125: Speculations about identity
After several rounds of bidding, the atmosphere within the Qingyun Rare Goods Auction House had grown increasingly fervent.
This was because the several Beasts sold earlier were all unprecedented, with excellent Skills and Aptitude, making them truly worthy of being sold at today's auction.
Though they were Spirit Beasts, they were still worth bidding for at this auction.
Therefore, when the third-tier spiritual item, the Yin Bone Cold Flame, appeared, many people immediately began bidding.
However, while the price on the screen was still increasing by tens of thousands.
Suddenly, a sum of one million appeared directly on the large screen, and the bidder column displayed 'Box 1'.
The scene became eerily quiet for a moment, as no one had expected a guest from the third floor to make a move.
Moreover, it was a guest from Box 1, whose identity was the most mysterious; hadn't other boxes shown little interest in this Type of material?
However, the true value of the Yin Bone Cold Flame was roughly this price, and offending a mysterious VIP for this one material was truly not worth it, so for a time, no one else participated in the bidding.
The customers on the first floor all felt that this time, when Liang Jingsi called out the three confirmations, it was faster than for other auction items, as if she was impatiently confirming the ownership of this item.
And so, under these strange circumstances, the Yin Bone Cold Flame was acquired by Luo Chen.
In the subsequent several bids, Luo Chen always purchased materials and spiritual items, never once buying a Beast.
Because of this, some customers also vaguely began to speculate about his identity.
Inside Box 9.
The lively and beautiful girl stroked her chin, guessing,
“What is the identity of the person in Box 1? Have you found out?”
This question was directed at a person beside her who looked like her attendant. The young man in uniform cupped his hands and replied,
“We are not very clear about his identity, but he came from outside the city and appears to be just a newly adult young man, yet he rides a King-Ranked Beast.”
With a King-Ranked Beast as a mount, the girl's face clearly showed a few more traces of thought.
“Judging by his recent bids, he should be a Breeder. Perhaps he is a guest visiting from another Middle City.”
He Liangyu stated his guess from the side.
The girl's face was full of curiosity, “How do you know he isn't buying for his own family or friends?”
“This…” He Liangyu's expression was a little awkward, “Qing Yue is right.”
Seeing He Liangyu fall into an awkward silence, the girl seemed oblivious, nodding her head and then surprisingly finding He Liangyu's initial speculation to have some merit.
“Box 2 is reserved for the City Lord's Mansion. Even if that young man came from another Middle City, he would certainly not be more distinguished than the people from Liuguang City's City Lord's Mansion.
Either this person came from the Upper City, making the auction house consider him more distinguished than the City Lord's Mansion.
Or this person has a great debt of gratitude from the auction house, which is the foundation of their establishment in Liuguang City.
Or perhaps, these Beasts that have never appeared outside come from that person in Box 1, or the power behind him.”
The girl stroked her chin, a glint of excitement flashing in her eyes, “I'm going to meet him.”
The man beside her, who looked like an attendant, showed hesitation, “Miss, the City Lord said you should behave yourself recently and not provoke people of unknown identity.”
The girl, however, waved her hand indifferently, “Relax, relax. I'm just going to make new friends, not fight. What could possibly happen?”
The attendant looked helpless, knowing his young lady's temperament. So he no longer tried to persuade her, only preparing to contact external assistance at any time, as he couldn't let his young lady suffer a loss in their own city.
The auction items were brought up one by one.
Unbeknownst to them, they had already reached the third to last item.
This time, the item presented was just an egg.
The egg was overall a dull dark red, and just by looking at it, one could almost smell a bloody scent permeating the air.
It also had purplish-red dark patterns, making it look incredibly mysterious.
Luo Chen used his talent to examine it.
【race: Blood Fiend Demon
Rank: ???
Type: ???
State: In Incubation
Skill: ???】
Upon seeing the name, Luo Chen frowned slightly; just the name itself suggested it was not an easy Beast to deal with.
“This Beast egg is called the Blood Fiend Demon, but our Breeders at Qingyun Rare Goods Auction House have tried every method and have not been able to successfully hatch it.
Helplessly, we can only offer it as an auction item, hoping it will meet its destined owner and be successfully hatched.
The starting bid is one million spirit coins, and each increment must not be less than ten thousand spirit coins. ”
Eggs, mystery box eggs, always attract a lot of interest.
Even if not needed, there are many people who buy them back as collectibles.
Therefore, the bidding for this egg was quite fierce.
Luo Chen also participated in the bidding with great interest; an unhatchable egg was impossible for him, no, for the system.
He wanted to see what kind of Beast would hatch from it.
The price soared quickly, and by two million, only a few parties were still competing.
Currently, besides Luo Chen in Box 1, Box 3 and Box 9 were still bidding.
“Two million seven hundred twenty thousand.”
The girl controlled the price input device in front of her, and after entering another number, she asked the attendant behind her.
“Are the people in Box 3 from the Breeder Association?”
“Yes, Miss.”
Upon receiving this answer, she casually tossed the price input device aside and said listlessly:
“Since that's the case, let the two of them fight for it.”
Inside Box 1, Luo Chen watched as the price approached three million, and the person in Box 3 was still relentlessly bidding.
He also put down the price input device; in his opinion, this price already exceeded the value of this egg of unknown origin, and it would be unwise to continue bidding now.
Ultimately, this mysterious egg was secured by Box 3 for a price of two million nine hundred thirty thousand.
The second to last item was also from Luo Chen, specifically the Ice Domain Snow Lotus.
The starting bid for the Ice Domain Snow Lotus was set at three million spirit coins, but this did not affect the enthusiasm of all bidders in the slightest.
This was a Beast with a Domain Skill; even if it was currently only a Spirit Beast, it meant it had the potential to reach Wild Rank in the future.
Especially those King-Ranked Beast families on the second floor, their bidding was the most frantic.
Since they couldn't compete for that last King Beast with a Domain Skill.
This Spirit Beast still held great hope.
However, it was clear that the families on the third floor also had the same idea; there was a high probability they wouldn't get the last King Beast, so it was better to get their hands on this Spirit Beast first.
If they could succeed, they wouldn't leave empty-handed today.
“Five million three hundred seventy thousand spirit coins.”
“Five million eight hundred thousand spirit coins.”
Perhaps different people have different perceived values for Beasts; in Luo Chen's eyes, perhaps the Fragrant Lily of the Valley was more precious.
However, in this Middle City, in the eyes of those noble families, the price of this Ice Domain Snow Lotus was clearly much more precious.
It wasn't until the price reached ‘seven million’ that the bidding slowed down.
Clearly, this price was enough to make these noble families calm down; after all, after acquiring this Beast, it would require a long period of cultivation.
Moreover, who could predict the future? If this Beast were to suddenly die prematurely, their family's money would be wasted.
“Seven million two hundred thousand spirit coins, going once.”
Liang Jingsi slowly scanned the audience, “A Spirit Beast with a Domain Skill is unheard of; such talent may not necessarily stop at the Wild Beast realm. Everyone must seize this opportunity.”
“Seven million two hundred thousand spirit coins, going twice,”
The guest in Box 6, who had made this bid, listened to Liang Jingsi's slow tone and now wished they could choke her and make her speak faster.
Just as Liang Jingsi was about to say 'third time', the price on the large screen jumped again, and a look of joy appeared on Liang Jingsi's face.
“Guest in Box 2 bids seven million three hundred thousand spirit coins, seven million three hundred thousand spirit coins, going once.”
The people in Box 6 were clearly not ready to give up and directly offered a price of seven million five hundred thousand.
After another round of frantic bidding, the guest in Box 6 could only reluctantly give up.
Competing with the City Lord's Mansion in terms of strength, their Cheng family truly couldn't compete.
Ultimately, the City Lord's Mansion secured the Ice Domain Snow Lotus for seven million nine hundred thousand spirit coins.
However, with the second to last auction item sold, the final main event was finally about to begin.
Basically, all the distinguished guests on the third floor were initially attracted by the promotional news of the Sun Moon Wolf King.
But who knew that this auction house also had many items that interested them.
Therefore, the Liang Corporation truly gained a large wave of fame. However, they were still very confused about what this Chenyang Pet Store was.
The Sun Moon Wolf King was entrusted by Chenyang Pet Store to Qingyun Rare Goods Auction House for sale, but there was no such store throughout Liuguang City.
However, the three families who did know about it did not publicize that Chenyang Pet Store actually came from Qingyang City, the Lower City of Liuguang City.
The Feng Family remained unconcerned, ready to observe calmly.
The Qin Family did not want people to know that this store sold even more miraculous Beasts like the Fragrant Spirit Affinity Rabbit.
And the He family simply did not want to mention Chenyang Pet Store.
The Sun Moon Wolf King appeared on the stage, and its information also appeared on the large screen behind it.
Although the information about the Sun Moon Wolf King had been publicized in advance, when this Beast truly appeared before them.
They still couldn't help but lighten their breathing.
“The King-Ranked Beast Sun Moon Wolf King, a completely new species of Beast whose information cannot be found anywhere in the Illusion World,
Perfect Aptitude, seven Skills, four of which are Earth-Tier Skills, and one of them is a Domain Skill. I believe you all know its value better than I do.”
Liang Jingsi walked to the side of the cage and gently patted it.
The Sun Moon Wolf King in the cage opened its eyes, glanced at her lightly, and then lay down comfortably again, clearly uninterested in her.
“Without further ado, the starting bid is five million spirit coins, and each bid must not be less than one hundred thousand spirit coins. The bidding now begins.”