Chapter 255

With a creak, the doors of the auction venue were closed.

The lights dimmed.

A cultivator dressed in the uniform of the City Lord's Mansion walked to the position of the main auctioneer.

This person was tall and slender, with a delicate face, and was a female cultivator.

She was quite attractive.

But this person should be an official of the City Lord's Mansion, not someone from the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce.

"Everyone... hello..."

While speaking, the woman's spiritual sense blasted open and swept around.

He He Pingsheng was not polite either and swept back.

Anyway, there are over two hundred people in this auction venue, who knows if it was me who swept?

Upon sweeping, He He Pingsheng was slightly surprised: it was actually a great cultivator of the Golden Core stage.

Third layer of the Golden Core stage.

"This auction has a total of twenty-six shop spaces!"

"Twenty-six shop spaces, each with a different location, different size, and different level of spiritual energy concentration!"

"According to the above three indicators, we have made three grading standards!"

"Each indicator grading is divided into four levels, which are Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang!"

"Alright, our twenty-six shops will be auctioned randomly in order!"

"The first one is located in the 【Wuxu District】 in the south of the city, a shop space on the sixteenth street!"

"For this shop space, the location grade is Xuan-level!"

"The spiritual energy grade is Xuan-level!"

"The size grade is Huang-level!"

"The usage permission is one hundred years, and the starting price is one million low-tier spirit stones!"

"Everyone can start bidding!"

"Each bid increase must not be less than fifty thousand low-tier spirit stones!"

He He Pingsheng's eyes narrowed slightly; he understood.

The specific location of this shop space was also displayed on the map behind the auction stage, and the level was also stated.

Basically, whether it is geographical location, size, or spiritual energy, etc., they are all at the bottom.

Moreover, it is not owned forever.

The ownership is only for one hundred years.

He He Pingsheng did not participate in the bidding.

Why?

Because his purpose for wanting a shop was not simply to make money, but to find Qiao Qiao Xiaoqiao.

To achieve this purpose, naturally, the geographical location cannot be too bad.

It must be in a very prosperous area to be conducive to spreading information.

"One million and fifty thousand!"

"One million and one hundred thousand!"

"One million and two hundred thousand..."

He He Pingsheng did not participate in the bidding, but others did.

Soon, this shop was taken by someone for the price of one million and four hundred thousand.

And this was only for the hundred-year lease of the shop.

To operate normally, one also needs to pay a certain amount of tax every year.

Sure enough, the next moment, the main auctioneer said: "Congratulations to this fellow daoist for obtaining the hundred-year operation qualification for this shop. It needs to be reminded that during the operation of the shop, one percent of the total auction price must be paid to the City Lord's Mansion every year as tax!"

"You can choose to pay for one hundred years at once, or you can pay for ten years, one year, all are fine!"

One million and four hundred thousand, one percent is fourteen thousand.

Not much!

But it is not a small amount either.

"Everyone, the second shop is located in the 【Gengzi District】 on the west side of Red Stone City; this shop is not bad!"

"Geographical location is Heaven-level!"

"Size is Earth-level!"

"Spiritual energy concentration level is Earth-level!"

"Starting price, six million low-tier spirit stones!"

The geographical location of this shop is good, but unfortunately, the size and spiritual energy concentration are not what He He Pingsheng wants.

What he wants is a shop that is extremely prosperous, but not too large, and the spiritual energy concentration can be ignored.

After all, for a small pill shop, too large is useless.

As for spiritual power, his cultivation doesn't need spiritual power.

Or rather, whether spiritual power is concentrated or sparse has little effect on him.

He has top-tier pills!

Let's wait!

There should be one!

After all, there are more than twenty shops!

He He Pingsheng just waited quietly.

After more than a dozen were auctioned, the type of shop he wanted finally appeared.

"Everyone, the shop being auctioned below is quite special!"

"It is located in the 【Jiazi District】 near the City Lord's Mansion!"

"Prosperity level is Heaven-level!"

"Spiritual energy concentration level is Huang-level. I remind everyone, although this place is relatively close to the City Lord's Mansion, this shop has no spiritual energy!"

"Finally, the size is also Huang-level!"

"This shop is not big!"

How big is Huang-level?

The Chamber of Commerce gave an explanation: the width and depth are both about one zhang.

It can be understood as a shop front with a width and length of one zhang.

"Alright, because the location of this shop is very prosperous, the starting price is relatively high!"

"Starting price, six million low-tier spirit stones!"

"Each bid increase, not lower than one hundred thousand low-tier spirit stones!"

Hiss, hiss, hiss...

Hearing this asking price, He He Pingsheng gasped.

But fortunately, his spirit stones were sufficient.

During these eleven years of seclusion, He He Pingsheng strengthened spirit stones almost every day.

He could strengthen two pieces every day, turning them into four mid-tier spirit stones.

That is four thousand per day!

In eleven years, he obtained more than ten thousand mid-tier spirit stones; if converted into low-tier spirit stones, it would be over one hundred million.

"Six million and three hundred thousand!"

"I bid six million and five hundred thousand!"

"I bid six million and six hundred thousand!"

This shop front is very small, but there are quite a few people bidding.

He He Pingsheng did not bid immediately but waited quietly.

After the price of this shop reached seven million spirit stones, the number of people bidding decreased.

After all, it is just a very small shop.

It's not worth it if it's too expensive.

"I bid seven million and three hundred thousand!" He He Pingsheng made his first move.

Swish...

Suddenly, many gazes looked at him.

Some people swept their gaze over He He Pingsheng and saw that he was just an ordinary Foundation Establishment stage disciple, and they couldn't help but look at him with contempt.

"Seven million and four hundred thousand!"

"Seven million and five hundred thousand!"

"Seven million and six hundred thousand!"

A surge in prices.

Finally, He He Pingsheng took the shop for the price of seven million and nine hundred thousand low-tier spirit stones.

One hundred years of operation rights.

Of course, he also has to pay taxes for one hundred years later, which is another seven million and five hundred thousand.

"Alright, congratulations to this little brother for bidding on this shop in the 【Jiazi District】... someone will come to settle with you later!"

The main auctioneer continued to auction the next one.

A female disciple of the third layer of the Foundation Establishment stage, dressed in the City Lord's Mansion uniform, came gently to He He Pingsheng's side and said: "Fellow Daoist... this is the token for the shop in the Jiazi District!"

The red token was delivered to He He Pingsheng's hand: "This is the specific address!"

"Are you paying the tax for one hundred years at once, or..."

The woman looked at He He Pingsheng.

He He Pingsheng took out more than one thousand mid-tier spirit stones from his storage bag, put them in a treasure bag, handed it to the woman, and said: "Pay it all at once!"

"Alright!" The woman gave He He Pingsheng another token, "This is your hundred-year tax-paid token, please keep it safe!"

"Since you have paid the tax, you are under the protection of the City Lord's Mansion. If anyone makes trouble in the shop in the future, our guards will take action!"

"Now, you can go and take a look; this shop is not far away!"

"If you need, I can take you there!"

The female cultivator looked at He He Pingsheng, her eyes shining.

It was really the first time she had seen a cultivator who was so wealthy at the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Alright!" He He Pingsheng said: "I will go and take a look with you now!"

Anyway, he had already obtained what he wanted, so there was no need to stay at this auction.