Chapter 39: Buying an empire
In the second floor"s private room.
Mo Tian Chou heard the bid coming from below and a slight hesitation filled his eyes. He naturally knew that the person in the cage had been sold three times and thought that he wouldn"t so sold today because most people here were regular guests from Ningyuan City. If something couldn"t be sold for the first time, the price could only be decreased. The person who gave a bid seemed familiar, but he could not think of who it was.
"Young master, this person seems to be from the two mysterious people from before!" Housekeeper Qiu reminded him in a low voice.
"That"s right!" When Mo Tian Chou heard Housekeeper Qiu"s reminded, he suddenly thought of it. The two mysterious people who sold the pill the other day were also women and wearing the same cloaks!
"Tian Chou, who are these two people?" The third prince sat on the side and could vaguely guess the ident.i.ty of these two people.
Mo Tian Chou revealed a look of joy as he said to the third prince, "Third highness, these two people are the people who had us auction the pill that day."
When the third prince heard this, he couldn"t help taking a few more glances in Ye Yu Xi"s direction.
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"Young miss, what are we buying this person for? His strength is so low." Qing"er was a bit dissatisfied with the young miss" actions. Although they had money, they couldn"t spend it like this.
Ye Yu Xi saw that many people were looking in her direction. She made a sign to be silent and said in a soft voice, "This person is someone from the Medicine King Valley. The Medicine King Valley is famous on the continent, perhaps we can learn a few things about alchemy from this person."
The auctioneer on the stage saw that no one else was calling a bid. After shouting three times, his gavel fell down.
The person in this cage belonged to Ye Yu Xi from this moment forth. This one auction, after a few years, it would become known as the greatest "bargain" on the Purple Cloud Continent.
After several years, there was a phrase that spread across the Purple Cloud Continent. A girl used the price of a hundred gold coins to buy an empire in front of everyone…..
The auctioneer on the stage did not even have time to react before a servant walked beside him and whispered a few words into his ear.
The auctioneer smiled at the servant before shouting to the crowd in the hall, "Everyone, everyone, please wait a minute. That last item was a leftover item from a previous auction, so today our Blood Asura Auction Hall has decided to specially add in another item."
Un? There were more items today!
The regular guests in the hall all revealed looks of curiosity. This Blood Asura Auction Hall had a large backer, so it wouldn"t normally add things in casually. They made an exception to add in an extra item today, it must be something good.
While everyone broke out in discussion, a servant brought out a tray.
The auctioneer took off the white silk over the tray and displayed the contents to everyone. He said in a loud voice, "On the Purple Cloud Continent, there are three things that will move one"s heart, heavenly treasures, pills, and cultivation techniques! On this plate is a Low Profound Grade Cultivation Technique!"
Weng!
The sound in the hall increased by another level!
A Profound Grade Cultivation Technique, it was actually a Profound Grade Cultivation Technique. Cultivation techniques were separated into four grades in this world, Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. There were upper, middle, and lower levels within each grade. Normal people would cultivate middle or lower Profound Grade Cultivation techniques and only some families with power could obtain an upper grade Profound Cultivation Technique. There was only the Ye Manor, the Mo Manor, and the City Lord"s palace who had a Profound Grade Cultivation Technique. These three families were all considered giants!
If a family could obtain a Profound Grade Cultivation Technique, in less than ten years, they could become a first grade power in Ningyuan City!
This auctioneer truly is an old sly fox. He first gave the grade of the cultivation technique and did not tell them the price, deliberately giving these big players time to react.
Seeing the fiery gazes of everyone down below, the auctioneer began by saying, "This Low Profound Grade Cultivation Technique"s starting price is fifty thousand gold coins! Each bid must increase by one thousand gold coins!"
Chapter 40: Leaving
Hua!
Everyone was stirred. Although they did not expect the price of this cultivation technique to be low, the starting price of fifty thousand was indeed a bit high. Other than the few large families in the city, the other small families or individuals did not have a chance to fight for it.
There were people in the ground whose eyes had turned blood red as they fiercely gazed at the cultivation technique on the auction stage.
There were also people arranging things with the people around them. It didn"t matter who bought the cultivation technique today, they would certainly face a b.l.o.o.d.y storm once they went out.
"Qing"er, we"re leaving." Ye Yu Xi let out a faint sigh from beneath the cloak as she pulled Qing"er who had sparkling eyes away.
"Ah? Young miss, we"re leaving like this? This is a top grade cultivation technique! The strongest cultivation technique in the Ye Manor is only at this level, are we not fighting for it?" Qing"er reluctantly looked at the cultivation technique on the stage. Her eyes were as fiery as the people around them.
Ye Yu Xi rolled her eyes at Qing"er. Although the other side could not see it, she helplessly said, "We only have this bit of gold coins, we can"t possibly steal this cultivation technique." There was another sentence Ye Yu Xi did not say to Qing"er. On the bookshelf in her chaotic s.p.a.ce, she would be able to casually grab a bunch of these cultivation techniques. There was no need to spend all the money they had for this single scroll.
As expected, just like Ye Yu Xi said, in the blink of an eye, the price of the cultivation technique had already reached seventy thousand gold coins!
"Old w.a.n.g, your family"s storage room was emptied, you should leave a bit to line your coffin with. Coming here and acting all important!" The Li Family Head had just given a bid for sixty five thousand and was immediately pressed down by the w.a.n.g Family Head.
The w.a.n.g Family Head"s face turned sinister. The amount lost from their store room being stolen was not small! It was because of this that they needed to buy this cultivation technique to solidify their influence. He gave a cold snort, "Your Li Family"s store room was also emptied out, stop trying to hide it. Which person in the city doesn"t know that in a fit of rage, you killed the families of all four store room guards."
In the private room on the second floor.
"Third highness, do we want it?" Mo Tian Chou tentatively asked the third prince.
The third prince was staring at Ye Yu Xi"s group of two. After observing for a while and not seeing those two bid, he said in an uncertain voice, "Tian Chou, do you think these two alchemist disciples do not like this cultivation technique, or like it, but do not have enough money?"
Being an alchemist was the most expensive occupation on the continent. There were many forces and powerful experts that asked alchemists for life extending pills or bottleneck breakthrough pills. To be able to exchange for a pill from an alchemist, one couldn"t move their heart no matter how much gold coins were given. The most simple method was to exchange items with alchemists. Various treasures and high level cultivation techniques flowed into the alchemists" hands and not only this, even if they exchanged items with the alchemist, they would still owe the alchemist a favor.
Mo Tian Chou considered this, "Replying to your highness, anyone would be moved by a top grade cultivation technique. I think these two mysterious girls do not have enough money because if they did, they wouldn"t need to auction pills."
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Ye Yu Xi led Qing"er to the Blood Asura Auction"s exchange place.
"The gold coins have already been deducted from the card. This Loyalty Pill requires a drop of your blood before it is fed to the slave, then the slave cannot go against the master"s orders." The auction staff expressionlessly handed a blood red pull over to the mysterious cloaked person in front of him.