Chapter 241: The Expensive Puppet

"Business?" the three asked in confusion.

Just at this moment, Liu Wu's slightly arrogant voice came from below the stage: "Alright, let us now enter the final stage of the auction!"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes narrowed. Finally, was that mysterious Battle Puppet about to appear before their eyes?

Liu Wu flicked his sleeve, and a pitch-black, human-sized puppet appeared before everyone. However, many experts instead revealed looks of disappointment upon seeing it.

It was merely a Dou Zong realm puppet; although decent, it was not worthy of being taken seriously.

Liu Wu did not mind the crowd's reaction; he simply smiled slightly and explained:

"This is the first Puppet of this auction. Its strength is not high, merely at the Dou Zong Peak. Relying on its formidable physical body, it can clash with a Dou Zun expert for a hundred rounds without showing signs of decline!"

The previous content was fine, but that last sentence, "can clash with a Dou Zun expert for a hundred rounds without showing signs of decline," quickly piqued everyone's curiosity.

The gap between a Dou Zong and a Dou Zun is like a chasm. Normally, a newly advanced Dou Zun expert could easily crush several Dou Zong Peak experts working together.

Yet, this plain-looking puppet could actually reach such a level—this was interesting!

Especially for some factions that lacked Dou Zun experts or had Dou Zun experts nearing the end of their lifespans and lacked high-end combat power, their gazes toward the pitch-black puppet became much more heated.

"Alright, the starting price for this puppet is..." Liu Wu drew out his tone.

"Five million gold coins!"

"Each increment must be no less than five hundred thousand!"

That's right, even in the Central Plains, the primary currency for transactions remained gold coins.

Occasions like the Space Trading Fair, where participants are all experts and the number of people is extremely small, are ultimately the minority.

The number of people seated at the Langya Auction House today reached several thousand. If they all came to barter, would they even be able to get any work done?

Moreover, bartering is mostly used for extremely precious items. Clearly, a Dou Zong puppet did not have that qualification.

The moment Liu Wu announced the starting price, the price of this puppet climbed upward at a rather terrifying speed.

"Six million!" "Six million five hundred thousand!"

"Ten million!"

"Eighteen million!"

Finally, it was bid up to nearly twenty million before the speed slowed down. Even so, the price was still growing slowly and steadily.

Watching the stance of many people, Xiao Yan, who was in a private box, wiped away cold sweat. This price...

A typical Earth Tier High Grade Dou Technique would only be worth about this much, right? This puppet was actually this valuable!

Some factions were not short on money; they just lacked the power to protect their wealth. Clearly, the Langya Pavilion's Battle Puppet gave them such an opportunity, so they were bidding desperately.

Afterward, Xiao Yan looked at the calm Feng Zunzhe and asked, "Senior Uncle, are we not going to make a move?"

"What's the rush!" Feng Zunzhe looked at Xiao Yan with amusement. "We don't need to make a move for this puppet!"

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yan asked, puzzled. Weren't they here for a puppet this time?

Moreover, a puppet almost comparable to a Dou Zun would currently be the third strongest entity in the Starfall Pavilion. Wasn't this temptation enough?

"Look at whether the others are making a move," Feng Zunzhe reminded him.

Xiao Yan glanced at the other private boxes. Although he didn't know the situation inside, no bidding voices were coming from those places. Clearly, they had the same plan.

At this time, Feng Zunzhe explained: "Although this puppet is decent, it is merely a scout stone thrown out by the Langya Pavilion; it doesn't count as anything good."

"More powerful puppets are coming later."

"Those shrewd individuals are all waiting!" Feng Zunzhe sneered.

"Oh." Xiao Yan understood, but he felt increasingly curious about this puppet.

While others had different thoughts, Xiao Wu and the others were also very surprised by this auction of Battle Puppets.

"Teacher, if I remember correctly, we seem to have quite a lot of Battle Puppets, right?" Xiao Wu did not put it too directly, only saying "quite a lot."

In fact, there were already some Langya Pavilion Elders and Disciples who could craft Emperor-level Battle Puppets. In a year or two, not to mention Dou Zun, they would definitely be able to craft Dou Zong-level puppets and mass-produce them.

Xiao Wu didn't even dare to imagine the scene of being buried alive by gold coins. Good heavens, they all said the Pill Tower's Medicinal Pills were a profiteering industry, practically robbery.

Their Langya Pavilion's wholesale of puppets was also a monopoly!

Xiao Han shook his head and denied it: "Things won't be that simple."

"We cannot sell puppets in large quantities; otherwise, the entire Central Plains would fall into chaos."

Xiao Wu also nodded in understanding. A thing like a puppet could easily cause a collapse in the hierarchy of combat power. Just think, if experts in the Central Plains fought in the future and one person pulled out two puppets, how great would that be!

At that time, the Langya Pavilion, having destroyed the market order, would probably really be attacked by everyone.

Moreover, Xiao Han knew clearly that the material restrictions for this thing were quite severe. The materials capable of creating a Dou Sheng-level puppet seemed to have gone extinct now; his own Two-Star Dou Sheng-level puppet was a success achieved by taking a shortcut.

The materials for Dou Zun puppets were also pitifully scarce, whereas the materials for Dou Zong and other common ones were more widely available, so that was basically their positioning.

Irregularly auctioning some high-level puppets, selling Dou Zong puppets at fixed times and quantities, and then the lower-level puppets were just for fun—you bid, I'll decide!

Finally...

This puppet was bought for a massive sum of twenty-three million gold coins by the head of a relatively powerful second-rate faction in the Central Plains that also had deep pockets.

In reality, this price was not far from the value of a powerful Earth Tier High Grade Cultivation Method.

It was just that high-tier Cultivation Methods and Dou Techniques were always priced but unavailable. For many people, having money with nowhere to spend it was the issue; being able to convert it into strength was the best.

Just when everyone thought there would be even more powerful puppets for auction, they saw Liu Wu laugh heartily: "The next auction item is not a puppet, but a special Dou Technique."

Afterward, amidst the dissatisfied gazes of the crowd, Liu Wu began to display the Five Wheel Departure Flame Technique.

Originally, Xiao Yan was listening listlessly, but when he heard Liu Wu introduce that "four types of Exotic Fire combined can erupt with power comparable to a Heaven-Tier Dou Technique," he stood up abruptly.

He cast his gaze toward Feng Zunzhe, who was also squinting his eyes at this moment. Had the heavens been standing on the side of their Starfall Pavilion lately?

Not only had Yao Chen returned to the Starfall Pavilion and broken through to Dou Sheng, but they had also encountered such a bizarre Dou Technique this time.

If it were merely strange, that would be one thing, but listening to the introduction, it was clear that this Dou Technique was practically tailor-made for his nephew-disciple, Xiao Yan!

With three of Xiao Yan's own Exotic Fire and the Bone Chilling Flame that Yao Lao had stored on Xiao Yan, four types of Exotic Fire gathered in one body—Feng Zunzhe just wanted to ask, who else could do this?!

"Rest assured, nephew-disciple, this Dou Technique won't be getting away!" Feng Zunzhe said with absolute certainty.

In fact, it was just as Feng Zunzhe had expected; for some people other than Xiao Yan, this Five Wheel Departure Flame Technique was merely a slightly stronger Earth Tier High Grade Dou Technique. Although precious, they were not lacking in such techniques, and they still wanted to save their strength to bid for the high-level Puppet!

Those with the strength didn't look down on it, and those who wanted it didn't have the money to bid!

Therefore, it was easily won by Feng Zunzhe for a mere 30 million; this was picking up a huge bargain, wasn't it!

"As expected, that little fellow managed to buy it," Xiao Han said, the corners of his mouth curling up.

This Five Wheel Departure Flame Technique was precisely a gift Xiao Han had specially sent to Xiao Yan; giving it away reasonably, how comfortable!

Xiao Han continued to pay attention to the subsequent auction of the three Puppets. Those three Puppets, with strengths of Two-Star Dou Zun, Five-Star Dou Zun, and Eight-Star Dou Zun, were directly bought by Starfall Pavilion, Burning Flame Valley, and the Pill Tower for prices of 80 million, 200 million, and 900 million respectively.

As for what happened afterward, Xiao Han did not continue to manage it; once the Puppets were sold, that was the end of it.

Then, he looked playfully at Xiao Wu, who was about to sneak away, "My good disciple, where are you going?"

Xiao Wu turned around bitterly, "Teacher, how about we change locations?"

"At least leave some face for me, your senior brother, won't you?"

"Get out!" Xiao Han said with a smile.

"Yes~" Xiao Wu said listlessly.

Then, Xian'er and the other heard the faint sound of Xiao Han's reprimand: "You brat, your wings have hardened, haven't they? You even dare to sneak out..."

"You're such a grown man and still single; look at Sheng Han, he's about to be a father..."

"Isn't it because I've been busy cultivating?" Xiao Wu retorted.

"Cultivating?" Xiao Han's tone became even angrier, "Sheng Han is now a Two-Star Dou Sheng, and you... you're just a piece of trash who just broke through to One-Star Dou Sheng!"

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"Teacher, you are being double-standard here; back in your day, you had only just reached Dou Zun Peak!"

"Rebellious disciple, go to hell!"

"Ah~" A scream rang out, and the whole world went quiet.

Leaving Xian'er and Ye Xinlan to look at each other in dismay.