Buying a House for an Employee

The auction continued at a leisurely pace, with each item causing a small stir, but none quite reaching the heights of the first item. After all, it was a rare and exceptional sprite, whose popularity and price made the other items pale in comparison.

Auctions are usually like this: there are items to start and warm up the atmosphere, and naturally there must be items to close the show.

It was nine o'clock in the evening, and the auction was coming to an end.

Another beautiful young woman gracefully approached. The old man lifted the veil, revealing a thin layer of paper on it.

The final, most anticipated item of tonight's auction has been revealed!

"The item up for auction now is a land deed," the old man said with a smile.

"Land deed?" The cultivators below the stage were a bit confused. Houses could be auctioned off? And how much did they cost?

However, some cultivators frowned slightly, as if they understood something.

"There are a total of eighty-eight land deeds, each representing one of the eighty-eight mansions surrounding the Mysterious Bookstore. Their geographical location goes without saying. In addition, each of these eighty-eight mansions has a spatial array and a spirit-gathering array carved by an eighth-level array master."

"My God! It's those courtyard houses surrounding the Mysterious Bookstore!" someone in the audience exclaimed.

Since the Mysterious Bookstore became famous, the deeds to all the surrounding land have been bought up by a mysterious person, who has built many small courtyard houses there. However, none of these houses have been sold to the public and have remained vacant.

Dubian Town has a large population, which has caused land prices to skyrocket!

Land that used to be purchasable with gold coins is now priced in Spirit Crystal.

According to market research reports, the price of housing in Dubian Town is basically 500 Spirit Crystal per square meter. That is to say, it would cost 50,000 Spirit Crystal to buy a 100-square-meter plot of land.

This is only the area a bit further away from the Mysterious Bookstore. The closer to the Mysterious Bookstore, the higher the land price. As for the houses that have already been built around the Mysterious Bookstore, they are being sold at exorbitant prices.

Now, these houses are actually appearing at auction!

"The auction will now begin at Mansion No. 1, which is the closest to the Mysterious Bookstore, only a hundred meters away."

"Starting bid: 500,000 Spirit Crystal. Minimum bid increment: 100,000 spirit crystals. Auction begins now!"

"Thump!"

As the old man brought down his hammer, a commotion began to rise below.

"One million!" A soft voice came from a VIP room.

"Wow!" The hall fell silent instantly; the price had doubled!

"That's a bit too much," one of the cultivators said quietly.

"Yes! One million Spirit Crystal is a bit of an exaggeration," someone agreed.

In this other world, houses aren't actually that important to many people. Most cultivators travel all over the country, without a fixed abode; one year they might be in the Chu Kingdom, the next year in the Qin State, drifting aimlessly.

Given the vastness of the Azure Dragon Continent and the billions of living beings scattered across it, the number of the Azure Dragon Continent creatures seems rather small.

So, apart from places like Beijing where land is incredibly expensive, houses are priced like cabbages in other areas.

Even the most expensive land in the capital city costs at most a few hundred thousand Spirit Crystal!

Right now, a piece of land in this small Dubian Town has sold for over a million!

"One million two hundred thousand!" came a voice from another private room.

Surprisingly, there were even people bidding!

"One million five hundred thousand!"

Two million!

Ultimately, the No. 1 mansion was bought for the astronomical price of two million Spirit Crystal.

Inside the VIP room, Ma Feifei, upon hearing the transaction price of two million Spirit Crystal, couldn't help but glance at Gongsun Qiong and exclaimed, "Sister Gongsun truly lives up to her reputation as the president of the Great Chu's No. 1 Chamber of Commerce! Her ability to make money is truly astonishing! After selling these land deeds, she'll earn at least a hundred million Spirit Crystal!"

A few months ago, the land deeds around the Mysterious Bookstore were still valued in gold coins.

Now, not only have they been converted into Spirit Crystal, but a land deed is selling for two million! Ma Feifei had never seen such a money-making ability in his previous life!

Gongsun Qiong maintained her faint smile and said, "Shopkeeper, you flatter me. It's not that exaggerated. The only place that could exceed two million is the one we just saw. The prices will decrease as we go on."

Two million isn't just for a mansion, it's for prestige.

This is why Gongsun Qiong numbered all eighty-eight mansions; the number one mansion alone was worth millions.

Indeed, just as Gongsun Qiong said, apart from the No. 1 mansion which exceeded two million, the prices of the mansions auctioned later all dropped sharply. In particular, the prices of each mansion after the fiftieth were fluctuating between six hundred thousand and seven hundred thousand, which was close to the psychological price of the general public.

Even so, with all these profits combined, Gongsun Qiong will make a fortune.

Outside the hall, Chang Kong stared intently at the stage, lost in thought.

"Master, are you thinking of buying a mansion?" Liu Ying asked.

Chang Kong did indeed have this idea. He was about to return to the capital to pick up his daughter and Sunzi to spend the New Year in Dubian Town. It would be inappropriate for the whole family to stay in an inn, so buying a house was a must.

Since he's going to buy a house, and Chang Kong is one of the Nine Emperors of the Sword Sect, he should at least buy a relatively high-end house, right?

Where are the most valuable houses in Dubian Town right now? They're the 88 mansions around the Mysterious Bookstore that are currently being auctioned off!

But it's a bit expensive!

Just as Chang Kong was hesitating, the last land deed on the platform had been sold, which was the eighty-eighth mansion!

Six hundred thousand!

In the main hall, a cultivator immediately raised the price by 100,000; since the previous dozen or so mansions had been auctioned off for 600,000 each, this price was practically a guarantee of a successful purchase.

Chang Kong was taken aback, and put down the sign he had raised halfway. He had also wanted to bid 600,000, but someone Me First.

Inside the private room, Ma Feifei watched as the last mansion was being auctioned off. She glanced at Zhang Yunji casually and asked, "Yunji! Where are you staying now?"

Zhang Yunji was a little embarrassed and said, "We'll stay at an inn."

When he first arrived in Dubian Town, he thought he would only stay for a few days, so he found a guesthouse to stay in. Later, when he realized he wanted to stay for a long time, he found that the house prices had risen to a level that he could only look up to.

Buying a house is out of the question now. Sometimes, when Zhang Yunji thinks about it, he occasionally laments that he doesn't have a knack for business.

Ma Feifei waved his hand, signaling the maid to call out the price, and said generously, "Now that you're an employee of the Mysterious Bookstore, I can't treat you unfairly. I'll give you this mansion."

"Seven hundred thousand!" The maid held up this price as instructed by Ma Feifei.

Let's not even talk about how moved Zhang Yunji was.

Chang Kong's face had turned completely dark in the corner of the hall, but this time he didn't put down the sign he was holding in mid-air; instead, he raised it high.

"Eight hundred thousand!"

Chang Kong has raised its prices!