I Just Won't Play by the Book - Chapter 112

Chapter 112 Thrifty Sect Masters

“All the Sect Masters who came to our auction today are very lucky. Sect Master Guan specially instructed us to bring out some precious treasures to welcome all the distinguished guests today. Therefore, we have also put all the good items that we have collected in the past few years on sale today. I hope that everyone will like them.”

“Hmm… not bad.”

Hearing his senior brother suddenly said “not bad”, Wu Qingce asked curiously, “Brother Jiang, what do you mean not bad?”

“This auctioneer is not bad. If I open an auction house in the future, I might consider headhunting her.”

Although he knew that his senior brother was very powerful, Wu Qingce was still a little stunned by his sudden words. No matter what, they were still little disciples of the Sect of Returning Hearts. How could Jiang Beiran think of opening an auction house already.

However, Wu Qingce quickly realized that he could not be so cold-hearted. He quickly said, “If you open an auction house, you will definitely find a better auctioneer than her!”

“It’s too late.”

Having followed Jiang Beiran for so many years, Wu Qingce naturally knew that this “It’s too late” meant. It meant that he was too late to flatter Jiang Beiran, so he could only obediently lower his head and stop talking.

Very quickly, the first auction item was brought up. Without waiting for Lin Nianshan to introduce it, Jiang Beiran already knew what it was.

Hundred Meters Ice Silk.

“It really is a good item.” This Hundred Meters Ice Silk was a precious material that could only be gathered from the body of a level 4 mystic beast, the Ice Soul Spider. But this Hundred Meters Ice Silk was very difficult to gather. It was because not every Ice Soul Spider could produce Hundred Meters Ice Silk. Only the more powerful Ice Soul Spiders could produce such material.

Such a rare material naturally could not be of low value. A defensive tool made from Hundred Meters Ice Silk was not only extremely tough, but also had an exceptionally good defense against penetrative attacks. It allowed the wearer to prevent internal injuries from the attacks. In addition, it also had a strong compatibility as a supplementary material. Hence, it was indeed a rare and good material.

Very soon, Lin Nianshan finished introducing the Hundred Meters Ice Silk. However, she was even more capable than Jiang Beiran had expected, and she managed to bluff a few more abilities of the Hundred Meters Ice Silk. For example, the wearer’s mind would become clearer.

As far as Jiang Beiran knew, the Hundred Meters Ice Silk didn’t have any specific refreshing effect. However, it was cold to touch. If one wore the protective equipment made from this silk, they might feel cold which kept their mind clear.

“Hmm… This auctioneer is really not bad.”

Hearing his senior brother praise the auctioneer again, other people would definitely think that he was interested in the auctioneer. But Wu Qingce believed that he was only interested in her professional skills.

“So, Brother Jiang like this this type… I have to remember it well.”

After Lin Nianshan finished introducing all the benefits of the Hundred Meters Ice Silk, the bidding began.

“The starting price is one middle tier spirit stone, and the fire element one can be counted as two. In addition, everyone can use treasures of equal value to exchange for it.”

Wu Qingce couldn’t help but exclaim, “As expected of the Sect of Masked Moon’s auction house. They bid the first item with a middle tier spirit stone…”

It was not just Wu Qingce. In fact, even Jiang Beiran felt that it was quite ridiculous. Although he had never been to other auction houses, he knew that they would only use spirit stone as the starting price for the final item, or they would start bidding with spirit stone at the second half of the auction. However, Sect of Masked Moon set a fairly high starting price at the very beginning of the auction.

It must be known that even for cultivators, spirit stone was absolutely a luxury item. For example, good tier and high tier weapons that were suitable for cultivators below mystic spirit were all traded in gold and silver unit. Only excellent tier weapons were traded in spirit stones among the cultivators.

However, Jiang Beiran believed that Sect of Masked Moon’s auction house would not act so recklessly normally. It was entirely because the guests today were all mystic kings and mystic emperors. Hence, they could not bring out the treasures that only cost a few silver or gold units. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing.

Just as Jiang Beiran was thinking about this, a loud and clear voice resounded throughout the entire auction hall.

“I bid two middle tier fire spirit stones.” A moment later, another voice rang out.

“Three fire spirit stones.” “These big shots aren’t playing. They didn’t even bid with low tier spirit stones.” Jiang Beiran exclaimed.

Soon, the price of the Hundred Meters Ice Silk soared to twelve middle tier fire spirit stones, which far exceeded the market price. However, it was exceedingly difficult to buy such an excellent tier material in the market.

At this moment, Wu Qingce was a little restless. He originally wanted to ask his senior brother to buy some good treasures, but now he could only watch the Sect Masters show off.

Although he believed that his senior brother wasn’t a narrow-minded person, this situation was indeed a little awkward.

“Qingce.” Wu Qingce hurriedly responded when he heard his senior brother calling him while he was restless.

“Go, bid thirteen middle tier fire spirit stones.”

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Wu Qingce was stunned for a moment, then he said in surprise, “Ah!? Brother Jiang, you want to buy it?”

“Yes, go ahead.”

Wu Qingce’s mouth was wide open. Thirteen middle tier fire spirit stones! He had never seen so many middle tier fire spirit stones since he started cultivating.

Wu Qingce gulped nervously. He stood on the voice transmission array and shouted, “Thirteen middle tier fire spirit stones.”

His voice that was transmitted through the voice transmission array sounded very different. Even if Wu Qingce’s father was here, he would definitely not be able to recognize that it was his voice.

“Fourteen middle tier fire spirit stones.”

Very soon, another person raised the price.

“One more.”

Hearing his senior brother’s voice, Wu Qingce felt his own people tremble.

“Brother Jiang actually really intends to compete with those Sect Masters…” Wu Qingce thought.

After easing his nervous mood, Wu Qingce shouted, “Fifteen middle tier fire spirit stones.”

However, someone else immediately shouted sixteen middle tier fire spirit stones. Jiang Beiran could not help but curse in his heart, “Are these Sect Masters out of their minds! It’s just a Hundred Meters Ice Silk! Its market price is at most eight middle tier fire spirit stones, now the biding price is already doubled! How many spirit stones do they want to waste!” Jiang Beiran naturally didn’t want to fight with these mystic emperor and mystic king level Sect Masters because these people didn’t care about the price at all. They just wanted to show off their wealth and strength.

However, Jiang Beiran couldn’t do anything about it. He had waited five years for this opportunity to use spirit stone, so he wanted to buy it.

“Nineteen middle tier fire spirit stones! Does anyone else want to bid?”

Standing in front of the auction table, Lin Nianshan was extremely excited. Although she thought that all the treasures would be sold at a high price tonight, she didn’t expect it to be so high!

“Brother Jiang…” “Add more.”

“Hiss…” Wu Qingce gasped again, feeling that his little heart couldn’t take it anymore. Although he knew that his senior brother was very powerful, he really didn’t know that his senior brother would have so many spirit stones.

At this moment, Gu Qinghuan’s name flashed across Wu Qingce’s mind.

“Junior Brother Qinghuan is actually so powerful…”

Although he knew that Gu Qinghuan would sell the items of his senior brother, he didn’t expect that Gu Qinghuan would earn so much. “I must ask him for advice some other day.”

After thinking about this, Wu Qingce shouted again, “Twenty middle tier fire-spirit stones.”

This time, there was finally a moment of silence in the auction hall.

Although the other Sect Masters didn’t care about spirit stones, most of them brought their disciples or other higher-ups of the sect. If they squandered too much money, they would affect their images as Sect Masters. “Twenty fire spirit stones! Do any honored guests want to bid more? Such materials rarely appear on the market. If you miss it today, you might not be able to see them for a long time.”

“Please don’t be ridiculous.”

Just as Jiang Beiran had said, the market price of this Hundred Meters Ice Silk was eight middle tier fire spirit stones. It would at most be worth ten middle tier fire spirit stones when the supply was low.

Now that it had soared to 20 middle stones, she actually dared to use such a ridiculous reason to encourage the other guests to bid the item. If Jiang Beiran didn’t want that Hundred Meters Ice Silk, he would have praised her for being thick-skinned enough to be an auctioneer.

However, the guests sitting in the auction were all big shots. Yet, she still dared to “lure” them into spending more money. Jiang Beiran could only say that this little girl really had a professional mind.

However, the big shots seemed to be very unified. They all thought that more than 20 fire spirit stones were a little too much, so they didn’t bid.

“Twenty middle tier fire spirit stones going once!”

Seeing that no one responded, Lin Nianshan, who understood the situation, quickly shouted the remaining two times and dropped the hammer.

“Congratulations to the distinguished guest who bid 20 middle tier fire spirit stones for this extremely precious Hundred Meters Ice Silk! Now let’s take a look at the next treasure.”

Wiping the sweat off his head, Wu Qingce sat back on the armchair and ate two grapes to calm himself down.

Twenty middle tier fire spirit stones were spent just like that. He felt like he was dreaming.

The second item was the Yunlin Flower, which was a kind of mild supplementary medicine that could make the effects of medicinal pills stronger. It was also a rare medicinal ingredient with a fairly high price.

“The starting price is one middle tier spirit stone. The wood type can be counted as two. In addition, Vital Spirit Pill can be counted as four middle tier spirit stones.”

Very soon, an experienced voice called out.

“Two middle tier wood spirit stones.”

“Qingce.”

“Ah…?” Wu Qingce’s voice trembled as he looked at his senior brother with some fear.

“Steady yourself, how can you let these small deals scare you? How can you do big things in the future?”

“You’re right.” Wu Qingce quickly ran to the voice transmission array.

“One more wood spirit stone.”

Jiang Beiran had planned to bid that flower with a Vital Spirit Pill, but he was afraid that if he raised the price by so much, it would irritate the big shots, so he just followed everyone’s rhythm.

Wu Qingce nodded after hearing it and shouted, “Three wood spirit stones.”

This time, Wu Qingce’s voice had become very clear, which was completely different from his earlier voice. Plus, the voice transmission array was coming from all directions from the auction house, therefore, there was no way to know which room had quoted the price.

Such a human-like design made Jiang Beiran secretly nod, thinking that there was indeed no lack of smart people in any era.