Chapter 481: The First Day of the Auction

Watching Long Tian stand on the auction stage, Ye Feng and the others in the VIP room couldn’t help but laugh. Initially, Ye Feng had planned to hire a professional auctioneer but couldn’t find one suitable in time. With so many attendees at this auction, including many powerful figures, an auctioneer not only needed eloquence but also sufficient strength to remain calm in front of gods at the peak of their powers.

Long Tian volunteered to be the auctioneer. Back on Earth, he had handled black-market auctions as part of his criminal operations. Though he had never acted as an auctioneer before, he had attended many auctions and understood the rules to some extent. Moreover, his cultivation had reached the peak of the Emperor God realm, with one of his wind-based laws even attaining a state of near-perfection. He might not lose even against gods at the peak of their powers. Staying calm on stage was not difficult for him. Most importantly, he now possessed vast knowledge from his past life, knowing the potential effects of many items very well.

Ye Feng and the others found it amusing because Long Tian, dressed in an auctioneer’s outfit, didn’t resemble one at all—more like someone attending a ball. As soon as he appeared, the crowd began to chatter.
“This auctioneer seems quite powerful.”
“This aura… it seems like he has mastered the wind-based law…” Even some powerful beings who practiced the same type of law noticed this.

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“The first item of the day—Emperor God Essence.”
“Everyone surely knows the uses of a God Essence, so I needn’t explain further. An Emperor God Essence is a powerful divine essence second only to a God Essence of a Progenitor God. There are thirty-three Emperor God Essences in total: seventeen at the early stage, eleven at the middle stage, four at the late stage, and one at the peak stage. The starting bid for each early-stage Emperor God Essence is one million low-grade divine crystals; for middle-stage ones, it’s two million; for late-stage ones, four million; and for the peak-stage one, eight million. The increase per bid must be at least ten thousand.”

In fact, Emperor God Essences could sometimes serve as the finale items in large auctions, especially when there were such large quantities. Since the starting bid for a Progenitor God Essence was at least ten times that of a peak-stage Emperor God Essence, not everyone could afford it. Thus, many chose Emperor God Essences instead. Yet, the starting bid of 8 million already demonstrated their value. Using such a high-value item as the first item was meant to attract guests. Ye Feng and the others had indeed put some effort into this.

When the first Imperial God Essence was presented by Zhuge Ling’er, bidding noises filled the air nonstop.
“One million one hundred thousand!”
“One million one hundred fifty thousand!”
“One million one hundred eighty thousand!”
“One million two hundred thousand!”
……
In the end, the first early-stage Imperial God Essence was sold for one million nine hundred seventy thousand.
The subsequent early-stage Imperial God Essences were all priced around one million nine hundred thousand, with the lowest one fetching one million seven hundred eighty thousand.
Mid-stage Imperial God Essences were priced at around five million each.
The four late-stage Imperial God Essences were each valued at around ten million.
The sole peak-stage Imperial God Essence was sold at a staggering price of forty-three million.
What saddened Ye Feng was that these Essence were provided by Zi Jin and the others; he could at most charge a handling fee, and even that would be discounted by half.
Zi Jin and the others were in another VIP room, shouting in excitement. Normally, they didn’t know how many people they would have to compete against to accumulate ten million low-grade Divine Crystals. Now, a single Imperial God Essence was worth over forty million. Just from selling these Imperial God Essences, they had already made one hundred seventy million.
“I never thought Essence that’s of no use to us could be so valuable,” Mo Luo was also surprised.
“The Ancestral God Essence must be even more expensive,” You Ming thought further ahead.
In Ye Feng’s VIP room, he sighed deeply, “One hundred seventy million. A 5% handling fee is 8.51 million, and now it’s discounted by half, meaning we lose over four million in handling fees…”
The auction on stage continued.
“The second item of the day—Five Elements Pill.”
“The Five Elements Pill is a mid-to-high-grade medicinal pill that brings great benefits to those with five basic attribute constitutions, significantly increasing the attribute energy within the user’s body. Those with lower cultivation levels can use this pill to break through in cultivation, while those with stronger cultivation can use it to consolidate their strength. Although its effects are average, it’s suitable for almost everyone. There are eleven bottles in total, with three pills in each. The starting price is one bottle for 1,000 low-grade Divine Crystals, with each increase being no less than ten low-grade Divine Crystals,” introduced Long Tian.
The second item was undoubtedly much less impressive. Although there were many bidders, the competition wasn’t as fierce as before.
One item after another was auctioned off, but none could match the awe-inspiring intensity of the opening items.
It wasn’t until the Perfect Gene Elixir appeared that things changed.

“Now, we’re about to reveal today’s final exhibit. This item is called the Perfect Gene Elixir. It can eliminate impurities from the user’s bloodline at its root, restoring it to the highest quality bloodline passed down by the ancestors. There’s no need to doubt its effectiveness—after all, we tested it a month ago in front of three peak-level God Ancestors and three early-stage God Ancestors, and there were no issues at all. Since this is the first auction in the Divine Realm, the starting price is just one million lower-grade Divine Crystals per bottle, with each increase being no less than 10,000. There are only ten bottles in total! I repeat, this is just the initial starting price; it will at least double at the next auction. So, I advise everyone not to miss this opportunity.” Long Tian’s words were highly inflammatory.

However, when that row of blue elixirs was displayed before everyone, no one bid at first.

Zijin was the first to react, shouting, “One million! I’ll take it!”

“The next is mine,” Youming said coldly, glancing at the other two people in the same VIP room.

“Then I’ll take the one after that!” Moluo nodded.

Zijin wore a look of triumph.

“One million, first bid. One million, second bid. Is there no one willing to bid higher? This is the only time it will be sold at this starting price!” Long Tian continued to stir the crowd, but still, no one responded.

“One million, third bid—sold!” Congratulations to the guest in VIP Room 002 for obtaining the elixir.

Ye Feng frowned slightly. “It seems the acceptance of new things isn’t very high after all. This is a bit troublesome…”

Meanwhile, the auction continued on the stage.

“The second bottle of elixir still has a starting price of one million.”

“One million! I’ll take it!” This time, it was again the voice from VIP Room 002, but this time it was a woman’s voice.

Everyone became puzzled. “There are actually two different people in that VIP room bidding for this item…”

Amidst everyone’s confusion, the second bottle of elixir also found its buyer.

When the third bottle was put up for auction, another male voice came from VIP Room 002, “One million! It’s mine!”

People began to feel something was off—there were three different people in that VIP room who bought the elixir, and they did so quickly without any hesitation. This was rather suspicious. But they chose to keep watching.

When four bottles of elixir appeared, almost three voices rang out at the same time, “One million!”

“One million one hundred thousand!” The voice from VIP Room 002 sounded again.

“1.5 million!” It was still VIP Room 002, but this time it was another voice.
“2 million!” Still VIP Room 002, but this time it was a female voice.
Everyone immediately sensed something was off.
“3 million!” A voice came from the crowd.
“5 million!” VIP Room 002 kept raising the bid.
“6 million!” Someone new joined the bidding.
“10 million!” It was still VIP Room 002.
“I’ll bid 20 million. If it doesn’t work, I expect a unconditional refund, right?” a fat man shouted.
“If it doesn’t work, a unconditional refund is possible. You can have a third party supervise the use to confirm its effectiveness,” Long Tian nodded.
“30 million!” Someone else continued to raise the bid.
“35 million!”
“50 million!!!”
This price finally made everyone stop bidding.
“50 million, first time… 50 million, second time…” Long Tian was fairly satisfied with this price.
“51 million!”
“60 million!!!” It was still the man who had bid 50 million earlier.
“60 million, first time… 60 million, second time… 60 million, third time—deal!” Finally, no one raised their bid any further.
The next six bottles were all sold for around 60 million each, which really pleased Ye Feng. After all, he had obtained these potions through a free privilege with no cost at all. However, he also knew that once the effectiveness of these potions became known, the price per bottle would likely be far more than 60 million.