Chapter 27: The Auction

  The auction is about to begin, Liang Jianying holds a jade fan and flips through the auction catalog given by the auction house, seemingly not very interested in the treasures listed above. However, when she flipped to the final page, her eyes suddenly lit up: "Hanshu Purple Crystal Stone! There's actually such a treasure, looks like this trip was worth it."

  "Huh?" Chen Yuan was taken aback, seeing the determined look on Liang Jianying's face. In his heart, he thought: "Liang Jianying had given me three levels of demon crystal when we first met and also bought me a top-quality soul-refining disc. This kindness, I must repay."

  Hanxue purple crystal stone Chen Yuan, of course, did not just dig up one piece. The cold pool he dived into was a hundred feet deep, with black coral covering the bottom. In the center of the coral, there was a small hole that could fit one person, and inside it had an undercurrent that swallowed everything. Chen Yuan's cultivation allowed him to enter only ten feet, but within those ten feet, he dug up the Hanxue purple crystal stone. Chen Yuan secretly wondered if this cave at the bottom of the pool was not a large-scale purple crystal mine vein, but his cultivation was insufficient and he could not explore further.

  Chen Yuanyi took out a palm-sized cold snow purple crystal stone from his sleeve and handed it to Liang Jianying:

  "Brother Liang, I give you this gift in return for your generous help at Giant Tree Fortress back then."

  "This is..." Liang Jianying recognized the Frosty Purple Crystal Stone at a glance, and he looked at Chen Yuan in surprise. Although he yearned for it, he refused with righteous words: "It's too precious, the little demon crystal I offered can't compare to this thing."

  Chen Yuan shook his head and said, "If it weren't for the top-grade Soul Refining Disk you gave me back then, I wouldn't have been able to get through the demonic tide. The Frosty Purple Crystal Stone at the auction was something I had consigned for sale. By coincidence, I managed to obtain two pieces. For now, this item is of no use to me, so if Brother Liang needs it, Chen Yuan will naturally return a favor and give it to you."

  "Alright! I'd be too pretentious if I refused! Chen Yuan, this friend, is truly worth befriending." Liang Jianying also couldn't resist the temptation of the purple crystal, and agreed.

  One peach repays another plum, and the relationship between the two becomes closer. Waiting for the auction to begin, they continue to chat. Chen Yuan didn't mention his own building of the villa, and Liang Jianying also didn't mention her identity as the young mistress of the castle, as if they had a tacit understanding, knowing that each had their own needs but not wanting to mention it.

  The guests were seated in the auditorium, and the auctioneer took the stage.

  A red dress, like a peony blooming, attracting admiring glances.

  This peerless female cultivator's cultivation was not high, roughly at the peak of Qi Refining.

  "Tsk tsk! Yin Caiwei is indeed becoming more and more stunning with age." Liang Jianying couldn't help but admire this beauty.

  Chen Yuan was also attracted, but he didn't have much heart movement. In his mind, the image of Hai Youxiao's youthful and mysterious girl involuntarily emerged.

  "Welcome all new and old friends to Shenji Auction House..."

  After the opening remarks, Yin Caiwei began auctioning off items. The first item up for bidding was the hundred-year-old Longxi wood that Chen Yuan needed.

  Longxi wood is a spiritual wood deep in the Longxi mountain range, where it is rumored that six-level demon beasts survive. To harvest this spiritual wood, one must undoubtedly risk their life. This wood has various uses and is most commonly used for building spiritual law buildings.

  This wood is in the city of Rǎo Mù, it's not uncommon. The auction atmosphere was not high, Chen Yuan directly added twenty to the price:

  "One hundred twenty!"

  "One hundred and twenty-two!" Someone immediately raised the price, but the other side seemed to be unwilling.

  Chen Yuan directly added it to one hundred and fifty, and no one bid anymore.

  Next, Chen Yu auctioned off the items he needed, among which his Youmu Benyuan wood core was sold for 44 levels of Youjing, which made up for his previous expenses. Soon it was the turn of Hanshuo Purple Crystal.

  As soon as this ore was reported, it caused a sensation instantly.

  "Master! Master! This piece of Frosty Purple Crystal, we must get it!" In a certain second-class VIP room, Ye Lingxuan excitedly pulled Hai Yuian's hand, urging him.

  "Nature! I didn't expect that the skeletal city would have such a precious water-based treasure. With this stone, your brother's chances of successfully forming his elixir will increase by 30%!" Ye Xiao also excitedly stroked his beard and said.

  ……

  A piece of Hessonite Garnet caused a sensation in the auction hall, with the starting price just announced.

  In an instant, it had risen to a hundred and twenty-fourth grade Youjing.

  But this one hundred and twenty had just been shouted out for less than three seconds when a familiar voice of Chen Yuan had already called out one hundred and fifty.

  This voice was none other than Ye Lingxuan, whom Chen Yuan had met in Zhenyuan's Array of Calming the Heavens.

  But just as it was about to be sold for 105, someone suddenly bid 106.

  At this price, it has become a strong competition among the top three, with others no longer increasing their bids, and only these three are competing in increments of 5 yuan.

  Finally, Ye Lingxuan shouted 195 yuan, and the person who had been bidding with her stopped shouting prices.

  Liang Jianying looked at the cold snow amethyst in her hand and shook her head at Chen Yuan:

  "Brother Chen, this Snow Purple Crystal is really too generous a gift."

  "Once given, it's given, Chen Yuan will never take it back." Chen Yuan replied seriously.

  "Haha! Now it's yours, and I won't let you take it back!" said Liang Jianying with a bright smile.

  Chen Yuan knew that the purple crystal was precious, but he wasn't actually clear about its use, and asked Liang Jianying: "Brother Liang, I don't know what this purple crystal is used for? Logically speaking, as a fourth-grade ore, no matter how expensive it is, it shouldn't be able to reach the price of nearly 240 grade demon crystals."

  "Haha! So Brother Chen didn't know its specific use, no wonder he took it out to sell and gave it away." Liang Jianying burst into a fit of laughter, then pointed out: "This Cold Snow Purple Crystal is a spiritual stone that can increase the success rate of forming Dan. For ordinary cultivators, it only has a 1.5% boost in success rate, but for water-based cultivators, it has a 3% boost in success rate. Do you think such a treasure is worth this price? You just took it out yesterday, right? If you had taken it out earlier and let the Divine Machine Auction House operate on it, this purple crystal might have broken through 200."

  Increase the success rate of Cong Dan, Chen Yuan suddenly felt a little regret. However, at this time, the divine snake in his mind laughed and said: "Little boy, next time you get such good things, ask me first. Old snake, I've been walking among humans for hundreds of years, my vision is not bad either. Someone traded a Lianhun Pan and a third-level wind system Yaojing for your Hanshue Purple Water Crystal, it's really too cheap."

  Chen Yuan didn't think he had been taken advantage of, and he didn't regret giving the purple crystal to Liang Jianying. After all, the cave was still there, and once his strength increased, he could enter deeper and continue digging.

  The auction has not ended yet. Although the purple crystal is precious, today's real finale has just appeared.

  Chen Yuan wondered what could be more precious than the Purple Crystal of Extreme Cold.

  Only a mistress of ceremonies was seen, holding a crystal jade bottle and ascending the stage. In this bottle, there seemed to be a cluster of purple gas, which could not be seen through.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, today's finale treasure - Long Que Jing Po. This Jing Po is transformed from the lingering spirit of a deceased spiritual beast, Huang Long. Its uses are endless, it can be used to refine magical treasures, and is an essential divine object for high-level array formations. The starting price is 240 fourth-grade Yao crystals."

  Chen Yuan had yet to figure out what this thing was for when he heard a loud shout from the excited divine snake in his mind.

  "Kid! Take a picture! This is a strand of spiritual energy left after the death of the Ling Beast, which can transform into about 100 high-quality demon spirits!"

  One hundred top-grade demon spirits are equivalent to one thousand mid-grade demon spirits, which is equivalent to ten thousand low-grade demon spirits. How many demon beasts does Chen Yuan need to kill in order to accumulate them?

  But...

  Can't afford it!

  The divine snake was excitedly introducing Chen Yuan:

  "With this top-grade spiritual material, you can exchange for a top-grade spiritual building 'Shennong Baicao Garden', which is a spiritual building created by the ancient great god, famous throughout the ages. The spiritual grass grown in the garden grows at several times the speed of ordinary cultivation, and can also be divided into five elements within, unaffected by geographical environment, and can cultivate and transplant any spiritual medicine. It has a huge boost to your early development of the manor. More importantly, this array can also be upgraded, and is a necessary building for development."