Chapter 123: Auction Item from Earth

Sold the tiger hide of the Shadow Tiger, received seven hundred pieces of low-grade Qi Stone, but the buyer paid seven pieces of high-grade Qi Stone for ease of storage.

High-grade Qi Stones were bright silver; Facing Facing Cang Luo glanced at them once and carefully put them away, then used two second-rank beast cores to replace ten low-grade Qi Stones to buy a ticket to the auction and went upstairs.

The entire second floor was dedicated to the auction, with a mezzanine; the area was vast, roughly estimated at least three to four hundred square meters, not counting the mezzanine's area.

The auction layout resembled a movie theater: at the front was the display platform, where auction items were shown.

In front of the platform were ten rows of luxury armchairs, each seat worth fifty low-grade Qi Stones, though no one had sat down yet.

Directly above the armchairs was the mezzanine, where the VIP seating was located—offering broad views and private booths, each with a beautiful female attendant standing in front.

VIP seats could not be bought with money alone; one needed certain status and strength—social standing.

The area behind the armchairs was for people like Facing Facing Cang Luo who had paid ten low-grade Qi Stones to stand; most were here to show support or gain experience, with few having the funds to bid.

Already, many people stood there, either looking around or chatting in small groups; the four men who had followed Facing Facing Cang Luo were among them.

One of the men smiled at Facing Facing Cang Luo after spotting him—it was the same man who had mocked Facing Facing Cang Luo in the tavern for not knowing the origin of huadiao wine.

Facing Facing Cang Luo returned the man's dumb smile but did not go over to greet him; instead, he walked to an empty corner, quietly pulled out his phone, and began livestreaming, waiting for the auction to begin.

After more than ten minutes, more people entered, and Facing Facing Cang Luo's surroundings filled up; he had to become even more discreet while livestreaming.

The luxury armchair section gradually filled with seated guests; Facing Facing Cang Luo could not see the VIP booths in the mezzanine, but judging by the voices, guests had arrived.

A few minutes later, the host entered—a middle-aged man with refined features and an air of exceptional poise.

Behind him stood two scantily clad female attendants; what surprised Facing Facing Cang Luo slightly was that one of them was an outsider.

Snow-white skin, pale golden hair, a height of nearly one meter eighty—she looked like a Playboy bunny model.

Facing Facing Cang Luo gave her a close-up shot so Earth's netizens could see clearly, lest they accuse him of neglecting them and only showing off his romance.

At that moment, the host bowed toward the VIP booths in the mezzanine, then bowed toward the bidders in front of the platform, signaling silence—the auction was about to begin.

No matter which world's auction, the host always began with a speech—commenting on the weather, introducing guests, offering thanks...

The crowd listened listlessly, but Facing Facing Cang Luo listened with great interest, for he gleaned valuable information from the host's introduction.

Guests attending this auction included local dignitaries and martial clans from Danyang Commandery, as well as several major and minor sects from nearby regions.

For example, the Five Elements Palace, where Shangyi Huimeizi belonged, had sent one elder and several inner-disciples, seated in the mezzanine booths.

Facing Facing Cang Luo listened for a while but heard no mention of Xuantian Sect.

After a brief opening speech by the host, the auction officially began.

The host wasted no more words and went straight to the point: "The first auction item is a bottle of freshly forged Nine-Turn Jade Dew Pills."

Speaking, the host poured out two pills, placing each on a separate tray; the female attendants behind him raised the trays high and strutted like cats around the front luxury section and the mezzanine VIP area for display.

Facing Facing Cang Luo stretched his neck but could not see clearly; his phone could not capture details—he regretted not buying a seat in the luxury section.

The host continued: "As everyone knows, the Nine-Turn Jade Dew Pill is a Grade Earth, Upper-Tier pill; it grants martial cultivators below Wu Zun, who have long been stuck at the Ninth Layer without breakthrough, a chance to shatter their constraints."

"This bottle contains ten pills, crafted by Elder Mei elixir of the Pill Pavilion of Xuantian Sect. Starting bid: three hundred high-grade Qi Stones. Each bid must be no less than ten high-grade Qi Stones."

Facing Facing Cang Luo froze in surprise—he had not expected the first item to be from Xuantian Sect; he had heard of Elder Mei elixir, an institutional elder of the Pill Pavilion, at Wu Wang Eighth Layer.

After his shock came disbelief at the price: three hundred high-grade Qi Stones for a bottle of ten pills—that's thirty high-grade Qi Stones per pill, or three thousand low-grade Qi Stones...

After calculating, Facing Facing Cang Luo reached a staggering conclusion: one Grade Earth, Upper-Tier Nine-Turn Jade Dew Pill was priced at 42 million RMB!

Ten pills in a bottle? 420 million RMB!

Facing Facing Cang Luo was stunned. He had thought the seven high-grade Qi Stones from selling the Shadow Tiger hide, plus the seventy second-rank beast cores in his backpack—totaling over ten high-grade Qi Stones—was a "fortune" enough to buy something.

In reality, ten high-grade Qi Stones could buy only one-third of a single Nine-Turn Jade Dew Pill.

And this was only the first item—and the starting bid; the final price would surely be higher.

Facing Facing Cang Luo chuckled bitterly, shook his head, and patted the seven high-grade Qi Stones in his pocket, feeling desolate.

Through this auction, Facing Facing Cang Luo finally witnessed the wealth of high-level martial cultivators and top-tier powers, and the true value of advanced cultivation resources.

In RMB terms, they casually spent tens of millions, even hundreds of millions—recall the Level Eight task in the Mission Hall offering 2.8 billion for a Phoenix Beast Egg.

One Phoenix Beast Egg: 28 billion!

Look—just one pill for cultivation costs forty to fifty million RMB, and this is only a Grade Earth, Upper-Tier pill; above it are Grade Heaven pills.

Their beast companions? Nearly thirty billion—and they looked like gifts from elders to juniors.

Facing Facing Cang Luo thought of Xuan Qingqing—her eighth-rank beast companion, the Purple Feather Thunder Eagle, had been captured for her by her grandfather, Xuan Qiankun.

These people? True tycoons!

Earth has tycoons too—but can they casually swallow pills worth forty or fifty million?

Walk a dog worth tens of billions?

Compared to this, Earth's tycoons aren't even fit to polish the boots of Yuanwu Continent's tycoons.

Think of himself: after half a month of hard labor in the Beast Forest, even including killing and looting, he'd only amassed ten high-grade Qi Stones—equivalent to fourteen million RMB.

This sum could make him a minor tycoon on Earth—but on the Yuanwu Continent, he couldn't even afford decent cultivation resources.

Money can buy cultivation resources.

Without money, how can one cultivate?

Relying solely on self-cultivation, struggling through trials alone—could he even reach Wu Shi?

At this moment, Facing Facing Cang Luo became more certain than ever of his future path.

Leveraging his one-year head start, he would accumulate massive wealth on Earth, make money multiply, then, when the two worlds connected, exchange Earth's money for Yuanwu Continent's resources...

The Warwolf Gang's business plan was preparation for this.

While Facing Facing Cang Luo was lost in thought, the bottle of Nine-Turn Jade Dew Pills was sold—after several rounds of bidding, the final price was three hundred seventy high-grade Qi Stones.

Next, several other items were auctioned: treasure weapons, rune weapons, and cultivation techniques, with final prices ranging from hundreds to thousands of high-grade Qi Stones.

The item Facing Facing Cang Luo coveted most was a juvenile eighth-rank beast, the Dragon Xiaotian Tiger; though inferior to the Phoenix Beast Egg, its starting bid reached one thousand top-grade Qi Stones.

The appearance of the Dragon Xiaotian Tiger cub sent the auction into a frenzy; the entire hall erupted, with major forces from Danyang Commandery and distant sects scrambling to bid.

Facing Facing Cang Luo could only stare helplessly, thinking of his own beast companions: a first-rank beast, the Flame-Devouring Wolf, and a second-rank beast, the Earth Badger...

This is a loss of face!

Compared to these martial arts second-generation kids, I'm just a loser!

No, I am originally a loser!

Facing Facing Cang Luo felt very helpless...

Soon, the crowd began bidding; naturally, only those in the pavilion were bidding, as those below did not yet possess the strength.

The Wang Family, one of the four imperial-level families of Danyang Commandery: "Eleven hundred top-grade spirit stones!"

The Yin Family, one of the four imperial-level families of Danyang Commandery: "Twelve hundred top-grade spirit stones!"

An elder of the Five Elements Hall, an imperial-level sect, said calmly: "Twelve hundred and fifty top-grade spirit stones."

An elder of the Xingxiu Palace, an imperial-level sect, immediately said: "Twelve hundred and sixty top-grade spirit stones!"

The Xi Family, one of the four imperial-level families of Danyang Commandery: "Thirteen hundred top-grade spirit stones!"

The bids of the crowd opened Facing Facing Cang Luo's eyes; if converted to gold, one thousand top-grade spirit stones would equal fourteen billion RMB.

To spend fourteen billion to buy a beast pet, how much total assets must one possess?

It's like buying a sports car; to buy a five-million sports car, total assets must be at least one hundred million, right? Otherwise, one couldn't even afford the maintenance fees.

Facing Facing Cang Luo sighed deeply!

Ultimately, the Howling Heaven Tiger cub was won by the Yin Family, an imperial-level family of Danyang Commandery, at a price of fifteen hundred top-grade spirit stones.

Facing Facing Cang Luo glanced over; the person from the Yin Family appeared to be around twenty years old, a handsome and dashing Young Master.

Facing Facing Cang Luo felt ashamed again; look at those martial arts second-generation kids, not only are they handsome and dashing, their strength is estimated to be high, but most importantly, they have money!

Many people, like Facing Facing Cang Luo, looked at the person from the Yin Family with eyes of envy and jealousy.

Then, very quickly, the host brought out the next item for auction.

Only this item was strange; compared to previous items, it looked very cheap, at least in appearance, somewhat tattered and broken.

Seeing this item, the crowd immediately frowned, and many emitted sounds of confusion and dissatisfaction.

A big man beside Facing Facing Cang Luo asked in confusion: "What is this dirty and broken thing? Could it be scrap iron just picked up from somewhere? Can this even be put up for auction?"

Someone shook his head and agreed: "I don't know what it is, but those two round bulges below must be wheels, right? And look, it seems one can sit on it?"

"Wheels? Can sit?"

The big man laughed after hearing this: "Are you saying this is a carriage? Hahaha... a carriage with two wheels arranged in a straight line?"

How many horses would it take to pull? How would it be pulled without falling over? It's hilarious!"

"What's so funny? Can't I make a joke?" The speaker smiled awkwardly, then suddenly turned to Facing Facing Cang Luo and said: "Brother, I see you look surprised; do you know what this object is?"

Facing Facing Cang Luo, who was in shock, subconsciously answered: "Electric motorcycle..."

That person was stunned: "What kind of vehicle is an electric motorcycle? How do you know?"

Facing Facing Cang Luo came to his senses, let out a long breath, scratched his head, and said: "Sorry, I was just speaking randomly..."

Having said that, Facing Facing Cang Luo squeezed forward, widening his eyes to look at the thing beside the host on the stage.

Facing Facing Cang Luo was not speaking randomly; the item on the stage was indeed an electric motorcycle.

A slightly damaged electric motorcycle, its body wrapped in vines and weeds, a flashy yellow color, just like something picked up from a waste disposal station.

Facing Facing Cang Luo was shocked and confused!

Why would an electric motorcycle from Earth appear on the Yuanwu Continent?

Could it be that, like himself, he was summoned by Xuan Qiankun?

Only he was not retrieved, left to rot in some place, until now when someone discovered him and brought him here for auction?

Facing Facing Cang Luo felt it was very likely...