Chapter 2016
byYang Kai and Kang Siran had just sat down and chatted for a short while when they heard three gongs in the hall. Suddenly, an old man with a short stature and white hair and beard jumped onto the auction platform.
This old man was dressed very peculiarly. His clothes were rather sloppy, his hair was in a mess. and he had a red nose. He wore a large cyan gourd around his wai.at first glance people might think he was a beggar living on the street by begging.
As soon as this old man leisurely stepped onto the stage, he burst into laughter and, as if no one else was there, picked up the large gourd around his waist, opened the lid, and took a big swig of strong liquor into his mouth.
After a few gulps, he actually let out a loud belch in public, his eyes slightly narrowed, revealing an expression of complete satisfaction as if he would have no regrets even if he died immediately…
A strong aroma of alcohol quickly filled the air.
“This…” Yang Kai was dumbfounded, his eyes almost popping out.
He had participated in several auctions in his hometown star field, but the hosts of those auctions were either mature and prudent or charming and enchanting. He had never seen a host like the old man on the platform who was so… unique.
“Master Yang has not been in Fenglin City for long, so he probably doesn’t know him.” Kang Siran laughed and explained without waiting for Yang Kai to speak： “This person is one of the two deputy city lords of Fenglin City. No one knows his specific name. We only know that he calls himself Drunken Old Man, and everyone just calls him that.”
“This person is one of the two deputy city lords？ Then he must be at the Dao Source Realm？” Yang Kai was extremely surprised.
“That’s right. He is at the first level of the Dao Source Realm, but it’s not easy to judge his specific strength. It is rumored that his real strength is not inferior to that of City Lord Duan. He should also be able to fight across levels.” Kang Siran said.
Yang Kai nodded and smiled faintly： “Is it okay to let him host the auction？ I think he is already drunk.”
Kang Siran smiled and said, “Don’t look at him like this. The Drunken Old Man has quite a high reputation in Fenglin City. This person often does things like eradicating the strong and helping the weak, and being generous with his wealth. He is a good person.”
Yang Kai understood and nodded, saying, “If that’s the case, then there should be no problem.”
At this moment, after savoring the taste of the fine wine, the Drunken Old Man finally came back to his senses. He swept his small eyes around, clasped his fists and said, “Who this old man is, most of you here must recognize. Well, it doesn’t matter if you don’t recognize. This old man didn’t come here to have a blind date with you. Instead, he came to host the auction. So you don’t have to stare at this old man. Just stare at those auction items.”
As soon as these words came out, many martial artists in the hall burst into laughter. Yang Kai also felt that this person was quite interesting. He didn’t have the slightest airs of a powerful Dao Source Realm expert at all. He was very gentle and approachable.
“Alas, this old man is a lazy person, so he didn’t want to come to this auction at first. But he couldn’t resist the temptation of the fine wine by the city lord. He was really tricked. The city lord is really sinister and despicable. Damn it, damn it. In short, this old man has a rather urgent temper. When you participate in the auction later, please be decisive. Otherwise, this old man won’t wait. I still have to go and bask in the sun.” The Drunken Old Man said quickly as he walked on the high platform.
After hearing what he said, many people’s expressions became solemn.
Alright. No more nonsense. The auction begins now.” With a low shout, the Drunken Old Man gestured behind him.
Immediately from behind the high platform, a maid of the City Lord’s Mansion walked up carrying a jade plate. On the jade plate, there was a white porcelain bottle. Judging from the situation, the first auction item was undoubtedly a pill.
“Ancient spirit pill, a bottle of Divine Condensation Pills, three in total. Auctioned together, the starting price is thirty thousand source crystals, and each increase must not be less than one thousand. Please start, everyone.” After the Drunken Old Man finished speaking, he waited quietly.
“Divine Condensation Pills, actually Divine Condensation Pills？ Starting with Divine Condensation Pills？ Then how many good things are there next？”
“It is said that after taking the Divine Condensation Pills, one can temper the power of the spiritual consciousness and make the spiritual consciousness stronger. I don’t know if it’s true or not.”
“This is a top-grade spiritual pill at the Void King level. The alchemists in my Fenglin City generally can’t refine it.”
As soon as they heard it was the Divine Condensation Pills, the warriors present immediately became enthusiastic. After all, the power of the spiritual consciousness is related to the safety of every warrior. If the power of the spiritual consciousness is strong, whether it is hiding and escaping, searching, or even fighting against the enemy, there will be a great effect. So the Divine Condensation Pills are useful to any warrior.
“Three hundred and one!” ”
“Thirty-two thousand!”
“Thirty-five thousand!”
The voices of increasing the price in the hall rose and fell one after another. Even the people in the private rooms also made a move. In a short while, this bottle of Divine Condensation Pills broke through the barrier of fifty thousand source crystals.
It was not until someone shouted sixty thousand source crystals that it temporarily calmed down for a while.
“Sixty thousand once, twice, three times. Alright, this bottle of Divine Condensation Pills belongs to the friend who just bid. Please bring enough Source Crystals and go to the backstage to complete the transaction. The next item！”
The Drunken Old Man, who was originally standing on the high platform with his eyes closed and resting his mind, suddenly finalized this transaction at an extremely fast speed, and directly entered the auction of the next item without even giving others a chance to react.
“This…”
“It’s too fast, right?”
“Is this an auction or a forced buying and giving？”
“The Drunken Old Man’s actions are really unexpected！”
In the hall, there was suddenly an uproar and a lot of discussions. Presumably, no warrior has ever experienced such an auction. In the previous auctions, every warrior who hosted the auction would repeatedly ask if there was a higher price, for fear that the auction item would not sell for a good price. But the Drunken Old Man didn’t seem to care about any of this at all.
He just wanted to finish hosting this auction as soon as possible and then go to sleep and bask in the sun…
For a while, the warriors who had hesitated and didn’t’d increase the price were extremely frustrated. Only the guy who bid sixty thousand and finally succeeded stood up from his seat with a happy face, as if he had picked up a great bargain, and rushed towards the backstage, Youdaoplaceholder0 preparing to complete the delivery of property.
After experiencing the Drunken Old Man’s impatience, the enthusiasm of every martial artist in the following auctions was aroused. Whenever they encountered something they wanted, they would no longer hesitate, and the speed of raising prices was faster than one another, for fear that the Drunken Old Man would finalize the price of the auction item before it was their turn to bid.
In this way, the speed of the auction unexpectedly became extremely fast. In just less than half an hour more than forty items were auctioned.
This was completely impossible in the auctions that Yang Kai had experienced before.
Pills, secret treasures, cultivation techniques, secret arts, all appeared one by one. Some were put up for auction by the martial artists themselves, but the vast majority of them were brought out from the inside of the Five-Colored Pagoda.
These relics from the ancient battlefield naturally attracted a lot of people to scramble for them, and the atmosphere at the entire auction site was extremely hot.
Yang Kai also roughly understood the prices of these items.
An ordinary Dao Source Grade secret treasure actually cost seven or eight hundred thousand source crystals. If the grade was slightly higher, it was normal to be one million or several million.
He originally thought that with one million source crystals as a base, he would have some confidence, but now it seems… he is still poor.
Dao Source Grade lower rank, Huben Battle Armor one million eight hundred thousand once, twice, three times! The friend who made the bid, please bring the source crystals to the backstage to deliver the item. Let’s look at the next auction item… After the Drunken Old Man finished speaking, he stood aside again and did not move at all.
From the backstage, a maid walked out. On the jade plate in her hand was a mysterious auction item. The thing was covered by a red cloth, making it impossible to see its true appearance. It was only known that it was about half a foot tall.
And when the maid walked closer, the Drunken Old Man suddenly chuckled and looked down with deep meaning, saying, “This auction item is extremely precious. It should have been auctioned as the finale item, but at the strong request of this old man, it appeared in advance. Presumably, many people have already guessed what this is. Then… let’s start.”
After speaking, he lifted the red cloth on the jade plate, and suddenly, the true appearance of the auction item was revealed in the sight of everyone.
It was a cauldron that could be held in one hand. The cauldron was of a turquoise color with dragons and phoenixes carved on the sides, looking extremely extraordinary. A desolate and ancientsmellemanated from the cauldron.
The Drunken Old Man picked up this cauldron with one hand and chuckled, saying, “This square of black jade cauldron was refined from what material. This old man and the City Lord have studied it for many days and still can’t judge. We only know that it is a pill furnace, and it is a middle-grade pill furnace of the Dao Source level.”
“A middle-grade pill furnace of the Dao Source level！” Suddenly, an exclamation came from below.
Although there were quite a few good things and countless secret treasures in this auction, the ones above the middle grade of the Dao Source level were still few and far between.
Especially, this thing is a pill furnace. Naturally, its characteristics will arouse the scramble of alchemists.
Alchemists are all extremely wealthy existences. A good pill furnace can often make alchemists scramble for it regardless of cost. What’s more, the major sects and families have also been committed to cultivating their own alchemists. Therefore, this mid-grade Daoyuan-level pill furnace will definitely make them tempted.
With a good pill furnace, an alchemist can not only improve his success rate of pill formation and the probability of getting pills, but also is more likely to refine pills that he usually cannot refine. In this way, the value of the pill furnace can be imagined.
Even Yang Kai, who had never made a move before, couldn’t help but have a fiery gaze when he saw this pill furnace. His spiritual thoughts shot towards the high platform and carefully probed.
There were not a few people who did the same as him. Countless spiritual thoughts surged from all directions in the auction hall and converged together, looking very lively.
“Does Alchemist Yang want this pill furnace？” Consran observed his words and expressions and asked with a slight smile.
“I have some ideas, but…” Yang Kai shook his head with a bitter smile. “Probably can’t have snatched it.”
Consran pondered for a while and said, “How do you know you can’t snatch it over if you don’t? Well, Alchemist Yang, feel free to make a move later. If you don’t have enough source crystals, I, Kang, will lend them to you.”
“Let’s see at that time.” Yang Kai was noncommittal.
Although he knew that Kang Siran had also brought a lot of source crystals this time, the other party was here to snatch that dao source fruit. If he delayed him from snatching the dao source fruit because of his own matter, Yang Kai would also feel bad about it.
Although he liked that alchemy furnace, it wasn’t something he had to have.
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