Immortality Cultivation: I Farm in the System Space
Chapter 113: The Auction Begins (Requesting First Subscription)
After stating these three rules, Elder Bai paused for a moment.
Then he continued to speak:
"There is one more thing, this auction is different from previous ones, as I believe everyone felt upon entering."
"For this auction, the grand formation throughout the venue has been activated, rendering all Divine Sense methods unusable."
"All buyers can rest assured, you need not worry about being attacked by Divine Sense."
"Additionally, Divine Sense probes are also unusable, and even if you change your appearance, others will not know."
"If you win a bid, you may also choose not to collect the item immediately, and instead, have it stored with us at Yuebaolou until after the auction ends, at which time you can collect it at your convenience."
"Of course, there is a fee for storage."
"That's all I have to say for now."
"Now, I will hand over to the host of this auction."
Having finished, Elder Bai stepped down.
After Elder Bai left, only Steward Cheng remained on the stage. He walked to the center of the auction platform and directly began:
"Elder Bai has already said everything that needed to be said."
"The auction starts, now!"
"Next…"
"Please present the first item for auction."
As soon as Steward Cheng's words fell, a young and beautiful maid in a formal long dress came up holding an open wooden box.
Inside the box was a Flying Sword. The beautiful maid walked to the front of the auction platform, first displaying the Flying Sword to the audience,
then turned around and placed the wooden box on the display stand in the middle of the auction platform.
"This first item, named Qinghong Flying Sword, is a Medium Grade Magic Artifact that contains metallic greenstone, especially suitable for Cultivators with Metallic Spiritual Roots, as it enhances the power of their metallic spells."
"The starting bid is 1000 Lower Grade Spirit Stones, and each subsequent bid must increase by at least 100 Lower Grade Spirit Stones."
"Ladies and gentlemen, start your bids."
As Steward Cheng finished speaking, he brought the auction hammer down, officially starting the auction.
"I bid 1000…"
As soon as someone spoke, they were interrupted.
"I bid 1200 Lower Grade Spirit Stones."
Immediately, someone lifted their bidding placard and shouted.
"Alright, bidder number 308, 1200 Lower Grade Spirit Stones."
"Any more bids?"
With the first bid called, the audience became lively, and another voice was soon heard from the corner.
"1300 Lower Grade Spirit Stones."
This time, before Steward Cheng could speak, another person in front interrupted:
"1500, I bid 1500 Lower Grade Spirit Stones."
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The voices in the crowd surged and the atmosphere of the venue rose.
Soon, the price of the Flying Sword had already surpassed 3000 Lower Grade Spirit Stones.
"3200." someone shouted hoarsely.
"I directly offer 3500. Let's see if anyone can outbid me."
However, this price could not stop those who truly wanted to buy.
"3700." a calm voice rose.
"Bidder number 276 offers 3700 Spirit Stones," announced Steward Cheng.
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After a while, the price of the Qinghong Flying Sword climbed higher, and fewer people bid.
Finally, when the bid reached 4500 Lower Grade Spirit Stones, the crowd quieted down.
Holding up the auction hammer, Steward Cheng called out loudly:
"4500 Lower Grade Spirit Stones once."
"4500 Low Grade Spirit Stones, twice."
"Anyone else? If not, this Flying Sword will be sold."
Steward Cheng enticed them one last time before scanning the room and noticing no one else speaking up.
With a bang, the auction hammer fell.
"4500 Low Grade Spirit Stones, for the third time, sold."
"Congratulations to bidder 276 for acquiring the Qinghong Flying Sword."
Then, a maid came onto the stage and took the Qinghong Flying Sword away, and the cultivator who had just won the bid, number 276, also left his seat to head to the back of the auction stage to complete the transaction for the sword.
Next, the second item was brought up by a maid—it was a piece of ore used for artifact refining.
Eventually, this ore was exchanged for 3600 Low Grade Spirit Stones, its price even lower than that of the Qinghong Flying Sword just before.
The auction continued.
One item after another was brought up and then taken away, the entire process moving swiftly.
However, Lin Jing had remained silent from start to finish.
Because none of these items were what he wanted.
Some might have tempted him a bit, but without acquiring the Biling Flower's roots, he could not afford to carelessly spend his Spirit Stones.
Time passed quickly, and noon arrived, the auction at its most intense moment.
If they were ordinary people, they would have taken a lunch break by now, but these were cultivators, already capable of forgoing food.
Thus, regardless of the time, the auction went on.
By now, the items up for auction were generally going for tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.
Lin Jing remained calm and continued to wait.
And it wasn't just Lin Jing—several other cultivators had also not made a single bid up to this point.
Not to mention the private rooms upstairs; those people from big families hardly looked at these items, much less bid casually.
So, the auction continued into the afternoon.
At this point, Steward Cheng loudly announced:
"Alright, let us bring up the next item on auction."
Following that, a maid holding a wooden box walked onto the stage.
The maid opened the wooden box and displayed its contents, which were of a gray-black color, turned out to be a segment of Spirit Plant roots.
Then, the maid placed the wooden box on the display table.
"This item, a segment of Spirit Plant roots, as everyone probably saw on the list of auction items."
"Correct, this is the rootstock of a third-tier Biling Flower."
"We at Yuebaolou have inspected this Biling Flower rootstock, finding it still contains a lot of medicinal liquid. If extracted, it could increase the cultivation of someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage by ten years, and the purity of the medicinal liquid is so high that even Golden Core Cultivators could use it."
"A Golden Core Cultivator could gain between six months and one year of cultivation from it."
"Most importantly..."
"Though this rootstock is slightly damaged, if planted in a high-grade Spirit Field, it could still survive and not take long to grow new Biling Flowers."
"This is how the rootstock's utmost value can be realized."
"However, considering the scarcity of high-grade Spirit Fields, the value of this rootstock is greatly discounted."
"The opening bid will be 100 Medium Grade Spirit Stones, with each bid increment no less than 10 Medium Grade Spirit Stones."
Indeed, the Biling Flower was extraordinary, with the opening bid directly set in Medium Grade Spirit Stones.
"Bidding starts now."
"Bang!"
Steward Cheng brought down the auction hammer.
The hall was silent for a moment before someone at the front of the hall started to call out.
"100 Medium Grade Spirit Stones."
"Good."
"Number 176, bids 100 Medium Grade Spirit Stones."
"Any further bids?"
Steward Cheng looked around the hall and saw several people eager to jump in.
It seemed they all wanted this Biling Flower rootstock.
Lin Jing, however, did not rush to bid at this moment, since he was well aware that the value of this Biling Flower rootstock would definitely exceed the current price, and surely others would bid higher.
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