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Chapter 1373 Picked up an auction house
Jiang Ding walked on the streets of the Swamp Demon City, walking everywhere with familiarity. It didn't look like he was here for the first time, but more like a native of the Swamp.

Soon, Jiang Ding arrived at a medium-sized auction house, named "Zhenjing Auction House".

"Greetings, host!"

An old man with a square appearance and a gray beard, who looked like a highly respected and upright person, came with several servants and bowed politely when he saw Jiang Ding.

They appear to be very cultured, methodical, almost rigid.

Although they are bowing down, it does not make people feel fawning, but just respectful. It is different from the devilish style of Chunfeng Tower, where every move arouses desire. It is more like a righteous sect established by an old scholar, and for this they even give up the enthusiasm and friendliness unique to the service industry.

This kind of rigidity is a golden advantage in the auction industry.

"The romantic demon is indeed a business genius. He deserves to be promoted to the god through business..."

Jiang Ding had an idea.

Yes, this True Scripture Auction House is the property of the romantic demon.

This man was just a mortal with three spiritual roots from the Jiutian Shenlei Sect. He had no qualifications, background or opportunities, and he didn't even have much talent in fighting. The last time he saw Jiang Ding, he had already fled before he was sure of the enemy situation. But the reason he was able to advance to the late stage of the Spirit Transformation at the age of more than 6,000 years old, and was considered a minor genius in the Spirit Transformation stage, was all thanks to his talent in business.

Even in a small third-level business like Chunfeng Tower, he was meticulous.

During Jiang Ding's conscious efforts to be a hero, several cultivators with bases in the Swamp Demon City appeared, but the most outstanding one was the Fengliu Renmo.

The key point is that the romantic demon himself does not control this place with his true appearance. He changes his appearance every time, so it is easy to accept.

"Li Wang, you are good."

Jiang Ding nodded slightly.

The cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage in front of him was a righteous cultivator discovered and cultivated by the romantic demon. A true righteous cultivator had good moral character, followed the rules, never overstepped the boundaries, and ran his business with integrity.

Sometimes, even if we make a mistake when purchasing goods and find a bargain, we will notify the original owner to take them back and ask them for a refund.

If you make a mistake and lose money, you can only blame yourself for being blind.

Relying on this unique business philosophy in the Swamp Demon City, although the Zhenjing Auction House does not have a large variety of goods and the prices are not the cheapest, on the contrary, they are a bit expensive, and there is no support from many sects behind it, but the Zhenjing Auction House has still become one of the well-known medium-sized auction houses in the Swamp Demon City. It is trusted by many Jindan Yuanying and Huashen cultivators, and brings a lot of profits to Fengliu Renmo every year.

However, Li Wang is over a thousand years old and is still at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. Due to the injuries he suffered in his early years, he has no way to move forward.

This was naturally the design of the romantic demon.

He had already prepared a second auction house manager, who was also a loyal and upright person, and did not need another Divine Transformation cultivator to share his power.

Several people walked slowly into the Zhenjing Auction House.

This is a huge building in the shape of an inverted bowl. An auction is still being held there. Tens of thousands of monks are shouting enthusiastically and bidding for a mid-grade infant treasure called the 'Fire Spirit Orb'.

There are dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators competing, including both evil and righteous cultivators, and they are all on the verge of a fight.

Jiang Ding paused slightly, and Li Wang and others stopped immediately.

"Fellow Taoists,"

The auctioneer was not the usual beautiful woman, but an ugly old man who was not very friendly. He said earnestly: "Four million seven hundred and fifty thousand high-grade spirit stones is more than three times the market price. You must not bid more, or you will lose too much money..."

"If you fellow Taoists need a fire-attributed baby treasure, our bank will keep an eye out for it. You can find another one in fifty years at most. There's no need to do this. It will hurt the relationship..."

Instead of adding fuel to the increasingly heated atmosphere, he tried his best to persuade the guests to stop raising the price further.

Many monks who came here for the first time were stunned.

If it were somewhere else, the auctioneer who pushed the spirit stones away would have been drowned in the river by the owner long ago, and extracting his soul and refining his spirit would be a piece of cake.

However, most auction guests are not surprised.

"Ha ha!"

"Master Yao, the Zhang family of Qingmao Mountain and Master Yugu are old enemies. This is just normal. Why do you have to care about them? They have plenty of spirit stones!" Someone laughed and explained the whole story.

"No, the feud between these two families has lasted for hundreds of years, and they wouldn't pour spirit stones into the water. Are they putting on a show for us?"

"Is there something strange in this Fire Spirit Orb?"

Someone suspected again.

This made even more people confused and uncertain.

"Everyone,"

"We have asked a fifth-level appraiser to appraise this Fire Spirit Orb. It should have no secrets."

Yao Lao smiled bitterly and said, "Please be cautious, everyone. Even though we are Nascent Soul cultivators, spiritual stones are not easy to come by. Please consider this carefully."

His words discouraged some people from gambling.

In the end, the price of this Fire Spirit Orb did not increase too much and was fixed at a price of more than five million medium-grade spirit stones.

"good."

Jiang Ding nodded slightly and left.

There is indeed no secret about the material of the Fire Spirit Orb, but its refining structure has a bit of a "key" function, and may be the key to unlocking a formation somewhere.

This should be the reason why the two companies were fighting. The Zhenjing Auction House was indeed losing money on this business.

However, in fact, it just means less profit.

This is its signature feature, and it brings more profits in other places.

For example, the general handling fee of the auction house in the Swamp Demon City is 5%, while the auction fee of the True Scripture Auction House is 7%. However, there are still more monks auctioning items because they sell quickly and are fair, which makes people feel more at ease.

The same is true for buyers, especially for imported elixirs and the like. If the prices are not much different, they will often choose the Zhenjing Auction House.

Arriving at the core of the Zhenjing Auction House, General Manager Li Wang and others reported.

"...Owner, the auction house made a profit of 870,000 top-grade spirit stones that year, a fifth-level Yuanshen treasure, three volumes of spiritual texts, and fifth-level natural treasures..."

Many managers and the shopkeeper quickly took out piles of accounts.

Every thirty years, the owner would send someone to check the accounts, and if there were any mistakes, the consequences would be something that no one person could bear.

Jiang Ding checked them one by one, rewarded or punished many managers, and asked them to continue working diligently and everything remained the same.

Afterwards, everyone left one by one, and peace returned to the place.

"The formation here..."

Jiang Ding’s spiritual consciousness poured into the core of the Zhenjing Auction House and instantly refined the formation here.

It's very easy, it's just a fifth-level top-grade formation, a matter of a thought. However, it doesn't mean that a cultivator at the peak of the Spiritualization Realm can do whatever he wants in the auction house.

This fifth-order formation, the Qingxiao Dangmo Formation, is connected to the Lianxu Formation of the Swamp Fairy City. This is the protection brought by the Zhenjing Auction House's annual payment of 50% heavy taxes. If a cultivator at the peak of the Spiritualization Realm wants to forcibly snatch the auction items, it would be a provocation to the Swamp Demon City.

Even Jiang Ding now only dared to refine the formation of the Zhenjing Auction House and did not dare to touch the Lianxu formation.

"How many materials for the Great Sun Sword Sacrifice are there here?"

Jiang Ding pondered.

He used his spiritual sense to open the treasure house of the Zhenjing Auction House, checking each material, looking for what he needed.

The auction house deals in all kinds of things for Qi training, foundation building, golden elixir, Nascent Soul, and God transformation stages. It has a wide variety of goods and abundant channels, which is exactly why he chose this place.

(End of this chapter)