amaotonovel Chapter 392 Dragon Blood Soil
Chapter 392 Dragon Blood Soil
"Shen Xu, why aren't you bidding anymore? I could tell you were really determined to get that jade pendant, so why are you letting the Qin family have it?" Bai Lu asked, puzzled.
"Do you think the Qin family would choose to go to such great lengths, risking offending me, to compete with me for that jade pendant?"
"This... is unlikely, but if they agree with you that it is the Hanxu Jade Pendant, they are very likely to compete with you for it!"
"You forgot who was in charge of security for this auction. How could Qin Zhongyuan not know that there was an extra jade pendant among the auction items? And how could the owner of the jade pendant put the Hanxu Jade Pendant out for auction?"
Combined with the auctioneer's suggestive words, I think the Sword Alliance is using this Hanxu Jade Pendant to lure out other people who possess it.
My offer of such a high price probably disrupted the Sword Alliance's plans, which is why Qin Zhongyuan had to make an offer to stop me from raising the price any further.
"According to you, if neither you nor Qin Zhongyuan have any other Hanxu Jade Pendants, then the person in room number twenty-seven is highly suspicious," Ye Zhi said thoughtfully.
After Shen Xu gave up, the people in VIP room number 27 raised the price to 1.6 million, but it still couldn't beat the Qin family's offer. In the end, the jade pendant fragment was taken away by the Qin family for 2 million.
The price of two million brought the auction to a climax. Although the prices of the auctioned items rose over time, very few items ever exceeded two million.
The highest-priced item sold was a mid-grade Earth-rank body-refining technique called "Triple Strength of Chasing the Sun," which was ultimately bought by someone from VIP box number two for 3.6 million.
Seeing this, Shen Xu couldn't help but ask, "Sect Leader, what grade was the cultivation technique left behind by the Ancestor?"
"The top-grade Human Rank Green Bamboo True Essence Technique is a cultivation method specially left by the founder to be used in conjunction with the Qinyun Bamboo Branch. It is also a cultivation method that only the sect leader can practice." At this point, Song Qi couldn't help but sigh. The Green Bamboo Sword Sect probably still has a long way to go, and there's nothing he can do to help Yang Qiqi anymore.
"Was your ancestor very powerful?" Bai Lu asked curiously.
“No one knows the true strength of our founder. In fact, we are the ones who have been above our master. The two seniors who founded the Green Bamboo Sword Sect were only nominal disciples of our founder. Qi Qi and Shen Xu are the true disciples of our founder,” Song Qi said with some helplessness.
“Master, doesn’t that mean Senior Brother Shen and I aren’t members of the Green Bamboo Sword Sect? As long as we’re still here, the Green Bamboo Sword Sect can rightfully call you our patriarch.” Yang Qiqi immediately comforted Song Qi, seeing the disappointment in his words.
As time passed, the auction soon came to an end, but many people became nervous because the last item was their most important target for the day.
"The last item in the auction is called 'Dragon Blood Soil.' Legend has it that this kind of soil can only be produced in places where the blood of a true dragon has been spilled. Using this soil to cultivate spiritual plants related to the true dragon will have miraculous effects."
Unfortunately, this piece of dragon blood soil is very old, and much of the power in the dragon blood has been lost.
However, this is not a bad thing for everyone, because if it were truly spiritual dragon blood soil, it probably wouldn't be up to you all to bid for it here.
You should know that the top-tier auction house has been eyeing this Dragon Blood Soil for a long time. Elder Shangguan even used his authority to forcibly retain it, all so that you wouldn't have come for nothing.
Upon hearing this, the crowd in the auction house instantly stirred. Everyone knew that anything related to a true dragon, no matter what it was, even a piece of dragon dung, was an extremely rare treasure.
Even without any spiritual plants related to true dragons to cultivate, using the dragon blood remaining in the soil to refine one's body is a tremendous opportunity for cultivators.
Seeing the reactions around her, the beautiful auctioneer couldn't help but laugh and say, "Dragon Blood Soil, starting price is one million Nourishing Yuan Pills, and each bid must be at least one hundred thousand."
"Two million!" The auctioneer had barely finished speaking when a young man shrouded in a black robe, who was close to the auction stage, spoke up.
Everyone stared at the figure in astonishment; they hadn't expected there to be such a wealthy person on the first floor.
But the value of Dragon Blood Soil was far more than two million, and the bid from the second floor quickly rose to three million.
Shen Xu looked at the clump of crimson soil, which resembled flowing blood, placed in the jade box. The thirst in his soul told him that this soil must be what the black seed needed, but seeing the price, he could only look on with envy.
However, now that he knew the black seeds needed this extremely rare soil, he had to find a way to get it for them.
There was no other way; the black seed was his life-saving medicine. Without it, even if he broke through to the Qi Sea Realm, he could only prolong his life for a while.
"Five million!" The black-robed young man's emotionless voice reached everyone's ears.
But the people on the first floor found the voice jarring. "With this kind of wealth, why are you sitting with us to mock our poverty?"
The beautiful auctioneer looked at the young man shrouded in black robes with surprise upon hearing the price, but she wasn't surprised by the price itself.
What surprised her was that this young man could actually produce such a huge amount of Nourishing Essence Pills, since she knew that the Judge's Book prohibited false pricing.
But she quickly came to her senses and said with a smile, "This young man on the first floor has offered five million. Are the distinguished guests on the second floor going to be outdone by the guests on the first floor?"
This dragon blood soil is incredibly precious! It's a once-in-a-millennium find!
But this time, the second floor fell into an unusual silence.
"What a pity, it seems this young man will have to take the Dragon Blood Soil. Five million... once..." The beautiful host paused for a moment before speaking again, "Five million twice!"
"Five million... Oh? The VIP in VIP box number one has bid six million. Young man, would you like to raise the bid further?" The beautiful auctioneer smiled as she looked at the young man in black robes in front of her.
The young man in the black robe clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves; he now truly wanted to kill the auctioneer before him.
"Seven million," the young man in black said through gritted teeth.
Seeing this, Shen Xu said to everyone in the room, "I'll go out and take a look." After saying that, he ignored the surprised looks of everyone and walked straight out.
By the time Shen Xu made his way through the crowd to the young man in black robes, the bidding had reached nine million, thanks to the auctioneer's encouragement. This seemed to be the young man's limit.
He was extremely tense, fearing that the people in VIP room number one would bid again, and he didn't even notice Shen Xu's arrival.
But things didn't go as planned; the people in VIP box number one ultimately offered ten million.
The price immediately made the young man in black relax his hands; he knew he had lost the chance to obtain Dragon Blood Soil.
"If you only want the dragon blood, you can give me the rest of the soil, and I can give you two million." At this moment, he suddenly heard a voice beside him. He immediately turned his head and saw Shen Xu's calm and composed face.
At that moment, the auctioneer was calling out ten million for the third time.
"Twelve million!" Without hesitation, the young man in black robes hurriedly exclaimed.