Chapter 129 The auction begins
Chapter 129 The auction begins
In Lingchi City, the situation is turbulent.
The sky-high bounty on Lin Fei directed by the Underworld Sect and the Apocalypse Sect gradually cooled down, but the plot did not stop completely, but developed in another direction.
It turned out that the assassins who came to kill Lin Fei withdrew, and some assassins with the peak of the Law Realm or above the Law Realm came. These people disappeared as soon as they arrived at the Spirit Pond.
In addition, seeing that their bounty orders failed, the Apocalypse Sect and the Underworld Sect decided to raise the stakes and reissue the bounty orders. They had only one goal, that is, Lin Fei must die.
Of course, this goal is also the goal of some other people, such as the Tianxi Holy Land and the Shentan Holy Land. The super strong combat power displayed by Lin Fei makes them feel more and more pressured.
After learning that Lin Fei had killed a seventh-level master with just the first-level law, the high-level officials of the two holy places began to get restless. Although they could not kill Lin Fei openly, they had secretly begun to deploy their troops with the goal of killing Lin Fei with one blow.
Lin Fei naturally didn't know all this.
On this day, a mysterious person came to Lingchi City. After arriving in Lingchi, this person did not stay in a high-end inn like other people, but stayed in a very simple inn.
Today is the day of the auction held by Wanbao Tower. Early in the morning, Lin Fei left the holy land and rushed towards Wanbao Tower.
Wanbaolou has made sufficient preparations for this auction. In five days, Wanbaolou has released the information to all countries and cities near Lingchi City. Therefore, there are a lot of people coming today.
You know, top-grade elixirs are extremely precious in the entire ancient You Continent and even in the Middle-earth Divine Land, and have always been in a priceless situation. What Wanbao Tower is auctioning today is a special elixir for those who have cultivated to the Law Realm, which has caused a huge sensation.
Early in the morning, more than an hour before the auction, many people walked into Wanbao Tower. These people entered Wanbao Tower for no other reason than to occupy a good spot.
Of course, many large families, sects and some powerful forces have already booked private rooms. They do not need to squeeze in the hall to grab a seat like independent cultivators.
As soon as Lin Fei entered, Manager Wang took him to a specific box, because among the treasures auctioned at today's auction, his elixir was the most important. As the owner of the elixir, he naturally deserved such treatment.
Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner as planned. There was still a quarter of an hour before the auction started. The hall was already packed, but there were still people outside trying to get into the hall.
It seems that today's elixir has indeed attracted a lot of people's attention.
Nowadays, spiritual energy is insufficient, and elixirs are the most popular resource for cultivation.
However, there are very few alchemists nowadays. In a super power like Lingchi, there are only three decent alchemists, and they are protected like treasures. The elixirs refined by Lingchi are not enough for its own production, and there is no possibility of selling them to the outside world.
However, these three alchemists are only second-grade alchemists. Also, they have very few pill recipes in their hands. Except for some basic ones, they don't have all of Lin Fei's Golden Tendon and Bone Refining Pills and Dharma Body Pills.
Therefore, as soon as Lin Fei’s two kinds of elixirs came out, people who wanted to get them flocked to him. This is also the reason why there are so many people coming to the auction today.
After sitting down, Lin Fei looked out the window. The window faced the main stage of the auction. All the items today would be auctioned on this main stage.
At the last moment, the major superpowers began to enter.
First came the people from the Altar. Lin Fei didn't recognize any of them. He only knew they were from the Altar by the signs on their bodies. Then came the people from the Holy Land of Heaven. Then came the Underworld Sect. Today, the Underworld Sect was led by Ming Wuji himself. Behind the Underworld Sect was naturally the Apocalypse Sect...
After all the major forces entered the venue, Manager Wang stepped onto the main auction stage and announced the official start of today's auction.
As Manager Wang walked off the stage, a woman with seductive clothes, white teeth and red lips walked onto the auction stage. As soon as this woman came on stage, she immediately attracted everyone's attention. These people stared at the woman's thighs and chest.
However, this woman had seen a lot of storms and was used to the looks of these people.
As soon as she stepped onto the auction stage, the seductive woman first introduced the rules of today's auction. These were all old-fashioned things, so naturally no one wanted to listen. But when the woman talked about the items to be auctioned at today's auction, everyone suddenly fell silent.
The auction was just beginning. With a flash of light on the auction table, a cylinder suddenly rose up from the table which was originally empty. In the center of the cylinder, a jade box slowly appeared in front of everyone as the cylinder rose.
"This is..." Seeing the item, everyone's eyes widened and their lips opened wide. "Isn't this a 500-year-old demon ginseng?"
"Wanbaolou is willing to auction off treasures like these. It seems that today is really different from the past!"
"This demon ginseng should be very valuable, but unfortunately, there is too little money in the bag. If I had this demon ginseng, my cultivation level would at least be able to reach the realm of a king or a prince!"
"You used the demon ginseng to enter the realm of kings and princes. Isn't that too extravagant..."
"Hahaha, this demon ginseng is mine..."
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The appearance of the demon ginseng caused a commotion in the hall, as if the demon ginseng was already in the hands of these people. However, when the seductive woman on the auction table announced the auction price, the hall suddenly became silent.
"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me!" The charming woman said, using her hand to suppress the voices in the hall. "I believe everyone knows the function of this demon ginseng, so I will not repeat it. As for the origin of this demon ginseng, I can tell you that it was dug out from an ancient secret place. Originally, this demon ginseng was not going to be auctioned, but in order to liven up the atmosphere, our manager Wang decided to take out this demon ginseng as the first item to be auctioned to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm. Now I announce..."
The seductive woman stopped talking here and did not continue. She glanced at everyone below and in the box with her seductive eyes, then walked to the middle of the auction table, took the demon ginseng jade box in her hand and said, "The auction price of this 800-year-old demon ginseng is 200,000 spirit stones. If you are interested, you can bid. Each bid must not be less than 10,000 spirit stones. The auction begins..."
As soon as the woman finished speaking, someone in the audience immediately responded: "Two hundred and fifty thousand!"
"You want to own the demon ginseng for 250,000 yuan? You are overestimating yourself. I will pay you 300,000 yuan!"
"Three hundred and fifty thousand! Stop arguing. I, Jiang, want this demon ginseng!"
"The Jiang family is nothing. They want to get the demon ginseng for 350,000 yuan. I'll pay 400,000 yuan!"
When someone offered 400,000, there was a commotion in the hall.
People all want to know who the person who offered 400,000 is. You know, the Jiang family is considered a big family in Lingchi. Spending 400,000 to buy a demon ginseng and offending the Jiang family is not a wise move.
Sure enough, after that person made the bid, no one else bid higher than 400,000.
The man from the Jiang family took one look at the man who offered four hundred thousand and angrily made a killing gesture.
The man was wearing a mask and ignored the Jiang family man. He couldn't stand the Jiang family man's behavior.
In the end, the masked man won the first item for sale at a high price of 400,000 spirit stones.
The moment the woman struck the hammer, the masked man gave the Tian family man a mocking smile and disappeared into the crowd.
With the success of the first treasure, the cylindrical platform began to flash again, and a sword came up.
The woman smiled and gently picked up the sword from the platform.
The sword is three feet long and is made entirely of unknown metal. There is a monster carved on the sword that looks like an eagle but not an eagle, and like a falcon but not a falcon. The monster is extremely ferocious. The blade is as thin and white as frost, and exudes an extremely cold air, as if it came from hell.
When someone saw the sword, they exclaimed: "What a great sword! What a great sword!"
The woman held the sword upright. At this moment, under the light shining in the hall, the sword looked even sharper, and the light was piercing to people's eyes.
No one dared to look directly at the light of the sword.
Seeing that the expected effect had been achieved, the woman explained, "This sword is called Shuanghua. It was made by Master Wen He, a famous weapon forger five hundred years ago. This sword has reached the initial level of the Earth Rank. The starting price is 500,000 Spiritual Stones. Let's start!"
As soon as the woman dropped the hammer, people started raising the price.
"Six hundred thousand!" The voice of the head of the Cai family was heard in the Cai family's box in Lingchi City. From the voice, it seemed that the head of the Cai family was a little excited.
"I'll offer seven hundred thousand!" As soon as the voice of the head of the Cai family fell, the voice of the head of the Chen family rang out.
Judging from the situation, the relationship between the four major families in Lingchi City is not so friendly, otherwise, such a low-level earth-grade sword would not be fought over by several families.
"Nine hundred thousand!" The head of the Cai family was so angry when he saw that the head of the Chen family dared to compete with him for the property that he directly shouted out a price of nine hundred thousand.
The hall suddenly became lively with the bidding.
"The Chen family dares to challenge the Cai family. It seems that the Chen family really wants to make enemies with the Cai family!"
"Isn't it normal for the Chen and Cai families to challenge each other? They were never on good terms..."
"That's right. The Patriarch of the Chen Family has long been fed up with the condescending attitude of the Patriarch of the Cai Family, so it is natural for him to challenge him today."
"Go ahead and yell. The louder you yell, the one who will benefit in the end will be Wanbaolou!"
"Otherwise why is it called Wanbao Tower, hahaha!"
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"One million!" When the head of the Chen family saw that the Cai family had called out a price of 900,000, he called out a price of one million without even thinking about it.
The market price of an initial-stage earth-grade sword is only over one million spirit stones. Now, the Chen family has offered one million. If they raise the price further, it will exceed the actual price of the sword. However, now it is a matter of face.
The head of the Cai family was very angry at this time. He slammed his palm on the table and shouted in the box, "The Chen family wants to fight with my Cai family to the end, so I will fight with him to the end and see who will win. One million and two hundred thousand!"
"Wow!" As the head of the Cai family called out the price of 1.2 million, the hall suddenly boiled like boiling water.
However, it is not the climax yet. The four major families are just fighting small battles, and those big forces have not yet participated.
One million and two hundred thousand should be very close to the actual value of the sword. If you add that amount, Wanbaolou will be really good.
As I said just now, this is a matter of face, so this sword has nothing to do with price.
"One million, three hundred thousand!" The head of the Cai family continued to raise the price.
"One million and four hundred thousand!" The head of the Chen family looked at the Cai family's box, smiled and shouted.
"One million and five hundred thousand!" The head of the Cai family never thought of giving in.
Just when the Patriarch of the Chen Family wanted to bid, the Great Elder of the Chen Family said to the Patriarch of the Chen Family, "Patriarch, let's not raise the price. We want to get a portion of the elixir later. If we continue like this, we may not be able to get the elixir later."
"Well, let's give them a break!" The Chen family patriarch said, and turned to the Cai family's box outside the window and said, "Old Cai, I'll let you off this time, but it won't be so easy next time!"
"Old man from the Chen family, don't say that watermelon is salty just because you can't eat it. If you have the guts, keep shouting!"
However, the head of the Chen family really could not defeat the Cai family or for other reasons, so he did not continue to challenge the Cai family. In the end, the Cai family got this earth-level sword for 1.5 million spirit stones.
With the success of the second auction, the third auction began. This was a piece of armor called Golden Scale Demon Armor. The treasure was made of the scales of the demon scale fish, mithril and red gold. It was also a treasure of the initial stage of the Earth Rank. Its greatest feature was that it could withstand the strongest attack of a master at the peak of the law. The super auction price was also 500,000 spirit stones, and each increase in price was no less than 50,000 spirit stones.
"Six hundred thousand spirit stones!" The person who shouted the price this time was not the person in the box, but a man in the hall who was dressed in black and covered tightly with a black hat.
As soon as the man finished calling out the price, many people in the hall instantly fixed their eyes on him. How could there be such a wealthy person in this hall?
You know, 600,000 spirit stones are the annual income of an average small family. How could a man like him have so many spirit stones? Of course, some people also started to target this man, but now in Wanbao Tower, no one dared to do it. If so many spirit stones were exposed outside at once, it would definitely attract many people.
After the man called out the price, he immediately moved to another place, and he found that someone was targeting him.
"Seven hundred thousand!" The offer of seven hundred thousand spirit stones came from a private room of a sect called the Jinling Sect. Lin Fei had never heard of this sect, and it should not be a sect within the Lingchi Holy Land.
After Lin Fei saw the price of 700,000, no one else made any bids. After all, the soft armor was sometimes a one-time treasure, and it was difficult to repair once damaged. Therefore, few people would bet too much on such a treasure unless it was a matter of life and death.
In the end, this soft armor was taken away by Jin Lingzong for a price of 700,000.
The price of seven hundred thousand can be said to be worth the money for this soft armor.
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