Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 221 - 132: Kindness of a Beauty, Immortal’s Manual Acquired
This auction features a total of 100 regular items, with values ranging from low to high. After fifty items, the values gradually reach over a thousand gold, equivalent to a Tier Seven Flying Sword Magical Treasure.
He glanced over and saw that there were more than twenty Tier Seven Flying Sword Magical Treasures in this auction.
He didn’t see any Flying Sword Magical Treasures above Tier Eight. However, as he understood it, auctions organized by super associations like the Heaven-Reaching Commerce Association usually feature Tier Eight or higher Flying Sword Magical Treasures. Sometimes, they even have Tier Nine Flying Sword Magical Treasures for sale, so the absence likely means they’re reserved for the finale.
This auction has a total of 8 finale items, making it 108 in total, corresponding to the number of Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends.
To Su Yu’s surprise, he didn’t find the Lifespan Fruit he was planning to auction among these 100 regular items.
He turned and leaned toward Luo Qingchan, asking:
"I can’t see the finale. Can you show me?"
Luo Qingchan’s gaze shifted and landed on the face close in front of her. Never having been this close to another boy before, the girl felt momentarily dazed, and her cheeks turned slightly red. However, unlike usual, she didn’t push away but instinctively smoothed her hair to cover her slightly warm and delicate face, sharing the screen with him.
Su Yu didn’t notice her unusual behavior. He turned his head to check the screen she shared and scanned the eight finale items. As expected, he found the Lifespan Fruit he was auctioning, as well as three Immortal’s Manuals.
"I knew it would suddenly jump from 15,000 to 20,000 gold. So it’s going to the auction."
"What a profiteer."
However, after cursing, he considered something else:
"Does this mean that after the auction, the price will go back to 15,000 gold?"
He thought to ask about it after the auction concludes.
Time passed as they waited, and when the time came, a middle-aged man in a formal suit stepped onto the auction stage, clasped his hands together toward the audience, and said in a deep voice:
"Welcome, new and returning members, to the Heaven-Reaching Commerce Association Autumn Auction. I’m Li Jiang, the host of this auction. Without further ado, let’s begin the auction immediately."
The host was straightforward, launching right into it after a brief self-introduction.
With a gesture of his hand, a pillar of light fell on the jade table guarded by four experts in front of him. A flash of light, and a simple jade scroll covered with dense runes hovered in the pillar of light, allowing everyone looking at it to immediately see its attributes.
Flaming Golden Saber Ban (Advanced): An advanced forbidden technique capable of gathering flaming golden sabers to attack the enemy.
Attributes: Each layer increases the number of Flaming Golden Sabers by +10. Each saber’s base power +5, magic damage bonus +0.1%, attack range +20 meters, mana consumption +1 for every ten sabers, and cooldown time is 15 minutes.
"Flaming Golden Saber Ban, an advanced forbidden technique, starting price at 1,000 gold, with each increment no less than 10 gold. Let’s start the bidding now!"
As soon as the words fell, someone made a bid:
"1,100 gold."
The host immediately announced clearly:
"Guest No. 54 bids 1,100 gold!"
"1,200 gold."
"Guest No. 129 bids 1,200 gold."
"1,300 gold."
"1,350 gold."
The crowd continued to bid, and the price quickly climbed to 1,500 gold.
Su Yu sat in the box, watching with interest as guests outside bid, with no interest in bidding himself.
He possessed the Hundred Eyes Divine Light, a mystical-level forbidden technique, and naturally wouldn’t buy a lower-level forbidden technique.
However, just because he didn’t need it didn’t mean others didn’t need it. Forbidden techniques are advanced versions of spells, and many players don’t have any channels to learn them. Now that there’s a chance to buy one, they obviously wouldn’t hesitate.
As long as there’s money and demand, competition is inevitable.
After some intense bidding, a guest finally won it at 1,700 gold, 200 gold above the normal market price.
After the first auction, the following items were all regular items: high-quality Tier Six Flying Swords and Magical Treasures, various materials, tools, and equipment of the same level, etc.
Su Yu wasn’t interested in the earlier items, simply watching as a spectator.
Until after the fiftieth item, when some Tier Seven Flying Sword Magical Treasures or Tier Seven equipment, rare materials, and tools appeared, he perked up with some interest.
But his interest was mild. He planned to save money to buy the Immortal’s Manual, and unless an exceptional item perfectly suited him, he wouldn’t make a purchase.
Though he wasn’t interested, Luo Qingchan sitting next to him was. In no time, she bought several items, each worth several hundred to over a thousand gold, excellent items.
But even if he hesitated to spend, when the eightieth item appeared and it was a Primordial Infinite Elixir, he couldn’t help but feel tempted.
Primordial Infinite Elixir (Top-grade Spiritual Elixir): Increases Qi and Blood cap by +30,000, Mana cap by +30,000, Qi and Blood and Mana regeneration by +100 per second, all spell power by +50%, reduces damage taken by 20%, lasting an hour.
"Perfect for tribulation crossing."
Su Yu clearly saw that many people were interested.
As expected, there were ten Primordial Infinite Elixirs in total. With over a thousand people seated in the auction hall, at least five to six hundred were bidding.
The starting bid was 3,000 gold, and the outside market price is 5,000 gold each, but the price here quickly soared to 7,000 gold and kept climbing.
Seeing this, Su Yu couldn’t help but recall the Foundation Establishment Elixir from the cultivation novels he had read in his previous life, an essential item for breaking through, always in short supply.
With so many people competing, naturally, there wasn’t any chance for him.
This item’s market price was only 5,000 gold, and now it had reached 7,000 gold without slowing down, nearing 8,000 gold—he would be foolish to spend so much on a single one.
He was far from needing it for tribulation crossing; he had plenty of time to prepare.
The ten Primordial Infinite Elixirs were sold one after another, with prices as expected, ranging between 7,500 gold and 8,000 gold.
After the Primordial Infinite Elixirs, ten more items were auctioned in quick succession, and soon all regular items were sold. The host announced a short break.
Fifteen minutes later, the host returned, tapping his hand bell lightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Now for the auction finale. The first item—Immortal’s Manual, starting price 5,000 gold, with each increment no less than 100 gold. There are three copies, bids can be made simultaneously."
Someone immediately raised a paddle:
"10,000 gold."
"13,000 gold."
With just two people bidding, the price was almost driven to the normal market value.
Su Yu couldn’t help but click his tongue and entered a price on the auction device in front of him, sending it out:
"The distinguished guest in Box 12 bids 14,000 gold." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
"The distinguished guest in Box 5 bids 15,000 gold."
Su Yu leaned back, not wanting to compete.
Luo Qingchan’s beautiful eyes moved, and she entered a price on the auction device:
"The distinguished guest in Box 12 bids 16,000 gold, buying two items."
Su Yu looked at her in surprise, his lips slightly parted, but he ultimately didn’t ask.
It’s perfectly fine for her to buy two Immortal Manuals since it’s not limited to just one use for you.
The market price of an Immortal Manual is 15,000 gold. Once this price is exceeded, the bidding wasn’t as bold as before, starting to increase by 100 gold each time.
By this time, most of those who could bid were guests in a few boxes, and after a few rounds of bidding, it stopped at 17,200 gold.
As the host hammered and announced, Luo Qingchan successfully bought two Immortal Manuals at the high price of 34,400 gold.
Shortly after, someone knocked, and several auction house staff entered, bringing her the two Immortal Manuals she had just won.
After completing the transaction, Luo Qingchan pushed one of the Immortal Manuals in front of him.
Su Yu was stunned for a moment and shook his head, saying:
"No need."
After a pause, he specifically explained:
"I don’t have that much money."
She looked up at the auctioneer at the window, revealing a delicate chin, and said lightly:
"I’ll lend it to you, pay back when you have money."
Su Yu... felt an urge to rub his forehead.
He actually wanted to say he intended to buy it at normal market price after the auction, her generosity would cost him over two thousand more gold....
But seeing she had bid specifically for him, how could he refuse such kindness?
"Alright then, two thousand more is two thousand more."
He reached out to accept the Immortal Manual, smiling:
"Thank you!"
"You’re welcome."
Putting away the manual, he continued watching the auction.
The second standout piece was a super large sea eel skeleton, over four thousand meters long, usable for forging the main keel of a seventh- or eighth-tier battleship, starting bid at 3,000.
Only large guilds would need this, and almost all large guilds from the Feixing Islands were present. When this piece was auctioned, it was bid up to 10,000 gold within just a few seconds, extremely fierce.
Many guilds fiercely competed, and it was finally won by the Sea Dragon Association at 14,000 gold.
The third standout, three Immortal Spirit Elixirs, first-grade Immortal Pills, with the attribute of +2 to all innate attributes, and a limit of +3,000 to Qi and Blood and Mana limit, with a starting bid of 3,000 gold.
Su Yu also wanted this, but he had no money.
He dared not show interest, what if she bought it again for him; he didn’t want to owe too many favors.
Friendship entwined with too many benefits can easily spoil.
This item was eventually bid up to 10,000 gold and taken by three boxes.
The fourth standout was his Lifespan Fruit, with a starting bid of 5,000 gold.
Almost every player could use this, even if your lifespan was full at the start of cultivation; after all, no one would dislike living longer, and this thing could surpass the lifespan limit, raising its value significantly.
Su Yu watched with interest as everyone took turns bidding, almost all twenty boxes placed bids, even Luo Qingchan put in a bid, but she was just interested and not insistent, giving up when the price reached 12,000 gold.
The boxes competed back and forth, finally closing at a price of 13,400 gold.
"Higher than I expected."
Su Yu had expected reaching over ten thousand gold would’ve been good, he didn’t expect it to close at 13,400 gold, as much as three thousand more gold than anticipated.
"It’s a pity that Celestial Dao Divine Skills can’t be used casually, money is important, but one’s future is more important."
He could only sigh, expressing regret.
After deducting a 10% commission from the 13,400 gold, he ended up with 12,060 gold, plus the 3,744 he already had, totaling 15,804 gold.
He promptly took out 15,200 gold to repay Luo Qingchan:
"Here’s this much first, owing 2,000 gold to be repaid next time."
The beauty nodded, and after completing the transaction, his fortune instantly dropped to just 604 gold, with another 2,000 in debt, suddenly he became a pauper again.
The fifth standout, a finished product of a giant wooden Divine Ship, the Flying Ship was already forged, with Divine Thunder Tower slots configured and a Resurrection Array included, needing only a refinement to be ready for use.
This, too, was guild-specific, with a starting bid of 6,000 gold, and finally closed at 15,000 gold.
The sixth standout, an eighth-tier boutique magical treasure — the Meridian Cosmic Light Disc, capable of emitting Polar Meridian Divine Light, specifically designed to break open opposing five-element quartessences treasures.
The market price of an eighth-tier boutique magical treasure ranges from 15,000 to 20,000 gold, naturally higher at auction.
Starting bid at 8,000 gold, various forces competed back and forth, and finally closed at 21,000 gold.
