Chapter 2165: Chapter 2165 A Dramatic Spike In Price
"Don’t worry, I brought more than enough!" Shi Lianfu said nonchalantly.
In the end, he managed to win two Body Refining Pills.
The other eight body-refining pills were bought by the martial practitioner in another private room. There were more affluent Martial practitioners present.
Subsequently, a plethora of treasures, resources, and gems were brought out for auction, making the auction lively and exciting.
The bidding enthusiasm of the martial practitioner grew higher as time went by. Even those who couldn’t afford it were amazed by the auction items.
"When will the Celestial Cloud Emporium be able to expand as large as the Alliance of Merchants?" Ye Liuyun sighed inwardly.
After several hours of bidding, the auction finally reached its climax.
The host brought out two identical enormous red fruits.
The crowd below the stage immediately stirred up.
"Divine Blood Fruit?"
"So that’s what the Divine Blood Fruit looks like!"
Ye Liuyun took a closer look at the Divine Blood Fruit. He scrutinised the fruit with his Golden Phantom Eyes to glimpse at the juice inside the fruit. It was red in colour but it wasn’t blood. It should be some sort of special plant sap.
Shi Lianfu was rubbing his palms to ease his nervousness, ready to act.
Ye Liuyun reminded Shi Lianfu, "Master Shi, do you think it’s better to bid on the first fruit or the second one?"
"I think we should bid on the first fruit," Shi Lianfu said after some thought. "Those who failed to bid the first will desperately raise the price to get the second one!"
"Master Shi is indeed clever! So, are you planning to get the first Divine Blood Fruit?" Ye Liuyun once again casually compliments Shi Lianfu.
"That’s a must!" Shi Lianfu was brimming with confidence.
However, the starting price of this Divine Blood Fruit is eight million top-grade Spirit crystals.
When the auctioneer announced the starting price, the whole crowd erupted.
"Eight million top-grade Spirit crystals! Oh dear! That’s a lifetime fortune for me!"
"Is this thing that valuable? Even for an invaluable treasure, the price is outrageous, isn’t it?"
Many martial practitioners, mostly those who couldn’t afford it, began to complain.
"Those heartless profiteers, they raised the starting price so high!" Shi Lianfu cursed as well, indicating that this starting price had exceeded his estimation.
Ye Liuyun thought discreetly, "The Alliance of Merchants truly knows how to do business. Knowing that I wanted to buy it, they deliberately invited me to bid but set such a high price! They are giving me a personal favour yet trying to make money off me!"
"Indeed, they are profiteers!" Ye Liuyun agreed with him.
However, he soon began to console Shi Lianfu, "But the high or low starting price doesn’t have much impact. It mainly depends on the rarity of this item. Even if the starting price is one million Spirit crystals, I believe it will be raised to eight million in no time!"
"A high starting price can instead frighten off some people without true wealth, preventing them from participating in the bidding!"
Shi Lianfu nodded as he replied, "Hmm, what you said makes sense! Goodness, Xue Li, you seem to understand this auction a bit!"
"I don’t! It was my uncle who taught me after I consulted him!" Ye Liuyun casually made up an excuse.
"Oh? What else did your uncle teach you?" Shi Lianfu was interested.
"Either refuse to bid or go all out when you do. You must be decisive in increasing your offer to intimidate your competition!" Ye Liuyun planted the idea to Shi Lianfu.
At this moment, bids within the venue kept going. Soon the price went as high as 10 million high-grade Spirit crystals.
"What should we do now?" Shi Lianfu asked Ye Liuyun.
"How many Spirit crystals do you have left?" Ye Liuyun replied with another question.
"I have 23 million high-grade Spirit crystals with me!" Shi Lianfu informed Ye Liuyun.
"Considering the current situation, incrementally increasing our offer, it will probably reach 15 million. I suggest you raise the bid to 15 million now. We’ll see how it goes." Ye Liuyun advised Shi Lianfu.
Shi Lianfu glanced at the competitive bidding inside the venue and felt hesitant. He wasn’t confident about raising the price to this number.
Observing that Shi Lianfu was getting cold feet, Ye Liuyun knew if they didn’t act now, they’d miss their chance. Without any consideration for anything else, he used his Divine Soul attack and stamped his Slaving Seal on him to take control of him.
"You useless git. If you don’t bid now, the bids will get even higher!"
Ye Liuyun scolded him once, then made him announce a bid of 17 million high-grade Spirit crystals.
However, doing his had wasted some time and the price had soared to 12 million.
If they bid 15 million now, it wouldn’t have the same impact.
"17 million high-grade Spirit crystals!" Under Ye Liuyun’s control, Shi Lianfu shouted out.
"Goodness! Who is that, bidding so fiercely!"
"He raised the bid by 5 million high-grade spirit crystals in bid!"
The crowd was buzzing with discussion. The Martial practitioners who were shouting prices earlier had suddenly fallen silent.
Suddenly raising the price by five million high-grade Spirit crystals was a great test of their psychological capacity.
Especially when there was still another Divine Blood fruit to be bid on later, many felt that perhaps the next auction would not be as intense.
"Seventeen million! Is there anyone who can bid higher?" The host took advantage of the opportunity to pressure the bidders.
"Eighteen million!"
A martial practitioner sent by the Zhongxing Dynasty began to counterbid.
They were using a Sound Transmission Talisman to confirm the identity of the participant inside the private room. When they learned it was Shi Lianfu, they weren’t too surprised. They had known about the background of the Shi family for a long time. So, this amount of money was something the Shi family could definitely afford.
"Twenty-three million!"
Without waiting for others to bid, Shi Lianfu instantly raised the price again, adding another five million.
The whole room was once again set into another chaotic discussion.
"This is a high-grade Spirit crystal, not a low-grade one! Do these people have Spirit crystal mines at home?" Some of the martial practitioners were shocked by the price.
Such a drastic price increase had caused those who intended to participate in the auction to give up.
The representative from the Zhongxing Dynasty dared not offer a higher price. If they bid again, they could have bought the Divine Blood fruit back again.
So the people from the Zhongxing Dynasty decided to give up too. If Ye Liuyun’s people were present, they would probably compete with Shi Lianfu.
But after waiting for a while, no one gave another bid. Everyone was intimidated by Shi Lianfu’s sharp price increase.
Many bidders were waiting to bid for the second fruit.
Eventually, Shi Lianfu won the bid for the first Divine Blood Fruit.
Despite the fact that Shi Lianfu had become Ye Liuyun’s servant and was under Ye Liuyun’s control, he couldn’t help but admire Ye Liuyun and began to praise him.
"Master is truly amazing! He managed to intimidate everyone off!"
Ye Liuyun could only smile and instructed him to prepare to pay for the item with his Spirit Crystals.
Soon, a deacon from the Alliance of Merchants brought over to him the Divine Blood Fruit he won. Shi Lianfu paid happily and carefully looked at the Divine Blood Fruit.
The moment the deacon from the Alliance of Merchants left, Ye Liuyun immediately swallowed the Divine Blood Fruit.
Shi Lianfu wore a somber expression but dared not say anything.
He spent such a high price to be able to look at the fruit close up without the chance to taste it.
