“Twenty-three thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones.”
After the price reached twenty thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones, Yang Manzi finally started to hesitate.
No other reason than the price had become excessively inflated.
For a Cultivator, twenty thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones could buy things of much higher value.
But by now, he and Qingyun, who was from Central State, were almost at loggerheads.
If he backed down now, wouldn't he be mocked by everyone else?
Thinking of this, he could only continue to increase the price.
However, if Qingyun followed suit again, he would let go.
“Yang Manzi, you brute, you really do have some money.”
Just as Yang Manzi thought Qingyun would continue to bid, Qingyun suddenly spoke.
“What, are you scared? Don't dare to bid anymore?”
Hearing this, Qingyun laughed loudly, speaking disdainfully towards Yang Manzi.
“I'm not scared, it's that you're too brainless.”
“Since you've taken these three Medicinal Pills for twenty-three thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones, there's nothing more for me to say. They're yours.”
As Qingyun's voice fell, the old man on the auction stage had already begun to call out impatiently.
“Twenty-three thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones, once.”
......
“Sold!”
“Congratulations to this guest!”
The small bell on the auction stage was rung, and the old man excitedly looked towards the stands.
As per custom, the auction house takes a ten percent commission.
This ten percent commission meant they could receive two thousand three hundred Top-Grade Spirit Stones, a price already equivalent to more than one Five-Rank Pill.
“Bastard!”
Inside the private room, a burly Southern Barbarian Clan member angrily sat back down, with several other Southern Barbarian people beside him.
“Damn Qingyun, once we enter the Kun Peng Nest, I will definitely kill him!”
Yang Manzi clenched his fists, wishing he could rush out and kill the other party right now.
But he also understood that fighting in such a setting was too foolish.
“Enough, he is deliberately provoking you to make you lose control. What you need to do now is to stay here obediently.”
“Spending a bit more Spirit Stones is nothing, but you need to learn a lesson. Spend when you should, and be honest when you shouldn't. Bow your head when you should, and swallow your anger when you should.”
Among the few Southern Barbarian people, a young man sitting on a grand armchair glanced at Yang Manzi and instructed him.
“Yes, Young Lord.”
Yang Manzi lowered his head.
This person was Yang Lin, the Young Lord of their Family, and he could not disobey his orders.
As the Medicinal Pill was sold, the atmosphere in the venue immediately became strange.
Yang Manzi’s boorish behavior was mocked by everyone.
“Yang Manzi, you truly are a good person. I had my fun, the Alchemist earned money, and everyone present witnessed a joke. Only you, Yang Manzi, became the fool.”
In the private room on the other side, Qingyun from Central State was mocking him.
Seeing that Yang Manzi didn't reply, he stopped and looked at the ice-cold woman beside him who was sipping tea.
“Sister Lan, that idiot actually stopped talking.”
The woman put down her teacup, a faint smile appearing on her ice-cold face.
“That's normal. Their Sun Family from the Southern Barbarian lands only possesses Barbarian Bloodline; they are not all ignorant brutes.”
“You don’t need to worry about it. Next, make sure to bid with all your might for that item.”
“That is crucial for this Kun Peng Nest. If we succeed, our Family will be in charge from now on.”
As the woman spoke, a gleam flashed in her eyes.
Qin Xuan naturally didn’t know much about these people’s situation, but at this moment, he was almost overjoyed.
“Twenty-three thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones, ah. That Medicinal Pill at most would be eight or nine thousand Spirit Stones. This time, I’ve really made a fortune.”
Qin Xuan rubbed his hands in pleasant surprise.
He himself hadn't expected that these two would become so irreconcilable in their 爭奪 for the Medicinal Pill.
To him, this item was only worth a few thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
“Heh, as the saying goes, ‘a fool and his money are soon parted.’ This really makes sense!”
Qin Xuan stroked his chin, pondering.
He had indeed tasted the sweetness.
If he knew that these people would all be like this, he could get rich by refining more Medicinal Pills.
However, he soon shook his head.
“Rarity makes something valuable, and moreover, this kind of mutual competition between two sides is too rare. Under normal circumstances, there shouldn't be so many disputes.”
Adjusting his mindset, Qin Xuan continued to wait, wanting to see what good things would come out next.
After all, with more than twenty thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones now in his account, Qin Xuan felt more confident.
The next few auction items were all quite good.
It was just that because of the interlude of the Medicinal Pill dispute, no one in the uppermost private rooms made any more moves.
Therefore, although these few auction items were fiercely contested, the final prices could only be described as mediocre, which left the auction house, which had originally wanted to make a huge profit, somewhat regretful.
After all, if they could have made a killing, they would have earned a lot.
For a time, the atmosphere in the auction house became somewhat subdued.
The auctioneer on the auction stage, seeing that the atmosphere was a bit quiet, cleared his throat and then winked at a waiting maid.
As an auctioneer with many years of experience, he knew it was time for something significant.
After a light cough, a maid immediately came forward, holding a crystal-clear ice box.
After placing the ice box on the stone table of the auction stage, the maid retreated.
Everyone's attention was focused on this ice box.
“Oh, it's actually sealed with ice, interesting.”
Someone in the private room exclaimed in surprise.
Qin Xuan also stared intently at it.
In the center of the crystal-clear ice box, a black iron block was sealed. On the iron block, some strange Sanskrit characters seemed to be carved.
However, a layer of light curtain covered it, obscuring the contents inside.
Qin Xuan, relying on his Eye Technique, could only make out a few characters facing him.
“Vatican Four Holy Statues”
As for the characters below, because they weren't facing him, even with the use of Eye Technique, he couldn't see them clearly.
“Good method. Even with my Eye Technique, I can't see what's written on it.”
Qin Xuan nodded in surprise.
These people actually used such a method to cover all the characters on it, to the point that even with his Double Pupils, he couldn't see them completely clearly.
“A bit interesting. Even Double Pupils can't see it clearly? It seems the person who obscured this item is a Great Master.”
Han Ye transmitted his voice to Qin Xuan in surprise.
“You can't say that. After all, I've only mastered a part of Double Pupils' abilities, and many of Double Pupils' Eye Techniques are just at the introductory level. If my Eye Technique could advance further, I should be able to see more things.”
“It's just that I can't do it right now, but that might not be the case in the future.”
Qin Xuan said, then stared intently at the black iron piece.
“Everyone, the next item is extraordinary. To prevent its Qi from leaking out, we specially invited Great Master Jiang, who excels in ice Dao secret arts, to seal this item with profound ice.”
“This is to ensure that the content on it cannot be probed by Divine Sense or Eye Technique or similar means.”
The old man said proudly, and seeing that everyone's appetite had been whetted, he took a deep breath.
“Next to be auctioned is a battle secret technique: Vatican Four Holy Statues!”
