"One million five hundred thousand."
Lu Tao was too lazy to raise the price little by little, so he directly added 500,000 yuan in one go.
He was determined to get the spiritual liquid.
With his current wealth, a few million taels of silver is nothing.
He finally understood why people on TV used to bid so casually on auctions, as if money wasn't money at all. The reason was that when you have a lot of money, it's just a number.
Lu Tao's bid silenced the entire auction house, but only a few breaths later, an old man raised the price again, "One million five hundred and fifty thousand taels."
Two million taels.
The old man continued to raise the price, "Two million and fifty thousand taels."
"Two million six hundred thousand."
Lu Tao thought 250 sounded bad, so he directly added 100,000.
"Two million six hundred and fifty thousand taels."
Just as Lu Tao was about to raise the price, he heard the old man say in a half-threatening tone, "Young friend, could you give this spiritual liquid to me? I am Xue Luo Shangren."
Before Lu Tao could speak, gasps of astonishment filled the auction hall.
"Holy crap, it's that devil."
"I heard that Venerable Xue Luo slaughtered a sect and stole a spiritual herb. It seems to be true."
"That's right. I heard that the spiritual herb can increase the chance of advancing to the Innate Realm by 20%."
"It seems he's determined to get this spiritual liquid."
...
Although these voices were soft, they could still be heard by those at the Refining Organs realm.
The Blood Luo Master did not stop him, clearly intending to let Lu Tao know who he was, hoping that Lu Tao would back down and not compete with him for the spiritual liquid.
even.
Even the woman massaging Lu Tao from behind trembled upon hearing the name Xue Luo Shangren. She gritted her teeth and whispered in Lu Tao's ear, "Young master, you should give up. He... is not someone to be trifled with."
Lu Tao patted the woman's delicate hand and continued to quote, "Three million taels."
"Hiss... Whose young master is this? He's got some nerve."
"What audacity! You're courting death by provoking Master Xue Luo."
"I'm certain that the moment he walked out of the Xuan Guang Auction House was the moment he died."
...
Lu Tao's bid immediately caused a stir among the crowd.
They clearly hadn't expected that someone would disrespect Master Xue Luo, who was an extremely ruthless person with a cultivation level that had reached the peak of the Internal Organ Refinement stage.
Isn't this boy afraid of death?
"Judging from the voice, this young man sounds a bit like Lu Tao? The one who just wiped out the Han family." Suddenly someone recognized Lu Tao.
Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly understood.
Not long ago, a young man killed sixteen powerful members of the Han family, and then the Han family was wiped out by others.
Everything in the tribe was looted.
"So it was him. It seems he's gotten too arrogant after destroying the Han family."
"That's a pity. Although he can kill someone in the late stage of the Organ Refinement Realm, someone at the Perfected Organ Refinement Realm is on another level."
"In particular, Master Xueluo's weapon is much better than Han Chengyun's."
"This boy is likely to meet a terrible fate."
...
In an instant, everyone began to feel sorry for Lu Tao.
"Hehe, you have some nerve. I'll give this spiritual liquid to you, young friend. Please keep it safe and don't spill it."
In a private room, the burly, fleshy-faced Blood Luo Shangren narrowed his eyes, a cruel smile playing on his lips. He glanced coldly at Lu Tao's room before ceasing to offer any more prices.
He decided to accept Lu Tao's gift.
Indeed, in his mind, what Lu Tao had bid for was already his.
Hearing the undisguised killing intent in Xue Luo Shangren's voice, Lu Tao turned his head and silently glanced at Xue Luo Shangren with his Heavenly Eye. Seeing the cruel expression on his face, he smiled faintly and didn't care.
"Three million taels for the first time, anyone else bidding?"
"Three million taels, is there anyone else bidding for it the second time?"
"Three million taels for the third time, congratulations to bidder number 77 for winning a bottle of spiritual liquid."
As the auctioneer's gavel fell, the spiritual liquid was auctioned off to Lu Tao for three million taels of silver, and was quickly delivered to his room by a special person.
Lu Tao put away the spiritual liquid, finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.
The auction then continued.
The auction of each item broadened Lu Tao's horizons considerably.
Weapons, armor, elixirs, spiritual herbs, formulas, cultivation techniques... and so on.
There are too many; each one costs at least 100,000.
During the auction, Lu Tao bid on several bottles of pills used for cultivating at the Internal Organ Refinement Realm, as well as... all cultivation techniques.
This caused a group of people to groan in despair and marvel at Lu Tao's immense wealth.
This also made many people very dissatisfied, but they simply couldn't outbid Lu Tao and had no choice but to give up.
One of the cultivation techniques particularly intrigued Lu Tao; its name was "Flying Divine Feathers."
The name is a bit childish, but the benefits are just as the name suggests. This is a cultivation technique that, once mastered, can allow people who haven't reached the Innate Realm to fly.
Practicing this technique allows martial artists to conjure a pair of tangible wings on their backs by using the power of qi and blood, bone strength, or the power of the five elements, enabling them to fly freely.
However, this technique is of a high grade, reaching the upper level of the Xuan rank.
If you don't understand it well, it will consume a lot of resources when using it, so for most people it's somewhat useless.
But this is not a problem for Lu Tao.
...
The auction lasted for several hours. Many people thought that Lu Tao would dominate the auction, given his frantic bidding. However, apart from continuing to bid on the cultivation technique, Lu Tao did not speak about anything else.
This made the group of people breathe a sigh of relief.
Soon, the monthly auction came to an end, and the last few items were auctioned off.
All of these items had a starting bid of over five million.
For example, a sixth-grade high-quality weapon, close to a fifth-grade spiritual weapon; or a pill that can increase the chance of advancing to the Innate Realm by 30% after the Refining Organs is complete; or a map of a powerful person's cave... and so on.
Lu Tao wasn't interested in any of these things.
However, when a low-grade Earth Rank body-refining technique appeared, Lu Tao's eyes lit up immediately.
"What I have is a low-grade Earth-rank body-refining technique that can simultaneously temper the skin, flesh, blood, bones, and internal organs. Even after reaching the Innate Realm, it can continue to temper the body. The starting price is 20 million taels of silver, and each bid must be at least 1 million taels. Of course, if you don't have enough silver, you can bid with spirit stones or exchange goods."
As the auction began, many rooms started to receive bids.
"Twenty-one million."
"Twenty-two million."
"Twenty-five million."
...
"Has the world experienced inflation? Is this too much money for a mere county-level city?"
Lu Tao couldn't help but complain in his heart.
He felt that the Great Gan Dynasty must have printed too many silver notes, otherwise, there was no reason why a county-level city would have so many millionaires. This was not RMB, but silver.
In China, that would be in the tens of billions.
After making a complaint, Lu Tao also started bidding, "Thirty million."
As soon as Lu Tao spoke, the entire auction house fell silent.
The expressions on everyone's faces varied.
In every previous bidding process, Lu Tao had invariably won the bids; no one could outbid him.
Now that Lu Tao has been quiet for so long, he has made another offer. There is no doubt that Lu Tao is determined to get this cultivation technique.
But some people didn't believe it and, after a moment of silence, still made an offer: "Thirty-one million."
Thirty-five million.
Upon hearing that Lu Tao had increased the price by four million, the man seemed to understand Lu Tao's determination and could only sigh helplessly before decisively abandoning his bid.
"Thirty-five million, anyone bidding higher?"
The auctioneer frowned, his expression turning somewhat grim.
Originally, Lu Tao had auctioned so many items at high prices, making their auction house a fortune. The auctioneer was very happy and even felt grateful to Lu Tao, this sucker.
As a result, no one bid for the current Earth-rank cultivation technique after Lu Tao made his offer.
It should be noted that, based on past auction trends, a low-grade Earth-rank cultivation technique could fetch at least 70 million if the price were gradually increased, but it is only worth 35 million now.
It's gone by a full half.
The extra silver that Lu Tao had won in the previous auction was simply not enough to cover this huge deficit.
The auctioneer's heart began to bleed.
He looked up at the rooms on the second and third floors, repeatedly asking questions, hoping someone would make an offer.
Unfortunately, after asking for a full ten breaths, no one raised the price.
"Thirty-five million for the first time, anyone else bidding? This is a Earth-rank body-refining technique, isn't anyone interested?"
Ten breaths later.
"Thirty-five million for the second time, is anyone interested in bidding for a Earth-rank cultivation technique?"
silence.
Nobody is raising the price.
Besides not wanting to take risks, it was also because it didn't want to offend Lu Tao, and even more so because it didn't want the auction house to make a huge profit.
Seeing this, even the auction house couldn't resist the urge to risk having its own people drive up the price.
However, if they did that and it was discovered, the auction house's business would be completely ruined.
final.
The auctioneer waited a full thirty breaths before reluctantly bringing down the hammer after realizing that no one was bidding. "Thirty-five million for the third time. Congratulations to bidder number 77 for winning a low-grade Earth-rank body-refining technique."
He offered words of congratulations, but his smile seemed forced.
This cultivation technique would be a huge loss if it were auctioned off.
Thank you.
Lu Tao felt it was well worth the 35 million to buy a low-grade Earth-rank cultivation technique.
The auction house will definitely make a profit this time, but Lu Tao will definitely not lose out.
After completing the cultivation technique transaction in the room, Lu Tao got up to leave.
Although there were still two items that hadn't been auctioned, Lu Tao wasn't interested in them, so there was no need for him to keep them.
"Please wait, young master."
The woman looked disappointed when she saw that Lu Tao hadn't given her a tip.
I never expected such a handsome and wealthy young man to be so stingy as to not even give her a small tip...
Hearing the woman's voice, Lu Tao realized that he had never been in the habit of tipping and had naturally not thought of this. After realizing this, Lu Tao casually took out a banknote and placed it in the woman's hand, "Thank you for your massage, it was very comfortable."
Looking at the 100,000 taels of silver notes in her hand, the woman's face showed astonishment, followed by overwhelming joy, and she felt dizzy.
Before the word "stingy" could even enter his mind, the word "generous" descended from the sky and shattered it into pieces.
That's incredibly generous.
This was the first time in all her years of service that she had received a tip of 100,000 taels; the most she had ever received before was 20,000.
The last time someone at Xuanguang Auction House received a 100,000 yuan tip was three years ago.
As the woman watched Lu Tao's elegant departure, she kept saying, "Thank you, young master, thank you, young master."
As Lu Taotian left the room, he glanced around and saw that Xue Luo Shangren had also left the room, and he immediately smiled slightly.
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