Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

As the voice of "Night Witch" Niaf fell, the audience suddenly burst into thunderous applause.

Niaf raised her hand slightly to indicate silence, and then the thunderous applause gradually stopped, and the auditorium returned to the previous silence.

“Thank you for your trust in our ‘Black Sword Mansion’. On behalf of the mansion, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you.”

Niaf lifted up her skirt, bowed gracefully to everyone in the auditorium again, and then said:

"You come here in search of good things, and the 'Black Sword Mansion' will ensure the authenticity of the auction items and your personal safety in the mansion."

"Similarly, I hope you will abide by the rules of the mansion and join me in making an oath to the 'Supreme Heaven' that 'cannot be broken' before the auction officially begins."

"..."

The members of the Black Sword Mansion are complex, and they do not have a clear belief in the Pillar God. The reason why they seek the witness of the "Supreme Heaven" is because their biggest supporter in Songyuan City happens to be the [Supreme] person.

The guests who came to participate in this "antiquities auction" were without exception extraordinary people. Everyone is protected and supervised by the Black Sword Mansion. They must abide by the rules here and abide by the "oath" they have made.

At the three entrances on the left, right and rear of the auditorium, waiters wearing black gilt tuxedos walked in orderly. These waiters and "guests" also wore copper-patterned masks. They held dark red wooden plates in their hands, which contained a black crystal bead that looked like an "eye" and a small black key that looked like a key. sword.

More than a hundred waiters entered the auditorium one by one. They separated to both sides at the middle steps, then came to the front of each seat and turned to face the "guests".

After all the tuxedo waiters and "guests" had completed their one-to-one correspondence, "Night Witch" Niaf then continued:

"Everyone, please pick up the 'Black Sword' on the plate in front of you. Use it to cut your fingertips and drip the blood on the 'Eye of the Black Beast'."

Most of the guests, when they heard what Nyaf said, they did as she was told. However, some guests who attended the auction for the first time were obviously hesitant.

There is no doubt that this is some kind of ritual, which is to provide some kind of spiritual assimilation and resonance to the recipients, so that their next words will have some kind of contract that cannot be violated.

Luo Xiu looked around, then without much hesitation, he picked up the small "black sword" on the plate and lightly scratched his fingertips with its blade. Blood seeped out from the scratches and gradually gathered into a drop. .

Snap, a drop of crimson blood fell on the "Eye of the Black Beast", and a burst of dark red mist quickly spread out on the surface of the round crystal that resembled a glass eyeball.

With the experience of his previous life, there is no need to worry too much... Luo Xiu thought this way. As a frequent visitor to the Black Sword Mansion in his previous life, he knew that this ritual only prevented guests from attacking other guests, making false offers, or offering prices that exceeded their true assets, etc.

Moreover, Luo Xiu also knew some ways to exploit loopholes, bypass the oath, or temporarily invalidate the oath.

"We firmly believe that trust is mutual."

"Night Witch" Niaf's voice came from the high platform again, "Old friends don't need to say more, and new friends - if you want to get corresponding benefits from the 'Black Sword Mansion', please make an oath. This is Necessary process.”

"Of course," Niaf suddenly smiled and said, "If you don't want to give us full trust, we won't force you. Please leave here and a waiter will lead you to a place to rest."

"..."

After Niaf said this, the guests who had not yet picked up the "Black Sword" began to whisper.

Then, a guest in the back seat said something to the waiter in front of him, walked out of his seat and walked towards the exit.

The first guest who refused the ceremony was quickly followed by a second and third. Luo Xiu counted and found that there were six guests in total who had given up their qualifications for this auction due to a high degree of caution.

When no more guests left the table and all the other guests had completed the ritual of taking blood with the black sword, Niaf put her right hand on her chest, raised her left hand to the side and raised her hand, and said in a clear voice:

"——Please follow my oath."

"In this hall, my blood is a warning; in this hall, the black beast is a witness."

"In this hall, I would like to uphold the principle of stopping war, not causing destruction, and not attacking others."

"In this hall, I will abide by honesty, tell no lies, and do no deception."

"If you violate this oath, the black sword will kill your neck, and the black beast will eat your soul."

"..."

"Night Witch" Niaf, she completed the oath in an exemplary manner, and many guests in the audience also followed her example and completed the oath.

Luo Xiu also completed the oath, and he opened the panel at the same time to detect changes in his status at any time.

The "Eye of the Black Beast" in front of Luo Xiu, the dark red mist it emitted and lingered, turned into deep black the moment Luo Xiu completed the oath. At the same time, Luo Xiu's panel also had new changes. In the "Status" column, the words "Black Sword Oath" were added.

[Black Sword Oath (status, scene status): In the auditorium of the "Black Sword Mansion", you have made an oath that cannot be broken. You cannot actively attack others, and you cannot actively commit fraud (when the current scene is in effect, this state will become invalid after leaving the "Black Sword Mansion". If you leave the "Black Sword Mansion" for more than one day, this state will disappear). 】

"...Phew." Luo Xiu let out a long sigh of relief.

Following the rules here, Luo Xiu successfully completed the oath.

And Luo Xiu also understood that this oath actually had corresponding loopholes.

In his previous life, as a player who was good at committing suicide, Luo Xiu had tried every means to exploit the loopholes in the auction oath. Although he had been beaten several times, he also came to some useful conclusions.

For example, "do not actively attack", but if someone else takes the initiative, you can fight back without limit; "do not actively cheat", but if you believe it deeply, it is not considered cheating...

Luo Xiu thought divergently, and after a moment, she heard three crisp claps from the "Night Witch" Niafu on the high platform.

"Very good, everyone." Niafu said loudly, "Thank you for your trust in the "Black Sword Mansion". Now that the oath is completed, please enjoy the good time to come."

After speaking, Niafu lifted her skirt again and saluted elegantly to all the guests below the stage, then turned around and retreated behind the scenes.

The curtain on the stage closed, and a rustling sound was heard. Everyone's eyes were focused on the curtain, as if they wanted to see through it.

After a while, the curtain opened.

This time, two waiters in tuxedos appeared. One of them held a black wooden tray in his hand, on which was a gilded, wide-armed wristband; the other waiter saluted everyone, and then said loudly:

"The first item launched by the 'Black Sword Mansion' is an 'epic' quality wristband found in ancient ruins - 'Yamir's Wrist', which has the power to control the storm. The starting price is 3,000 gold coins."

Yamir's Wrist, its name comes from Yamir, a legendary giant king in the "Storm Continent". The remains of such an equipment can be traced back to at least the Age of Gods... Luo Xiu thought, and he soon heard that someone had started bidding.

"--Three thousand five hundred." A short guest from the seat near the middle of the auditorium suddenly shouted.

Luo Xiu looked at the source of the voice and found that the owner of the voice was a dwarf.

Dwarf... Want to buy giant's equipment? Luo Xiu waited for the follow-up of his bid with interest.

"Four thousand." Soon, the dwarf had a bidding opponent. The dwarf looked at another voice and found that it was the elf with pointed ears, who was also looking at him with a superior attitude.

"Humph, four thousand five hundred." The dwarf was not willing to be outdone.

"Five thousand." The elf continued to bid calmly.

"..." The expression under the dwarf's mask revealed a trace of cruelty. If he had not vowed not to attack actively before, he would have jumped up on the spot and opened the elf's skull with a strong hand.

"I bid six thousand!" The dwarf stood up suddenly, waved his arms, and looked at the elf's seat aggressively.

But the elf smiled slightly, and a playful look flashed through his eyes under the mask. He said jokingly: "I'm just playing with you, why take it seriously, six thousand gold coins... Hey! Haha! Congratulations, it's yours."

"--You!" The dwarf's eyes seemed to be about to spit fire, but he still considered the restrictions of the oath and could only sit back angrily.

The waiter on the stage smiled slightly and said: "This gentleman bids six thousand gold coins, is there anyone who wants to increase the price?"

The waiter asked three times in a row, but no one responded. So he raised his hand and said loudly in the direction of the dwarf: "Congratulations, sir, this 'Ymir's Wrist' belongs to you."

"... Hum." The dwarf sat down in his seat speechlessly. Although he successfully won the "Ymir's Wrist", he did not feel any joy.

Soon, the curtain was pulled up again, and the rustling sound came from behind the curtain again.

After a while, the curtain opened, and the two waiters were still there, but the first waiter had a new item in his hand.

"The next item to be displayed is the second item launched by the 'Black Sword Mansion', the 'Book of Mansu Tianxing', which comes from the ancient sealed inheritance original volume - it records the secret method of ancient [intellectual] stargazers who believed in the truth, which can make the stars fall in virtual images. Starting price, three thousand gold coins."

This time, the "Black Sword Mansion" in Songyuan City has found very good items for auction... Luo Xiu rubbed his chin, with a playful expression on his face.

Compared with the equipment used to arm themselves, the extraordinary people are obviously more interested in this "ancient inheritance" secret method, and this secret method that can reproduce the falling of stars is obviously from the seal of a powerful ancient existence.

As soon as the waiter's voice fell, someone shouted: "I'll offer four thousand."

But it is obvious that the number of "four thousand" cannot make the "Book of Mansu Tianxing" find its new owner immediately.

"Four thousand five hundred!" Before the previous person's voice fell, the new bidding sound had already drowned it out.

"Five thousand!" "Five thousand two hundred!" "Five thousand five hundred!" "Five thousand six hundred!"... Many guests started bidding fiercely, while the waiter on the stage watched everything below with a smile.

Suddenly, an abrupt female voice sounded.

"-Eight thousand!"

The hall was suddenly silent, and the voice that was still bargaining for a hundred and a hundred disappeared instantly, and countless eyes looked at the source of the voice.

It was a young elf woman.

Two pointed ears emerged from her long light green hair. And what she wore was not a casual dress to conceal her identity, but a gorgeous robe of a [Intellect] Warlock.

That was the female elf sorcerer of [Wisdom]! And judging from the gorgeousness of her clothes, she was definitely not an ordinary sorcerer! She should be at least a great sorcerer of the fourth level of destiny, or even a "sage" of a higher level of destiny!

No one was bidding against this elf of [Wisdom] anymore, so the waiter on the stage smiled and bowed, saying: "Congratulations, ma'am, the original volume of the inheritance of the 'Book of Mansu Tianxing' belongs to you."

The corners of the elf lady's mouth slightly raised, as if showing off a victory in a war.

The curtain on the high platform was then raised again, and the people below the stage looked forward to it eagerly, and began to look forward to what the next auction item would be.

After a while, the curtain was pulled open, and in the hands of the waiter on the left, it turned into a small black wooden niche.

In the middle of the wooden niche, there was a round ball with purple light flowing. Half of the ball was missing, and the other half was covered with fine cracks, and surging spirituality was dispersed from it.

"The next item on display is the third lot launched by the 'Black Sword Mansion'. It is the 'Broken Heart of the God', the remaining core fragment of the ancient god 'False Vigaro' - this is an important material that must be prepared for the corresponding rituals when [Supreme] promotes the spirit body, [Wisdom] makes high-level puppet cores, and [Glory] signs a holy contract with angels. Starting price, 5,000 gold coins."

- Heart of the God!

Luo Xiu's eyes lit up. This was exactly the biggest purpose of his coming to the Black Sword Mansion this time!

However, this heart of the god from the ancient gods, its status and price, are somewhat beyond Luo Xiu's previous expectations. "False Vigaro", that is a naming method that only "gods" who exist in the Age of Gods or even the Age of Chaos will use. The history of its owner's active life is longer than that of the "King of the Ancestral Spirit" and the "Double-Winged Angel".

Moreover, this is a "broken" heart of the god... Two equally "broken" hearts of gods are needed to combine into a complete one.

"It's a bit expensive..." Luo Xiu murmured, thinking quickly in his mind, while observing whether there were any rival bidders in the field.

"I'll bid 5,500." The first bidding voice sounded, it was from the right, a mysterious person wrapped in a dark cloak.

"6,000!" "6,500." "7,000!" "8,000~"... The bidding for the Broken Heart of the God of "False Vigalo" was as fierce as the previous "Book of Mansu Tianxing", and even more fierce.

Finally, when a soft voice shouted "10,000", the other bidding voices disappeared, and people's eyes were focused on the waiter on the right side of the high platform, waiting for him to say the standard line "It belongs to you".

However, at this moment, the voice of another bidder appeared on the left side of the stage.

"11,000." Luo Xiu made a low voice and made a bid.

"Shua", Luo Xiu felt that in that moment, dozens of eyes were staring at him.

Surrounded by such dense gazes, Luo Xiu felt a little uncomfortable. At the same time, he heard the soft voice that had bid "10,000" before, and it seemed to be whispering with tears:

"Woo... 11,000! Surprisingly, someone actually bid 11,000! Woo... This, this is almost beyond my pocket money..."

Looking in the direction of the crying voice, Luo Xiu saw a pink-haired little girl wearing a mask.

"12,000!" The pink-haired girl gritted her teeth, as if she had finally mustered up the courage to shout out the final number.

"13,000." Luo Xiu said the new offer expressionlessly.

In fact, as long as the price is not higher than 30,000 gold coins, it is within Luo Xiu's acceptable range - he brought 300 platinum coins, which is equivalent to 30,000 gold coins, which is exactly the confidence of Luo Xiu to participate in this auction.

Finally, the pink-haired girl seemed to wilt. When she heard the number "13,000" being reported by her opponent, she collapsed on her seat.

No one participated in the bidding. After the waiter on the stage asked three times, he smiled and saluted in the direction of Luo Xiu, saying: "Congratulations, sir, the broken heart of the god of "false Vikaluo" belongs to you."

"Huh..." Luo Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, which was considered to have solved a matter that had been hanging in his mind for a long time.

For Luo Xiu, it was not a very cost-effective deal to bid for the broken heart of the god of "false Vikaluo" at the price of 13,000 gold coins, but it was hard to find a rare thing. It was rare to see it in this auction.

And if the "broken heart of the god" is not forced to be of the same status, it is much easier to find than the complete "heart of the god". Let's see if Mir has found it then... Luo Xiu thought so, so he relaxed his body and mind and began to "appreciate" the next auction as a spectator.

Next, the waiters on the high platform of the Black Sword Mansion successively launched three "epic" quality equipment, "Dragon Blood Tempered Sword", "Lake Sage Robe", and "Sinthorn Armor", an ancient inheritance scroll of "Great Sun Fire Explosion", and two epic quality materials, "Ancient Dragon Blood" and "Dead Snake Shed", all of which were successfully sold at about twice the starting price.

On the stage, when the curtain closed and opened for the last time, "Night Witch" Niafu appeared on the high platform again.

Niafu raised her skirt and saluted, and thanked the audience gently and elegantly:

"Then, all the items launched by the "Black Sword Mansion" have been auctioned off. On behalf of the "Black Sword Mansion", I would like to thank you all for coming."

Then, Niafu changed the subject and said:

"Next, let us welcome Lord Gawain Bakar with admiration and reverence!"

——Lord Gawain Bakar!

This name was like thunder on the ground, exploding in everyone's ears.

Although we know that the biggest behind-the-scenes supporter behind the "Black Sword Mansion" in Songyuan City is Lord Gawain, he has never actually appeared in the auction, which made many extraordinary people with illegal destiny in the audience, I couldn't help but be on guard.

The lights on the stage turned on, and steady and firm footsteps came from the side of the stage. Lord Gawain, wearing the gorgeous gold-patterned armor of the "Knight Commander of the Throne", appeared in everyone's sight.

"Good evening, all guests who have come from afar." Gawain nodded slightly and extended cordial greetings to everyone in the audience.

That's really Lord Gawain! Guaranteed replacement, genuine Lord Gawain!

At this moment, complex conjectures emerged in the minds of those who knew the Lord and those who did not.

What is the purpose of this lofty [supreme] person appearing in person at the auction?

Luo Xiu was also watching from his seat, but unlike most people, he was not too surprised.

After all, he had met this [Supreme] Lord before when he came to the main courtyard of the "Black Sword Mansion".

"No need to be surprised, guests who have come from afar."

A gentle smile appeared on Lord Gawain's face, and he spoke clearly to the audience word by word:

"I came here this time because of a friend's request."

"He couldn't come here in person, so he entrusted me to come and 'auction' something to everyone."

--auction!

——Lord Gawain Bakar, he actually wants to auction it himself!

Under the stage, the eyes of many guests suddenly became bright. They closely watched Lord Gawain's every move on the stage, and began to make various calculations in their minds.

There is no doubt that this is some kind of signal sent to them by Lord Gawain, who is the [Supreme] person.

It might be well-intentioned or scheming, but it doesn't matter. The important thing is that this represents an opportunity to make good friends with the Marquis, the lord of Songyuan Territory, and the entire [Supreme] family behind him.

For the "guests" who rely on or carry the power of a certain transcendent, this is an opportunity that needs to be carefully considered and considered whether to fight for it at any cost. And they are also convinced that the items auctioned by Lord Gawain himself will definitely not be bad.

Many people began to look forward to what kind of treasure Gawain would introduce.

"Everyone, please listen to me."

Gawain smiled slightly, raised his hand gracefully, nodded, and then said loudly:

"That's something my friend got by chance from a corner of the 'Spiritual Sea'."

"He told me that it was both a gift and a curse."

"It is a treasure that can give you abundant spirituality, or take away your spirituality. However, my friend was not able to fully grasp it after all, so it took away all his spirituality."

"This is the first thing I need to explain to you. I understand it as 'the price you have to bear when embracing the power of the unknown.'"

"However, my friend swore to me that it was not 'taking', but like a piggy bank, his spirituality was stored in it in some special way, but he didn't know how to store it again. Take it out again - in fact, my friend has been paralyzed as a result, and part of his body as a spiritual container has been broken. Even if his original spirituality can be restored, it will be of no use. "

"So, my friend finally entrusted me with finding another suitable owner for this thing he treasured."

"I accepted his request and came here."

Gao Wen paused and continued:

"Everyone, that is no ordinary treasure. Therefore, my friend told me that its starting price will never be low."

“As for how you view its ‘cost’, that’s up to you to consider.”

"——And its starting price is 'one hundred thousand gold coins'!"

"——The sacred object 'Spring of Spirituality', I will find a new owner for it."

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Thanks to book friend 20220926103638647 for feeding me 200 points!

Thanks to book friend Yu Qian Liuli for feeding me 233 starting coins! (Hey hey)