Chapter 58
The first part of the auction is usually not as expensive as the second part, and most of the people here came for the space stones. So there were not many bidders in the first round.
When he saw a few gems, Shi Nian made bids on the spot. In the blink of an eye, tens of millions of star coins were gone. However, the auction process was very fast, and after paying for the items, you get them immediately. So, in a short while, several small boxes were placed in front of Shi Nian.
Lu Bo Ting saw him buy gems, and he asked, âDo you like these?â
âThey are very beautiful and shiny.â âIâm going to replace the gems on it,â Shi Nian said, motioning to his storage pouch. âThe students are very good at craftsmanship. Iâll ask them for a favour when I go back. â
Lu Bo Ting said, âSuch an expensive gemstone, wonât your classmates be worried about ruining it for you? Later on, ask Adjutant Xue to find someone to make you a special one. According to your aesthetic, it will look good.â
âAll right!â Shi Nian was fine with it.
After all, he would not have to bother his classmates. Itâs just â¦â¦ âBoss, are you not doing this because of your everyone is different out look?â
Concentrate on watching; there will be another gem later.â
Shi Nian couldnât hold back and almost laughed out loud.
It was interesting.
He was sitting there with a smile on his face, looking incredible, and his whole body seemed to be covered with light.
Lu Bo Ting just watched and pushed a cup of tea towards him.
Adjutant Xue was watching the field, âOur superb soothing agent will be next.â
The average price of the Super Soothing Agent last time was eight million for a bottle, ten times the price of the Soothing Agent, which was only sold for eight hundred thousand star coins.
But because of its effectiveness, the small quantity and the auction, the price was higher and there were rich people who wanted to enjoy something better.
After all, they are not stingy with money in order to eat, not to mention the things that are beneficial to themselves.
This time, ten bottles were sold separately.
As soon as the lot opened, someone offered eight million coins straight away.
When Shi Nian looked over, Lu Bo Ting said, âAmong the people who got the bid last time, there was him.â
The man smiled at the crowd, and someone asked him, âDidnât you say you were curious to buy a bottle last time? Why are you still buying it this time?â
âStill curious, still curious.â The man laughed.
However, looking at the few people who had bought it last time and started to bid, how could the crowd not understand that they tasted a good thing and didnât want to let it go? This led to more people scrambling for it, and once it was turned down, the price nearly doubled from the last time, with the highest price going up to 14.8 million.
The lowest price for a bottle was also thirteen million.
âThe price is not bad.â Wu Chao Yi smiled and said, âBut why donât you sell a few more bottles? It seems that Marshal Lu is very confident about the funds he brought this time! â
As he was saying that, he saw another person come in from outside, heading straight their way.
The person who came was none other than the eldest master of the Yan family, Yan Hualin.
Yan Hualin sat down and said, âThere was something on the way, so I was delayed.â
Compared with Wu Chao Yiâs smiling fox persona, Yan Hualin was the unsmiling type, and when he comes up, he speaks directly.
The latter saw Shi Nian, greeted, âHello, I often hear Xiao Xin mention you.â
Shi Nian nodded at him, âYou too.â
Then the two had nothing more to say, so they looked at the stage.
It was time for the space stone to come out.
Unlike the previous look at the light brain, this time it was possible to see the physical object. Shi Nian pondered a little, âHow come this space stone look like a common stone in the cultivation world?â
Every artefact refiner has a lot of them, and of course, he also had them when he was in the cultivation world. They were piled up in the room, not too precious. Even storage bags could not fit in. Well, it is usually used by people who are new to the refining tool and could not make a dimension crack, or when newbies need to store supplies.
But once they pass the beginner stage, or their cultivation level is higher, many refiners can split some small spaces without relying on this foreign object.
This thing is of no use.
However, the world is different on this side. This thing was surprisingly wanted by so many big people!
Today, Lu Bo Ting was rushing to the space stone. Yan Hualin deliberately came to make up for the lack of funds to bid just in case.
As soon as he came, many peopleâs eyes fell, and Shi Nian even heard someone whispering: âIn the end, there is the Yan family behind him. Iâm afraid we wonât have a chance this time.â
But when the stuff came out, these people were the first to raise the price again.
So a small piece of space stone, not as big as a marble, in the blink of an eye, shot up to 10 billion.
Shi Nian could not help but look at the sky. If the Heavenly Dao allowed him to go back to make a trip, he would be able to lay in money in the blink of an eye.
The auction was still going on.
When it came to 15 billion, Wu Chao Yi at the next table finally raised his card and even asked, âMarshal Lu, still not bidding?â
Their tableâs cards were in Shi Nianâs hand. As no one else had bought anything, he had bid for some gems at the start.
At this moment, he sniffed, âThen letâs make a move!â Then he raised it perfunctorily.
Seventeen billion.
The starting price of the space stone was 5 billion, and the price had to be increased by at least 100 million at a time. But just after the price was added, it was quickly surpassed by one person at 18 billion.
He didnât move for a while, as if he was just responding to Wu Chao Yi before.
Lu Bo Ting, of course, also did not move.
They all know that the price of Starry Sky Stone is far more than that.
But at this point in time, the number of people participating in the auction was indeed not large. Except for those who have the army in their hands, they are those who have research laboratories under their hands and want to develop real space technology.
There were only three space stones in the entire empire. One in the hands of Lu Bo Ting, one in the hands of the Wu family, and the remaining one in the research lab.
âTwenty billion.â Shi Nian raised his card again.
He raised his card after Wu Chao Yi each time, and his attitude was not too positive.
It couldnât be helped. After all, he was shooting for what he previously thought was useless refining material and really couldnât get excited.
Contrary to him, there was a lively atmosphere at the scene, and those who could afford it were all concerned about the final price.
Shi Nian suddenly asked, âHow much do you think it will go for?â
Yan Hualin looked at him and said, âNot sure. It mainly depends on how determined the others are this time. The space stone itself is not worth that much. After all, itâs just a dead thing that holds a mecha. With this, it is certainly convenient, without it, itâs actually not that big of a deal. â
In the end, it does not increase combat power. When fighting, whether your mecha is parked on the ship or in your hand, most of the time the difference is not particularly large.
More than three space stones have come out of the entire empire, but only three survive today. The others were either taken for research, and now the space technology used in transportation was researched using the space stone.
Some people couldnât wait for the new space stone to deepen past research.
âThe Wu family is estimated to want it for mechas. Their family only has a space button. However, the family is afraid of death and the old man wants to wear a mecha with him. The son also wants
Adjutant Xue followed: âAfter all, they secretly harm others and will always feel unsafe when on the main star. They can not wait to carry a mecha to protect their lives. â
When it came to this, Shi Nian remembered the two people who had attacked him in the bathroom.
Indeed, look at the old bones of councillor Wu. If he encountered that kind of thing without a mecha, heâd be defeated in a second.
He laughed out loud at the thought, and didnât bid for awhile.
Wu Chao Yi looked towards them. Apparently, in his eyes, behind the Lu family stood the Yan family, which was such a wealthy family. This time they are a formidable enemy.
If it wasnât that Elder Wu, had just finished being questioned and came out old and weary, he would have come over personally this time.
But he found that the card had been in Shi Nianâs hands, and Lu Bo Ting, surprisingly, seemed to have no plan to take it over.
Until now, there has not been a voice to prompt Shi Nian to raise the card.
But it was obvious that Shi Nian had never been to the auction house, but his rhythm was quite good.
Until now, there were only three families left.
Yan Hualin also said: âI didnât expect you to be quite good at auctions.â
Xue Chi also followed and looked over, thinking that yes, who would have thought it.
But thinking about Mr. Shiâs love for money, it is estimated that he would understand anything to do with money!
âBut Marshal,â Adjutant Xue looked at Lu Bo Ting and was thinking. âDid you tell us about our capital reserve? Otherwise, how can this guy shout the prices without blinking. Are you not afraid that we will not have enough money? â
Of course, Shi Nian was not afraid, because he did not intend to shoot his hand.
Sure enough, after the price reached 33 billion and only he and Wu Chao Yi were still in the fight, he put the sign down.
âMr. Shi?â Adjutant Xue immediately said, âRaise the bid!â
Their funds were not yet at the peak. However, Shi Nian gave Wu Chao Yi a look and said, âForget it, we wonât buy it. Itâs not something important anyway; this price is high. â
âWhat do you mean, itâs not something important?â Surprisingly, the one who spoke first was not Lu Bo Ting or Xue Chi or even Yan Hualin, but Bai Zihan from the next table.
He said, âYou donât know the function of the space stone? How can it not be important? â
Wu Chao Yi immediately said, âYou shut up.â
His heart jumped, and he felt that something was wrong. As expected, over there, Shi Nian laughed at these words, âI predict that you should still have money, then okay, thirty-five billion.â
Yan Hualin deliberately looked at his cousin and thought that this kid was quite accurate in his estimate of their funds. The 35 billion was just right, and he would add to this price for the time being. But it turned out that Lu Bo Ting was not looking at him at all.
âGive me a reason.â Lu Bo Ting asked Shi Nian.
Xue Chi said, âWhat reason? This price is not appropriate?
He saw that Wu Chao Yi had already made another bid over there. He didnât hit two billion as hard as Shi Nian, but he also added one billion.
Thirty-six billion.
This price is definitely a lot to pay for a small space stone. After all, the Wu family is not as rich as the Lu family, so it is still a bit painful to shout this price.
After raising the sign, Wu Chao Yi then looked at Shi Nian, but saw the latter suddenly smile.
âYou heard it!â
When Shi Nian said that âyou still have moneyâ, he was referring not to Lu Bo Ting, but to Wu Chao Yi on the opposite side.
âWe donât want this thing. Iâll explain it to you later.â Shi Nian threw the sign towards Lu Bo Ting, âBelieve me, or if you donât believe me, you can then add another bid by yourself. I predict that you should still have four billion upside, but it is really not worth buying. â
Yan Hualinâs eyebrows jumped. At this price, the estimate is really accurate.
Over there, Wu Chao Yiâs heart was also in shock. He always felt that there was something he did not want to see happen.
He followed closely, looking at Lu Bo Ting.
Everyone in the room was looking at Lu Bo Ting, waiting for him to make a bid, or give up.
Xue Chi said, âMarshal!â
Yan Hualin did not open his mouth but only looked at Shi Nian with a complicated expression.
Shi Nian, on the other hand, sat casually on the side, as if completely unaware of what he had just said.
And Lu Bo Ting, after hesitating for a moment, put down his card. He did not continue to raise the price.
Adjutant Xue immediately said, âMarshal, we are getting this for the old marshal â¦â¦â
Lu Bo Ting raised his hand, so that he did not need to say more.
But the voices of the others around him continued, and they couldnât understand why he didnât increase the price. Clearly, he was not out of money either.
Wu Chao Yiâs mind was in a mess. Going over what happened just now, he realised that Shi Nian didnât want it at all from the beginning. The words after Bai Zihanâs provocation showed that he had guessed how much they would spend on this trip, so he raised the price again.
Although it is possible that the other party did this on purpose, it is more likely that he spent three billion more for nothing.
No matter how well Wu Chao Yi pretended, he was still a young man in the end, so he couldnât hold his breath at this time.
He suppressed his anger and said to Bai Zihan, âI shouldnât have brought you out today.â
Bai Zihan was a bit unconvinced, âDidnât you get it in the end?â
He looked at Shi Nian again and said, âDo you know what it means when you say you give up? Iâm afraid people like you have never seen a space stone, so⦠â
As he was talking, he saw Shi Nian start pulling things out.
A bag of caramel melon seeds, a bag of five spice melon seeds, a bag of honey walnuts, a bag of figs, a bag of pistachio nuts, a bag of â¦â¦
Many snacks were soon piled up on the table, and he was still taking things out.
A small bag is definitely not able to hold so many snacks. The inside is definitely loaded with space buttons.
Xue Chiâs mouth was wide open. He remembered that earlier in the aircraft, when he said Shi Nianâs bag could only contain a maximum of two pounds of melon seeds. The other partyâs look clearly showed that he was simply ignorant.
This definitely wouldnât be an ordinary spatial device, this would have to be a spatial stone with a large storage capacity.
The table was obviously already fullâ¦
Lu Bo Ting remembered the truckload of snacks that Shi Nian always bought at home. The boy said earlier that he couldnât finish them, but he didnât know where he hid all the time. Now he knows where they are hidden here.
The people around us were even more stupid. Some people who thought Lu Bo Ting was clearly stupid at the time stopped talking.
This is what a big family is.
He uses a precious space stoneâ¦. to keep snacks?
âWaste, a waste!â A person couldnât help but say.
Yan Hualin was sitting opposite, and because the table could not fit the many snacks, several bags fell into his arms smoothly. He lowered his head and held up a milk candy.
âItâs okay.â Adjutant Xue giggled, âMr. Shi, you are burying me. How many snacks did you keep in there? â
Only then did Shi Nian stop and resume putting all the snacks back in.
âNot much, I eat fast!â
Everyone thought, is this a question of whether you can eat snacks? Such a precious space stone, you actually use it to hold snacks..
Everyone looked strange, especially when they saw Bai Zihan, who said Shi Nian had never seen a space stone before.This slap in the face was spot on and too fast.
Wu Chao Yiâs face was even more ugly. Now he is very sure that Shi Nian never planned to fight with him to the end.
The extra 3 billion was spent in vain. And he lost so much face.
Bai Zihan was already stupid, âNo, no, itâs impossible!â
Shi Nian looked at him and said, âWhat is impossible? Seeing is believing. â
âBy the way, I suggested earlier that Master Wu teach you well. It seems he hasnât gotten around to it.â He smiled, âThen Iâll spare the trouble of teaching you a lesson first. If you always look down on others, then you may really live as a joke yourself. â
âJust like⦠now!â