"Alright, the first item of today's auction is…a set of Basic Mana recovering pills! The bid starts at 15 low-grade crystals!"
The moment Marissa announced the item, the bidders erupted.
"16 Low-grade crystals!"
"18 Low-grade crystals!"
"20 Low-grade crystals!!"
Soon, the bid ended with a rogue cultivator who bought those at 23 low-grade crystals.
Marissa clapped her hands," Alright, gentlemen, the next item is an Everfrost Lily! This is greatly beneficial to Ice-element-based cultivators! The bid starts at 50 low-grade crystals!"
"70 Low-grade crystals!!"
"85 Low-grade crystals!!"
"100 Low-grade crystals!!"
The auction continued with a few more items when finally, the next tier items arrived that the merchants and high level cultivators could afford.
"This time, our auction hall has received some rather rare resources. That is a pair of Azure Hollow rings! The storage capacity inside each ring is an astonishing 300 cubic meters! The bid starts at 2 mid-grade Mana crystals"
"Oh? Now that's something interesting," Rahu said, looking at the shining pair of rings. He decided it was worth bidding. And besides, the pair of rings was stylish and well designed.
"4 Mid-grade Mana crystals", shouted one merchant from the second ring.
"8 Mid-grade Mana crystals!"
"12 Mid-grade Mana crystals!!"
Now the true whales in the hall began their bidding.
"15 Mid-grade Mana crystals"
This one came from one of the VIP chambers—Naturally, it was Rahu. He still had a decent stash of crystals, which he had extor—cough—accepted from Karma. In total, he had 400 mid-grade crystals to round up.
Not to mention his girlfriend was here. Apparently, being a core disciple had its own sets of benefits!
"18 Mid-grade Mana crystals", another voice sounded from one of the VIP chambers.
"25 Mid-grade Mana crystals" Of course, Rahu didn't give in.
"35 Mid-grade Mana crystals!!"
"40 Mid-grade Mana crystals!"
"50 Mid-grade Mana crystals!!"
Now this…this was straight-up targeting him, no question about it.
"Little peach, that voice…I think I heard it somewhere," Rahu said, a bit amused.
"I think that was…Selvus, even his Mana signature isn't mistakeable" Vivianne shook her and sighed, already aware of the outcome.
"Does the sect prevent killing?"
He asked curiously, after all that day, he had just arrived and didn't want to take any extreme measures, but this brat was blatantly targeting him.
"Inside the sect premises—no, but…heh"
The implication was clear. Rahu smirked.
"..."
Seeing the bid had stopped, she turned towards Rahu's chamber to confirm. Seeing that there was no further bid, she announced.
"The pair of Azure Hollow rings goes to bidder 72 of the VIP chambers! Congratulations.
…
In one of the VIP chambers.
"Hahaha, I knew it! That bastard is poor as fuck, serves him right!"
Selvus laughed hysterically. He was still recovering from that day's beating, but today he was fearless!
He also had a Spirit Realm cultivator bodyguard today, and he was determined to beat that handsome bastard black and blue.
He turned his head and saw the woman sitting on the chair, her face gave no expression as if she was bored with coming here.
She was Zira, one of the top disciples in the Inner Court, and today she was sent to supervise a disgusting bastard like Selvus.
She glanced at Selvus, who was nervously standing there, and spoke in a cold tone, "Do not waste too much on rubbish. And keep in mind that the master had said to retrieve that Gravium Ore stack. It seems he is preparing something big"
Selvus nodded and sighed. The pressure of a peak Spirit Realm cultivator was no joke; his soul was on edge all this time.
"Alright, the next item is also quite a bit special! A full 10kg of Gravium ore! Each kg costs about 9 Mid-grade Mana crystals! The bid starts at 90 Mid-grade Mana crystals!"
"110 Mid-grade Mana crystals!"
"135 Mid-grade Mana crystals!!"
"145 Mid-grade Mana crystals!!!"
"What the fuck? Vivianne, if the prices rise by that much scale, we should have just sold it all here!" Rahu's eyes twitched as he glared at the innocent kitty.
"You dare blame me!? How could I know the demand would rise suddenly?" Vivianne shouted, the poor soul felt wronged!
But then,
"170 Mid-grade Mana crystals!"
A familiar voice sounded. Rahu's eyes lit up! Yes, by that astronomical raise, it seems they needed that ore!
"200 Mid-grade Mana crystals!!"
Rahu smirked and placed the bid.
"Heh, you poor bastard, you dare compete with me? 250 Mid-grade Mana crystals!!"
"300 Mid-grade Mana crystals"
"400 Mid-grade Mana crystals!"
"500 Mid-grade Mana crystals!!"
Now, even the crowd was shocked; it seemed the buyer of the Azure rings had some beef with that other VIP.
"That bastard!? Does he even have that much?" Selvus's eyes twitched in anger.
"700 Mid-grade Mana crystals!"
"900 Mid-grade Mana crystals!"
"1 High-grade Mana crystal"
"2 High-grade Mana crystals"
Selvus gritted his teeth. Veins popping on his forehead. Master Moyan had given 8 High-grade level crystals, and just for a mere 10kg of gravium ore, he had to spend more than 2 High-grade level crystals on something they could have gotten in just 500 Mid-grade Mana crystals! Hateful!
"Calm down, Selvus. We are going to ambush him anyway, and we will capture that demonic beast to sell, so don't bother getting angry"
Zira's calm voice sounded in his ears. Selvus nodded and continued the bet,
"3 High-grade Mana crystals!!!"
"...'
Absolute silence fell over the hall, 3000 mid-grade crystals for what? A mere ore? Are they really that foolish?
"Hahahah, I'm rich! Now that's what I call a decent haul!"
Rahu laughed happily. After all, only 20 per cent of the profit goes to the Blackthorn Auction Hall.
He could already imagine Selvus' face.
"But what gives him that courage to compete with me?" Rahu curiously asked Vivianne.
"Maybe the leader of his faction sent someone to support him?"
"Hmm, now that's an issue. Karma, get your lazy ass up here" Immediately, she leapt from the table and walked towards him.
Setting Vivianne aside, he whispered something in Karma's ears with a smirk. Listening to his plan, her ears twitched cutely. Karma nodded and disappeared.
"What did you say?" Vivianne asked curiously.
"Hehe, you'll see."