Not only them, but also many wealthy businessmen with positions began to leave the market one after another at this time.
Because this is the rule of the Meng family.
The rules that were established when the invitation letter was originally issued were that the first half of the auction was a public place, while the second half of the auction was a private place.
If a wealthy businessman with assets of less than 10 billion has no choice but to leave, he will have no choice but to leave.
No one dares to violate the rules of the Meng family.
Unless, you don’t want to hang out in Shanyu City.
...In the auction hall, almost half of the seats were empty.
There are also elite Meng family members who are clearing the place and strictly investigating those who are trying to get away with it by taking chances.
"Siqi, the first half was so intense, then the second half must be especially exciting."
“I’m really looking forward to it!”
Zhou Li's face was filled with excitement: "Look, there are a lot of seats left in front of you, let's go and sit down."
"Zhou Li..." Chen Siqi said hesitantly: "Actually, I also want to leave."
"ah?"
Zhou Li's face was full of doubts: "Isn't there a second half of the auction? We have passes and can stay here."
"No, you see, yesterday plus today, the material we shot is more than enough."
Chen Siqi covered her stomach and pretended to be in pain: "Besides, my stomach suddenly hurts and I want to go back to rest... Zhou Li hurried over to help her and asked with concern: "Are you okay, Siqi?"
"It's okay, it's just that my good friend is here. It hurt a little bit from standing just now."
Chen Siqi started to pack her things: "Let's go back first. We still need to edit the materials and edit the copy when we get back."
"Okay then, you take a rest first and I'll pack your things."
Zhou Li had no choice but to give up, pack her things, and leave the venue with Chen Siqi.
...on the seat.
After seeing Chen Siqi leaving the auction, Tang Ming was slightly relieved.
He had a strong feeling that the auction in the second half would not be that simple, especially for ordinary people like Chen Siqi, it would be extremely dangerous.
soon.
The second half of the auction officially began.
The old man in a tuxedo who was originally in charge of the auction had already left. Instead, he was sitting on the Grand Master's chair. A white-haired old man with his eyes closed and concentrating slowly stood up.
"I will be in charge of the second half of the auction."
"Before we start the auction, I have something to say."
The white-haired old man glanced at the entire audience, and a strong energy came out.
Nascent Soul Realm! A man with strong Nascent Soul Realm background came to take charge of the auction! "I know that everyone comes from all over the world, and they belong to super wealthy families in various regions, and there are many transcendent forces among them."
"But no matter what force you come from, you must follow the rules."
"This is Shanyu and it is secular. We don't want to go too far and cause dynasty suppression, right?"
The white-haired old man scanned the audience and said indifferently: "In the Sichuan-Sichuan Military Region, troops have already gathered. If you don't want another 'clearance operation' to happen, you should keep a low profile."
As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was stunned.
No one dares to refute this.
Tang Ming frowned: "What is the suppression operation?"
"It is the purge of hidden forces and cultivators."
"Xia uses force to break the law. The strength of cultivators is too much beyond the world. Conventional law enforcement is simply not feasible in the world of cultivation."
"For a period of time, many practitioners were very rampant and disrupted people's livelihood and stability."
"Led by Kyoto, all major military regions jointly launched a 'clearance operation'."
Meng Jiayi explained: "I heard from my brother-in-law that the Chinese suppression campaign was carried out a total of five times, each time more intense than the last."
"There are many hidden families and even hidden sects that have been directly pushed away."
"The most recent one seemed to be forty years ago."
"That time was also the most thorough and bloody one. At that time, China's several iron-blooded veterans joined forces to attack, and with the support of the guardians of the Forbidden City, the world was decided in one battle. The cultivators were forced to hide in the world and were not allowed to disturb the world. Violators would be punished.
Kill without mercy."
Speaking of this, Meng Jiayi's face was full of shock.
She only heard about it from her family members. Just hearing about it was enough to feel the iron-blooded killing intent of the Chinese military.
The iron-blooded soul that cannot be resisted! When Tang Ming heard this, he was also shocked. No wonder the current world is stable and prosperous. It turns out that all this is stability created by the military with iron-blooded tactics.
"From what you said, it seems that the Meng family has a good relationship with the military."
Tang Mingyi had some pointers.
"Of course, my dad even serves in the Sichuan-Sichuan Military Department in name only."
Meng Jiayi explained: "The Chinese military is not just killing, it is just killing those forces that use force to violate the prohibition and cause harm to the world."
"The Meng family has had ancestral precepts since ancient times and has never disturbed the peace of the world. In fact, most forces are like this. Only a few extreme forces think of messy things."
Tang Ming nodded slightly.
Although what Meng Jiayi said was not very clear, he could draw inferences from one instance and let him understand China's strategy to a certain extent.
That is - holding the sword in the left hand, the main purpose is to kill.
The right hand holds an olive branch, which symbolizes gentleness.
One is hard and the other is soft, hard and soft are combined, a two-pronged approach.
Just like Jinling City is protected by the Purple Mountain, Shanyu City is also guarded by the Qiang Meng family, which uses hidden forces to restrain the hidden forces, and the military coordinates the balance.
"Wonderful."
“I don’t know who came up with this strategy, but it has endless uses.”
Tang Ming thought to himself.
At this time, the second half of the auction had officially begun.
I saw the white-haired old man flipping his hand over, and a small transparent jade bottle appeared in his palm. When he uncorked the bottle, a rich fragrance came out.
"High-quality Tongyuan Pill."
"Four in a bottle, the starting price for each bottle is 800 million."
The white-haired old man spoke calmly.
Top-grade elixirs are rare.
Compared with medicinal materials, this kind of elixir that has been successfully refined is more attractive. After all, after buying the medicinal materials, you have to ask an alchemist to refine it.
"Eight hundred and fifty million."
"Nine billion."
"Ninety-two million..." Everyone started bidding.
Tang Ming was not interested in this. He just took a glance and found that the Tongyuan Pill was just an ordinary product. It didn't even have a silver streak and its efficacy was limited.
If he were allowed to refine it, it would at least be a top-quality Tongyuan Dan.
"This is my uncle's elixir."
"Humph, uncle, you let me go and didn't help me refine the Marrow Clearing Pill, but you made the Tongyuan Pill yourself and put it up for auction."
Meng Jiayi pursed her red lips and complained.
Tang Ming laughed dumbly, and then continued to focus on the auction.
As time goes by, subsequent auction items become more and more valuable.
Even Tang Ming couldn't hold back and spent more than a billion to bid for a three-hundred-year-old 'agrimony'.
By this time, the price of the auction items had exceeded the tens of billions mark.
At this time, the white-haired old man on the high platform took out another auction item.
Lift the cover.
Suddenly, an object whose entire body was dark red, resembling the spine of some kind of snake and python, was revealed, and even from a distance, the violent energy and blood enveloped the entire place.
"This is...the dragon's spine!"
Someone exclaimed.
Thinking of the dragon scales and the dragon's spine that were previously auctioned, everyone present was shocked.