Chapter 354: Obtaining the Spirit of Earth
"The Spirit of Earth is finally here."
"Haha, that's what I've been waiting for."
"The Spirit of Earth, it's mine."
The Spirit of Earth is a must-have item for the late stage of foundation building. Every cultivator in the late stage of foundation building cannot do without it if they want to advance to the great perfection of foundation building.
At least half of the people who came to Pingyang Market to participate in the auction this time came for the Spirit of Earth, so when Ye Shanhu took out the Spirit of Earth, the cultivators at the scene were excited.
In the box, powerful auras surged.
Ye Shanhu held the white jade bottle and said with a smile: "Fellow Daoists, I believe everyone knows the use of this Spirit of Earth. I don't need to introduce it to you. Let's start the auction directly."
"The reserve price of our auction item this time is 60,000 yuan. Please bid for it."
The reserve price of 60,000 yuan for the Spirit of Earth is not high at all to be honest.
Under normal circumstances, the normal price of the Spirit of Earth is about 100,000 yuan.
Of course, this kind of material is monopolized by the five major immortal gates, and ordinary people have no chance to get it.
The reserve price is a bit low, but such an important cultivation resource as the Earth Spirit will definitely not be unsold, so the reserve price doesn't matter.
"I'll bid 61,000."
After Ye Shanhu made the offer, a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building immediately spoke up.
"62,000."
"63,000."
"65,000."
"68,000."
"70,000."
In the blink of an eye, the bid for the Earth Spirit exceeded 70,000.
"75,000."
"78,000."
"I'll bid 80,000."
"I'll bid 82,000."
"85,000."
"90,000."
"..."
"100,000..."
Soon, the bid for the Earth Spirit exceeded 100,000. After breaking through 100,000, more people joined the auction.
"150,000."
"..."
"180,000."
"..."
"200,000."
After a period of crazy bidding, the price of the Earth Spirit rose to 200,000.
At this time, there were fewer bidders.
At this time, the price of the Earth Spirit has doubled. Only those who are rich and in great need will offer such a high price.
At this time, only two or three people are still bidding.
"Two hundred and twenty thousand."
At this time, Xu Changshou in Box No. 1 suddenly spoke.
He directly raised the price by twenty thousand.
The scene was silent for a while, and after a long time, someone in the box bid: "Two hundred and thirty thousand."
"Two hundred and fifty thousand." Xu Changshou spoke again.
The last person who bid did not bid. Who could afford to raise the price by twenty thousand?
"If no one bids, this Earth Spirit will belong to the distinguished guest of Box No. 1."
Ye Shanhu had a natural smile on her lips. The Earth Spirit belonged to Xu Changshou, and no one could take it away.
"Wait."
At this time, Zhou Heshuo's voice suddenly came from Box No. 3: "I bid two hundred and sixty thousand."
Ye Shanhu frowned slightly, not expecting Zhou Heshuo to make a move.
With his status, it is impossible that he cannot get the Earth Spirit. He must have used it a long time ago and has no need to buy it.
He did not participate in the auction before, and only followed Xu Changshou's bidding. It was obviously targeting Xu Changshou.
Maybe Xu Changshou had snatched his foundation-building pill before, and he was not convinced.
He calculated that Xu Changshou was very rich, and he was determined to get the Earth Spirit, so he deliberately raised the price.
Little did he know that the Earth Spirit originally belonged to Xu Changshou, and he was just joking.
"Two hundred and eighty thousand."
"Two hundred and eighty-one."
Xu Changshou bid again, and Zhou Heshuo followed up.
"Three hundred thousand."
Xu Changshou directly offered three hundred thousand.
This time, Zhou Heshuo did not follow up again. Three hundred thousand was already three times the premium.
If Xu Changshou did not want it, he would definitely lose money if he bought it.
Zhou Heshuo's intention was to tease Xu Changshou and make him pay a high price for something.
The Earth Spirit, which could have been bought for 250,000 yuan, cost an extra 50,000 yuan.
"You're trying to compete, huh?"
A faint smile appeared on Xu Changshou's lips.
"Haha."
In the No. 3 box, Zhou Heshuo's proud laughter came: "Congratulations, fellow Taoist, the Earth Spirit is yours. I don't have enough spiritual stones, so I can't snatch it from you."
"Thank you, fellow Taoist, for letting me have it."
Xu Changshou spoke lightly, his voice was very calm, and people couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry.
"No problem, no problem."
"Oh, Manager Zhou is very good."
"Yes, that man was tricked by him and lost 50,000 yuan in vain."
"That man is so strange. This is 50,000 yuan, but he is not angry. If anyone dares to cheat me of 50,000 yuan, I will fight him to the death."
"He should be afraid. Manager Zhou is not easy to mess with."
The people below were talking quietly, and they couldn't help but look down on the people in the No. 1 box, thinking that he was afraid of Zhou Heshuo.
The auction continued.
Soon, the Earth Spirit was delivered to Xu Changshou.
Xu Changshou opened the jade bottle and looked inside. There was a yellowish-brown substance inside, like smoke but not smoke, like fog but not fog.
It was the Earth Spirit, and its characteristics were very similar to those of the Water Spirit.
After putting away the Earth Spirit, Xu Changshou continued to watch the auction.
"Wanbao Pavilion is too deceptive. Let's take a look. What is being auctioned?"
"Wanbao Pavilion is auctioning fakes."
"There is something wrong with Wanbao Pavilion's auction."
Suddenly.
The auction site became chaotic.
A young man with his nose upturned came to the auction table with an angry face. At this time, he was holding two broken swords in his hands.
One is the end of the hilt, and the other is the tip of the sword.
Both broken swords are red.
"Huh? It's him. Isn't this the person who just bid for the Fire Spirit Sword?"
"What happened to his Fire Spirit Sword? Is it broken?"
"Oh my God, this is not the Fire Spirit Sword that was just bid for. How could it be broken? Could it be... that the one auctioned by Wanbao Pavilion is a fake?"
"Damn it, how could Wanbao Pavilion do such a thing?"
"Something is wrong. There is something fishy about this auction."
"It's too deceptive."
The monks at the scene suddenly became chaotic.
"This..."
The auction had to be stopped.
Ye Shanhu stood on the auction table with an ugly face, not knowing what to say.
Ye Xinghe hurriedly ran from the backstage to the auction table, and hurriedly bowed to the monk with a nose in the air: "This Taoist friend, is there any misunderstanding?"
"Misunderstanding? You can see for yourself!"
The young man with a nose in the air shook the broken section in his hand, and everyone clearly saw that there was a mass of black impurities at the position of the broken sword. No one knew what it was.
"There is indeed a problem."
"How could Wanbao Pavilion do such a thing?"
"It's too abominable."
"This is a low-quality flying sword."
The auction venue suddenly became more chaotic.
"Return the goods, return them to me."
"I want to return the goods too."
"I can't take the things from Wanbao Pavilion."
Many people who have won the auction shouted that they wanted to return the goods.
The situation was about to get out of control.
Although this was a small matter, if it was not handled properly, this auction would definitely not be able to go on.
The most important thing is that it would also be a huge blow to the reputation of Wanbao Pavilion.
"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me."