As she spoke, Zhuge Jing lightly raised her jade-like hand, and the lights on the stage immediately shone in unison toward a certain spot.
What appeared before everyone was a small white porcelain bottle. At the sight of it, the crowd's eyes instantly grew much hotter.
"I believe everyone has already heard something about the contents of this little porcelain bottle.
That's right—it is a fourth-grade medicinal pill, the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill!
The Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill starts at one million!"
With a smiling face, Zhuge Jing opened with an outrageously high bid. Her price made everyone below the stage shudder.
"Pfft...
Cough, cough. She's clearly trying to fleece people, and she's doing it viciously..."
The true value of the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill was only around seven hundred thousand gold coins, yet this woman had gone straight for the throat.
Hearing that price, Xiao Xuan spat out the tea he had just taken into his mouth. He could not help baring his teeth as he secretly shook his head.
Women in business really did devour people without leaving even the bones behind.
Although Zhuge Jing's quoted price briefly quieted the atmosphere in the auction hall,
some people soon began competing frantically for it.
After all, in front of a beauty, they would rather die than lose face!
"One million and fifty thousand!"
A young man whose brain seemed to have been flooded held a jade fan. After striking what he believed was a refined and elegant pose, he cleared his throat and called out loudly.
After naming his price, the man deliberately smiled at Zhuge Jing, then smugly tossed his head, intending to win her over with that little flourish.
His heart was bleeding, yet his expression remained calm. Still, his lecherous eyes were fixed tightly on Zhuge Jing's full breasts, and drool unconsciously trickled from the corner of his mouth.
Seeing the man's ugly display, Zhuge Jing dearly wished she could go up and slap him a few times.
Yet her lovely face maintained its perfect smile as she chuckled toward the crowd. "This young master bids one million and fifty thousand. Is there anyone willing to offer more?"
Once someone took the lead, those who followed naturally rushed in one after another.
As cries of ever-higher bids rang out, the smile on Zhuge Jing's lovely face grew increasingly radiant.
After ten minutes of bidding, the first auction item, the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, finally stopped at the lofty price of one million, five hundred and ten thousand.
"One million, five hundred and ten thousand..."
Were these people's brains squeezed in a door crack, throwing away money just to win a beauty's smile?
Women had their own advantages too.
Xiao Xuan stroked his chin and pondered inwardly. The price of a single auction item was already this high; he truly did not know how intense the competition for the upcoming items would become.
Zhuge Jing looked over the crowd below and smiled charmingly. With a wave of her jade-like hand, a young girl carrying a silver tray gracefully walked onto the auction stage.
"Everyone, this is the second item to be auctioned today: the Madman Armor.
This armor was personally forged by a renowned weapon-refining master from the Imperial Capital. It has been appraised by our auction house and can withstand the full-force strike of a Dou Wang!"
The moment those words were spoken, the audience below immediately erupted into commotion.
It could withstand the full-force attack of a Dou Wang. Such spirit armor could indeed save one's life at a critical moment.
She lifted the brocade cloth and removed a dark green inner armor from the tray.
"This item starts at three million gold coins!"
Although this price was somewhat high, defensive inner armor was relatively rare, and armor capable of withstanding a Dou Wang's attack was even scarcer. Thus, after a brief lull, the atmosphere once again became heated.
Xiao Xuan leaned back at an angle, watching the others in the auction hall fight over the item with the attitude of someone enjoying a show. In the eyes of a Dou Zong like him, such things were truly not worth mentioning. Unless something unexpected happened, he likely would not bid again.
As time passed, the auction gradually approached its end. The items being sold became increasingly rare and valuable, while the atmosphere in the hall grew ever more feverish.
In a place like this, one could easily understand what it meant to spend money like dirt.
"Ice Spirit Cold Saliva is a strange liquid formed beneath the ancient ice of the far northern lands. It has only one effect: increasing the chance of successfully subduing Heavenly Flames.
"As everyone knows, Heavenly Flames possess power capable of destroying heaven and earth. Even ghosts and gods fear such things. Just think—if you could possess a Heavenly Flame as well, what a wondrous thing that would be."
When Xiao Xuan heard the words "Ice Spirit Cold Saliva," he suddenly snapped awake. A sharp glint flashed through his eyes, and a smile appeared on his face.
His gaze hurriedly fell upon the jade box containing the Ice Spirit Cold Saliva. Inside it lay a thick, neat layer of ice, and at the center of that ice sat a small rouge-jade bottle.
Cold mist swirled around the jade bottle. Even from so far away, Xiao Xuan could still feel that bone-chilling cold...
The frigid air filled the entire auction hall, and the temperature within instantly plummeted.
"Hehe, the Ice Spirit Cold Saliva starts at ten million gold coins."
Hearing that price, the corners of Xiao Xuan's mouth could not help twitching slightly.
Upon hearing Zhuge Jing's quote, the eager faces of the people below instantly withered like frostbitten eggplants.
A high-grade Earth Tier cultivation method or Dou Technique would probably cost no more than this. If such a thing were auctioned as well, did that not mean the Ice Spirit Cold Saliva was worth enough to rival a Heavenly Rank Dou Technique or cultivation method?
What a damn scam. This was far too shady. Xiao Xuan could only sigh that he still lacked experience.
"Ten million, one hundred thousand."
Xiao Xuan followed the voice and looked over. The bidder was a white-haired old man with a somewhat gloomy face, eyes as sharp as an eagle's, and the cultivation of a Dou Emperor.
"Ten million, two hundred thousand!"
"Ten million, three hundred thousand!"
Amid the rising and falling cries of bids, the price of the Ice Spirit Cold Saliva gradually climbed to around thirteen million gold coins. After that, no one spoke again.
The bidders all wore hesitant expressions. Clearly, the Ice Spirit Cold Saliva was not the target of their visit to the auction.
Before long, they all gave up bidding.
"Oh? Everyone stopped? I thought you had more resolve than this. Since no one else wants it, then it's my turn.
Fifteen million gold coins."
"What?!"
Whose wastrel son was this, to forcibly raise the auction price to the astronomical figure of fifteen million gold coins? Many people cursed inwardly.
That voice immediately caused an uproar throughout the hall, and countless astonished gazes turned toward the auction room where Xiao Xuan was located.
Even Zhuge Jing curiously looked toward Xiao Xuan's private room. She had heard of that extravagantly wealthy fellow.
He was the rich young master who had casually thrown out one hundred thousand gold coins just for a private room.
She had not expected him to be this lavish. The moment he opened his mouth to bid, he raised the price straight to fifteen million.
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