Determined to Win
As the auction continued, more and more treasures appeared.
There were even Law Class elixirs and Human Class Supreme-Grade martial arts.
"The next item up for auction is an extremely rare material, the spine of a python demonic beast. The rarest thing is that this spine is complete without any damage, and it's 413 feet long! It's suitable to be the keel of a large airship! "
An old voice rang out in the auction hall, and the giant spine of a Golden Horned Python appeared on the auction stage in the middle.
Many eyes turned to the auction stage.
A airship was also a type of magic tool. The higher the grade, the faster it could fly. For example, the Mu Family's Coiling Dragon Boat was one of them.
However, to refine an airship, one would need the spine of a python or dragon type demonic beast as the keel of the airship.
Ordinary pythons and dragon type demonic beasts were usually around 100 to 200 feet long. Giant pythons like the Golden Horned Python were extremely rare.
However, refining an airship did not only require the keel, but also countless materials. A single airship would cost hundreds of millions. Ordinary families would not be able to afford it.
The larger the family, the more they would like a large airship. Whether it was transporting people or goods, the larger the airship, the more it would not be restricted by the teleportation array. After all, the teleportation array had many restrictions and could not be reached from anywhere.
However, the size of the airship was restricted by the keel. The longer the keel, the larger the airship could be refined.
In the Hundred Battles Dynasty, airships with a length of less than 100 feet were considered small airships, 100 to 400 feet were considered medium airships, and those with a length of more than 400 feet were considered large airships.
Only the ancient giant clans, some super clans, or royal clans had large flying ships. The other clans only had medium flying ships. The Golden Horned Python's spine was more than 400 feet long, barely enough to refine a large airship. Hence, its value was higher.
Luo Zheng did not know this before, which was why he was surprised. Now that he heard the discussions, he understood.
"Demonic python's spine, 413 feet long, starting price 10 million gold. Everyone, please make your bids!"
…
After the bidding began, no one made a bid. The entire auction hall fell into silence.
"Is there a problem with the spine?"
Luo Zheng was a little surprised. "Why isn't anyone bidding?"
"After ten breaths of time, if no one bids, it will be considered a failed auction, and we will proceed to the next item." The old voice sounded again.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
Four breaths.
…
Nine breaths.
"Number 37, 15 million."
"Number two, 18 million."
"Number 9, 22 million."
The tenth breath was about to arrive. Suddenly, three high bids appeared in succession. Moreover, the increment of each bid was astonishing. It suddenly reached twenty-two million taels of gold.
"Hu!"
Luo Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was not over yet, the price had already exceeded his expectations.
Following that, the price of VIP seats 37, VIP seats 2, and VIP seats 9 skyrocketed as none of them gave way to each other.
In just a short while, the price had already reached 30 million.
In the end, the spine bone was sold to the ninth VIP seat for thirty-two million taels of silver.
After a while, there was a knock on the door of the hundredth VIP seat. A manager of the Purple Cloud Auction walked in.
"Young master, this is the proceeds from the auction of your item. It has already been deducted from our auction house's funds. Please check." The manager took out a dozen gold notes and placed them in front of Luo Zheng.
The gold notes of the Hundred Battles Dynasty were all palm-sized cards. The denominations were different, and the colors were also different. However, most of them were green, blue, yellow, and black.
This time, among the gold notes, there were two that were very eye-catching. They shone with a faint silver light, as if they were made from a type of mithril. There were complicated patterns on them, which could not be counterfeited.
On the silver card, the words "10 million" were written.
There were two gold notes of 10 million, eight gold notes of 1 million, and eight gold notes of 100,000. A total of 28.8 million taels of gold.
"That demonic python's spine just now was taken out by you?" Mu Lan blinked her eyes, "You were just complaining about being poor, and in the blink of an eye, you got 30 million taels of gold. Now your net worth is over 60 million taels of gold, right?"
"I don't know if I can get the Scorpion's fire source." Luo Zheng grinned.
As time passed, the auction gradually reached its climax.
The number of transactions was getting higher and higher. Even high-grade magic tools and low-grade earth-level martial arts appeared.
"The next item is the Scorpion's fire source. This Scorpion's fire source was obtained from a mutated Two-Headed Scorpion. Its power has been greatly increased. It is much stronger than the usual magma fire source and earth fire source. Any Weapon Refiner or Alchemist who obtains it can increase the speed of Weapon Refining and Pill Refining. "
Boom!
A ball of scarlet flame suddenly appeared on the auction stage. It was about the size of a duck egg and constantly emitted a whistling sound. Vaguely, one could see the shadow of a Two-Headed Scorpion jumping within the scarlet flame.
As soon as the Scorpion's fire source appeared, the entire auction hall turned into a sea of fire, and the temperature rose sharply.
"What a powerful fire source. Perhaps because of the mutation, its power is much stronger than the Stellar Fire Source. Moreover, this fire source is not damaged and is more than ten times larger than the Stellar Fire Source. It can certainly refine the Meteorite Iron. This fire source must be obtained. If not, the Thunderburst Bow can be sold. Even the Demon Binding Rope can be abandoned."
Previously, the Stellar Fire Source that Luo Zheng obtained from the Wang Family was only the size of a finger. However, the Scorpion's fire source was more than ten times larger and more powerful. The moment he saw this fire source, he decided to obtain it.
No matter how good a magic tool was, it could not be stronger than the Through Heaven 81 Swords.
During this period of time, Luo Zheng studied the Through Heaven Record whenever he had time. He also had a deeper understanding of the power of the Two Elements Astral Slaughtering Array!
"Everyone, the value of this Scorpion's fire source, I don't think I need to say more. The starting price is 20 million taels of gold." The old voice sounded again.
"Wow, 20 million taels of gold! It's even higher than a low-grade magic rank pill! "
"It's already close to the price of an ordinary high-grade magic tool, and it will definitely exceed it. I'm guessing that the final price will be 40 million taels of gold."
"Your vision is too shallow. I think it will be at least 50 million taels of gold."
The martial artists in the auction hall were all boiling with excitement.
This was the item with the highest starting price so far. 20 million taels of gold was the price of 6,666 Blood Refining Pills!
However, this was only the starting price. The price would definitely go higher and higher because the ones who needed this fire source were refiners and alchemists. These people could be said to be the wealthiest existences.
"I must obtain this Scorpion's fire source!" Luo Zheng clenched his teeth and was about to bid when a voice sounded from the other side.
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