Full-Time Magister: Super Mage

Chapter 552 Arrival at the St. Mark's Auction House

"Come, come, let me introduce you. This is my older brother, Zhao Youqian!" Zhao Manyan said with a smile as he introduced him to everyone.

The Zhao family is among the wealthiest in China, but they still lag behind other aristocratic families in terms of magic. Therefore, in addition to running businesses in various places, the Zhao family often deals with magicians and hires high-level mages to serve as guardians of the family.

The Zhao family also holds a significant stake in world-class auction houses like the St. Mark's World Auction Hall, which Jiang Han and his group are going to participate in.

"Hello!" Zhao Youqian greeted everyone perfunctorily, then let Zhao Manyan lead everyone away, while he stayed at the door to greet his distinguished guests.

Led by Zhao Manyan, Jiang Han and his group quickly arrived at the Zhao family's most upscale reception room. This reception room was as grand as an ancient imperial palace, with such magnificent and luxurious decorations that money alone could not create it.

Inside the VIP room, a woman in a blue dress bowed respectfully upon seeing Zhao Manyan leading the group in. Her milky-white breasts immediately became more alluring, maximizing her seductive charm.

These maids were specially trained by the Saint Mark World Auction Hall. In addition to their outstanding looks, their service etiquette was also extremely impeccable. Indeed, in such a high-class setting, one would not be worthy of entering without a certain status.

While Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan were joking around, the woman in the blue dress respectfully said, "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 right to stay here?" Zhao Manyan said with some dissatisfaction.

"I'm sorry, Chairman Zhao instructed that this place must be reserved for that distinguished guest. I'll take you to the next room to rest. If you need anything, someone there will arrange it for you," the woman in the blue dress said apologetically, bowing deeply.

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

"No way, Lao Zhao, your status isn't quite up to par!" Mo Fan said jokingly to Zhao Manyan.

"Hmph," Zhao Manyan snorted coldly, then plopped down on the velvet sofa, somewhat annoyed, and said, "Although Zhao Youqian manages everything here, I am still a young master of the Zhao family. It's not like I have no say in this Saint Mark's World Auction Hall. I'm staying here today, what can you do about it!"

"If there's any problem, let Zhao Youqian come to me. What important guest could be more important than my own brother?"

"Furthermore, these friends of mine are all very important people. Do you think any distinguished guest could be more important than them?"

The woman in the blue dress was immediately at a loss, but still spoke up to persuade him, "Young Master Zhao, the guests invited by Chairman Zhao this time are very important. If your actions cause the business to fail, you may not be able to explain it to the Elders' Council."

"The Elders' Council? Is that something you need to worry about?" Zhao Manyan chuckled lightly and then glanced at the woman in the blue dress.

The woman in the blue dress had no choice but to leave the VIP room, while the others found seats at Zhao Manyan's invitation, some drinking tea and others chatting, their moods completely unaffected by the woman in the blue dress's words.

After an unknown amount of time, light footsteps were heard outside the door. It seemed that Zhao Youqian's distinguished guest had arrived, and that guest would most likely be an old acquaintance of Jiang Han.

The woman in the blue dress had been waiting outside the door for a long time. When she saw Zhao Youqian arrive with his entourage, she whispered a few words in his ear. After that, Zhao Youqian led the distinguished guest to the VIP room next door. Jiang Han had no idea what happened after that.

The distinguished guest left without exchanging more than a few words with Zhao Youqian, which infuriated Zhao Youqian. He angrily smashed the painted cup on the table to the ground and began to berate the woman in the blue dress who was in charge of serving him.

Upon hearing Zhao Youqian reprimand the maid, Zhao Manyan became interested and walked casually with Mo Fan to the next room.

"How about we go and browse around the St. Mark's Auction House?" Jiang Shaoxu suggested, feeling a bit bored.

"Sure, it is a bit boring here," Mu Nujiao agreed.

Both women turned to look at Jiang Han, and seeing this, Jiang Han could only smile and say, "Of course I wholeheartedly agree."

Jiang Han then left the VIP room with the two women and began to stroll around. What Jiang Han didn't know was that after he left, the temperature inside the room suddenly became a bit cold. Zu Jiming, who sneezed several times, muttered under his breath, "Who turned the air conditioning down so low?"

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After leaving the VIP room, Jiang Han and his companions soon arrived at a long exhibition corridor. The display cases on both sides of the corridor were filled with various historically significant exhibits, such as the first water-based magical tool and artifact, documents on the earliest water magic being regarded as forbidden art, and the skull of the most powerful water mage in Venice. The exhibits were all kinds of strange and wonderful things.

Because there was no auction today, only Jiang Han and his two companions were visiting the entire corridor. The dazzling array of magical exhibits left Jiang Han somewhat incredulous.

"Water magic has such an origin? If I hadn't seen this information, I would have thought it was all normal awakening!" Mu Nujiao said in surprise, looking at the documents in the display case.

"It's not just water magic; your wind magic, plant magic, and other magics have all been developed and expanded through countless applications to reach their current cultivation system." Jiang Shaoxu comes from the Jiang family of the Ministry of Defense and also has an older brother who is obsessed with totems, so she has a lot of knowledge about the history related to magic.

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Jiang Han followed quietly beside the two women, listening intently. As they walked, the three of them arrived at a shop window at the corner. Inside the window was a black pebble about the size of a thumb. The pebble was crystal clear and had some white dots on it, like dense stars in the night sky, making it quite beautiful.

"Sin Stone? What's that?" Mu Nujiao asked, looking at the sign under the black stone in the shop window.

"The Holy Tribunal should be cautious about auctioning the stone of sinners," Jiang Han said indifferently, glancing at the stone.

As soon as Jiang Han finished speaking, a beautiful and melodious female voice came from the front, "This Sin Stone has an extraordinary story. About twenty years ago, a beautiful and powerful woman threw this Sin Stone to judge her closest relatives in order to show the world how impartial she was."

Jiang Shaoxu and Mu Nujiao looked up and saw an incredibly beautiful woman. She wore a veil to cover her face, and her dark, deep blue eyes were exceptionally beautiful. Before the two women could speak, she said with a smile, "We meet again, Mr. Jiang."

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