Swallowed Star: Primordial Artifact

Chapter 183 Mysterious Buyer
"Oh my god, are you crazy? Why is the price of Blood Crystal rising so fast this time?" King Jiulian said in surprise.

"Fifty billion Hunyuan units, which means that one Blood Luo Crystal is worth at least five hundred million Hunyuan units," Jiang Ye took a deep breath as he looked at the price on the auction token.

“It’s really dark.”

"Back then, the Virtual Universe Company offered us those cosmic-level little guys a price of 600 points per piece." Jiang Ye couldn't help but smile strangely and shook his head, "That's right, there's no need to pay a high price for just the cosmic-level little guys. In addition, in the eyes of the Virtual Universe Company, the cosmic-level little guys also had the opportunity to obtain the Blood Luo Crystal, so this price was reasonable. But how could those little guys know... The Blood Luo Crystal is an extremely important treasure for the crowned king and the cosmic venerable."

It takes 100 Blood Luo Crystals to extract one drop of Beast God's Blood, and it is not easy for ordinary cosmic geniuses to get a few Blood Luo Crystals in the Blood Luo World. How many geniuses like Jiang Ye, who looks like a cosmic level but has the strength to crush the ninth-level domain master...

"What a pity. I collected so many Blood Crystals, but I couldn't absorb them." Jiang Ye sighed inwardly.

Then he looked at the large screen in the center in the distance, and the numbers on the screen kept refreshing.

500 billion Hunyuan units! 520 billion Hunyuan units! 560 billion Hunyuan units! …

In the blink of an eye, it became "860 Hunyuan Units"!
861…868…876…the rate of increase slowed down slightly.

Just when everyone thought that the bidding was going to enter a stalemate, a bid suddenly sounded like a bolt from the blue: "1500 billion Hunyuan units!" In an instant, the entire auction hall seemed to have pressed the mute button, and it became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Everyone was stunned by the high price, and no one dared to bid rashly.

"1500 billion Hunyuan units, countdown three seconds, 3, 2, 1... Congratulations to VIP number NMH00001, who successfully bid for one unit of Blood Luo Crystal!" The powerful voice of the Thousand Stars Venerable echoed in the auction hall like a huge bell, and it lasted for a long time. Then, he announced again loudly: "Next, the remaining nine units of Blood Luo Crystal will be auctioned together, and the nine VIPs with the highest bids will have the honor of becoming their new owners!"

"Ah! Huang, it seems that this batch of Blood Luo Crystal is completely out of reach for us members below three stars!" King Jiuzhen had a helpless look on his face. He sighed heavily as he looked at the Blood Luo Crystal that was being sold at a sky-high price.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Jiang Ye looked puzzled and turned to look at King Jiuxun.

King Jiuchen smiled bitterly and explained patiently, "Huang, you don't know. In previous auctions, Blood Luo Crystals were basically auctioned individually, or at most a few together. Auctions like this in units only happen once in a million years. After all, the price is easily hundreds of billions of Hunyuan units. Even if we, the members below three stars, empty our family savings, we can't come up with such a huge sum of money!"

"Previously they were sold individually or in groups of several, so why does this auction break the convention?" Jiang Ye frowned and asked.

"Huang, look over there!" King Jiuxian raised his arm and pointed to several magnificent golden attics surrounding the highest point of the auction hall. Under the reflection of the bright lights, these attics exuded a noble and mysterious atmosphere.

"Those seats are reserved for members above five-star level." King Jiuzhen lowered his voice, his expression slightly solemn. "The buyer who just bid 00001 billion Hunyuan units and successfully won the first unit of Blood Luo Crystal, numbered NMH, is from the attic on the far left in the middle."

"Five-star or above!" Jiang Ye subconsciously raised his head, his eyes fixed on those golden pavilions, "That is to say, the people sitting inside are all super powerful people at the Venerable level!"

"That's right!" King Jiuyu nodded affirmatively. "Blood Luo Crystal is a rare treasure even for the Venerables. So at every auction, there will basically be one or two Venerables participating in the bidding. Fortunately, the Blood Luo Crystals in the past were auctioned separately. In addition, these Venerables have existed for too long, and most of the Blood Luo Crystals in their hands have been prepared. We, the powerful kings, can at least get a share of the pie."

"And this time at the auction, units of Blood Crystals were openly released. In my opinion, it is probably because an immortal strongman from other tribes in the Hong Alliance successfully broke through to the Venerable realm...so he urgently needs a large amount of Blood Crystals to improve his own genetic level! Therefore, he made some agreements with the auction!" King Jiuyan analyzed with a deep gaze and a firm tone.

"Just wait and see! The rest of the Blood Crystals will probably be taken by that mysterious venerable!"

Sure enough, the subsequent auction process was just as King Jiulian had expected.

"The second unit of Blood Luo Crystal, the transaction price is 1780 billion Hunyuan units - number NMH00001!"

"The third unit of Blood Luo Crystal, the transaction price is 1760 billion Hunyuan units - number NMH00001!"

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"The seventh unit of Blood Luo Crystal, sold for 1480 billion Hunyuan units - number NMH00001!"

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"The ninth unit of Blood Luo Crystal, the transaction price is 1450 billion Hunyuan units - number jdi21856!"

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Jiang Ye stared at the constantly changing price numbers on the auction token, and sighed in his heart that the facts were indeed as King Jiuyan said. Of the nine units of Blood Crystal, six were monopolized by the mysterious buyer with the number NMH00001.

"The price of the tenth unit of Blood Luo Crystal is 1430 billion Hun Yuan units. Three seconds left, 3...2...1...Congratulations to the nine distinguished guests, you have successfully become the owners of this unit of Blood Luo Crystal!" The voice of the Thousand Stars Venerable resounded throughout the venue again, "The time for this Hongmeng Auction to officially begin is almost up, 58, 57...10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!"

The sound was booming, like a god.

The entire center of the auction hall became extremely dazzling, and the light reflected on the faces of the strong men sitting on the huge seats around them.

"This auction has officially begun!"

"Now we are going to auction the first batch of items. On your auction tokens, you can see the 1000 items that will be auctioned. If you want to buy them, please be prepared and bid." The Thousand Stars Reverend shouted loudly, "Now we are going to auction the first item - three members of the Tianjing Clan, who are special world master-level beings."

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was instantly excited. As if being pulled by invisible threads, all eyes were instantly focused on the huge crystal container that was slowly rising on the auction platform.

In that crystal container, three virtual images of the Tianjing people were quietly suspended. Their bodies were made of a strange translucent crystal, and soft blue light slowly flowed out from the crystal, dyeing the surrounding air with a layer of dreamy color.

Looking closely, one can see mysterious light patterns flowing in their bodies. These light patterns are constantly changing and interweaving, like the twinkling stars in the vast universe, exuding an intoxicating charm.

"The Sky Crystal Clan are all energy-type life forms with unique energy control abilities." The voice of the Thousand Stars Venerable sounded again, "They have extremely strong spatial talents and can hide their bodies in space. Their crystal bodies are also extremely hard. Even a Sky Crystal Clan member at the realm master level can easily withstand a full-strength attack from an ordinary immortal."

"The most important thing is that their life gene level is as high as 110 times! They are definitely the best candidates for training disciples to possess other bodies!"

"There are three special life forms at the Realm Lord level in total, and the reserve price is 3 billion Hunyuan units! The three highest bids will get these special life forms of the Tianjing clan." Venerable Qianxing shouted.

Suddenly many people in the entire auction hall started bidding.

"110 times the special life!"

Jiang Ye, who was in the crowd, sat on the throne, looking at the life in the center of the auction hall, and shook his head.

One by one, the auction items were auctioned off like running water.

The lowest transaction price was tens of billions of Hunyuan units, and the normal price was billions of Hunyuan units. After all, the initial hot auction was an exception. Those who dared to bid 1000 billion Hunyuan units were probably members above four stars.

The Hongmeng auction usually lasts about ten days, sometimes a little longer, sometimes a little shorter.

Each batch of 1 items is auctioned and lasts for 3 to 6 hours, with varying lengths.

After seeing it a few more times, King Jiulian and Jiang Ye walked out of the auction hall!
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"Hmm?" Jiang Ye saw a seven-story palace with a strange style in front of him. There were three characters in human language "Puya Palace" on the palace.

"As strong men, most of them have adventurous personalities, and their long lives don't have too much to do. There is gambling in the Puya Palace... which is also a form of fun. Come, let me show you around." King Jiulian pulled Jiang Ye into the Puya Palace. As soon as they entered, they saw a large number of strong men.

This huge palace, which covers an area of ​​several kilometers long and wide, is very lively.

"open!"

"open!"

"Open!" A group of powerful kings from various ethnic groups all stared ahead, laughing and shouting, looking very excited.

"No. 1117." The waiter shouted out the number.

Suddenly, many strong men in the hall cursed casually, but some strong men shouted: "No. 1117 is King Renxing, King Renxing made a lot of money this time."

"King Renxing, you have earned a treasure worth 1 million Hunyuan units, so you must treat us to a good feast."

"Don't be stingy."

"Is King Renxing such a stingy human being?"

There was a commotion, and then a tall human wearing red and yellow armor with a third eye on his forehead shouted, "Come on, come on, anyone with a ticket number, please go to the Jiuxiang Hall next door."

"Arrogance."

"Honourful enough."

There was a burst of cheers.

This attracted the attention of Jiang Ye and King Jiuzhen, who had just entered the Puya Palace.

"Huang, let me introduce you to a kind of gambling called 'One in Ten Thousand'." King Jiu Xian said with a smile, "And with this kind of gambling, the casino Puya Palace can hardly make much money."

"Oh?" Jiang Ye looked at King Jiulian who was standing beside him.

"Hehe, this gambling game is very simple. The casino takes out a treasure worth "1 million Hunyuan units". This is by no means a random price. The transaction price of these treasures in some stores outside is generally at least 1 million Hunyuan units." King Jiuxie explained, "The casino Puya Palace itself took out this treasure, and then started selling 1 tickets, each ticket is worth 1 Hunyuan units."

"When all 1 ticket numbers are sold out at a specific time, we will start selecting the only ticket number. Whoever has this ticket number will get the treasure worth 1 million Hunyuan units." King Jiulian said.

"So that's how it is." Jiang Ye nodded.

The sword-fighting mode is really top-level no matter where you go!
It is equivalent to 10,000 strong men pooling their money to buy a treasure, and then one lucky person among these 10,000 strong men gets the treasure alone.

Invest 1 and gain million. Of course, there are more losers.

“Anyway, each ticket is only 1 Hunyuan units. It’s fun to gamble occasionally.” King Jiuxian walked inside at the same time and introduced various gambling methods to Jiang Ye. Gambling is basically the same, and many of them are similar to some popular gambling methods on Earth, but some are also very different and unique.

The small gambling amount is in the hundreds of Hunyuan units, and the high ones are said to be in the units of "100 million".

However, that kind of largest-scale gambling only happens occasionally when some big shots meet. After all, even the most powerful kings don't dare to play that big.

Jiang Ye and King Jiuxun shuttled back and forth in the bustling Puya Palace. When they got here, King Jiuxun's original enthusiasm reached a new level, and he introduced every kind of gambling method to Jiang Ye incessantly.

Jiang Ye, who had never been to a casino in his previous life, was truly eye-opening.

Before they knew it, they had arrived at the "One in a Million" gambling area, which was already packed with people.

The staff member shouted at the top of his voice: "There are only 356 spots left in this batch! Anyone else want to participate?"

Jiang Ye glanced at King Jiuxun, who was eager but forcing himself to be patient, and understood what was going on. He smiled and patted his shoulder: "King Jiuxun, it's a rare opportunity for you to come here. I'll treat you to a game as a way of thanking you for introducing Hongmeng City to me!"

When King Jiuxian heard this, a hint of surprise flashed across his face, but then he looked embarrassed and waved his hands repeatedly: "How can this be possible, Huang, I can't let you pay for this. You just arrived, how can I let you spend money to treat me to play."

Jiang Ye grabbed King Jiuzhen and said firmly: "It would be awkward if you refuse again. We hit it off right away. Why do you care about this? Just think of it as me asking you to play with me. You must give me this face."

King Jiuxian wanted to push it again, but Jiang Ye didn't give him any more advice. He went straight to the ticket office and waved his hand: "Two ticket numbers, please!"

"Hey, King Jiuxun, I remember you made a purchase today, right? Why are you giving us money again?" A staff member, whose body was covered with lightning and from whom one could hear crackling sounds, joked with a smile on his face to King Jiuxun who was standing next to Jiang Ye.

"Hmph, King Leiming, I buy whatever I want, it's none of your business!" King Jiuzhen pretended to be angry and snorted coldly, his expression was like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

Then, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Ye expectantly, with a fire in his eyes: "Huang, it's up to you.

Jiang Ye was not in a hurry. His eyes swept over the remaining number plates one by one, as if he was trying to catch something.

After a moment, he picked out two ticket numbers and handed one to King Jiuyan beside him.

(End of this chapter)