"3.2 million!"
Just as Qian Yuexi was about to count to three, Ye Chen’s voice rang out, stunning everyone inside the auction hall.
They understood he had gotten spiritual stones from the Su family, but they didn’t know how much he had.
"He almost spent 5 million on this!"
"Damn it, this many spiritual stones are enough for me to live a whole life!"
"Yeah, even I can live with this much! Don’t know what kind of luck he has to get so many spiritual stones."
Many complained in frustration and jealousy. Especially the people who wanted to kill Ye Chen—they were filled with regret.
Yet no one doubted if he had that many spiritual stones or not!
The reason was BlueMoon Pavilion will make sure that there are no people who will spout nonsense numbers. If there is one, then that person’s spiritual root will be abolished, and they will be banned from every branch of theirs.
So, no one will bid unless they have the ability to pay.
"Little boy, do you really want to go against me?" Cheng Hao couldn’t help but ask in a cold voice.
It was fine for taking one thing from him, but here he comes to take another one. If Ye Chen was someone with a background or even a powerful cultivator, he wouldn’t mind too much, but he was, after all, a Qi-gathering cultivator.
How could he feel good with his arrogance?
"Mad sword dog, if you don’t have the guts to bid, then keep your mouth shut. Don’t waste everyone’s time by barking like a dog," Ye Chen stated in a sarcastic tone.
Hearing him Cheng Hao’s face couldn’t help but twitch.
"Humph! I do have guts to bid, but since I will be getting it for free, why should I bother?" He replied coldly and gave up on the bidding.
On the stage, Qian Yuexi couldn’t help but become disappointed. She wanted fierce competition to raise the bid of this map further. But since the other party had already given up, she counted to three and banged the mallet before her.
No one bid in this process, so Ye Chen finally got the map of forbidden land.
However, he didn’t care about this and focused on the auction.
The map of forbidden land wasn’t the last item; there were more. With one of them being a tier-7 sword and the other a tier-7 longevity pill.
There were no herbs and spirit fruit, which made Ye Chen a bit disappointed.
"Everyone here, the second last item of this auction, and it is the blood essence of tier-7 Jadewood Spirit Deer!" Qian Yuexi announced with confused eyes because this item should’ve been the last one.
However, since these were the orders from manager Hong Fang, she didn’t question much and announced it.
Hearing her, the people in the auction hall were shocked.
One had to know that Jadewood Spirit Deers were too hard to find as they were low in numbers. Moreover, even if one found them fighting with this deer, it was almost impossible because they had natural healing abilities.
If you cut the deer in half and blink for a second, the deer would have already finished regenerating. Also, these deer’s were super fast at escaping; just let down a guard for a little bit, and then whoosh!
Fortunately, they were not destructive or had any lethal powers. It’s just that it was hard to hunt them, and even if one did, they would keep it secret because the blood essence of Jadewood Spirit Deer was valuable, especially in healing injuries.
Even if this blood essence was from a tier-5 or tier-6 Jadewood Spirit Deer, it could be fought after a lot, not to mention a tier-7 one.
So how could these people not be shocked?
Moreover, this was the second-to-last item of the auction! Which means there was still something more valuable than this at the end.
Thinking of this, everyone’s shock only grew while the top powers couldn’t help but glance at No. 1 Dragon Hall.
They didn’t know how many spiritual stones the Su family had given to Ye Chen. It would be good if they didn’t give him too much so they all could compete for the blood essence.
As for letting Ye Chen win the bid? Who knows if he will consume the blood essence or not?
Unlike the Molten Heart Spirit Fruit, the blood essence of the Jadewood Spirit Deer didn’t have any side effects on low-level cultivators. Hell, even a mortal can take the blood essence of this deer without any problem.
So, they were all worried that Ye Chen might gulp the blood essence down if things went south or maybe because he just liked it.
Hence, no one had any intention of letting him win the bid for this. The blood essence was after all a life-saving treasure. It can even repair the damage of spiritual roots; there was no way they could allow it to fall into the hands of someone else.
It’s just the question that remained—how many spiritual stones does Ye Chen have left now?
Some of them even sent people to ask Su Qiming about it, but all he did was just shake his head and say he can’t reveal it.
This just made many people frustrated.
"I know everyone is excited about the blood essence of Jadewood Spirit Deer, so let’s not wait and start the action for this."
"The starting bid is 1 million mid-grade spiritual stones, and the minimum increment is 100,000 mid-grade spiritual stones."
"You can start the bidding now," Qian Yuexi ignored everyone’s shock and announced.
The people in the hall could only sigh softly. No one had money or guts to bid for such an item.
"Hey, do you think Ye Chen would bid for it?"
"It would be good if he placed the bid and won; however, we have to be careful of big powers as they would also eye him."
"Damn it. I hope I was at the Qi gathering realm now; it would’ve been easy for me to enter the mystic pond and kill him there."
"Oh really? Where you will get the quota even if you were at the Qi gathering realm.
The cultivators in the hall became noisy, many glancing at Ye Chen’s box, wondering whether he would bid or not.
"1.1 million!"
"1.5 million!"
"1.8 million!"
Before anyone could hear Ye Chen’s voice, all the top powers started to bid for it.
Although they were curious about what the last item would be, they were not short on money.
Even Su Qiming and Wei Sun wanted to bid for it, but knowing Ye Chen must want it, they could only stay silent.
Hong Fang had already told them about Ye Chen’s plan to auction the tier-6 formula. So, they knew if anyone had the chance to win this blood essence for sure, it was Ye Chen.
Even though the grade of these treasures was different, the blood essence was after all a single item. No one would spend too much on it, especially since many of them here are purchasing this for sect and power.
As for doing it for themselves, no one had that many spiritual stones. Of course there were exceptions, such as Ye Chen.
"4.1 million spiritual stones"
Ye Chen placed the bid after everyone started hesitating a little.
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Hearing him, all the top powers expressions turned dark, and they cursed Su Qiming in their hearts for giving him so many spiritual stones.
"Boy, I don’t think you have any use for this blood essence, so let it go; in return, I promise not to come after you." Cheng Hao spoke in a kind tone.
Like Ye Chen, he was also using his personal spiritual stones to buy this blood essence. Of course, he had to borrow some here and there after he returned, but by one means he was going to hand this blood essence to the sect.
One had to know that the cultivators had long life spans, but it didn’t mean they would really live that long, especially if they were injured seriously; their vitality would seep out over time.
So having healing pills or healing treasures was important for cultivators at a high level.
"Friend Ye Chen, why not leave this blood essence for me? In return, I will owe you a favor." Wu Tianlei also tried to convince him.
After him, the crown prince Ji Feng also followed.
"Brother Ye Chen, as long as you withdraw from this bid, I guarantee to protect you," he declared with a serious look.
He had already guessed a few things; it’s just he didn’t have any proof that Ye Chen treated Su Ying with his ability. But if it was the truth, then he must make friends with him, as it could be beneficial.
However, Ye Chen didn’t care about his offer. If the crown prince had said that the kingdom would protect him, then he might have considered it. As for his own protection, it was useless; after all, it wasn’t sure if he would sit on the throne.
Maybe the king valued his talent, but if he can’t manage his responsibility or fail the tests of the king, he would be removed from his position. Not to mention there would be other princes competing with him for the throne, so it would not be a good idea to get into this trouble now.