Chapter 93: A Second-Rank Spirit Pearl, and the Spirit Art of Clairvoyance!
Seeing the three men wearing ingratiating smiles, Lin Xiao could only feel helpless.
He took out several bottles of pills and tossed them to them at once; otherwise, he was truly afraid these three might do something outrageous to him.
They were all low-grade medicines. It was not that Lin Xiao was stingy, but with their level, giving them higher-grade pills would only be wasteful.
The auction continued. The best items were likely reserved for the finale, and Lin Xiao showed little interest in anything that came before.
“Next up is a mid-grade magical artifact: the Gale Boots. Once a day, they can activate a Gale skill, increasing speed by thirty percent. Interested guests may begin bidding. The starting price is five hundred thousand, and each increase must be no less than one hundred thousand.”
Magical artifacts were divided into four ranks: low, mid, high, and supreme.
These Gale Boots were a mid-grade artifact and counted as fairly good among their kind.
Lin Xiao looked down on such things, however; the artifacts on his own person were far superior.
After all, the strongest smith in the entire country lived in their retirement home, and Lin Xiao himself was also a rather capable smith.
Lin Xiao might not want them, but that did not mean the three men did not.
Sun Bin spoke at once.
“Six hundred thousand!”
He was a beast-transformation type, transformed into a white tiger. Though he was already swift enough, if he could obtain the Gale Boots and raise his speed by another thirty percent, the improvement would be enormous. Naturally, he was tempted.
If the price of this equipment was not too outrageous, he would not give it up.
To Sun Bin’s surprise, after he called out his bid, the entire auction hall fell silent at once.
The people in the main hall had all heard clearly that the voice came from Box No. 0.
The box that had been empty all this time actually had a guest this time.
To offend the guest in Box No. 0 over a mid-grade magical artifact would certainly not be worth it.
The people in the other private boxes had no intention of bidding either; even they could not tell what Lin Xiao’s background was.
Liu Hao was somewhat helpless. Though the Gale Boots were only mid-grade magical artifacts, their true value was at least one and a half million. Yet the moment Sun Bin spoke, no one dared bid against him.
Still, he did not hesitate and quickly finalized the sale.
“Congratulations to the guest in Box No. 0 for winning the Gale Boots!”
Sun Bin had not expected to win the Gale Boots the moment he opened his mouth.
Though his mind was not exactly nimble, he still understood that the reason he had gotten them so cheaply was entirely because of Box No. 0.
“Haha, a mid-grade magical artifact for six hundred thousand. What a huge bargain.”
Hu Yu curled his lip. In truth, he was interested in the boots too, but he had not expected that muscle-headed fool Sun Bin to bid first. There was no way he could compete with him.
“What six hundred thousand? It’s three hundred thousand. Don’t forget, all our spending today gets fifty percent off.”
Sun Bin froze. That was indeed true.
He was overjoyed.
This little episode did not cause much of a stir, and the auction went on.
Still, the guests downstairs kept glancing toward Box No. 0 from time to time.
During the event, Ji Boxiao spent two million three hundred thousand to buy a decent second-tier wind-element spirit pearl, and he also bought some trinkets for Liu Ruyan.
Lin Xiao paid it no mind at all, not even bothering to bid against him.
During that time, Wen Jinxuan and the other two also bought a few things. Perhaps Box No. 0 truly carried immense deterrent power; whenever they made a bid, everyone else would take the initiative to back down.
“Next, let us welcome the next lot.”
It was a spirit pearl, glimmering with a deep blue light.
Seeing another spirit pearl appear, many people became interested.
Judging from its size, it was a second-tier spirit pearl.
Many of the big shots present did not need a spirit pearl of that level, but if its power was decent, they would not mind buying it for the younger members of their families.
After seeing the pearl, Liu Hao’s expression also grew somewhat complicated.
This spirit pearl had actually been auctioned several times before, and every time it had gone unsold.
He had not expected it to appear again.
“This is a second-tier spirit pearl. Its spirit technique is quite good, but unfortunately it can only be used by awakeners with eye-type powers. The second-tier spirit technique is X-Ray Vision. Guests interested may place their bids. The starting price is one million. I know that may seem a little high, but that is the seller’s demand, and I cannot do anything about it. Each increase must be no less than ten thousand.”
Lin Xiao, who had been idly sitting there, abruptly straightened.
He had truly never expected the auction to offer him such a surprise.
He was already a second-tier ability user, but he had never had any clue about second-tier spirit pearls.
He had not expected to encounter one here that he could actually use.
The spirit technique was X-Ray Vision?
Was it the kind of X-Ray Vision he was imagining?
That was the kind of skill countless men dreamed of!
He might not want to date right now, but who would not want to admire beautiful things?
This spirit pearl, he would have it!
Though Lin Xiao had already set his heart on it, he still did not bid immediately. He wanted to see whether anyone would try to snatch it from him.
The facts proved that Lin Xiao had been overthinking it. X-Ray Vision was indeed a good spirit technique, but if one could not use it, then it was nothing more than a useless ornament.
Even if a family had someone with eye-type powers, they were usually low-level abilities.
It simply was not worth spending a million on them.
Just as Liu Hao also thought the pearl would go unsold again and was about to announce the result, Lin Xiao finally spoke.
“One million and ten thousand!”
You all don’t want it, so I’ll take the bargain.
This money is well spent.
Seeing Box No. 0 bid again, no one tried to raise the price. After all, they could not use the pearl anyway.
Just when Lin Xiao thought it was in the bag, a voice rang out most inopportunely.
“One million one hundred thousand!”
The bidder was Ji Boxiao. The moment he saw the pearl, he guessed Lin Xiao might be tempted. After all, this pearl was truly made for Lin Xiao.
So he waited for Lin Xiao to bid, just so he could disgust him.
And sure enough, Lin Xiao really did bid.
Thus, he immediately chose to raise the price.
Hearing Ji Boxiao raise the bid, the people around them began discussing it, and all eyes gathered on him.
“Who is that? That bold? He actually dares to bid against Box No. 0.”
“No idea. Maybe he’s from out of town and somehow got a ticket here. Perhaps he doesn’t know what Box No. 0 represents?”
“Either way, I admire this guy!”
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Ji Boxiao naturally felt the crowd’s gaze upon him. He did not think anything was wrong; on the contrary, he rather enjoyed it.
He was born to be the center of attention.
Lin Xiao felt somewhat helpless. This Ji Boxiao really could not bear it unless he first got the chance to disgust him.
“One million one hundred and ten thousand!”
“One million two hundred thousand!”
“One million two hundred and ten thousand!”
Ji Boxiao was clearly getting worked up. Just as he was about to bid again, he felt Liu Ruyan tug at his sleeve.
He glanced at her impatiently.
“Ruyan, why are you pulling me? Can’t you tell that was Lin Xiao’s voice?”
Liu Ruyan was left speechless. Could this show-off please take a look at the situation?
“I know everything you said, but did you not notice that Lin Xiao’s voice came from Box No. 0?”
Ji Boxiao finally came back to his senses.
That was right. Lin Xiao’s voice had indeed come from Box No. 0.
It was not as though he did not know what Box No. 0 represented.
Only then did he suddenly understand why everyone was looking at him that way.
He suddenly felt that he was truly incredibly bold.