This news hit like a bombshell, as explosive as a nuclear bomb detonating on the ground.
“A Martial Saint cultivation method! I’ll sell everything I own to get it,” a man in his fifties, eyes bloodshot, declared.
“This is mine! Don’t any of you dare compete with me.”
“Shut your mouth! Who do you think you are, talking so big?”
“The Wang family of Langya is determined to get this cultivation method.”
“The Lu family of Fanyang is willing to test everyone’s financial strength.”
Each aristocratic family present had eyes burning with desire.
Not every aristocratic family possessed a Martial Saint-level cultivation method.
Those families with Grandmasters at Great Perfection saw the hope of their ancestors breaking through to the Martial Saint Realm.
“Chen Xianwu of the Chen family from Yingchuan offers three million taels of silver for this cultivation method,” Chen Xianwu stood up and said.
“Cui Zhi of the Cui family from Qinghe offers three million and one hundred thousand taels of silver,” Cui Zhi stood up, glancing at Chen Xianwu.
Each prominent family revealed their immense wealth and strength at this moment.
Even Xiao Chuyi, standing beside Oliver Sheng, looked at him in shock.
“General, you’re auctioning off a Martial Saint-level cultivation method?”
“Why, is that a problem?” Oliver raised an eyebrow.
“That’s a Martial Saint-level cultivation method! Do you know how important that is? Anyone who gets it would keep it as a treasure,” Xiao Chuyi was speechless.
Countless martial artists spend their entire lives without obtaining a Martial Saint-level cultivation method, yet Oliver was casually auctioning one off.
Even the Xiao family only had two Martial Saint-level cultivation methods, one of which was obtained by her grandfather after slaying a formidable enemy.
To Oliver, a Martial Saint-level cultivation method seemed as common as Chinese cabbage, a cheap item.
“How important can it be? Without strength, even if you get a Martial Saint cultivation method, you can’t break through to the Martial Saint Realm,” Oliver said nonchalantly.
Many great sects and aristocratic families in the world certainly had Martial Saint-level cultivation methods, but not many had Martial Saints in residence.
If breaking through to the Martial Saint Realm were that easy, there would be more Martial Saints in the world.
Xiao Chuyi was speechless. Oliver was probably the only one who would auction off a Martial Saint-level cultivation method.
“If you want it, just copy it!” Oliver said indifferently.
The cultivation method he was auctioning was the Cang Yan Art he obtained from the Sima Clan of Da Chu, which could only be cultivated to the mid-stage of the Martial Saint Realm.
“Really?” Xiao Chuyi looked at Oliver.
“The one being auctioned is also a copy. The original is with me. If you want to copy it, go ahead,” Oliver took out the original copy.
“What’s the condition?”
“Trade it for some demonic beast meat,” Oliver said.
“Deal!” Xiao Chuyi took the Cang Yan Art and nodded.
Trading demonic beast meat for a Martial Saint cultivation method was a huge profit for the Xiao family.
Finn Chen knocked on a copper plate, “Everyone, quiet down!”
The noisy hall finally quieted down.
“This Martial Saint cultivation method is guaranteed by Shengwu King himself.”
“I don’t need to elaborate on the rarity of a Martial Saint cultivation method. Let’s start the auction. The starting price is one million taels of silver, with each bid increase no less than ten thousand taels.”
“One million five hundred thousand taels!”
“One million eight hundred thousand taels!”
“Two million taels!”
The bidding prices made many people tremble, not daring to participate.
The Shen brothers, Li Xunhuan, and other merchants could only watch at this moment.
In front of these true aristocratic families, they were insignificant.
Lin Tian’s heart was trembling. Two million taels of silver?
That was enough to buy back the top ten courtesans of Luo Capital, including Liu Shishi and Qin Rou.
Each of them was a peerless beauty!
At this moment, he admitted he was out of his league.
The scene of spending millions so lavishly deeply stimulated those merchants.
This was what it meant to spend money like water.
“I’ve decided. I want to make money, big money. One day, I want to be this extravagant,” Lin Tian said.
“Hah!” Li Xunhuan sneered.
Dream on!
“What, buddy, you’re laughing at me?” Lin Tian bristled.
He had finally mustered such ambition.
“It’s not that I’m discouraging you, but these families have accumulated wealth for hundreds, even thousands of years. You think you can compete with them? Wake up!” Li Xunhuan shook his head.
Lin Tian sighed.
“Two million six hundred thousand taels of silver!”
“The Chen family from Yingchuan offers three million taels!”
“Hah, the Cui family from Qinghe offers three million and two hundred thousand taels.”
“The Lu family from Fanyang offers three million five hundred thousand taels.”
“The Wang family of Langya offers four million taels.”
“The Xie family from Quzhou offers four million five hundred thousand taels.”
Each aristocratic family bid in increments of hundreds of thousands.
None of them wanted the Martial Saint-level cultivation method to fall into the hands of another family.
If the ancestor of the opposing family comprehended something from the cultivation method and broke through to the Martial Saint Realm, their own family would be suppressed.
“Five million!”
“Five million five hundred thousand!” Chen Xianwu shouted five million five hundred thousand, and the others paused.
It was known that the ancestor of the Chen family from Yingchuan was already a Grandmaster at Great Perfection, with three flowers gathered at the top, just one step away from breaking through to the Martial Saint Realm.
Thinking of this, Cui Zhi continued, “Six million!”
After Cui Zhi shouted six million, the others fell into deep thought.
A Martial Saint-level cultivation method was indeed precious, but their families also had such methods.
However, whether the family would agree to spend so much money to bid for a Martial Saint cultivation method was another question.
Six million taels of silver was not a small amount.
“Six million five hundred thousand!” Chen Xianwu glared at Cui Zhi.
This guy was just stirring up trouble on purpose.
Seeing Chen Xianwu’s angry eyes, Cui Zhi grinned, showing his white teeth.
“Seven million!”
“The Cui family from Qinghe has great courage. Chen will remember this,” Chen Xianwu gave up.
This was already his limit.
“Haha, thanks for letting me win!” Cui Zhi laughed proudly.
His great-grandfather had also reached the peak of Grandmaster at Great Perfection, with three flowers gathered, just lacking an opportunity to break through to the Martial Saint Realm.
This information was well-hidden, unknown to outsiders.
If he could bring this Martial Saint cultivation method back to his great-grandfather, perhaps his great-grandfather could comprehend something from it and break through to the Martial Saint Realm.
That would be a huge profit.
“Seven million, if no one else bids, this Martial Saint cultivation method will belong to Young Master Cui,” Finn Chen looked around the hall, feeling a bit regretful.
The Chen family couldn’t outbid the Cui family, showing less courage than the Cui family.
“I hereby declare this auction concluded. Those who won shops, please bring your money to the government office to receive your deeds and certificates,” Finn Chen announced.
“Additionally, this auction house will continue to auction pills, cultivation methods, weapons, spiritual herbs, rare metals, and other treasures in the future. We welcome your continued participation.”
After this auction, their auction house’s reputation would surely soar.
In the future, auctioning off some pills and other items would attract merchants, making the auction house a profitable business.
After the auction ended, Oliver Sheng left the auction house.
Returning to his residence, he saw the Veteran drinking and walked over.
“Uncle!”
“Done with your business?” The Veteran looked at Oliver and smiled.
“Yes, I’m here to have a few drinks with you,” Oliver sat down.
“How’s the cultivation of the Cang Yan Art going?”
The Veteran nodded, “It’s going well, the transition is smooth.”
“Who would have thought I’d be cultivating the ancestral method of the Sima Clan.”
His Mu family was exterminated by the Sima Clan, the Sima Clan was destroyed because of him, and now he was cultivating the Sima Clan’s ancestral method.
The Great Sun Heart Sutra that Oliver cultivated was unsuitable for the Veteran, so Oliver gave him the Sima Clan’s Cang Yan Art.
Now, the Veteran had reached the late stage of the Grandmaster Realm.
Once he reached Grandmaster at Great Perfection and gathered the three flowers, he could attempt to break through to the Martial Saint Realm.
In the evening, Finn Chen came to find Oliver Sheng.
“Your Highness, Your Highness!” Finn Chen was excited, almost flying.
“Lord Chen, why are you in such a hurry?” Oliver put down the Taoist scripture in his hand.
“Your Highness, we’ve hit the jackpot, a huge jackpot!” Finn Chen was extremely excited.
It was the first time he had seen so much money, making him feel somewhat unreal.
“Tell me, how much in total?”
Finn Chen said excitedly, “Your Highness, the shops sold for a total of fifty-eight million taels of silver, and the cultivation method you auctioned fetched seven million taels of silver.”
So much silver could pile up into mountains.
Auctioning shops was incredibly profitable!
This made Finn Chen want to rebuild a city and continue auctioning shops, it was just too lucrative.
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