Chapter 48: A Surefire Way to Make Money Without Losing

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  The next day, the auction hall on "Yunfei" was already set up. At 2 pm, Chu Yu, Tang Keying and Hua Tianxiong entered the auction hall.

  "Those independent small viewing platforms should be VIP suites, right?" Tang Keying asked, pointing to the six semi-circular suites on the second floor of the auction hall after they were seated.

  It's unknown what kind of soul-stirring soup this girl fed to Hua Tianxiong last night, but as soon as she asked, he immediately replied with a smile: "Little girl is really clever, no mistake, the six VIP rooms on the second floor are specially reserved for the six major immortal families."

  "Is it one of the six major Orthodox families? Is it very powerful?" Tang Keying asked curiously.

  "The Zhangsun family is one of the six major families, and although the other five may not be able to match their current strength, they are not far behind. In terms of wealth, if you add up all the economic industries controlled by the six major families that practice spiritual cultivation, even the Tianbao Financial Group would be slightly inferior; in terms of backing, the six major families rely on famous spiritual cultivation sects outside the world, such as the Emei Sect, Kunlun Sect, and Tianshi Teachings...; if you talk about their actual strength in cultivation, it is said that all six major families have masters who have reached the Yuanying stage or higher."

  "Uncle Hong knows a lot." Tang Keying listened with relish.

  "Hero, when did this so-called Six Great True Spirit Families' title come into being?" Chu Yu suddenly asked aloud.

  "It was twenty years ago." Hu Tianxiong recalled.

  "No wonder I didn't have an impression, a cultivator from the secular world who has reached the Yuan Ying period can appear in the Xiu Zhen world. It seems that the power of cultivation in the mortal world has indeed made rapid progress in these years!"

  Chu Yu sighed to himself at the same time, and the auctioneer took the stage to announce the official start of the auction. The people who had already sat down suddenly burst into applause.

  After the upstream wheel, everyone was distributed a auction manual, which detailed the items that would be on stage at this treasure auction. Of course, in order to create some mystery, the last two finale items were not made public, and some miscellaneous items that people had registered for after boarding the cruise ship also did not appear in the auction manual.

  However, there are still no less than 200 items recorded in this auction catalog.

  At the start of the auction, Chu Yu handed over the auction manual in his hand to Hua Tianxiong and said: "The few things that need to be bid on, I have already marked with a red pen, there are seven things that are useful to me. Next to them, I have already marked out the highest price bottom line. If the bidding price exceeds this bottom line, give up. As for how to bid specifically, you're more experienced than me, so I'll leave it to you."

  "Alright." Hu Tianxiong nodded excitedly. To be honest, when it came to bidding for refining materials, he had an enthusiasm that far surpassed that of ordinary people. At this moment, Chu Yu handed over this task to him, and Hu Tianxiong naturally agreed a hundred times.

  One by one, the items were put on the stage, and the bidding was more intense than ever. After about two hours, all of the over 200 items listed in the auction catalog had been sold, and Hu Tianxiong successfully purchased six of the items that Chu Yu had pre-selected. Except for a 4,500-year-old Snow Ginseng, whose bidding price far exceeded the highest limit set by Chu Yu, it was finally bought by someone in one of the six VIP rooms for $20 million.

  At this time, Chu Yu was closing his eyes to rest, and an auction of this level was indeed a bit dull for him. On the other hand, Tang Keying, this curious baby, kept following Hua Tianxiong around, constantly asking questions, which made Hua Tianxiong also very happy and praised Tang Keying for being eager to learn.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, the next entertaining program is about to begin. The conference will provide ten quotas for everyone present to bring an item they think is worth participating in the auction, and the proceeds from the auction will go entirely to the bidders who provided the items. The organizing party of the conference will waive one-thousandth of the handling fee."

  "Of course, since there are only ten spots available, if the number of items bid on in real-time exceeds that amount, then the head of the Zhangsun clan, Mr. Zhang Huan, will personally appraise and select the top ten most valuable items."

  Just as the host was speaking, a young man in his early twenties, dressed in a dark blue Chinese tunic suit and wearing black-rimmed glasses, walked up to the auction stage with a smile. "My name is Chang Sunhuo, and I'd like to start by thanking everyone for gracing us with your presence at this 'Treasures Gathering' event."

  Chang Sun's appearance as the head of the first immortal family caused some gasps of surprise from the crowd below. After all, Chang Sun's two sons and three daughters were already in their twenties, so how could their father look so young? It was only natural that people would be shocked.

  "Uncle Hu, is that really Long Sun Huan? I thought he was already over 50 years old..." Tang Ke Yin shook Hu Tian Xiong's arm and said.

  "Eight years ago, I had a brief encounter with him, and at that time he was still an old man in his fifties...” Hu Tianxiong also showed some emotion as he spoke. Although he had always been clear that cultivators who reached the Yuan Ying stage could re-mold their appearance and remain youthful forever, witnessing this phenomenon for the first time with his own eyes was still astonishing.

  "Hero, you and Xiao Bai, Yu Mao will also be able to return to youth in the next ten years..." Chu Yu said lightly with her eyes closed, then smiled and continued: "This Zhang Sun Hua is indeed not simple. Perhaps in the secular world of Zhong Tu Xian Jing, he can't be considered a big shot, but in the mortal world, having such cultivation is enough for him to be proud of."

  "Master, then what about me? I, Tang KeYin, also want to be eternally beautiful and never age!" Women are indeed the creatures that love beauty the most under the sky. Upon hearing Chu Yu's words, Tang KeYin immediately leaned towards him, batting her big eyes pitifully.

  "Not even your master has recovered to the original infant stage of cultivation, what's the hurry...” Chu Yu had already begun to get used to his precious disciple's tantrum tactics and remained unmoved, gazing at the sky with both eyes as he changed the subject: "This time we've spent several billion euros in total, it's about time for us to make up for some of our losses."

  As they spoke, Chu Yu took out a few pieces of crystal yellow jade from his sleeve, about two fingers wide, thin as a cicada's wing, with a few faint golden threads hidden inside, which was quite beautiful.

  "Isn't this a crystal that melted down from that big sphere?" Tang Keying asked sharply.

  "Originally, the value of Huang Yu Jing was not particularly high, especially in the relatively low-level secular cultivation world, because it was almost impossible to find a cultivator who could activate the true yuan fire to melt and refine it into a jade symbol. However, these few pieces of jade symbols here have been tempered by me with the five-element true yuan fire, and after being wrapped outside the Tian Jing Yu Xin for years, they absorbed a small amount of pure heavenly and earthly spiritual energy. Once refined into blank jade symbols, these special qualities immediately appeared, and their value increased at least tenfold or even a hundredfold compared to when they were still in their original form."

  "It's better to keep such a good thing for yourself." Tang Keying expressed her opinion.

  "Now in our room, there are nearly two to three hundred pieces of similar blank jade tokens... Selling a few pieces to earn back some capital is not excessive..." Chu Yu smiled and handed the eight pieces of blank jade tokens made from refined yellow jade to Hua Tianxiong, "All of them will be auctioned off at 100 euros each."

  "100 euros!" Hu Tianxiong exclaimed in surprise, but quickly understood and smiled: "Good things aren't afraid of no one bidding, I'll go..."

  Chu Yu continued to meditate with his eyes closed, and about half an hour passed before the ten temporary auction items finally appeared.

  Tang Ke Yin shook Chu Yu's arm, insisting that he take a look at the ten items up for auction. Chu Yu also revealed an awkward smile, "Hero, aren't you bidding on these eight jade tokens as one item?"

  Hu Tianxiong stared at the giant display screen on the auction stage, and when eight "Top-grade Jade Symbols (Huang Jing Yu Zhi)" fonts popped up one after another, he was also stunned. He scratched his head and said: "Boss, you didn't specifically explain it, and I didn't think of it either... As a result, the eight jade symbols were treated as eight separate items and auctioned off individually..."

  In this more than half an hour, at least hundreds of people presented no less than five hundred pieces of well-preserved goods to the eldest grandson for identification. On the one hand, it was to show off; on the other hand, it was to take the opportunity to establish a relationship with the master of the first refining family.

  But unexpectedly, the final result came out, and among the top ten temporary bidders, eight pieces were exactly the same, and they were all from the same person. Because they were temporary bidders, the names of the bidders were not kept confidential, and Hu Tianxiong's name appeared prominently on the screen.

  As this was the final appraisal given by Zhangsun Wuji, no one in the scene would have doubted it, but the extremely brief description of "Top-grade Jade Symbol (Huang Jing Yu Zhi)" did not allow most people to understand the preciousness of these eight auction items.

  "A cultivator in the prenatal stage wouldn't be unaware of the preciousness of these eight top-grade jade symbols, just by touching them one can sense the precious spiritual energy within... yet the introduction to the eight jade symbols is so empty... there must be another reason behind this..." Seeing the auction item introduction on the large screen, Chu Yu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and after a moment of contemplation, she shifted her gaze towards Duan Zhongyuan who was not far from her.

  "I have something I need your help with." Chu Yu transmitted his voice into a secret passage.

  As soon as he heard the sound of Chu Yu's transmission, Duan Zhongyuan immediately met Chu Yu's gaze directed at him and nodded in response: "What instructions does the immortal have? Zhongyuan will definitely carry them out."

  "When bidding for those eight top-grade jade symbols later, no matter who makes a bid, you will raise the price by one million euros more than his, until it exceeds fifty million euros."

  "Ah!" Duan Yu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this astronomical figure. After all, the Duan family was just one of the many weaker families in the cultivation world, and they couldn't compare to those powerful families in terms of wealth or influence. Five hundred million euros was an amount that would be difficult for the Duan family to come up with even if they sold everything they had, let alone bidding eight times in a row.

  Chu Yu seemed to have already known from Duanmu Qing's awkward expression what he was worried about, and another sentence was transmitted: "Naturally, there will be someone who has paid a price of 50 million. In case of any accident, the money will be mine, you just quote the price."

  Finally, with a hint of trepidation, Duan Zhongyuan agreed.

  Special thanks to the six friends who gave Idle Cloud New Year's blessings (Yardi, THEHOTGOD, lzｃ88246776, Book friend 18681660), and wish all the friends who have been supporting Lianbao and encouraging Idle Cloud a prosperous new year with abundant wealth and smooth sailing.