Chapter 552 Arrival at St. Mark's Auction House

“Come, let me introduce you. This is my elder brother Zhao Youqian!” Zhao Manyan introduced him to everyone with a smile.

The Zhao family is one of the richest families in China, but they still have a big gap in magic compared to other noble families. Therefore, in addition to running various businesses, the Zhao family also often deals with magicians and hires high-level wizards to serve and guard the family.

Like the St. Mark's World Auction Hall that Jiang Han and his friends are going to participate in, this kind of world-remembering auction house, Zhao family also holds a considerable number of shares in it.

"Hello!" Zhao Youqian greeted everyone perfunctorily and asked Zhao Manyan to take everyone away, while he continued to stay at the door to welcome his distinguished guests.

Led by Zhao Manyan, Jiang Han and his party soon arrived at the Zhao family's most upscale reception room. This reception room was as magnificent as an ancient imperial palace, and the luxurious decoration was something that could not be created with just money.

In the VIP room, a girl in a blue dress bowed respectfully when she saw Zhao Manyan bringing people in. Her milky white skin suddenly became extremely seductive.

These maids were specially trained for the St. Mark's World Auction Hall. In addition to their outstanding looks, they also have extremely good service etiquette. As expected, in such high-end occasions, if you don't have a certain status, you are really not worthy of entering.

While Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan were joking with each other, the girl in the blue dress said respectfully, "Sir, we only accept guests with reservations. Please move to the guest room next door."

“I’m Zhao Youqian’s younger brother. Don’t I even have the qualifications to stay here?” Zhao Manyan said somewhat dissatisfiedly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhao has said before that this place must be reserved for that distinguished guest. I'll take you to rest next door. If you have any instructions, someone will arrange them for you there." The girl in the blue dress bowed deeply and said apologetically.

The maid's polite yet resolute attitude immediately made Zhao Manyan's face darken.

“No way, Old Zhao, your position is not good enough!” Mo Fan said jokingly while looking at Zhao Manyan.

"Hmph," Zhao Manyan snorted coldly, then sat down on the velvet sofa and said angrily, "Although Zhao Youqian is in charge of this place, I am still the young master of the Zhao family. It's not like I don't have any control over the Saint Mark World Auction Hall. I'm staying here today. What can you do to me?"

"If you have any questions, please let Zhao Youqian come to me. What distinguished guest is more important than my brother?"

"Also, the identities of my friends are not simple. Do you think any distinguished guest can be more important than them?"

The woman in the blue skirt was embarrassed for a moment, but she still tried to persuade him, "Mr. Zhao, the guests that Mr. Zhao is inviting to the banquet this time are very important. If your behavior causes the business to fail, you may not be able to explain to the Council of Elders."

“The Elders’ Council? Is this something you should worry about?” Zhao Manyan chuckled and glanced at the woman in the blue skirt.

The woman in the blue skirt had no choice but to leave the VIP room. At Zhao Manyan's invitation, the others found a seat and sat down. Some drank tea, some chatted, and their mood was not affected at all by the words of the woman in the blue skirt.

After an unknown amount of time, there were slight footsteps outside the door. It seemed that Zhao Youqian's distinguished guest had arrived, and if nothing unexpected happened, that distinguished guest would be an old acquaintance of Jiang Han.

The woman in the blue skirt had been waiting outside the door early. When she saw Zhao Youqian and his men coming, she whispered a few words in his ear. Then Zhao Youqian led the distinguished guest to the VIP room next door. As for what happened afterwards, Jiang Han had no idea.

The distinguished guest left without talking to Zhao Youqian for a few words, which made Zhao Youqian very angry. He angrily threw the painted cup on the table to the ground, and then began to scold the woman in blue skirt who was in charge of the reception.

Zhao Manyan became interested immediately after hearing Zhao Youqian scolding the maid, and walked to the next room with Mo Fan.

"How about we go to the St. Mark's Auction House?" Jiang Shaoxu suggested, looking a little bored.

"Okay, it's indeed a bit boring here." Mu Nujiao said in agreement.

The two girls turned to look at Jiang Han. Seeing this, Jiang Han could only smile and say, "Of course I agree with both hands."

Jiang Han and the two girls then left the VIP room and started to hang out. What Jiang Han didn't know was that after he left, the temperature in the room suddenly became a little cold. Zu Jiming sneezed several times and muttered, "Who turned the air conditioner down so low?"

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After leaving the VIP room, Jiang Han and the other two didn't walk far before they arrived at a long exhibition corridor. In the windows on both sides of the corridor were various exhibits of historical significance, such as the first water magic tools and instruments, the earliest documents that showed water magic was considered a forbidden technique, and the skull of the most powerful water wizard in Venice. There were all kinds of strange exhibits.

Because there was no auction today, Jiang Han and two other people were the only ones visiting the entire corridor. The dazzling array of magic exhibits made Jiang Han feel a little surprised.

"Water magic has this kind of origin. If I hadn't read this information, I would have thought it was a normal awakening." Mu Nujiao said in surprise as she looked at the documents in the window.

"It's not just water magic. Your wind magic, plant magic and other magic have all been used and developed countless times to form the current training system." Jiang Shaoxu is from the Jiang family of the Ministry of Defense, and he has a brother who is obsessed with totems, so he knows a lot about the history related to magic.

Jiang Han followed the two women and listened quietly. As they walked, the three of them came to a shop window at the corner. There was a thumb-sized black stone in the window. The stone was crystal clear, with some white dots on it, just like the dense stars in the night sky, dotted on the stone, which was quite magnificent.

"Sin Stone? What is that?" Mu Nujiao read as she looked at the sign under the black stone in the window.

"The Holy Court of Justice should be careful when hitting the stones of criminals." Jiang Han glanced at the stone and said indifferently.

As soon as Jiang Han finished speaking, a beautiful female voice came from the front, "This sin stone has an extraordinary story. About 20 years ago, a beautiful and powerful woman cast this sin stone to show her position and judge her closest relatives to show the world how impartial she is."

Jiang Shaoxu and Mu Nujiao looked up and saw an incredibly beautiful woman. She was wearing a veil covering her face. Her dark eyes with deep blue were exceptionally beautiful. Before the two women could speak, they heard her say with a smile, "We meet again, Mr. Jiang."

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