Battle Through the Heavens: Starting from the Jia Ma Empire

Chapter 174 Three Thousand Thunderclaps

Inside the private room, Yao Chen looked extremely annoyed, as if he had missed out on hundreds of rank-nine pills. Of course, while the reality wasn't quite that exaggerated, the ancient map, if used properly, was worth many rank-nine pills.

"Teacher, what does that mean? The ancient map has been sold!"

"Little Yanzi, do you know what the most important thing is in cultivating the Burning Flame Technique?"

"That's definitely a different kind of fire!"

"That fragment of the map we just saw was about the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, which ranks third on the Strange Flame Ranking. Tell me, does it break your heart, teacher?"

"No, the teacher shouldn't feel heartbroken."

Xiao Yan suddenly seemed to have been struck by a blow, muttering something to himself and staring blankly into space.

"100,000 gold coins, ancient map, Pure Lotus Demon Flame."

"I've got it, teacher! Why don't we wait until after the auction to go and make the deal with that person!"

"There's no chance now. The one who just succeeded was Lin Feng. He must have known that the pattern on this ancient map pointed to the Pure Lotus Demon Flame, otherwise he wouldn't have made a move!"

"Teacher, is there really no chance? I remember Senior Brother Lin Feng already has one different kind of flame, could it be that he can control more than two?"

Upon hearing that Lin Feng had obtained the fragment of the Different Flame Diagram, Xiao Yan was extremely surprised and raised his head to ask.

"Let's leave this matter for now. The incomplete map is in Lin Feng's hands, and he'll get it someday. Besides, the Pure Lotus Demon Flame is said to have already reached the Dou Sheng level. You, a mere nine-star Great Dou Shi, shouldn't even think about it!"

"Thump"

Just as Xiao Yan was about to say something more, the old Dou Wang on the stage once again waved the small hammer in his hand, attracting everyone's attention.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the next item up for auction is this rare and precious treasure—the Earth Core Fire Mushroom! It is one of the main ingredients for refining top-grade pills. Even if you don't need it, if you give it to a master alchemist in exchange, you might receive a high-grade pill as a reward."

"Thump"

After striking the ground again, the old man, the Fighting King, spoke with a smile, a sight that made the burly men in the audience want to punch him hard in the face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Earth Core Fire Fungus has a starting price of 500,000 gold coins, with each bid starting at least 10,000 gold coins. The bidding now begins!"

"Six hundred thousand gold coins!"

Although the old man's words made perfect sense, many people felt they were short of money when faced with 500,000 gold coins. After a while, someone tentatively spoke up.

"Six hundred and fifty thousand gold coins!"

The old Dou Wang remained unconcerned about these insignificant figures, continuing to smile with narrowed eyes, only occasionally glancing subtly at Xiao Yan's private room. Seeing this, Lin Feng chuckled almost imperceptibly; it seemed Xiao Yan had been taken for a fool.

"Seven hundred thousand gold coins!"

After several bids, Xiao Yan finally made his move, and then subtly glanced at Lin Feng's private room, though Lin Feng remained unaware of this. However, Lin Feng showed no intention of making a move; he was a peak sixth-grade alchemy master, and the pills he wanted to refine were far beyond what this mere Earth Core Fire Mushroom could provide.

After Xiao Yan spoke, the scene did not stop, and the price of the Earth Core Fire Mushroom slowly rose to around 1.1 million gold coins.

"One million two hundred thousand gold coins!"

In the end, Xiao Yan unsurprisingly acquired the Earth Core Fire Mushroom, and the price wasn't exactly a bargain. Of course, it was still a profit for Xiao Yan, since the Earth Core Fire Mushroom is a rather uncommon spiritual herb.

After Xiao Yan auctioned off the Earth Core Fire Mushroom, all the subsequent auction items were extraordinary, with starting prices of no less than 500,000 gold coins, and some even reaching prices of over 2 million gold coins in the end.

Even Lin Feng made two moves during this period and obtained two high-level Xuan-rank cultivation techniques. Of course, this amount of gold coins was just a drop in the ocean for him, the king of infighting in the alchemy world.

Lin Feng either doesn't refine pills, or he does for one or two months at a time, earning enough profit to support eight hundred concubines. Of course, this can't be mentioned in front of Cai Lin; the experience of being a foreign queen is not something to be shared with outsiders.

Time slowly passed, and the auction house truly entered its countdown. Finally, after a magic core weapon was auctioned off, some powerful figures who had been resting with their eyes closed throughout slowly opened them, their gazes burning as they looked at the old Battle King on the stage.

"Knock knock knock"

The old man tapped the small hammer in his hand repeatedly, as if hinting at something. This time, no auction girls appeared again. The old man took out a silver scroll from his storage ring.

"Low-level Earth-rank movement technique - Three Thousand Thunderclaps!"

"boom"

As soon as the old Battle King finished speaking, the entire auction house erupted in a cacophony of voices, all eyes burning with desire as they stared at the scroll in the old Battle King's hand. In fact, had someone not just been killed by an arrow, many would likely have already rushed forward to snatch the battle technique.

Earth-rank combat skills are extremely rare, even in the entire Black Corner Region. Upon seeing this combat skill, the young sect master of the Blood Sect and the people of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion all stood up with burning eyes, staring at the Earth-rank combat skill.

"Old man, let's get started!"

Just then, someone suddenly shouted, and the old man who was a Dou Wang narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"Since this distinguished guest is already impatient, then I will not say any more. I hereby announce that the auction for the Earth-rank low-level movement technique—Three Thousand Thunderclaps—is now officially open!"

"Boom! Starting bid is one gold coin, minimum increment is 50,000 gold coins!"

"Tsk tsk tsk"

The crowd merely scoffed at the auction house's tactics. If someone could actually acquire a low-ranking combat skill for a single gold coin, not only them, but even the owner of the auction house would likely have that person hacked to death in the street.

"One hundred thousand gold coins, hahaha, since no one else is speaking, I, Old Man Er Gou, will start!"

"Heh, how foolish! How could someone like us possibly give such a good thing? It seems that Old Man Er Gou's path has come to an end!"

"Hahaha"

After the old man with the two dogs spoke, the room erupted in laughter, mocking his thoughtless act. Seemingly jolted awake by the laughter, the old man with the two dogs looked full of regret and quickly got up and walked out of the auction house, presumably intending to avoid the limelight.

Upon seeing this, many figures inside the auction house vanished simultaneously, suggesting that some people must have perished in the wilderness outside the auction house. Of course, all of this was irrelevant to the truly important figures, who were all focused on the silver scroll on the stage with burning eyes.

"One million gold coins!"

(End of this chapter)