binnovel Chapter 306 Special Auction
Chapter 306 Special Auction
Chapter 306 Special Auction
So Mo Wen recounted everything he had heard to Master Fu. Since Mo Wen had met Master Fu in Xincheng that day and hadn't returned to Daxia, there were still many things he wasn't clear about. He also didn't know about the Soul Jade.
“It seems that the young master and the others guessed correctly. These people are indeed from a mysterious organization. But don’t worry, we don’t need to go to meet them. We can communicate with them here. You don’t know, the young master has many secrets, hehe!” After saying that, Fu Ye used the Soul Jade to contact Gan Ran and the others.
"How do you communicate? Do you use communication talismans?" Mo Wen asked, assuming that Fu Ye was thinking, since he didn't seem to be making any moves.
“No, we use Soul Jade. We only need to refine a set of specially made Soul Jade and store it in our sea of consciousness. Then, we leave the master token in the secret Soul Jade Center of Great Xia. We can then communicate with others who also possess Soul Jade at any time. I have already relayed this information to Brother Shi and the elders of Great Xia. They will discuss it and come up with a result, and then make the corresponding decision,” Mr. Fu said with a smile.
"It's already been sent out? I haven't seen you make any moves! Are you sure they've all received the message?" Mo Wen asked in surprise.
"Of course, and the people from Da Xia have already replied. They told me they would contact Brother Mu Bai and the others immediately to discuss countermeasures. Brother Shi and the others are also already discussing it, and they'll let me know when they have a result!"
"They made contact with the people in Daxia so quickly? And notified Gan Ran and the others at the same time. That's amazing! Give me a set of Soul Jade and I'll try it too!" If Mo Wen didn't trust Master Fu's character, he would never have been deceived. He would even suspect that Master Fu was lying.
“I don’t have this kind of Soul Jade on me, and even if I did, it wouldn’t be of any use to you. You need to leave the refined mother jade in the Soul Jade Center of Great Xia before you can use it. However, I can tell you how to use the Soul Jade now. This is a codebook for deciphering information. You need to imprint the codes and corresponding words recorded in it into your sea of consciousness. Then, compare it with the information received by the Soul Jade, and you will be able to get the information you want.”
The wealthy man pulled out his used codebook and handed it to Mo Wen, explaining the specific steps. However, without the Soul Jade, he could only roughly explain its working principle for now.
The auction had reached its climax. The auction house had already put forward many treasures, sparing no effort in explaining and promoting them, guiding buyers to continuously raise prices and compete for them. The participants in the auction were also aroused with a strong desire to buy, and when they saw something they liked, they were willing to spend money like water and raise prices wildly.
However, compared to the frenzy in the regular seats, the commotion in the upper-level private rooms was minimal, with only a few rooms occasionally seeing some bidding. There wasn't much activity. The wealthy man knew very well that the vast majority of those dozens of private rooms on the second floor were there for their items, but he had no idea what the final outcome would be.
"Next up is a special auction for this event. The treasures up for auction are items that everyone is very familiar with, but what we're auctioning today is different from what you usually own. Perhaps its intrinsic value isn't worth many gold coins, but its true significance lies in the fact that its appearance will rewrite the history of our Tianxuan Continent..."
The auctioneer paused for a moment, then looked around before speaking loudly:
"I know everyone is eager to know what treasure it is, so please welcome our chief appraiser, Elder Ran, to the stage so that he can unveil the mystery of this treasure for us!"
Before the auctioneer had even finished speaking, the audience had already begun to murmur amongst themselves.
"What mysterious treasure could possibly warrant the chief appraiser's personal intervention?"
"Worthless? Why would they put something worthless at an auction, and make it all so mysterious? What's with this auction house?"
"Is this some kind of silly scam to trick us out of our money?!"
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Just as everyone was whispering among themselves, Old Ran walked onto the treasure platform in a very eye-catching outfit. Although his eye for appraising treasures was extremely sharp, his attire was rather disappointing, ranging from elaborately decorated brocade robes to bizarrely striking long gowns. It was quite a surprise to everyone.
Whether it was because of his identity or his strange attire, from the moment he stepped onto the stage, the people below began to cheer loudly and even whistle.
Old Master Ran didn't mind. After standing on the stage, he clapped his hands towards the backstage area, and five very hot-bodied maids walked out of the passage.
Each of them had half-exposed delicate shoulders, snow-white skin, and lips as alluring as a bewitching potion. As soon as the five women stepped onto the stage, the noise in the auction hall abruptly ceased, replaced by countless sounds of swallowing saliva.
The five people stood in a row behind Old Man Ran, each holding a treasure box covered with a red cloth in both hands.
At this moment, Old Ran's hoarse voice rang out:
"Thank you all for your support. I am the chief appraiser of spiritual medicines at the Royal Auction House of Qin Kingdom, specializing in the appraisal of elixirs and herbs. My surname is Ran. The treasures to be auctioned today are somewhat special, so I am personally presiding over this auction."
After glancing around, Old Ran gestured for the first beautiful woman to step forward. He then continued:
"Because of the special nature of these treasures, I would like to auction them using a special method. This treasure box contains a pill. I will not tell you what kind of pill it is or its quality beforehand. I want to conduct a blind auction, and after the auction, the successful bidder will reveal what kind of pill it is. The starting price is one gold coin!"
"One gold coin? Are you kidding me?!"
"The entrance fee is ten gold coins, and you want me to auction off a pill worth only one gold coin! Are you out of your mind?!"
"That brocade box containing the pills is almost worth a gold coin, and the pills inside are made of mud? Mud pills are indeed very special! Haha..."
"Are you kidding me? Old man, your way of thinking is quite unique!"
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As soon as Old Ran finished speaking, the auction hall erupted in chaos, filled with shouts and sarcastic remarks. It's understandable why these people thought this way; after all, everything auctioned on the Hundred Treasures Platform was a rare and valuable item. One gold coin was a considerable sum for ordinary people, enough to cover half a year's living expenses if used sparingly. But for those who could afford to buy an admission ticket for ten gold coins, one gold coin was utterly insignificant, and the idea of auctioning something worth only one gold coin would be laughable. Items worth a few or tens of gold coins shouldn't even be auctioned.
Old Master Ran watched the jeers and curses of the crowd with a calm expression, as if he had known this would happen beforehand. The five maids holding the brocade boxes, however, were somewhat unsettled. Although their professional conduct required them to remain composed in the face of chaos, they were still extremely uncomfortable in this unprecedented situation. Especially since they were the highest-ranking maids in the auction house, and the treasures they usually carried were priceless, worth hundreds of thousands or even millions. Ordinary treasures worth a few thousand or tens of thousands weren't even worth their time. But today, this old man had actually summoned all five of them to auction items worth only a few gold coins, items whose very nature they didn't know. This made them feel utterly humiliated.
After waiting for a while, Elder Ran used his profound skill to say:
"Please be quiet, everyone. Filming will begin now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the chaotic noise immediately ceased. After all, most of the people at the auction were ordinary martial artists, with over 90% of them having cultivation levels below the Earth Rank. Some were simply wealthy tycoons or officials with very low cultivation levels. Elder Ran's use of his Heaven Rank Level 2 profound energy to silence the crowd was quite effective. However, Elder Ran was adept at this kind of control, managing the intensity and timing perfectly, both calming the noise and ensuring that no one felt uncomfortable.
"I'll bid one hundred gold coins for this elixir!"
At that moment, a loud voice came from a private room on the second floor.
"One hundred gold coins! To spend one hundred gold coins directly on a pill of unknown quality, that's incredibly generous! Even a rare ordinary Heavenly Profound Pill is rarely worth that much!"
"That's true, a pill with a starting bid of only one gold shell can't possibly be that rare and precious Heavenly Profound Pill!"
"This has increased the price a hundredfold! This is probably the fastest price ever seen in an auction! How can anyone compete with this? Although a hundred gold coins isn't much, it's probably not worth paying any higher!"
After the 100 gold coins were ordered from the private room upstairs, no one dared to follow suit; they just discussed it amongst themselves.
"Any more bids? One hundred gold coins per bid..."
"One hundred gold shells twice!"
"One hundred gold coins for three bids, sold! Congratulations to Prince Geng for winning the first elixir in the Tianxuan Continent! Please invite Your Highness to the Hundred Treasures Platform to personally witness this moment that will be recorded in history!"
"What? He just said it was the first elixir of the Tianxuan Continent? What does that mean? It's even recorded in history?"
"What nonsense! Who can prove that it was the first pill on the Tianxuan Continent? How many years has the Tianxuan Continent existed? Even if someone could prove it, it would probably have turned to ashes by now!"
"This old man must be insane! He's supposed to be the chief appraiser of spiritual herbs in Qin Kingdom, but he's more like the number one mad appraiser."
The murmurs among the ordinary seats grew louder. Just then, a middle-aged man in a yellow-trimmed official robe, exuding an air of distinction, emerged from the private box and approached the treasure table. Upon seeing this man, the people below immediately fell silent, all watching intently as he removed the red cloth from the brocade box. Old Master Ran stood respectfully to the side, observing.
"A Detoxifying Pill! This is the lowest grade Detoxifying Pill. Elder Ran, you called us here just to auction this off?"
The middle-aged man held a pill in his hand and presented it to Elder Ran, speaking with a hint of anger.
“Indeed, this is indeed a detoxifying pill, but Your Highness, didn’t you notice anything different about it?” Old Man Ran ignored the middle-aged man’s question.
The middle-aged man raised the pill in his hand with some skepticism and examined it carefully.
"The pill is soft and translucent, and it seems to be of better quality than the pills we usually sell. Even if it is a Heavenly Profound level pill, it's not a reason to put it up for auction, after all, it's just a very basic level pill!"
"It seems that Prince Geng has some discerning eye, recognizing at a glance that it is a Heavenly Profound-level pill. Your Highness is right, even if it is a Heavenly Profound-level pill, it is not worth putting it up for auction, after all, it is just a Detoxification Pill."
Old Ran smiled slightly, then took the pill from the middle-aged man, held it up, turned around, and loudly addressed the crowd below the stage:
"But it has another special identity. It is the first Heavenly Profound-level Detoxification Pill to appear on the Heavenly Profound Continent. I would like to ask everyone here, has anyone seen a Heavenly Profound-level Detoxification Pill before? No, right? So just because it is the first Heavenly Profound-level Detoxification Pill to appear on the Heavenly Profound Continent, it is worth auctioning! What do you say, Prince Geng?"
The middle-aged man nodded thoughtfully.
"However, the reason I am personally presiding over this auction today is not for that reason, but because it was refined by the alchemists of our Tianxuan Continent! It is the first truly meaningful Tianxuan Pill ever produced on our Tianxuan Continent!"
"Old Ran said excitedly."
After hearing what Elder Ran said, the room erupted in an uproar!
"Are you sure this was made by an alchemist from the Tianxuan Continent?!"
Even the previously composed Prince Geng was taken aback after hearing Elder Ran's words! He even doubted whether he had misheard. If this news was true, it would be nothing short of an earthquake for the alchemist world, and even for the entire Xuan Realm, it would be a momentous event with far-reaching consequences that could potentially affect the entire landscape of the Tianxuan Continent.
At this moment, not only were the martial artists in the ordinary seats excited, but even the people in the fifty-nine private rooms on the second floor couldn't help but stand up and stare at Elder Ran on the stage, and at the small detoxification pill in Elder Ran's hand.
"It's absolutely true, and I can tell you all that the person who refined these pills is not a member of the Alchemist Association. Moreover, before this, he rarely refined pills, and even didn't want to. Refining these pills was purely an accidental impulse. It is said that he refined nine batches of pills in a row, obtaining sixty-five pills. Among them, two batches of Spirit Gathering Pills yielded thirteen pills, and seven batches of Detoxifying Pills yielded fifty-two pills, all of which were of medium to high grade."
He had originally intended to attempt refining some high-grade Spirit Gathering Pills, but even after two batches, he hadn't achieved his goal, only obtaining thirteen mid-to-high-grade Spirit Gathering Pills. He then felt his technique might not be refined enough, so he switched to refining the simpler Detoxifying Pills. However, after seven batches, not a single one met his expectations; not a single batch produced nine pills, and not a single high-grade pill. In a fit of anger, he smashed the cauldron and stormed off!
Whether he will continue refining pills in the future, no one knows. But he has at least proven to the entire continent that our Tianxuan Continent can also refine Tianxuan-level pills!
"I apologize, but due to the seller's request, I cannot reveal the name of the master who refined these pills here, nor can I elaborate on his legendary story. We will be auctioning fifty-nine of his pills, including fifty Detoxifying Pills and nine Spirit Gathering Pills. If anyone has any doubts about these pills, please bid on one to verify them yourself. Next, we will proceed with the auction of the second Heavenly Profound-grade Detoxifying Pill!"
"Haha, if what you say is true, this is indeed a Heavenly Profound Pill produced in the Heavenly Profound Continent, then it's worth it!" Prince Geng laughed heartily as he carefully placed the Detoxifying Pill he had purchased into a jade bottle, then packed it away in a brocade box.
"I'll offer one hundred gold coins for this detoxifying pill!"
At that moment, someone from another private room on the second floor also shouted out.
"Is it Prince Qin who made the offer? Hehe, I'll bid two hundred gold coins for this detoxifying pill!"
A slightly languid voice came from a private room not far away.