Chapter 195: Chapter 180: Over 20 Million Faith Value! The Wang Family of Golden City?
Typically, a top-tier Five-star Divine Domain Card is worth nearly ten million Faith Value.
Any higher, and it wouldn’t be worth the cost.
In the entire history of the auction house, very few Five-star Divine Domain Cards had ever sold for more than 20 million Faith Value!
So, when Hong Tianyi shouted a bid of 8 million, it instantly hit the limit for many of the bidders.
In an instant, more than half of the competitors dropped out!
But the occupant of Private Box 92 kept on bidding.
After Hong Tianyi announced his price,
not three seconds passed before,
the person in Private Box 92 announced a new price:
"8.5 million Faith Value!"
Hong Tianyi turned to look at Sima Yuan and Zhang Yi, the urgency in his eyes self-evident.
The 8 million Faith Value had already used up all the spending money Hong Tianyi had saved.
It wasn’t that he didn’t have money,
but coming to the Golden Auction with Sima Yuan and Zhang Yi today was truly unexpected.
He hadn’t prepared at all before coming; otherwise, even if he had to borrow from his parents, he could have gotten 10 million Faith Value!
But at this moment, he could only borrow from Zhang Yi or Sima Yuan beside him.
Zhang Yi had only just received the supplementary card linked to his mother’s main Faith Value wealth card when he left home today.
So Zhang Yi wasn’t worried about his spending today at all.
His mom was footing the bill for all of Zhang Yi’s expenses today!
If Hong Tianyi wanted to borrow money from him, Zhang Yi would definitely agree.
Sima Yuan, beside him, was the same.
So Zhang Yi gave Hong Tianyi a look that told him to go all out.
However, before Hong Tianyi truly prepared to go all out,
Zhang Yi glanced at the auction through the screen on the left side of the private box, then looked at Hong Tianyi and asked:
"What’s your limit for this Divine Domain Card?"
The sound of bids from outside the box continued to ring out one after another.
Currently, the bidding for this Five-star Unrivaled Quality Divine Domain Card had already reached 9 million Faith Value.
Hong Tianyi gritted his teeth and did a quick calculation.
"My Clan is the Kobolds, so this [Heart of the Flame Dragon], combined with the Miracle-type Divine Domain Card I previously loaded into my Divine Realm, is extremely important.
So I can justify paying a certain premium!"
Hong Tianyi looked up at Zhang Yi and Sima Yuan.
"With your support, my bottom line for this Divine Domain Card is 13 million Faith Value!"
"Don’t worry, as soon as I get home after today, I’ll definitely pay back the money I borrow!"
Hong Tianyi swore solemnly, making a direct promise.
To put it in perspective, 13 million Faith Value was equivalent to the Faith required to raise a Fifth Transformation Demigod from scratch!
Or, to be more precise, it was even a bit more than the total Faith Value needed for an Eighth Transformation Demigod to advance to a Ninth Transformation Demigod!
This price, even for Hong Tianyi, was not low.
Zhang Yi also nodded.
The reason he asked about Hong Tianyi’s limit for the card was mainly because he was afraid Hong Tianyi would get carried away.
Influenced by the auction’s atmosphere, it was highly likely he would do something irrational.
Zhang Yi only asked out of concern for his friend.
And seeing that Hong Tianyi hadn’t let the auction’s atmosphere go to his head, Zhang Yi was naturally relieved.
With the support of both Zhang Yi and Sima Yuan,
especially Zhang Yi’s support,
Hong Tianyi’s confidence was rekindled, and he resumed competing for the Divine Domain Card.
When Hong Tianyi picked up the microphone, he directly shouted a shocking amount.
"10 million Faith Value!"
And when the auctioneer saw the bid called out from Private Box 100, his voice trembled slightly with excitement.
"The first bid of this auction to exceed 10 million Faith Value has appeared, and it comes from the guest in Private Box 100!"
BOOM!
As soon as this bid appeared, it caused quite a stir at the auction.
If this were a True God Level auction, this price wouldn’t have shocked them.
But this was a Demigod Level auction, below that of True Gods!
The first 10-million bid had been made just like that!
"Ten million, fifty thousand Faith Value!"
After a brief moment of silence, the bid from Private Box 92 appeared again.
But both the number announced and the tone of their voice lacked their previous firmness.
With Zhang Yi’s support, Hong Tianyi was now going full throttle.
"11 million Faith Value!"
The other party was faltering, but Hong Tianyi certainly wasn’t, once again raising the bid by nearly 1 million Faith Value!
"Box 100 has bid a price of 11 million Faith Value!"
"Are there any other guests in the private boxes who will offer a higher price?!"
The auctioneer in the purple tuxedo raised his voice again.
"11.05 million Faith Value!"
The guest in Box 92 seemed to be making a final, desperate attempt.
When they announced this price again, they clearly lacked confidence.
Sensing that his only remaining competitor, the guest in Box 92, had reached their limit with their bid,
Hong Tianyi didn’t want to embarrass them just for the sake of a petty rivalry.
So this time, Hong Tianyi didn’t raise the bid by another million, instead offering a price of 11.1 million Faith Value!
Hearing Hong Tianyi once again call out a higher price, the people sitting in the auction hall below couldn’t help but turn their necks and glance back.
All eyes in the venue were focused on Boxes 92 and 100.
The auction, which should have been noisy and heated, now fell into a dead silence.
And after ten seconds, the guest in Box 92 still hadn’t called out a new price.
A trace of regret flashed through the auctioneer’s eyes below.
But his professional ethics still made him raise the gavel in his hand.
"11.1 million Faith Value, going once!"
"11.1 million Faith Value, going twice!"
"11.1 million Faith Value, third and final time!"
"Let’s congratulate the guest in Box 100 for once again acquiring an incredibly precious Divine Domain Card!"
The gavel fell!
Seeing the small gavel strike the desk and hearing the sound of the impact,
a flash of delight crossed Hong Tianyi’s eyes, and then he let out a sharp sigh of relief.
A joyful expression spread across Hong Tianyi’s face.
Then Hong Tianyi turned his head to thank Zhang Yi and Sima Yuan.
"Zhang Yi, Sima Yuan, thank you both so much!"
Hong Tianyi knew that if the two of them hadn’t lent him money at the end, he never would have been able to afford that price.
Sima Yuan had already gotten his two Divine Domain Cards.
But of the three Divine Domain Cards Zhang Yi had targeted, he had only acquired one so far—a Four-star Enhancement Card that cost him six million Faith Value.
So compared to Sima Yuan, who already had his two cards,
Zhang Yi, who was still able to lend him money at this time, made Hong Tianyi even more grateful.
Someone lending you money is a favor, not an obligation.
It would be completely out of line to take someone lending you money for granted, as if it were your right.
"Brother Zhang, I owe you a favor for this one!"
"In the future, if you ever need me, just say the word!"
Zhang Yi nodded.
That’s how favors worked; they only last through reciprocity.
Sima Yuan also knew that it was much more difficult for Zhang Yi to lend money than it was for himself.
Therefore, Sima Yuan didn’t think there was anything wrong with what Hong Tianyi said.
After a while, as one equally precious Five-star Divine Domain Card after another was auctioned off,
they finally came to the other two Divine Domain Cards Zhang Yi had targeted: the Five-star Professional Card [Moon Shadow Hunter] and the Five-star Professional Card [Silver Moon Knight]!
"Esteemed guests, these are two incomparably precious Five-star Divine Domain Cards.
But because their similarity is just too high,
our auction house has decided to bundle these two Divine Domain Cards for auction!"
"Esteemed guests, you only need to bid once to obtain two Five-star Divine Domain Cards!"
"The starting price for these two incredibly precious Divine Domain Cards is 5 million Faith Value!"
"Each bid increment must be no less than 100,000!"
"Let the bidding begin!"
When the auctioneer announced that these two Divine Domain Cards would be auctioned together,
the auction hall instantly erupted in a cacophony of noise.
Before this, no one had expected the Golden Auction to auction two Divine Domain Cards together.
Because the risk was huge!
If a buyer at the auction needed both,
the price for these two Divine Domain Cards could be bid up far beyond their normal value!
But if not a single buyer present needed both of these Divine Domain Cards,
then it was also highly likely they would fail to sell or be bought at a low price by someone who got a bargain!
Therefore, a typical auction house wouldn’t do something like this.
Auctioning the two cards separately carried a much smaller risk.
But the chatter from the guests in the auction hall wouldn’t change the auction house’s decision.
When the auctioneer in the purple tuxedo gently tapped his small gavel,
a guest from one of the private boxes above had already started the bidding.
"6 million Faith Value!"
The guest from Private Box 67 seemed to be trying to make a pre-emptive strike to intimidate the others.
But the other guests at the Golden Auction weren’t fools.
Bids rang out continuously from the private boxes above and the auction hall below!
"7 million Faith Value!"
"8 million Faith Value!"
"..."
"11 million Faith Value!"
The bidding for these two Divine Domain Cards quickly surpassed 10 million Faith Value, but it lacked the shockwave that Hong Tianyi’s bid had caused earlier.
After Hong Tianyi had won the Five-star Unrivaled Quality Divine Domain Card [Heart of the Flame Dragon],
the prices for the next few Divine Domain Cards had also exceeded 10 million Faith Value.
Although they weren’t as high as the price for the card Hong Tianyi won, they were still quite valuable.
After a round of bidding from the representatives of various Divine Clans,
the price for these two bundled Five-star Professional Divine Domain Cards quickly broke through 15 million Faith Value.
At this point, the only competitors left for these two cards were the guests from Private Box 67 and Private Box 72.
"17 million Faith Value!"
The voice of the guest from Private Box 72 rang out.
However,
this time it was not the modulated, mechanical voice from the microphone,
but the voice of an old man that was heard.
"I am from the Wang Family of Golden City, and I am determined to have these two Divine Domain Cards!"
"I hope the guest opposite us will give our Wang Family some face!"
"If we meet in the future, you will be handsomely rewarded!"
For a moment, hearing a real voice coming from Private Box 72,
the other guests in the auction hall below, who had already withdrawn from the bidding, all showed expressions of astonishment.
This was a rare occurrence at the Golden Auction!
Every guest with access to a private box at the Golden Auction,
had a voice-modulating microphone in their box, precisely to prevent others from recognizing who was sitting inside.
And after a guest in a box won an item,
the item would be delivered to them personally by the Golden Auction’s staff.
Then, a special passage would be opened to escort them out one by one.
This was all to guarantee the Golden Auction’s post-sale service.
The Golden Auction had been in operation for so many years,
and rarely had anyone dared to so directly challenge the rules it had established,
or so blatantly threaten someone else!
And below, the auctioneer, who had maintained a professional expression the whole time, now showed a hint of nervousness and panic on his face.
Clearly, this situation had caught him by surprise!
’Even if I couldn’t get those two Divine Domain Cards at this auction, getting to watch this drama unfold is pretty great too!’
The guests in the auction hall, originally somewhat disappointed that they hadn’t won the cards,
now sensed the "drama" in the air, and every Divine Being, regardless of their power, revealed a curious gaze!
Meanwhile, in Box 100, Hong Tianyi and Sima Yuan, sensing the change in the auction’s atmosphere, both looked nervously at Zhang Yi.
Because these were the two Divine Domain Cards Zhang Yi also wanted to bid on.
This sudden turn of events,
was of uncertain consequence for Zhang Yi—it could be good or bad.
But the expression on Zhang Yi’s face didn’t change at all, nor did any ripples disturb the calm in his heart.
’The Wang Family of Golden City?’
As far as Zhang Yi knew, this was just a clan with a Weak Divine Being.
They might be able to swagger and show off in front of a Demigod Clan,
but in front of Zhang Yi, they weren’t even worthy of notice!
