Chapter 1144

Although everyone was spurning Qian Tong in their hearts, there was more envy. Who made Qian Tong seize this great opportunity to rake in wealth? The auction of the Treasure Gathering Tower was held every two or three years and had been held in the territories of various major forces. Turning such a grand event into an opportunity to make money also required opportunity and vision.

No one spoke up for that Jiang Huaian either. Not to mention that what Qian Tong said made sense. At the auction, of course, everyone had to bid for items to make it lively. Moreover, there were also some grudges between the Shadow Moon Palace and the Sea Palace. Therefore, Qian Tong targeted Jiang Huaian like this. This was already a matter between the two forces. Naturally, other forces would not casually interfere and wade into the muddy water.

“I understand.” Wu Yi suddenly said in a low voice.

“Understand what？” Yang Kai looked at her and asked.

“I know why that Jiang Huaian is willing to pay such a high price for a Void Condensing Pill.” Wu Yi pursed her lips and smiled. “He is the Third Hall Master of the Sea Hall. It is said that he has a very favored son named Jiang Zhiren. Unfortunately, Jiang Zhiren’s talent is average. Over the years, Jiang Huaian has used countless natural treasures to forcibly raise his cultivation to the Third-Order Saint King Realm. However, the Third-Order Saint King Realm is the limit of Jiang Zhiren. Without a Void Condensing Pill, he will never be able to break through to the Void Returning Realm in his lifetime. I heard before that Jiang Huaian has been seeking to buy Void Condensing Pills everywhere and has also collected several sets of materials for refining Void Condensing Pills. He invited those alchemy masters to take action, but none of them were successful.”

“So he is determined to get this Void Condensing Pill？” Yang Kai’s eyes lit up. He secretly thought that no wonder Qian Tong was so unscrupulous in raising the price. It turned out that he had pinched Jiang Huaian’s soft spot and was not afraid that he would not buy it.

“That should be the case. Since the Third Hall Master of the Sea Hall is willing to offer such a high price, he must want to buy it back for that Jiang Zhiren to use.”

“However, one should know when to stop. The other party is not a fool. I estimate that if Elder Qian raises the price again, maybe this Void Condensing Pill will end up in his own hands.” Yang Kai was slightly worried. Qian Tong was good to him, so of course Yang Kai didn’t want Qian Tong to suffer losses in his hands.

Wu Yi smiled and said, “What are you afraid of? Didn’t you hear Elder Qian say that he picked up tens of millions of Saint Crystals just now? Although this words can’t be taken seriously, Elder Qian really has money. By the way, how much did he give you just now?”

“I don’t know.” Yang Kai then remembered that he was still holding a Space Ring in his hand. After Qian Tong sent the ring over, he left in a hurry, and the auction of the Void Condensing Pill started immediately. Yang Kai was attracted by the successive bidding voices below and really didn’t have time to check.

With a thought of his spiritual sense into the Space Ring, Yang Kai’s expression instantly solidified.

“How much？” Seeing his bad complexion, Wu Yi also asked nervously. For some reason, her little heart was pounding, and even Yang Yan stretched her neck and waited for Yang Kai’s answer.

Yang Kai took a deep breath and handed the Space Ring to them, “See for yourselves.”

Wu Yi took it suspiciously. After using her spiritual sense to check the number of Saint Crystals in the Space Ring clearly, she couldn’t help but exclaim, covering her small mouth, and her beautiful eyes were full of shock.

Seeing this, Yang Yan snatched the Space Ring away. After a round of checking, her performance was no better than Wu Yi’s.

Three million top-grade Saint Crystals. In the Space Ring sent by Qian Tong, there were actually a full three million top-grade Saint Crystals！ This exaggerated number not only made Wu Yi and Yang Yan almost crazy with excitement, but also made Yang Kai stunned on the spot.

He originally thought that Qian Tong was just showing him some courtesy and sending him about two or three hundred thousand top-grade Saint Crystals would be about enough. How could he have known that it was actually ten times that amount？ No wonder Qian Tong said that as long as he didn’t buy anything too precious, these Saint Crystals should be enough for him to spend.

Three million! How many things could be bought with this？

“It seems that Elder Qian really did pick up tens of millions of Saint Crystals and wasn’t just bragging.” Yang Kai’s expression was strange. He knew that these Saint Crystals were the toll fees collected by Qian Tong, but he never expected Qian Tong to be so bold. Having collected tens of millions of toll fees, these three million might only be one-tenth or even less of it.

Wu Yi carefully looked at the two female disciples of the Shadowmoon Palace and then whispered to Yang Kai, “One who offers excessive kindness for no reason… you be careful.”

Yang Kai snorted. “What’s there to be afraid of? I contributed a great deal to those toll fees. Without me, Elder Qian wouldn’t have been able to collect so many Saint Crystals. We can take these three million with a clear conscience and don’t need to worry about it.”

“That would be the best.” Wu Yi was still a little worried.

While they were talking, Qian Tong and Jiang Huaian had been sneering at each other for a long time. Seeing that they still had the tendency to quarrel further, Yan Pei, who was drinking tea in a private room of Jiazihao, immediately became unhappy and snorted, “Are you two done? Everyone is waiting for the progress of the auction. If you really can’t stand each other, go out and have a fight now. What’s the point of just showing off your tongue? Don’t delay my business in Jubaolou！”

When the words of the big manager of Jubaolou came out Qian Tong and Jiang Huaian finally stopped. They couldn’t not give face to Jubaolou, otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to participate in the auction in the future and would suffer great losses. Many precious things on You’an Star were auctioned off by Jubaolou.

Qian Tong chuckled and said, “I just can’t stand some people’s stinginess. Forget it, it’s no use talking more. What should belong to whom still belongs to whom. Well, girl, where did the Ningxu Pill auction reach just now？”

The beautiful woman auctioneer pursed her lips and smiled, “Elder Qian, Hall Master Jiang has already bid 900,000.”

“900,000, such a high price, tsk tsk… Enough to buy three Ningxu Pills.”

As soon as Qian Tong’s voice fell, the sound of a chair being crushed clearly came from Jiang Huaian’s private room. This Third Hall Master of the Sea Hall obviously wished he could skin Qian Tong alive. It was Qian Tong who had driven up the price, and now he was making sarcastic remarks. Judging from this posture, he would not stop until he killed Jiang Huaian with anger.

Qian Tong shouted loudly again： “One million！”

The whole audience was in an uproar again. The auction had been going on for three hours, and finally an auction item worth one million appeared. Although everyone knew that this price was much higher than the market price, this was an auction! With someone competing, the price would naturally be high.

The sound of something breaking came from the No. A10 private room belonging to the Sea Hall again.

Qian Tong smiled and said： “Jiang Huaian, don’t say that I don’t take care of you. You and I have known each other for many years. Now, just to snatch a Void Condensing Pill, we are fighting each other. It’s not appropriate to let others see a joke. This is the last time I increase the price. If you can offer a higher price than me, why not let you have this Void Condensing Pill？”

“One million and ten thousand！” Even though he knew that Qian Tong was talking cheaply, Jiang Huaian still had to increase the price.

By now, the competition was no longer just about the Void Condensing Pill, but also about face. Moreover, he had gone to great lengths for a Void Condensing Pill. Just the medicinal materials that had been refined and destroyed over the years were worth nearly one million Saint Crystals. Now that there was a ready-made one in front of him, of course he had to snatch it.

What made Jiang Huaian almost vomit blood was that it was clearly he who had spent several times the price to buy this Condensing Void Pill, but in the eyes of those who didn’t know the truth, it was still Qian Tong who gave it to him. If this wasn’t the auction of the Jubao Tower and if this wasn’t Tianyun City, Jiang Huaian would definitely go down and fight Qian Tong to the death.

It was really too deceiving！

After the price of one million and ten thousand was quoted, no one bid anymore, and Qian Tong also didn’t say a word. The beautiful female auctioneer quickly stepped forward and shouted three times. In the end, this Condensing Void Pill was taken away by Jiang Huaian.

If there wasn’t the three million Saint Crystals given by Qian Tong as a base, with this additional million in earnings, Yang Kai and the other two would definitely be very happy. But with three million Saint Crystals already in hand and another million more, the three of them all appeared very calm. After the amount of money reaches a certain level, it’s just a bunch of numbers.

However, this didn’t prevent the three of them from looking forward to the other auction items. Even Yang Kai was the same. He really wanted to know what price his other Condensing Void Pill could be sold for, and there was also Yang Yan’s middle-grade Mysterious Treasure at the Void level. They must all be worth a lot of money.

The auction has now reached the second half.

Taking the appearance of the Condensing Void Pill as the boundary, the things taken out by the Jubao Tower in the second half were indeed not the same. Both the grade and the quality were much higher than before, and the price naturally rose steadily.

By this time, most of the martial artists sitting in the hall had basically lost the qualification to participate in the auction. Now all the people making bids were those in the private rooms. The people in the hall were simply watching the excitement.

Almost every auction item was sold for no less than two or three hundred thousand. A few fine products had exceeded one million saint crystals. This made Yang Kai once again sigh that there were still many rich people on You’an Star, but ordinary people couldn’t see them. The auction of Jubaolou had gathered these rich people together.

Now having three million saint crystals in hand and another one million saint crystals not yet obtained, Yang Yan and Wu Yi also really wanted to participate in the auction. Yang Yan was a Void level alchemist and naturally they wouldn’t go to bid for those secret treasures. They originally wanted to buy some pills but were stopped by Yang Kai.

Yang Kai was an alchemist himself, so how could he let them spend money unjustly.

After bidding around, Yang Yan could only buy some precious raw materials used for setting up arrays and forging tools.

A piece of star iron the size of a human head was worth two hundred and fifty thousand saint crystals. Ten high-quality green spirit woods were worth three hundred and seventy thousand saint crystals. Some body materials and inner pills of The ninth-order beast also cost nearly one million. The three million saint crystals quickly shrank.

Yang Kai had never made a move because he didn’t see what he wanted.

It was not until a strange-shaped stone with a size of a washbasin, full of pits and holes, and with its quality and origin indistinguishable, appeared at the auction that Yang Kai bought it back at the reserve price of one hundred and fifty thousand.

According to what that beautiful female auctioneer said, those appraisal masters in Jubaolou couldn’t figure out the origin of this strange stone. Some weapon refiners also tried to melt it, but without success.

Youdaoplaceholder0 experts in the auction hall also probed it with their spiritual senses, but still found nothing. It almost became the first item to fail the auction at this auction.

Because no one knew what this thing was, but something that weapon refiners couldn’t melt was obviously not ordinary either. So the reserve price set by Jubaolou wasn’t too low.

It wasn’t until the last moment that Yang Kai lazily reported the reserve price and easily made the deal.

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