Chapter 212: Mysterious Mountain Auction (3)
hours trickled by.
Cultivators streamed inside the hall from time to time.
There were over 40 cultivators seated at various parts of the hall. All of them donned disguises or concealed themselves with a technique except for one.
That one person was a handsome middle-aged man with a cold expression. Faint ripples of Early-stage Spirit Ascension Realm cultivation spread out from him. Such a cultivator did not need to hide himself from anyone.
Tang Yin had remained silent and lifeless in his seat. He was just thinking about his future plans after he left the Mysterious Mountain Auction.
Another hour passed. The queue for the auction to start arrived when the 50th cultivator arrived.
A black-cloaked person appeared on stage. He was fully donned in a black cloak, nothing was visible.
"Welcome to the Mysterious Mountain Auction. Since you are all here, then there is no need for me to go through any conventions. The auction will start." The black-cloaked person spoke in a hoarse voice, he was very straightforward.
"The first item to be auctioned off is an unorthodox Tier 7 Martial Skill. It is known as Demonic Grasp. Any cultivator that this technique is applied upon will have their flesh rot and wither away. The requirement for this technique to be cast is physical contact between the user and the target. The starting price for this Martial Skill is 500 Mid-grade Spirit Stones." The black-cloaked person on stage pulled out a scroll from his sleeve before displaying it to the 50 cultivators below.
"530 Mid-grade Spirit Stones." "570 Mid-grade Spirit Stones." "600 Mid-grade Spirit Stones." Numerous bids were immediately shouted out after the black-cloaked person finished speaking.
Tang Yin was not interested in Martial Skills. He already possessed Tian Huang’s arsenal of skills and techniques, only Martial Skills above Tier 5 could tempt him.
The bids died down after the price of the Tier 7 Demonic Grasp Martial Skill reached 800 Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
In the end, it was sold for 900 Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
"The next item is a piece of Dark Metal Ore. It is only the size of a fist, the starting price is 700 Mid-grade Spirit Stones." The black-cloaked person on stage did not explain or describe the uses of Dark Metal Ore. All the cultivators had to rely on their own knowledge.
Tang Yin knew what Dark Metal Ore was from the various books he had purchased in Treasure Bank City and Tian Huang’s jade token.
It was a metal ore which could be used as a material to forge Artifacts, or it could be used as a material to assemble certain Array Formations. It was quite rare, and the piece displayed by the black-cloaked person was considered a large amount. However, Tang Yin was completely uninterested in the ore.
"750 Mid-grade Spirit Stones." "800 Mid-grade Spirit Stones." "1,000 Mid-grade Spirit Stones." "10 High-grade Spirit Stones." A few cultivators shouted out bids for the Dark Metal ore. In the end, it was auctioned off for 11 High-grade Spirit Stones.
Just before the black cloaked person was about to auction off the third item.
A few cultivators wearing black masks appeared in the hall. They found a few vacant seats and sat down.
"The third item to be auctioned off is..." The black-cloaked person did not pay any attention to the few cultivators who just arrived. More would arrive as the auction progressed.
Like this an hour passed.
There were around 70 cultivators present in the hall by now.
"The 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th items will be auctioned off at the same time." The black-cloaked person spoke casually in his hoarse voice. 4 slightly beautiful females walked out from behind the stage.
They only had small pieces of sackcloth to cover their twin peaks and garden. The rest of their skin was exposed to the naked eye of the cultivators. All 4 of them had chains wound around their necks, hands and feet. Their eyes were dull and lifeless as if they were just puppets.
"This one is a 9th-stage Spirit Channelling Realm cultivation furnace. Her starting price is 100 High-grade Spirit Stones." The black-cloaked person pointed to the first female cultivator and stated a starting price. The female cultivator was not particularly pretty, she just barely qualified to not be considered hideous.
The reason why even a Spirit Channelling Realm cultivation furnace was worth so much was because of the scarcity of rogue female cultivators.
Most female cultivators belonged to sects and families. Therefore, targeting them would be akin to targeting the organization behind them.
All female cultivators knew the importance of having a powerful backer behind them. They would only become rogue cultivators if they absolutely had no options. This was the cruel reality for female cultivators.
"150 High-grade Spirit Stones." "200 High-grade Spirit Stones." "300 High-grade Spirit Stones." Numerous bids were shouted out from all across the hall. The battle to obtain the 9th stage Spirit Channelling Realm cultivation furnace was intense.
The final successful bid was 700 High-grade Spirit Stones.
