With the activation of the Seven Martial Hall's formation, the furious shouts of Tu Zilong and the other members of the Crown Prince Alliance fell completely silent.
After entering the Seven Martial Hall, everything had to be done according to the Seven Martial Pavilion's rules. Since the Seven Martial Auction had already begun, no one was allowed to cause a ruckus and cause the auction to be forced to stop. Everything would have to wait until the auction ended.
Hence, even though Tu Zilong and the rest of the Crown Prince Alliance were so angry that they wanted to kill someone, they could only reluctantly be suppressed by the Seven Martial Hall's formation. They were unable to find trouble with Xiao Fan and the rest.
In the end, they changed rooms and sat there with gloomy expressions, waiting for the auction to begin and end.
"Everyone, welcome to our Seven Martial Auction!" An old man in embroidered clothes walked to the center of the Seven Martial Hall and said to everyone with a smile, "I know that everyone is impatient, so I won't waste any more words. The auction will now officially begin!"
"The auction rules are the same as before. Every bid must not be less than fifty kilograms of Origin Stones. The highest bidder wins!"
"The first spot belongs to a core disciple of the Hundred Pill Sect. He is ranked forty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-eighth. The starting bid is three hundred kilograms of Origin Stones!"
The old man in embroidered clothes had just finished speaking!
"Five hundred kilograms of Origin Stones!"
"Four hundred kilograms of Origin Stones!"
"Five hundred kilograms of Origin Stones!"
....
Cries rang out continuously in the Seven Martial Hall. The competition instantly became white-hot, and the price of the auction began to skyrocket!
Many people looked at each other in dismay when they saw the forty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-eighth place, which was considered the last place in the initial round, being auctioned off for two to three thousand Origin Stones!
If this kind of ranking had been placed in the previous auctions, it would have been the limit of five hundred kilograms of Origin Stones. No one would have increased the price because this ranking was too low. It was not worth that much Origin Stones.
However, in this auction, the price had skyrocketed to three thousand kilograms of Origin Stones. Furthermore, it seemed that the price would continue to increase. This was simply unbelievable.
Moreover, this was not the most important point.
The most important point was that this auction had only just begun. If the competition was already so intense, how much would the price soar in the subsequent auctions with even higher rankings?
It was simply unimaginable.
"It's over. If I knew this would happen, I wouldn't have come in!" Many of the people who had come in hoping for a fluke began to howl in their hearts. Their hearts ached for the fifty kilograms of Origin Stones that they had to pay to enter.
"Three thousand two hundred kilograms of Origin Stones, deal!" Very soon, the price for the first spot was settled. The old man in embroidered clothes smiled. Then, a maid beside him immediately stepped forward and took down the 49,998th place token from the auction stage. She walked off the auction stage and went backstage with the person who had won the bid for the first spot to complete the transaction.
"Next, the second spot, ranked 49,978. The starting price is still 1,000 Origin Stones!" The old man in embroidered clothes laughed again and began the second round of the auction.
The sounds of intense bidding once again rang out from below the stage, and the price rose steadily. In the blink of an eye, it had risen to a level that left one flabbergasted.
Not long after, the dust settled on the second spot as well. The final transaction amount was three thousand five hundred kilograms of Origin Stones!
Next, the auction for the third slot began.
....
Just as the auction was in full swing, in an inconspicuous room on the second floor, Lian Xi and Chang Qingchuan were quietly watching the auction below.
Then, Nan Wei walked in and sat down beside the two of them with a tired expression.
Lian Xi and Chang Qingchuan had already obtained the spots for the Eastern Region's first battle. The two of them naturally did not participate in the Seven Martial Auction to bid, but to accompany Nan Wei.
This auction was something that Nan Wei had fought for with great difficulty in the Seven Martial Pavilion. However, it was Nan Wei's first time in charge of such a major event, and she was inexperienced. Therefore, the two of them were pulled over by Nan Wei to guide her from the side to avoid making mistakes.
At this moment, the auction was finally held as scheduled. The burden on Nan Wei's shoulders had finally been greatly reduced, and she could rest for a while.
"That Xiao Fan really has the Divine Martial Token in his hand?" Chang Qingchuan and Lian Xi had already heard about what had happened in front of the Seven Martial Hall. At this moment, seeing Nan Wei come in, Chang Qingchuan immediately opened his mouth and asked in surprise.
"That's right!" Nan Wei nodded and said helplessly, "I naturally know the Divine Martial Token. The Divine Martial Token in Xiao Fan's hand is indeed real. There's no doubt about it!"
"But I still feel that something is wrong!" Chang Qingchuan shook his head and said, "Every Divine Martial Token in your Seven Martial Pavilion has a name. It's clear who has it!"
"It doesn't make sense that a person suddenly appeared with a Divine Martial Token in his hand!"
"But we can't rule out the possibility that those people who have the Divine Martial Tokens lent their Divine Martial Tokens to Xiao Fan!" Nan Wei said with a frown.
"There's indeed such a possibility. That's right!" Chang Qingchuan still shook his head and said, "But don't tell me that your Seven Martial Pavilion didn't know about the change of the Divine Martial Token's owner?"
"This …!" Nan Wei suddenly hesitated.
"Actually, it's very simple to distinguish the authenticity of this matter!" Lian Xi suddenly said, "Every Divine Martial Token has its own unique imprint. Nan Wei should still remember the imprint of the Divine Martial Token in Xiao Fan's hand, right?"
"You pass the imprint to the Seven Martial Pavilion and let the General Pavilion's people check it. Then, we'll know whether it's real or not!"
"That's right. I almost forgot about it!" Nan Wei suddenly stood up and said. Her voice was filled with excitement. Then, she immediately walked out, leaving Lian Xi and Chang Qingchuan in the private room.
"What do you think about this Xiao Fan?" Chang Qingchuan looked at Lian Xi and asked seriously.
"I don't have a clue!" Lian Xi said slowly, "But my intuition tells me that he's not as simple as he looks. He's a favored illegitimate son of some big shot!"
"I have the same feeling!" Evergreen Chuan also said slowly, "However, I was unable to find out his background and identity. I simply asked around, but no one knew this Xiao Fan. Similarly, no one knew the people around him. It was as if they had jumped out from a crack in a rock!"
"From their words, I suspect that they're from another lower prefecture!" Lian Xi said.
"Other lower prefectures?" Chang Qingchuan frowned, "The last prefecture gate opened last year. The next one will open next year!"
"The 36 prefecture gates of the eastern region are all closed. How did he come to the eastern region from other lower prefectures?"
"I have the same question. So, I really can't figure out his origin and identity!" Lian Xi said, shaking her head and frowning.
Chang Qingchuan didn't say anything else. He just sat there with his head lowered and didn't say anything.
Lian Xi also didn't say anything else. Her eyes flashed, and she had her own thoughts.
The private room fell into silence again.
.....
The auction outside the private room was still in progress. In less than half an hour, the 100 quotas ranked below 40,000 were all auctioned off.
Among them, the highest ranking quota was auctioned off for 4,000 kilograms of Origin Stones. In the previous auctions, the highest amount auctioned off was 3,000 kilograms of Origin Stones.
The price had almost tripled.
Countless people's faces were ashen. They sat there and smiled bitterly. Many people had already lost all hope. They simply stood up and left the Seven Martial Hall.
If the quotas ranked below 40,000 were already auctioned off for 4,000 kilograms of Origin Stones, then the next 400 quotas would undoubtedly be auctioned off for more than 5,000 kilograms of Origin Stones.
And 5,000 kilograms of Origin Stones was a sky-high price for many people. They simply couldn't afford it.
And even if they could afford it, spending 5,000 kilograms of Origin Stones to buy a quota for the eastern region's first battle wasn't worth it. It was better to just give up.
The auction was still going on!
Indeed, when less than ten of the forty thousandth ranked Origin Stones were revealed, the highest bid broke through the five thousand kilograms of Origin Stones. Even more people laughed bitterly and gave up on bidding.
But Xiao Fan, the people from the Crown Prince's Alliance, and the other large sects didn't bid on these quotas. Because these quotas were too low for them, it wasn't worth bidding on.
However, after another hour, the top thirty thousand spots were revealed. The people from the various sects began to make their bids, and the final price of the spots rose again and again, pushing towards twenty thousand kilograms and even thirty thousand kilograms of Origin Stones.
Many people in the Seven Martial Hall had already given up on bidding. They bitterly smiled as they watched the large sects fight it out. Their expressions were dejected!
Very quickly, the people from the Crown Prince's Alliance also made their bids.
It had to be said that the Crown Prince's Alliance was truly worthy of being called an alliance of hedonistic scions. They didn't have much, but they were rich. In the blink of an eye, they had pushed the final price of 50,000 kilograms of Origin Stones.
In the face of such a high price, a few large sects had no choice but to give up their quotas to the people from the Crown Prince's Alliance.
The people from the Crown Prince's Alliance, on the other hand, were unstoppable. One quota, two quotas, three quotas … In the blink of an eye, all twenty quotas had been taken.
Of course, they had also squandered nearly a million kilograms of Origin Stones.
Everyone in the Seven Martial Hall stared blankly at the box on the second floor that belonged to the Crown Prince's Alliance.
A million kilograms of Origin Stones. That was a million kilograms of Origin Stones!
To the lower ranked sects in the Eastern Region, taking out a hundred thousand kilograms of Origin Stones was already their limit. A million kilograms of Origin Stones could, in theory, buy ten of the lower ranked sects.
The speed at which they were spending money had exceeded the expectations of many people. Many people in the Seven Martial Hall were so shocked that they couldn't even speak.
"Everyone, the last three quotas!" The old man at the center of the Seven Martial Hall spoke. He raised his hand, and three golden tokens appeared on the auction stage behind him.
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