Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

When the "Night Witch" Niafu made this announcement, it meant that the "Antique Auction" would officially enter the second stage.

The guests will begin "free trading", and the "behind-the-scenes notary" of the Black Sword Mansion will witness the birth of each transaction through the "Eye of the Black Beast".

Swish, when Niafu lifted her skirt again and bowed slightly to the guests below the stage, many guests stood up almost at the same time and walked towards the seats of other guests.

And many of the guests who did not stand up immediately took out the treasures they had prepared long ago from the various "storage" props on their bodies, and put them on the table, waiting for another destined buyer to come.

In front of all the guests' seats, the "Eye of the Black Beast" placed on the wooden tray suddenly emitted a faint gray-white mist, and a thin crack appeared in the middle of it, and a red light burst out from the crack, revealing a deep gaze.

That was the breath of the "notary". The "black beast" is everywhere. It will see through the inner ripples of both parties of the transaction and punish those who are lucky.

Luo Xiu stood up from his seat along with the guests who stood up and walked towards other seats.

He did not plan to sell anything to other guests - he had not made any preparations in advance. However, if there is a chance in the future, he can also consider making a fortune here.

While thinking, Luo Xiu followed the other guests and came to the seat of the first "seller" guest.

On the semicircular table in front of the seat, there were many equipments of "rare" to "master" quality. Luo Xiu took a quick look and then looked at the guest who was sitting calmly in the seat.

The man's skin color was dark bronze, and when the slightly dim light in the auditorium hit him, it could reflect pieces of metallic luster.

He was wearing a mask, so his true appearance could not be seen, but the rough tattoos on his exposed skin, which looked like "totems", and the brown-yellow braids divided into three strands, made Luo Xiu's first impression of him as a "forger" from a border clan tribe.

When he noticed that someone had stopped in front of his seat, the "tribal forger" raised his head, glanced at Luo Xiu and Intis behind him, and said in a rough voice:

"These are all good equipment, my friend, you can take a look at them and tell me which one you like, and I will give you a suitable price."

This forger from the tribe looked very simple... Luo Xiu thought so, but did not respond to him immediately, but just opened the panel and performed a panel detection on those "rare" and "master" quality equipment.

By now, Luo Xiu himself no longer has much demand for regular, "master" or lower equipment. But the shadows of "Holy Abyss" still need to consider a few practical equipment for them.

In Sina City, only the dwarf Mir had good and cost-effective equipment for sale, but it could not meet all the needs of the "Holy Abyss", and Luo Xiu could not reveal the existence of the "Holy Abyss" to him.

Moreover, Mir was now more of Luo Xiu's "royal forger", and he did not have the extra energy to forge new equipment. Therefore, purchasing a few new equipment at this antique auction was also one of Luo Xiu's original plans.

After quickly browsing the properties of several pieces of equipment, Luo Xiu closed the panel, pointed to two "master" and three "rare" pieces of equipment and said, "Friend, tell me their prices."

"You have a good eye." The tribal forger raised his eyebrows and said:

"'Blackthorn Blood Whip' is 400 gold coins; 'Mithril Hunting Blade', 300 gold coins; in addition, 'Emerald Staff', 'Bloodthirsty Scimitar' and 'Silk Manipulating Puppet', well, these are 100 gold coins each."

"Okay." Luo Xiu nodded, took out ten platinum coins from his bracelet and handed them to the forger, then picked up the five pieces of equipment from the table and stored them in the storage bracelet.

"Generous friend." The forger grinned, revealing a kind and somewhat terrifying smile, "May your totem protect you."

Luo Xiu no longer responded to him. After completing the first transaction, he walked to the next "seller's" seat.

...

About twenty minutes passed.

Luo Xiu bought more than ten pieces of "master" or "rare" quality equipment from four "sellers". He roughly calculated that these equipment could completely replace the equipment of Intis, "Hunting Blade" Undertaker, and "Bloodthirsty Werewolf" Buzer, and could also improve the abilities of the twin sisters and "Dream Stealer" Pior.

At the same time, Luo Xiu received a master-quality "Dragon Brilliance Casting Stone" from a "seller", which was also called "Upgrade Stone", which could be used to upgrade Luo Xiu's own "Moon Scythe" to master, so that this handy dual-purpose weapon could meet his current strength.

In addition, after buying some consumables in the extraordinary field, Luo Xiu prepared to return to his seat and wait for the "Antique Auction" to end.

Many "sellers" displayed "epic" quality equipment or "saint" level skills or skill scrolls, but that was not what Luo Xiu wanted at the moment, so he did not invest extra money in it.

This time, there didn't seem to be anything particularly "taboo" in the free trading section of the auction, and the auction was relatively restrained and mild at this stage.

Luo Xiu thought so, and just as he was walking through the crowd from the right side of the Black Sword Hall to his seat on the left, he suddenly felt an ancient, vague call that seemed to resonate.

Beside Luo Xiu, a hunched figure hidden under a white cloak passed by him.

Luo Xiu felt something, so he turned around and saw that the hunched figure had returned to the seat in the corner.

Although he was wearing a mask, Luo Xiu could roughly judge from his body shape and skin age that he was an old man, and an old man of extraordinary age.

The skin exposed on his body was basically all dead skin, and the smell he exuded was also uncomfortable, which was mixed with aging, stench, and corruption.

The old man sat back in his seat, holding a dark and misty necromancy staff in his withered and skinny hands. It was something he had just obtained from another "seller".

He caressed the necromancer staff lovingly, and murmured in a dreamy voice:

"Ah... With this... The Hermitage can... enter more seals..."

"..."

... The Hermitage? Luo Xiu chewed on this word, always feeling inexplicably familiar.

Suddenly, the name of another hidden organization flashed in his mind.

——"The Ancient Hermitage"!

This is the pagan organization that Luo Xiu, Captain Anthony of the "Holy Judge", and Connor and Pamier had judged when he was in Red Maple City.

That old man... Is he from the "Ancient Hermitage"? Combined with the vague words "enter the seal" in the old man's murmur, Luo Xiu became more and more certain of his guess.

The quality and inherent skills of the necromancer staff in the old man's hand could not be seen, but it seemed to be something of 'epic' quality... While Luo Xiu was thinking, he walked towards the old man's seat.

Luo Xiu had some new interest in the old man. Anyway, everyone was hiding their identities now, and they were protected by the Black Sword Mansion. Even if the old man was really a member of the "Ancient Hermitage", or even the "high priest" of the fourth-level destiny or the "leader" of the fifth-level destiny, he couldn't do anything to him.

Walking to a position where he could observe the old man, Luo Xiu stopped in front of another seat, pretending to pick treasures from other sellers while secretly observing the old man's movements.

Luo Xiu saw that after the old man rubbed the necromancer staff in his hand for a while, he raised his right hand and drew a virtual stroke in the air in front of him.

The air suddenly twisted, spreading a circle of chaotic ripples around, and then a deep, ominous black crack opened.

——Dimensional rift!

Luo Xiu immediately understood that the old man should be a member of the fifth-level destiny of [Lost]. If he was really a member of the "Ancient Hermitage", he should be a leader-level figure.

The old man put the necromancy staff in his hand into the dimensional rift, then stretched out his finger and gently stroked it, and the rift was sutured back.

The air returned to its original calm, as if nothing had happened.

Then, the old man took something out of his arms and placed them one by one on the table in front of him.

When he finished doing this, the old man closed his eyes, restrained all his spiritual surges, and his sense of existence suddenly became extremely weak.

If Luo Xiu had not noticed the old man long ago, he would probably think that there was nothing special in the inconspicuous seat in the corner...

While thinking this, Luo Xiu kept peeping at the old man, and at the same time turned his body sideways to walk through the crowd and approach the old man's seat.

Just when the old man took out something and placed them all on the table, Luo Xiu could feel that the ancient, vague, and resonant call became stronger and stronger, and it was coming from the direction of the old man.

Just as Luo Xiu squeezed through the crowd and came to the old man's seat, he finally saw clearly what the old man had placed on the table.

They were fragments of different shapes, some were carved from spiritual wood, some were inlaid with crystal stones, and some were cast from gold and iron.

But no matter what manufacturing method was used, they all had a common feature - the aura they exuded was quite ancient. They should come from different relics or seals, and the history of those relics or seals was undoubtedly quite long.

Luo Xiu quickly made such a judgment.

At the same time, his pupils shrank slightly.

Because he saw something that he was very familiar with.

Among the fragments, Luo Xiu saw at a glance that it looked like a crown-shaped fragment.

It was a piece of crown fragment that was old, but after countless years, there was no rust. Its surface was engraved with exquisite patterns, and there were many hollows that could be inlaid with gems, but those gems had long been lost.

And Luo Xiu just knew what the name of this crown fragment was.

——"Fragment of King Isol's Crown"!

And that was the source of the ancient and vague, resonant call.

...

(There will be another chapter in the evening)