Chapter 1254: Chapter 1253: Fierce Competition!

"Everyone, welcome to this grand auction. Let’s cut the crap and invite out our first auction item!"

The old man stepped onto the stage and shouted.

At the same time, following his shout, staff members carried up a very fine Raw Stone.

The appearance of this Raw Stone was excellent. It really deserved to be this year’s King of Stones. It was guaranteed to produce a Cultivation Gemstone, the only question was what grade it would be.

"This... is our first King of Stones today. It’s been appraised by countless experts and is guaranteed one hundred percent to yield a Cultivation Gemstone above Celestial Crystal Stone. The starting price is only one hundred million Mg Blade."

"Everyone, buying it is basically making money! One hundred million Mg Blade can buy you a miracle. If a Celestial Marrow Stone comes out, you’ll be rolling in it."

"The auction officially begins. Each bid increase must not be less than ten million Mg Blade."

With the old man’s cry, the bidding for the first King of Stones officially kicked off.

And as he shouted, the people seated below also started discussing heatedly.

"This one is pretty good. It’s guaranteed to produce a decent Cultivation Gemstone. Aren’t you going to think about it?"

"Of course I’ll think about it, but my budget for it is at most a billion Mg Blade. I can’t compare to your big family business."

"Now that’s not the right way to put it, is it? Being too modest isn’t a good thing."

...

"This piece is indeed nice. I feel it’ll definitely produce a good stone, might even explode in value. Didn’t expect the very first one to be this good."

"Exactly. Just look at that surface—how could it not produce a good Cultivation Gemstone? I’m going all in."

"How about we team up?"

"Deal."

...

"This piece is decent, but still doesn’t really catch the eye. What do you say?"

"I think we can throw in a bid appropriately. If we manage to pick it up cheap, that’d be perfect."

...

These people were all old foxes; at best you could believe half of what they said, if that. You might not be able to believe a single word.

Indeed, with the way these people operated, if you believed them, you’d end up sold off and still help them count the money.

Isn’t that so? Once the chatter ended, they started bidding like crazy.

"I’ll bid one hundred and fifty million!"

"I’ll bid one hundred and eighty million!"

"I’ll bid two hundred and thirty million!"

"I’ll bid two hundred and sixty million!"

"I’ll bid three hundred million!"

In an instant, the price shot up to three hundred million Mg Blade.

Their bids were each more ruthless than the last.

Of course, this was a King of Stones after all. At the very least it would produce a Celestial Crystal Stone. How could they not be tempted?

While they were bidding, Ye Feng glanced over with his X-ray Vision and immediately lost interest.

Indeed, there was a Cultivation Gemstone inside, and it was even an Upper Grade Celestial Crystal Stone.

But even an Upper Grade Celestial Crystal Stone couldn’t catch Ye Feng’s eye at all, and the price of an Upper Grade Celestial Crystal Stone would top out around a billion Mg Blade at most.

Sure, at an auction it might fetch a bit more, but putting something up for auction came with big costs, plus you had to wait a long time to build up hype. Ye Feng couldn’t even be bothered with that kind of money.

So after a single look, Ye Feng simply gave up on it.

Ye Feng might have given up, but the people below were only fighting harder.

"Three hundred and sixty million!"

"Three hundred and ninety million!"

"Four hundred and fifty million!"

"Four hundred and eighty million!"

"Five hundred and thirty million!"

"Five hundred and ninety million!"

"One billion!"

In no time, the price directly soared to one billion.

Hearing someone push the price straight up to one billion, Ye Feng looked over.

He saw that the bidder was sitting in the hall, a little Western girl. He hadn’t expected her to be so bold, raising her bid by several hundred million Mg Blade at a time, much more domineering than those big macho men.

However, the stone was only worth around a billion anyway. If the price went any higher, there wouldn’t be much profit left.

Of course, for people who really needed it, even paying over a billion would still be worth it.

But there was a premise here: there was risk involved. No one else knew what was inside. Would they dare to throw out bids blindly?

If an Upper Grade Celestial Crystal Stone were placed in front of them, maybe they’d bid like mad, even go up to over a billion without hesitation.

But this was just a Raw Stone—a Raw Stone whose insides they couldn’t see.

So once the price hit a billion, the number of bidders dropped sharply.

"One billion ten million!"

"One billion thirty million!"

"One billion fifty million!"

Exactly. Not only were there far fewer people bidding, but the increments they were adding were getting smaller and smaller.

"One billion one hundred million!" At this moment, that same woman once again pushed the price up to one billion one hundred million.

"Ah, forget it! Who knows what’s actually inside that stupid stone."

"Yeah, it’s really not cost-effective. We can only give up and let her have it. Just treat it as a little welfare for the ladies."

"I’m out, do as you please."

With the price at one billion one hundred million, the others simply gave up, letting a woman bid that amount and take this King of Stones.

"This lady has bid one billion one hundred million. Is there anyone who wants to bid higher?"

"The worst inside is still a Celestial Crystal Stone, and it might even be a Celestial Marrow Stone. Isn’t anyone going to try for it?"

"Everyone! If a Celestial Marrow Stone really comes out, you won’t regret it?"

Seeing no one competing anymore, the auctioneer started egging them on.

But his coaxing had little effect; people still weren’t very interested.

"One billion one hundred million, going once!"

"One billion one hundred million, going twice!"

"One billion one hundred million, last call!"

"Sold! Congratulations to this lady for winning this King of Stones at the price of one billion one hundred million."

Seeing that no one else was bidding, the old man could only helplessly bring down the hammer and sell off the first auction item.

At the same time, with the staff’s preparations, the second Raw Stone was brought up.

As soon as this Raw Stone appeared, everyone’s eyes lit up.

"This Raw Stone looks great, way better than the previous one."

"Exactly. If I had the money I’d go all out for this one. If it cuts out a Celestial Marrow Stone, I’d be set for life."

"Whew, this Raw Stone really looks good. If I can win it, that would be awesome."

"This Raw Stone is mine."

...

Seeing how excellent the surface of this Raw Stone looked, everyone got interested, all putting on a posture of ’I’m definitely taking this one.’

Indeed, the surface performance of this Raw Stone was extremely good—one look and you could tell it was the type that would produce a Cultivation Gemstone.

And judging from the surface, the probability of this Raw Stone producing a high-level Cultivation Gemstone was very high. No wonder everyone was tempted.

Among the people present, who wasn’t an expert? Who wasn’t an old fox?

A Raw Stone that managed to catch these old foxes’ eyes wasn’t likely to be bad, no matter what.

Seeing the crowd’s reaction, Ye Feng glanced at it, then shut his eyes, completely losing interest.

This Raw Stone was indeed pretty good, but it still couldn’t get into Ye Feng’s sights. What Ye Feng needed were all Top Grade Cultivation Gemstones, at least at the Top Grade Celestial Marrow Stone level or higher.

Otherwise, even if he got it, Ye Feng would feel it was a waste of his time...