"Three million eight hundred and ten thousand Gold Essence Coins."
"This gentleman, Liu Baiwan, offers three million eight hundred and ten thousand Gold Essence Coins for this lot of deep-sea Demonic Beasts."
"Would anyone care to raise the bid?"
"One deep-sea Flood Dragon Demon Dragon, one deep-sea Whale Demon, and dozens of rare deep-sea Demonic Beast carcasses. A quantity this great is a first even for our Thousand Trees Market. Miss this chance, and even if you wait another ten years, there may not be another lot."
"Excellent, this gentleman, Chang Kong, offers three million nine hundred thousand Gold Essence Coins. Any higher bids?"
"Four million! This gentleman, Youlong, offers four million!"
"Any further bids?"
"If there are no further bids, this lot of deep-sea Demonic Beasts will belong to Mr. Chang Kong."
"Ladies and gentlemen, if you miss this opportunity, even another ten years may not bring you another chance to purchase so many rare deep-sea Demonic Beasts in one go."
"Dong! ..."
"Ladies and gentlemen, once the bell has rung nine times, if there are no further bids, this lot will sell for four One Million Gold Essence Coins!"
"Dong! ..."
Shopkeeper Yuan of Thousand Trees Market was unremarkable in appearance, but when auctioning goods, he seemed to become a different person. Every word he spoke was not only convincing but brimming with enticement.
Even Xu Taiping could not help growing tense as he listened to his words and the tolling bell.
"Dong!"
As the final toll rang out, the string drawn taut in Xu Taiping's heart abruptly slackened.
Full of delighted surprise, Xu Taiping said inwardly to Fairy Lingyue:
"At market price, this lot of deep-sea Demonic Beasts would have fetched two One Million Gold Essence Coins at most. Now it's sold for twice what I expected."