LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 20
Chapter 20: The Auction Begins, Dazzling Treasures
The Heavenly Grade Room is quite spacious, featuring a table and several armchairs in the center. On the table lies an array of rare fruits—these are foods that ordinary people might only partake in a few times a year, but here, in the Heavenly Grade Room, they are served free of charge.
Peering outside, Qin Bei has a clear view of the auction scene.
The Heavenly Grade Room is located on the third floor, while the Earth Grade Room occupies the second floor, and the Human Grade Room is on the first.
Naturally, the majority of attendees can be found in the ordinary seating area, where there are easily over 100,000 spectators!
“It’s no wonder it’s held once a year—truly a spectacular sight,” Qin Bei can’t help but marvel.
Such a scene of 100,000 people gathering for an auction was something he had never witnessed in his previous life.
Ding~
At that moment, a bell chimed, and the noisy auction hall fell silent in an instant.
Turning toward the source of the sound, Qin Bei sees a massive bell adorned with intricate patterns.
“Good stuff!”
“This Langya Auction House really knows how to spend. Even their demonstration items are earth-grade weapons!”
Mu Zhaoxue also expresses her admiration.
In this world, weapons, techniques, and supernatural abilities all follow the same grading system.
In order: Human, Spirit, Earth, Heaven, God, Immortal, and Saint.
To purchase an earth-grade weapon with spirit stones, one would typically need between 500,000 and 1 million.
The 1 million spirit stones Qin Bei carries could buy him one such weapon.
But don’t think 1 million spirit stones is a small amount; take the second-rank officials of the Great Xia Dynasty, for instance—their annual salary is only about 200,000 spirit stones. Those 1 million stones represent five years’ worth of their earnings.
For ordinary casual cultivators who’ve reached the Immortal stage, it’s considered quite good to possess a heavenly-grade weapon, while having a divine-grade weapon is extremely rare.
As for higher-level immortal-grade items, there aren’t many across the entire Cangzhou continent.
Thus, the Langya Auction House placing an earth-grade weapon here just to serve as an ordinary bell speaks volumes about their wealth.
“Hello everyone.”
Once the noise settled, Fei Fei’s voice rang out from the stage. No amplification devices are needed; every one of the 100,000 attendees can hear her clearly.
“I believe everyone has been eagerly awaiting the start of the auction, so I won’t waste any more of your time. I hereby declare that the auction begins now!”
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“Wait, Miss Fei Fei, we came here just for you! If you could chat a little longer, we wouldn’t think it’s a waste of time.”
“Exactly! If Miss Fei Fei dances to liven things up, I’m willing to offer 100,000 spirit stones!”
A group of people from the ordinary area, upon seeing Fei Fei, instantly became delirious with excitement, forgetting that they were on someone else’s turf.
Fei Fei on the stage ignored these folks—she’s seen plenty of these types over the past years; it’s nothing new to her, even if there have been 10,000 of them.
“Now, please welcome our first auction item!”
A woman in a cheongsam gracefully walks onto the stage with a tray, placing the auction item on the podium.
“This is a complete volume of heavenly-grade technique, the Mysterious Thunder Technique, starting bid of 500,000 low-grade spirit stones!”
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“Wow, the first item is this explosive?!”
“True to form for the Langya Auction House; anyone else with something at this level would be reluctant to put it up for auction.”
Techniques are the foundation of cultivation. With the same talent for cultivation, the level of the technique makes all the difference in the results.
One of the reasons the Great Xia Dynasty could dominate the Cangzhou continent is that the royal family possesses a quasi-holy-grade technique like the “Void Scripture.”
Qin Bei is also taken aback, though he holds no interest in techniques.
The royal family owns countless powerful techniques that far exceed this one; that’s the confidence found in large factions.
In the end, this heavenly-grade technique is bid upon and purchased by a medium-sized sect for 5.6 million low-grade spirit stones.
The buyer felt painful for quite a while—it represented all of their sect’s savings, and now participating in future auctions seemed pointless.
The auction rolls on, showcasing treasures that leave Qin Bei dazzled.
Divine abilities, weapons, elixirs, talismans, formations—each item more exquisite than the last.
During this process, Qin Bei only participates once, spending 100,000 spirit stones to acquire 100 third-tier sword talismans.
The onlookers outside were astonished—after all, they’re inside the Heavenly Grade Room, yet still fixated on third-tier talismans.
However, because he is in the Heavenly Grade Room, those who were competing originally gave up quietly; otherwise, they’d need at least 120,000 spirit stones to secure them.
“The next item is the millennium Blood-red Fruit!”
“The Blood-red Fruit is unique to the mixed domain, produced by the Blood-red Snake. Each Blood-red Snake produces only one Blood-red Fruit throughout its life. The moment it’s picked marks the end for the snake.”
“This fruit greatly enhances a cultivator’s vitality and works wonders in body refinement. Starting bid is 200,000 low-grade spirit stones!”
Qin Bei, lazily munching on fruit, immediately straightens up upon hearing this.
The millennium Blood-red Fruit—that’s harvested from a Blood-red Snake that has lived for ten thousand years. Such a creature must have reached the eighth-tier of demonic beasts, corresponding to a cultivator’s Nirvana stage.
This level of elixir is useless for ordinary cultivators stuck in the Body Refinement Realm—as even one ten-thousandth of its medicinal properties is too potent for them to handle.
But Qin Bei is different; he has a premonition that when his strength hits 400,000 jin, he’ll hit a bottleneck and will require a special item to break through.
And this Blood-red Fruit is just the perfect choice.
“Three hundred thousand!”
While Qin Bei pondered, the auction price already jumped from 200,000 to 300,000, nearing the value of an earth-grade weapon.
Clearly, this is a hot commodity!
However, elixirs are one-time consumables, considered luxuries by many cultivators, leading to fewer and fewer bidding participants.
“Heavenly Grade 065 bids 320,000!”
Qin Bei raises his hand for another bid; the crowd below turns their attention to the balcony, but they can’t see a thing.
In Room 129, the Earth Grade Room balcony…
Beast Cry and Master Lion furrow their brows, glancing up.
The 300,000 bid was theirs; it’s already nearing the fruit’s maximum value. They can’t believe someone else is in the mix.
“Master Lion, what do you think?”
Beast Cry glances at Master Lion, who is currently deep in thought.
A small flying ant suddenly appears and lands on Master Lion’s hand.
“Heh, interesting—looks like it’s Qin Bei in there!”
Master Lion smirks with a hint of cold amusement.
“So it’s him!”
Jealousy flares in Beast Cry’s eyes.
While he needs the presence of Master Lion to access the Earth Room, Qin Bei can stroll into the Heavenly Room on his own.
That disparity is unacceptable.
“Though royal family members have many techniques and powers, they lack cultivation resources. This 320,000 is probably his final offer; if we raise it by 30,000, he will surely back down.”
Master Lion speaks with poise.
They absolutely must obtain this Blood-red Fruit; it will not only help Beast Cry, but also be very useful for him.
“129 Earth Grade Room bids 350,000!”
Wow~
Everyone’s gaze shifts back to Beast Cry, but this time they can clearly see him and Master Lion standing on the balcony.
Beast Cry revels in the attention; he just loves being the center of focus.
“Come on, this price has surpassed the actual worth of the Blood-red Fruit,” Mu Zhaoxue advises from the room.
Qin Bei looks at the Blood-red Fruit sitting before Fei Fei and contemplates backing out.
It’s true he needs to spend spirit stones to swap for credit points, but if it goes beyond its actual value, he’s not inclined to be a sucker.
Yet with just a glance, Qin Bei finds himself frozen, then activates his Double Pupils for a closer inspection of the Blood-red Fruit.
After examining it, Qin Bei becomes utterly ecstatic.