The excitement from what had happened and what was to come was still present in the auction house, and perhaps because of it, the guests settled down rather quickly compared to before.
Li Gang, after giving another polite bow to Appraiser Chen Yu, turned and walked back to the podium and faced the crowd, not before gesturing to another staff member who, as though expecting the summons, immediately walked over with a red-orange, thin rectangular box, which he graciously handed over to Li Gang.
The box was about 30 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide.
Now much more composed than he had been earlier when Appraiser Chen Yu brought out the blue leaf, Li Gang smiled at the crowd as he gently and vertically slid down the lid of the box with his fingers, opening it and revealing its contents.
