Chapter 122 Bidding "Her name is Haitang, she suddenly appeared a month ago...
"Her name is Haitang. She suddenly appeared next to Mu Yuan a month ago. Her specific identity has not been found. The last time you saw her was also the first time she appeared in public," Wei Mubai explained.
Although these noble families would not deliberately investigate other families, they could quickly get news of any disturbance.
Last time, Mu Yuan showed up with a strange woman, and everyone was surprised.
But the news they received shocked them even more. This woman appeared suddenly, and her cultivation seemed to be quite good, at least at the Golden Core stage. She should have cultivated the innate sword intent.
The sharp sword aura that she revealed from time to time proved this.
No more information could be found, which made people suspect that she appeared out of thin air.
Xu Hui couldn't help but look up at the sky. The plot had completely twisted the story. The female cultivator closest to the hero Mu Yuan was not Zhong Xinyue, nor was she Zhong Lingyue. Instead, she turned into a Haitang who suddenly appeared.
From her current dress and equipment, you can tell how close Mu Yuan is to her, even giving her his personal jade pendant.
I don’t know what kind of identity it is that makes the unique, focused and cold male protagonist break his principles for her.
While Xu Hui was daydreaming, all the important guests arrived.
Wei Muheng took the lead and welcomed the people to the box on the third floor.
This is a three-story pagoda-shaped space magic weapon. It has three floors in total. Except for the auction table in the middle, the first floor is filled with stacked seats, which are now full.
Anyone who got the inside information, whether or not they had spirit stones to buy it, would come and see what was going on.
Fortunately, this space magic device is large enough. The first floor can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and no matter where you sit, it feels like you are sitting right opposite the arena, and the items on the stands can be seen clearly.
The second floor is reserved for many high-level monks. They represent individuals and can have their own box or share with others. There are a total of 300 boxes, which are now full of people, and many of them are shared by several people.
There are only twelve private rooms on the third floor, one for each of the ten great families, and the remaining two are reserved for the Buddhist Sect, Tianyan Sect, the Loose Cultivator Alliance, the Zhang Family, or other powerful forces.
Usually, these positions are not filled. The aristocratic families have already traded privately before, and some resources will not be brought to the auction. Forces such as Tianyan Sect and Fozong are even less likely to appear.
Even if necessary, they would book a private room on the second floor in a low-key manner, come in mysteriously, and leave mysteriously without attracting anyone's attention.
As for the families other than the top ten, the Wei family will not reserve private rooms for them out of respect. If you want to participate, you can fight for a seat in the private room on the second floor. If that doesn’t work, there is still the lobby on the first floor.
Xu Hui followed Wei Mubai into the box, where several elders of the Wei family were already sitting, including the head of the Wei family and his wife.
They teleported in quietly to shock the crowd.
Everyone came forward to pay their respects, and Patriarch Wei smiled and told them to sit down and not to be nervous.
Wei Muheng was indeed not nervous and walked directly to the center and sat down, while the head of the Wei family just sat in the corner on the left with Mrs. Wei.
From this point, it can be seen that the power of the Wei family has been transferred, and now it is the era when Wei Muheng represents the Wei family.
There were three seats left in Wei Muheng's row. Wei Mubai directly pulled Xu Hui to sit on the left, and Wei Muyan sat on the right.
The others followed behind them and sat behind them like stars surrounding the moon.
Around the seats, there are small tables filled with spiritual fruits, spiritual tea, and snacks made from spiritual plants. They are not only delicious but can also increase one's cultivation.
Xu Hui understood that this was standard practice at aristocratic family auctions. It was not only the case for the Wei family, but also for other family auctions she had participated in before.
There are free meals from the first floor to the third floor, and the free meals alone are a considerable expense.
In the lobby on the first floor, some people have already started eating. If you don't take advantage of the good things, you are a bastard. Normally, they may not be able to buy so many and such good spiritual foods. Some of them are even specially supplied by wealthy families.
No matter how much they eat, the food on the table can be automatically replenished and the variety will change. If they like a certain dish, they can just point to the empty bowl and get a few more servings.
This is much more exciting than eating at a buffet. The monks can absorb the spiritual power in it. They can hardly eat enough, so they can keep eating.
"I remember that the tickets for the auction are free, right?" Xu Hui asked Wei Mubai quietly.
She even saw someone secretly putting spiritual food into her storage space, and she didn't stop it?
Wei Mubai smiled lightly, "Some food, not worth much."
Yes, compared to the revenue from the auction items, those are just a drop in the bucket!
Even if someone takes it away, they won’t keep packing it up. That would be too embarrassing.
Those who can come in are more or less powerful and value their reputation. If there are really those who don't care about anything, the Wei family doesn't mind using some food to see what kind of person they are.
It would be impossible for him to enter the Wei family auction again in the future.
Oh, there are people from other families here, and their performance will also be recorded. Other families will also look down on such people.
So no matter how greedy you are, you should know how to be moderate. It’s okay to take away a little, just think that you like this kind of food. If you keep taking it, it will ruin your character.
As the monks from the aristocratic families entered their respective boxes, the auction started at the scheduled time, and Wei Jianbai appeared on the stage.
As the head of the Wei family in Quxian City, he personally presided over this auction, which shows how much he values it.
After a few brief greetings, he ordered someone to bring up the first auction item, which immediately caused a burst of exclamations.
Xu Hui leaned over and saw that it was the Moon Shadow Fox.
"Everyone, the purpose of this auction is well known. It's specifically prepared for the new secret realm. To explore the secret realm, we naturally cannot do without the Moon Shadow Spirit Fox, capable of seeing through all illusions. As the most powerful spirit beast known to date at this level, the Moon Fox has reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Stage. Not only can it help us break through formations, it can also protect us. We've put a lot of effort into capturing and raising them. Furthermore, the Moon Fox only feeds on the Phantom Moon Orchid, so we've specially equipped each spirit fox with a five-year-old Moon Orchid. This should be enough time for a complete voyage through the secret realm. If you still feel it's not enough, you can purchase an additional five-year-old Moon Orchid from us after the auction."
"For this auction, we've prepared a total of six Moon Foxes: one Moon Fox and a five-year-old Moon Orchid. The starting price is three thousand mid-grade Spirit Stones, and each bid must be no less than one hundred mid-grade Spirit Stones. The next five will be auctioned based on the highest bid of the first one. Also, after the secret realm ends, if you don't want to keep them, you can return them to the Wei family at half price. Of course, that assumes their abilities haven't deteriorated, and they haven't suffered irreparable injuries."
In fact, they don’t want to raise it. Without the Shadow Moon Orchid, they can’t raise it even if they want to.
"So, do you understand?" Seeing everyone nod, he immediately announced, "The auction officially begins!"
As soon as the words fell, the monks on the first floor immediately started shouting out prices. They knew that the people in the boxes on the second and third floors were far more powerful than themselves. If they did not bid, they would just wait for the highest price to come out. They would sell the first auction item to save the Wei family's face.
As for lowering the price, that is impossible. Anything that the Wei family can put on the stage are items that will be of great use in the new secret realm, and everyone wants to get them.
Just like this Moon Shadow Fox that can see through illusions, if a family has one like this, they will not be afraid of any illusions and how much trouble can be saved?
It can even lead them to find treasures that others cannot discover, which is a must-have for exploring secret places!
Xu Hui didn't expect that the first thing the Wei family took out would be this.
She could already imagine how wonderful Yi Qingxue's expression would be.
At that time in the valley, she was just guessing, but now that she brought it out, it was a slap in the face, and even had a provocative meaning.
Look, not only did I get what you wanted, I can also put it up for auction, and there are six of them in total.
The quantity of six is just right, not too many and not too few. Even the top ten families need to compete for it. Not everyone can afford it, so the price will only go up, not down.
Sure enough, as the first benchmark, the people in the boxes on the second and third floors did not make a move, but just watched the monks below compete.
The price has increased from three thousand medium-grade spirit stones to eight thousand, and the enthusiasm has not diminished at all.
The scene fell silent until someone shouted out ten thousand.
Ten thousand medium-grade spirit stones is already a considerable amount. The person who made the bid is a Jindan-stage cultivator. Judging from his attire, he should know how to refine equipment and is certainly not short of spirit stones.
But there was something even more abundant. A beautiful female cultivator not far away directly bid, "Fifteen thousand mid-grade spirit stones!"
Everyone was shocked and directly added half of it. Isn’t this too rich?
The Moon Fox is useful, but the Wei family’s more valuable thing is the elixir. Doesn’t she want it?
Seeing that she had frightened the others, the female cultivator smiled triumphantly, her expression full of determination.
This look made everyone understand that she was determined to get the Moon Fox.
Others began to think about whether they should continue to compete. Judging from the female cultivator's expression, it was obvious that she would not give up, so there seemed to be no point in continuing the competition.
Xu Hui couldn't help but sigh, "How clever!"
Isn't that smart? The female cultivator fully understood the meaning of the first auction item. It was the aristocratic family giving face by not competing.
But that doesn't mean they don't need it. If she buys it now and waits for the auction to end, she will sell it directly. The noble family will buy the Moon Fox at the highest price of the next five.
She put on a determined look, intending to scare away other monks so that she could gain greater benefits.
Given the Moon Fox's abilities, the price of the five will continue to rise. The fewer spirit stones she spends, the more she earns.
So she is smart. If she succeeds, she can not only make a lot of money, but also sell herself well to a certain noble family. If conditions permit, she can even join the exploration team of that noble family, which is safer and more efficient!
However, she couldn't be the only smart person at the scene. The one who broke her plan was a monk covered in a black cloak.
He was wearing a mask and robes that prevented him from being seen by others. He was wrapped tightly, leaving no skin exposed.
Even the voice was clearly a fake one, "30,000 mid-grade spirit stones. No matter how much she offers, I'll add 5,000!"
"You!" The female cultivator was furious. This person was obviously here to ruin her plans.
But her eyes flickered and she didn't dare to agree, because she was afraid that the price was too high and if no noble family bought it, then everything would be over!
After all, ten thousand already exceeded the original price of the Moon Fox, and thirty thousand was purely a premium after the new secret realm was born.
She hesitated, not knowing what to choose.
The black-robed male monk sat quietly, not looking anxious at all.
This calm look made Xu Hui curious. Who will win?
This is a big gamble. If you win, you will make a fortune. If you lose, you will lose everything!
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