Chapter 610: Chapter 250: One Million Spirit Stones

"One hundred thousand Spirit Stones, going once!"

Luo Hanxiang called out just in time, "Are there no other Daoists willing to offer a higher price?"

"The last time a Nine-Petaled Golden Bud appeared at auction was thirty years ago. If you miss this chance today, you might have to wait another thirty years."

Her words made several Cultivators’ hearts tighten.

"I bid one hundred and ten thousand Spirit Stones!"

The voice from the beginning rang out once more.

This time, everyone heard it clearly. The bid came from Room B12.

Two honored guests on the second floor had their eyes on this Spiritual Object. Down below, a Loose Cultivator who had been about to bid immediately gave up the idea.

Sure enough, before the auctioneer could even call the price, a new bid came from Room B24.

"One hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones!"

Xiao Chen countered without hesitation, raising the bid by a huge sum.

This astounding bidding style instantly sent the entire auction hall into an uproar.

"Good heavens, it’s already at one hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones?"

"If I remember correctly, the most expensive Nine-Petaled Golden Bud ever sold only went for one hundred and forty thousand Spirit Stones. And that was only because the head disciple of the Celestial Spirit Sect was in a rush to cultivate a Tier Breakthrough Secret Technique, which was why he offered such a sky-high price."

"If that’s the case, we’re about to see a new record set today. We’ll be witnesses to it."

"It’s just a shame we don’t know which sect’s prodigy is making the move this time."

...

Inside Room B12, Master Kaiyue, the current head disciple of the Celestial Spirit Sect, frowned deeply. He had originally intended to follow the example of his predecessor.

But faced with such an outrageous price hike, he was beginning to hesitate.

"One hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones! This Daoist certainly has a discerning eye. Is anyone willing to offer a higher price?"

Hearing Luo Hanxiang’s prompting, Master Kaiyue felt conflicted.

’At any other time, I would definitely stop bidding. A few more years of waiting would be fine.’

’But in the last two years, with the successive emergence of Hidden Dao Lineages and the frequent occurrence of various disasters, a storm is clearly brewing in the Compassion Sea.’

’This is precisely the time to prepare as quickly as possible and attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.’

"I bid one hundred and eighty thousand Spirit Stones!"

Master Kaiyue gritted his teeth and raised the price one more time. This was the highest amount he could allocate for this item.

Although he had brought more Spirit Stones with him, and the Nine-Petaled Golden Bud was extraordinarily important to him, the costs associated with Nascent Soul Formation were simply too numerous. He couldn’t afford to waste all his funds here.

"Two hundred thousand Spirit Stones!"

Without a shred of hesitation, Xiao Chen’s bid rang out. The two calls—Kaiyue’s bid and his own—were almost simultaneous.

The Nine-Petaled Golden Bud was one of the essential Spiritual Objects for the Nursery Altar. Even if the price doubled again, he wouldn’t hesitate in the slightest.

’Cultivation is the foundation of everything. Spirit Stones are merely external possessions.’

Faced with such a price, Master Kaiyue was forced to give up the contest. The other bidders had been scared off long ago.

Even the auctioneer, Luo Hanxiang, didn’t continue her usual spiel.

After waiting a short moment and hearing no new bids, she crisply completed the three calls and finalized the sale.

Now, it wasn’t just the Loose Cultivators in the audience who were astonished; even she felt a surge of excitement and curiosity.

She was excited because, as the auctioneer, she earned a commission on items that sold for more than their expected price.

She was curious because, in her two-hundred-plus years as an auctioneer, she had never seen someone make such monumental bids, practically doubling the price.

’Today has really been an eye-opener.’

"Next up is a Gilded Profound Jade Pearl. This is..."

The auction continued, and it was soon the turn for one of Xiao Chen’s own items. It ended up selling for sixty thousand Spirit Stones.

However, after winning the Nine-Petaled Golden Bud, he himself fell silent again and made no further bids.

This led Master Kaiyue to a flicker of suspicion—could the person in Room B24 be intentionally targeting him?

’Did they come here just to delay my progress in breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm?’

’What a despicable tactic. Which faction is this shameless?’

’I haven’t offended many people. Could it be those meddling bald donkeys from Pudu Temple I ran into in the Secret Realm last time?’

"The next item to appear is another extraordinary Spiritual Object."

After another round of Spiritual Objects had passed, Luo Hanxiang spoke mysteriously, "Under normal circumstances, Spirit Plants are grown in warm and pleasant places..."

"However... this one grows year-round in a world of ice and snow, hence its name: the Four Seasons Frost Fruit."

"This fruit is already four hundred years old. The starting bid is one hundred thousand Spirit Stones!"

Even as she was introducing it, some Cultivators had already guessed what the item was.

Thus, a bid came out immediately: "I bid one hundred and twenty thousand Spirit Stones!"

"I’ll bid one hundred and forty-five thousand Spirit Stones!"

"I bid one hundred and fifty thousand!"

But just as the bidders below were competing with each other, a voice came from the second floor: "Two hundred thousand!"

Hm?

Hearing the somewhat familiar voice, everyone looked up toward Room B24.

The hall, which had been buzzing with excitement just a moment ago, suddenly fell silent.

Many Cultivators immediately gave up any thought of bidding.

’We’ve basically confirmed he comes from some major power. We definitely can’t compete with him. Better to just look at the other items.’

"Fellow Daoist is truly magnanimous. I am impressed!"

A similarly young-sounding voice suddenly came from Room B6, "However, I want this fruit. I bid two hundred thousand and one hundred!"

First deliberately striking up a conversation, then raising the bid by the minimum increment—no matter how you looked at it, the other party was trying to stir up trouble.

The Loose Cultivators below grew excited at once. It looked like a good show was about to begin.

Of course, Master Qingluan, who was currently sipping tea in Room B6, wasn’t that bored.

This was just his way of probing Xiao Chen’s identity.

Beside him, Thunderbolt Spear reminded him, "Watch yourself. Don’t go too far."

Master Qingluan nodded. "Don’t worry, Senior Brother. I’m just testing his mettle."

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