Chapter 256: Huge Profits (1/2)

In a palace above a cloud, a beautiful female cultivator with an extraordinary aura slowly opened her eyes and woke up from her nap.

She tapped her finger lightly in front of her, and a cloud immediately transformed into a mirror of profound light. The scene inside gradually became clear, and the scene of the Myriad Sun Building's auction appeared.

”Cloud guards.”

The woman called out lazily, and a cloud immediately gathered in front of her.

Two cultivators in white appeared out of nowhere. The two cloud guards did not say a word and knelt on one knee in front of the woman.

”Investigate the cultivators in the second-rate VIP room No. 73 of the Myriad Sun Building.”

”Yes!”

After acknowledging, they turned into clouds and dispersed again, as if they had never appeared.

The auction house was supposed to have the obligation to protect the privacy and safety of its customers, but in the face of the pressure of some large forces, even if it was a matter of principle, privacy might not be so absolute.

The woman's eyes passed through the Profound Light Mirror and glanced at a certain Foundation Establishment cultivator in the image. Only then did she wave her hand to let the Profound Light disperse. She used her slender palm to hold her face and fell into a satisfied slumber again.

”He possesses Merit Blessing and is surrounded by Dao essence that does not dissipate. What an interesting person.”

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”Guests, may I know your seats?”

Jiang Li and the others followed the path that was surrounded by misty clouds until they walked into the auction venue. A beautiful Qi Refinement realm maidservant walked over quickly and asked with a sweet and business-like voice.

Jiang Li did not answer and directly handed over the exquisite VIP card.

When the maidservant saw the color of the card, her attitude became even more respectful. She bowed slightly and said softly.

”Guests, you are level-two guests. Please follow me.”

After she finished speaking, she hurriedly led the way while Jiang Li and the others followed behind.

It was indeed quite tiring for Qi Refinement realm maidservants to work in such a place.

The venue was really too huge. Cultivators with insufficient levels would have to spend a lot of time walking.

After traveling for nearly half an hour in the passageway that emitted a slight fragrance, they stopped near the auction platform.

Second-rate VIP room, No. 73.

As Jiang Li walked into the spacious VIP room, the soles of his Cloud-Treading Boots stepped on the carpet that was covered in exquisite fur. The soft feeling made him unconsciously feel comfortable.

This was the feeling of being pampered.

In front of the VIP room was a one-way, transparent, full-length crystal.

Through the crystal window, the cultivators inside could see the auction stage 300 steps away from them from a good angle.

At this distance, high-level cultivators could clearly see the flapping wings of mosquitoes. It did not pose much obstruction.

If this crystal window was activated with spiritual qi, it could also zoom in on the scene in the distance.

Looking down at the chairs of the third-grade guests and ordinary competitors, he sighed again. This was the difference.

Fortunately, he had chosen to enter the Scripture Storage Valley back then and walk the path of a core disciple of a righteous sect.

If he chose to become a rogue cultivator or join some small sects, he might become very strong. However, he should be sitting on the chair below now.

”Guests, please take a break here. If you need anything, please inform the service staff at any time. We will do our best to satisfy the needs of our esteemed guests.”

As soon as the female cultivator finished speaking, the door of the other room next to theirs was pushed open.

Two maidservants with messy hair and disheveled clothes escaped from inside and ran away while stumbling a little.

The maidservants' faces flushed red. Clearly, this service was also included in the request.

”Please find us an appraiser to do a price evaluation. We have something that we want to bid in the auction.”

Jiang Li did not make things difficult for her. He waved his hand and let her leave.

”Alright… alright, sir. Please wait a moment.”

As long as the goods were assessed by the Myriad Sun Building, they could temporarily add them to the auction.

However, compared to the items given in advance, such a temporary auction would have a certain disadvantage.

This was because the items given in advance would be attached to the list of invitations and seen by others.

Cultivators who needed it would specially rush over and prepare in advance. Naturally, they could bid higher prices.

However, they had already sorted out the list of items before Jiang Li found out about this, so he could only do this.

The maidservant lowered her head and left. Not long after, there was a knock on the door of the VIP room.

After opening the door, an appraiser carrying a professional appraisal toolbox entered their room.

”Sirs, what do you want to auction? I am a high-level appraiser of the Myriad Sun Building.”

As soon as this high-level appraiser entered the room, his sharp gaze quickly swept past Jiang Li. His gaze only paused on his shoes and Great Mountain Robe for an instant.

It could be seen that this was indeed an experienced appraiser. His eyes would involuntarily look at the artifacts on others.

However, the actual good things that Jiang Li had were not easily seen by others.

The old appraiser arranged some of the artifacts used to test the auction items on the table, and then he waited for Jiang Li to take out the items.

Jiang Li did not speak. He raised his hand and waved it, and a heavy humanoid figure smashed onto the table.

”Corpses?”

Smelling a faint corpse smell, the old appraiser was slightly stunned. It was not that there were no people who auctioned corpses these days, but there were definitely not many.

He raised his eyes to look, but his gaze was covered in the color of blood as a wisp of surprise and bewilderment flashed through his eyes.

He gently brushed his hand across the bright red flower petals and placed it at the tip of his nose to sniff. Immediately, he said in surprise.

”This is… the spider lily!?”

The characteristics of the spider lily were obvious, and its appearance was almost unique. However, he still found it unbelievable because there were too many spider lilies.

”Yes.”

Jiang Li nodded slightly and spoke in a flat voice, ”I believe you're not unfamiliar with the effects of the spider lily. Help me estimate the value of the starting bid.”

”Wait, wait. I have to test it again.”

The old appraiser had already confirmed that this was a spider lily, but he seemed to have discovered something else.

He carefully separated the dense flowers and carefully examined the corpse below.

”According to the current market trend, a fresh spider lily should be priced around 300 low-grade spirit stones.”

”Sir, there are a total of 733 flowers here. Their quality is indeed top-notch. The base price should be above 200,000 low-grade spirit stones.”