Chapter 143 – The Dragon Scale Shield
Long Xiang Tian’s announcement had left a lot of people breathless, and the frenzied bidding process started again.
“Fifteen thousand spars!”
“Eighteen thousand spars!”
“Twenty thousand spars.”
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The price was rising at an alarming speed.
Soon, the life prolonging Dan’s price had already crossed fifty thousand spars, and now the bids were only being made by the powerful martial Sects.
“Fifty-thousand spars.” Luo Xiao Tian bid. His eyes were red, and he simply couldn’t wait to kill off his rivaling bidders.
Luo Xiao Tian’s bid was opposed by a ‘sixty thousand’ bid from the Ba Gua sect.
The bids were still being raised, and it was obvious that the life prolonging Dan was going to fetch a very high price.
“Eighty thousand spars!” Xuan Yuan Ling Feng from the Wu Ji Sect made his bid.
As the prices continued to rise, many of the Sects were forced to withdraw. Even though they didn’t wish to fall back, but were left with no other option, since they didn’t have enough financial backing to continue bidding.
“Eight five thousand spars.” The City’s Sect raised the bid again.
“Ninety thousand spars.” The rising sun Sect wasn’t willing to give up just yet.
“One hundred thousand spars!” the Tian Shui Sect was doing its part as well.
Finally, the compet.i.tion was left to the top-five sects of the Jiu Yu City. The top-five of the Jiu Yu City were the City’s Sect, The Rising Sun Sect, the Wu Ji Sect, the Tian Shui Sect, and the Quinyang Sect.
Once the price crossed a hundred thousand spars, even the top-five sects didn’t seem to be competing for the Dan with as much ferocity as they were earlier.
At this point, the heads of the top five sects looking at the counterparts, and were hoping that their allies, within the compet.i.tion, would back away from making any further bids.
In reality, they were all making the bids for the item with the hope of procuring it for their personal use, since the life prolonging Dan was a rare item.
Ling Xin Ya also wanted to buy the life prolonging Dan, but didn’t have enough resources to partic.i.p.ate in this bid, and was staring at the others enviously.
Bi Fan and the other Neimen disciples weren’t very interested in the life prolonging Dan, since they still had a lot of time left in their natural life span, and didn’t really feel the need to get an extra hundred years at this point. They just stared at their leaders as they continued to bid madly for the item.
The price was finally settled at the one hundred and eighty seven thousand spars, and the life prolonging Dan was eventually purchased by Xuan Yuan Ling Feng of the Wu Ji Sect.
Xuan Yuan Ling Feng was quite excited on procuring the life prolonging Dan, and continued to eye Luo Xiao Tian provocatively.
Lou Xiao Tian still wanted to buy the Dan, but was forced to back away due to lack of funds.
“The next item for today’s auction is top-grade armor! – A bladed armor. The price for this item is reserved at fifty thousand spars; bidders may increase the price by one thousand spars.” Long Xiang Tian announced in a loud voice.
Each item was being sold for a value much higher than its market price, and Long Xiang Tian seemed quite excited with the proceedings at this point, since he was bound to make a huge amount of profit at the end of the day.
Defensive equipment is always considered more valuable than weapons, because saving one’s life always takes priority.
In this world, no matter how strong you are, once you’re dead, you’re nothing.
The bladed armor was sky blue in color. The beautiful armor’s texture seemed to resemble the waves of an ocean.
This was a unis.e.x armor, and the eyes of all the men and women lit up upon seeing it.
Moreover, since it was a top-grade armor, its defensive capabilities were obviously quite good as well.
Bi Fan already had the sky-blue suit, and the soft armor, in his possession, which were more than sufficient for him. Unless he was faced with a ‘spirit’ grade weapon, his defense was more than taken care of.
Jing Feng was staring at the item, and his eyes were clearly expressing his desire for the armor on sale.
Unfortunately, the bladed armor was too expensive, and Jing Feng didn’t have enough money. It was simply impossible for him to partic.i.p.ate in this bid.
And unlike Bi Fan, Yu Qing Yang didn’t attach so much value to Jing Feng, which is why it was unlikely that he’d give Jing Feng a piece of an high grade armor like this one.
“Grandpa, can you help me buy that armor?” Luo Sheng asked with a shine in his eyes.
“Let’s see how it goes.” Luo Xiao Tian said in a calm voice.
Luo Xiao Tian had really spoilt Luo Sheng, and had already given him a high grade weapon to fight with.
Niemen disciples who had a high grade weapon, were usually from high cla.s.s families, or had received them from their Sects, or had obtained them over their adventures.
But for normal disciples, even a low-grade weapon is considered pretty good.
“Sixty thousand spars.” The outcries began.
“Seventy thousand spars!” the bladed armor seemed very much in demand, since people were raising the bids by ten thousand spars directly.
“Eighty five thousand spars!”
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The price quickly crossed a hundred thousand spars, and bids started to stagnate again.
The armor’s original value was probably around fifty or sixty thousand spars, but its present price had already doubled.
“One hundred and five thousand spars.” Luo Xiao Tian made his first bid.
Luo Sheng realized that Luo Xiao Tian’s bid wasn’t actively countered, and he started getting very excited. He was so ecstatic, that he didn’t even bother to look back at Jing Feng or Bi Fan to show his arrogance, like he normally would.
“One hundred and six thousand spars.” The Ba Gua Sect was afraid that bladed armor would enable the Quinyang Sect to improve their standing in the tournament, which is why they eventually made a counter bid.
Luo Xiao Tian hesitated for a long time and eventually gave up.
The bladed armor would have proved to be very useful, but was coming out to be too expensive.
The Ba Gua Sect finally captured the bladed armor, and Luo Sheng’s face was clearly depicting his disheartened and dejected state of mind.
“Ha ha!” Jing Feng smiled, but didn’t make any sarcastic comment, since there were a lot of outsiders present in the hall and he didn’t wish for their Sect’s internal strife to become public.
If Luo Sheng had been in his place, then he would have definitely made a remark.
As the auction proceeded through the afternoon hours, the event got even more interesting, since the auction house had saved the best items for the end, and nothing was being sold for less than ten thousand spars.
Until now, Bi Fan had only purchased the master key page to the Jade book, but the other Quinyang Sect disciple hadn’t been able to buy anything, since they didn’t have sufficient money.
The Quinyang Sect, however, had bought a lot of items, but was unlikely to hand them over to the disciples very easily.
“May I have your attention, please? We only have four more items left for today’s auction now, out of which three are high grade items, and the fourth is a damaged ‘spirit’ grade weapon. If you wish to make it yours, then this is your golden chance.” Long Xiang Tian announced in a sensationalizing tone.
The men with money sat up straight in their seats, as they prepared to make the bids.
As for the others, who didn’t have the money, they too were staring at the displays wide-eyed, since they wanted to see these items as well.
“A Dragon Scale Shield; this shield can be used for, both, attacking and defensive purposes. The price is reserved at one million spars. Please place your bids.” Long Xiang Tian stated.
The dragon scale shield was circular in shape, and was studded with saw tooth, which gleamed radiantly. These spiked-teeth looked quite sharp.
The Dragon scale shield’s surface was made of black colored dragon scales, which exuded a flamboyant light. It was quite obvious that the defensive strength of this shield was quite exceptional.
As Long Xiang Tian had correctly stated, this shield could be used to attack and defend at the same time, which made this items a very rare and precious treasure.
The shield seemed quite light in weight as well, and the eye b.a.l.l.s present in the room weren’t even blinking as everyone continued to stare the shield with desire.
“We need to buy this Dragon scale shield by all means, since it will greatly enhance our Sect’s strength.”
Almost all the leaders were carrying the same idea, and their eyes looked prepared for the fierce compet.i.tion they were about to face from the others.
“One point five million spars.” The Wu Ji Sect made the first bid, and directly raised the bid by half a million spars to demonstrate the domineering nature of their aspirations.
But the Wu Ji Sect wasn’t going to get this one so easily, and Xuan Yuan Ling Feng’s bid was countered by Luo Xiao Tian, who added another hundred thousand spars.
“Luo Xiao Tian, don’t even bother fighting for this one, it’s mine.” Xuan Yuan Ling Feng said in a cold voice.
“One point seven million spars.” The Ba Gua Sect wasn’t willing to be left out either.
“Two million!” the City’s sect raised the bid up further.
In this auction, the City’s Sect had bought several items so far. After all said and done, this was the area from which they handled their operations, which is why it was quite easy for them to transfer huge sums of money at any time.
“Two point two million spars.” The rising sun Sect made their bid, and it was evident that the bidding had just started.
“Two point three million spars!”
“Two-point four million spars!”
“I’ll give three million spars.”