Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 432 Bidding for the Flying Boat
While everyone was chatting and joking, Zheng Qian quickly contacted Lin Muning in private. The two whispered and discussed it for a while, and decided to borrow Chai Gou Cai Cai's live streaming account to start an outdoor live stream. They sent out live stream invitations in the game's world channel and various group chats outside the game, and even posted three threads on the forum.

Live streaming and outdoor filming is a common way for players in the game "Ten Continents Chronicles" to share the rewards after completing dungeons and obtaining loot.

Compared to other traditional virtual reality games that often have restrictions such as binding qualifications, the item drops and various physical rewards in "Ten Continents Chronicles" are almost unrestricted. Except for the fact that you have to pay public morality points and be warned before you have to return the loot, the drops in the dungeon can actually be given to anyone after you take them out of the dungeon.

This has led to the emergence of a brand-new method of auctioning copies – live auctions.

Wealthy, high-rolling players, too lazy to repeatedly grind dungeons and gamble on luck, simply camp out in dungeon auction streams, choosing to solve all their problems with money. They can snag whatever gear, special items, cosmetics, furniture, decorations, materials, potions, and more—all easily obtained with a little financial investment. Meanwhile, the regular players who grind dungeons are happy to have wealthy players buying dungeon drops at prices far exceeding those offered in raid auctions, as this allows them to receive a larger share of the loot.

Of course, not all groups adopt this live-streamed auction model. Most players who play the game normally still prefer group auctions, so that they can get the equipment they want at a better price.

Therefore, to cater to various needs, many players will discuss and clearly mark the rules beforehand when forming or joining a group. All live-streamed auctions are marked "[All Outdoor Auction]", while group auctions are marked "[Group Auction]". To prevent situations where most casual players are dissatisfied with the group auction prices for rare drops (such as cosmetic items), a long string of slang like "[Group Auction Special 1k No Bidding Outdoor Auction]" is used, which roughly means "Drop group auction, special drops start at 1000 spirit stones or Taiyin Yuan, if no one can afford the bid, it will be an outdoor auction."

However, these in-game conventions aren't entirely absolute. For example, many raid groups marked as "group auctions" might temporarily hold an external auction if a very rare item drops but no raid member can use it and no one can bid up to the starting price. Of course, this might not be streamed live; they might just create a discussion group outside the game and hold a quick auction. It mainly depends on the value of the item being auctioned. If it's only worth a hundred or two hundred dollars, it's not worth streaming at all.

As for the group that Lin Muning had painstakingly organized, they had arranged a group auction beforehand—this way, everyone could pick up bargains, and even if they didn't really need it, they could still resell it privately if they thought it was profitable, making a small profit. However, while it was a group auction, nobody was going to turn down money—this was a flying boat! No one dared to imagine how much money they would get if it were auctioned off privately! Moreover, the starting price was clearly over ten thousand spirit stones, just as Jia Xiaoren had said! No one in the group could afford it!

The seemingly unrealistic yet very realistic promotional phrases such as "The largest flying boat in the entire server has been launched," "Shocking! Famous lucky player creates another golden finger glory," and "The life of a lucky person is as easy as turning one's hand" were quite effective. Tens of thousands of viewers quickly flooded into Chai Gou Cai Cai's live stream room—clearly, most of them were there to watch the excitement.

Envy and jealousy filled the screen one after another in no time. Some even threw a coin to treat Shiba Inu Cai Cai as a lucky charm and made a wish. By the time Shiba Inu Cai Cai finally adjusted the picture and sound, the number of viewers in the live stream had exceeded 100,000 and was still rising at a visible speed.

"Haha, everyone please support me! Well, our team leader told me to just start filming, but I don't have much experience, so I'll just take some random shots!"

Shiba Inu Cai Cai scratched her head somewhat awkwardly, then turned the live stream's perspective towards the airship.

She wasn't nervous—the reason Chai Gou Cai Cai had a live stream was because her reputation as a top-tier player with incredible luck had spread throughout the server. She often streamed while playing games, showing how her pet Jin Cai led her to dig up relatively valuable spiritual herbs and plants from the wild, which had been thoroughly exploited by other players. Sometimes she would also stream her Bai Cai's diligent training and cultivation. Of course, her live stream account was verified as "Cute Pet Blogger," which at one point made many players exclaim that it was outrageous…

In short, Shiba Inu Cai Cai, who has a wealth of live streaming experience, wasn't nervous. She was just a little excited about making money and at a loss because she really didn't know how to film the equipment.

However, even if she hadn't eaten pork, she had seen pigs run. Chai Gou Cai Cai, imitating the way raid leaders used to show off their gear and shout slogans during dungeon runs, said:

"That's the flying boat! We just got it from the completion reward chest! The starting bid is 10,000 spirit stones... or 10,000 gold!" She then added somewhat hesitantly, "The flying boats from the Guangcheng Sect next door cost tens of thousands of spirit stones, even smaller than this one! This starting bid is already incredibly reasonable!"

Before she could finish explaining, the comments section was flooded with bids, and in the blink of an eye, it had reached 30,000 gold!
"Gold" refers to Taiyin Yuan, which was originally called "Lao Yin Bi" (not really) or Zhongzhou Qian. However, for convenience, players adopted the name for game currency from other games and called it "Gold". Thus, this simpler and more convenient single-word name became popular.

Thirty thousand gold coins, which is equivalent to more than one million RMB, is not a lot in the context of most virtual reality games. However, most other games refer to the total amount of money spent on in-game purchases, rather than a "mount" with non-numerical attribute bonuses.

In the live chat, onlookers were incredibly envious of the auction price, spewing non-stop sarcastic remarks—

"There are so many rich people! What's one more?"

"I'll go all out with you rich people!"

"Rich guy/sister, it's almost Thursday, DM me 50, my child can't afford to eat, sob sob..."

"The money other people spend on a mount in a game is more expensive than my house! Damn it!"

"At least you have a house, I don't even have one!"

"Stop talking, I can't hold back my tears anymore. I not only don't own a house, I also have a mortgage!"

……

Shiba Inu Cai Cai felt like her eyes couldn't keep up. She struggled to sift through the barrage of flirtatious comments to find the bidding prices. After a few minutes, the wealthy bidders finally slowed down their bidding, and then started adding small amounts at a time. After about ten minutes, the winner was finally decided.

The airship was successfully auctioned off for 100,500 gold coins to an ID called "Mysterious Woman".

One hundred thousand five platinum is equivalent to more than three million RMB!