Soon, four attendants appeared on the stage, their movements synchronized like a carefully rehearsed dance. They carried a sword resting upon a jade stand so white and pure that it seemed to be made of solid light.
As soon as the red cloth was removed, a bluish radiance illuminated the stage, spreading outward like a wave of crystalline water.
The sword measured just over a meter in length, its blade slender and elegant. Its surface shimmered with a deep blue glow, resembling the sky just before dawn, when the stars still shine, yet the first light has already begun to appear on the horizon.
Tiny luminous particles drifted across its surface like stars reflected upon water, creating patterns that shifted slowly, as though the sword itself were alive.
The auctioneer smiled, her eyes gleaming with the pride of presenting such a rare treasure.
