Ding Huan said indifferently, "I have no interest in the Nine-color Immortal Lotus. To advance to the Immortal-Species Bridge Realm, rely on one's own abilities and insights. What use are these elixirs and pills? Just tell me if you want to switch or not."
"Swap." The cold-faced one decisively takes out a jade box without hesitation.
Ding Huan directly throws the ring in his hand to the gloomy-faced person.
The gloomy-faced person was a bit confused when he grabbed the ring. How could a transaction not be mutual? His own thing hasn't been given to the other party, and yet the other party's thing has appeared in his hand?
He scanned his divine thoughts into Ding Huan's ring, finding everything intact, and also handed the jade box in his hand to Ding Huan: "You are a good trading partner."
Ding Huan's spiritual consciousness landed on the jade box and discovered that indeed it contained a fairy spruce flower, which relieved him in his heart.
He did indeed overpay for the fairy spruce flower earlier, and the overpayment was quite significant.
But as long as the fairy spruce flower is in his hands, he will not let the building Western River get it.
"There's one more thing I need your assistance with," Ding Huan said, closing the jade box and bowing his hand.
"Say, I think you're a decent person, so I'll do my best to help you," the gloomy-faced person said, speaking without pretending to be unhappy. In fact, his words gave people a sense of brightness.
"I just came in and have nowhere to sit. Can I stay in your box for a while?" Ding Huan said.
Upon hearing Ding Huan's words, the gloomy-faced person, even without the need for a disguise, became even more grim.
He even suspected that Ding Huan might have some sort of scheme.
"No, but I bought a box and a seat, and the seat is Ding Zi number one thousand three hundred twenty-one. You can go sit there."
Having said that, the gloomy-faced person threw a scroll of an array to Ding Huan.
Ding Huan was overjoyed. He really wanted to find a place to sit down.
"Thank you very much." Ding Huan turned around and left after receiving the scroll of the array.
The gloomy-faced person looked at Ding Huan's disappearing back profile in confusion, muttering to himself, "Could this person really just be looking for a place to sit down?"
After a long silence at the auction, Husuanyi finally shouted loudly, "A moment ago, a friend said that they would gather spirit stones and spirit veins to bid for the Nine-color Immortal Lotus.
Because I had previously stated that it is permissible to gather resources for the Nine-color Immortal Lotus, I will give the other party a stick of incense time. After a stick of incense has passed, the auction will continue.
During this time of rest provided by the auction house, our bidding party will provide spirit fruits and spirit alcohol for everyone to enjoy."
After saying this, Husuanyi quickly left.
The cultivators attending the auction were all taken aback, thinking to themselves, "When did you say anything about waiting for the other party to gather spirit stones?"
You just said that it is allowed for cultivators to seek help outside, and allowed them to bring spirit stones into the auction hall, even for transactions after the auction.
But you haven't said that we can wait on the spot either.
It's just that the Great Commercial Union of the Wonders is too influential, so everyone is dissatisfied in their hearts, but no one has brought it up. After all, a stick of incense is a short time and will pass quickly.
Before heading to Ding Zi 1321, Ding Huan passed by Qiali's seat and handed a ring to her:
"Remember two things: first, follow my instructions during the transaction process; second, there is a teleportation symbol inside the ring. As soon as you acquire the Nine-color Immortal Lotus, do not open it. Use the teleportation symbol immediately to teleport to my location."
After saying this, Ding Huan quickly left Qiali's seat and arrived at Ding Zi 1321. He took out the scroll of the array, broke the restriction on the seat, and walked in to sit down.
As if welcoming Ding Huan, Ding Huan had just sat down when spirit fruits and spirit alcohol were teleported to his front.
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At the rear of the auction hall, a beautiful woman looked coldly at the young man sitting in front of her, with two other people seated beside them: an elder and a middle-aged man.
"Master Peng, you asked us to raise the price of the auction. You said that the other party had more billion-year marrow and underwater jade crystals. What's the matter now? They don't even want to bid anymore."
The young man is the younger master of the Pen family from the Great Commercial Union of the Wonders, and one of the elders of the organization as well.
The Great Commercial Union of the Wonders does indeed have shares of the Pen family. Although the shares are not numerous, this young man holds a position of considerable importance within the Great Commercial Union.
Furthermore, he is also the youngest elder in the Great Commercial Union.
The beautiful woman is called Jinglingzi, the leader of the Virtual Flying City branch of the Great Commercial Union.
That means that any business matters on the Virtual Flying City are under the responsibility of Jinglingzi.
As for the elderly man, his name is Guan Qifeng, and he is one of the heads of the headquarters of the Great Commercial Union. He mainly communicates with the Virtual Flying City.
The middle-aged man is a record keeper, known by the code name of fifty-one.
Any discussions within the Great Commercial Union must be recorded by the record keeper, but the record keeper is not required or allowed to participate in the discussion process.
As the record keeper, there is no name, only a number.
The only duty of the record keeper is to record all matters on the Virtual Flying City, including major events such as auctions. However, the record keeper is not allowed to form any connections with any members of the Great Commercial Union, so there is no need for him to speak.
"What's going on? Why did the commercial union arbitrarily increase the price? Who did it?" The angry voice of Husuanyi echoed.
Just because he is only a host for the auction, his position is higher than all of them here.
Jinglingzi took a deep breath and pointed at the young man, saying, "The bid for the billion-year marrow just now, I feel it is enough. Most importantly, we urgently need the billion-year marrow.
Master Peng believes that the price can still be increased. He thinks that the other party has more billion-year marrow and underwater jade crystals. Moreover, Master Peng privately had someone raise the price.
"Master Peng, are you going to interfere with the auction on the Virtual Flying City of the Great Commercial Union?" Husuanyi's gaze on Master Peng carried a hint of killing intent.
Master Peng huffed and said, "Master Elder, you don't have to threaten me. I can't be threatened. I'm also doing this for the interests of the commercial union."
Husuanyi said coldly, "I can't threaten you. The commercial union will handle the affairs of your family, the Pen family. Your family holds a tiny fraction of the shares in the commercial union and interferes with its affairs everywhere."
Don't think I don't know your dirty intentions; you're just trying to seize the Nine-color Immortal Lotus for yourself.
If you have the ability to produce what you're offering, the Nine-color Immortal Lotus is yours for the taking. However, if you can't produce it, delaying the bidding on the Nine-color Immortal Lotus might lead to us not getting the billion-year marrow."
"You're spewing blood from your mouth." Master Peng sputtered angrily.
"Am I lying? Everyone knows, you know it in your heart too, and the commercial union will investigate as well."
After finishing, Husuanyi looked at the elderly man and said, "Master Guan, what do you think we should do about this matter?"
Guan Qifeng sighed and said, "I'm not qualified to participate in the struggle between the Pen family and Master Hu, but I can only say:"
"Maybe it should be canceled, and the auction house should first take back the Nine-color Immortal Lotus. Then, at the finale, it can be presented as the second lot of the Nine-color Immortal Lotus for others to bid on."
Jinglingzi said coldly, "If that's the case, the reputation of our Great Commercial Union will sink to rock bottom, and the trust we've accumulated over many years will collapse."
This is even worse than cancelling the auction, Master Guan, do you think you can shoulder this responsibility?"
Guan Qifeng fell silent, knowing he couldn't bear the responsibility.
It is acceptable to recycle the Nine-color Immortal Lotus now, but to present it for bidding again later would be to trample on others' intelligence.
How many idiots are here to participate in the auction?"
At this moment, the restriction outside was tapped.
Jinglingzi opened the restriction, and a servant rushed over and said:
"Jinglingzi, a servant quickly approached, his face flushed with excitement. "Just now, a man in red robes found me. He said he would be willing to pay two supreme spirit veins, twenty superior spirit veins, twenty billion superior spirit stones, and a jar of Yibian Ge Sikei to purchase that lotus tree."
And he said, the price is negotiable."
"What?" Everyone was shocked.
After a long while, Jinglingzi finally asked, "Did you just say that by mistake? The person wanted the Nine-color Immortal Lotus, right? Where do we have the lotus tree?"
The servant explained, "I didn't make a mistake. The person indeed mentioned the Immortal Chuanhua. He said he asked the cultivator who had the Immortal Chuanhua, and that cultivator said it had already been bought."
He said that this was the auction hall, and the only thing that could be bought here was our auction house, so he directly found us to buy it."
Everyone took a deep breath, shocked.
This is more than just overpaying; it's like being gifted spirit stones and veins. When did a single Immortal Chuanhua become so valuable? These items could buy dozens of Immortal Chuanhua and still be unnecessary.
But no one doubted the servant's words.
In the Flying City Commercial Union, no servant would dare to lie about such matters.
Moreover, if the other party really has their physical body collapsing, then the Immortal Chuanhua is invaluable to them.
No matter how many treasures there are, if one doesn't have a body, what is the point of keeping them?
The other party's offer of such a price shows an urgent need to recover their physical body, with no desire to waste even a moment.
"Let's see who bought the Immortal Chuanhua?" Husuanyi said immediately.
The monitor in the control array was quickly activated, and it showed that Ding Huan bought the Immortal Chuanhua.
"That's the person who came to buy the Nine-color Immortal Lotus with a billion-year marrow and a Translucent Blue-faced Fruit. Since it seemed there was no hope of buying the Nine-color Immortal Lotus, he decided to purchase the Immortal Chuanhua instead. We missed our chance."
Jinglingzi said solemnly.
"That person is sitting in Ding Zi 1321, and we can buy it from him. If he doesn't want to sell it, our auction house can definitely force him to sell it," Master Peng said sternly.
Everyone looked at Master Peng with disdain. From the perspective of the commercial union, this was indeed the most valuable option.
But Master Peng is truly annoying.
The reputation and name of the Great Commercial Union have been accumulated, drop by drop.
It's not that a commercial union cannot do this, but to do so for a single Immortal Chuanhua, it's just squandering away the years of reputation that the Great Commercial Union has accumulated.
Such a thing will only be known if you don't do it. But once you do, even if it's just once, it will definitely spread.
"I won't do it that way," Husuanyi said coldly. "I have other ways."
"What method?" Everyone looked at Husuanyi.
Husuanyi spoke calmly, "We must obtain the billion-year marrow, and we also have to get the Immortal Chuanhua."
As the side of the commercial union, we cannot forcefully purchase it. Our commercial reputation of the Great Commercial Union has been built up over many years. If it is destroyed, no one can bear the consequences.
My meaning is, we must find a reasonable way to obtain these two things..."
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