A young, sizzling woman appeared on the stage. If she were on earth, she would definitely rank as one of the top gorgeous women.
"Welcome to the Treasure Hall's monthly auction! Today we have heavenly treasures, artifacts, and some unique items for auction. Let's get started."
She placed a pill bottle on the stand,
"The first item for the auction is the Qi breakthrough pill, which increases the chance of breaking through to the Foundation establishment realm by 20%. Let's start the bid with 500 gold!"
"1500!"
"2000!"
"3500!"
….
Soon, the bid reached 4800 gold and was bought by someone in private room 7. Ron sulked like a kid and slowly slid down his chair. No matter how much he earns, it's never enough for him to buy anything.
"The next item is an ear-muff; this blocks any and all sounds when worn. It will definitely be helpful for anyone cultivating sutras, and it will help the ones going through a breakthrough to remove sound distractions. The starting bid is 300 gold!"
"500!"
Ron thought that the ear muff would not even get sold at 50 gold, but the starting price is 300 gold! His heart raced as he attentively watched the bids. The first person to bid seems to be a monk!
"800!"
"900!"
The bid continued and finally stopped at $1500. Although it's not much compared to the other item, it's a lot for him.
Soon the young lady moved on to other items, but Ron was mostly not able to afford the bid for any of those items.
"Next, we have a night vision binocular. This allows you to see in the dark without any issue and can allow you to focus zoom up to one kilometer without any issues! It does not consume any spiritual energy, so even mortals can use it to see in the dark. The starting bid is 2000 gold."
"2500!"
"3500!"
"5000!"
Soon, the bid reached 8,000. There were only two people competing for it, one from Private Room 7 and the other from Private Room 2.
"I'm Alex Jobs, an elder in Agnum City's Drizzle Hall. I request you give me some face and let me have this item."
"So it's elder Alex! Sure, you can have it. I will no longer bid for it."
"Hahaha… Sure, young master Chi Leng, I'll remember to return the favor!"
Some of the people started murmuring in the auction hall. The Leng clan is a cultivator clan, and Chi Leng is one of the candidates for inheriting the clan head position, so he is well known around this area.
Ron didn't care about them; he glared angrily at Private Room 7. If not for the old man interfering, the bid would surely have gone beyond that! He caused him to lose thousands of dollars!
The bid was closed at 8,000 gold.
Ron now had around 9620 gold!
Ron now started to look forward to the next item; he now had the capacity to participate in the auction. But much to his disappointment, most of the items were artefacts or pills that were not useful for him at all.
"The next item is a pill bottle of a yellow-grade vitality pill, which increases the lifespan of any mortal by 20 years, but it will only be effective once on anyone. The starting bid is 500 gold"
"501!"
There was silence in the hall; no one expected someone with a thick skin to raise only one gold. Obviously, it was Ron. The moment he heard about the pill, he wanted to buy it no matter what!
"600!"
"601!"
"900!"
"901!"
…
The bid continued and reached 1801 gold coins; the others gave up when they saw the irritating increase of 1 gold coin on all their bids. The vitality pills are not that great of a use for cultivators, as their lifespan keeps increasing with their cultivation level, and they might even become immortals. There's also the fact that there are treasures out there that can increase someone's lifespan by hundreds or thousands of years; one just needs to have the ability to get them.
Ron rejoiced as he bought his first item.
"The next item we have is a personal notebook of a Master Alchemist; it contains all his insights on alchemy. We will start the bid at $1,000!"
"2000!"
"4000!"
…
The bid very quickly increased to $12,000 and was won by Chi Leng.
The auction progressed, and Ron bought a yellow-grade sword for 4501 gold and a low-tier yellow-grade guardian formation plate for 3201 gold, which will help him guard against anyone under the Qi condensation realm three times.