Shen Yi then observed the other VIP members beside them; some represent Medicine Valley in Feng City. The subordinates of medicine emperor Han Feng.
'Representatives from the blood sect, serpent mansion, medicine valley, and black skeleton tomb… it seems my guess was right. Let's see what kind of auction can gather these prominent figures all at once.'
He thought to himself and then started looking at the main podium intriguingly.
Immediately a flashy figure in a mask appeared acrobatically on the stage and started the introduction with a bow.
"Welcome to the auction held by our eight gates. Let's start with the first rare item for the auction."
Immediately following his words, a female staff member appeared with a tray in her hand, and she put it on the table in front of everyone.
Shen Yi raised his brow looking at the pillboxwhile the auctioneer introduced the item and initial price.
"The first auction is for a three-line jade spirit pill; the initial price is seven hundred thousand gold coins."
Everyone started bidding, while Shen Yi ignored it, as the fourth-grade pills are useless to him.
"Eight hundred thousand," The Serpent Mansion representative started increasing the bid as she glanced at the direction of the Blood Sect young master and the Skeleton Tomb representative playfully.
Immediately they also followed her provocation and started bidding with higher prices; finally it was bought by Black Skeleton Tomb representatives for twelve hundred thousand gold coins.
The white-haired auctioneer then introduced another item that appeared on the stage.
"The second rare auction for today is the bone spirit fruit, a rank five medicinal plant that can be used to concoct a rank six and seven pill. The starting bid is one million gold."
Another box was opened, revealing a round, shining fruit; immediately the audience straightened up and started bidding.
"Our medicine valley wants it for one and a half million gold coins."
Immediately one of the personnel from the private area spoke; immediately the whole auction house fell silent.
Shen Yi raised his brow, looking at the representative from Medicine Valley.
'The alchemists in this world are really deterring; everyone is afraid of their influence…'
"It is sold." The white-haired auctioneer hurriedly struck the table and closed the deal, then another box appeared with five rank pills inside.
"The next auction is for the blood lotus pill; the starting bid is one million gold coins."
Shen Yi glanced at the majority of the five-rank pills auctioned one by one; all of the higher-grade and effective pills were bought by the Blood Sect and other influential organizations, leaving the low-grade pills for other organizations.
'The pill business is really most profitable in this world; it seems I have to start concocting pills using my own lightning alchemy.'
He thought to himself while looking at the rare products, which can't be found in any other cities or even the capital of the Jia Ma Empire,
After a while,
The white-haired auctioneer stood silently on the stage as the protection curtain rose around the stage and guards appeared running inside the auction house, securing every corner.
Slowly the staff appeared and put the tray on the table.
The white-haired auctioneer walked forward and removed the veil that covered the item and revealed a blue shining sword lying with a dark blue halberd.
Immediately a blue glare flashed through the auction house, and along with it, the atmosphere cooled down in the whole auction house.
"The final auction of today is this mysterious blue blade. It was unearthed by some experts inside an old ruin. Despite its ancient origin, time didn't leave any traces on it. This blade is considered a high or even top-grade earth treasure."
Immediately everyone inside the auction house straightened up and stared in the direction of the blue sword possessively.
Shen Yi also raised his brow, looking at the shining blue blade lying on the tray.
'High Grade Earth Treasure'... it's definitely a treasure of seven or eight ranks. yellow-class items are equal to one to four rank treasures, mysterious-class items are equal to four to six rank treasures, and earth-class items are equal to six to eight rank treasures. Only heaven-grade items are considered as ninth-rank treasures, as they are useful against the Dou Sheng in this world.'
Shen Yi thought to himself, his eyes lit up looking at the sword in front of him.
"The starting bid is five million gold coins." The white-haired auctioneer immediately announced the initial price the owner asked for.
"Only an idiot will sell such a product in a gold coin."
The representative of Serpent Mansion commented in surprise after hearing the price, then her expression became intrigued, and she added,
"Anyway, it's cheaper for us. Eight million gold coins."
"Ten million gold coins," The Black skeleton tomb representative also bid with a wide smile on his face.
Shen Yi glanced at them competing to get the sword; he waited silently for a while.
Just when the bid reached fourteen million and slowed down, he raised his hand and spoke.
"Fifteen million gold coins."
Immediately the auction house fell silent, and everyone turned around and glanced at him, an unknown person who bid such a large amount.
'Restaurant business in this world is not a joke; even a restaurant city earns millions of gold coins profit annually, let alone the profit from fifty-one branches in the whole Jia Ma Empire.'
Shen Yi thought to himself as a playful smile materialized on his face.
"Who is this guy? Do you recognize him?"
The blood sect young master whispered questioningly to the guardian standing beside him, while his brow furrowed looking at Shen Yi.
Even the other representatives were curious about his identity and started inquiring about him from the guardians beside them, but still no one bid, as they didn't want to offend the person of unknown origin who could spend such a large amount.
'I will let you have it for a while, but no one can get the thing our blood sect wants.'
The young master from the blood sect thought to himself as a scheming smile materialized on his face looking in the direction of Shen Yi. The Black Skeleton Tomb members' expression also became thoughtful looking at him.
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