Chapter 56: The Auction (Part II)
After the auction officially began, the venue that had been boiling before suddenly fell silent.
The first lot is a celadon vase from about 300 years ago, with a starting price of 1 million.
Ye Tian had no interest in this kind of antique or the like, he came here today specifically for the Ethereal Stone, so he would directly ignore the other auction items.
Immediately after that, the second, the third...... Until the ninth lot, Ye Tian still did not see the ethereal stone on the stage.
Although there were only nine lots, an hour or two passed quickly for you to bid and the auctioneer's introduction of the lots one by one.
Li Xiaoyao and Su Xiaotian watched intently throughout the whole process.
Su Xiaotian fell in love with a painting of Qi Baishi halfway and participated in the auction, but because of the bidding of all parties, the price of the painting was too high by five times, so he could only give up.
As for Ye Tian, he simply leaned back against the seat and closed his eyes to recuperate.
Not only Ye Tian, but at least half of the other cultivators in the field were like him, leaning back on their seats and closing their eyes to recuperate.
After the ninth lot was successfully auctioned, I saw a woman with a graceful figure and a pretty face, wearing a cheongsam, bringing a tray, but the lot in the tray was covered with a white cloth, making it impossible to find out.
Ye Tian, who was originally leaning back on the chair and recuperating at the closing of the session, suddenly opened his eyes after the woman brought the tray, and the spine on the seat instantly straightened.
"Ethereal Stone!"
Seeing the ethereal spirit stone that only existed in the cultivation realm, how could Ye Tian not be excited.
After the auctioneer's grand and solemn introduction of the ethereal spirit stone, Ye Tian knew that the starting price of this ethereal stone would definitely not be low.
The auctioneer's introduction let all the cultivators in the field know that the thing covered in the tray was the item they were bidding on, the power stone.
After the auctioneer has finished the introduction, the white cloth is lifted from the tray.
I saw a whole body clear, palm-sized stone lying quietly in the tray.
Just looking from the outside, you can't see the reason at all, it's just that it's more crystal clear than ordinary stones.
It was such a crystal clear stone, but it attracted the attention of all the cultivators in the audience, and the gaze was even hotter, as if it was afraid that it would fly with wings.
"Tianxin Jade, the starting price is 10 million! Each increase must not be less than 1 million!" said the auctioneer loudly.
Ye Tian was slightly stunned, he originally thought that the ethereal spirit stone was purely used as a spirit stone on the earth, if it was only about the aura it contained, it should only be worth seven or eight million at most, but he didn't expect the starting price of the auction house to be ten million.
Looking at the wolf-like eyes of those cultivators around him, Ye Tian knew that if it wasn't good, he might not be able to shoot this ethereal stone with more than 20 million yuan in his hands.
As Ye Tian expected, the ethereal spirit stone with a starting price of 10 million yuan rose to 25 million in less than a minute.
Twenty-five million, this is Ye Tian's entire net worth.
The ethereal spirit stone that was simply used to improve cultivation actually rose to a value of twenty-five million in an instant, and Ye Tian couldn't help but secretly scold these cultivators for being stupid pigs in his heart.
This is not to blame these cultivators, after all, they don't have Ye Tian's masterful alchemy skills. Therefore, even if they were given a bunch of medicinal materials, it would be difficult for them to refine a high-grade elixir, so they could only pin their hopes on this ethereal spirit stone.
Simply using the aura contained in the ethereal spirit stone, it can be compared to half a fire spirit pill at most.
Half a fire elixir, that is the elixir that can allow cultivators in the middle of the day after tomorrow to enter the late stage of the day after tomorrow. Under such a great temptation, how could they let it go.
If Ye Tianzhen was asked to exchange half of the Fire Spirit Pill for this Ethereal Spirit Stone, he would not be willing, after all, those two Fire Spirit Pills were used by him to break through the Spirit Root Realm.
What's more, when the Fire Spirit Pill is decomposed in half, the effect is not just half lost, but at least ten times more.
Ye Tian has never participated in the auction, he knows that this auction is not a competition, and it is not something that can be auctioned quickly, so he has been waiting for the opportunity to move.
It's just that he didn't expect that in less than a minute, the price of the Ethereal Spirit Stone would exceed his worth.
Xinyun Dao Chang, the old man in Tang costume next to Lei Huayun, the two have been participating in the auction.
Zhong Shan did not raise his card because he had promised Ye Tian to give up the bidding.
After the price of the ethereal stone was raised to 25 million, the speed of the price increase did not slow down, but continued to climb like a rocket.
30 million, 35 million, 40 million......
Since the Ethereal Spirit Stone had already surpassed Ye Tian's value, he simply calmed down and watched how high the value of the Ethereal Spirit Stone would climb.
Although he couldn't afford it, it didn't mean that he would give up the Ethereal Stone. It's really not good, he plans to move the old routine of the cultivation realm and kill people and goods!
The Ethereal Stone is bound to be obtained!
"Master Ye, didn't you come specifically for Tianxin Jade, why haven't you participated in the auction all along?" asked Su Xiaotian suspiciously.
Ye Tian pondered for a moment, looked at Su Xiaotian and said, "How much money do you have?"
If he could spend money to bid for it, Ye Tian was unwilling to take the extreme strategy of killing people and selling goods.
Su Xiaotian was slightly stunned, originally he thought that a strong man like Ye Tian must have a mountain of gold and countless wealth, but he didn't expect that just Tianxin Jade would make him overwhelmed.
I originally thought that he was renting an ordinary house just to experience life, but I didn't expect him to really have no money! Su Xiaotian sighed secretly.
"I only have more than 8 million in cash, and if you add stocks, it's about 50 million in total!" Su Xiaotian pondered for a while before saying.
Su Xiaotian dropped out of school after only his freshman year, and over the years, he used the start-up capital of 5 million given to him by his father, and in just two or three years, he increased the money by as much as five times as much as when he did investment and stock speculation.
"If you need it, I can cash in on the stock in addition to the cash. ”
Ye Tian stared at Su Xiaotian and said lightly: "I owe you a favor." ”
"Master Ye, you will see the outside world when you say this, you saved my grandfather, this is what I should do. ”
It is not an exaggeration to describe Su Xiaotian's heart at this moment. The dignified Master Ye said that he owed him a favor, so this weight is not insignificant.
Ye Tian nodded at Su Xiaotian and looked at the auction hall again.
Li Xiaoyao also wanted to help Ye Tian like Su Xiaotian, but he only had more than 300,000 on him, and he was still the last time he touched Ye Tian's light and won in the Black Boxing City, he was powerless. As for his father, he is just an engineer, and all his assets may add up to less than 10 million. Besides, it is impossible for his father to give him away his family funds.
At this moment, the price of the Ethereal Spirit Stone had soared to 55 million, and after reaching this number, more than half of the cultivators were no longer bidding. The increase in the value of the Ethereal Spirit Stone also began to slowly slow down, not soaring like a rocket before.
The head of Xinyun Dao and the old man in Tang costume are still in the bidding. Although there was no open competition between the two, the eyes of the audience couldn't help but focus on them.
Because everyone invisibly smelled the smell of gunpowder emanating from the two of them.
"Grandpa, who is this old way, why does Grandpa Long follow the price increase as soon as he raises the price, like a vicious dog, and he won't let go?" Ye Jinshuai asked angrily.
"I don't know this man. Lei Huayun shook his head and said, "Why do you ask so much, just take a good look." ”
"Oh!" Ye Jinshuai nodded reluctantly.
"He used to be an elder of the Purple Dao Gate, and more than twenty years ago, for some reason, he suddenly left the Purple Dao Gate with his junior brother and traveled all over the world. Long Wuhua stared at the opposite side of the Heart Cloud Dao Chief, and then said, "Now he is the Lord of Wuling City. ”
"Purple Daomen!" Ye Jinshuai was very surprised and continued to ask: "Is there really a sect on martial arts movies?"
Not only him, but Ye Zitong next to him was also surprised.
It may be that Ye Jinshuai's investigation made Long Wuhua a little displeased, so he glanced back at the other party.
"Talk less, listen more!" Lei Huayun turned around and reprimanded Ye Jinshuai.
Long Wuhua's displeasure, coupled with his grandfather's reprimand, made Ye Jinshuai hang his head and remain silent.
When the net worth of the Ethereal Spirit Stone rose to sixty million, many cultivators stopped bidding again.
Now with the addition of Daoist Xinyun and Long Huayun, there are only a few cultivators who are still bidding.
Moreover, in addition to Xinyun Dao Chang and Long Huayun, the other three cultivators also faintly retreated.
At this moment, the focus on the field really fell on Xinyun Dao Chang and Long Wuhua.
Even the auctioneer knew in his heart that the ethereal stone would fall to one of the two.
"Sixty-five million!"
Suddenly, a deep voice rang out from a silent corner and instantly resounded throughout the hall.