Target Secured
"Starting price: 100,000 Gold Soul Coin. Distinguished guests, you may now place your bids!"
As the auctioneer announced the reserve price, the audience looked on expectantly at the crowd, but no one bid in the huge auction hall, making the scene somewhat awkward.
No one bid, not because the "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse"Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse was bad, but because its price seemed excessively high to everyone.
Admittedly, a space of ten cubic meters is considered a minor gem among single Storage Soul Tool.
However, if we price Soul Tool according to the current standards of the Douluo Continent, a cubic Storage Soul Tool is worth between five thousand and eight thousand gold Gold Soul Coin Gold Soul Coin. Ten cubic ones would be worth at most fifty thousand to eighty thousand Gold Soul Coin, and that's the auction price.
Even if the function of storing living things is added, it will only add a few thousand Gold Soul Coin at most, no more. The purchasing power of Gold Soul Coin is limited.
But today, the Shabak Grand Auction House is asking for an exorbitant price, raising the starting bid to 100,000 Gold Soul Coin. Isn't this treating them like Fat Sheep to be slaughtered?
That's right, Storage Soul Tool are rare, and most of the time they are in high demand but not available for sale. However, this does not mean that their prices will be inflated without any bottom line.
First, we can exclude ordinary people without Soul Power and those at the bottom of the wealth ladder. After all, those who can use Soul Tool must be Soul Master with Soul Power. Most Soul Master are middle-class people with little financial management ability. If the price is too high, they would rather drool while carrying a big bag than buy a "useless" Soul Tool that can only hold things.
With this money, wouldn't it be better to buy some Soul Beast to eat?
The host on stage had sweat on his forehead. His gaze swept over a certain figure in the audience, and a look of helplessness appeared in his eyes.
Before the auction, the auction house had already appraised it. The initial price for the "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse" was 55,000 Gold Soul Coin, and it was expected to fetch a final price of 85,000 to 90,000 Gold Soul Coin.
However, the owner of this "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse" insisted on setting a starting bid of 100,000 Gold Soul Coin and refused to budge.
If the other party is an ordinary person, or Soul Elder, Soul Ancestor Master, or even a group of multiple people, the auction house can firmly refuse and simply not accept the item.
Their auction house was able to establish such a large auction house in Shabak City, a famous city in the Biqi Province, which means they must have had experts at the Soul King and Soul Emperor levels behind them.
What a pity~
The host took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his brow. Thinking of the opponent's formidable strength and terrifying aura, he decided to give it one last try. He immediately raised his voice and asked loudly once more, "Has any VIP made a bid?"
Just as the auctioneer was preparing for the failed sale and wondering how to explain it to the consignor, a voice that was nothing short of heavenly to him rang out:
"100,000 Gold Soul Coin".
The clear voice made one feel as if they could hear a mountain stream flowing gently, and they subconsciously turned their head to look in the direction of the sound.
At first glance, everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the young man holding the auction paddle, and they couldn't help but secretly exclaim, "What an exceptionally handsome young man!"
Her features were sharply defined, like those sculpted from fine jade. A thick, jet-black head of hair was casually tied back with a blue ribbon. Beneath her arched eyebrows were unforgettable eyes, like a pool of spring water—peaceful and natural. Her high, straight nose and perfectly proportioned lips carried a hint of warm, friendly smile.
In the Douluo Continent, where everyone is handsome or beautiful, Ling Yi's looks are among the best.
Just now, it was he who, after being reminded by Zhang Mufeng, made the bid, thus resolving the awkward situation in this round of auction.
For an auction house, the failure of an item to sell, regardless of the reason, is a dereliction of duty that will affect the auction house's reputation and have a negative impact on its future operations.
Ling Yi's offer was not an intentional attempt to become the Fat Sheep or the Ling Yi target for exploitation.
Admittedly, in the current Soul Tool trading market on the Douluo Continent, a "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse" with only ten cubic meters of material, even at a major city auction like today, would only fetch a maximum price of eighty or ninety thousand Gold Soul Coin, which is a full ten thousand Gold Soul Coin lower than the starting price of one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coin.
The purchasing power of 10,000 Gold Soul Coin was equivalent to the price Tang San paid for the "Dragon Abyss Boat" at an auction in "Vast Sea City" decades later in the original timeline.
Ling Yi only knew that if the "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse" were auctioned in an imperial auction house like "Heaven Dou City" or "Star Luo City", it would definitely fetch a price of over 100,000 Gold Soul Coin.
There's no other reason than that there are just too many rich people in these two places!
Currently, information about many places in the Douluo Continent is relatively scarce, especially when it doesn't involve information related to Martial Soul, Soul Master, or other aspects of strength.
As for the intrinsic value and market price of Storage Soul Tool, on the one hand, they are limited by their scarcity in production channels, which are only found in ancient ruins; on the other hand, the Soul Tool market is chaotic and disorderly, and there is no truly universal and reasonable standard for their prices.
Unless one day a new force emerges on the Douluo Continent, masters the technology of making storage Storage Soul Tool Storage Soul Tool, and sells them as a widely available commodity with a set price list.
Just like mobile phones in the previous life, ordinary models can be bought for seven or eight hundred yuan and can meet the needs of use, with all the necessary functions. High-end models from big brands cost more than ten times that, with many costing tens of thousands of yuan, and there are even customized models for the super-rich costing hundreds of thousands of yuan.
This way, we won't encounter situations where Soul Master with limited funds can't afford small-space Storage Soul Tool, while wealthy individuals want to buy large- Storage Soul Tool but can't find them.
Furthermore, Ling Yi genuinely needed a Storage Soul Tool at the moment, and the "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse," capable of storing living beings, was an unexpected surprise for him.
Ling Yi, who had recently received information through the Blacksmith Association's Water Wood Duchy branch, only knew that Storage Soul Tool would appear at the upcoming auction in Shabak City. He never expected...
Ignoring Ling Yi's thoughts, the host on stage's eyes lit up the moment he heard the bid. Looking at the paddle Ling Yi was holding, he exclaimed joyfully, "Great! This gentleman, number 198, bids 100,000 Gold Soul Coin! Any further bids? 100,000 Gold Soul Coin, first bid! 100,000 Gold Soul Coin, second bid! 100,000 Gold Soul Coin, third bid! Sold!!!"
It could be said that at this moment, the host made three offers at the fastest pace of his career, as if he was afraid that Ling Yi suddenly change his mind and say he didn't want it anymore.
When the small hammer struck, you could clearly feel the host become more relaxed, and even his tone of voice carried a hint of joy.
Ling Yi, through his keen senses, also detected a figure more than ten meters behind him on his left. His aura, which had been stagnant, became much lighter.