In Xianyang City's auction house, Zhou Yang looked at the projection crystal mirror and sound-transmitting conch in the small cubicle, and automatically felt a familiar experience.
In his previous life, many ordinary people had had this kind of experience, and basically everyone in every household could do this.
However, in this world of immortal heroes who can fly into the sky and escape from the earth, only high-level monks can do things that ordinary people in previous lives can do. Ordinary monks may not even have heard of it, let alone seen it.
After his eyes swept over the projection crystal mirror and the sound transmission conch, he patted Xiao Ying's jade hand and asked her to sit on the jade stool next to him. He looked at Cao Wenjin with curiosity and asked: "Senior Cao seems to be
I’m very familiar with this place. Could it be that Senior has been here before?”
When Cao Wenjin heard him ask this, his face flashed with a daze, as if he was remembering something from the past.
After a moment, he nodded slightly and said: "I have been here once, but at that time I was just a monk in the Zifu period. I came here to participate in the auction just to gain some knowledge, but I have never actually bid!"
"I see."
Zhou Yang nodded with a sudden look on his face, but didn't ask any more questions.
So, after the three of them waited quietly for about half an hour, a light suddenly flashed on the projection crystal mirror in the room, and then a lifelike picture appeared.
The screen showed the auction table in the center of the white pagoda, on which stood a beautiful middle-aged woman wearing a red palace dress.
Zhou Yang was just looking over when he saw the beautiful woman in the red dress smiling sweetly and saying: "I, Liu Yunyan, am the auctioneer of this auction. I will preside over the entire auction next. I hope all seniors and Taoists will
Friends, you can all get what you want today."
"Okay, I know that your seniors and fellow Taoists have precious time, and you don't have time to listen to me nagging here, so let's officially start the auction of the first treasure!"
After the beautiful woman in the red dress, Liu Yunyan, finished speaking, she flicked her jade hand on the auction table in front of her, and a jade vase appeared on the table.
"The first treasure is five foundation-building pills. The starting price is 50,000 low-grade spiritual stones. Each increase in price must not be less than 1,000 spiritual stones. Now, all fellow Taoists who are interested in bidding, please state your bids to the sound transmission conch.
price."
In the small cubicle on the 28th floor of the white pagoda, Zhou Yang heard Liu Yunyan's seductive magnetic voice in the projection crystal mirror, and his heart felt warm. He did not expect that the first auction item would be a foundation-building pill.
treasure.
But he is just jealous. Now he is penniless. All the spirit stones are in Cao Wenjin's hands. Even if he is jealous of the bottle of Foundation Building Pill on the stage, he cannot participate in the bidding. In the end, he can only look at the eleventh floor.
A monk in a certain cubicle pocketed five Foundation Establishment Pills with 89,000 spirit stones.
"Okay, congratulations to the fellow Taoist in the 11th-floor Guard Room for successfully obtaining the first treasure of this auction. Next is the second treasure, a fourth-level mid-level magic weapon that was personally refined by a fourth-level high-level weapon refiner.
The weapon [Xuanshuang Sword], this magical weapon is made of..."
In the projection crystal mirror, Liu Yunyan took out a blue flying sword that exuded white cold air, fired a stream of mana and fell into the flying sword, and the flying sword "swish" was inserted into a sword test stone dozens of meters in front of her.
, in an instant, the entire sword-testing stone, which was about ten feet long, was frozen by the cold air emitted by the flying sword.
"The fourth-level medium-grade magic weapon [Xuanshuang Sword] has a starting price of 30,000 low-grade spiritual stones. Each increase in price must not be less than 1,000 spiritual stones."
The value of anything that has passed the auction, whether it is elixirs, magic weapons, talismans, formations, or other treasures, will not be less than 10,000, and the final transaction price will often be higher than the market price.
But don’t think that those who bid for the treasures will suffer a loss, because all the treasures that can be obtained at the auction conference, except for the elixirs that are difficult to distinguish, the magic weapons, talismans, formations and other items are all of the same level.
The best among them.
These things are usually hard to see in outside shops, and they are only auctioned and exchanged at auctions and exchange meetings.
"Now is the seventh auction item, the slough of the rare monster earth dragon earthworm. Regarding the information about the earth dragon earthworm, I, my fellow Taoists, will know that this monster has lived its whole life underground thousands of feet deep, and
He is very good at concealing his aura. As far as I know, the last time an Earth Dragon earthworm was sold was more than one hundred and seventy years ago!"
"In short, this treasure attaches great importance to fate. Taoist friends who know its function will naturally exchange it for thousands of gold. If they are interested, Taoist friends who don't know its function may wish to buy it back and collect it. Maybe it can be used to great effect in the future.
effect."
"Okay, I've said all that I have to say. Now let's start the auction of a ten-foot-long third-level high-grade monster earth dragon earth dragon. The starting price is five thousand low-grade spiritual stones. Each increase in price must not be less than five hundred spiritual stones!
"
After Zhou Yang waited for about two-quarters of an hour, he finally waited until the earth dragon earthworm he sent for photography was released.
This kind of treasure once allowed Zhu Ziyu to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill, which showed that it was precious. He also wanted to know if anyone else would be interested in this treasure.
What disappoints him is that after Liu Yunyan said the starting price, dozens of seconds passed and no one bid.
According to the rules of the auction, if no one bids for a treasure after the auctioneer announces the starting price of one hundred and twenty seconds, it will be considered a failed auction.
"Five thousand five hundred spirit stones!"
Zhou Yang gritted his teeth, and under Cao Wenjin's sharp eyes, he shouted a bidding price higher than the reserve price to the sound transmission conch.
After he called out the price, he raised his hand to Cao Wenjin and said, "Ancestor, please calm down. This thing was sent for auction by a junior. I don't believe that this thing is really not worth even five thousand spiritual stones, so I want to ask for a price."
try."
Hearing his explanation, Cao Wenjin's expression softened, and then he looked at him with warning eyes and said: "Don't say I didn't warn you, kid. If you dare to bid randomly, you will have to bear the consequences yourself.
Don’t expect me to give you a spiritual stone!”
"Don't worry, ancestor, I understand the seriousness of the matter."
Zhou Yang nodded, but his attention was entirely focused on the projection crystal mirror.
The price he just raised was undoubtedly a test. If no one was interested in the remains of the earth dragon, this treasure would definitely return to his hands.
If someone is really interested in this treasure, the reason why they didn't bid for it before is intriguing.
In fact, Liu Yunyan was the first person to breathe a sigh of relief after hearing Zhou Yang's price call.
Although she didn't understand why the people in Xuanyang Pavilion would put a piece of earth dragon earthworm slough into the auction items, as an auctioneer, the failure of any treasure to be auctioned would be a stain on her career.
Now that Zhou Yang was calling out the price, even though he only added one price to the base price, the treasure would not go to auction. As an auctioneer, of course she felt relieved about this.
So after Zhou Yang finished calling out the price, she counted the time one by one, preparing to finalize the transaction as soon as one hundred and twenty breaths passed.
In her own mind, she did not expect a second person to increase the price.
What she didn't expect was that one hundred and fifteen breaths later, someone was calling out the price again.
"Six thousand spirit stones!"
A low voice fell into Liu Yunyan's ears through the sound transmission conch, making her look stunned. Then she immediately showed a bright smile on her face and shouted loudly: "The fellow Taoist in the T-shaped room on the seventeenth floor has produced six thousand spiritual stones."
, is there anyone willing to pay a higher price? You must know that this is a treasure that comes only once in 170 years. Even if it is not used for the time being, it will definitely not be a loss to buy it back as a collection!"
"Six thousand five hundred spirit stones!"
Zhou Yang shouted very quickly this time, his face full of excitement.
Someone raised the price, which means that he guessed correctly. The earth dragon earthworm was left behind, and I am afraid it really has a big effect.
Zhou Yang: "Seven thousand spirit stones!"
"Nine thousand spirit stones!"
Zhou Yang: "Ten thousand spirit stones!"
"Twelve thousand spirit stones!"
Zhou Yang: "Fifteen thousand spirit stones!"
"Seventeen thousand spirit stones!"
…
When the price was raised to 17,000 spirit stones, Zhou Yang did not dare to raise the price any more. This was already equivalent to the price of a Foundation Establishment Pill. He was also afraid that if he raised the price further, the other party would simply let him go. In that case, he would not be able to raise the price any more.
It's really a big loss.
"Good boy, I can't tell you that at such a young age, you still have such means and courage. I'm really impressed!"
In the small cubicle, Cao Wenjin waited until Liu Yunyan finally announced the transaction price, and finally looked at Zhou Yang with surprise and sighed.
It's not surprising that there are shills who support the price at auctions, but shills like Zhou Yang who dare to double the price are rare, especially since this treasure was consigned to the auction by himself.
You know, if the buyer gave up before Zhou Yang this time, then Zhou Yang would not only get back the Earth Dragon Earthworm, but also pay Xuanyang Pavilion a handling fee of at least 1,500 spirit stones.
According to the rules of the auction, if the final transaction price of the item is less than twice the starting price, the auctioneer will charge a commission of 5% of the transaction price. If the transaction price is between two and three times the starting price, the auctioneer will charge a commission of 5% of the transaction price.
A 10% commission is charged. If the transaction price is more than three times the starting price, a 15% commission will be charged.
In short, the higher the auction price of the treasures at the auction, the higher the commission charged by the auctioneer, which can even reach a maximum of 50%!
Auctioneers can usually take 10% of the commission received from the auctioneer as their own commission.
Even though it is only 10%, it may seem like a small amount. In fact, in a large-scale auction, just by relying on this 10% commission, the auctioneer can harvest tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of spiritual stones!
That's why Cao Wenjin lamented Zhou Yang's boldness. One thousand and five hundred spirit stones may not seem like much, but just because of shouting a few words, not only did he not earn a single spirit stone, but he lost so many spirit stones in vain. What a loss.
But it's not that big.
"Ancestor is so complimentary. It's just a little trick. It's hard to reach the level of elegance. I really don't deserve such praise from my ancestor."
Zhou Yang shook his head, not feeling any proud of it.
Of course he would not tell Cao Wenjin that the confidence he dared to raise a price actually came from the "Kan Yuan Ling Shui" that he had not yet taken out. As long as this treasure was sold, he would not lose money no matter how much he raised the price.
.
And as treasures were sold one after another at the auction, the "Kanyuan Lingshui" that Zhou Yang had been waiting for for a long time was finally brought out by Liu Yunyan.
"The next treasure, all the fellow Taoists in the Zifu period who practice water-based exercises, should open their eyes and take a look at this treasure, because this is an important treasure related to the chance of all the fellow Taoists becoming enlightened!"
In the projection crystal mirror, Liu Yunyan rarely put away her charming expression, and took out a transparent crystal jade bottle with a serious expression. The thing in the jade bottle was surprisingly the "Kanyuan Lingshui" sent by Zhou Yang to take pictures.
.
"One copy of the fourth-level heaven and earth spiritual object [Kanyuan Lingshui]. I believe I don't need to explain the value of this object. All Taoist friends who know the goods know it well. Therefore, the starting price of this object is 70,000 spiritual stones. Each
The price increase must not be less than three thousand spiritual stones!"
With a solemn expression, Liu Yunyan held up the crystal jade bottle in her hand so that everyone could clearly see the aqua-blue liquid inside.
"Seventy-five thousand spirit stones!"
"Eighty thousand spirit stones!"
"Ninety thousand spirit stones!"
The atmosphere in the auction room suddenly heated up because of the bids that made Zhou Yang's heart beat faster.