High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late

Chapter 676: Chapter 450: Celestial Cross City Lord’s Mansion—Some Will Never See Tomorrow’s Sun

Pier looked through the special glass of the private box at Frey on the stage, a trace of pity flashing across his face, as he journeyed from Bandar City all the way here.

At this moment, Pier still vividly remembered the shock he felt a few days ago when the first city among the Ten Cities of Celestial Snow Province changed hands.

After that, the Master presented the Exotic Blood Secret Technique, swiftly and overwhelmingly overcoming obstacles, and now the Master had nearly controlled nine out of the Ten Cities in Celestial Snow Province. Pier’s respect for Su Mu reached a feverish level.

Unless the Demon God of the God of the Alien Race descends, Pier firmly believes that nothing can halt Master Su Mu’s progress.

Even the continuum of the Loris City Lord who now governs Celestial Snow Province can’t!

Yet, Frey seemed utterly oblivious...

The transaction amount of this auction had already far exceeded expectations, and a smile flickered across Frey’s face as he quickly announced the starting bid for the living beings in the iron cage.

"The starting bid for this batch of slaves is three hundred jin of Red Marrow."

Slaves?

Many members of the Alien Race looked puzzled; they recklessly used their Spiritual Power to scan the living beings in the iron cage but found nothing special.

The market value of such a cage of slaves was far less than three hundred jin of Red Marrow. Even considering their looks, most in the iron cage were not even ten years old. They couldn’t justify spending three hundred jin of Red Marrow at an auction for slaves.

But they also knew that anything appearing at an auction must have something special about it.

Yet at the same time, many also thought that it was not uncommon for low-quality items to be mixed into auctions. If one’s eye was not sharp enough and got deceived, they could only blame their own lack of discernment, just like that Incomplete Crystal from not long ago.

For a moment, no one in the audience bid.

Frey instantly had a clear understanding; this item was actually not part of the auction’s original collection but was temporarily added, and Frey didn’t know the reason behind it. He was only responsible for auctioning it.

Just as everyone thought this batch of slaves was about to go unsold,

a familiar voice resonated from within one of the private boxes.

"Three hundred jin of Red Marrow."

In an instant, someone recognized the voice, no other than the "sucker" from Box Thirty, who had earlier bought that worthless item, just as the Alien Race members present were about to mock...

a cold female voice quickly echoed from another private box.

"I bid five hundred jin of Red Marrow."

The room immediately buzzed with discussion; was someone actually competing over this batch of slaves, which seemed to be entirely worthless?

Such an illogical matter caused many Alien Races to show expressions of surprise and suspicion, and soon someone muttered.

"Do you think these two boxes are shills hired by the auction house? Previously, that item was about to go unsold, and then the person in Box Thirty intervened, and now it’s the same this time."

"That’s right, it also seems that way to me. Could they be trying to trap people with this bidding war?"

This statement made quite a few people nod silently, agreeing in their hearts.

Upon hearing the discussions, even Frey on the stage couldn’t help but feel a slight doubt, starting to wonder if the guest in Box Thirty was indeed a shill recruited by his father?

Frey was aware of the identities of the guests in the other private boxes; their invitations were all directly issued by the auction, except for the guest in Box Thirty.

Inside Box Thirty, Pier did not inquire whether Su Mu wanted to continue bidding. He wasn’t foolish enough to do so after sensing the killing intent from Master Su Mu at the start.

Pier realized that this time he had to go all out, so he directly doubled the bid.

"One thousand jin of Red Marrow."

"Two thousand jin of Red Marrow."

The other party refused to be outdone and doubled their bid as well.

"Ten thousand jin of Red Marrow."

"Twenty thousand."

The bidding war between the two boxes quickly escalated, and soon the price for this batch of slaves broke through the mark of twenty thousand jin of Red Marrow, nearly seventy times the starting price.

The Alien Race participants started having doubts in their minds, seeing the heated contest between these two boxes seemed genuinely intense, not just shill bidding, so their eyes began scanning the iron cage repeatedly.

Instantly, the living beings within the iron cage trembled all over, their fear growing more intense, feeling like they were bloody food laid out on a chopping block in the marketplace.

On stage, Frey was secretly pleased, becoming increasingly convinced that Box Thirty was indeed a shill brought in by the auction house, and look, a big catch had taken the bait.

Without delay, Frey struck while the iron was hot, "The guest in Box Nine bids twenty thousand jin of Red Marrow, any higher bids?"

"One hundred thousand jin," Pier bid again.

As soon as Pier spoke, Box Nine followed with a bid, though this time the woman’s once cold tone was unmistakably laced with irritation, "One hundred fifty thousand jin, we are working on behalf of the Celestial Province City Lord’s Mansion."

"What? The one in Box Nine is from the Celestial Province City Lord’s Mansion?"

On hearing "Celestial Cross Province", the Alien Race present, even Frey on the stage, couldn’t help but show expressions of dread.

Though Celestial Snow Province and Celestial Cross Province were both provinces of the Ray Kingdom, the difference in their status was like night and day. Celestial Snow was just a frontier province, whereas Celestial Cross was one of the five provinces guarding Ray Royal City; the status of these five provinces wouldn’t be inferior even to the Governor Provinces.

Moreover, given the unique geographical location of Celestial Cross, the one in charge of the province was undoubtedly closely tied to the Ray Royal Family.

Upon hearing the name "Celestial Cross Province", a woman wearing a White Fox Mask in the audience was startled. Initially intending to bid, she struggled internally and eventually decided against it, casting one last glance at the variable of Box Three.

Realizing the plan had changed, the white fox-masked woman quietly stood up and left the auction.