Volume 3 Penance Chapter 95 The Auction of the Guan Family
It is said that it came quietly, but it is not without reason. Compared to some large-scale auctions, this medium-sized auction also attracted a lot less attention, and even some monks in White Moon City did not know that there was a medium-sized auction held in the city. Of course, it is not excluded that several auctions will be held at the same time on the same day.
When the sky was blocked by dark clouds, and when the light that became faint after passing through the dark clouds shone on every corner of the continent, the White Moon City also began to become lively, as if it was the same as usual. The only difference was that the flow of people in the city began to slowly converge against a tall building in the city.
"Whew!" Lu Tianbing woke up from his cultivation, slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, his whole body was filled with a refreshing feeling, he stood up, moved his body slightly, and there were muffled sounds at the joints of his body.
"After today, it's time to go to Thunderchip. Lu Tianbing smiled helplessly. Then he settled the bill and left the inn.
After asking about the direction of the auction on the street, he quickened his pace, and about half an hour later, he came to the venue of the auction.
It is a round silver-white building, 15 zhang high. Although such buildings can be seen everywhere in White Moon City, there are a large number of monks entering and exiting at its entrance, which is enough to show that this building is famous, although the scale is far less than that of some large-scale auction venues, but at this moment it is also crowded and very lively.
He found a hidden corner, took out his cloak from the empty ring and put it on his head, he didn't want to cause some unnecessary trouble because of this auction.
The entrance to the venue is very wide, and there is a small entrance at this gate. This small entrance leads to the back of the venue, where the monks and the organizers are traded.
He walked towards the small entrance, and after a while, he reached the backyard through a corridor.
At this moment, there were already many figures sitting on chairs in the back of the house with their eyes closed, obviously monks who had traded with the organizers. He walked to a corner, lowered the brim of his cloak, closed his eyes as well, and waited for the organizers. As he sat down, he could feel several eyes looking at him, obviously strange at his cover-up. In such medium-sized auctions, rare items are rare, which means that buyers are generally not hunted down. However, the ice was wearing a cloak, which surprised the monks around him and kept an eye on each other. Could it be that this man is a hateful killer? Thinking of this, they even looked away, for fear that the other party would get angry and make trouble for themselves. However, when they looked at the small blood lying on the left shoulder of the ice on his left shoulder, they frowned again, why would a killer have such an ugly beast?
Lu Tianbing's face was as calm as water, and his heart did not fluctuate in the slightest. And while everyone waited quietly, half an hour passed leisurely.
A beautiful shadow walked towards everyone, this is a woman who has fallen into the country and the city, her long brown-red hair is tied behind her, hanging straight down the willow waist, tied with a blue ribbon. His eyes are as narrow as peach blossoms, his nose is small and tall, his thin lips are like nectar, his eyebrows are picturesque, his body is sexy, his chest is high, his waist is thin, and his buttocks are round. The woman wore a blue blouse, which tightly wrapped her figure, revealing her graceful curves.
When he saw this woman through the cloak, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. This woman, among the women that Lu Tianbing knows, is probably only a few points worse than her mother. But soon Le Tianbing calmed down his slightly chaotic mood again, and there was only one person in his heart, that person, who was still waiting for him.
Time passed again, and the woman, after trading with several monks, came to the side of the heavenly ice. Er Tianbing took a deep breath, stood up, and found that this woman was half a head taller than himself, you know, Er Tianbing's height at this time was close to one meter eight, but this woman was much taller than himself, which was really a little moving.
"In Xia Yang Xiang, what is Your Excellency's auction item?" the woman looked at Yan Tianbing with an experienced gaze, and for the latter, this beauty named Yang Xiang was obviously interested.
Lu Tianbing stretched out his white left hand, and the empty ring flashed, and five fourth-order ice attribute crystal nuclei and one ghost heart appeared in his hand, and then Lu Tianbing said indifferently: "Five fourth-order ice attribute crystal nuclei and one ghost heart, I don't know what price can be used as the lowest auction price?"
When Yang Xiang heard this, a trace of surprise flashed across her pretty face. The voice of the mysterious man in front of him obviously revealed his age, it turned out to be a teenager. And Yang Xiang looked at the thing in his hand, the fourth-order crystal nucleus, comparable to the alien beast crystal nucleus of a high-level warrior, there were actually five such crystal nuclei at this moment. Looking at the ghost heart in his hand, this kind of thing, although it is not very valuable, is very rare, and it is more tempting for some monks who are inclined to wild methods, and what is even more valuable is that the ghost heart is extremely difficult to refine. And the ghost heart in front of him, judging by its quality, is obviously very good, and it can even be said unceremoniously that this ghost heart is more valuable than the fourth-order crystal nucleus.
Although these two items are not eye-catching to Yang Xiang, they are from the hands of a young man, and before contacting, this young man is not a sixth-level but also a fifth-level monk. This has to surprise Yang Xiang, she is not unseen in the business world, but the child in front of her has reached that level, and he has such an achievement at a young age, how can he not surprise Yang Xiang?
"The fourth-order crystal nucleus is a hundred thousand gold coins, four pieces are four hundred thousand, and the ghost heart is six hundred thousand, adding up to one million, do you want to auction together or separately?" Yang Xiang hurriedly said, as if noticing that the other party was a little impatient.
"The crystal nuclei are auctioned together, and the ghost hearts are auctioned separately. After saying this, he turned around and walked towards the venue.
Yang Xiang looked at the back of Le Tianbing, and there was a strong interest in her beautiful eyes. If the other party is the young master of a big family, she is not surprised, after all, she is a member of the Guan family, and she is not afraid. If the other party is an outsider who has no identity and is very low-key, this is worthy of Yang Xiang's attention.
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In the middle of the venue, Lu Tianbing found a hidden corner and sat down quietly. At this time, the venue was almost full, and everyone waited quietly, without discussing anything. If it is a large-scale auction, there may be monks who have received the news in advance, and they also have a good idea of what rare treasures will be auctioned. Medium-sized auctions, however, lack these atmospheres.
And when Er Tianbing sat down, there were dozens of eyes looking at him from all around, full of danger, which made Er Tianbing feel like a man on his back, like sitting on pins and needles. Soon, however, he forcibly calmed his mind, lest some strong people notice his uneasiness.
After about a quarter of an hour, on the high platform opposite the seat, a woman finally walked out, and this woman was Yang Xiang.
As soon as Yang Xiang came on stage, there were countless sounds of swallowing saliva in the quiet venue, and the eyes of countless male compatriots continued to wander on Yang Xiang.
Yang Xiang's face remained unchanged, with a seductive smile on her face, her jade hand pressed down slightly, and the venue suddenly fell silent. Seeing this, she smiled even more on her face, and said, "Thank you for coming to my Guan family auction, the little girl Yang Xiang has thanked everyone here." Yang Xiang smiled slightly, and the atmosphere of the venue slowly rose in an instant. I have to say that Yang Xiang to preside over this auction is a good means for the Guan family.
"Off...... Guan Jia?" Lu Tianbing's pupils shrank, and his heart became worried. Why is this world so small? Even this small auction house has the footprints of his family.
Lu Tianbing looked at the front of the stage, and sure enough, in the front row, Old Man Guan's family was watching the movement on the stage.
It is not impossible for the Guan family's power to be able to involve the center of the city, after all, the Guan family is one of the three major families in Baiyue City, and controls a quarter of the underground shops, auctions, markets, etc. in Baiyue City, and its capital flow is very huge.
"Without further ado, let's start this auction first. A total of 312 items will be auctioned in this auction, which I believe you will like very much, so let's have an appetizer first. Then, Yang Xiangxian waved her hand, and the two attendants behind her brought up something like a wooden box covered with cloth.
"Thunder Sword, Intermediate Essence Weapon. The starting price is 500,000 gold coins. Yang Xiang lifted the cloth, and a wooden box appeared in front of everyone. The wooden box was not covered, and I saw that a sword about half a zhang long was being placed in the wooden box. The whole body of this sword is silver and white, and the lines are outlined on the sword body, and the whole sword looks lifeless, this is because it is in an ownerless state.
"500,000!" immediately shouted from the audience.
"Six hundred thousand!" a voice rang out on the other side.
"Seven hundred thousand!"
“......”
"A million!"
"One million for the first time, one million for the second time, is there anything else to increase the price?" One million for the third time, congratulations to this gentleman for winning the Thunder Sword!" Yang Xiang's loud voice reverberated in the venue, "The next auction item, Void Spirit Grass." This is a rare medicinal material, for an alchemist, its value and preciousness don't need me to say more, right?The starting price, one million gold coins!" As soon as Yang Xiang said this, countless eyes lit up. However, the corners of his eyes twitched fiercely, just a medicinal herb was worth a million gold coins, and he was glad that he didn't become an alchemist.
"One million and two million!"
"One million three hundred and fifty thousand!"
“......”
However, Le Tianbing sighed in his heart, but it doesn't mean that no one is bidding. This Void Spirit Grass is a medicinal herb that can increase the success rate of alchemy, and it is also the main medicine of some kind of high-level elixir, which is coveted by countless alchemists.
There were shouts in the venue, and finally the price of the Void Spirit Grass stopped at 2.8 million gold coins, and it was pocketed by an old man with a smile.
In the following time, hundreds of items were auctioned at the auction, and the atmosphere in the venue was gradually moving towards a climax.
"The next items to be auctioned are something that everyone will like. There are a total of four fourth-order ice attribute crystal nuclei, with a starting price of 100,000 gold coins. "This Yang Xiang is undoubtedly very appropriate to auction the crystal nucleus in this way. The crystal nucleus can be auctioned in batches, but it can make a lot of money.
Sure enough, as soon as Yang Xiang's voice fell, some people in the audience were excited, they naturally knew the efficacy of the crystal nucleus, so the auction price quickly rose to 500,000 gold coins per crystal nucleus, and after rising to this price, people's shouts were also reduced. Some people feel that it is just a fourth-order crystal nucleus, and there is no need to spend so much money into it, they choose to auction, but they are too lazy to hunt in the mountains and forests, and the fourth-order crystal nucleus is like garbage for some strong people.
And when the auction price of the crystal nucleus was pushed to 750,000 gold coins, these four crystal nuclei were auctioned by a woman at a high price of 3 million, which undoubtedly made the ecstasy in Lu Tianbing's heart rise to an indescribable level.
"A ghost heart, its effect is equivalent to a crystal nucleus, and it also adds some wildness, if it is refined, its own energy will increase its destructive power. The starting price, 600,000 yuan!" Yang Xiang continued to ask his entourage to bring up the heart of the ghost that exuded a golden light, and there seemed to be a faint dark yellow halo circulating in the heart of the ghost.
"Seven hundred thousand!"
"Eight hundred thousand!"
"A million!!" the audience was still enthusiastic, and there were people constantly bidding.
“......”
"One and a half million!"
"Two million !!" Suddenly a fat man stood up from his seat, his face fierce and vicious, and a faint red light flashed around him. And after the fat man screamed, no one bid with him anymore, not that no one dared, but some people around were so distracted by the fat man that they seemed to stop thinking, and they looked at the fat man as if they were looking at a fool.
"Two million for the first time, two million for the second time, does anyone still want to increase the price?" Yang Xiangmei looked around the audience, and just congratulated the fat man, but a voice suddenly sounded in the audience: "Two and a half million!"
Following the sound, I saw that in the middle of the second row of the venue, a man raised his hand with a smile in his face, holding a folding fan in his hand, and the expression on his face was a little cynical.
"It turned out to be Liu Tian, the eldest young master of the Liu family. Yang Xiang's red lips pursed slightly, and she muttered softly.
"If Young Master Liu exits, I'm afraid that even if this ghost's heart can be called for a higher price, no one will dare to call it. There were also people in the audience who whispered.
The fat man looked at Liu Tian, who still didn't smile and didn't take the fat man in his eyes at all. The fat man pursed his lips in a sneer, didn't dare to raise the price again, and sat back in his place. That Liu Tian held a folding fan in his right hand and tapped it on the palm of his left hand, smiling.
As time passed, the auction also gradually came to an end. Generally speaking, the more you go to the end, the more precious the item becomes. In the venue, it was also full of enthusiasm.
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"The three hundredth auction item, this is a sword technique, called the Nine Xuan Sword Technique, and it is a fifth-order technique. If you are successful in cultivation, you can open mountains and cut peaks with a sword, and you will be strong and unmatched. The starting price, one million gold coins!!" Yang Xiang was holding a scroll in his hand, the scroll was all blue, and there was a faint sword aura surrounding it. When the auction reaches this stage, the auction items are also very precious, and Yang Xiang needs to keep the items personally.
"One and a half million. ”
"One million two hundred and fifty thousand. ”
"One and a million three thousand. "Many people in the audience are bidding with each other, this technique is very beneficial to the samurai, and I think most of these people are samurai.
Yan Tianbing's body sat up suddenly, his tongue licked his lips, and his blue eyes immediately flashed with a strange brilliance. This Nine Xuan Sword Technique is very suitable for him, and the level is not low. Lu Tianbing quietly waited for the people around him to make a bid, and he was not in a hurry to make a move.
Sure enough, after the bid reached 1.5 million gold coins, many people began to slowly show helplessness. Some of them are already shy because of the end of the auction, and the price is far more than they expected, and some people are because although the Nine Xuan Sword Technique is good, they don't think it's worth spending money on it, and the things they really like have not yet been auctioned.
"Two million!"
"Two and three hundred thousand!"
“......”
Although the number of bidders is gradually decreasing, after all, there are still a few monks bidding, and the price is getting higher and higher.
"Two million four hundred and fifty thousand!"
"Three million!" Suddenly, in the darkness of the venue, there was a slightly faint but audible voice that everyone could hear, and it seemed to come from the mouth of a young man.
Everyone followed the voice, and it was a figure hidden in a cloak.
This person is Lu Tianbing, and his three words obviously have a certain deterrent effect. After him, there was no one to bid again, perhaps the people around him were weighing the relationship and the identity of the ice in it.
"Three million for the first time......" Yang Xiangjiao said. However, before she could say the following words, another slightly strange and domineering voice came out.
"Three and a half million. Liu Tian's slightly evil eyes skimmed his back lightly, and he thought to himself, the other party would definitely not continue to bargain. After all, his identity is there, and if the other party wants to mess around, there will be no good fruit to eat.
"Four million. However, things were much beyond Liu Tian's expectations, and Lu Tianbing only had a hint of coldness in his eyes, and then said calmly. The Nine Xuan Sword Technique is a fifth-order technique, which can make up for his lack of swordsmanship to a certain extent, and he is bound to win, so he will ask for 500,000 and 500,000 gold coins. Moreover, he was already disgusted with those so-called gentlemen, and this bid was to extinguish Liu Tian's arrogance.
"Why does this voice become more familiar the more you hear it?" Guan Hao muttered as he turned his head to look behind him in the front row.
"Four and a half million. When Liu Tian heard this, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, but there was a smile on his face. But those who know him well know that he is a smiling tiger, and when he is opposed by others, the smile on his face grows stronger, and the anger in his heart increases.
"Five million. Lu Tianbing still said calmly.
"Hehe, this little brother, you won. Liu Tian stood up, smiled at Lu Tianbing, and turned to leave. He didn't really need the Nine Xuan Sword Technique, he just played around at this auction.
Yan Tianbing's eyes were gloomy, he knew that Liu Tian was deliberately making the price too high to embarrass himself, he clenched his fists, and his heart was angry.
However, when Liu Tian left, the people in the venue all looked at Lu Tianbing with schadenfreude. Because they knew that the smiling tiger Liu Tian had already moved to kill.