Collect the rags and I become a clairvoyant doctor

Chapter 2456 The Mysterious Black Stone

The competition for the artifact was undoubtedly fierce. After only a few rounds of bidding, the price of this artifact helmet directly exceeded five thousand crystals.

After that amount, very few people bid anymore, clearly everyone had realized that the item was not worth that many crystals at all.

Finally, after eight rounds of bidding, the artifact was acquired by an old man for seven thousand crystals.

The purchasing power of crystals is extremely strong. If a divine artifact can sell for so many crystals, Fatty Ge is probably going to make a fortune again.

The items that appeared at the beginning were divine artifacts, while the items that appeared later were obviously some relatively ordinary objects, with auction prices ranging from thousands to a couple of hundred.

As for items worth only a few dozen crystals, they did not appear at the auction. After all, such items would not only fail to attract anyone's interest, but would also likely make the Ge Family Exchange a laughing stock, which would be a loss.

"The auction of ordinary items will be temporarily concluded. Next, we will be auctioning martial arts techniques," said Fatty Ge on the auction stage.

"You still sell cultivation techniques?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Fei was shocked. He hadn't expected the auction in the cultivation world to be of such a high standard, with not only divine artifacts for sale, but even cultivation techniques being put up for auction.

You know, a superior cultivation technique can even ensure the longevity of a family's power for thousands of years. How can this thing be put up for auction?

"Don't overthink it. The cultivation techniques that appear at auctions are basically all low-grade stuff. The top-tier cultivation techniques are all in the hands of the major powers. How could they possibly allow such things to fall into the public eye?"

Li Yan had witnessed some of Qin Fei's actions firsthand, so he couldn't help but say something to Qin Fei at that moment.

"Too."

Upon hearing this explanation, Qin Fei nodded in agreement.

A cultivation technique that can ensure the long-term development of a force would surely be regarded as an unparalleled treasure by them, so how could they possibly allow such a thing to end up at an auction?

As Li Yan said, although Fatty Ge did put out some martial arts techniques for auction, they were all relatively ordinary and did not cause much of a stir here.

After all, most of the people here come from powerful families. They have long since mastered their own family's techniques, so why would they look down on these trashy outsiders?

Some martial arts techniques even failed to sell at auction, which made Fatty Ge a little embarrassed.

In addition to practicing cultivation techniques, he also auctioned two movement techniques.

However, the movement technique he described was incomparable to the Divine Speed ​​Technique he had cultivated, so Qin Fei did not participate in the bidding at all.

The auction of the cultivation techniques didn't cause much of a stir; it passed by very quietly.

"Next, we will auction some strange and unusual items. If you see anything that catches your eye or that you like, you can place your bid."

Auctions are structured in stages. For example, if weapons are auctioned first, then a lot of weapons will be auctioned off at once. If martial arts techniques are auctioned, then naturally all of them will be martial arts techniques.

What Fatty Ge is auctioning off now are just some odds and ends.

For example, some materials are so subtle that ordinary people can't even tell what's inside them.

"This is the first item up for auction, please take a look!"

Fatty Ge took out a snow-white stick from his spatial ring. The stick was not long, only about twenty centimeters long.

The stick looks very crystal clear, like a work of art.

But when everyone examined the stick closely, they felt an extremely surging wave on it, which made them feel a little uneasy.

"This is the thigh bone of a top-tier expert. This item can be used directly as a weapon or as raw material for forging weapons. The starting price is two thousand crystal stones. Now everyone can place their bids." Fatty Ge briefly introduced the item in his hand and immediately began the auction.

Before anyone could even place an offer, a question rang out: "May I ask what level of cultivation the owner of this skeleton had reached in his lifetime?"

"I'm not too sure about that; it's up to you all to judge for yourselves."

Everyone knows that the higher a person's cultivation level, the harder their bones will be. If they could know the cultivation level of the owner of these skeletons in life, then at least they would know what to do with them.

"Although this thing is quite rare, it's ultimately not very useful and doesn't justify the price."

Discussions began to rise from the surrounding area, with everyone agreeing that the starting price of two thousand crystals was far too high.

If it were a complete skeleton displayed here, let alone a starting bid of two thousand, even a starting bid of five thousand would probably attract some bidders, but now...

Unsurprisingly, this largely useless skeleton ended its short journey by failing to sell at auction, with no one present making a bid.

This situation seemed to be exactly what Fatty Ge had anticipated, so when he announced that the item had failed to sell, he immediately took out the next item for auction, and there was almost no pause in the whole process.

The item auctioned behind the skeleton was a dark, unremarkable stone.

According to Fatty Ge, the reason he put this stone up for auction was because it possessed a very strange power. As long as power was poured into it, the stone would emit a strange light.

To make sure he was telling the truth, he even demonstrated it for everyone on the spot.

"Is this light offensive?" someone asked, catching up on the crucial question.

"I'm afraid we'll have to wait until you get your hands on this thing before we can try to solve this problem."

Fatty Ge did not answer the question directly.

The items being auctioned are already quite unusual; if he already knows everything about them, is there any point in auctioning them at all?

To put it simply, it's similar to opening blind boxes; the person auctioning it out has to figure it out for themselves.

"Okay, forget I asked anything."

The person who asked the question realized he had made a fool of himself, so he immediately shut his mouth.

In his opinion, whoever buys such a broken stone is probably the one with too many crystals to spend.

What good is a dazzling ray of light?

"The auction is now officially starting. The starting price for this stone is five hundred crystals, and each bid must be at least one hundred."

Upon hearing this, the entire room fell into an unusual silence; no one placed a bid, seemingly unwilling to compete for the item.

"It seems the Ge family has fallen on hard times, even selling such rubbish." Li Yan, standing next to Qin Fei, couldn't help but shake his head and say.

The person who asked the question earlier asked if this stone was aggressive, but in reality, whether it has any effects or not can be sensed by one's own perception. Is there any need to ask?

The light seemed to be just a simple light, without any aggression.

A stone that is only good for display is not even worth five crystals, let alone five.

I'll offer five hundred!

Almost as soon as Li Yan finished speaking, Qin Fei suddenly spoke up.

Upon hearing this, almost everyone in the room instinctively turned their gaze toward Qin Fei's location, their faces showing confusion.

"Brother Qin, this is just an ordinary broken stone. What do you want to do with it?" Li Yan asked in a low voice.

"I just think the light is quite beautiful; it would be a good gift for a girl," Qin Fei replied with a smile.

"you……."

Upon hearing this, Li Yan could only categorize Qin Fei as someone who was foolish and rich.

He's willing to pay 500 crystals to buy a worthless stone that everyone thinks is worthless. Isn't that just being a sucker?

Fatty Ge seemed surprised that Qin Fei would be interested in the stone, so a look of surprise flashed across his face before he turned his gaze to everyone present.

"Someone has already offered five hundred. Is there anyone who can offer a higher price?"

He is simply following the auction house's standard procedures. As long as no one competes with Qin Fei, this dark, unremarkable stone will naturally be his.

No one spoke. Clearly, no one was willing to pay more than five hundred for a useless stone.

Seeing this, Qin Fei remained expressionless, but inwardly he breathed a sigh of relief.

Others couldn't figure out what was going on with the black stone, but he could. If he could acquire it for 500 crystals, he would make a huge profit.

"It seems no one is willing to participate in the competition anymore. In that case, this stone will be..."

Fatty Ge was originally going to hand over the ownership of the stone to Qin Fei, but before he could finish his sentence, a voice suddenly interrupted him.

"My Qi family is willing to pay six hundred crystal stones to buy this stone."

The sound came from the entrance. Following the sound, everyone saw Saito leading a group of Sai family members.

The Qi family is a large and powerful force, so Fatty Ge invited them this time as well.

These people hadn't come before, but now they've arrived by chance. Could it be that they've come specifically to target Qin Fei?

"It seems they came with ill intentions."

Although the Qi family only raised the price slightly, everyone could tell that they were preparing to argue with Qin Fei.

"Six hundred crystal stones, my Qi family is willing to buy this stone."

Seeing that Fatty Ge was in a daze, Saito, who was walking at the front, couldn't help but repeat what he had just said.

His voice successfully brought Fatty Ge back to reality. He first glanced at Saito before turning his gaze to Qin Fei.

He knew that Qin Fei had a grudge against the Qi family, and that they were clearly trying to annoy him.

If it weren't for the auction, he could have kept the black stone and given it to Qin Fei privately. But since the Qi family was raising the price in public, he naturally had to abide by the auction rules.

"The price of the stone has now increased to six hundred crystals. Is there any price higher than that?" he asked after scanning his surroundings.

"I'll offer seven hundred."

Just as Fatty Ge finished speaking, Qin Fei had already raised the price without any expression.

"My Qi family will contribute eight hundred!"

Before Fatty Ge could speak, Saito raised the price again.

"Nine hundred!" Qin Fei continued to add.

"My Qi family will contribute one thousand!" Qi Teng stared at Qin Fei with a gloomy expression.