Rebuild the Xiuxian Family

Although Li Zhirui was not particularly interested in the auction, he was still surprised by the large sums of money involved and wondered where they had obtained the money.

But the bidding that followed was quite exciting!

Whether it's the embroiderers wanting to buy it back to protect their family tradition, or other schools of thought wanting to acquire it to gain a deeper understanding of the embroidery tradition, or even to further decipher and modify it.

They will definitely bid wildly, driving the price of this heirloom to an extremely high level!

"Ten million taels of silver!"

The first bidder appeared, and he immediately offered ten million taels of silver. This might be equivalent to several years' worth of taxes for some large states, but he said it out of the blue as if it were nothing.

"Twenty million taels of silver!" But unexpectedly, the next bidder doubled the price.

This has excluded many schools of thought; they didn't bring that much wealth with them to the auction.

Even if they could sign an IOU, they probably wouldn't be willing to pay such a high price.

Moreover, this is only the beginning, and it's not over yet. Even if they get involved, they may not be able to win in the end.

Therefore, despite the enthusiastic, frenzied, and tense atmosphere at the scene, a strange situation arose: the auction hall was extremely quiet, and very few people participated in the bidding!
Soon, the price climbed to over 50 million taels of silver!

"It seems the merchants are going to make a killing at this auction."

The person next to Li Zhirui couldn't help but sigh, then added, "If all the auction items were like this, I wouldn't have gone through all this trouble to come in."

He nodded slightly in agreement. To be honest, the arrangement of this auction by the merchants was really baffling. They started by offering some items that could be bought normally, which would just require spending a little more money.

After finally getting through that difficult time, they were presented with the invaluable treasure of a master embroiderer's lifelong experience.

The auction had been going on for so long, yet most of the guests felt no sense of participation. Li Zhirui even considered getting up and leaving early.

It was a very unsuccessful auction.

Of course, in the eyes of the merchants, they are very satisfied with this, because the inheritance alone is enough to make them a fortune.

After a while, the auction finally came to an end, with the item being bought by an unknown person for a sky-high price of 95 million taels of silver!

The moment the result was announced, the audience erupted in uproar!
Li Zhirui was slightly startled. The embroidery family hadn't bought it back? Could it be that this inheritance was fake, or incomplete, with omissions?

But then I thought about it again and realized that wasn't right. If that were the case, the business's reputation and credibility would be ruined!
It's important to understand that for businesses, the most important thing is reputation and credibility; only in this way can a business last.

However, the auction continued, and everyone's attention was quickly drawn to the second item up for auction.

This time, it was much more normal; it was a copy of the Four Books and Five Classics written by a great Confucian scholar himself.

The moment it appeared, the room was filled with the fragrance of ink, which made people relax involuntarily, just like a spring breeze.

Even Li Zhirui was affected. You have to understand, he is now a celestial being, and there are very few things that can affect him anymore. So he also had the idea of ​​bidding for this item.

"Three hundred thousand taels of silver!"

"Half a million!"

……

The Four Books and Five Classics, personally written by a great Confucian scholar, were extremely valuable. Before Li Zhirui could even speak, the price had already soared to 500,000 silver coins. However, he was unwilling to give up easily and directly raised the price, shouting, "One bottle of Immortal-grade healing pills!"

Based on market prices, such a bottle of pills is worth around one million, and in special circumstances, the price could increase by 20% to 30%.

Moreover, it's not that elixirs can only be taken by cultivators. Although human cultivators do not breathe in and refine spiritual energy, they also possess a kind of energy within their bodies. Those with high cultivation can also refine high-grade elixirs without worrying about the energy being too great and causing them to be impacted.

Li Zhirui's words attracted a lot of attention. Many people probably didn't expect that a cultivator would come to compete with them for the great Confucian scholar's manuscript.

"Humph!"

"What are you doing, a seeker of profound truths, trying to snatch a great Confucian scholar's manuscript from us?! Do you also intend to abandon Taoism and study Confucianism?"

“Our Confucianism emphasizes education for all, so we won’t discriminate based on your background.”

Some Confucian disciples couldn't help but speak up and mock.

"Could it be that the auction house doesn't award prizes to the highest bidder, but instead stipulates that only Confucian disciples can bid on these Confucian items, and that no one else is qualified?"

Li Zhirui said coldly, "Doesn't Confucianism emphasize the heart of a gentleman? Why can't I see the slightest trace of a gentleman in you?"

There were quite a few Confucian scholars in the room, and these words immediately aroused their anger.

"presumptuous!"

"How dare you slander Confucianism like this!"

"Dare to remove your mask and reveal your true face!"

"If you have the guts, go outside the auction house and I'll show you the power and influence of Confucianism."

……

Li Zhirui remained silent, simply watching the auctioneer on the stage, observing how he would quell this unexpected turn of events.

"Our merchants have always believed in making money through harmony. If any of you wish to engage in a contest, please wait until after the auction and find your own venue. Do not disrupt the auction!"

But to my surprise, the other party didn't take this matter seriously at all and simply wanted to move on and ignore it.

However, in Jinzhou, businesses do indeed have the confidence and strength to do so.

"A bottle of Immortal-grade healing pills, at today's prices, is worth one million to one hundred thousand! Is there anyone willing to offer a higher price?"

"One million five hundred thousand taels!" a Confucian scholar shouted indignantly.

In reality, this price has slightly exceeded its original value.

"Two bottles!" Li Zhirui remained calm. To him, what were Human Immortal-level pills? If he weren't afraid of causing a stir, he could easily produce dozens of bottles of top-grade Earth Immortal and Heaven Immortal-level pills.

Instantly, the scene fell into complete silence; you could hear a pin drop!
Buying a copy of a great Confucian scholar's handwritten book for over two million yuan is already a huge premium, so naturally no one would even consider competing with him.

"Is there anyone willing to offer a higher price?"

After a while, there was a loud thud, and the dust settled.

Many people looked at Li Zhirui with strange eyes; some were greedy, some were surprised, and some thought he was being foolish.

But he himself turned a blind eye to it!
Perhaps in other people's eyes, he was a fool for bidding such a high price.

But in Li Zhirui's view, he had simply used two bottles of Immortal Realm pills that he could easily refine to acquire an item that would help his cultivation. It was an incredible bargain!
So he remained very calm and his heart was not affected at all by other people's gazes!
The subsequent auction items offered no benefit to him, so Li Zhirui naturally didn't bid, simply sitting there listlessly. "Next up are the last three treasures of this auction!"

The auctioneer's tone became excited, as if something extraordinary treasure was about to be revealed.

"The first item is a fragment of the military treatise 'Wu Shu,' written by Wei Wu, a disciple of the military strategist Wei Wu, who was personally taught by him!"

At the beginning, he whetted everyone's appetite to an extreme degree, because the sages of the Hundred Schools of Humanity are comparable in strength to celestial cultivators!

Although they cannot live forever, they live eternally within the will of humanity and even retain their own consciousness. Isn't that a kind of immortality in itself?

Of course, their biggest drawback is that they cannot easily break free from the will of humanity, because for them, it is both protection and a cage.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere that had been built up so high instantly plummeted.

It would be one thing if it were a direct disciple of a military strategist, but since it's still a fragment, its value is greatly diminished once again.

However, on the other hand, if it weren't for that, the merchants wouldn't have put it up for auction; wouldn't it have been better to keep it for their own research?
Of course, no matter what, the value of this auction item is still very high, especially for military strategists. Now that there is an opportunity to reclaim the fragment written by their own sage's direct disciple, it is something they absolutely cannot miss.

At first, there were still competitors, but as prices skyrocketed and the strategists seemed determined to take them down, some people chose to back down.

These brutes and murderers won't reason with you; they're truly ready to use force, and they won't utter a word.

Therefore, they successfully acquired it at a price slightly higher than its value!
"The second item up for auction is a lost tradition of thought! It is called the Celestial School! Its core doctrine is..."

Astrologer?
Many people looked bewildered after hearing this, and didn't quite understand it.

However, as he began to explain his core philosophy, everyone understood that it was actually similar to the feng shui and geomancy schools among the Hundred Schools of Thought, all of which could modify fortune and misfortune.

However, the Feng Shui masters and geomancers have survived, while the astrologers have disappeared into the long river of history, and only now have merchants rediscovered a piece of their heritage.

Many people are eager to participate in this, because if they can successfully rebuild the doctrine, they will leave a real mark on history!
For the vast majority of disciples who cannot cultivate to the level of a sage, this is already the best possible outcome.

Many cultivators from various schools of thought choose the path of being deified after death, and having their names recorded in history means that their stories can be passed down for a long time, allowing them to gain more incense offerings and prayers over a long period of time.

"The merchants are really ruthless, actually willing to auction off the entire lineage of a school of thought!"

"Such a precious treasure, who knows if they secretly kept a copy?"

'A astrologer?'

Li Zhirui had a general understanding of this. In his opinion, if they could unite with feng shui masters and topography experts, they could occupy a first-tier location, but their status and strength would definitely be much higher than they were now.

This wasn't just his idea; the few Feng Shui masters and geomancers present also thought of this and joined the bidding.

Initially, there were many schools of thought and individual practitioners competing with it, but as the prices became increasingly high, they had no choice but to give up.

In the end, only feng shui masters and topography experts were left to compete.

However, the feng shui master still came out on top and secured the inheritance!
"Why don't you all guess how valuable this last item for auction will be?"

Everyone initially thought the auctioneer would introduce the items directly, but to their surprise, he kept them in suspense.

The items that were taken out earlier were already in the first tier, but there is an even higher level above that!

"The only thing that could defeat the lost traditions of a doctrine is probably the core concept of another school."

"But are merchants really willing to defy public opinion and sell the methods of other schools of thought?"

There was a lot of discussion in the audience, but gradually the topic veered off course.

Fortunately, the auctioneer noticed quickly and immediately announced, "The last item up for auction is the fragment of the method for establishing the Humanitarian Dynasty!..."

"Although it is just a collection of scrolls, it is only missing the method for advancing to the imperial dynasty; everything else is complete."

In fact, the methods for establishing a humane dynasty were not uncommon at the beginning; in fact, they were quite prevalent, given that a large number of humane dynasties emerged from the Great Qian Dynasty.

However, as humanity as a whole migrated to the Southern Region and no longer needed to compete with the Immortal Path for territory, the three existing dynasties—Great Qian, Great Zhou, and Great Xia—consciously sealed off and destroyed the methods circulating outside.

The methods that merchants painstakingly acquire are merely incomplete fragments.

This truly ignited the passion of everyone present, instantly turning them into incredibly excited individuals.

Which of these doctrines did not harbor the desire to uphold the nation's interests and make their own doctrine the official doctrine of the country?

And now, this method has appeared at just the right time, enabling them to create a humane dynasty that suits their own desires.

"Ten million taels of silver!"

"Fifty million!"

"Ten million taels of gold!"

On the market, one tael of gold was equal to ten taels of silver, but secretly it could be exchanged for thirteen taels of silver. So, in a sense, you would lose out when settling accounts with gold.

Even at such terrifyingly high prices as ten million taels of gold and one hundred million taels of silver, the bidding did not stop and continued to slowly increase!

This scene truly opened Li Zhirui's eyes. Watching them frantically fight and bid, he secretly found it amusing.

He didn't know how these people would react if he revealed the complete Humanitarian Dynasty's methods now.

Of course, he couldn't afford to get himself into trouble.

The auction is still ongoing!

After a while, when the price rose to 300 million silver dollars, there were hardly any schools of thought left to compete.

Currently, only the three major schools of thought—Mohism, Legalism, and the School of Diplomacy—are still up for auction.

A moment later, the strategist was the first to be eliminated.

After another fierce bidding process, the Mohists finally succeeded in acquiring the method to build a humane dynasty!

The Mohists, who were in direct conflict with Confucianism, not only had a difficult time within the Great Qian Dynasty, but also in other dynasties that valued Confucianism.

If it weren't for the Mohists' exceptional organizational skills and their core beliefs resonating with ordinary people, which garnered them widespread support, they would have been suppressed by the Confucianists long ago.

It would never have become one of the four most prominent fields of study like it is now!
Now, the Mohists can finally build a humane dynasty that belongs to them, according to their own ideals!

The auction has now come to an end. Li Zhirui, who participated from beginning to end, not only broadened his horizons but also gained a satisfactory reward. (End of Chapter)