Chapter 142: That~ The Treasure Was Fished Away... (1/2)
Chapter 142: That~ The Treasure Was Fished Away...
Translator: AstralGhostEditor: Kurisu
”1,000 spirit stones!”
”1,200 spirit stones!”
”1,500! My Mo family will be taking this talisman!”
A moment of silence pervaded the auction hall before a flurry of bids rang out! Bids of thousands of spirit stones were thrown out as though they were just common pebbles which could be found by the side of the road! Throughout the vast auction hall, only the influential people from the second and third level booths were bidding on the item.
The luxurious booths on the second and third levels hung high over the heads of the commoners at the bottom level. Without solid capabilities and vast assets, it was impossible to enter those levels!
As expected, the people at the lowest level did not participate in the fierce bidding at all. Rather, they seemed to be enjoying the spectacle. Normally, it was impossible to see so many influential clans together, not to mention witness a fight between them!
Finally, the sword talisman was sold to a large family clan for 3,000 pieces of low grade spirit stones! From hereon, that family clan would have a new trump card! In situations where life and death—even annihilation—loom, they could rely on this sword talisman to save the clan!
All the treasures that came out in the second part of the auction were extremely rare and precious. Even the influential Heavenly Treasures Pavilion had to spend an entire 10 years to prepare for this auction!
”The next item we will be bringing out is one of our main ten treasures to be auctioned today, a Foundation Establishment Pill!” Even the purple-robed old man could not hide the slight fluctuation in his voice as he continued, ”The owner of this pill had requested that our auction house only accept pills which can help increase Qi during the Qi refinement stages as bids.”
Everyone in the audience was staring at the stage with wide eyes and open mouths. What did they just hear? A Foundation Establishment Pill?! A Peak Qi Refinement stage expert could improve his chances of breaking through to Foundation Establishment by thirty percent just by eating this pill!
One must not look down on this 'mere' thirty percent success rate. This was already considered to be extremely high!
”Where did this wastrel come from? He would even take out a pill like this for auction?!”
An old man scolded darkly as he shook his head. Others would hide a pill like this with great care to consume it themselves when they reached the peak of Qi Refinement. But this fellow was really good. He actually directly took it out to auction it off!
”As expected of the Heavenly Treasures Pavilion, who would have thought that they would even have a treasure like this! We have to get this Foundation Establishment Pill at all costs! With it, perhaps the Old Ancestor could break through to the Foundation Establishment stage!
A middle-aged man's eyes were glimmering as he stood closer to the window of his third level booth. The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion never announced the main ten treasures of the auction. Thus, before the event, no one knew what the main treasures were going to be.
Right now, none of the great powers were able to remain calm with the appearance of a Foundation Establishment Pill!
A single Foundation Establishment Pill could mean the creation of a Foundation Establishment expert!
A Foundation Establishment expert had a lifespan of 200 years, and they could easily sweep aside tens of peak Qi Refinement experts as though they were flies! In essence, gaining a single Foundation Establishment expert was equal to having a stable Mt Tai supporting their clan, ensuring a crazy development speed for at least 200 years!
”You can start bidding now. If the final bid is deemed to be too low, the seller can choose to withdraw the item,” the old man stepped aside immediately after speaking, allowing the bidders to fight it out among themselves.
”10 bottles of Essence Qi Pills!” Someone shouted from the second floor booth.
”10 bottles of Xiantian Pills!”
”15 bottles of Qi Refinement Pills!”
”Then I'll offer 1...”
Countless bids of increasing value were thrown out by the large clans, causing the audience to fall into a slight daze.
”It's fine if it's just Essence Qi Pills. That stuff is only useful for cultivators below Qi Refinement stage 6. But Xiantian Pills and Qi Refinement Pills could be used all the way to the peak of Qi Refinement stage! These large clans have really deep pockets!” Someone said.
”Right, 15 bottles of Qi Refinement Pills are worth over 10,000 spirit stones!”
Towards the end, the large clans even began using their clans to pressure the others into giving up on bidding. Masked threats of 'I'm representing so-and-so clan', and 'my son is a disciple of this and that powerful sect' were now attached to the end of every bid.
The basic meaning behind all these words was obvious. I am very powerful, my clan is very powerful, and my son will also be very powerful in the future! Everyone else must let me have this pill!
”I'll bid 1 spirit stone. I'm taking this Foundation Establishment Pill!” Just as the large clans were fighting ferociously and flinging their wealth and power in each other's faces, a light voice sounded.
The originally noisy marketplace-like hall fell silent in a moment. The people in the higher booths all walked closer to their windows and looked out.