Chapter 238 - Small trick

"For all those who either had the luck of being late to leave or premonition that the fun wasn't over...  good job!"

As soon as I said my first piece, I manipulated my aura a bit to dissipate Eve's spell. As it was one of the things that allowed the smoke to stay for so long, the moment it disappeared, a single cast of weak shockwave was enough to push all the smoke away and reveal my person on the stage.

The moment my voice, energetically enhanced for a better effect, reached the ears of the remaining audience, the time for them stopped.

How often do you see the auction having another part to it, that wasn't officially announced? While everyone knew that things like that happened, it was mostly an event settled between interested parties that were able to fork out enough money to compete against each other without the common folk bothering them or trying to pry into their matters!

"Since all the basic needs for the resources should be either satisfied or sadly greater than our supply, we decided to put on auction some of the greatest treasures that we managed to obtain during the years of travels of all the various parties that jointly invested in this auction house!"

Those words were enough to pick up the attention of the people remaining in the vicinity of the stage. As for those who already left… Not my fault!

"As to not suspend the things any longer, let's start the auction with more common commodities. For the first product," I took out a small bracelet from my storage ring "...is reinforcing bracelet! Made with Naukastic jade and pure gold, by infusing it with just a small amount of the energy, it will create a two-meter wide square capable of sustaining up to three attacks of enriching essence expert! Starting bid, five hundred arena coins!"

The price suddenly jumped from the entire thousand that was the starting bit for a pack of incredibly rare Calmwater Relaxing Pill, to five hundred for a single item! While calculating the difference, one had to remember that the pack included whooping five pills that were able to calm one's inner demons allowing for a smoother breakthrough to enriching essence realm, while this bracelet would shatter after only three attacks while costing two and a half as much as a single pill!

But that was the price between this distinctive difference of a chance that was offered by pills and guarantee offered by the item. One could manage to raise his cultivation with those pills, even if it was unlikely that a single one would suffice. But one was sure that he could save himself from three, fully committed attacks of enriching essence expert!

Don't underestimate the meaning of this! Being able to ignore the defences - even if only for the shortest moment - to fully focus on attack, could allow even a spiritual attainment expert to either run away or bid everything in a single attack!

While Venna proposed to prize it even higher, I decided against it. I created it with materials worth about two arena coins. Hiking up the price even higher, would hurt my own morals, no matter how effective the product could be!

"Lies! There is no way you could sell such an insane item soo cheaply!"

This response was just a part of the tactic that we decided on with Venna when thinking about what to do if no one would believe us. If no one would dare to bid for more than ten seconds after I showed the first product, an expert hired from Heavenly Sect core branch that was located far away from the city, would pose to be some haughty guy, trying to stir up some trouble. It was all planned!

"Sir over there, you dare to claim that I'm lying? How about proving it to me!"

Not even bothering to come up with something original, I simply followed the text that Venna forced me to learn beforehand. Knowing what would happen, I simply took the bracelet in my hand and infused it with my mana. In a small flash, a semitransparent barrier appeared in front of me, forming a half-cylinder around me. Before long, the hired expert who had his cultivation lowered to the enriching essence level, attacked.

Crash!

Just as expected, despite clearly and openly infusing his fist with all his current might, his attack stopped right when it touched the lightly shining area between me and his fist. As if unable to believe what happened, he continued to smash hist fist over and over again, quickly exceeding more than a hundred attacks!

While this man knew that this barrier could sustain entire three hits of his full power, he was ordered to try to break it down with just as many moves. But he wasn't told, that there was another ploy hidden within this small trick!

In reality, the barrier created by this bracelet could sustain three hits of full power… but from expanding senses level expert!

If this man knew about it beforehand, he would never be able to show such a genuine look of bewilderment and disbelief on his face!

Stopping the man by raising my hand, I waited for a second before he calmed down and deactivated the shield.

"Dear guests, this man attacked me and forced me to use this item to show that we are not trying to scam anyone! But I need to tell you the truth! This bracelet was made with the intention of guarding against attacks of expanding senses experts! Sadly, the craftsman that sold it to one of our compatriots believed that he failed while crafting it, thus forcing us to lower our expectations to only enriching essence level. As an already used item, we won't be holding…"

"One thousand!"

Before I even finished my words, a lone cultivator that managed to stay behind under the scene suddenly raised his hand and shouted his price. And here I was going to say that we won't auction it!

While I felt the temptation to sell it anyway, doing so would only taint the name of the auction house!

"I'm sorry sir, but this item is used. We won't be able to sell it. But don't fret as the next item might stir up your interest as well. Ladies and gentlemen! Crimson Tear Ring!"