[Thousand-Year-Longevity Spiritual Peach: A fifth-tier spiritual object. Eating a whole fruit grants its full life-extending effect. Eating a portion also grants a corresponding increase in lifespan. This effect lasts for a thousand years.]
In the jade box was a peach the size of an adult's fist with a pink skin.
The first lot was given a close-up on the big screen and the screen in front of each person's seat. Under the light, the fine hairs on the longevity peach were clearly visible.
The detailed information is displayed on the side of the screen.
Although they were watching through the screen, the aroma of the longevity peaches seemed to be transmitted through the screen to all customers.
'Gudong'
The sound of people swallowing saliva could be heard one after another from the seats.
However, no one felt like laughing, because the juicy peach looked really delicious.
However, when they saw the information, many beastmasters with gray hair and old faces began to breathe heavily.
Spiritual objects that can increase lifespan are extremely rare. For these old guys who are about to die, the attraction of this spiritual object is absolutely fatal.
Liang Jingsi's eyes slowly swept across the venue. The excellent eyesight brought by her wild-level beastmaster physique allowed her to see the subtle changes in expression on the faces of every "audience member".
Liang Jingsi saw the joy, desire, eagerness to try, and indifference on their faces.
Feeling that the atmosphere in the venue was almost pent up, Liang Jingsi slowly spoke.
"Because this is the opening item, I also need to introduce our auction house's bidding rules to customers.
You can observe whether there is a virtual screen on the table in front of you.
When I say "start bidding", the permissions on your screen will be opened and you will have 30 seconds to enter your expected price.
After you have entered your price, it will be locked, and those whose input prices are in the top 10,000 will enter the next round of bidding.
This process is repeated in the second round, but the price entered cannot be less than the highest price in the previous round, otherwise it will be regarded as voluntarily giving up the bidding.
The rounds repeat until the person with the highest bid emerges, and then the ownership of the item is determined."
After Liang Jingsi's simple description, some of the "customers" in the "auction seats" immediately reacted.
"Shh, this operation mode is quite cruel. It's somewhat similar to the blind shooting mode."
“It’s just an upgraded version of the blind auction, with a few more rounds, which fundamentally reduces the probability of the item failing to be sold and leaving other customers disappointed.
The bidding process was also very quick. Under this model, the bidding shouldn’t take more than a few rounds. It’s really efficient and quick to handle the current situation with so many people.”
"The first lot to be auctioned is a fifth-level spiritual object. So, low-level beastmasters like us are here just to be spectators, right?
What kind of item would be more valuable than this one?"
As a young man was complaining in a low voice, an old man next to him, who looked neatly dressed and had wise eyes, chuckled softly.
"Young man, is this your first time attending an auction?"
The young man scratched his head embarrassedly, "Old man, your guess is really accurate. Is there any explanation for this?"
The old man seemed to be a man who liked to teach others, so he was willing to teach him.
“This should be considered a common practice in most auctions.
This first item is used to warm up the atmosphere and set the tone for the last few major items, indicating that the value of those items will definitely not be lower than that of the first item.
It is a way to warm up the atmosphere. The value of the first item is often enough to attract the interest of most people in the venue. This is also to mobilize the enthusiasm of those participating in the auction to bid.
Of course, this is my first time attending an auction with so many people, so whether what I say is right or not depends on the arrangements of the organizers."
The young man's eyes flashed with understanding, and then he clasped his fists towards the old man and said, "Thank you for clearing up my doubts."
Liang Jingsi paused for a moment, waiting for everyone in the venue to digest and understand the bidding process, and then continued:
"Thousand-year-old peach, the starting price is 30 million spirit coins. The amount of spirit coins below this price will not be displayed."
Liang Jingsi slowly moved on the stage, and then continued:
“However, in order to prevent customers from not having enough cash on them, we fully support asset evaluation or spiritual resource evaluation and mortgage them with the corresponding spiritual coins.
With that, bidding is now open for the first lot in the auction."
As Liang Jingsi finished speaking, an input field and a keyboard consisting entirely of numbers appeared on the virtual screen in front of all the "customers", but these numbers were in both uppercase and lowercase.
As one of the "customers", the same scene appeared on the screen in front of Zheng Huo. He set his eyes on Caiyi next to him.
There was a questioning look in his eyes.
Caiyi shook her head slightly and whispered, "Although this can extend your survival time in this body,
But it doesn’t solve the problem at its root, and the funds we have don’t support us auctioning additional items.”
Zheng Huo looked around at the reactions of the people around him calmly.
The greasy uncle next to him who had just chatted with him had a conflicted look on his face, and a long string of numbers had already been entered on the virtual screen in front of him.
Thirty-six million.
Seeing this number, Zheng Huo shook his head silently. He was afraid that he wouldn't even be able to enter the first round of bidding.
However, in addition to this uncle, Zheng Huo also found that there were people around him who were staring at the screen in a daze. It was not only because they were short of money, but also because they were not interested in the longevity peach.
Thirty seconds passed quickly, and when the time was up, the virtual screens in front of all the "customers" were locked at the same time, and could no longer respond to the "customers'" clicks.
Liang Jingsi on the stage turned sideways to look at the big screen behind her. There was only a dark background image there. I don't know what she was looking at.
"The bidding period is over. Let's see what the bids for the 10,000th and 1st place are after the first round of bidding."
On the huge screen, a few white words slowly appeared.
[10,000th place, 37,960,000 spirit coins.]
Liang Jingsi's expression was indifferent, and no emotional changes could be seen.
Then another line of text appeared above this line of text.
[First place, 43 million spirit coins.]
After this line of text appeared, Liang Jingsi curled the corners of his mouth. It seemed that since this was the first time he participated in this type of bidding, all the "customers" were still a bit conservative in their bids.
"The results of the first round of bidding have been released. The lowest bid for the second round is 43 million spirit coins. This time, only customers who bid 37.96 million spirit coins or more in the previous round can participate in the bidding."
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