Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 137: Being Threatened
The Asked Dao Pavilion auction house could indeed write its own prices silently and display them on the quotation screen. Similarly, it didn't prevent people from shouting out their prices to increase their momentum.
Clearly, the cultivator who quoted fifteen thousand Profound-grade spirit stones had called out his momentum, and the venue fell into a brief silence. Quoting ten thousand, and increasing the price by fifty thousand at once, was indeed very ruthless.
"Sixteen thousand Profound-grade spirit stones..." Before Bin Shiqi could call for a second time, someone finally raised the price. Perhaps feeling that adding too little would look bad, they also added ten thousand Profound-grade spirit stones at once.
"Thirty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones!" The voice of the bidder was still the first cultivator who had added fifty thousand. This time his voice was more excited, and he outrageously added fourteen thousand.
One could imagine that if someone continued to raise the price, he would not hesitate to raise it to forty thousand.
The price of thirty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones did indeed scare many people, perhaps not the price itself, but the increase in price. For something with a base price of ten thousand, to add sixteen thousand at once, even if someone represented a sect to bid for the bracelet, they wouldn't increase the price like that. How desperate must he be for the bracelet?
One could imagine that if someone were to raise the price at this time, it would definitely be a Pyrrhic victory.
"Someone has bid thirty thousand spirit stones, is there a higher price? If there is no higher price, then this Five Elements Bracelet will belong to this friend. Thirty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones once, thirty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones twice, thirty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones three times, sold!" As Bin Shiqi spoke the words "sold," the wooden gavel in his hand fell, and the first Five Elements Bracelet was finally auctioned off.
Mo Wuji breathed a sigh of relief. One bracelet was worth thirty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones, so how much would twenty bracelets be worth? There was no doubt that he had really struck it rich this time.
"Next, we will auction a technique, because this technique is incomplete, and there is only one stance. Unfortunately, even this stance is not complete, so the level of this technique is unknown. However, based on our experience, the level of this technique is at least Earth-grade excellent quality or above..."
A gasp rippled through the auction hall. An Earth-grade technique or above was definitely a treasure. Even if it was incomplete, it would cause countless people to fight over it. One must know that even a Human-grade superior quality technique was considered rare, let alone an Earth-grade technique. However, this technique was too incomplete, with only one stance, and not even complete, how could people compete for it?
Mo Wuji estimated that even if this technique only had one incomplete stance, the price would not be low, because he had never seen techniques at Earth-grade or higher. Although the technique was of a high level, he did not intend to bid. He had seen some of the world at this auction, and in the face of real treasures, tens of thousands of spirit stones were not much, even if the amount was increased a hundredfold. Spirit stones should be used wisely and not wasted. This kind of Five Elements Pill competition wasn't regular, who knew what would happen in the future?
"The name of this incomplete technique is called the Heavenly Thunder Seven Stances, with a base price of fifty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones, and each increase must be no less than one thousand Profound-grade spirit stones. Bidding starts now." Bin Shiqi's voice fell on the auction stage.
Mo Wuji, who originally didn't intend to buy, immediately changed his mind when he heard the name Heavenly Thunder Seven Stances. He could be said to have no techniques at all. The Star Shift was more of a movement technique. As for the Invisible Sword, it was a sword technique, and he hadn't even learned it yet. If it were any other incomplete technique, he wouldn't care and wouldn't think of buying it. But he contained a source of lightning, and a lightning-attribute technique was really important to him.
He wanted this technique.
"Fifty-two thousand Profound-grade spirit stones," Mo Wuji anonymously bid first.
"Eighty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones!" Just as Mo Wuji bid, a rough voice echoed throughout the venue. A prominent bid of eighty thousand appeared on the quotation screen.
If it were the complete Heavenly Thunder Seven Stances, not to mention eighty thousand, even eight million would probably be far from enough. But for an incomplete lightning-attribute technique with only one stance, and even that stance incomplete, a price of fifty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones was already high, and eighty thousand was outrageous.
Therefore, once this price came out, no one raised the price again, or rather, no one except Mo Wuji.
This kind of price increase might scare others, but it couldn't scare Mo Wuji. People who increased prices like this were either broke, without many spirit stones, trying to scare others at once; or too wealthy, too lazy to haggle with others bit by bit; or too eager for such things. In Mo Wuji's opinion, the guy who first added one hundred and forty thousand to buy the bracelet belonged to the third type.
"Eighty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones once, is there any higher bid? ... Ninety thousand Profound-grade spirit stones, someone has raised the price to ninety thousand Profound-grade spirit stones."
Bin Shiqi reported for the first time that someone had raised the price, and directly raised it to ninety thousand Profound-grade spirit stones.
"One hundred and fifty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones," the rough voice raised the price again, this time with a hint of sternness in his voice, directly raising the price by sixty thousand. Clearly, he was very dissatisfied with Mo Wuji's price increase.
"One hundred and sixty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones," Mo Wuji remained unmoved. When he encountered something useful to him, and he happened to have enough spirit stones to buy it, why should he give it to others?
"Is that friend going to oppose my Yu Lin Lei Clan? This lightning technique is only useful to my Lei Clan, please be merciful, friend, the Lei Clan will definitely repay you. If you must be at odds with my Lei Clan, then there will be a day when we meet..."
Before the man with the rough voice could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Bin Shiqi, "My Only Dao Pavilion Auction House does not allow anyone to threaten others. If you say half a word of threat again, please leave immediately."
The man seemed to know the power of the Only Dao Pavilion. Anyway, he had said what he needed to say, so he simply bid again, "One hundred and seventy thousand Profound-grade spirit stones."
Mo Wuji chuckled in his heart. There were people like this. An auction was originally about bidding, and his bidding was a normal increase, but this guy increased the price by tens of thousands each time, and said that he was opposing the Lei Clan? Was the Lei Clan so amazing? He, Mo Wuji, didn't recognize what kind of ghost thing this Lei Clan was.
"One hundred and seventy thousand one thousand Profound-grade spirit stones," Mo Wuji unhesitatingly raised the price. He was bidding anonymously, what was there to be afraid of? Since you said I was opposing your Lei Clan, I really don't want to give you face, and I'll increase the price by one thousand each time.
"Hmph, you have guts." The man with the rough voice didn't raise the price anymore, obviously his wealth had reached its limit.
Bin Shiqi called the price three times in a row, and no one raised the price again. In the end, this incomplete Heavenly Thunder Seven Stances was obtained by Mo Wuji.
It was not until Bin Shiqi called out the words "sold" that Mo Wuji remembered that he had no spirit stones on him. He was using anonymous bidding, what should he do if he didn't have spirit stones?
Just then, the light panel on the table in front of him lit up, and a line of words made Mo Wuji finally breathe a sigh of relief, "For transactions exceeding ten thousand Profound-grade spirit stones, please go to the Only Dao Pavilion back area for the transaction before leaving."
Soon Mo Wuji understood the reason. If he were to transmit all of his one hundred and seventy thousand Profound-grade spirit stones through this transmission light panel, it would probably take half an hour.
The small interlude of the threat against Mo Wuji during the auction was not noticed by anyone. Many auctions had this kind of situation, it was just a means of bidding.
The auction continued, and Mo Wuji did not bid again. He saw that most of the items were healing pills and offensive magical treasures.
The most popular item was the Five Elements Wasteland Bracelet. Every time a bracelet came out, there was fierce competition, and the prices exceeded four hundred thousand Profound-grade spirit stones, with most transactions being above five hundred thousand.
This couldn't help but make Mo Wuji admire the first guy who bought the bracelet. This guy increased the price too outrageously, scaring others and finally buying a bracelet for only thirty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones.
"Next, we will auction a map, which depicts a place in the Five Elements Wasteland. In addition to a True God Flower, there is also a treasure more precious than the True God Flower. The cultivator who discovered this place initially was unable to obtain it due to his weak strength..."
As soon as Bin Shiqi's words came out, the venue was once again in an uproar. This auction item was even more exciting than the Five Elements Bracelet.
What were many people seeking the Five Elements Bracelet for? Wasn't it for the True God Flower? The sect spent a lot of effort to let their disciples enter the Five Elements Wasteland for the same reason: the True God Flower. One could imagine that once a sect's Void God Peak expert advanced to the True God Realm, the sect's status would immediately leap to a higher level.
Now, the location of a True God Flower was being put up for auction, it was impossible not to attract people. Moreover, there was not only a True God Flower here, but also something more precious than the True God Flower.
Bin Shiqi's words also had a hint of excitement. He raised his tone and said, "I believe this is a treasure that excites everyone present, and it is also one of our mysterious treasures tonight. The authenticity of this map is above ninety percent, because the person who brought the map has sworn a blood oath with his soul. Now the base price of this map is two hundred thousand Profound-grade spirit stones, and each increase must be no less than ten thousand."
Spirit stones were indeed easy to spend, Mo Wuji sighed inwardly. A random map cost hundreds of thousands of Profound-grade spirit stones, he really had to save his spirit stones.
Mo Wuji had no intention of intervening in this map. He had no interest in the True God Flower, and more importantly, he knew that this map would definitely not be the only one.
Since that person could give this map to the Only Dao Pavilion for sale, he could also give it to others. Once it wasn't just one, it meant one thing: the people who possessed the map, even if they found the location, would have to engage in a life-and-death battle to obtain the True God Flower.
With his cultivation level, he wouldn't dare to go even if he got the map.
Mo Wuji had no interest in the map, but there were many who did. In a short time, the price of the map soared to three hundred thousand Profound-grade spirit stones.
In the end, the map marked with the True God Flower was auctioned off for four hundred and sixty thousand Profound-grade spirit stones.
Bin Shiqi was very satisfied with this price. He raised his hand and picked up a dark object from the jade plate in the hands of the female cultivator next to him and said, "Next, we will auction off a very precious treasure. Even I am eager to possess this treasure. I believe that the friends present are all the same as me..."
Even Mo Wuji was attracted by Bin Shiqi's words. Bin Shiqi had never said that he was eager to possess something until now.
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