Seventy-seven million?!
"Damn it," the elder couldn't help but wonder if his ears had deceived him. Was this simple-looking fellow, whose clothes didn't look like they were worth more than two hundred yuan, really sitting on a balance of over seventy-seven million? To think that even he himself didn't have that much money!
He had previously scorned the man as poor, but now it was painfully obvious who was the poorer one between them.
That elder was astonished, and the rest of the auction house was just as shocked.
The female emcee made it clear that the funds were deducted from Ding Fan's earnings from the sale of his auction items. After subtracting the fee paid to the auction house, it ant that Ding Fan's sold item must have been worth at least a hundred million.
So far, the only item in the auction that had fetched a sum of that magnitude was the previously sold Foundation Building Pill.
Could this unremarkable looking person dressed so plainly really be the seller of that Second Grade Foundation Building Pill?!
The crowd couldn't help but turn their gaze toward Ding Fan, for anyone capable of offering a Second Grade dicine Pill was definitely not simple, and people began to speculate about Ding Fan's background.
At this point, people's opinions on Ding Fan's purchase of that Spirit-Attaching Stone also changed. Before, they had thought that Ding Fan was just ssing around, spending a lot of money on irrelevant items.
But knowing now that Ding Fan was the one who had presented the Second Grade Spirit Herb, they realized that the ore must be extraordinary. How could it be simple if soone who could produce a Second Grade Spiritual dicine had spent so much to acquire it?
Actually, Ding Fan truly had been very lucky.
That Spirit-Attaching Stone, not to ntion on Earth, even in the Cultivation World, would be unattainable for less than tens of thousands of Spirit Stones. An ordinary person would probably have to exchange an entire ten-thousand-person estate for it.
Yet Ding Fan had managed to purchase it with a re three million. How could it not be said that Ding Fan was extrely fortunate?
"Brother Fan, you're amazing," Mu Zi said with an envious look. "Keeping such a low profile and then striking it rich silently!"
Without saying a word, the man had made a hundred million. It was simply enviable.
On the side, Cheng Bufan also smiled at Ding Fan.
"Next up for auction is a set of needles! This set is none other than the Spiritual Channel Nine Needles! We've verified this set, and it is indeed genuine," the female emcee announced from the stage. "The consigner has made it clear that they will only trade for an item of equivalent value, and will not accept money for the purchase!"
Ding Fan scanned the Spiritual Channel Nine Needles with his Divine Sense, and to his surprise, found that the set was actually an Upper Grade Magic Artifact.
Strictly speaking, the Spiritual Channel Nine Needles was a set of Lower Grade Spiritual Artifacts that had suffered so damage, hence their current status as Upper Grade Magic Artifacts.
"I'll trade my Golden Hoop Knife for them!" A burly man stood up and handed his broadsword to an attendant.
The attendant promptly carried the man's Golden Hoop Broadsword backstage. It was only a few minutes later that the attendant reerged, carrying the broadsword back in front.
"No trade!"
After announcing this, the attendant handed back the Golden Hoop Broadsword to the burly man.
"I have an Ice Crystal Stone that I recovered from the ice fields years ago..." a middle-aged man stood up, revealing a blue chunk of ice from his possessions.
The attendant took the ice block backstage and shortly returned, bearing the Ice Crystal Stone again.
"No trade!"
Subsequently, nurous Martial Artists ca forward, offering their treasures for exchange, but the consigner backstage seed hard to satisfy, turning each offer down.
Even an Earth Level First Grade man brought a Magic Artifact to trade, but the auction house did not accept his offer.
"I have a fan here, feel free to appraise it," said Cheng Bufan, who had been fairly quiet since arriving at the auction, as he handed a fan to the attendant.
Ding Fan could tell that Cheng Bufan was quite interested in the Spiritual Channel Nine Needles.
Cheng Bufan's fan was definitely an Upper Grade Magic Artifact, and Ding Fan, with his powerful Divine Sense, was not easy to deceive.
Ding Fan had not noticed Cheng Bufan carrying such a treasure before, and now guessed that Cheng Bufan must also possess a Space Ring or so other spatial Magic Artifact.
Following Cheng Bufan's offering, soone took the item backstage.
Just five or six minutes later, the attendant rushed out from backstage.
Cheng Bufan remained expressionless, but his eyes betrayed a flash of urgency.
From his interactions with Cheng Bufan, Ding Fan had seldom seen him so unsettled. Cheng Bufan usually handled matters with great composure.
From this, Ding Fan was even more convinced that Cheng Bufan was very keen on obtaining the Spiritual Channel Nine Needles.
"No trade!" the attendant declared confidently as he walked out from backstage.
Cheng Bufan was taken aback, having believed that trading for the Spiritual Channel Nine Needles would be a sure deal, yet unexpectedly, things had developed into the current predicant.
After Cheng Bufan, others continued to present various artifacts for trade, but the consigner was particularly discerning, showing no interest in ordinary artifacts.
It looked as though the Spiritual Channel Nine Needles were about to go unsold.
At this mont, Ding Fan stood up. "I have a pill here, and I am willing to exchange this pill for the Spiritual Channel Nine Needles!"
As Ding Fan spoke, he surprisingly produced another pill from his person.
The pill was entirely black and shiny, the very dicine pill that Ding Fan had just refined in the past two days, called the God Crossing Pill. It was a marvelous Foundation Building pill, surpassing even the Foundation Building Pill in grade, and was a treasure among treasures.
By now, an attendant had already delivered the God Crossing Pill to the back.
The people in the back were astonished upon viewing the God Crossing Pill.
The grade of this God Crossing Pill was even higher than that of the Foundation Building Pill, with at least a Third Grade ranking.
Such dicine pills were extrely rare.
"Hurry and call back Shisanniang..." the hunched elder said to an attendant beside him before the auction began.
The attendant didn't dare to defy the old man's wishes and imdiately trotted to the front to find the female emcee.
Soon enough, the female emcee had been brought back by the attendant.
"Elder Kong. What's happened?" The female emcee looked puzzled at the elder.
The auction had been going on for quite so ti, yet Elder Kong had never called her back during an ongoing auction like today.
"Shisanniang, I called you back because of this God Crossing Pill." Elder Kong said on the side.
"God Crossing Pill?! Elder Kong, do you an there is sothing wrong with the God Crossing Pill?" Shisanniang asked with furrowed brows.
"No, that's not it." Elder Keng shook his head.
"Then what is it?" Shisanniang remained puzzled.
"Not only is this God Crossing Pill genuine, but it is also a Third Grade dicine Pill. I want to know who brought in this Third Grade dicine Pill..."
In the Secular World, not to ntion among the Hidden Sects, Third Grade dicine Pills were exceedingly rare. Elder Keng was curious to find out who had brought in the God Crossing Pill.
"The God Crossing Pill cos from the sa person who previously consigned the Second Grade Foundation Building Pill..."
After hearing Shisanniang's words, Elder Keng nodded, "Indeed... indeed..."
"Elder Kong, what exactly is going on?" Shisanniang felt today's Elder Kong was very strange.
"Shisanniang, you've worked at the auction house for a few years now. Have you ever seen anyone consign a pill of Second Grade or above?" Elder Kong asked Shisanniang.
Shisanniang pondered briefly. "As rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns..."
If one encountered a pill above Second Grade, consuming it oneself wouldn't even suffice, so how could there possibly be soone willing to sell it here?
"You've never encountered a Second Grade pill, let alone a Third Grade one. Now, soone can actually produce a Third Grade pill. What do you think of the person's background?" Elder Kong said.
Upon hearing Elder Kong's words, Shisanniang was taken aback and then seed to realize sothing. "Elder Kong, do you an that the person who consigned the pill has a significant background? But I found that this person doesn't know Ancient Martial Arts or any Martial Skills..."
Elder Kong slightly smiled after hearing Shisanniang's words. "Perhaps that person is rely a representative from a Great Gate Sect in the Secular World?"
Shisanniang, enlightened by Elder Kong's words, nodded in understanding.
Elder Kong said, "I just looked at the list, and this person nad Ding Fan actually consigned three pills of Second Grade or above. If not for the support of a Great Gate Sect behind him, how could he possibly have gotten his hands on three Second Grade Spirit Pills, and furthermore, a Third Grade God Crossing Pill?"
After thinking for a mont, Shisanniang said, "Elder Kong, what do you an by calling back?"
Elder Kong sighed deeply. "If this person truly is a representative of a Great Gate Sect in the Secular World, then we must establish good relations with him. If we can really foster good relations with these Great Gate Sects, by obtaining so Spirit Pills to sell through them in the future, our auction house will thrive..."
Shisanniang nodded earnestly, "The Second Grade pill Ding Fan previously consigned sold for a billion, didn't it? If we have the care of these Great Gate Sects, wouldn't our auction house beco even more successful in the future?"
"Elder Kong, what should we do now?" Shisanniang asked.
Elder Kong smiled faintly. "They say Shisanniang is exceptionally intelligent; do you still need to teach you what to do next?"
Shisanniang smiled lightly, then after contemplating for a mont, said, "Elder Kong, I think we should just give the Spiritual Channel Nine Needles to Ding Fan."
Elder Kong nodded appreciatively at Shisanniang.
Shisanniang continued, "To cultivate a supply line for our pills, giving away a set of Golden Needles is a small price to pay..."
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