#688 - Mystery Auction
The auction has three floors.
The premium rooms are on the highest floor, the general rooms are in the middle, and there are only seats on the first floor.
Except for the high-end private rooms, all ordinary private rooms and seats must be purchased with spirit stones, which can be regarded as admission tickets.
The price of an ordinary private room is ten times that of a seat.
Generally speaking, those in ordinary private rooms were all second-rate or above Divine Transformation forces in the Eastern Region of Qianfeng Area, while third-rate and inferior Divine Transformation forces were mainly concentrated in the seats on the first floor.
There are also Nascent Soul cultivators on the first floor. Most of these Nascent Soul cultivators come from the God Transformation forces with a single God Transformation cultivator. Each God Transformation force has two God Transformation cultivators, and they will send at least one to participate in the Fengyun Association’s large-scale auction.
A small number of Nascent Soul cultivators either come from the God Transformation forces or from the top Nascent Soul forces.
These Nascent Soul cultivators came here mainly to feast their eyes and perhaps pick up something from the mysterious auction items. However, they would not be able to compete even for the first item in an ordinary auction.
As time went by, most of the seats on the first floor were already occupied.
In private room number 18.
"Elder Ye." Ji Yuelan called out.
"Elder Ji, is there anything wrong?"
Elder Ye asked while looking at Ji Yuelan in the distance. The space in the high-end private room was very large, and Elder Ye was sitting quite far away from Ji Yuelan.
"I'll leave the items that the sect wants to auction to you. I'll go to room number 17."
"Okay." Elder Ye nodded immediately after hearing this, without any hesitation.
Bidding at an auction is not an easy matter.
Elder Ye was very worried that Ji Yuelan would get carried away when bidding. If it were any other elder, he would still be able to stop her.
If it was Ji Yuelan, the possibility of him successfully stopping it would be very low.
If Ji Yuelan could stay in private room No. 17, it would be very good news for him.
"Don't forget the sect's mission." Ji Yuelan said before leaving.
"Don't worry, Elder Ji, just go."
After Ji Yuelan left the private room, Elder Ye quickly sat in the center of the room, where the view was the best.
The Nascent Soul maid outside the private room saw Ji Yuelan leaving and followed her.
It was explained at the meeting that the Lianxu forces must not be allowed to clash at the auction, which would affect the mood of other guests.
If Ji Yuelan wanted to go to the high-end private room where the monks from Liuli Gate or Lingshan Palace were, she would stop Ji Yuelan the first time.
Seeing Ji Yuelan enter private room No. 17, she went back with peace of mind.
In private room number 17.
Ji Yuelan has come in.
"Grandpa Li, I will be here at this auction."
"That's no problem, of course. Your Xueyue Sect should have given you a mission."
"Elder Ye will take care of it."
"That's good."
Li Qianqing motioned Ji Yuelan to sit down.
Ji Yuelan sat directly next to Li Qianqing.
This seat is comfortable.
"Grandpa Li, tell me some of Xunting's embarrassing moments when she was a child."
“This…”
Li Qianqing couldn't help but fall into memories.
The bridge between the two is Li Xunting, and when they talk about Li Xunting, they have the most topics.
While chatting, Ji Yuelan couldn't help but move towards Li Qianqing.
After talking about two things about Li Xunting's childhood, the auction was about to begin.
The auctioneer in charge of this auction at Fengyun Club looks to be a man in his seventies or eighties, and his cultivation level is in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
He is one of the most prestigious managers in Fengyun Club.
"Thank you all for coming from afar to attend this auction. I believe that the items in this auction will not disappoint you..."
The old man's voice was unusually loud, making people feel more energetic.
"…The auction will be divided into three phases. As usual, the first phase will still be the auction of ordinary items."
"Here is the first lot of this auction."
As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, a translucent black spear floated in the air, allowing the monks to see it more clearly.
"A third-level mid-grade magic weapon, the Spear of Heavenly Soul!"
"The main material of this spear is fifth-grade middle-grade soul crystal, which needs to be refined with the help of soul fire. Don't underestimate it as a third-grade middle-grade magic weapon. In some cases, it can play a higher role than a third-grade upper-grade magic weapon..."
As the first item came on the stage, the auctioneer began his long introduction.
This will help to get better prices for the auction items.
"The starting price is three thousand middle-grade spirit stones, and each bid increase must be no less than one hundred middle-grade spirit stones."
"Three thousand and one hundred middle-grade spirit stones!"
"I'll give you 3,300 yuan!"
As soon as the auction started, the price of this third-grade mid-quality magic weapon continued to rise.
"Isn't soul fire a flame that only the soul clan can use?"
"Yes, the Soul Clan participated in the refining of this magic weapon."
"I don't know if this soul clan is willing to refine it, so I decided not to shoot it."
"If there is no special explanation, it must not be voluntary refining."
The price of the auction items was rising, and the monks below were constantly communicating with each other using spiritual power.
Auctioneers usually only talk about the good aspects of the auction items, and they will not mention the bad aspects at all.
The auction price of this Heavenly Soul Spear finally rose to 7,700 medium-grade spirit stones before it stopped and was sold by a cultivator in the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
For the first auction item, the bidders were basically all monks on the first floor, and there was only one person in the ordinary private room who participated in the bidding.
In the luxury room number 17.
"Yuelan, are there any ordinary auction items that you are interested in?"
"I might make a bid for lot number 121."
Upon hearing this, Li Qianqing took a look at the list. The 121st auction item was a third-grade, top-grade attack-type magic weapon.
There is not much introduction to the magic weapon in the list, just a brief mention, and the auctioneer is required to provide a detailed introduction.
This third-grade, top-grade magic weapon is indeed very suitable for Ji Yuelan, who possesses a violent thunder body.
"If you don't have enough spirit stones, tell me."
"Don't worry, Grandpa Li, Master has given me enough spirit stones."
The sect's auction task is in the hands of Elder Ye, so Ji Yuelan will naturally only bid on her own behalf for the auction item she wants.
The auction items were sold one by one.
At this moment, fifty lots have been sold.
So far, there has not been any case of failed auctions. In the history of large-scale auctions organized by Fengyunhui, there have been very few cases of failed auctions.
"The following is the fifty-first auction item."
"A complete piece of Qingxia Sword Wood, a fifth-grade, mid-grade piece."
"Qingxia Sword Wood is the best main material for refining wood-attributed sword magic weapons. With a complete piece of Qingxia Sword Wood, if you are lucky, you may be able to refine five third-level medium-quality magic weapons. The weapon refiners present here should hurry up..."
"Five third-level mid-grade magic weapons? It would be great if we could refine three of them."
"Yes, but in theory, five pieces can be refined."
When the person at the top started introducing the auction items, the people below began to communicate using voice transmission.
"A complete piece of fifth-grade middle-grade Qingxia Sword Wood, starting price is 4,500 middle-grade spirit stones, and each bid increase must be no less than 100 middle-grade spirit stones!"
"Four thousand five hundred middle-grade spirit stones!"
"Four thousand six hundred..."
Soon, the price of this piece of Qingxia Sword Wood rose to five thousand nine hundred medium-grade spirit stones.
"Six thousand spiritual stones!"
The person bidding this time was Li Qianqing, and it was his first time bidding at an auction.
He wanted to auction off this piece of Qingxia Sword Wood for Li Tongxin to use, so as to increase Li Tongxin's potential in exploring the sword spirit body.
If Li Tongxin had a single wood spiritual root, this complete piece of Qingxia Sword Wood would be of better help to him.
When the premium room bid was made, there was a brief silence, and then it quickly returned to normal.
As early as the 27th auction item, the cultivators in the high-end private rooms had already made their bids. Naturally, the cultivators present knew that the cultivators who could afford to stay in the high-end private rooms must be from forces above the Void Refinement Stage.
"Do you know who is in this luxury room number 17?"
"Of course I know. I told you that I have good friends in Fengyun Club. Room 17 is occupied by the cultivators of the Li family, and the head of the Li family came in person."
"The power of refining emptiness has only just appeared in the past thousand years."
"To be more precise, less than five hundred years."
After the price of Qingxia Sword Wood reached 8,500 medium-grade spirit stones, the rate of increase became slow.
The price was 9,100 medium-grade spirit stones and remained at that level for a while.
"Nine thousand two hundred middle-grade spirit stones!"
"Nine thousand three hundred spirit stones." After someone called the price, Li Qianqing quickly followed suit.
"Nine thousand three hundred middle-grade spirit stones for the first time! Is there a higher price? This is a rare Qingxia sword wood, and it's a complete piece..."
"Nine thousand three hundred middle-grade spirit stones for the second time! Nine thousand three hundred middle-grade spirit stones for the first time! Congratulations to No. 17 for buying this complete piece of Qingxia Sword Wood."
Li Qianqing no longer had much impression of what the final auction price of the Qingxia Sword Wood was in his previous life.
But it should be higher than the price it was sold for in this life.
When he started bidding for the Qingxia Sword Wood, he estimated that it would cost 10,000 medium-grade spirit stones.
The auction price was low, probably because he made the move.
During the auction, even if the Lianxu forces did not intervene, other bidders would not be so excited when facing the cultivators from the Lianxu forces.
In the subsequent auction of ordinary items, Ji Yuelan won a third-grade top-quality magic weapon as she wished, and Li Qianqing also made a bid for the 275th item.
The spiritual object of heaven and earth, chalcedony sand!
Chalcedony sand can cleanse the bodies of Nascent Soul cultivators, allowing their bodies to more easily sense the power of heaven and earth, thereby increasing their chances of breaking through to the God Transformation stage.
Spiritual objects of heaven and earth like chalcedony sand were fought over by many parties, and six monks in the high-end private room were participating in the competition.
In the end, he was taken down by Li Qianqing.
Sixteen thousand five hundred mid-grade spirit stones are already a 30% premium over this chalcedony sand.
Compared with sect forces, this kind of spiritual objects from heaven and earth are more attractive to family forces.
There were a total of four virtual cultivation families that made bids for the premium private rooms, including their Li family.
The last item in the ordinary auction was sold at a high price of 30,000 medium-sized spirit stones and was obtained by the monk in the high-level private room No. 3.
"The three hundred and sixty ordinary auction items have been successfully completed. Now the auction of the mysterious auction items will begin."
When he said this, the auctioneer smiled mysteriously.
The monks present were also very curious about what would appear in this mysterious auction. If the Fengyun Society had not identified what appeared, and they knew its value, they might be able to get the mysterious auction item at a relatively low price.
Such situations are not uncommon in the history of Fengyunhui’s large-scale auctions.
No one has any information about the mysterious auction items, and the monks in the high-end private room are also curious about what will appear in this mysterious auction.
"There are thirteen mysterious items in this auction."
The auctioneer first announced the number of the mysterious auction item.
When he heard this number, Li Qianqing was completely relieved.
Liuyun City is half the distance of the eastern region of Qianfeng Region from here, and he can have very little influence on the situation here.
Although I didn't specifically remember it, the items at the auction should be the same as in my previous life.
"Next, we will start the auction of the first mysterious item."
A red wooden table appeared in front of the auctioneer, and on top of the table was a broken half flute-like object.
"After appraisal, it turns out that the material used to refine this thing is not ordinary. You can auction it according to the situation."
The auctioneer did not give much introduction to the mysterious auction item.
They are all mysterious auction items. If we say too much and give too much information, they will no longer be mysterious.
"The starting price is one hundred mid-grade spirit stones, and each bid increase must be no less than one mid-grade spirit stone."
Even the Fengyun Society's appraisal masters could not determine the exact value of the mysterious auction item, but the only thing that was certain was that the materials used in the mysterious auction item were worth at least one hundred mid-grade spirit stones.
If the material itself cannot reach this value, it cannot become a mysterious auction item in Fengyunhui’s once-in-a-century large-scale auction.
The auctioneer just said that the bid and increment are the same for all mystery auction items, and this has never changed.
"One hundred middle-grade spirit stones!"
"One hundred and one mid-grade spirit stones."
"You are so generous to raise the price by one mid-grade spirit stone. One hundred and ten mid-grade spirit stones!"
"You don't understand. This is called fun. One hundred and eleven middle-grade spirit stones."
At the beginning, the monks on the first floor began to bid.
All cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage are involved. The mysterious auction items may be things they can buy at the auction, but they will not bid mindlessly. They usually bid at the very beginning.
Once the mysterious auction item exceeds one thousand mid-grade spirit stones, they will shut up.
There were many cultivators bidding for the mysterious auction item, but compared to the price increase of the previous auction items, it was estimated to be slow. After all, the mysterious auction item could be bid in increments of one medium-grade spirit stone, and the first ordinary auction item required a bid of no less than one hundred medium-grade spirit stones.
"Five hundred medium-grade spirit stones." It was Li Qianqing who spoke.
This was also the first bid for the mysterious auction item in the high-end private room.
Ji Yuelan next to him couldn't help but look at Li Qianqing.
"Grandpa Li is interested in this thing?"
"Yeah, I'm a little interested." Li Qianqing didn't deny it, and added, "I should say I'm a little interested in all the mysterious auction items."
He would bid for each of the thirteen mysterious auction items depending on the circumstances.
If he only bids on one mysterious auction item, other monks might think that he has some knowledge about this mysterious auction item.
This was not what Li Qianqing wanted to see, so covering it up was necessary.
"So that's how it is. I believe that with Grandpa Li's luck, the mysterious auction items will play their role in your hands." (End of this chapter)
