is also equipped with an E9-level energy shield, as well as three planet-destroying cannons and nine E3-level laser cannons!"

"Anyone who owns such a spaceship can simply hide inside and activate the energy shield, and any attack below the Immortal level can be directly neutralized by the energy shield. Furthermore, if they use the three Star Destroyer main cannons, they can easily blast away even a peak World Lord level expert!"

"Such a powerful spaceship is definitely a trump card for survival. It can even be used as a foundation for a family to pass down for hundreds of millions of years. After all, with such a powerful spaceship, no one below the Immortal level would dare to make a move against your family!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was quite right, the woman in the red dress immediately raised her voice.

"This E9-class peak mechanical race spaceship is the surprise we've prepared for you. Now, let's start bidding. The starting price is 1500 Chaos Units. Each bid must be a multiple of Chaos Units."

As soon as she finished speaking, a line of numbers appeared on the large screen next to her: "1500 Mixed Units".

However, this number appeared only for a moment before being overwritten.

"1600 Hunyuan units."

"1650 Mixed Yuan Units".

"1800 Mixed Yuan Units".

"2000 Hunyuan unit!"

The entire auction hall was in a frenzy, and the prices on the big screen were climbing at an astonishing rate!

(End of this chapter)