Chapter 584: Auction Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In the instant that Gu San Sheng prepared to explode, Gu Qi had already activated its spirit power ability. The defensive capability of the blood-red bell was directly used to contain Gu San Sheng, delaying the explosion by tens of seconds, allowing it to escape from the blast zone.
As long as it wasn"t in the direct blast zone, even the self-destruction of a Thousand Year King would not be able to harm Gu Qi much.
"JIII!"
Gu Qi raised its head and roared to the sky, its voice ringing out in all directions as if it was declaring its own strength.
Large droplets of silverish blood dropped from the corners of Gu Qi"s mouth. When its spirit power ability had been destroyed by Gu San Sheng"s self-destruction, Gu Qi had also received some injuries. However, this bit of injury was not anything much.
At this time, Han Bing and the rest were as quiet as cicadas in the dead of winter, not daring to move even the smallest finger for fear of attracting the Demonic Beast"s attention.
Finished, everything is finished.
Han Bing eyes were lifeless as he stared at the scene. All his confidence and courage had already been thoroughly flattened, and the army that he had been so proud of had also been scattered.
Gu Qi snorted and looked around before walking off into the far distance. With just a few steps, it"d already disappeared from everyone"s view.
"The Lu Family is really completely unstoppable now; even the city lord has been killed."
"Right now, the Lu Family is the true number one family of San Chuan City. After they take over the City Lord Manor and take away their resources, even if their foundations are not as strong as the previous city lord"s, they would have similar strength."
The crowd began to gasp and whisper among themselves. This time, the skies of San Chuan City were truly going to change.
At the same time, the ruthlessness of the Lu Family was also exceedingly shocking. With the Zeng Family destroyed, no one knew who would be next. Everyone was behaving cautiously, afraid that the blade would drop onto their necks next.
"Ji-ji!"
Gu Qi"s figure appeared in the sky, and with a few flashes, it landed lightly at the Lu Family Manor. Seeing the group of people waiting for it in the yard, it squeaked lightly a few times.
Seeing this, Bei Feng didn"t know if he should laugh or cry. The others might not understand this gangster rabbit"s meaning, but Bei Feng knew it very well. Gu Qi was rather excited right now, and was flaunting its abilities with a proud look on its face.
"Lu Bu, I"ll be troubling you with the matters after this. Quickly take over the city lord"s businesses. If anyone dares to try any sneaky tricks, just kill them directly."
"Yes."
Lu Bu nodded and brought the armadillo and Han Kui away, along with eight warriors of the guards team, departing immediately.
Bei Feng turned around, and said, "Lu Bing, you"ll be in charge of informing the other large families. Three days from now, our Lu Family will be hosting an auction, and all of them are invited to it. The items auctioned will be the Zeng Family"s and the City Lord Manor"s properties and businesses."
"Yes."
Lu Bing"s face was as cold as ice, without any expression. If she didn"t open her mouth, it was easy for others to overlook her completely.
The moment she spoke, everyone else felt a s.h.i.+ver traveling down their spines. For some reason, they felt a deep chill when they looked at Lu Bing.
Looks like Lu Bing is also close to breaking through to the Thousand Year King realm. If she"s slow, it will be at most half a month; if she"s fast, she will probably break through in three to five days.
Bei Feng instantly understood Lu Bing"s state with just a glance. Her aura was on the verge of transforming, and two-thirds of her blood Qi had already turned silver. When her blood Qi had all been transformed into silver blood, she could attempt to charge through to the Thousand Year King realm.
Nodding his head, Bei Feng walked back inside. From the looks of things, he was also close to breaking through soon.
Bei Feng paused for a moment before disappearing from their sights, saying, "If there"s nothing important, do not disturb me."
Time pa.s.sed, and three days pa.s.sed in the blink of an eye. In these three days, everyone in the Lu Family remained extremely agitated and excited. Everyone"s faces were wreathed in smiles which did not relent even when they were sleeping.
All the a.s.sets of the Zeng Family and the City Lord Manor had been completely cleaned out in these three days. This was thanks to the help of other factions who wished to curry favor with the Lu Family. Otherwise, it would be difficult to accomplish so much in just three days.
At the center of the city"s business district, there was a huge structure which could house tens of thousands people. At this time, into the doors of this structure was flowing an endless line of people.
Not only had the large families ranked at the top of the city come, a large number of people had also come to join in the fun.
"Sigh, I wonder if it"s good or bad luck. I really can"t figure out what the Lu Family is trying to do."
"Don"t worry, I"m sure the Lu Family won"t dare to fight against all of us."
"I heard that the Lu Family doesn"t even intend to stay in San Chuan City, which is why they are selling off the Zeng Family"s businesses."
Members from the prominent families of the San Chuan City had gathered to discuss the ongoing issues.
"Impossible! Even if they are not staying San Chuan City, they can still benefit from those businesses, so why would the Lu Family sell them?
"Exactly, as long as you leave some people to handle them, the annual profits would be worth more than the businesses when sold off."
The moment those words came out, the others began to laugh in a mocking manner. n.o.body believed that the Lu Family would be willing to leave San Chuan City just like that, and simply took those words as a joke.
Lu Bing had not said too much to those large families, and had only informed them about the auction in three days, which was why these people all arrived in such a confused manner.
"Silence."
The lights darkened inside the hall, leaving only the stage lit as someone from the Lu Family stood on an elevated platform.
"Everyone, we, the Lu Family, don"t plan to stay in San Chuan City, so we will sell our businesses to the highest bidders."
It was Lu Baiyu who stood on the stage and faced the various families of San Chuan City.
"Oh? What is the Lu Family planning exactly? Why would they want to sell off the businesses…"
"This is our chance! Since the Zeng Family and City Lord Manor have fallen, we should take over their profitable businesses. It would definitely benefit our family greatly."
"Since the two strongest parties of our city have been removed, there is a chance for us to grow. Once we have our own Thousand Year King, the city would be our playground!"
Everyone was hyped up after hearing the announcement.
After all, n.o.body wanted to have someone powerful sitting above their heads!
At that moment, it meant that there would be no Thousand Year King left in San Chuan City after the Lu Family left.
"This time, the auction will be conducted using spirit stones. The first business to be auctioned off is Demonic Beast Hall, starting at 3,000 low-grade spirit stones."
Lu Baiyu started the auction.
One low-grade spirit stone was worth 10,000 HCD, one middle-grade spirit stone was worth 100,000, and one high-grade spirit stone was worth 1,000,000 HCD.
The Demonic Beast hall was the main business of the City Manor, in charge of training Scarlet Demonic Beast horses.
"Demonic Beast Hall, ah! There are over 10,000 Scarlet horses, which is enough to outfit an entire army. Those horses are useful even if one reared them to sell or to use for themselves."
"How does the Lu Family bear to sell it?"
People standing below the stage discussed fervently.
"10,000 low-grade spirit stones!"
One family immediately bidded. Tens of thousands of scarlet Demonic Beast Horses were completely worth that price.
"12,000!"
"15,000!"
More and more families started to join in the bidding.
As the businesses were being auctioned one by one, the crowd below became more and more excited at each juncture.
Lu Baiyu, on the other hand, was rather unhappy. The bids were not as good as what he had expected. He, too, could not understand why Bei Feng insisted on selling off the businesses rather than managing them themselves.
"The last item is a King-grade cultivation technique. This is a cultivation technique that one can train from First layer Hundred Year realm to the peak of the Thousand Year King realm. Bidding will start at 10,000 high-grade spirit stones!"
Lu Baiyu"s jade-like lips twitched when he heard this. A King-grade cultivation technique?! Even if one could only train to the peak of the Thousand Year King realm, one could not deny the value of this cultivation technique. This could have been the main cultivation technique of the Lu Family, but it ended up being sold away just like that…
"What?! King-grade cultivation technique!"
"Has the Lu Family gone mad?"
"Hurry! Contact the old ancestor! Regardless of the price, we must secure this cultivation technique!"
"Sell our a.s.sets and the spirit herbs and pills! If that"s not enough, sell the family treasures off as well. We must secure this cultivation technique at all costs!"
Everyone was going crazy. A King-grade cultivation technique was incredibly rare. The cultivation techniques that normal cultivators used were simply those that were widely available, and they were useless once a person reached the peak of the Hundred Year realm.
But this cultivation technique was capable of letting a person cultivate all the way to peak Thousand Year King realm! It was impossible not to be agitated. By cultivating with a King-grade cultivation technique, one could raise the probability of reaching the Thousand Year King realm by over 30 percent!
Just that 30 percent increase was already enough for these large families that never had a Thousand Year King in their families to bid with everything they had!
The special thing about King-grade cultivation techniques was that only an expert who had cultivated to the peak of the Thousand Year King realm using the cultivation technique had the qualifications to record their comprehensions into the jade slip, forming a portion of the King-grade cultivation technique!
The number of uses the legacy jade slips could bear was also different depending on the cultivator who made it. Typically, such legacy jade slips could only be used three times, after which the legacy would disappear.
And this time, the auction was exactly selling off the last legacy chance in this King-grade cultivation technique jade slip. After that single use, the jade slip would shatter apart.
The patriarch of a large family stood up and roared, "30,000 high-grade spirit stones!"
As he said that, the aura of a half-step Thousand Year King realm surged out from his body.
"31,000 high-grade spirit stones!" Another large family"s patriarch also stood up, not appearing any weaker.
This last item was being contested over by the large families, causing the small families to only be able to watch with red eyes as the others fought among themselves.
The number of families that had the strength to partic.i.p.ate in this level of bidding was only five or six. These few families had old legacies of their own, and they had even had ancestors who were Thousand Year Kings in the past. Although they had already weakened greatly now, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse!
After so many generations of acc.u.mulation, they had also saved up a substantial foundation!