NOVPUB"Hehe... I do have some confidence, but it’s also hard to say, nobody can predict until the very end!" Lin Tianming humbly replied.
"Lin is being too modest!"
Lin Tianming smiled faintly, then looked down at Xue Chong, unable to resist secretly speculating.
Since the seventh treasure to appear was the Sky Rainbow Fruit, what could the last three treasures possibly be?
But at the moment, he didn’t have many spirit stones left, just over twenty thousand, and if he wanted to bid for the upcoming treasures, he would have to put up some other treasures as collateral.
As he pondered, Xue Chong’s loud voice spread across the entire square, introducing the eighth and final treasure.
Lin Tianming looked up to see that the eighth treasure was actually a Second Order Medium Quality Alchemy Furnace, which seemed about the same quality as the Blueflame Furnace he had successfully auctioned before.
However, the starting price of this pill furnace reached 36,000 spirit stones, a full 3,000 more than the starting price of the Blueflame Furnace back then.
Even so, this pill furnace still received fierce bidding, surpassing the bidding for the Sky Rainbow Fruit just earlier.
Although an alchemy furnace didn’t offer much help to cultivation in these times of impending war, there were many family members and a good number of alchemists present.
Alchemists were already quite wealthy, and encountering such a grade of alchemy furnace, they certainly wouldn’t give up the opportunity easily.
At this moment, bids kept coming in the venue, and the price of the Second Order pill furnace rapidly increased, soon surpassing 40,000 spirit stones.
Lin Tianming sat in his chair, watching the fierce bidding below, without any intention to participate.
He already had a Blueflame Furnace that was no worse than this pill furnace, and considering his limited spirit stones, there was no point in purchasing another unnecessary item.
Besides, if he were to join the bidding again, he would surely attract some people with malicious intentions, as he had already revealed too much wealth. There were always some malicious individuals willing to risk much for numerous treasures.
A stick of incense’s time passed.
After fierce competition among over a dozen cultivators, the Second Order pill furnace was sold for 52,800 spirit stones, once again setting a new highest transaction record.
As for the buyer, it was also someone from one of the private rooms, and their specific identity was hard to guess. Probably only the Zhenyang Sect, who was behind the market, would know.
At this time, Lin Tianming couldn’t help but click his tongue. The price of this pill furnace was several thousand spirit stones higher than when he had bid for the Blueflame Furnace.
"These people are really insane!"
"However, the Cultivation World indeed hides dragons and crouching tigers, with quite a number of wealthy individuals!" Lin Tianming mused inwardly.
Regaining his focus, on the stage below, Xue Chong had already brought out the ninth and final treasure, a complete Metal Attribute Profound Grade Technique, starting at 30,000 spirit stones.
Seeing this, Lin Tianming had no interest, because the techniques in his family were quite comprehensive, and they were not short of Profound Grade Techniques. If it were an Earth-grade Technique, he might have competed for it, but otherwise, it was pointless to make the effort.
However, there were always some family forces that were interested. After all, it’s not every day that Profound Grade Techniques came up, and many Foundation Establishing Families didn’t have a complete set of Five Elements techniques, wasting their members’ cultivation time.
Under such circumstances, complementing a full attribute technique was something these Foundation Establishing Families had to do sooner or later.
In the venue, Xue Chong was hosting the auction, with fierce bidding taking place in several private rooms.
As time passed, the ninth and final treasure was acquired by a cultivator in one of the private rooms for 45,000 spirit stones, not reaching the price paid for the Second Order Alchemy Furnace earlier.
This price, in fact, wasn’t very high. It could be because techniques like these didn’t yield quick results, and some families didn’t want to spend too many resources on techniques at this critical period.
Therefore, bidding for techniques at this time was undoubtedly a good opportunity to save a lot of spirit stones.
At this time, the atmosphere in the venue briefly eased.
Following the conclusion of the eighth finale treasure, although the final price wasn’t too high, it still reached the value of the Mysterious Grade Technique itself.
On the high platform, Xue Chong glanced at the group of cultivators below, then proceeded to start the auction for the ninth finale treasure.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the female cultivator behind Xue Chong swayed her waist and then lifted the red cloth in front of her, revealing a blue array plate and five small flags of different colors.
Xue Chong looked at the array plate and the flags, then began to introduce them.
"Fellow daoists... this is a set of Second Order Medium Quality defensive array instruments, named Five Elements Rotation Array. As long as you insert spirit stones, it can be activated immediately, and its defensive power is extremely strong. Even an attack from a Third Order Demon Beast can be withstood for a short while," he said.
"The starting bid is thirty-five thousand spirit stones, with each bid increase not less than one hundred spirit stones!" he declared.
Upon hearing this, the majority of cultivators in the public area remained calm as formations were of little use to them as loose cultivators.
However, among those cultivators in the private rooms, there were quite a few whose expressions were one of excitement; they all came from clan backgrounds where the role of formations was incredibly important. Often, a good formation could change the fate of a family.
Unexpectedly, a Second Order Medium Quality defensive formation had appeared this time, which was an opportunity not to be missed for those families whose formation grades were not high enough.
Indeed, just like the previous technique, the array instruments formed an extreme scene.
The vast majority showed no interest at all, yet a small portion engaged in a heated competition, driving the price continuously higher.
At this moment, Lin Tianming sat in the VIP room, thoughtfully watching the bidding below.
Such a set of Second Order Medium Quality formations was indeed rare in the Cultivation World, especially during the period of beast tides. Families with insufficiently powerful formations should consider bidding for this item.
If successful, the probability of the family surviving the beast tide would also increase.
As for himself, he likewise would not bid. The Lin Family’s Protective Clan Formation was not of a low grade and had been running smoothly for hundreds of years; it had also been improved to fix many hidden issues and had reached a state of perfect harmony. To replace it would be an unnecessary move.
Having refocused his mind, the set of formations had already been won by a cultivator from one of the private rooms.
The final price of forty-eight thousand spirit stones brought the somewhat subdued auction back to a climax.
At this moment, all the cultivators were staring intently at Xue Chong, anticipating the last and most precious treasure of the finale.
Under the eager gazes of the crowd, Xue Chong did not dare delay. With a wave of his hand, a jade box appeared in it; he then opened it up to reveal a strand of blood-red spirit plant material in front of everyone.
An observant cultivator caught sight of the blood-red plant and displayed an incredulous expression, murmuring to himself, "This... Could this possibly be... Could it be the legendary Blood Crow Grass?"
"Blood Crow Grass!"
Several cultivators who heard this trembled in their minds, then showed shocked expressions.
"It is indeed Blood Crow Grass!" one cultivator finally confirmed, shouting out loud.
Soon, some cultivators quickly recovered from their astonishment and stared intently at the spirit grass with crazed expressions.
In the meantime, Lin Tianming was also frowning. He looked at the blood-red plant; it was indeed Third Order Blood Crow Grass without a doubt.
Blood Crow Grass was a Third Order Low Grade Spiritual Medicine. Although not very high in grade, it was extremely precious; it contained a powerful essence of blood within it and had formidable effects, its greatest use being to assist cultivators in breaking through to the Golden Core Realm.
This item, although only increasing the probability by a mere ten percent, was still regarded as one of the once-in-a-lifetime treasures amongst Foundation Establishment Cultivators, every bit as effective as the Gold Fruit they had encountered before, if not even more powerful.
In the auction hall, seeing many people’s incredulous reactions, Xue Chong smiled and then introduced the final masterpiece.
"Hehe… A strand of Third Order Low Grade Blood Crow Grass with a starting bid of one hundred thousand spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than one hundred spirit stones," he said.
No sooner had his words fallen than several cultivators began bidding against each other, creating an atmosphere that far surpassed that of any previous finale treasure.
