During this brief pause, the curtain of the auction stage rose, and Chen Si straightened his hair ornament and slowly walked onto the stage.
"Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to grace us with your presence..."
It was an opening speech that had been heard a million times, but even so, it couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the audience.
Soon, the first item for auction was brought to the stage.
It's a small bottle of Thunder Dew, produced by the Western Regions Witch Clan, with a starting bid of three thousand high-grade spirit stones. Consuming it can increase the body's resistance to lightning tribulations by thirty percent. It's a rare and priceless item, useful to any cultivator, making it the perfect first item for auction.
"Four thousand high-grade spirit stones!"
"I'll offer five thousand!"
Seeing the noisy scramble below, Liu Jinghong said to the young men around him, "Anyone who sees something they like can bid, and put it on my tab."
Liu Jinghong was always generous, and the people around him were happy to fawn over this useless man, so he never hesitated to give them some treats.
"Young Master Liu is so magnanimous!"
"Come, come, let me toast Brother Liu!"
Liu Jinghong raised her cup in response, a faint smile playing on her lips, and drank the spiritual tea in one gulp.
Half an hour later, Liu Jinghong was in debt for 150,000 high-grade spirit stones.
Even Liu Youcai, who had just lost face with Liu Jinghong, shamelessly obtained a magical artifact.
Finally, the Dragon Marrow made its grand finale appearance.
The starting bid is fifty Heavenly Spirit Jade, equivalent to the entire fortune of a mid-sized sect.
"Fifty-five Heavenly Spirit Jade." A charming female voice came from the private room opposite. Liu Jinghong looked up but did not rush to bid.
"Sixty Heavenly Spirit Jade." This was a gentle male voice coming from the next private room.
Liu Jinghong wasn't in a hurry to bid; he didn't care. No matter what the highest bid was, he would help round it up to a whole number.
After a stick of incense had burned, the price had been raised to one hundred and fifty pieces.
The sweet female voice seemed to carry a hint of anger as she gritted her teeth and said, "If this gentleman is willing to give up the Dragon Marrow, my Jade Maiden Sect will surely reward him handsomely."
Oh? People from the Northern Regions?
A hint of interest flashed in Liu Jinghong's eyes.
After waiting a while, Liu Jinghong heard the gentle man next door sigh and say helplessly, "It's not that I'm deliberately making things difficult, but I have received a clear order from the elders in the sect that I cannot answer the call without obtaining the Dragon Marrow." He paused and added, "One hundred and fifty-five Heavenly Spirit Jade."
One hundred and fifty-five Heavenly Spirit Jade is already an astronomical price, after all, one Dragon Marrow can only cultivate one genius for the sect.
The female cultivator from the Jade Maiden Sect coldly asked, "May I ask which sect you belong to, fellow cultivator?"
"Penglai, Yuezheng Chang'an".
Liu Jinghong paused in her hand, which was waving the jade-bone fan.
Eastern Regions, Penglai.
Lezheng is the surname of the lord of Penglai Immortal Island. Lezheng Chang'an is the youngest island lord in Penglai's history, only three hundred years old, and already a powerful being in the Nascent Soul stage.
The female cultivator from the Jade Maiden Sect opposite them fell silent, and the faint sound of spilled tea could be heard from inside, clearly indicating that she had panicked.
"Oh, it's Senior Yue Zheng. My daughter has been rude and offended you. I hope you will forgive her!"
Lezheng Chang'an chuckled and said, "It's alright."
After that, the female cultivator stopped bidding and ceased her efforts.
"One hundred and fifty-five Heavenly Spirit Jade once, one hundred and fifty-five Heavenly Spirit Jade twice, one hundred and fifty-five Heavenly Spirit Jade three times..."
"Two hundred Heavenly Spirit Jade!" Liu Jinghong closed his jade bone fan and finally spoke.
Whether it's the Jade Maiden Sect in the Northern Region or Penglai in the Eastern Region, he will absolutely not give up this dragon marrow.
Liu Jinghong's five casual words drew gasps from downstairs.
I've never seen anyone raise prices like this before! They're practically emptying the national treasury with just a few words!
Lezheng Chang'an smiled helplessly and didn't say anything more.
And so, Liu Jinghong acquired the Ancient Dragon Marrow for two hundred Heavenly Spirit Jade. The young masters all offered their congratulations and showered him with compliments.
Finally, Liu Youcai suggested, "I heard that Fengqing Pavilion has welcomed another stunning beauty today. Would any of you be interested in going to admire her?"
"It's a good pastime, though!"
"Brother Youcai's taste is certainly not bad."
The smile on Liu Jinghong's face faded, and a hint of mockery appeared at the corner of his eye: "You may go, I'm heading back home now."
With that, Liu Jinghong got up and walked towards the door.
Behind him, Liu Youcai's face was gloomy, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his upturned triangular eyes.
After paying the bill, Liu Jinghong walked out of Jubao Pavilion with the Dragon Marrow in his pocket. Looking at the sky, he realized it was getting late, so he went around to the back street, thinking of eating a bowl of wontons before going back. He was no longer the same as before; with his Qi Refining Level 7 strength, he really couldn't abstain from grains anymore, and he would get hungry if he didn't eat a meal.
"Zhang Ma, a bowl of wontons, no scallions."
Hearing the voice, Zhang Ma looked up and saw Liu Jinghong. She smiled and said, "Oh, it's you again, young master." She quickly took a handkerchief and wiped the tables and chairs again before inviting him to sit down.
Liu Jinghong was rather helpless. The tables and chairs were actually very clean, but Zhang Ma was always afraid of getting his clothes dirty. Even if they did get dirty, a simple cleaning spell would do the trick...
Hiss, what kind of cleansing spell is a Qi Refining Level 7 user using?
Liu Jinghong was lost in thought as she watched Zhang Ma busily making wontons, until a steaming bowl of wontons was placed in front of her.
Liu Jinghong scooped one up with a spoon and put it in his mouth. He immediately grimaced from the heat and it took him a while to swallow it whole. The warmth flowed down his esophagus and into his internal organs, dispelling the evening chill. Suddenly, he felt that whether or not he was fasting was no longer so important.
He ate the entire bowl of wontons, even the soup, all of it went into his stomach.
Liu Jinghong wiped her mouth without any regard for appearances, placed two high-grade spirit stones on the table, and left quietly.
With a foxtail grass dangling from who-knows-where in her mouth, Liu Jinghong hummed a little tune as she tiptoed back. After passing through another alley, she would reach the barrier of the nameless immortal mountain.
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