Chapter 306: Contention

Seeing Song Qingming skip over the best spiritual object in the auction, the Talisman Treasure, so quickly, a trace of surprise flashed across Yinling's face, but she didn't say much, and hurriedly followed Song Qingming's thoughts to recall the spiritual objects she had seen in the Tiandan Alliance auction treasury some time ago.

Next, Yinling told Song Qingming about seven or eight more spiritual objects, but Song Qingming's attitude didn't change at all, as if none of them were the thing he wanted.

As a Tiandan Alliance cultivator in this auction, Yinling had seen most of the spiritual objects used for auction long ago, and had some understanding of the general information about those things. Seeing that she had mentioned several things that Song Qingming should be interested in, but the other party had no reaction, her heart instantly cooled. It seemed that Song Qingming was not the big client she imagined this time.

As a guide maid for the auction, those of them assigned to the second floor can extract a small portion of commission based on the consumption of the guests they serve. This is not a small income for them.

Yinling thought that she had finally waited for an opportunity to go to the second floor, but encountered such a master the first time. If Song Qingming really didn't spend a penny this time, not only would she lose a lot, but she might also lose the opportunity to come to the second floor again because of this.

Thinking of this, Yinling's heart slowly became somewhat unhappy, but as an auction maid, she didn't dare to show the displeasure in her heart in front of Song Qingming, a Foundation Establishment senior, and could only suppress her emotions and continue to answer Song Qingming's questions.

Song Qingming and Yinling talked like this for nearly half an hour, and the auction below finally reached its time.

"Everyone, the auction organized by our Tiandan Alliance now officially begins. Next, please keep your eyes open and don't miss the spiritual objects you want. The first auction item we have carefully prepared is..."

After a very familiar opening remark, the tiger-face masked person in charge of hosting the auction brought out a second-grade low-grade magic tool with a decent appearance. After his deeply moving explanation, it quickly attracted a scramble from the cultivators on the first floor.

For this kind of relatively ordinary second-grade spiritual object, there was no movement in any of the dozens of private rooms on the second floor of the auction, which shows that the cultivators who can sit here basically already look down on such magic tools.

The auction continued until after the sixth auction item, and Song Qingming, who had been quiet, finally let Yinling help him raise the sign, and spent quite a few spirit stones to take down a bottle of spiritual elixir that would be somewhat helpful for his breakthrough in cultivation. Seeing Song Qingming start to consume in the auction, Yinling's eyes, which had been somewhat dull, instantly burst into brilliance. She realized that she seemed to have misjudged Song Qingming again. Although this senior in front of her looked indifferent to any spiritual object, he was still willing to pay when he encountered something he wanted.

Just like this, watching Song Qingming take down another expensive second-grade spiritual elixir after a while, Yinling also began to take the initiative to introduce some spiritual elixirs that would appear later to Song Qingming.

However, she didn't know that the thing Song Qingming really wanted by participating in the auction this time was actually a waste of effort. The reason why Song Qingming took down these spiritual elixirs just now was because these elixirs happened to be useful to him, and they were a bit cheaper than in the market, so he made a move based on the principle of careful calculation. The ones behind were of little use to him, or the competition from others was too fierce. No matter how nicely Yinling spoke, Song Qingming remained unmoved.

After reaching the twenty-first auction item, the auction was already halfway through. The tiger-face masked person hosting the auction suddenly brought out a cyan jade ruler carefully collected in a jade box, and carefully placed it on the wooden table in front.

"This... this is, a Talisman Treasure?"

With the exclamation of a cultivator on the first floor, everyone's eyes were focused on the jade ruler in front of the tiger-faced person. After this object appeared, Song Qingming instantly felt that the private rooms on the second floor also began to become restless.

"This Talisman Treasure is named Green Leaf Three-Star Ruler, and it was once a war trophy treasured for many years by a Core Formation elder of our Tiandan Alliance. The power of a Talisman Treasure, I presume everyone has heard of it, so I won't introduce it too much here. Who this object will belong to today depends on everyone's sincerity. The base price is five thousand spirit stones, and each increase cannot be less than one hundred spirit stones. Everyone, please!"

"Five thousand two hundred spirit stones!"

"Five thousand five hundred spirit stones."

Following the tiger-face masked person's words, a chorus of shouts immediately rang out at the auction site. Soon, the price of this Talisman Treasure was raised to eight thousand spirit stones, and it was still rising. However, compared to before, there were not many people shouting prices, only a few people in the private rooms on the second floor remained.

"Eight thousand five hundred spirit stones. Can everyone give this old Daoist some face and let this object to this old man? My Mount Tiexian Valley will definitely remember this favor." Just in the third private room to the right of Song Qingming, a somewhat aged voice suddenly resounded through the entire second floor, causing the two private rooms that were still preparing to shout prices to instantly stop their shouting.

Hearing the name Mount Tiexian Valley, Song Qingming and the others were all very surprised. They didn't expect that people from the Ma family, the number one cultivation family in the State of Wei, would actually appear here.

Mount Tiexian Valley is located in the northwest corner of the State of Wei and is a great cultivation clan possessing a Core Formation ancestor. Although the Ma family is nominally attached to the Xiaoyao Sect, unlike other cultivation families, they have absolute control over their own territory. Any mineral vein or spiritual object discovered here belongs to the Ma family, and even the Xiaoyao Sect cannot extend its tentacles in there.

Seeing that the scene suddenly became quiet, the Ma family elder sitting in the private room also quickly revealed a smile, but before he could fully smile, a somewhat surprising voice appeared in his ears at an inopportune time.

"Humph! The Ma family is really amazing. This is wanting to cover the sky with one hand in the State of Wei? They are afraid of you, but I am not! I bid eight thousand six hundred spirit stones."

"Lin Yutian, good kid, you like to meddle in other people's business so much, right? This old man will remember this matter! However, if you want this magic tool, you still have to see if you have the financial resources. Eight thousand seven hundred spirit stones!"

"This guy is Lin Tianyu? How could a disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect come to such a place? The Ma family clashing with him will be a good show this time."

Hearing the name Lin Tianyu, someone quickly stated his background. Song Qingming was also somewhat surprised to hear this. He didn't expect that the disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect, who always claimed to be upright and open, would actually sneakily come to participate in the Tiandan Alliance auction.

"Eight thousand eight hundred spirit stones." Regarding the threat from the Ma family cultivator, Lin Tianyu of the Xiaoyao Sect didn't care at all.

After a fierce struggle between the two, the result was still that the Ma family elder's financial resources were better, and he took down this Talisman Treasure that made everyone at the scene very jealous for nine thousand six hundred spirit stones.

Regarding the final auction price of this Talisman Treasure, Song Qingming was also very surprised. He didn't expect that the price of this Talisman Treasure would almost catch up to a Foundation Establishment Pill. It really is true that things are precious because they are rare.

Yinling, who was following Song Qingming, was also full of surprise. During the auction process, although Song Qingming's eyes had been staring at the Talisman Treasure in the tiger-faced person's hand, from beginning to end, this Foundation Establishment senior who had been generous just now never let her raise the sign. He seemed to not even have the idea of trying.

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