The Journey To Become The Strongest
Chapter 4 — Auction
Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran were standing at the entrance of the auction. They wore black robes to cover their identity.
Before the bodyguard had time to ask Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran, Lian Huanran immediately said, “VIP room no. 7.”
The bodyguard quickly responded, “Code.”
Lian Huanran, “Blue.”
The bodyguard directly lowered his head slightly filled with respect, “Please come with me. Mr Cultivator.”
Lian Huanran followed Lian Haocun behind him instantly rushing following the bodyguards past the auction entrance towards the VIP Room no. 7.
The passageway through which Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran passed was filled with objects that gave off a sense of luxury and elegance. The floor of the hallway also complements each other with objects in the hallway. Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran could feel an aura of luxury just by walking down the hall.
Soon Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran arrived at VIP Room no. 7 with bodyguard guidance.
“I excuse me first.” The bodyguard lowered his head again and immediately left.
The VIP room door had a number 7 on its gold-colored plate. As he approached to open the door, there was a pleasant smell of wood.
Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran entered the room that looked luxurious and elegant with a large glass in the middle of the room. The glass was used to look at the items being auctioned. Glass is a type of glass that can only see clearly outside, but no one can see from the outside. There sat a man in his robe that was light blue and white.
Lian Huanran opened the hood blocking her face and said, “Teacher.” Followed by Lian Haocun who also opened his hood and greeted Shen Wenhuan in an indifferent tone as usual.
“Sit.” Soon Lian Huanran and Lian Haocun were sitting on the sofa opposite Shen Wenhuan's sofa.
Shen Wenhuan put down the tea he drank and said, “The rumor will be that there will be a good quality ‘very rare' sword that will be auctioned today. Do you want this sword, Haocun?”
Of course Lian Haocun had heard these rumors as well while walking around Pascima City, but he replied, “I can't determine before looking at it.”
Shen Wenhuan nodded his head in understanding.
Not long after Shen Wenhuan made small talk asking about Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran's short trip in Pascima City, the auction began.
On the Auction Platform appeared a woman in a rabbit costume as well as wearing a mask that gave a mysterious impression to her and gave a cheerful opening greeting,
“Happy Afternoon, gentlemen and Miss Cultivators. Pascima City Auction to begin!”
Cheerful cheers were heard after the opening greeting which could be considered very short, as normally the Auction Host would give a long speech regarding the auction.
“Don't just underestimate the woman.” Shen Wenhuan.
“She is a Cultivator at the Core Formation stage.” Shen Wenhuan.
Lian Huanran nodded in response to her Master's words, “Of course the Auction Host cannot be an ordinary person. If the auction item is stolen it will definitely cause a decline in the reputation of the auction house.”
Hearing this Lian Haocun nodded approvingly making Lian Huanran excited and chattering a few words. “Auction will begin.”
Only after Lian Haocun said that did Lian Huanran notice the auction. After all this was the first time Lian Huanran had been at the auction so she was a little curious and excited. Although it seemed like after a while, he would complain about the auction that was only taking his time.
“The first item to be auctioned today is the Foundation Stage Pill, surely many Master and Miss Cultivators know its usefulness, but this good host will introduce her again. The Foundation Stage Pill was a tier 2 pill that Qi Refining stage 9 Cultivators used to increase the chances of breaking through to the Foundation Building stage.
But there was something different about this pill, this Pill could not only break through but also strengthen the foundation. Of course the Cultivator Fellow knows, right? That if using pills to break through, the foundation for the stage would be unstable, but if eating these pills, not only could break through safely, but also made the foundation even more solid. Not only that, these Pills are also high-grade!”
Various whispers were heard on the benches for all the auction members who were not VIPs.
“Pil is not bad.” Shen Wenhuan commented after observing the pill.
Lian Haocun also nodded approvingly to Shen Wenhuan, “If we have a connection with the Alchemist who made this pill, it would be good.”
Almost all Cultivators know having a connection with a famous Alchemist is a blessing. There are many uses to having a connection with an Alchemist. Moreover, the Alchemists in the Afer Continent could be counted with 3 fingers, which meant that it was extremely rare.
After all the elements needed to become an Alchemist were not just one, but two. Thus alchemists became extremely rare, but not only because alchemists were extremely rare, to become alchemists required talent and luck because the path to becoming an alchemist was very difficult to pursue.
“The auction for the Foundation Stage Pill begins. Started at 20,000 Gold Price!” Shouted The Auction Host. Soon a lot of bargaining noises,
“25.000!”
“30.000!”
“45.000!”
“55.000!”
Immediately after the sound from VIP Room No. 2, the auction attendees below fell silent.
Until someone breaks the silence by whispering, “It is better not to offend Li Family Member.”
Some auction participants around immediately agreed, “Iya, yes. The Li family is one of the richest families in Pascima City. Better not to offend him.”
“Not only that ah. The Li Family was also a Class 2 Family among the entire family in the Afer.” Continent
After no one bids the price again within 2 minutes. The host of the show facial expression 'As predicted’,
“55.000! 1 Time. 55,000! 2 times. 55,000! 3 times. Sold to VIP Room Buyer no. 2!”
“Truly Local Tyrant!” Lian Huanran cried in the VIP Room No. 7.
“However it is still in a reasonable price added with a very rare Alchemist.” Comments by Shen Wenhuan.
“Iya, but the reputation of the Li Family is what makes the price does not soar higher. No one wants to offend a family of class 2.” Lian Haocun commented in a cold tone.
Shen Wenhuan agreed with Lian Huanran.
As long as the three of them discussed, the auction had already continued with the second item. It took me a long time to get to the end of the auction.
Lian Huanran kept complaining during that time, “No really interesting stuff. Boring.”
“This is the highlight of our auction. You see this sword? This is a very rare Quality Sword that is rarely found...”.
“The sword is not bad.” Lian Haocun's comment to the elegant black-colored sword with a blood-red stone on its handle.
Lian Huanran also agreed to Lian Haocun's words, “Whatever Big Brother said must be good.”
“You want it?” Shen Wenhuan asked.
Lian Haocun nodded.
“But you must be careful this sword has a very strong killing aura. Either this has been like this since it was made or because it was used for murder many times.”
Said Shen Wenhuan listening to the Auction Show Bearer who released a barrier around the sword so that his killing aura spread throughout the auction venue. Lian Haocun nodded again, while Lian Huanran started raving about the black sword.
“Very rare Quality Sword Auctions start from 1,000,000 gold!”
The price the Host mentioned made Lian Huanran shocked to the point that her voice trembled,
“Ka-a-kak, 1,000,000 gold!? Even my arrow alone is only 500,000 gold. It really robbed money!”
Lian Haocun only glanced at Lian Huanran indifferently while Shen Wenhuan began to explain,
“It's still a reasonable price. This is a sword with quality ‘Very Rare’. Of course the price will not be cheap.”
While Shen Wenhuan explained to Lian Huanran, the various other auction attendees bid prices continuously.
“Many other auctioneers are targeting this sword.” Comment by Lian Haocun.
Shen Wenhuan said, “Of course. This should have been the thing that attracted many auction attendees today. We should feel lucky that the auction of Pascima City is not very famous to the entire continent. Otherwise the price will go up very high.”
After saying so, Shen Wenhuan started bidding, “5,000,000.”
Many of the bidding participants were shocked to hear the price that had already exceeded their budget, originally only 3,500,000 gold, but the person from the VIP Room no. 7 raised the price to a stage that almost all auction attendees could not reach, except for a few wealthy families and wealthy cultivators. The Li family and a few other auction participants still had not given up on bidding the price so the price still rose higher,
“5.100.000!”
“5.500.000!”
“6.500.000!”
“7.000.000!”
After up to 7,000,000 no other auctioneers bidding the price made the Li Family think the sword was already in their hands.
Shen Wenhuan bids again, “8,000,000.”
Lian Huanran was so shocked that her eyeballs almost popped out of her eyes upon hearing the price Shen Wenhuan had bid for. After that, the Li Family was silent. Obviously it was already a price beyond their budget plus they also bought a lot of the previous stuff at a fairly high price. It was feared that there was no money left on their auction cards.
To purchase items at the auction, auction participants must fill the auction card with the money they have, so that if the price has exceeded the limit of money contained on the card, the auction participant can not bid again.
Auction card in the form of elegant black rectangular cards. The amount of money on the auction card is listed in the middle of the auction card, with a spell, the amount of money listed on the card changes according to the amount of money the card has.
There were once some people who wanted to sabotage the auction card to display a number higher than the actual amount of money, he said, although successful the auction recorded the amount of money that the auction participant had in the auction card until the plan failed. Of course the name recorded can be disguised as a code if the identity of the person does not want to be known by others.
“8.000.000! 1 time. 8,000,000 2 times. 8,000,000! 3 times! Goods sold to the auction participants of VIP Room No. 7! For the participants of the VIP Room auction can stay in the room waiting for the items you buy brought by the waiter. As for Non-VIP participants can go to a public place of payment to pay and take goods. See you, Master and Miss Cultivator!”
Upon notification, the Auction Host disappeared.
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