Chapter Seventy-Two: Account Doubles Again

  The auction went quite smoothly, Yang Tong watched as one piece of spiritual equipment after another was sold, one piece of heavenly material treasure after another was auctioned off, and bottle after bottle of medicine was sought after. Although he wasn't present in person, he still felt the crazy atmosphere of the auction firsthand.

  "There are really many rich people!" Yang Tong sighed emotionally.

  "A three-star golden-grade spiritual tool, with attributes that are generally around 200 million. However, a four-star golden-grade spiritual tool with ordinary attributes can sell for over 300 million, and the auction of an extreme-quality four-star golden-grade spiritual tool didn't even get sold?" Yang Tong analyzed the various items at the auction, calculating in his mind whether he should aim to make money from four-star spiritual tools.

  "Now up for auction are the last three show-stopping treasures!" The auctioneer solemnly declared.

  "First, a three-piece set of golden-grade fire-attribute weapons, the Flame Explosion War Knife. Like the previous two golden-grade weapons, this was crafted by the same spiritual artifact master. Everyone knows about the Flame Explosion Technique, which is just a mid-tier secret technique in the yellow grade. However, this war knife has three Flame Explosion Techniques sealed within it. That's not the point, though - the designer used a unique energy circuit to link the three techniques together, allowing them to be released simultaneously in an instant during battle, amplifying their power. This war knife is truly one-of-a-kind in its design, and even if we don't consider its combat strength, its collectible value alone far surpasses that of ordinary weapons. The starting price is 100 million, with a minimum bid increment of 1 million. The auction will now begin."

  In this world, generally speaking, in cities, it is absolutely a peaceful and prosperous era. There are many rich people, and there are not a few rich people who have collecting hobbies. Although this war knife does not have the attribute of reducing spiritual consumption in terms of combat attributes, in fact, the most important function of a weapon is to attack, and the spiritual energy consumption can be assisted by potions to achieve the effect of reducing spiritual consumption. The design that achieves the connection and release of secret techniques through energy circuits is indeed very precise. A weapon that can do this has never appeared in Luoxing City.

  So this war knife was initially priced extremely high, and it wasn't just the martial artists who needed it for battle that were crazy about it, but also those wealthy collectors who joined in the bidding frenzy.

  The Flame Explosion War Knife was finally bought by a collector at an ultra-high price of 500 million.

  Yang Tong calculated his auction earnings, and a single child had increased by 12 billion. This money was too easy to come by. No wonder the spiritual tool masters were so sought after, no wonder the divine thought masters were so highly valued. Because these people didn't lack money, with money they could buy resources, and with resources they could support their own cultivation to continuously advance.

  "Second item, a four-star yellow gold-level fire and earth dual-attribute sword and shield. The auctioneer picked up a two-meter-long, one-person-wide giant sword and introduced it to everyone: "This weapon is a rare attack and defense versatile weapon, weighing 5,000 kilograms, reducing spiritual consumption by 20%, with built-in secret techniques: volcanic eruption, earthquake wave, flame spray emission. It's a fairly formidable sharp instrument, starting price 180 million, each bid must not be less than 1 million."

  "Two hundred million!"

  "Two billion one hundred million!"

  "Two billion five hundred million!"

  Those who are bidding now are no longer Grandmaster-level martial artists, but mostly family forces or Sky-rank powerhouses.

  Yang Tong had no interest in these people's crazy bids. This shield sword sealed a mid-level yellow-grade secret technique, two high-level yellow-grade secret techniques, especially the latter two secret techniques, which were large-scale group attack secret techniques with considerable power. Moreover, it was a dual-attribute weapon, which was indeed quite rare.

  This shield sword was finally sold for 380 million spirit coins, and Yang Tong didn't care who bought it.

  "Alright, this is the final item for auction today." The auctioneer called for someone to bring out the last item, but instead of immediately unveiling it, he began to speak in a smooth tone: "You all should be aware of the existence of the ancient Xian civilization, right?"

  "That was a distant and mysterious powerful civilization, the first and only one in history, unified the entire virtual universe, all-encompassing, tolerant and strong civilization, ruled the three realms for countless epochs. Although it disappeared, its relics have been passed down to this day." The auctioneer paused here, then continued, "Now we are going to auction off this item, which was excavated from a relic site, the Xian's Furnace Tripod!"

  The red cloth was lifted, and a dilapidated furnace appeared. All the people who had been suspended in anticipation were instantly disappointed. It turned out to be a worthless piece of junk, with only limited collector's value but no practical value at all.

  After all, many of these kinds of junk are fake, and any relic from a fallen civilization can be labeled as a "divine civilization relic" to sell.

  Since the infinite era of the vast universe, countless civilizations have fallen and disappeared. Who can verify that a tattered object belongs to the Xian civilization? In short, many relics of civilizations inferior to human civilization have been unearthed, but no one can recognize or dare to claim that they are fake even if they are labeled as "Xian civilization".

  There are too many things like this, and they only have some value for certain collectors. For others, it's not even worth investigating whether they're genuine or not.

  "Hmm, could this thing really be a relic of the Xian civilization?" Yang Tong looked at it more and more, feeling a sense of familiarity, but he didn't dare to confirm. Who knows how many things a powerful civilization leaves behind, and how many of them are useful? Could it be a fake? Yang Tong's past life was spent wandering around antique streets as a fortune teller, he hadn't even eaten pork before, let alone seen a pig run! This kind of antique stuff, there were plenty of fakes.

  "Come out and take a look, is that cauldron thing from the Xianwen civilization?" Yang Tong asked.

  "It seems like it should be a refining furnace, but this scene that's been virtually recreated through holography is so realistic, I have no way of identifying it through other means." Lu Bao replied truthfully.

  "Just take a look, how sure are you that it's really a piece of equipment for refining the furnace?" Yang Tong asked cautiously. Because Yang Tong found that using modern civilization methods to refine the ancient artifacts of Xian was too difficult, on the other hand, using the Xian civilization's equipment refinement techniques to refine spiritual tools was very comfortable and would have a significant effect.

  "I dare not be certain, at most only 30% confidence." Lu Bao replied, "However, even if it is a real alchemy furnace, without the fire seed, it's not very useful. You don't have dan fire yet, and to refine treasures you must find the fire seed. Good fire seeds are even more effective than a cultivator's dan fire."

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