Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 77: The Start Of The Auction

"Ladies and gentlemen, I, Qian Yuexi, the chief auctioneer of this BlueMoon pavilion, wholeheartedly welcome you all to today’s exclusive auction!" The beautiful auctioneer announced with a cheerful smile as she walked up on the stage.

Watching her, many male cultivators eyes were stuck like glue. Especially the rogue cultivators, who couldn’t help but become noisy.

The chief auctioneer, Qian Yuexi, was mature and extremely rich in both areas.

Some of the cultivators had even come to the auction just to see her.

However, no one dared to display it on their faces and only fantasized about her in their minds.

Meanwhile, Qian Yuexi didn’t bother with their looks and introduced the rules of the auction.

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"Did you find out who is inside Box No. 1 and 2?" Ji Feng inquired with a serene look.

While hearing him, the royal guard shook his head with anger.

"Prince Ji Feng, the BlueMoon pavilion, refused to tell us! Why don’t I go and check who has the guts to purchase the box above us and still not move out after knowing we are in the No. 3 box!" the guard stated with a cold look.

Just a while ago Ji Feng had asked to release the news that he had opened Box No. 3. It was done to make people above him leave the box.

But those people clearly didn’t put the crown prince in their eye as they refused to move out; moreover, they didn’t even bother to come and greet him.

One had to know that Ji Feng was the crown prince; if nothing goes wrong, he would be sitting on the throne after a decade or two.

Because of this, many people respected and feared his existence; even the sect masters of first-grade sects had to act nicely in front of him.

So how could the royal guard not be angry when he saw such disrespect?

Even Ji Feng’s eyes flashed with dissatisfaction; however, he shook his head and waved his hand.

"There is no need to worry about them; just make sure to keep an eye on the suspicious people down there," he ordered as he gazed at some people inside the crowd of the auction hall.

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"Now that the rules of the auction have been introduced, let’s begin with the first item of today!" Qian Yuexi announced with a gesture.

Immediately after that, a female servant walked on the stage with a tray in her hands.

Everyone’s gaze couldn’t help but land on the pure white fruit, which was the size of an adult fist.

"This is a tier-3 Qi Condensation Spirit Fruit. By consuming this, cultivators can speed up the process of Qi condensation by ten times. I am sure everyone must know how hard it is to find such spirit fruit these days. So don’t let such treasure slip past you even if you don’t have any uses for now."

"The starting bid of tier-3 Qi condensation Spirit Fruit is 1,000 mid-grade spiritual stones, with each minimum increment set at 100 mid-grade spiritual stones!"

"The auction has officially begun!"

Qian Yuexi declared and banged a metal mallet before her.

Instantly after this Qi condensation, cultivators became noisy. For them, this tier-3 spirit fruit was a great opportunity.

"1,100"

"1,200"

"1,500!"

"2,000!"

Soon the bid reached above 3000 mid-grade spirit stones; however, the competition was still fierce as many third-grade sects and even some second-grade sects joined in the bidding.

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"Senior brother, do you want to bid for that spirit fruit?" Li Mei couldn’t help but ask as she saw him picking up the voice transfer jade.

"It is a good thing to have this spirit fruit," Ye Chen replied with a nod.

With the Verdant Blossom Art and Myriad book of alchemy, herbs, and medicine, it was easy for him to plant this Qi condensation spirit fruit.

So why not acquire it?

However, he didn’t immediately bid for it and waited for others to take action first.

There were many people who wanted this, as it can be useful for their younger generation. Not to mention there were a lot of Qi-gathering cultivators brought by their elders.

They may not have enough spiritual stones, but as long as they are geniuses, their elders would definitely bid for it, and it was just as he expected.

"5,000!"

"5,100!"

"5,200!"

A fierce competition was going on between some well-known second-grade sects. As for the third-grade sects and rogue cultivators, they had long given up because the value of this spirit fruit was just 5,000 mid-grade spiritual stones.

Any more would be a loss, so why not spend elsewhere?

The second-grade sects who were bidding also thought of this; hence, the bidding slowed down after the cost reached up to 5,500 mid-grade spiritual stones.

Just as this bidding was going on, many top powers had sent their guards to find out who were inside box No. 1 and 2.

When Ji Feng had revealed the news of him opening box No. 3, many understood he wanted to deter the people in the box above him. However clearly he had failed at this, as the other party didn’t put him in eyes.

So many were curious and trying to find out who was in those boxes. But no matter how much they tried, they failed to get any answers.

"Where is Su Qiming? Didn’t he come here just a while ago?"

Someone couldn’t help but inquire with a doubt.

Except for dragon boxes No. 1 and 2, all others were opened by the prominent families and sects. Even the Flame Dragon Sect had opened the No. 9 box, which only left with 10, yet Su Qiming didn’t open it, or was he not here?

Others also thought of this, not knowing he was sitting in the No. 2 box with a calm look.

Of course he was anxious inside, as his actions might form a crack between the future king and might even affect the current one.

However, he didn’t regret it because Su Ying had a special physique.

If the news got out, the royal family and first-grade sects wouldn’t sit and watch. They would force her to marry, and if she didn’t agree, then they would just control her by malicious means.

Even if he had good relations and friends, it would all be useless.

Not to mention he had decided to support Ye Chen, who would definitely fight against the royal family in the future.

Since he had already taken a side, there was no need to care about others; if not, it might create a gap between Ye Chen and him, which he didn’t want to see.

Especially since Ye Chen was someone who could refine a tier-9 pill and had great medicine skills!

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"6,000 mid-grade spiritual stones!"

Just as other powers were busy thinking, the bidding of the spirit fruit came to a halt.

However, even now, these top powers didn’t display any interest in the spirit fruit. It was because they had secret realms where such fruits could be grown for their young disciples. So why care about one?

"This gentleman had bid 6,000 mid-grade spiritual stones! Is there anyone with a higher bid? If not, this spirit fruit would be sold, and you would lose a great opportunity!" Qian Yuexi spoke as she glanced at the crowd.

She was, after all, here to make a profit for the BlueMoon pavilion, so she didn’t mind dragging a little bit.

These actions made the person with the bid dissatisfied; however, he didn’t complain as he was confident that no one would speak.

But soon he realized how wrong he was.

"7,000 mid-grade spiritual stones! That spirit fruit, I am taking it!"

A domineering young voice echoed inside the auction hall, stunning everyone.

Even Qian Yuexi was baffled as she found the voice came from No. 1 dragon box!

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"It’s him!" Ji Feng couldn’t help but frown as he recognized the owner of the voice.

Not only he but also others recognized it and became shocked.

Especially Mo Chongsheng and Zhi Qiang, who had extremely ugly expressions.

The people who had ideas on Ye Chen’s treasure also had unsightly looks.

It was not because of jealousy and fear but at how he must have spent one million spiritual stones to open the dragon box.

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If he hadn’t done this, they might have struck it rich by killing him later.

"Damn it, the Su family must have given him a large amount of spirit stones just to treat Su Ying!"

"Yeah! It would have been great if he had kept the spiritual stones on him rather than spending like an idiot!"

Many expressed regrets, while some were extremely jealous at how he must be enjoying the No. 1 Dragon Box.

"Hey, what do you think will happen to him now? He clearly had gone against the crown prince!"

Some cultivators couldn’t help but ponder out loud as they recalled why Ji Feng had leaked the news of him opening the box.

"Who knows and who cares? All we have to do is get him before anyone else does! After which we can escape and live a happy life!"

Many cultivators soon decided on this idea and started to form a plan to get their hands on Ye Chen’s treasure. Of course, most of them just wanted to fish in troubled waters.