The price announced by Yaphira, although it made the room briefly quiet, was quickly followed by a young man, whose mind was captivated by her every smile, who hurriedly shouted, “Sixteen thousand!” After shouting out the price, this somewhat pale-faced young man still tried to appear graceful, bowing slightly to Yaphira on the stage, but he completely forgot that his eyes were fixed intently on her ample chest. Feeling a cold disdain for this young man whose mind was entirely occupied by a woman’s body, Yaphira maintained a perfect smile and gently asked the audience, “Is there anyone else willing to bid?”
“Seventeen thousand.”
“Nineteen thousand!”
After a brief silence, the room became noisy again, with a series of escalating bids making the young man extremely embarrassed. Finally, when the price reached twenty-three thousand, he had to sit down in frustration.
Listening to the continuously increasing prices, Xiao Yan was both surprised and astonished, letting out a series of exclamations. The enthusiasm of the people in the room for the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid clearly exceeded his expectations. It seemed that the decision to let the Mithril Auction House promote it was quite wise.
For the first bottle of Foundation Building Spirit Liquid, the three major families did not join in the bidding, allowing the weaker forces to seize the opportunity and desperately raise the price, hoping to acquire it. After all, such a spirit medicine that could increase the speed of Dou Qi cultivation was quite rare throughout the entire Jia Ma Empire.
After nearly half an hour of bidding, the first bottle of Foundation Building Spirit Liquid finally settled at the high price of forty-seven thousand gold coins. Looking at the fat man who was visibly delighted by the successful auction, Xiao Yan was truly speechless. He hadn’t expected these bidders to be even more frenzied than his father’s previous bid… A Foundation Building Spirit Liquid that cost only around one thousand gold coins had been inflated to several dozen times its original price. This terrifying profit margin made Xiao Yan smack his lips in amazement.
Stroking his chin and blinking, Xiao Yan suddenly thought, if he hadn’t met the Pharmacist Elder, he probably wouldn’t have the luxury of using the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid every day to bathe his body, right?
Seeing the high price for the first bottle of Foundation Building Spirit Liquid, Yaphira breathed a sigh of relief. In her heart, she thought, “This price should satisfy that mysterious person, right? As long as it can make him more favorable towards the Mithril Auction, that’s enough!”
Shaking her head lightly, Yaphira looked at the crowd, who were filled with regret due to their failed bids, and smiled. She then brought out a jade plate with two white jade bottles and announced, “The next six bottles of Foundation Building Spirit Liquid will be auctioned in three batches, two bottles per batch. The starting price is thirty thousand gold coins!”
As the two bottles of Foundation Building Spirit Liquid were brought out, the room strangely became much quieter. Pairs of eyes began to focus on the three major families in the front row; they all knew that these three forces would likely make a move.
“Thirty-one thousand,” the patriarch of the Gale family, Gally Bi, called out after a moment of silence.
“Hehe, Gally Bi, did you use up all the family’s money buying cultivation techniques last time? Why are you being so stingy now? Can you even afford an additional thousand?” Hearing Gally Bi’s bid, the ever-antagonistic Aubba Pa immediately ridiculed him.
Gally Bi’s face twitched slightly, and he glared at Aubba Pa with a cold look, but did not respond verbally. He just stared gloomily at the white jade bottles on the stage.
“Thirty-five thousand.” Seeing that his mockery didn’t get a reaction, Aubba Pa felt a bit bored and raised his hand, calling out nonchalantly.
“Thirty-eight thousand,” Gally Bi coldly countered.
“Forty-five thousand,” Aubba Pa challenged.
“Fifty thousand,” Gally Bi’s hand trembled slightly as he called out the price. Although what Aubba Pa said was unpleasant, it was true. The last time they competed for the high-level Xuan-tier cultivation technique, they had almost used up the Gale family’s savings from several years. The Gale family’s assets had already shrunk by about 20-30%.
“Fifty-five thousand.”
“Fifty-six thousand…”
Looking at the two people who seemed to be competing in a battle of wits, everyone in the room sighed in disappointment. Even if they had enough funds, they couldn’t compete with the three major families. After all, each of the three major families in Uthan City had at least three Dou Wang-level powerhouses!
While economic strength was also a source of a family’s power, without the armed force to protect it, no matter how much money they had, they would still be weak. Therefore, everyone present wisely stayed out of the competition between the two families, occasionally glancing at the always silent Xiao family.
When the price of the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid reached seventy-three thousand, Gally Bi finally withdrew, his face turning green. The family could no longer afford to spend recklessly.
Seeing the green-faced Gally Bi, Aubba Pa smugly leaned back, his face full of a radiant smile.
Throughout the competition, Yaphira on the stage maintained her charming smile, looking at the two like a pair of fat sheep. When the final price was set, she reluctantly brought down her small hammer.
When Yaphira presented another two bottles of the spirit liquid, Xiao Zhan, who had been silent, finally made a move. His calm voice dampened Gally Bi’s spirits, who had yet to call out his bid.
“Seventy-five thousand!”
The calm voice, filled with determination, echoed through the room.
Yaphira on the stage was also somewhat stunned by Xiao Zhan’s resolve. After a brief pause, she asked with a smile, “Is there anyone else willing to bid?”
Gally Bi, sitting in his chair, glared at the smiling Xiao Zhan with a fierce look, cursing inwardly, “Damn, if it weren’t for that trickster last time, would our Gale family have ended up in such an awkward situation?”
His eyes flickering, Gally Bi gritted his teeth and suddenly shouted, “Eighty-five thousand!”
“Ninety-five thousand!” Glancing disdainfully at Gally Bi, Xiao Zhan waved his hand, showing a bold attitude of matching any bid.
Seeing Xiao Zhan’s determined attitude, Gally Bi’s mouth twitched slightly, but a triumphant sneer flashed in the depths of his eyes. Hesitating for a moment, he bit down and said, “One hundred thousand!”
Hearing Gally Bi’s bid, the room erupted in a frenzy, with exclamations of surprise filling the air. Spending one hundred thousand gold coins for two bottles of Foundation Building Spirit Liquid was clearly a significant loss.
Narrowing his eyes at Gally Bi, who seemed ready to fight to the end, Xiao Yan smiled lightly, shook his head, and whispered to Xuner, “I bet that if my father raises the price again, that guy will immediately drop this losing deal.”
Xuner blinked her long eyelashes, not paying much attention to the competition. She was somewhat surprised and said, “That guy seems to really want it, doesn’t he?”
Xiao Yan chuckled and said no more.
In the front row, hearing Gally Bi’s bid, Xiao Zhan remained silent for a while, then suddenly stood up, looking at Gally Bi with a strange expression. After a moment, he smiled and said something that left Gally Bi speechless, “You win…”
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