Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 68 Origin Crystal

From his seat, Qi Yuanyao looked at the huge screen in the center of the auction hall, watching the numbers on it constantly refresh—

2000 Mixed Yuan Units! 2200 Mixed Yuan Units! 2600 Mixed Yuan Units!

In the blink of an eye, the number on the screen broke through the 3000 Mixed Yuan Units mark.

Only then did the rate of increase gradually slow down.
3150 Mixed Units 3160 Mixed Units 3170 Mixed Units
Suddenly, the number on the big screen jumped again, this time changing to '3500 Mixed Units'!
The moment that number appeared, the entire auction hall fell silent, and no one else placed a bid.

It wasn't that no one could afford to match the price; after all, there were nearly two million three-star customers present, and quite a few of them were genuinely wealthy.

However, none of us are the type to get carried away with passion and be easily fooled, so there's no need to drive up prices just for the sake of a petty argument.

Although this E9-level peak mechanical race spaceship is powerful, its normal price is around 2000 Chaos Units.

The reason it has soared to such a high price is simply because mechanical race spaceships are extremely rare in human territory, making them highly sought-after treasures, which has led to a lot of people chasing and bidding for them.

However, the price of 3500 mixed units had already reached the limit in the minds of many guests present.

"3500 Mixed Yuan Units, countdown three seconds, 3, 2, 1. Congratulations to guest number nrd101288, you have successfully bid for this E9-class peak mechanical race spaceship!"

Xue Chang, who was presiding over the auction, loudly announced the final owner of this powerful mechanical spaceship.

"Number nrd101288?"

Qi Yuan looked up with slight surprise, only to meet a proud gaze that seemed to reach almost to the roof.

Qi Yuan's seat number was nrd101289, and the person who had just won the bid for that mechanical race spaceship at the sky-high price of 3500 mixed units was the arrogant star-level girl sitting to his right.

"No wonder their eyes are practically pointing to the sky, they really have the looks."

Qi Yuan could only silently express his envy.

At this moment, Xue Chang, the beautiful and alluring auctioneer in the center of the auction hall, suddenly raised her voice:
"Alright, the surprises we prepared for everyone are over. Now I hereby announce the official commencement of this year's Lanting Auction! Next, we will present the items for the official auction!"

"The official auction items are divided into batches of 1000. This is the first batch of auction items. On your auction tokens, you can see the information of the 1000 items that will be auctioned. If you want to buy them, please be prepared to place your bids."

Xue Chang's voice was clear and bright, "Now we have the first item - the seedling of the top-level plant life 'Thousand Witch Vine'."

"The Thousand-Year Vine is a powerful species that ranks extremely high in plant life. Moreover, the batch of Thousand-Year Vine to be auctioned has been carefully cultivated by a plant master using a lot of precious resources, making their foundation very solid and their potential far exceeding that of ordinary similar plants."

"This batch of Thousand-Year Vine seedlings consists of 56 plants, each with a starting price of 500 billion Cosmic Coins! Each bid must be a multiple of the Cosmic Coin amount. The top 56 bidders will acquire ownership of the Thousand-Year Vine seedlings!"

As Xue Chang's voice fell, many people in the auction hall immediately began to bid.

Qi Yuan, sitting on the throne, showed a slight change in expression, revealing a look of great interest.

Plant life, like metal life, is a very special kind of life in the universe.

They are not very intelligent, but they possess outstanding combat power and all sorts of incredible abilities.

Many cultivators with the necessary resources will cultivate plant or metal life forms to aid in combat.

Qi Yuan possessed a very special metallic life form called 'Bumblebee,' which didn't seem to have a strong desire for plant life.

Even if he doesn't need it himself, he can give it to his disciples.

Those powerful clansmen and disciples almost all have plant or metal life forms protecting them, so their own disciples can't be any less powerful.

Moreover, he was also curious about what good things would come back if he gave the Thousand-Year Vine as a gift to his disciple.

Qi Yuan fiddled with the black token in his hand, but instead entered three sets of bids on the token's screen. He now had three personal disciples, and although his eldest was still suffering on Thunderstorm Star, he couldn't show favoritism to one another; he needed to prepare in advance.

In the end, Qi Yuan spent 950 billion, 980 billion and 1020 billion respectively to successfully acquire three seedlings of the Thousand-Year Vine.

The auction continued, with items being displayed one after another, only to be sold off in quick succession.

All the auctioned items have a minimum transaction price of tens of billions of cosmic coins, and normally they are worth hundreds of billions of cosmic coins.

The exorbitantly priced mechanical spaceship at the beginning was essentially a warm-up event prepared by the auction house, and it was an exceptional case.

"The Fruit of Life contains a large amount of life force. As long as a Realm Lord's soul is not destroyed, even if he suffers the most severe injuries, he can recover by consuming a Fruit of Life. It can definitely be called a Realm Lord's second life. I don't need to say more about its preciousness!"

"There are 13 Life Fruits here, each with a starting price of 5000 billion Cosmic Coins. You may now begin bidding!"

Another treasure familiar to Qi Yuan appeared among the auction items.

He had intended to buy a few to give as gifts in the future, but he quickly abandoned the idea.

Although the starting price for the Fruit of Life is 5000 billion cosmic coins, it is equivalent to another life for a realm lord, so its appeal to realm lords is self-evident.

Right now, there are nearly two million Realm Lord level experts sitting in this auction hall!
"Holy crap, the price is going up way too fast!"

"Outrageous, absolutely outrageous!"

Qi Yuan watched helplessly as the prices on the big screen continued to soar.

Soon, the top 13 lowest-priced items all broke through the two trillion cosmic coins mark, and even soared to an astonishing 26000 trillion cosmic coins before finally slowing down.

"My funds are far less than those of the real big shots. Forget it, I'd better not compete with them."

Qi Yuan reluctantly stopped bidding.

Although he managed to quickly dispose of a fifth-tier Force weapon obtained through the return system before attending the auction by leveraging his connection with Samonka, his cash reserves had only just recovered to a little over 10 Chaos Yuan.

To avoid the embarrassing situation of wanting a treasure but not having the money to buy it later, he naturally dared not squander it.

"Congratulations to the 13 guests who have acquired ownership of the Fruit of Life. We will now begin the bidding for the next batch of auction items."

The beautiful fox-tailed woman, Xue Shang, continued to preside over the auction.

A dazzling array of auction items flashed across the big screen, any one of which was enough to drive countless domain lords crazy.

However, this is a super event where millions of realm lords gather, and there are even many immortal beings among them. These big shots don't hold back when it comes to spending money.

Several batches of auction items were snapped up in quick succession.

"This is the fifth batch of auction items. You can see the information of the 1000 items to be auctioned on your respective tokens. If you want to auction any of them, please be prepared."

As Xue Chang's voice faded, the auction hall fell silent.

The powerful figures on their thrones were all carefully examining the information about the 1000 items to be auctioned.

Qi Yuan also quickly browsed through the screen on the token in his hand.

His eyes lit up quickly, and his gaze involuntarily focused on an item on the screen.

"Origin Crystal!"

(End of this chapter)