allonlinenovel Chapter 110 Auction Observations
Chapter 110 Auction Observations
In the days leading up to the Yuncheng Auction, the main branch of the family, He Beixu, the second branch, He Yuanteng, the third branch, He Yuanzhen, and many other family members came to visit, all wanting to borrow spirit stones from He Beichen. However, He Beichen refused to grant any of them, claiming that his lineage needed many foundational treasures and he did not know if he could gather them all at the auction.
Unexpectedly, He Beichen asked these visitors to borrow spirit stones, a move that left them utterly astonished and bewildered. They could only look at each other in bewilderment and lament their own poverty. In the end, the meeting ended on bad terms.
Finally, the auction curtain slowly rose on this day. He Beichen also entrusted the auction house to auction some third-tier talismans, spiritual weapons, array plates, and pills, and even generously offered ten Hunyuan Pills for auction.
He Beichen, Zhang Yunyu, He Beixi, He Yuanhuan, and He Yuanqing sat in a private room like stars surrounding the moon, eagerly preparing to bid on the coveted Dao Foundation Treasure. As each item was auctioned off like a shooting star, the items He Beichen had consigned for auction all sold for astonishingly high prices.
Aside from the auction's vampire-like greedy handling fees, huge sums of money poured in like a tide, totaling forty million spirit stones, which, converted into spirit crystals, amounted to forty thousand dazzling spirit crystals! (The exchange rate between spirit stones and spirit crystals is one thousand spirit stones to one spirit crystal.)
The grand auction of Dao Foundation Treasures has finally arrived. The starting price for the first water-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure is as high as 10,000 spirit crystals, like a towering mountain.
This was He Beichen and his group's first time venturing into the auction of Dao Foundation Treasures. Although they knew in their hearts how precious Dao Foundation Treasures were, they never expected that the prices of Dao Foundation Treasures would be so high, which was astonishing.
However, the first treasure happened to be a water-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure, leaving He Beichen with no choice but to take the lead and bid 11,000 spirit crystals.
As the price of water-attribute foundational treasures soared, its increase was like a rocket shooting straight into the sky, leaving people speechless.
Meanwhile, the bidders in each private room were in high spirits, like heroes vying for supremacy on a battlefield, eagerly shouting out their ideal prices.
A loud shout came from VIP Box No. 7: "Fourteen thousand spirit crystals!" Immediately following suit, VIP Box No. 12 countered with a bid of "Eighteen thousand spirit crystals!"
Subsequently, the sixth VIP box also joined the fierce competition, shouting loudly, "Twenty thousand spirit crystals!" In an instant, the entire auction hall was filled with the rising and falling bids.
However, this was far from over. Just when everyone thought the price had stabilized, the seventh VIP room made another move, raising the price to 30,000 spirit crystals.
The moment the number was announced, the entire room erupted in an uproar. Everyone turned their attention to VIP box number seven, eager to see who could be so wealthy.
However, unexpectedly, it was not the seventh VIP box that ultimately won the water-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure, but the VIP box where He Beichen, who had been silent all along, was located.
Without hesitation, he quoted an astronomical price of 35,000 spirit crystals, defeating all his competitors and successfully acquiring this rare treasure.
At this moment, He Beichen was like a lavish spender, not caring at all about the amount of spirit crystals.
Moreover, he was more like a tireless and insatiable gambler, throwing most of the spirit crystals he had just obtained from other auction items into this bidding, just to get this coveted water-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure.
Then, He Beichen and his group continued their bidding, acquiring a lightning-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure for a price of 40,000 spirit crystals, like a thunderbolt from the sky; a fire-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure for 38,000 spirit crystals, like a raging flame; an ice-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure for 41,000 spirit crystals, like the biting cold frost; and a water-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure for 40,000 spirit crystals, like a vast and magnificent ocean.
This auction was like a grand feast, yielding two water-attribute Dao Foundation Treasures, one lightning-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure, one fire-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure, and one ice-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure—a total of five coveted Dao Foundation Treasures. The value of these treasures was like a bottomless pit, directly consuming most of the spirit stones that He Beichen had accumulated over decades.
In fact, if He Beichen hadn't possessed extraordinary abilities in alchemy, weapon forging, talisman drawing, and array engraving, which emerging family could have such a profound foundation to acquire five Dao Foundation Treasures in a single auction?
As for the subsequent auction, it had lost its appeal for He Beichen and his group. So, He Beichen, along with Zhang Yunyu, He Beixi, He Yuanhuan, and He Yuanqing, embarked on their journey home, like weary birds returning to their nests.
When He Beichen and the others returned home, they gathered together like weary birds returning to their nest. To their delight, during the few days they were away auctioning Dao Foundation treasures, Fourth Aunt Yu Qingyue and Second Aunt Han Susu both broke through to the peak of the Martial Realm, like phoenixes rising from the ashes.
At this moment, the water-attribute and fire-attribute foundational treasures acquired at the auction, along with the wind-attribute foundational treasures already in the family's possession, were like three keys to unlocking the door to cultivation, now laid out before them. Thus, the second brother, second aunt, and fourth aunt could all seize this opportunity to begin breaking through the shackles of their cultivation.
Thus, He Beichen's lineage now possesses only one Thunder-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure, as powerful as a thunderbolt; one Ice-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure, as chilling as ice; one Water-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure, like a flowing stream; one Metal-attribute Dao Foundation Treasure, as indestructible as metal; and two Wood-attribute Dao Foundation Treasures, as vibrant as life. In total, six Dao Foundation Treasures remain, like brilliant stars in the night sky.
So the group decided that after He Beifeng, He Beicang, He Beifang, Second Aunt Han Susu, and Fourth Aunt Yu Qingyue broke through their limits, they would then head to the northern border of the wilderness to propose marriage to He Beifang in the Yunling tribe. Thus, He Beifeng, He Beicang, He Beifang, Han Susu, and Yu Qingyue entered seclusion one after another, like birds flying into the forest.
Within the clan, the scarcity of spirit stones was like an insurmountable chasm, allowing the clan leader and others to only bid on one fire-attribute foundational treasure. The first, second, and third sects, like three hungry tigers, had to unite due to their limited spirit stones in order to manage to bid on one lightning-attribute foundational treasure.
Ultimately, the fire-attribute Dao foundation treasure became the key for He Beizhi of the Second Sect to break through to the True Person Realm, while the lightning-attribute Dao foundation treasure became the ladder for He Beihang of the Third Sect to reach the True Person Realm.