Bidding

The starting bid of 800 Spirit Stone is undoubtedly very expensive compared to any of the previous auction items.

But unlike those seeds, this time quite a few private rooms were offered for.

It's hard to say exactly how much spirit grain the so-called premium seeds can produce, but these two little spirit piglets are definitely spirit beast meat!

The Spiritual Qi in the Mortal Realm is scarce. Normally, let alone a spirit pig with such a pleasing appearance, even wild, mixed-breed spirit beasts are extremely rare.

Not to mention the domestication and raising of them to become livestock that can provide a continuous supply of both body and soul.

These two spirit pigs were plump and adorable. They were very well-behaved in their cages, and although the Spiritual Qi fluctuations around them were not weak, they were very stable and showed no signs of wild beast savagery. It was clear that they had been very well tamed.

If we take them back and raise them properly, the sect will not be able to eat spirit pork every meal, but they will be able to eat a couple of bites of spirit pork throughout the year.

Therefore, the bidding is quite fierce right now.

"One thousand!"

"One thousand one!"

"One thousand and two!"

"One thousand two hundred and fifty!"

The price was driven up to two thousand.

After all, even the Cloud and Mist Sect, which previously spent two thousand Spirit Stone, would find it difficult to come up with two thousand Spirit Stone in one go now.

Therefore, once the bidding reached two thousand, the bidding style changed.

Two thousand and ten!

Two thousand and twenty!

Two thousand and fifty!

Two thousand and fifty-five!

Finally, someone couldn't help but speak up:

"Fellow Daoist in room number five, we're all a bit strapped for cash. Ten Spirit Stone Spirit Stone more is fine, but why did you go and ask for five Spirit Stone?"

The people in room number five immediately retorted:

"What's wrong with five- Spirit Stone? Aren't five- Spirit Stone Spirit Stone? Elder Liu never said we can't add five- Spirit Stone!"

And so.

Two thousand and fifty-six!

Two thousand and fifty-seven!

Two thousand and fifty-eight!

In private room number nine, Han Shangyi and Elder Lü carefully calculated the number of Spirit Stone their sect had left after deducting the other items they had just bid on, and found that they could still bid.

"But if there are more good items later, we won't have enough Spirit Stone to bid on them," Elder Lü with some worry.

Han Shangyi waved his hand:

"It's alright, I've already planned it out. Those big orders our sect received last month are due for acceptance and delivery the day after tomorrow, which will bring in a large sum of Spirit Stone. If there are any other good items later, we can also bid on them. At worst, we can stay in this city for a couple more days until the sect sends over the Spirit Stone to settle the account before leaving."

Upon hearing this, Elder Lü suddenly realized, "Right, right, there are still last month's orders, haha, oh dear, it's so good to have income!"

Then, turning around, he happily shouted outside, "Two thousand one!"

This price is only one hundred more than that of the Spirit Absorption Pill.

However, almost none of the sects present had any money left.

Some of them weren't completely unable to extract any spirit stones, but they still felt it wasn't a safe bet to empty the sect's Spirit Stone reserves just for two spirit pigs.

After all, a sect isn't run by one person; they have a group of disciples to manage.

This includes many members of the royal family.

The royal family was inherently poorer than those major sects, with fewer people capable of producing offspring and fewer resources at their disposal.

None of them are people who can exchange such a large sum of Spirit Stone for two spirit piglets.

After careful consideration, everyone decided not to raise the price any further.

Amidst the regretful gazes of the crowd, the two spirit piglets, one male and one female, were sold to Room Nine for 2,100 Spirit Stone.

After the spirit pig cubs, several other items were auctioned, but most of them were not as valuable as the Spirit Absorption Pill and the spirit pig cubs.

After that, Lin Xiao sent a Liu Yunan, instructing him not to bring out any new items for auction.

After the auction, Lin Xiao had a general idea of the financial situation of these sects and royal families. He figured that these sects and royal families probably couldn't afford the items that followed, so there was no need to continue.

There will be plenty of opportunities in the future; there's no need to rush.

Their original purpose was not to empty the pockets of these sects.

This auction has now concluded.

As Liu Yunan finished speaking, all the major sects and the royal family breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, many sects and royal families did not bid at this auction, not because they did not want to buy, but because they simply could not afford it.

After all, not every sect or royal family has sufficient Spirit Stone reserves. Some may have encountered a breakthrough by an elder or elite disciple, or have recently engaged in other transactions, leaving them with relatively few Spirit Stone.

They felt a real sense of relief when they heard that the auction was finally over.

To be honest, this auction was a rare sight for these people. Auctions have been held in the Mortal Realm before, but they had never seen one with such a wide variety of items.

They were both looking forward to what good products would appear next and worried that if good products came out, their own financial resources wouldn't be enough to compete. In that case, it would be better not to produce anything at all, so as not to watch good products go into someone else's pocket and feel envious. Therefore, they were in a real dilemma.

Hearing that it was over was a relief; at least they wouldn't release any more good stuff.

It's such a pity, I wonder if I'll ever have the chance to experience something like this again.

Before things ended, Liu Yunan dropped two bombshell announcements on them.

"Whether you managed to bid on your desired items today or not is not important. From now on, our auction at Venue One will be held every six months. In addition, Venue Two and Venue Three next door will also hold monthly auctions starting next month. The items auctioned there are all more suitable for Qi Refining Foundation Establishment cultivators."

"Welcome everyone to participate again next time."

"Furthermore, considering that you all have large families and businesses and consume a lot of Spirit Stone, there is a long-term business opportunity in Xiushui City. I wonder if any of you are interested?"

After Liu Yunan finished speaking, he glanced around at all the private rooms and smiled:

Those who are interested can wait at the Trade Affairs Center outside the venue after leaving the conference room.

Upon hearing this, everyone present was both surprised and delighted.

Surprisingly, there was no way this auction was going to happen again! After all, auctions in the Mortal Realm only happened occasionally in the past. Regardless of whether the quality of the auctioned items could compare to this one, they had never been able to be held a second time. They were basically one-off events, where everyone would auction off their slightly valuable items and that would be the end of it.

In essence, it was just an exchange of resources with other sects.

So it's hard not to be surprised when you suddenly see that Xiushui City seems to be making auctions a regular occurrence.

The good news is that if the items they acquire in the future are of similar quality, having such a stable source of cultivation materials will greatly reduce their future material burden.

Although they faced great pressure to accumulate Spirit Stone, they could eventually get them by slowly gathering Spirit Stone, but many rare resources were simply unavailable.