Chapter 837

Such auctions and trading gatherings are opportunities to encounter good things.

Since there was nothing else to do, He Pingsheng would definitely participate.

"Please!"

Elder Dong said: "Fellow Daoist Tai Xu Zi, you need to wait a while; we still need to prepare for a period of time, about two hours later, this auction will begin!"

"Fine!" He Pingsheng nodded and waited in the private room.

He almost didn't see anything he liked among the items at the auction.

Except for that shop.

As for the things at the trading gathering, there could be some expectations.

During the wait, He Pingsheng wasn't idle either; he took out the 【Tai Qing Golden Liquid Scripture】 and started to comprehend it.

At least he should comprehend the pill formula for this 【Seven-Colored Holy Lotus Tea】.

Two hours were enough for him to memorize this pill formula and first deduce the situation of refining the golden liquid in his sea of consciousness.

Time passed very quickly.

Two hours passed in a flash, and the auction began!

Auctions, after all, are much the same.

The furnishings and positions inside were all the same.

Elder Dong gave He Pingsheng a plaque; He Pingsheng entered and discovered it was a VIP seat, so he didn't stand on ceremony and sat down directly.

After waiting for about the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, several thousand people were seated in the entire venue.

Soon, the auction began.

The person hosting the auction was actually that female Elder from the first floor.

This Elder had good looks and good eloquence, but her cultivation was a bit low, only at the Soul Transformation stage.

"Fellow Daoists, Seniors!" The woman spoke indifferently, her gaze sweeping toward the surroundings as she spoke: "Everyone knows the rules of the Mountain Spring Chamber of Commerce auction; it's very simple: just don't use power to oppress others. All auctioned items, whether consigned or auctioned by our shop itself, do not charge intermediate brokerage fees!"

"Please rest assured about this point, it's completely free!"

"Of course, at the auction, spirit stones are used for pricing!"

"Therefore, there won't be any very high-level items appearing; if you want better items, you can wait until after the auction and participate in our trading gathering early tomorrow morning!"

"The specific rules for the trading gathering will be announced at the trading gathering later!"

He Pingsheng couldn't help but nod upon hearing this rule.

It sounded very generous, not charging brokerage fees whether consigned or sold by themselves.

Actually, to put it bluntly, even if they charged, they wouldn't get much; using this free gimmick to attract people was a good trick.

Just as this Soul Transformation stage said, the truly good things were all at the trading gathering.

If they charged brokerage fees at the trading gathering, that would be where they could reap benefits.

Next was the auction.

He Pingsheng discovered that the quality of the items auctioned here was indeed not very good!

For example, for magic treasures, the highest level was only a spirit treasure, and it was a low-tier spirit treasure at that.

And even this had cultivators arguing until their faces were red!

Other various heavenly treasures, talismans, medicinal pills, etc., only went up to the sixth tier at most.

Most were of fifth-tier quality.

He Pingsheng was naturally not interested in these, and because he had seen the auction items in advance, he already had an idea.

If it weren't for waiting for that shop, He Pingsheng would almost have fallen asleep.

After about an hour or so, it finally reached the auction of that shop!

"Everyone!" The female Soul Transformation stage took a deep breath: "The next item to be auctioned is quite special; it is a shop. This shop is located on the prosperous 【Tripod Furnace Street】; the specific location is as shown in the map!"

Hum, hum, hum...

With a fluctuation, a light film appeared, and on the light film was a map.

What was shown on the map was a detailed map of Tripod Furnace Street; the location of this chamber of commerce was average, in the middle of Tripod Furnace Street.

"The entire shop is divided into two parts: the front part is the shop frontage, about three feet in diameter, and behind it is a small courtyard about ten feet in diameter, connected to the shop as one!"

"Auction starting now, usage period of one hundred years, no other fees!"

"And this shop is consigned by the Imperial Palace!"

"Starting price, one hundred thousand high-tier spirit stones, each increment must not be less than ten thousand high-tier spirit stones!"

"Please bid!"

Slap...

The auctioneer tapped the table with a small hammer in her hand, signaling everyone to bid.

He Pingsheng raised his hand first and said: "One hundred thousand!"

Then...

There was no then!

Because besides his bid, absolutely no one else bid.

This...

He Pingsheng vaguely felt like he had been scammed.

What's going on?

Could it be that this shop has some trap?

However, he was a stranger here and didn't know much about the shops here, and now he had no way to ask others, so he could only shake his head and give a bitter smile: there's an eighty percent chance there's a trap.

"Bang..." The woman picked up the small hammer and tapped the table again, saying: "Congratulations to this fellow Daoist for winning a shop on Tripod Furnace Street at the price of one hundred thousand high-tier spirit stones... If you don't want other auction items, you can go to the back now to handle the relevant procedures!"

He Pingsheng naturally didn't want to stay at this auction; he stood up, left the chamber of commerce under the guidance of the staff, and before long, arrived before Elder Dong again.

"Hehehe..." Elder Dong chuckled and said: "Please sit!"

In the private room, there were still only the two of them.

"I have already had someone handle the procedures for you!"

"Little brother, pay up!"

He Pingsheng took out ten top-tier spirit stones and handed them over, saying: "The location of this shop is not bad, and the area is large enough, why did no one go to compete for it? I just bid the base price and got it?"

He Pingsheng asked Elder Dong suspiciously.

Elder Dong smiled and said: "In the Imperial City, shops aren't very valuable!"

"Take the shop you won this time, for example; it's located on Tripod Furnace Street!"

"Tripod Furnace Street is not bad, and it's very prosperous; it's a place many cultivators are willing to stroll through, but... on this street, there are over two hundred shops, and they all sell medicinal pills..."

"To put it bluntly, the most common thing on our Lei Huang Continent is alchemists, so medicinal pills are also..."

There was some helplessness in Elder Dong's smile.

He Pingsheng understood!

Elder Dong comforted him again: "If you, little brother, have unique medicinal pills, business will easily pick up!"

"For example, the medicinal pills you refine are of high quality!"

"Or, the success rate of pill formation is high; if you possess these skills, even in this kind of place, you can make a name for yourself!"

"Fine!" He Pingsheng sighed: "I've already bought it, I don't care about these anymore!"

Just because others can't open a shop doesn't mean I, He Pingsheng, can't.

I have the Treasure-Gathering Basin in my hand; if I take out medicinal pills and strengthen them, not to mention top-tier, if I get them all to high-tier, that should be able to attract people, right?

After a while, the procedures for the shop were completed, and an array key was delivered to He Pingsheng's hand.

From now on, that shop belonged to him.

And there was one advantage to the shops here: no taxes!

Only an auction price!