Chapter 391: Chapter 389: The Mysterious Coffin (Two Chapters Combined)
Star Pavilion, the auction is about to start!
On the first floor, it’s mainly Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Purple Mansion Cultivators. They sit together in the hall’s chairs; as for Golden Core True Masters, Nascent Soul True Monarchs, etc., they are all seated in private rooms on the second floor.
The private rooms are luxurious and elegant, with some tea, snacks, and other refreshments.
In a particular private room on the second floor, Lu Xuanji and Long Xuan sat here, waiting for the auction to begin.
According to the booklet presented before the auction, there are approximately over three hundred items to be auctioned, with a wide variety. Those with low value are suitable for Foundation Establishment Cultivators, priced at just twenty or thirty thousand spirit stones;
While the high-value items are aimed at Nascent Soul Cultivators, priced over ten million spirit stones.
The booklet shows that the items up for auction are not only numerous but also diverse.
Such an auction mainly serves as an emergency, presenting some rare products that, through the auction, may see increased prices and generate a profit.
However, because certain products fail to sell at auctions, scenes of losing money and items being withdrawn without being sold are not uncommon.
The key to an auction is controlling the rhythm and fiscal budget.
"This auction has a rather small crowd!" Long Xuan said, looking at the crowd below and the cultivators in the private rooms, slightly frowning, "This time, there are only more than a thousand lower-level cultivators and fifteen private rooms open!"
Lu Xuanji said, "The Imperial Capital is big, and housing is not easy. There’s fierce internal competition here. Hopefully, there will be Bodhi Flowers this time!"
If there are no Bodhi Flowers at this auction, other Spirit Medicines will have to be used as substitutes.
However, in that case, the efficacy of the elixirs would decrease significantly.
...
After a short wait, a female cultivator in red ascended to the central stage, her red clothes like fire, styled with a phoenix hair bun, her body tall and graceful, exuding the aura of a Golden Core, suppressing everything around.
The originally noisy crowd suddenly quieted down.
The red-clothed woman spoke, "I am Zhao Lingmeng, a cultivator of the Celestial Spirit Sect, invited today to preside over this auction. I hope everyone respects the rules here. If anyone causes trouble, I will not hesitate to personally hammer them to death."
"If I can’t handle it, my teacher will take action. If my teacher can’t do it, Celestial Spirit Sect cultivators will step in. I hope everyone abides by the rules!"
"The auction now begins!"
"Before the auction starts, let me reiterate the rules. Here, we’re only concerned with how much money you have in your pockets, not your identity. No one is allowed to leverage clan status or another’s cultivation to threaten clients; that’s the first rule!"
"Second, most products auctioned here will guarantee quality, but for those uncertain items, certain unexpected issues may arise, please be understanding!"
"Third, after winning a bid at the auction, we guarantee the item’s safety, ensuring the client is not threatened by anyone."
"Fourth, some products here may be special, please be understanding to some extent."
"Fifth, ..."
"Sixth, ..."
Zhao Lingmeng spoke bluntly, her tone very direct.
There’s no sense of the customer being king, yet everyone listened and understood.
After all, she’s a Golden Core True Master; expecting a Golden Core True Master to have a great temperament, hosting the auction is already a favor.
"The first auction item, a bottle of Foundation Establishment Pills, a total of sixty elixirs, starting bid at one million spirit stones, each increment no less than fifty thousand spirit stones." Zhao Lingmeng said.
"One million one hundred thousand!"
"One million two hundred thousand!"
"One million three hundred thousand!"
At this point, no one raised the bid further.
Immediately, a cultivator stepped forward and handed the pill bottle to the bidder, while the spirit stones were handed over.
"The second auction item, a bottle of Purple Mansion Pills, totaling five pills, starting price at one million spirit stones." Zhao Lingmeng said.
Again, someone spoke, and the price rose, finally settling at one million five hundred thousand.
Items took the stage one after another, with Foundation Establishment Pills, Purple Sun Pills, Purple Mansion Pills, Taichi Geng Metal, Glimmer Stone, Nine Suns Divine Jade, Profound Nether Divine Iron, and so on, each item brought up for auction.
Some items saw high bids with significant markup;
However, some items failed to sell, with repeated calls without response.
In the end, it took some insider bidding to resolve the issue.
Quickly, another item was brought to the stage.
"Three Bodhi Flowers, starting price five thousand middle-grade spirit stones, low-grade spirit stones not accepted, of course, if there are upper-grade spirit stones, there will be a discount!" Zhao Lingmeng said.
Seeing the Bodhi Flowers appear, Lu Xuanji also breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately he said, "Six thousand middle-grade spirit stones!!"
"Seven thousand middle-grade spirit stones!"
"Eight thousand!"
Lu Xuanji spoke; "This is also my final offer, if anyone bids higher, I will withdraw!"
Upon hearing the price, the other bidder also backed out.
There are rarely feuds at an auction.
After all, nobody’s money comes easily.
Even if someone is wasteful, they wouldn’t do it here.
"Eight thousand once!"
"Eight thousand twice!"
"Eight thousand thrice!"
"Congratulations!"
Zhao Lingmeng said, the transaction was completed.
A maid immediately went over to deliver the Bodhi Flowers.
Opening the box, inspecting the Bodhi Flowers, both the product and quality were confirmed.
Closing the box, Lu Xuanji handed over the Storage Bag.
The maid opened the Storage Bag, counted the spirit stones, confirmed the amount, and said, "Thank you!"
The item was in hand, but Lu Xuanji wasn’t in a hurry to leave, planning to continue watching.