Chapter 157 Auction 3
In the private room.
Sang Yunchu and Jiang Chongguang also submitted their bids.
But soon, the two looked at each other again.
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Zhong Cai was a little puzzled.
Why did the two masters offer prices again?
The reason he took out the Xuan Turtle Blood Essence was because it was useless to his two masters.
Both masters' aptitudes have long been elevated to a sufficiently high level, and they are both very young, so there's no need to extend their lifespans—besides, neither of them lacks longevity pills! Furthermore, they have no injuries; the only potentially useful things are improving their defense and awakening their acquired physiques…
His master, Sang Yunchu, was an alchemist. If adding a new physique conflicted with alchemy, it would be counterproductive. There were also enough pills available to strengthen the physical body, so it was really not worth using his essence blood.
Master Jiang doesn't need it at all—he has already awakened his acquired physique! Moreover, it is rumored that his physique is inherently incredibly strong, and Master Jiang's large stature is also related to this physique.
...If that weren't the case, Zhong Cai wouldn't have auctioned this off at all; he would have kept it for his own people first!
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Wu Shaogan understood, and squeezed Zhong Cai's hand.
Zhong Cai subconsciously looked at her husband, Lao Wu.
Wu Shaogan has gentle features.
The masters probably wanted to take photos for you and me.
Zhong Cai opened her eyes wide and suddenly understood.
Yeah! But there's no need for us to do that!
Wu Shaogan shook his head slightly.
The masters didn't know our aptitudes, but they wanted to prepare something good for us; it was their way of showing their kindness.
Zhong Cai suddenly realized.
So... the masters suddenly stopped because they realized the two of them were thinking the same thing, and there was only one copy of the item, plus they were considering our loving relationship as a couple...
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan exchanged a glance.
[Old Wu, we have to tell Master. But if we guess wrong and Master didn't film it for us, that would be really embarrassing.]
[Could A-Cai really just watch her master waste Xuan Stones?]
Zhong Cai was resolute.
【cannot! 】
So losing face is better than letting my master down.
Then, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan looked at their master simultaneously, communicating telepathically.
[Master! Master! Was this for me? I don't need it! Master, don't waste the Xuan Stones!]
Master, this item is useless to me.
Sang Yunchu raised her delicate eyebrows and sent a telepathic message, but it carried a teasing tone.
How did Cai'er know that I sent this to you? Can't I use it myself?
Zhong Cai revealed a smug little expression.
I just knew it!
—Although he wasn’t 100% sure at first, his master stopped bidding when he sent a telepathic message, which meant it was confirmed!
Sang Yunchu chuckled and, as expected, said nothing more.
Jiang Chongguang on the other end wasn't joking; he simply responded with a telepathic message.
Okay!
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan looked at each other again.
It must be said that the masters' intentions... truly moved them.
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The master and his disciples were all getting along well, while the competition in the auction had reached a fever pitch.
"Three hundred and twenty thousand!"
"Three hundred and thirty thousand!"
Even the top-tier resources of level seven are only worth 500,000 mid-grade Xuan Stones.
It's already surpassed 300,000!
Moreover, the bidding has not stopped.
Zhong Cai was starting to get excited; would it really reach its highest value?
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Gradually, some people withdrew from the competition, and the price climbed to 400,000.
Once this number was reached, the cultivators who joined the competition no longer raised the price by tens of thousands, but instead started offering prices in increments of one thousand, one hundred, and so on.
The final price quoted was a whopping 457,600!
That's already a terrifying number.
It landed in a private room on the right, having been teleported there directly. No one knew the origin of the powerful figure in that room.
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Next, Kuiyi auctioned off several more level-five resources.
Throughout the numerous auctions, not a single item failed to sell; on the contrary, there were almost no auctions with very few bidders.
However, level six resources are the most abundant in the entire arena.
So soon after, the ones that were called for shooting again were all level six.
Kui Yi took out a considerable number of level six talismans, array plates, mystical artifacts, and rare and precious materials...
All talismans are inherently powerful or possess special effects, as are array plates. Mystic artifacts are of exceptional quality, while rare and precious materials are relatively scarce…
So it was still a very lively scene to take photos!
Once this round is over, another level 7 resource will appear.
A level 7 mid-grade Xuan sword.
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Zhong Cai looked at the precious sword and recalled the scene when he first obtained it.
This sword isn't particularly outstanding among level seven resources, but it has one advantage: it has no attributes whatsoever.
It was one of two options from the guaranteed resources. As soon as Zhong Cai saw it, he imagined the scene of countless swordsmen fighting and bidding for it, so he almost immediately gave up the rare medicine option and took it away!
Now, it is indeed the turn of this precious sword to earn Xuan Stones for Zhong Cai.
Wu Shaogan also thought of that scene and couldn't help but smile slightly.
Although Zhong Cai had her head resting on her husband's shoulder, she seemed to sense the smile as if by telepathy, and nuzzled her head against her husband's neck.
Wu Shaogan's smile became even gentler.
The two masters couldn't help but smile.
The others in the private room remained silent.
Although I came here to participate in the auction today, every time I caught a glimpse of my two junior disciples during the bidding process, I had only one thought—the two junior disciples have such a good relationship; I've never seen such an affectionate couple!
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan were completely unaware.
When they were together, their way of interacting was already very natural, and now they only remembered that they shouldn't be too intimate in front of others—but they weren't intentionally being intimate, the people around them were trustworthy, and the atmosphere was very relaxed. So everything they showed was just a natural expression, which made it even less noticeable.
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The starting price for a level 7 mid-grade sword is 50,000 mid-grade Xuan stones.
There were indeed many people vying for the position, mostly the Spirit Transformation Swordsmen in the private rooms on the third floor, and their bids were truly unambiguous.
Occasionally, cultivators from the top-floor private rooms would place bids. Perhaps it was a Nirvana Realm expert bidding for their junior, or perhaps it was a cultivator brought by an expert who wanted the item and wanted it...
However, it is precisely because people in the private room are present that the auction can fetch a higher price!
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In the private room where Zhong Cai was, there were also people bidding.
It was that Spirit Transformation expert brought from the Mei Family Mountains, who happened to be a very powerful swordsman.
This is a swordsman who has recently advanced to the Spirit Transformation stage and is also one of the senior instructors of the Azure Dragon Academy. He received a lot of help from the Mei Family Mountain Range during his cultivation and has a close relationship with the Mei Family Mountain Range.
His aptitude was only at the lower level of the Earth Rank, and he needed elixirs for his cultivation. He practiced swordsmanship, but his innate treasure was not a longsword, but the soul of a rare beast.
Therefore, for each breakthrough in a realm, a swordsman needs to find a suitable and precious sword.
This swordsman instructor had also searched for level seven swords in the trading hall of the Azure Dragon Academy, but most of them had attributes. Even those without attributes didn't fit his hand well. He either had to find materials and ask a level seven weapon craftsman to help him forge them—this order was already booked for a long time—or he had to use other channels.
Knowing that the swordsman was searching for a sword, the Mei family immediately contacted him for this high-profile auction.
The swordsman was indeed very grateful and immediately agreed to accompany the guard, also remembering the kindness of the Mei family.
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Now that this level seven mid-grade sword has appeared, the swordsman's eyes immediately lit up.
I never expected to find something suitable so quickly!
This sword, both in its appearance and its lack of any elemental attribute, is a perfect match for a swordsman, and he would definitely not miss it!
Therefore, the swordsman immediately made a bid the moment he finished listening to Kui Yi's introduction.
"One hundred thousand!"
He was determined to win!
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At least dozens of swordsmen are competing.
There aren't many swordsmen whose true companion treasure is the Xuan Sword. Most swordsmen, like the one from Canglong Academy, need to find a suitable Xuan Sword at each stage to avoid affecting their combat power.
It would be great to be able to buy a sword that matches your attributes perfectly, but one without any attributes is also quite good. The worst thing is to have a certain attribute, but among the countless suitable swords you encounter, there just happens to be no sword with that attribute.
That would be very unlucky.
And such unlucky swordsmen... are not few and far between.
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Zhong Cai buried her head in her husband Lao Wu's neck, beaming with joy.
We made a fortune! A huge fortune!
It's just a mid-grade level seven sword, yet it's already being offered for over 200,000 mid-grade Xuan stones!
Cool!
Wu Shaogan, supporting Zhong Cai, couldn't help but look down at the top of Zhong Cai's head.
Even the top of Ah-Cai's head is so cute.
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Gradually, the price reached 320,000.
Logically, they should have been able to acquire the Xuan Sword by now, but the competition is still fierce among three people.
The swordsman named Canglong, surnamed Qiu, looked very solemn at the moment, with even a fine layer of sweat on his forehead.
Even though the newly awakened Spirit Transformation Realm expert had worked hard to accumulate wealth and brought all of it with him, he was about to give up.
At this moment, before Qiu Jianke could speak, the sixth-level Mei family alchemist said with a smile, "Senior brother, please quote a price. If it's a little short, my Mei family can make up the difference."
Qiu Jianke breathed a sigh of relief. Although he knew that the Mei family was trying to win him over, the Mei family's actions had been very considerate since they met, and he was naturally always grateful to the Mei family.
In fact, precisely because the Mei family was so considerate, although he didn't say it explicitly, he would always agree to do anything the Mei family asked him to do—even if it was dangerous.
At this moment, Qiu Jianke merely gave the Mei family alchemist a deep look before continuing to bid: "Three hundred and thirty thousand!"
The other two swordsmen outside hesitated for a moment. One of them stopped bidding, leaving only the other to slowly say, "Thirty-four."
Qiu Jianke shouted, "Three hundred and fifty thousand!"
The other swordsman also fell silent, hesitating almost until Kui Yi was about to confirm the final price before finally uttering the words "three hundred and fifty-three thousand".
Without hesitation, Qiu Jianke replied: "Three hundred and sixty thousand!"
This time it was deathly silent.
The other swordsmen's offers were either too high or far exceeded their budgets, or they could sense the absolute confidence in Qiu the swordsman.
Therefore, the Xuan Sword ultimately ended up in Qiu Jianke's hands.
Before long, the teleportation array completed the transaction between the two parties.
Qiu Jianke held the seventh-grade mid-level Xuan sword and lightly flicked the blade with his finger.
The sword trembled slightly, emitting clear chirps.
Swordsman Qiu, thoroughly captivated, exclaimed, "What a fine sword!"
The other cultivators in the private room also congratulated him.
Zhong Cai also congratulated his senior mentor, and he was also overjoyed.
Hey! Congratulations to both of us!
Upon hearing the telepathic message, Wu Shaogan suppressed a laugh.
Yes, congratulations to us too.
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Next, there were a few level 5 resources and a few level 6 resources.
The process is similar, but the items produced vary in type, yet they are all quite valuable treasures.
Among them were some high-quality Xuan artifacts, and even a top-grade level 6 spear that exuded extremely powerful energy—it could even be judged that if it weren't for some flaws in the forging process, it could have originally reached level 7!
Therefore, this is the top-tier of the sixth-level mystic artifacts, and its attributes are also quite common, making it suitable for a wide variety of cultivators.
The scramble for it caused the price to surge to the highest level for a level 6 resource: 500,000 low-grade Xuan Stones!
The sight shocked countless cultivators. However, after the burly male cultivator received the spear, his eyes were filled with delight. He then quickly sensed the quality of the spear and even showed a look of surprise. Many cultivators who were paying attention to him understood that this spear was probably even more outstanding than it had been described before the auction!
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Gradually, level 5 resources were no longer offered at auctions.
The items used for the auctions, which are rotated, are various items from Level 6.
At this time, many rare medicines and elixirs also appeared, all of which had special medicinal effects.
The competition was equally fierce.
In particular, the appearance of high-grade level 6 pills and top-grade level 6 pills is extremely rare!
After all, alchemists who can refine such high-quality pills are extremely rare.
Even in an outstanding level-eight power like Azure Dragon Academy, very few people possess this ability.
Often, even what they provide for their own students isn't enough...
Not to mention, some of them were even leaked and sent to auctions.
More than ten auctions were held, resulting in more than a dozen substantial incomes.
The atmosphere on the first and second floors became increasingly lively.
In the third layer, there were also many companions and juniors who had come with the Spirit Transformation cultivator, who also became part of creating a lively atmosphere.
Many cultivators at the Palace Building Realm had already emptied their pockets, but the auction house continued to offer countless good items, forcing them to carefully consider their options. They wanted many of them, yet they had to restrain themselves to avoid missing out on what they needed most.
I was really struggling with this decision.
However, cultivators are generally experienced and have strong wills, and most of them are able to control themselves...
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However, just when the cultivators felt that their self-control was quite good, the new item announced by Kui Yi made countless cultivators lose control.
Kui Yi spoke rigidly: "Gathering Spirit Fruit, an eighth-level resource. Any cultivator whose aptitude has been ruined can quickly recover and reach the Earth-grade aptitude once they consume it."
The quality of a land can range from low-grade to top-grade.
But there is no doubt that the companion treasures summoned after taking this thing will be at the eighth level!
Kui Er also spoke rigidly: "The starting price is 50,000 high-grade Xuan stones."
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After the two puppets finished speaking, many guests in the auction hall heard them clearly and were quite surprised.
For many powerful individuals, having lived for so long, they often come across treasures that can restore their aptitude. However, most of these treasures can only restore their aptitude to the Xuan grade at best.
Very few people can directly reach the Earth-grade level.
The Spirit Gathering Fruit is one of them, and it is extremely rare. This thing grows naturally and, like a fruit, has a ripening period. In fact, if it is not discovered and picked by a cultivator within three days after it ripens, it will rot on its own!
That makes even fewer.
But what did they hear now?
One must be sold at the auction!
Many cultivators gasped in astonishment.
The auction is now halfway through, and the items on display are incredibly diverse—of course, many of them had seen the auction catalog beforehand and knew about many of the treasures.
However, the booklet was incomplete; some entries had no descriptions, only names, and a few were likely deliberately hidden.
This Spirit-Gathering Fruit is something they don't know about.
When it appeared here, it was like a money-devouring behemoth!
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Although none of the cultivators present seemed to need the Spirit Gathering Fruit themselves, the vast majority of them were quite old. Those who were married usually had descendants and had developed their own family power, or they had led many people to become members of a certain force.
With a large number of people, some will inevitably be rendered useless for various reasons.
The vast majority of these people are completely in despair and have no chance of turning their lives around; but there is also a very small group of people who have relatives and friends who care about them very much.
Friends and family are willing to spend a fortune to buy hope for their loved ones to recover!
Even if it can only be restored to the Xuan grade, it will cause great competition, let alone that it is directly the Di grade.
Even some cultivators who were born into high positions and were pampered but were crippled, whose original aptitude might not have even reached the Earth Rank, are now in a different situation. Although they have wasted some years, if they can directly exchange them for a higher level of aptitude, it is not a waste of time, but rather a blessing in disguise!
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"One hundred thousand!"
Two hundred thousand!
"Three hundred thousand!"
But no matter how excited they were, after just a few bids, the vast majority of cultivators were silenced.
The Nirvana Realm experts in the private room spoke, and their calm words revealed their absolute dominance.
Those who could barely participate in the bidding were at least Spirit Transformation cultivators, but now they've been silenced.
The only one left to join the struggle is Nirvana.
The wealth of Nirvana cultivators is beyond the imagination of ordinary cultivators, and the reason they came to participate in this auction is naturally because of the resources that attracted them—they don't want to leave empty-handed.
The Gathering Spirit Fruit was an unexpected delight.
Similarly, these are all things they can bid on at will.
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The maximum price for level 8 resources is usually 500,000 high-grade Xuan Stones, but once an item enters the auction house, there may not be a price cap.
Premiums do exist—but most of the time, even if those resources are exceptional, they are not worth the premium.
But the Gathering Spirit Fruit is worth it.
The Nirvana cultivators all understood that once they missed the Gathering Spirit Fruit, they would probably never encounter it again.
Before long, the price had reached 470,000.
It was at this moment that someone began to speak in the Nirvana Private Room, where there had been no conflict and everything had remained calm and serene.
A slightly hoarse male voice said, "Wife, you have no descendants, what are you arguing with me about? My Jie'er needs this the most, are you deliberately going against me?"
Then, a clear female voice rang out, accompanied by a light laugh.
"You have your Jie'er, but I can't have my little darling? My most beloved child unfortunately ran into trouble, and then I found something wonderful at this auction. Isn't that just his destiny? It's meant to be my little darling!"
The hoarse male voice roared angrily: "My Jie'er is my own grandson, while yours is nothing but a concubine in the harem. How can you compare them!"
The woman's voice also became unhappy: "Why can't we compare? Your grandson is a good-for-nothing, while my little darling, even in this state, still knows how to cheer me up, and even when she's upset, she does it secretly. I think my little darling is far superior to your so-called grandson!"
The hoarse male voice was almost furious: "Who are you calling trash!"
The female voice didn't seem to want to argue with the male voice. She just hummed softly and didn't respond. Instead, she announced another price: "Five hundred thousand—" deliberately drawing out the syllable.
The hoarse male voice breathed heavily a few times, as if forcibly suppressing his anger.
He at least knew that this was an auction, and there were many cultivators of the same level bidding together. If he got provoked by the old hag and started arguing with her, he would probably become a laughing stock.
Then, the hoarse male voice once again quoted a price in a deep voice: "Fifty-two!"
However, apart from these two, the other Nirvana Realm experts were also busy making offers.
Similarly, they were also trying to do each other favors, attempting to persuade others to give up.
"Junior Sister, it's been so many years. For the sake of our past friendship, how about..."
"Please, senior brother, let me have a turn. My youngest son has poor aptitude, and this fruit would be perfect for him..."
"Big sister, you've held my little disciple in your arms before, and you even praised her for being smart. She's practically your disciple now..."
"Little sister, how does a hug make you half a disciple? If my little grandson hadn't had that accident, he would almost be your husband. If he recovers, you two can rekindle your romance! Then, we'll truly be a family!"
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In the private room.
Zhong Cai was stunned.
The way these Nirvana Realm experts are trying to build relationships... it doesn't sound like they're building relationships at all, it sounds more like they're trying to incite hatred!
Which company uses "older brother" or "older sister" all the time when trying to be nice to someone? Sometimes, the underlying meaning is that they're trying to take advantage of the situation, as if they're hoping someone will "go easy on them"?
This is just sarcastic and insinuating!
But then Zhong Cai thought about it again and realized that it was... normal, right?
After all, it's a resource that everyone wants, so why would they give it up just because of a few pleas? So, the real issue is that verbal sparring affects each other's mentality... right?
Zhong Cai quickly calmed down.
Let's start a verbal battle! Let's fight!
The harder you hit, the higher the price you pay!
In any case, no matter what price was quoted in the end, all the profits would go to him and Lao Wu.
The two level-eight puppets held the auction by renting the venue at a high price, so there was no need to share the venue revenue in the end.
All the mystic stones acquired at the auction were pure profit!
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Bidding was fierce, with the Nirvana practitioners refusing to yield to each other.
Everyone here is a strong player at the same level, and the bidding among them is also about saving face.
All those who made bids had someone in their respective factions who needed the item, and the high prices were because those people had close relationships with them.
So whoever manages to snag the Gathering Spirit Fruit can restore the lives of their loved ones, and once that person recovers and makes a name for themselves, it will bring them honor... and it will also make the Nirvana Realm experts who didn't manage to get it look a little bad.
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