Chapter 17 I'm Rich!
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The woman on the stage laughed.
"It seems that not everyone liked how the end turned out to be. That is why, the Shianxi Auction House is putting the second pill, the exact same as the first, with a starting price of 10000 spirit coins." she said.
The crowd went wild. They couldn't believe what they just heard.
"Thirty thousand." Almost immediately, the young man in the Cai family tripled the price. The crowd went silent. No one responded.
"Going once. Going twice. Sold! To the guest in room 9." the woman said.
"And now, to all those who missed the opportunity to bid on the first two pills, a third Qi condensation pill, of the exact same purity, starting at 10000 spirit coins." the woman said.
"Exactly how many of these pills does the Shianxi auction house have? I refuse to believe that you can have so many pills of the same quality, that too which are hundred percent pure. If you are cheating us-" the young man shouted from room nine, but the auctioneer cut him off.
"We are the most reputable auction house in the kingdom. I hope that you do not accuse us, lest you lose the room that you have." the woman said coldly.
"The bidding will start at 10000 spirit coins!" she said cheerfully, immediately changing the tone of the auction. I looked at all of this with shock. The two pills sold immediately, and I counted. I got a total of 110000 spirit coins from this. The thousand that I spent was nothing compared to what I got. I might have lost a little to the house, but all of this was still a huge profit. Being an alchemist was truly a great and profitable profession.
"And now, to our final items. This round of items are rare, and almost never sold at auction houses. Here, you will see that we have a rare spatial ring. For those who do not know, a spatial ring can store everything that you do have within it, as long as you provide a little Qi. This spatial ring has the storage of almost a room, and you can fit in a lot of things within it. The starting bid for this is twenty thousand spirit coins."
The moment I heard what the item was, I knew that I was supposed to buy this. It was too good to pass. But I couldn't show my desire to get ti too much. I had to wait.
No one in the private rooms bidded.
"Thirty thousand!" someone from beneath bid. But still, none from the higher rooms. It seemed that they had their own. That stood to reason.
"Thirty One thousand!" I shouted.
The man who bid turned around and looked at my room with an angry look. He was obviously not happy with how much I raised the bid. He turned around, and did not bid a higher amount. There was no one else interested in the ring. All of them gave up!
"Going once. Going twice! Sold to the guest in room 1"
I smiled. This trip was a good one. I got a lot of things, and I got extremely rich. With all of this money, I could not try a few pills of my own. I could also try the numerous recipes that were in the book that I got. I would probably not make as much as this time around, but I would still make a lot nonetheless.
"We are now onto our final item! This item is probably what everyone has been waiting for. This is the heaven ranked skill, Trampling Mountains, Tumbling Seas!"
"Pfft! These people need to learn how to name their skills. What the hell is wrong with their naming methods? Trampling Mountains? Tumbling Seas? What stupid idea is that?" I laughed out quietly, lest someone hear me.
"The starting bid is 100000 spirit coins!" the woman said. I immediately stood up in shock. That much for a skill? I finally understood the value of the system that I had.
"Two hundred thousand" the woman from the Cai family finally spoke. I recognized her voice. It seemed that she came here just for this, and she was the only one with the authority to bid for this item.
"Three hundred thousand." the voice from room 2 came out.
"Five hundred thousand." the old man who refuted the young man from the Cai Family joined the fray.
"One million. If anyone can top this, then I am afraid I will not get this skill in my hands." an old woman spoke. She also had a room. This was a competition of only those people with a room. It was quite obvious. They were the only ones with the money to buy something like this.
"Going once. Going twice. Sold! To the esteemed guest." the woman said.
I noticed something weird instantly. This was the first time that the woman said esteemed guest, and the room number was not mentioned. Whoever bid for this item was a very important woman.
"With this, the auction has concluded. I am very happy that all of you have participated. Attendants will bring the items to the winners shortly."
The moment that the woman said this, someone knocked on my door.
"Come in." I said.
An attendant wearing slightly revealing clothes walked in with a provocation walk. She had a tray in her hands, and she put the tray down.
"The manager said that the cost of the things that you have bid on will be here." the attendant said as she walked away.
I looked at the tray. The mysterious rock was as big as a football, while the ring was a perfect fit. I put the ring on, and looked at what else was on the tray. A diamond card, with a symbol of the auction house. I assumed that this was a debit card of sorts.
"I guess I have to try the spatial ring anyways." I shrugged as I sent Qi into the ring. Immediately, the card that I was holding was sucked into the ring. I sent in more Qi, and the card came back.
I took the stone and held it in my hand. I sent Qi into the spatial ring, but this time, the stone stayed where it was. It did not go into the spatial ring.
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