Chen Wentian tried to keep a straight face while laughing inside. There was nothing better than doing nothing and letting others humiliate themselves. What kind of concept were six kilograms of orange spiritual crystal? It was a fortune for ordinary Spirit Lords. It was almost enough to buy any Spirit Lord Realm treasure they desired. To spend three tis as much for a song tablet that might be useful for a mortal Sacred Daughter was ridiculous.
The auction continued with other items. Many were those from the Gift Register while a few interesting ones werent. Chen Wentian took a break for a while as there was nothing he specifically wanted. He glanced at Yang Gehu. The mans handso face was marred by an ugly expression. One of his peers seed to be comforting him.
Still, it was only a minor victory, not a large one, and the battle still wasnt over. The Seven Potentates continued to bully the other attendees even if Yang Gehu was montarily incapacitated. Whether it was valuable musical instrunts, exquisite art pieces, or profound tos, they fought with everyone and anyone.
They didnt always win but they didnt lose often. So more wealthy independent immortals managed to win a few tis. So were affiliated with so other powers who bought so items.
A while later, another item that Long Yifei desired. It was a set of songs from the personal collection of a prioress of the Virtuous Order. As promised, Immortal Winter Hymn Xuan Xina had put up so of her songs for auction. Long Yifei did not want to accept such a heavy gift but she still wanted them as they were well suited for her developnt, even more than the song tablet before.
Chen Wentian again opened the bidding and as expected, Yang Gehu once again tried to oppose him. However, this ti, Chen Wentian was determined to this item. He raised the bid by the minimum amount each ti and wore his opponent out until they ran out of patience.
He was finally able to win the songs with a price of five-point-four kilograms of orange spiritual crystal. It still ended up being three tis the expected sale price and a massive overpay. This in turn caused Yang Gehus mood to greatly improve as making Chen Wentian waste money was just as good as preventing him from obtaining the actual item.
Chen Wentian shook his head and accepted his loss this ti around.
The Grand Annual Auction continued at a furious pace. Items flew off the stage while gold and spiritual crystals were spent in great waves. The amount of wealth being exchanged was incomparable to anything in the subcontinent.
Over a thousand immortals competed against each other in one room throughout the morning. The spiritual aura in the air was chaotic and stirring.
Chen Wentian attempted to bid on a few more items but lost out each ti. The Seven Potentates continued to fight him at every turn. In addition to Yang Gehu, other idiots from their faction joined in the bullying. He could have fought back hard but sotis he didnt have to. Other people wanted the sa items too and there were a few tis that the Seven Potentates lost out on items he had bidding on to other, unknown groups.
He still had plenty of money, enough to make another big purchase. However, he let the situation develop naturally and did not fight to the death for any more items. For an independent Spirit Lord of his background, being able to bring out over seven kilograms of orange spiritual crystal was already impressive. If he acted too wild and unreserved, it would arouse more animosity from the Seven Potentates as well as unwanted attention from other groups.
He had to spend money but he also couldnt spend too much. It was a vexing situation. Frustrated, he stopped paying attention to the auction and simply sat back to enjoy the scene. The journey of cultivation was a long one filled with all kinds of battles and dangers. It was important not to lose sight of the small details. It was good to be introspective.
He felt that this approach to dealing with the Seven Potentates was the only option. Although he didnt care too much about face or reputation, it was still necessary. If he didnt fight back at all and just let himself get rolled over, it would be bad for him and Long Yifei. Those annoying won of the Order would look down on him even more. He couldnt let his disciple be bullied because of him.
And it wasnt like he was just going to let these insults go. These bastards from the Seven Potentates could do whatever wanted for now but he was going to get payback for everything, even the smallest slight when the right opportunity ca around in the future.
After a few hours of Spirit Lord Realm items, a few items at the upper realms popped up. The auction house was once again filled with buzzing energy as the powerhouses finally got into the action after a boring prelude.
Ladies and gentlen, esteed immortals of Martial Brilliance Continent! Auction Master Hu Bao shouted with way more excitent than his frail body could seemingly handle, This next item is quite exciting! Everyone, please pay close attention!
With an exaggerated gesture, a pink flower with seven petals appeared. It was stored in a cylindrical glass case along with its stem which was dipped into a milky white liquid.
Imdiately, ice and fire spiritual energy emanated from the flower in great waves. The aura was light blue but also deep red at the sa ti. It was a mix of both as if the flower was a source of both attributes at the sa ti.
This
Amazing!
Many immortals couldnt hold back their reactions. This was a treasure!
Hu Bao laughed, Your eyes have not deceived you. This is a fully blood Frostfire Flower, a suprely rare flower that only appears in an area that is naturally imbued with both ice and fire spiritual energies. You all should know how rare such an environnt is. And on top of that, the Frostfire Flower only blooms once every one hundred years after accumulating enough both types of energy.
It just so happens that we have a Frostfire Nation which is among the Seven Potentates of Jiannan. They are expert practitioners of ice and fire Daos. But so guests or newcors to the continent may not know that their secret art relies on dual-attribute constitutions in their upper ranking mbers so that they can cultivate both ice and fire together. Mmm, thats right! It is exactly as many of you have already guessed. This Frostfire Flower is a key ingredient in producing cultivators with such a dual-attribute constitution!
Such an item could be imnsely useful to so but completely useless to others. The Golden Basin Auction House managed to obtain such a flower through great luck. We even almost lost it to an ambush but were able to thwart it with tily intervention of a talented friend. Hu Bao stroked his beard and he smiled mysteriously, Anyway, enough of my rambling. Lets begin with a base price of one kilogram of orange spiritual crystal, any bidders?
Frooh!
Just as Hu Bao finished his sentence, a surge of icy yet passionate spiritual energy erupted from the front rows.
I offer one kilogram of yellow spiritual crystal!
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