Gou Zai Sect Beast Taming Longevity

"Moreover, one of the best advantages of this is that it allows even items that are easy to sell to different people to be bought."

"It also allows these bidders to compete with each other to advance to the next round of the auction, thus driving up the price of the auctioned items."

Lu Erhu also told everything he knew.

Yu Changsheng also felt a wave of disdain.

"These auction house people really will stop at nothing to make money."

"Isn't there anyone who dares to object?"

Lu Erhu shook his head and said, "There are indeed people who object, but even after these people are driven away, a large number of others will still come."

"It's because the quality of the items in this auction house gets better as time goes on."

"There are even some top-grade materials and cultivation techniques inside."

"That's why so many people come to participate. Even people from the surrounding islands make a special trip here."

Upon hearing this, Yu Changsheng couldn't help but frown.

"Is that really the case? I find this very suspicious."

Lu Erhu asked, puzzled, "What's strange about it? If there really is something strange, how could so many people keep participating?"

Yu Changsheng asked, "Doesn't your auction house only open once a month? How can you bring out so many high-quality treasures in just one month? Where do you get all these items?"

Even though Sanling Town is a major commercial town and very wealthy, such rare treasures are still extremely scarce and cannot be bought just because you want to.

After listening to Yu Changsheng's explanation, Lu Erhu also began to waver.

"So, sir, you mean everything at the auction was fake?"

Yu Changsheng said, "It's unlikely to be fake, but there certainly aren't that many good items. It's probably either someone acting as a shill or it's just a rumor."

"In any case, this auction is still worth attending."

Yu Changsheng waved to Lu Erhu, signaling him to follow and register.

Lu Erhu said, "Sir, shall I not go?"

Yu Changsheng laughed and said, "You've probably never attended an auction like this before, haven't you? Now that you have this opportunity, wouldn't you like to take a look?"

Lu Erhu said, "I would like to, but the registration fee is ten spirit stones."

Yu Changsheng shook his head and smiled wryly, "It's just ten spirit stones, right? I'll pay for it for you. Let's go."

Soon, the two joined the queue.

In the distance, a figure watched the two departing figures as they quickly disappeared into the crowd.

Inside a small black market shop.

Manager Wang looked at the item he had just received, and his expression darkened.

"Why is this guy still refusing to leave?"

"And why is she hanging out with that good-for-nothing Lu Erhu again?"

A person beside him said, "It seems that Zhou Wangzhi accidentally saved Lu Erhu's life when he came, which is why Lu Erhu ended up with Zhou Wangzhi."

Manager Wang was immediately annoyed.

"That Lu Erhu has ruined my plans time and time again! If I don't kill him, he'll really forget who he is!"

"Find a chance to take him down right now!"

"Keep an eye on Zhou Wangzhi. I refuse to believe he won't leave."

The person standing nearby replied, "Yes!"

"However, since the shopkeeper wants to lure out Zhou Wangzhi, this auction is a perfect opportunity!"

"Oh?"

Manager Wang's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked:

What are your plans?

"Isn't the shopkeeper quite familiar with that Deacon Qiu? All we need to do is get him to change the auction location to outside the city, and that'll be fine, right?"

Shopkeeper Wang stroked his beard, thinking that this method might actually succeed.

Moreover, once Zhou Wangzhi and his companion are lured out of the city, he will surely be able to succeed.

The only problem is that if Steward Qiu finds out about this, he'll inevitably have to take a share of the spoils too.

Originally, the boss was supposed to get a share of the spoils this time.

If that villainous deacon takes another share, what will he gain?

After careful consideration, Manager Wang shook his head.

"This plan is feasible, but the cost is too high."

"That Deacon Qiu might try to take revenge on me, which could easily put me in a dilemma, where I can't agree or not."

"That will put me in a very passive position."

A bystander remarked, "Was it my oversight, or was the manager's thinking more comprehensive?"

Manager Wang chuckled, "Hehe, but you've certainly given me a heads-up."

"That kid took my money and is going to the auction house. I absolutely can't let him spend my money for nothing."

"But Zhou Wangzhi has already signed up, and the organization is afraid it will be too late."

Manager Wang said, "I know. Arrange for a few people to attend the auction together, and find someone to manipulate things so that he loses in the first round."

"In addition, arrange for a few more people to lie in ambush outside the city. I will have Zhou Wangzhi go there after the auction ends."

...

One day later.

The auction was held as scheduled.

When Yu Changsheng and Lu Erhu arrived at the entrance of the auction house, the guard checked their admission tickets and then let them in.

The auction house looks quite spacious inside.

Yu Changsheng noticed that there seemed to be many separate rooms here, which he guessed were individual auction rooms.

This was also Lu Erhu's first time in such a place, and he kept looking around.

Yu Changsheng originally wanted to invite Lin Hao over as well.

However, Lin Hao wasn't very interested in auctions of this level and had no intention of participating at all.

Yu Changsheng knew that the old man was a man of his word, so he didn't press the matter further.

The two arrived at a reception area.

The woman who greeted them immediately gave each of them a talisman.

"Please wait in the designated room indicated on the talisman. The first round of the auction will begin shortly, so please don't miss it."

Yu Changsheng nodded and said, "Thank you."

After the two left,

Several figures immediately approached, and the woman who was receiving them distributed several talismans that had been prepared in advance to them.

At this moment, Yu Changsheng also arrived at the auction venue corresponding to his talisman.

To Yu Changsheng's surprise, Lu Erhu was not in the same room as him.

Unfortunately, the two had no choice but to separate.

After entering the auction venue, Yu Changsheng also sat down on a chair to wait.

There are ten chairs here, which means there are ten people participating in this round of auction.

According to the requirements of this auction.

To advance to the next round of the auction, you must win at least two out of the ten items.

This level of difficulty is practically nonexistent for Yu Changsheng.

Generally, the first round of auctions usually consists of items of first-tier spirit beast quality, with a value ranging from tens to hundreds of spirit stones.

For Yu Changsheng, taking two photos at will was no problem.

After Yu Changsheng took his seat, the other people arrived shortly afterward and found a place to sit down at random.

After exchanging pleasantries, the group of people, judging from their attire, were mostly dressed as businessmen.

There were also a few who looked like independent cultivators, probably trying their luck at this auction to see if they could get some useful treasures.

For these independent cultivators, the opportunities to improve their strength are extremely limited on a regular basis.

Therefore, they almost never miss such opportunities.

Some independent cultivators also choose to sell some of their items at auctions.

This auction is open to almost anyone who comes.

Auction houses will almost always accept and auction items that aren't particularly worthless.

This is also one of the advantages of this special auction model.

Even with such substandard materials, some people will still choose to bid on them to meet the requirements for advancing to the next round.

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Yu Changsheng couldn't help but admire the person who came up with this auction method; they were truly a genius.

This not only greatly increases the efficiency of auctions, but also allows some items that would otherwise be unlikely to be sold to buyers, which is a win-win situation.

Yu Changsheng greeted the others and introduced himself to them, then sat down and remained silent.

I just listened to the other people talking.

"Brother Hu, have you heard? There's been a secret auction going on outside the city recently."

"I heard there will be even more rare treasures being auctioned there!"

"Yes, is that even possible? Who has the audacity to hold an auction right under Deacon Qiu's nose?"

"Don't you know that Steward Qiu takes this kind of thing very seriously?"

"Who knows? But I'm thinking of taking a look; maybe I can find something cheap."

"That's true, it wouldn't hurt to take a look."

Yu Changsheng glanced at the two people talking. There was actually an auction outside the city?

Yu Changsheng asked, "Gentlemen, is it suitable to hold this auction, and where would you like to do so?"

One of them chuckled, "Heh, are you interested too?"

"Why don't we go together? The auction venue is located at Spirit Mountain outside the city."

"There is a small mountain village on the mountain called Spirit Manor. The event will be held here, but the specific time will be in the evenings of these next few days."

"It seems they intentionally chose to hold the auction at night to avoid coinciding with the auctions here."

"Spirit Manor? What a strange name!"

The man explained, "This Spirit Artifact Manor naturally came from Spirit Artifact Mountain."

"The reason why Qiling Mountain is called Qiling Mountain is because a great battle took place here a hundred years ago, and two Nascent Soul experts died here at the same time."

"The battle between the two was so intense that their magical artifacts shattered simultaneously."

"But the spirit of the artifact did not die because of this; instead, it survived by chance and became the guardian spirit of the mountain."

"The name 'Spirit Mountain' comes from this."

Yu Changsheng nodded slightly, "Hehe, I never expected there to be such a miraculous thing."

"Logically speaking, once a magical artifact is broken, its internal spirit will also perish at the same time."

"How can two magical artifact spirits exist simultaneously?"

The man laughed and said, "The world is full of wonders. Perhaps it is because the two magical artifacts containing the spirits of the artifacts shattered at the same time, and these two spirits influenced each other, that this situation occurred."

Yu Changsheng was also completely unaware of this, and could only nod in agreement.

"By the way, sir, would you be willing to come with me to that auction?"

Yu Changsheng laughed and said, "I haven't decided yet. I might spend all my spirit stones today. Let's talk about it later."

"Too…"

Just as the group was talking.

A woman wearing a red cheongsam pushed a small cart in.

"Our guests have been waiting; this round of auction is about to begin."

Many people immediately rubbed their hands together, looking expectantly at the auction items covered by gold-threaded cloth on the cart.

Yu Changsheng tried to use his divine sense to investigate, but unfortunately, the golden silk cloth seemed to have the effect of blocking divine sense, which prevented Yu Changsheng from continuing to investigate.

The woman smiled and said, "Now, the first item will be auctioned off."

The woman spread out the golden cloth, revealing the auction items inside.

It was a relatively still small box, about the size of a palm.

"A first-tier spiritual pill, the Fire-Emerging Pill, possesses strong fire-attribute medicinal power. It can resist the cold and also assist in the cultivation of fire-attribute techniques."

"In addition, it also has the effect of neutralizing some special cold toxins."

"Starting bid: fifty spirit stones!"

Yu Changsheng glanced at the pill and immediately lost interest.

However, prices were still symbolically announced a few times.

However, the price quickly rose to over two hundred spirit stones, which was no longer worth it.

Yu Changsheng quickly decided not to raise the price anymore and would see what happened next.

The Urgent Pill was also won by one of them for 250 spirit stones.

This single pill fetched a price of 250.

This also surprised Yu Changsheng, because he could easily refine one or more of these Fire Emergency Pills.

Even if it were placed outside, it would only be worth a little over a hundred spirit stones at most.

The fact that it can sell for 250 spirit stones here seems to coincide with the number of buyers.

Yu Changsheng then looked at several more auction items.

They are basically the same quality as the first auction item, and the prices are not much different.

To Yu Changsheng's surprise, all of them were auctioned off for at least two hundred spirit stones.

Yu Changsheng was increasingly puzzled. It was one thing for one person to spend such a price to buy it.

It was strange that everyone was doing this, and Yu Changsheng could only assume that these people were trying to get him through this round of the auction to the next.

Currently, there are four items remaining for auction.

Yu Changsheng pondered that it was about time to gather two auction items.

The woman then pulled back a golden cloth, revealing the auction item for this time.

"The item up for auction this time is the skull of a second-tier spirit beast, the Spirit Rabbit."

"This spirit rabbit possesses a certain ability to communicate with spirits and can communicate with the souls of the dead."

"The skull of this Spirit Rabbit is something that cultivators skilled in this type of magic particularly value."

"Starting bid: 500 spirit stones."

Therefore, he immediately raised his hand and said, "One thousand five hundred spirit stones!"

The materials for these second-tier spirit beasts generally range from a thousand to several thousand.

However, the skull of the Spirit Rabbit has very limited uses and is useless to most cultivators.

Therefore, the price is not very high; in many places, it can be bought for less than a thousand spirit stones.

The price of Yu Changsheng's shares is already considered high.

However, Yu Changsheng, who thought he had it all figured out, heard someone else around him offer a higher price. (End of Chapter)