Chapter 28: Crazy Bidding (Part 1)

  "What is this?" Yang Lei directly took out those few storage rings he had refined.

  Yang Yue's eyes widened instantly, her face filled with incredulity: "This...this is a storage ring? Little brother, how do you have so many?"

  Yang Lei smiled and said: "This is what I refined, but unfortunately my current cultivation is too weak, so I can only refine it to this extent. The best one can only store five cubic meters of space."

  Yang Yue suddenly hugged Yang Wei and kissed him on the cheek: "Brother, you're really amazing, you can actually refine a space ring."

  Yang Lei was stunned for a moment, touched his face that had been kissed, and then looked at her saying: "Sister, try this 5 cubic space ring, if it's okay, you can exchange it."

  "En." Yang Yue nodded, picked up the five-cubic ring and tried it on, with a happy expression on her face. "This ring is much more useful than mine, thank you, little brother."

  "It's good as long as it works." Yang Lei was still very happy that his storage ring had been affirmed, "However, Second Sister, you mustn't tell this to anyone else either. It's a secret between us two, okay?"

  "Alright, it's a secret between us." Yang Yue nodded in agreement, even though she didn't know why Yang Wei was unwilling to reveal his ability to refine equipment. Her younger brother was too exceptional - if he didn't make a sound, then he wouldn't surprise anyone, but those who called him trash were the real trash. A 16-year-old martial artist at the fourth stage, a 16-year-old genius at refining pills and crafting talismans, and also an equipment refiner? Who would believe it if she told them about such a genius being called useless?

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  Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

  Long Wind Auction House.

  Yang Lei sat in the VIP room, sipping a cup of fine tea.

  The large auction house was already packed, and the impact of the Ascension Order could be seen. The entire Qianyuan country was boiling over it.

  About a minute later, Zhao Yuan walked onto the stage.

  "Thank you all for coming to my Changfeng Auction House. I won't waste any more words, the auction is now officially starting. The first item up for auction is the Inverse Water Sword. This sword was once wielded by the Inverse Water Martial Emperor hundreds of years ago and has slain countless strong warriors, its power unmatched. It's a rare and precious sword of the 9th rank of the Mystic stage, with a starting price of 1,000 taels of gold. Each bid increase must be at least 100 taels."

  "I'll give 1,100 taels!"

  "I'll give 1,300 taels!"

  "Twenty-two!"

  "Two thousand two gold, is there anyone who wants to raise the price?"

  "Three thousand taels of gold!"

  "This gentleman is offering three thousand taels of gold, three thousand taels!"

  …………

  "I'll bet 10,000 taels of gold, who dares to compete with me!"

  "10,000 taels! Who can offer 10,000 taels? Anyone want to add a price? 10,000 taels once, 10,000 taels twice, anyone want to add a price? Last chance! This is the sword of the Inverse Water Emperor! 10,000 taels three times, sold!" Zhao Yuan's hammer fell heavily.

  "This second auction item is a rare martial art manual, 'Opening Mountain Knife Technique', which is the signature move of the Opening Mountain Knife Emperor. I won't explain who the Opening Mountain Knife Emperor is, as everyone here should be familiar with him. This manual starts at 2,000 taels of gold, and each bid increase must not be less than 100 taels. The bidding begins!"

  "I'll give three thousand taels of gold."

  "Only three thousand taels, yet you dare to offer your ugliness? I'll give one hundred thousand taels of gold."

  "Is there an additional price for 10,000 taels of gold? Is there?"

  "Don't think you're rich just because you have 11,200 yuan."

  "It's already 11,000 yuan, it's already 11,000 yuan."

  "Twenty thousand taels of gold, I'll take it," a man said aloud.

  "Are there any more bids for the 20,000 taels of gold? First call for 20,000 taels of gold, second call for 20,000 taels of gold. Is anyone going to bid higher? This is the famous 'Mountain Opener' technique after all! Third call for 20,000 taels of gold... Sold! Congratulations to the Second Prince on acquiring this 'Mountain Opener' manual!"

  Yang Lei couldn't help but shake his head, these things weren't what he wanted. For him, martial skills were no longer needed, and weapons were completely unnecessary. His own Wind Concealment Knife was better than those, it was a spiritual artifact, and it was still a growing spiritual artifact. Secret martial skills, the system had even better ones, and there would be more in the future.

  What Yang Lei needs now is materials, equipment refining materials, alchemy materials, and talisman making materials. Of course, there are also some array methods, talismans, alchemy formulas, etc. There are also some special things, special items.

  One by one, the auction items went past, but none of them satisfied Yang Lei.

  "This is an unknown object, seemingly a plate, but this thing is extraordinary, it was obtained by a Martial Emperor during his training. It can withstand the full force of a Martial Emperor's attack without suffering any damage, which shows that the material used to make this thing is certainly not ordinary..."

  Appraisal technique.

  Yang Lei was shocked, and that thing turned out to be a part of a suit of armor.

  Heart Mirror:

  Part of Tianxin's armor, Ninth Rank Earthly Stage, and Ninth Rank Earthly Stage is a high-grade spiritual artifact.

  It can withstand the full force of Emperor Wu, and it is only a part of the Tianxin armor, which has already reached the level of a top-grade spiritual artifact at the ninth rank of the earthly stage. This shows just how powerful the Tianxin armor is - at the very least, it's an extreme-grade spiritual artifact, and it may even be a divine artifact that surpasses extreme-grade artifacts. This Heart Mirror must be auctioned off.

  "The auction begins, with an opening price of 10,000 taels of gold."

  Yang Lei holds up his sign.

  "Eleven thousand taels of gold, is there anyone who will raise the price? This is something that can withstand a full-force blow from the Martial Emperor, is there anyone else who will raise the price?"

  "11,200 yuan at once."

  "What a fool, it's just a broken plate. Are you going to use such a small plate as a shield during battle?" someone muttered.

  "Yes, even a broken plate is brought out for sale. That person is really foolish. They actually want 11,000 taels of gold, I would think 100 taels is too much." Another person shook his head.

  "You can even give it to me for free."

  "11,000 two at a time."

  "Is there anyone else bidding? One million one thousand two, sold."

  Seeing this situation, Yang Lei was overjoyed. This 11,000 taels were absolutely worth it. Fool, who knows who's the real fool? Joking aside, this is a top-grade spiritual artifact. If he can gather the entire set of Tianxin armor, he might just have a set of divine artifacts.

  "The following auction is for a set of Qi Gathering Pills."

  "What's going on? The Gathering Spirit Pill is actually being auctioned off too. Is the Changfeng Auction House really out of items?"

  "Yes, isn't it humiliating to bring out something like the Gathering Qi Pill for auction?"

  "Change it."

  "Next!"

  "Right, next one."

  "Ascension Order."

  "Auction Ascension Order."

  As soon as Zhao Yuan said that he would auction off a set of Qi-gathering pellets, the crowd below suddenly erupted into a noisy commotion and became chaotic.

  "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me. This Gathering Qi Pill is not just any ordinary Gathering Qi Pill. If it were, then the Longfeng Auction House wouldn't have brought it out to ruin its own reputation. Please remain calm and let me explain." Zhao Yuan raised his hand to signal everyone.

  "What's the big deal? Isn't Jiqi Dan just Jiqi Dan? Is there something special that can't be done?"

  Yes.

  "This Gathering Qi Pill is a Yellow Tier Dan Medicine. We're putting it up for auction because this set of Gathering Qi Pills are 100% complete, and what that means, I think you all understand better than me."

  "What is Shicengdan? Is it really Shicengdan?"

  "You're not kidding, right?"

  As soon as this group of Gathering Qi Pills turned out to be 100% Pills, the pot immediately exploded. These 100% Pills are indeed top-grade medicinal pills that can be taken without any worries or concerns about side effects on the body. The 100% Pill is a perfect medicinal pill that has not been refined for hundreds of years, even by alchemists at the Yellow Stage.

  In this era, we haven't even seen a 90% elixir, let alone a 100% one. Now that a 100% elixir has actually appeared...this is just too shocking.

  "Everyone, don't be suspicious. The several thousand years of reputation of Changfeng Auction House will not be used to joke around. I guarantee the credibility of Changfeng Business Firm," said Zhao Yuan.

  "Is this really a Ten Perfection Pill? Who is so formidable that they were able to refine a Ten Perfection Pill?"

  "Zhao's place?"

  "Maybe."

  "This set of Ten Complete Dan, a total of three bottles, each bottle contains twelve pieces, a total of thirty-six pieces. The starting price is ten thousand taels of gold, and the bidding increment shall not be less than one thousand taels. Let's start the auction."

  "I'll put up 10,000 taels."

  "I'll put up 30,000 taels of gold."

  "Forty thousand taels of gold."

  "I'll give you 100,000 taels of gold."

  "One hundred thousand taels of gold, is there a price increase? One hundred thousand taels for the first time."

  "One hundred and twenty thousand taels of gold, I, Qian Wujie, will take it." The Second Prince Qian Wujie from the fifth private room stood up, "I hope you all give me some face."

  "What about the prince? This time I, Yang Jia Zhi, must win. Fifteen million taels of gold." At this moment, box number three made a move, it was the Yang family.

  The second prince Qian Wujie's face turned iron blue upon hearing this.

  "I, Zhao, bid 200,000 taels of gold." At this time, box number four also made a move.

  "210,000 taels of gold." Room 6, Wang's family.

  "Two hundred and twenty thousand taels." The Eastern family in room two could no longer hold back.

  "The Zhao family will pay 250,000 taels."

  "I say, Brother Zhao, your family is already skilled in alchemy, do you still need this low-grade Gathering Spirit Pill? What about my Wang family? My Wang family will offer 260,000 taels."

  Yang Lei rubbed his own head, really couldn't believe it, just three bottles of Qi Gathering Pills were actually auctioned off at such a sky-high price, it seems that these four major families are indeed wealthy.

  "Three hundred thousand taels." At this time, a faint voice came out of room number one.

  Everyone suddenly fell silent.

  "Thirty million yuan once, thirty million yuan twice, thirty million yuan deal."

  Yang Lei was surprised, what kind of person is this VIP room, as soon as he made a move, everyone became quiet.

  "Next is the local elixir of Xuanjie's second rank, also a 10% elixir. There are six in total, to be auctioned together. The starting price is one million two gold, and each bid increase must not be less than ten thousand two gold. Bidding begins."

  "It's actually a perfect Ten Success Dan again. This time it's still a second-grade local elixir of the Mystic Stage, this... when did the Changfeng Chamber of Commerce have such a powerful alchemist?"

  "150,000 taels of gold."

  "I, Zhao, will contribute 200,000 taels of gold."

  "I, Yang, will pay twenty-five million taels of gold."

  "My family in the East has thirty million taels of gold."

  "My imperial household will pay 400,000 taels of gold." The Second Prince gritted his teeth and said.

  "The Wang family bids 450,000 taels of gold." The Wang family makes another bid.

  Watching the auction price rise, Yang Lei was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. It wasn't just Yang Lei, Zhao Yuan was also delighted, and he almost couldn't get a word in edgewise there.

  "Four hundred and fifty thousand taels of gold, four hundred and fifty thousand taels in one go, is there anyone who will raise the price?"

  "I, Zhao, will give 500,000 taels of gold."

  "Five hundred and fifty thousand taels." The Yang family followed up, "You Zhao family are all alchemy families, why bother with these few Earth Yuan Dan?"

  "Just because it's a Ten Perfection Pill, these six Ten Perfection Origin Pills, I, Zhao Jia Zhi, must obtain them, one million taels of gold."

  "Hiss……" The crowd gasped in shock, this was a hundred million taels of gold! The Zhao family really did have money to burn. As the premier alchemist family, they were indeed not lacking in wealth, and among the four great families, they were the richest, with even the Yang family feeling inferior in comparison.

  "One hundred and ten thousand taels of gold." Yang Jia Yang Qi gritted his teeth and said.

  "One hundred and ten million taels of gold, is there any more to add? One hundred and ten million taels at once."

  "One hundred and thirty million taels of gold." The Zhao family had made up their minds to buy these six Earth Yuan Dan. These ten successful Earth Yuan Dan were extremely significant for the Zhao family, and might even help the old ancestor of the Zhao family break through the ninth rank of Earth Stage Dan Master and become a Heaven Stage master. How could they give it up?

  "One hundred and thirty million, once. Is there any further bidding? One hundred and thirty million, twice. Last chance, is there any further bidding? If not, the deal is done." With a final strike of the gavel, the six Ten-Coin Yuan Dan were finally sold to the Zhao family.