To Bai Rouyun, there were many ways to display one's riches. Some would be overwhelmingly extravagant, to a point where it would feel profligate, while others would have a way to display their wealth in an elegant and tasteful way.
This Lingcao Pavilion was not a graceful design, but instead appeared rather styleless.
It was not that Bai Rouyun did not see auction houses and big businesses before. She knew that this was a place of great wealth and that they would usually be more decorated than most places to display their high status, but even so, this decision of just pasting expensive materials on top of each other made it seem much more tasteless and childish.
Even so, Bai Rouyun took a deep breath as she prepared to enter into the pavilion itself. She knew well that you could never judge a book by its cover, so she did not dare to lower her guard as she stepped up the stairs leading to the entrance.