A loud cry immediately rang throughout the auction hall as Gang-San announced the start of the auction and a large man walked up on stage, dragging a group of people onto the stage with these men tightly locked in chains.
"For the first group of goods, let me start with the sea dwellers from distant islands!"
"Huh... Sea Dwellers!?"
"That's right. They are sea dwellers, tens of thousands of li from our land. Many of you may have heard of their steering skills, as well as their underwater combat skills. We caught them on the northern coast of the kingdom a while ago," Gang-San immediately described these slaves as they were brought onto the stage.
"Better announce the starting price then, Master Gang-San. We already know their abilities!"
"Yes, yes, yes, announce the starting price. We're ready!"
Suddenly, there was a shout asking for Gang-San, the white-haired man, to announce the price before everyone shouted in joy to raise the price as well. Most of the people inside were regular customers, and they knew these slaves well, so they told them to start the auction.
"Alright, since everyone wants, let me start the auction now... These sea dwellers are priced at two hundred thousand coins for a man. One hundred thousand coins for a woman. A child and an old person are fifty thousand coins. A cultivator costs five hundred thousand coins!"
The price was opened immediately. The price of each person was not the same. It would be high or low according to the quality. The ones that would cost the most would be level cultivators because they could use both labor and energy. Thus, the price was higher than the others. As for the old and the young, they were the lowest because they were the weakest.
1,000,000 monster crystal coins for the cultivator!
1,500,000 monster crystal coins for the cultivator!
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The first round of auctions passed quickly. Soon, all the slaves were sold, and the total price of these slaves was only a few hundred million coins. Because their quality was too low and it was not worth buying, there were only a few bidders. And Zheng-Fu was not included either.
"Alright, after the first batch has passed, this time comes the second item. This product doesn't come as a set like last time; this product only comes for one, but its quality is extremely high. To not waste time, let's go see this product!"
Screeeeech!!! Screeeeech!!!
As Gang-San finished speaking, a tug sounded suddenly before several mighty men hauled out the hooded cage, as if the cage were carrying gigantic rocks. However, after the cloak was taken off, everyone's eyes instantly turned large.
"What kind of monster beast is that!?"
"I must have it... It must be mine!"
"Oh! Goddess! Please tell me I'm not dreaming!"
Moans and chatter rang out as everyone saw what was inside the cage on the stage. Even Zheng-Fu was excited as well. That was because the creatures inside the cage were so majestic and enchanting, especially their wings and scales.
"You've probably never seen this one before. I haven't seen it before either. But we got it from ancient ruins and seeing how long it was sealed, no one knows, and from what we examined, it is definitely not less than ten thousand years old!"
More than ten thousand years!!?
"That's right, more than ten thousand years, but we cannot determine its exact age even then. And even if it was sealed, the aura that it releases is all real. Even if it can't be used as a slave, it can be used to enhance your prestige. We are bidding on 100,000,000 monster crystal coins for this one!"
"150,000,000 monster crystal coins!"
"200,000,000 monster crystal coins!"
"300,000,000 monster crystal coins!"
"500,000,000 monster crystal coins!"
"800,000,000 monster crystal coins!"
The auction price rose rapidly within a few moments. The opening price was very high, but the auction price was even higher. So far, it had exceeded one billion coins. It could be said that there were only wealthy people here. But up until now, Zheng-Fu had not made a bid because he had waited until the end before he could offer the price.
"The monster beast in this seal must be an ancient species of monster beast, the same as Solo. If its seal can be loosened, then I'll have a flying vehicle!" Zheng-Fu muttered to himself softly, smiling widely as he thought of the moment that he was able to release the seal.
"900,000,000 monster crystal coins!"
"Did someone give more, sir!?" The white-haired man continued to urge the participants to bid even higher, because the higher the price, the better for himself.
"1,000,000,000 monster crystal coins!"
Huh...?
Suddenly, the sound of the bid that was thought to be over again rang out, causing the people to immediately turn to look at the source of the sound before they met a young man whom no one had ever seen before. And that young man was Zheng-Fu himself. This time, he did not hide his face at all; since this was not his real face, there was no need to hide it.
"1,000,000,000 monster crystal coins. Can anyone give more?"
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"So, let me close the price. 1,000,000,000 monster crystal coins to that young master. You can pick up your items after the auction ends. And the next item for today…"
After the last round of bidding, the white-haired middle-aged man immediately began to bid. In the latter rounds, they were mostly slaves for the labor force or general high-level monster beasts, which was nothing interesting to Zheng-Fu, so he thought of leaving.
But there was some feeling that kept him waiting for the next round, so he remained seated until now. And finally, the auction reached the final round, in which the white-haired middle-aged man took out the goods. Dozens of people came up on the stage, standing lined up.
"Those are the people from the northern wasteland. It is said that they were born with a cold and terrifying winter elemental energy and also had a strong body!"
"But from what I've heard, they're the ancient tribe that can release ice from their mouths!"
"As for women, if anyone has a relationship with them that person will be frozen to death by a curse!"
A deafening sound rang out when everyone saw the slaves on the stage because these were the tribes in the northernmost part of the continent, which was the coldest region. It was very difficult to catch them, but it was not too hard for hunters anyway.
Their tribe inherited mystical energy from the Icy Winter Queen, a beautiful and strong ice goddess ten thousand years ago. But after the great war, she disappeared, causing her tribe to decline to become slaves today.
Murmur! Murmur! Murmur!!!
The restrained young men tried to speak and struggled to break free, but they were unable to do so because they were sealed by a special control spell that prevented the sealed person from using their energies or controlling themselves unless they could be liberated.
The presence of these people caused Zheng-Fu's eyes to sparkle incredulously, 'I don't know why, but something inside my heart tells me that I have to buy them, no matter how much I pay.'
"All of you probably already know their abilities, so I won't say much. As for the price of a cultivator, the price is one million monster crystal coins for each man and two million coins for each woman. And for ordinary men, five hundred thousand for a man, eight hundred thousand for a woman, and for a child and an old person, one hundred thousand each!"
"The starting price is not that high, but how high will the auction price be? Should I start first or wait and see?" Zheng-Fu muttered to himself as to what to do because the first auction would have opened at such a high price.
But if he offered the starting price and it was too high, he would waste money in vain. Zheng-Fu thought to wait and see how much people needed them and how high the price would be. The slaves from the northern tribe were three men and two women cultivators, two ordinary men, two ordinary women, three children, and three old men, a total of fifteen people.
In currency, the total was 10,200,000 monster crystal coins for the auction's starting price. And according to Zheng-Fu's calculations, the price would probably increase tenfold.
"200,000,000 monster crystal coins for all those slaves!" suddenly, a middle-aged man's voice rang out, raising his price tag.
"That is Master Long-Chun-Da!?"
"Huh... Master Long-Chun-Da, the owner of the Long-Fei-Hong Chamber of Commerce?"
"I didn't expect him to also participate in the auction. Usually, he never came here."
The chatter rang out as everyone knew who the auctioneer was. Since this middle-aged man was very famous in this city, everyone knew him well. He was also the person Zheng-Fu had met when he first entered the city.
"Is that Uncle Long?" Zheng-Fu turned to look at Long-Chun-Da, suddenly realizing that he had met this person before, and that reminded him of the many people he knew.
"I offer 300,000,000 monster crystal coins for these slaves and hope that Master Long-Chun-Da will honor me!" Suddenly, another bid sounded from a middle-aged man who wore armor with the Fire Bird symbol emblazoned on it.
"Oh! Commander Yun-Fei also came?" Long-Chun-Da turned to look at the middle-aged man who had bid against him before speaking in a slightly stabbed tone.
"Of course, I must come. Because I need many slaves with winter elemental abilities, how could I miss this good opportunity!" Commander Yun-Fei said with a very unfriendly look on his face, glancing around at the other auctioneers as if to say that no one was allowed to compete with him.
"Tsk! Another bastard... I remember the last time he was the one who was dishonest with Master De-Tong's convoy that I lived with. Well, this time, I'll bid and compete for him to lose face!" Zheng-Fu cursed out, staring at Yun-Fei disdainfully and thinking of bidding against him.
"500,000,000 monster crystal coins for this slave set!"
Huh...?
"Who dared to bid against me!?" As soon as a voice bid against him, Commander Yun-Fei immediately cast a vengeful gaze on that person before stopping at Zheng-Fu, who was still holding up a bid plaque, and he said, "Young man, don't you know me?" He said, releasing his psychic killing press on Zheng-Fu.
"No, I don't! And I don't want to know either. Whoever is richer than the other can win in this auction!" Zheng-Fu replied with a cold face and was disinterested in the other party's expression.
This action caused Commander Yun-Fei's face to be filled with veins that bulged in anger and were ready to explode at any moment. But he still had to restrain his temper because here was the Slave Auction House that was important to the city and had no inferior strength to him and the city governor.
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