Whether it was the onlookers in the lobby on the first floor or the major families and sects preparing to bid in the private rooms on the second floor, they were all stunned.
Xue Mingzhi, the person who shouted out the price of one thousand spirit stones, also felt his heart trembling slightly. One thousand spirit stones were almost equivalent to the price of ten magic weapons. Even if the entire Xue family was sold, they could not come up with so many spirit stones.
If Shen Yuan hadn't asked him to bid one thousand, he would never have been able to increase the starting price tenfold.
Thinking of this, Xue Mingzhi looked at Shen Yuan, who was sitting leisurely on the sofa, and whispered:
"Sir, isn't the price of one thousand spirit stones too much?"
"I think they don't seem to have any intention of bidding. Maybe a hundred spirit stones will be enough to get this Hehuan Bell."
Shen Yuan reached out and caught Bai Xue who jumped into his arms. He scratched the kitten's chin and said casually:
"You still underestimate those sects and families."
“At this stage, the output of spiritual stone mines is scarce and mining is difficult. For you, spiritual stones may be very valuable.
But for the big sects that truly own blessed land, a few hundred spirit stones are nothing at all. Using a few hundred spirit stones to gamble for a chance to obtain a spirit treasure is definitely worth it for them."
"More importantly, once the Hehuan Bell is promoted to a spiritual treasure in this world, it will not be restricted by the incomplete laws of the world and can be used at will. This is definitely a powerful weapon in the early stage of the spiritual energy tide.
If they really start competing with each other, especially if hostile forces get angry, a thousand spirit stones may not be enough to get it."
Shen Yuan's words were understated, but these thousand spirit stones were like a huge mountain in the venue.
Feeling the stagnant atmosphere in the venue, Yan Xiao slowly spoke:
"Box No. 5 is offering 1,000 Spiritual Stones. Is there anyone else bidding?"
No one responded. Faced with a bid price that was ten times the reserve price, any bidder would have to hesitate again and again.
"One thousand spirit stones at a time!"
"One thousand spirit stones twice!"
"One thousand spirit stones three times!"
"make a deal!"
After shouting "Deal", Yan Xiao looked towards the box where Shen Yuan was with some helplessness.
According to the calculations of the analysts at the trade fair, the final price of this Hehuan Bell should be between 1,300 and 1,500 spirit stones.
The biggest variable here is that among the more than ten private rooms on the second floor, there happen to be two major branches of the Yin-Yang Hehuan Taoism, namely, Cainu Temple and Jingxinzhai.
These two sects have been incompatible with each other since their inception due to their different sect philosophies.
Both major sects have the inheritance of the Yin-Yang Hehuan Dao and have the possibility of repairing the Hehuan Bell. If both parties intervene in the bidding for the Hehuan Bell, they will inevitably confront each other and push up the price of the Hehuan Bell all the way.
In the end, even if it breaks through two thousand spirit stones, it is not impossible.
However, Shen Yuan raised the reserve price tenfold, and the two major branch sects of the Yin-Yang Hehuan Sect did not choose to intervene, so the possibility of tit-for-tat confrontation was naturally lost.
Waving his hand to ask the maid to send the Hehuan Bell to the box on the third floor, Yan Xiao suddenly remembered what he had said to Shen Yuan before, "It's more than enough to buy all the auction items", and his heart suddenly tightened.
"Shouldn't this happen?"
Quickly throwing the thoughts out of his mind, Yan Xiao spoke loudly:
"Please take a look at the second auction item. This is a magical flying sword Mingguang Sword from the sword-making family Ouye.
Flying swords are rare, let alone a fine flying sword from a sword-making family."
In the box on the third floor, accompanied by a crisp knock on the door, a maid dressed in palace dress slowly walked into the room and placed the wooden box containing the love bell on the table.
Shen Yuan took a look at the wooden box and was shocked to find that this exquisite wooden box was actually carved from spiritual wood. The grade of the spiritual wood was not low and was close to the level of second-grade spiritual wood.
If it were sold, this wooden box could at least fetch the price of a spirit stone.
For Shen Yuan, using Hu Tian's magical power to open up a space would be enough to increase the price of this wooden box by thousands of times.
In this case, Shen Yuan naturally didn't need to care about the spirit stones themselves. Instead, some precious books and spiritual objects were more valuable to him.
Open the wooden box and take out the acacia bell. There is an exquisite little bell strung on a red rope. Gently shaking it will produce a captivating sound.
The moment Shen Yuan took out the Hehuan Bell, Bai Xue was attracted by its exquisite appearance. She kept fiddling with the Hehuan Bell with her little paws to listen to its clear sound.
Shen Yuan smiled slightly and directly hung the Hehuan Bell, which was worth thousands of spirit stones, around Bai Xue's neck. The bell made a crisp "ding ding ding" sound.
“This is a gift for you.”
Bai Xue's beautiful heterochromatic eyes suddenly widened, eyes full of surprise.
She jumped out of Shen Yuan's arms excitedly and ran back and forth in the room, letting the bell continue to ring.
Halfway through the run, he even ran to the floor-to-ceiling window in a rather cocky manner and looked at his own reflection in the glass. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with this gift.
Shen Yuan smiled as he looked at Bai Xue's happy expression.
This little kitten that I picked up was quite resistant to me at first. Every day, it either stole snacks or lay in the yard looking at the sky outside.
But ever since she rescued Bai Xue from Yunmeng Dragon King's heart lake, Bai Xue's attitude towards Shen Yuan has changed greatly, and she has helped Shen Yuan a lot several times.
Although she is a little naughty at ordinary times, Bai Xue never lets down her team at critical moments.
Especially after what happened today, Shen Yuan no longer regarded Bai Xue as a simple pet kitten.
Spending some spirit stones to make Bai Xue happy is naturally a good deal for Shen Yuan. However, spirit stones have almost lost their meaning to Shen Yuan, who controls the Hutian magical power.
"Three hundred and ninety spirit stones three times!"
"Congratulations to Box No. 5 for winning the Bright Light Flying Sword!"
Yan Xiao's voice echoed in the conference hall, and the Tianjiao Club box fell into silence again.
They naturally heard that the person bidding in box No. 5 was Xue Mingzhi, who bought two items in succession, spending a total of more than a thousand spirit stones.
And for the next auction item, Xue Mingzhi continued to bid, and acted as if he was determined to win.
This situation makes it impossible for the people of Tianjiao Club to deceive themselves anymore.
And in front of the French window on the third floor, the kitten that had just disappeared reappeared, shaking the small bell on its neck to show off to Wen Ya. A treasure worth a thousand spirit stones was casually worn on the neck of a kitten as an ornament, which made everyone feel numb.
Qi Renyu and Jiang Meng, in particular, finally realized why Xue Mingzhi was so respectful to Shen Yuan.
How can someone with such financial resources view it with common sense?
The two of them were regretting their actions to the core. If they had just followed Mr. Shen, how great would this opportunity be?
The other members of the Tianjiao Club could only lament Xue Mingzhi's luck, while they truly missed the opportunity.
And at this moment, Li Han's voice suddenly rang out.
"By the way, I remember Qi Renyu and Jiang Meng seemed to have come here with Mr. Shen. Could it be that they have no connection with each other?"
In an instant, everyone in the Tianjiao Club box looked at Qi Renyu and Jiang Meng, with sarcasm in their eyes.
Since it is a foregone conclusion that Xue Mingzhi has successfully hooked up with a big shot, they don't need to worry too much about the gap between themselves and Xue Mingzhi.
Paying more attention to the unlucky people who missed the opportunity can help them regain some of their mentality.
Qi Renyu and Jiang Meng endured those mocking looks, their faces flushed and they said nothing.
"Congratulations to Box No. 5 for winning a piece of Grade 3 Spiritual Material Mountain Copper."
Not only the people of Tianjiao Club were numb, but everyone in the entire trading venue was numb. After bidding all the way, Tianzi No. 5 took up all the auction items.
During this process, some people tried to bid, but when the price of the book on Qi-refining techniques was raised to four thousand spirit stones, no one dared to continue to drive up the price.
Once the Tianzi No. 5 box gives up the auction, no one can bear such a huge loss and they can only choose to give up.
Someone roughly estimated that the No. 5 box in the Tianzi auction spent nearly 30,000 spirit stones, which is almost equivalent to the total output of a small spirit stone mine.
Xue Mingzhi went from being excited at the beginning to becoming numb later on.
Yan Xiao, who was standing on the platform, glanced at the No. 5 private room with a headache, and said loudly to everyone:
"The next item is the second to last item in this auction, a storage ring that is close to the level of a magic weapon."
“This storage ring is made of the second-level spiritual material forbidden magic jade. It can resist some magic attacks to a certain extent. Its internal space is stable and it is roughly estimated that it can last for more than 500 years.
As for the size of the space, it has reached the standard of a magic weapon-grade storage ring."
"The starting price for this storage ring is 2,000 Spiritual Stones. Bidding begins now!"
There was a moment of silence in the field, and many people from the sect's eyes lit up when they heard about this level of storage ring.
The size of the space reaches the level of magic weapons, which means that it is enough to bring out medium-sized altars and formations from the blessed land. This is definitely a treasure of strategic value for a sect.
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Everyone subconsciously looked towards Box No. 5, but were surprised to find that Box No. 5 did not make a quote in the first place.
Everyone was stunned at first, then they were filled with ecstasy and started bidding quickly.
"Three thousand spirit stones!"
"Five thousand spirit stones!"
"Five thousand five hundred spirit stones!"
In the private room, Shen Yuan said to Xue Mingzhi, "Don't bid this time. There's no need to incur the disgust of Laojun Mountain for a few spirit stones."
In the absence of Shen Yuan's bidding, and the fact that this storage ring was of extraordinary value, it attracted unprecedented enthusiasm from all the major sects, and the bidding price was quickly raised to 11,000 spirit stones.
Even several private rooms on the third floor were involved in the auction.
Yan Xiao just felt a pang of pain in his flesh. Shen Yuan's influence had caused the storage ring to exceed its proper price range. Every increase of one thousand meant that they at Laojun Mountain would have to pay an extra twelve thousand spirit stones.
At this moment, an arrogant voice came from box number four on the third floor.
“My Sun family offers 11,100 spirit stones!
I am participating in the auction this time to find clues about the Jidu Dragon Seal, and I hope you will give Jidu Dragon Palace some face."
The undisguised use of power to pressure others suddenly made the atmosphere present stagnant.
Most people recognized that the person who spoke was Sun Lanyu, the agent chosen by Jidu Dragon Palace, who was known as the No. 1 mad dog in Daxia.
What happened during this month made Sun Lanyu completely famous in the cultivation world. He would bite anyone he met in the name of searching for the Jidu Dragon Seal, but most people could do nothing about it.
Even if he broke into the Imperial Observatory, only half of the Azure Dragon's arm was broken, and he did not suffer any real substantial punishment.
This makes most people avoid the entire Cangzhou Sun family.
Everyone knew that Sun Lanyu was just trying to gain some advantage, but since it involved the Jidu Dragon Palace, everyone had no choice but to accept it, so that no one bid again for a while.
"Congratulations to Box No. 4 for winning the storage ring."
"But please note that this is in Yunfufang City, not the Jidu waters!"
Although Sun Lanyu helped Laojun Mountain save a lot of spirit stones, this behavior of breaking the rules would undoubtedly cause trouble, so Yan Xiao could only warn him.
Sun Lanyu snorted coldly and didn't care at all.
Shen Yuan, who was in the box, looked in the direction of box number 4 with great interest. He was somewhat surprised to meet Sun Lanyu here.
"Sun Lanyu? It seems like he's doing pretty well as an agent of Jidu Dragon Palace.
I just don’t know if there will be any results in the search for the Yellow River Dragon.”
Shen Yuan didn't care at all about Sun Lanyu's attempt to use his power to bully others, but was looking forward to seeing how far this mad dog would go next.
On the high platform below, Yan Xiao said solemnly:
"The next item is the last one to be auctioned at the fair, which is also the goal of many guests who participate in the fair."
The space in the storage ring on Yan Xiaoshi's index finger began to fluctuate, and then a scorching little sun appeared in his hand.
"The Qi of Heaven and Earth, Zhu Ming Cheng Ye!"