Linlang Pavilion, in the VIP booth on the fourth floor of the auction house.
Xiao Chen stood in front of the window and looked down. The seats in the hall were already filled with people. There was a hubbub of voices and discussions. The auctioneer had already taken his place.
Xiao Chen said to the Universe Ring, "Sister Ao Jiao, you were the one who told me to agree to that old man. Why aren't you saying anything now?"
Earlier, when Xiao Chen had just received the auction list, before he could finish looking through it, Ao Jiao's voice resounded in his mind. She was telling him to agree to Nangong Yan's suggestion.
"I told you to agree, so just agree. Do you think I will let you suffer a loss?" Ao Jiao floated out from the ring and said unhappily.
When Xiao Chen saw her running out so casually, he was startled. He said, "Hey, why did you run out? What if there are people watching us?"
Ao Jiao said, "If I don't want people to see me, no one can see me. Furthermore, there are no people watching us. You are worrying too much. That old man already took the Pill and ran off somewhere."
Xiao Chen relaxed and said, "The auction is about to start. You can now say which three items you want to bid for."
"What's the rush? I will inform you when the time comes. I will go out and take a look." After Ao Jiao spoke, she leaped out of the window and flew out.
When Xiao Chen saw Ao Jiao jump down like that, he was so angry that he wanted to curse. If he were to jump down, he would beat this damn brat up.
Unfortunately, not to mention whether he could defeat her or not, Xiao Chen did not dare to jump down like that. There were thousands of people in the hall below. If he jumped down like that, he would immediately become the target of attention.
Despite Xiao Chen's resentment, the auction continued. The first item was a Rank 4 fire attributed Spirit Core.
In most auctions, the first item to be auctioned would not be too good or too bad. If it was too good, it would cause the expectations of the people below to be too high. If it was not able to bring out a pleasant surprise, it would cause them to be extremely disappointed.
It would be even more impossible if the item was too poor. It would directly lower the quality of the auction, and people would think that there was nothing good to offer. Impatient customers might even leave immediately.
The first item was a Rank 4 fire attributed Spirit Core. It was an item that was neither too good nor too bad. Although it was not a precious item, it was still rare in Mohe City.
The Spirit Cores of the continent were mainly used to refine medicine. The method that Xiao Chen learned was different from that of the continent. Thus, Xiao Chen did not care about this Spirit Core.
However, just as Xiao Chen was feeling dispirited, the auctioneer suddenly said, "Chen, everyone, everyone, this Spirit Core is not an ordinary Spirit Beast. but the Spirit Spirit Core of a Spirit.
"For people who practice fire attributed Cultivation Techniques, it can directly raise the might of their flames by a level. Its value is not something that a regular Spirit Beast can compare to. The starting price is 500,000 silver taels. The auction will begin now. Each bid must not be lower than 50,000 silver taels."
After the auctioneer finished his introduction, the atmosphere in the hall became lively. No one expected that such a precious item would appear right at the start of the auction.
"600,000 silver taels."
"700,000 silver taels."
"900,000 silver taels."
… …
Very quickly, there were people bidding. The price of this Spirit Core of the Spirit Core of the Spirit Core reached a million silver taels. Xiao Chen noticed that the person in the VIP booth opposite him was calling out the fiercest bids. Every time, he would immediately follow up, appearing to be in a hurry.
From Xiao Chen's angle, he could not see the situation in the booth opposite him. However, this was not a problem for Xiao Chen. He extended his Spiritual Sense and the situation inside immediately appeared in Xiao Chen's eyes.
There were five cultivators in the private room. Only a young man wearing an embroidered robe was sitting there. The others were standing beside him with a respectful look on their faces. That youth should be the young master of some clan, and the people behind him should be his followers.
Out of the four followers, three of them were Superior Grade Martial Disciples. The last one was actually an Inferior Grade Martial Master. Xiao Chen thought to himself, Who is this youth? Even his followers are so strong. Why have I never seen them before?
"Second Young Master, I heard that this Spirit Core of the Spirit Beast is the purest fire attributed Spirit Beast in the world. Its Spirit Core is the essence of its entire body. It will definitely be of great help to your Cultivation Technique."
The handsome face of the youth in embroidered robes revealed a faint smile. There was a rare calmness in his eyes. He smiled and said, "The way you speak, it is as if I have already won the bid for this Spirit Core."
Another follower smiled and said, "In Mohe City, in terms of strength, the Xiao Clan might be the strongest. However, in terms of wealth, who can surpass our Tang Clan? Furthermore, the Promise of Ten Years is approaching. Once the Xiao Clan falls, our Tang Clan will be the undisputed number one clan in Mohe City."
The Tang Clan's Second Young Master smiled faintly and did not deny it. His eyes revealed a proud expression as he clenched his fist and said, "I must obtain this Spirit Core of the Spirit Core of the Rainbow Flame Python. Bid me two million silver taels."
So he is from the Tang Clan. No wonder he is so rich and overbearing, Xiao Chen thought to himself. In the past few years, the Tang Clan had made use of the conflict between the Xiao Clan and the Zhang Clan to amass an uncountable amount of wealth.
This Tang Clan's Second Young Master was called Tang Feng. The Tang Clan had always kept a low profile. It was not strange that Xiao Chen did not recognize him at first glance.
The moment Tang Feng spoke, the follower immediately took out a bidding card and gently peeked it out of the window. The bidding card with red words on a white background was exceptionally eye-catching.
When the auctioneer below saw it, he immediately said excitedly, "VIP room 13 bids two million silver taels! Two million silver taels! Is there any higher bid than two million silver taels?"
"This is the Spirit Core of the Rainbow Flame Python. Is there no one else? Even in the entire Great Qin Nation, this kind of Spirit Core is extremely rare."
The auctioneer called out a few more times. Seeing that there was still no one raising the bid, he started to slowly explain the rarity of this Spirit Core. However, there was no one raising the bid.
Although this Spirit Core was rare, it could only increase the strength of fire-attributed cultivators. It would not be of much help to cultivators of other attributes.
If it was not a fire-attributed cultivator, spending two million silver taels on it would not be worth it. Hence, there was no one raising the bid.
"Two million silver taels going once."
"Two million silver taels going twice."
When the auctioneer saw that there was no one raising the bid, he gave up on explaining and started the final countdown.
The Tang Clan's Second Young Master revealed a pleased smile. A Rank 4 Spirit Core for two million silver taels. In the entire Mohe City, he was the only one who could pay such a price.
"Two million silver taels going thrice …" Just as the auctioneer was about to count thrice, his expression suddenly became excited. He said loudly, "Look, someone in VIP room 11 has bid 2.5 million silver taels!"
"2.5 million silver taels! Is there any higher bid than 2.5 million silver taels?" The auctioneer of the Glittering Jewels Pavilion had obviously received excellent training. His words were always so tempting.
When he heard someone bid 2.5 million silver taels, Tang Feng was stunned. He smiled coldly and said, "Bid 3 million silver taels. Every time the other party makes a bid, add another 500,000 silver taels. Let's see how long he can last."
One of the attendants behind him said, "Second Young Master, that VIP room 11 seems to belong to the Xiao Clan. I saw Xiao Jian come out from there earlier."
Tang Feng's eyebrows twitched as he toyed with the wine cup in his hand. He smiled evilly, "Interesting. That Xiao Jian seems to cultivate a fire-attributed Cultivation Technique. All the more reason why we cannot let him obtain it."
Xiao Chen did not have much interest in this Rainbow Flame Python Spirit Core. The attribute of the Purple Thunder Divine Incantation that he cultivated was lightning. Consuming this Spirit Core would not be of much benefit to him.
As for his Purple Thunder True Fire, it was a lightning-attributed fire. It was different from regular flames. If he wanted to raise the might of the Purple Thunder True Fire, he would have to consume lightning-attributed lightning and not a fire-attributed Spirit Core.
However, with the atmosphere of the auction and the two booths raising the bid, the price of the Spirit Core actually rose to 4 million silver taels. This made Xiao Chen feel that it was interesting.
Who was so bold to actually pay such a high price to purchase such a Spirit Core? Xiao Chen sent his Spiritual Sense to VIP room 11.
Soon, the situation in VIP room 11 appeared in front of him. After he saw it clearly, the corner of Xiao Chen's mouth curled up into a smile. He said indifferently, "No wonder the competition is so intense. So it is my big brother who wants this Spirit Core."
In VIP room 11, Xiao Jian's forehead was already covered in sweat. Originally, he was determined to obtain the Rainbow Flame Python Spirit Core. However, the current situation had greatly exceeded his expectations.
Before the auction started, he had already seen the news of this Spirit Core on the auction list. This Spirit Core would be able to improve the quality of his Fire Cloud Incantation.
He immediately made a request to the First Elder. When the First Elder saw that the Promise of Ten Years was imminent and that Xiao Jian really needed this Spirit Core, he did not say anything and immediately transferred 4 million silver taels to him.
With 4 million silver taels, he originally thought that obtaining a mere Rank 4 Spirit Core would be a piece of cake. However, he did not expect to encounter such a situation.
When he called out 2 million, Tang Feng immediately chased up to 2.5 million. When he called out 3 million, Tang Feng immediately increased it to 3.5 million without any hesitation.
Xiao Jian, who had just called out 4 million, felt his heart thumping non-stop. This was already his limit. If the other party continued to increase the bid, he would not have any more chances.
"Please don't increase the bid anymore. If I do not have this Rainbow Flame Python Spirit Core, how am I going to defeat that trash?" Xiao Jian wiped his sweat as he said, "Furthermore, I recently heard that that trash is already a Medial Grade Martial Disciple. I must obtain this Rainbow Flame Python Spirit Core."
When Xiao Chen heard this, he could not help but laugh. He could not understand why Xiao Jian was still so cautious when facing a Medial Grade Martial Disciple, even though he was already a Martial Master.
Could it be that the failure in the dueling grounds had left too much of a shadow on Xiao Jian?
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