Chapter Seventeen: Fierce Auction

  The first auction item was nothing out of the ordinary, just a mid-grade martial skill. However, since this martial skill could be put up for auction, it still had some special qualities to it. In fact, it was a complete and intact mid-grade martial skill of the mortal realm, and most importantly, after cultivating it, it would have many benefits for the cultivator's pure-blooded constitution.

  This martial art is not a combat martial art, but an auxiliary one. Generally speaking, auxiliary martial arts are very precious, so it was brought to the auction house for sale.

  Yang Yi wasn't very interested in this martial skill, as he currently had no shortage of elixirs. Cultivating auxiliary martial skills wouldn't bring him any significant breakthroughs or substantial benefits. This time, bidding on the Dragon Command was to gather enough wealth to buy that one drop of condensed blood of the fifth rank's essence blood, and also to prepare many elixirs for future use when he reached the fifth rank of Blood Condensation.

  Blood Condensation Fivefold is a crucial stage, and it's the first hurdle that cultivators need to break through. It's extremely difficult, and out of 100 cultivators, only a handful can reach Blood Condensation Fivefold from Blood Condensation Fourfold. This shows just how arduous Blood Condensation Fivefold is. To break through to this stage, aside from some crucial epiphanies, everything else relies on endless accumulation.

  From this point of view, the disciples of those big sects or the close relatives of the master or the cave master are much easier to break through than the scattered cultivators. As for the so-called law, companions, wealth and land, the word "wealth" is indispensable.

  In the end, this martial skill was auctioned off to a ordinary seat holder's Cong Blood Triple Repair for three thousand crystal stones. This is not considered a high price, it's just an appetizer. Next, those more precious and mysterious treasures will be coming out one after another.

  Yang Yi had only one goal, but for other auction items, he was also dazzled by the numerous options, fortunately, there was a palace-dressed woman beside him explaining, which broadened his horizons.

  Before he knew it, two hours had passed like this. Yang Yi discovered that in the past two hours, although there were also high-priced auction items, those truly wealthy guests hadn't made a move at all; they were all monks sitting in ordinary seats who had bought them.

  Just as Yang Yi was pondering, a white jade bottle suddenly appeared on the exhibition platform. Yang Yi's eyes instantly froze, staring fixedly at the jade bottle.

  The auctioneer, with great passion, introduced to all the monks: "Fellow Taoists, what is contained in this jade bottle is a drop of refined blood from a master of the fifth level of Blood Condensation. This is indeed a genuine product, and it has infinite benefits for breaking through realms or increasing blood accumulation."

  The appraiser smiled again and poured the drop of pure blood from the bottle onto his hand, a strong and powerful aura immediately filled the entire auction hall, many ordinary cultivators had envy and greed in their eyes, but what the appraiser said next made many ordinary cultivators retreat.

  The appraiser looked at the reactions below, nodded his head in satisfaction and said: "It seems that all of you are connoisseurs, I don't need to say the value of this drop of pure blood. The starting bid is 50,000 Blood Crystals, let's start the auction!"

  "Humming"

  The people below started discussing and were apparently surprised by the price. They had only seen the name of the item outside the auction house and did not know the auction price, except for VIPs like Yang Yi, who could know the price in advance to make preparations.

  Fifty thousand blood crystals is undoubtedly a sky-high price for an ordinary cultivator.

  At this time, Yang Yi did not hesitate to make a price of 600,000 yuan, and added 100,000 yuan at once. Yang Yi was also the first VIP to take action since the auction started.

  "Look, it's someone from the VIP room making a move. We don't stand a chance now. Once they make an offer, the price... tsk, tsk, it's simply unimaginable..."

  Some ordinary masters were discussing, they were obviously very familiar with the situation of this auction. Originally, there were still some people who wanted to bid, but as soon as they saw that it was a VIP room bidding, they gave up the idea of bidding.

  Yang Yi looked at the crowd that had been silent since he made his bid, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "Why isn't anyone bidding? The value of this precious blood is probably not just this much, right?"

  The woman in the palace attire next to him explained patiently, "Sir, this is actually due to your identity. You are now a distinguished guest of our Chamber of Commerce, and you are using the VIP room. You should know that the VIPs of our Chamber of Commerce must have wealth worth tens of millions of Blood Crystals or be people with status and position in order to sit here. Generally speaking, when a VIP makes a move, the final price will often be very high. So those ordinary cultivators naturally wouldn't dare to make a bid!"

  Yang Yi was slightly stunned, he didn't expect a noble guest to have such an intimidating presence. It seemed that Liu Lao had indeed put in enough effort for the sake of the Dragon Token, and giving Yang Yi a noble guest status was truly to win his favor.

  The entire auction hall fell silent, and since Yang Yi made his move, no one else dared to bid. Even Yang Yi himself held his breath, as this was the goal of his trip, and it was also related to whether he could smoothly advance and resolve the crisis in Jinyang Prefecture.

  The appraiser glanced around the VIP room, just about to speak, when he suddenly saw a price offered by one of the VIPs and immediately shouted: "VIP No. 3 bids 700,000!"

  "Third VIP?"

  Yang's eyes showed a hint of puzzlement, but the woman in palace attire slightly shook her head and said: "Sorry sir, regarding the identity of the honored guest inside the VIP room, our Chamber of Commerce is not allowed to disclose it, please forgive us."

  Yang nodded slightly, his precious blood was a must-have, so he immediately quoted a price of 100,000 Blood Crystals.

  Suddenly it increased to one million, everyone knows that Yang Yi is determined to get it.

  Next to the VIP room No. 3, it was Jin Wuyi, the master of Jinyang Mansion. His original goal this time was the Huolong Commandment, but because the young master of Jinyang might not be able to get the Huolong Commandment and participate in the Huolong Grand Prix, he bought this drop of condensed blood of five elements, just in case, to prepare for the young master of Jinyang early.

  Seeing his opponent bet 100,000 yuan, Jin Wuyi's eyes flashed with a hint of abnormality, and he added another 10,000.

  Now this drop of quintessential blood has been auctioned to 110,000. This price is not expensive, but Yang Yi did not make another move. He believed that it was not only him and the third noble guest who wanted to bid for this drop of essence blood.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, not long after, the tenth VIP made a move again. This time, it was no small matter, letting those ordinary seat cultivators truly understand what wealth means and what it means to spend thousands of gold at once.

  "Two hundred thousand!" The lazy voice of VIP No. 10 rang out.

  "Hum"

  Those ordinary monks all had their mouths agape, seemingly finding it somewhat unbelievable. This was usually the case for those monks who were attending such an auction for the first time.

  "There's nothing to be surprised about, you guys don't even see what kind of people they are, VIPs, that's at least a guarantee of hundreds of millions in wealth!"

  Some monks who often attend auctions look at these inexperienced monks with disdain.

  With this tenth noble's sudden fall from power, everyone was shocked in their hearts.

  Jin Wuye looked at the 200,000 blood crystals and slightly shook his head, saying in a low voice: "It's just one drop of condensed blood from a fifth-rank master, worth no more than 200,000. Continuing to bid would be meaningless!"

  For someone like him, who is already a master of the Five Elements of Condensed Blood, one drop of essence blood doesn't amount to much. If in the future he really only lacks this one drop of essence blood, he can take out another drop from his own body, but it would require depleting his vital energy, and he has no idea how many years it will take to cultivate back the lost essence blood.

  The price of 200,000 yuan had been stagnant for a long time without anyone raising it again. The appraisers were already satisfied, and the price of 200,000 yuan was not low.

  Yang's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he said in a low, cold voice: "It seems that there is no one else, which is good. This drop of essence blood is something I must obtain. There is a saying that goes: only what you need most is the most valuable. This drop of essence blood may not be special to others, but it is extremely important to me now. No one should think about taking it away!"

  Yang Yi's voice immediately floated out from the VIP room: "Three million."

  Boom

  This is a thorough shock, and the price has increased by 1 million yuan in an instant. It seems that it is also a must-win, because some keen-eyed people have already found out that the first bidder was Yang Yi's VIP room.

  In the VIP room No. 10, a young man in a white long shirt frowned slightly and said in a low voice: "Thirty million for a drop of Quintuple Condensed Blood? What kind of person is this? It's not easy to become a VIP of the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce, let me investigate, I must find out what kind of person is even more extravagant than me?"

  Immediately afterwards, a black-clad guard floated out from behind him, apparently going to investigate the news.

  It was only a moment later that the black-clad guard returned, and in a low voice whispered to the young man's ear: "Young master, the evening meeting has already informed me, and it turns out that the one who made the bet with you is the owner of this dragon transformation order."

  The young man's expression changed slightly, but a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Interesting, interesting. This young master thought it was some cave owner's son, but unexpectedly, he is even more extravagant than this young master. It turns out to be the master of Huálóng Lìng, offending Jīn Wú Xié, and also a dead man soon. This young master won't bother with someone who will die soon, let him enjoy himself for a few more hours, humph! Otherwise, with this young master's methods, anyone who dares to be more extravagant than this young master will definitely make him die without a place to bury his body!"

  A sinister light shot out of this young man's eyes, forming a stark contrast with his handsome face.

  "Great Young Master, this time the Cave Master has invited you here is to ensure that this piece of Jiaolong Token must be obtained. Please put the overall situation first and do not take things lightly!" An old man behind him said in a low voice.

  As soon as the old man spoke, the young man's expression became extremely unnatural, as if he had a hint of fear. He smiled faintly and said: "That's natural, how dare I not listen to Father's words? This time I came prepared, don't worry, no one can take it away!"

  The identity of this young man is not simple, the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce is so vast, Yang Yi wants to ask about the identity of the noble guest in the noble room, it's impossible, but this young master's light words, let the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce reveal the identity of Yang Yi in the noble room, enough to see the strength of the forces behind this young man. Listening to his words, he seems to be a Dongzhu's son as well.

  A cave master, that is high above, must have at least seven layers of coagulated blood, condensing out the virtual elixir, to become a cave master. Such a master has already reached an unimaginable level and is a powerful figure who commands respect wherever they go.

  Yang Yi, however, was unaware that his identity had already been discovered by the young master of a certain cave. The price of 3 million had already intimidated everyone, and this single drop of condensed blood, even if it were to be sold at a higher price, would not be worth more than 2 million. If all five drops of essence blood were available, that would be a sky-high price, and countless people would fight for them until their heads were broken and bleeding. But since there was only one drop, it wouldn't attract too much attention from others.

  Before long, a servant appeared with a tray in his hands, on which was placed an exquisite jade bottle, the very one that Yang Yi had won at the auction this time, containing a precious drop of the refined blood of a fifth-grade master.