novelapdf Chapter 670 - 284: Ancient Rare Treasures, Ascendant Cultivators, Who Will Claim the Prize?
Chapter 670 - 284: Ancient Rare Treasures, Ascendant Cultivators, Who Will Claim the Prize?
"Ding."
"You have gathered the necessary spiritual materials for the family to hatch the Cyan Simurgh Phoenix Egg and earned three hundred clan contribution points."
Immediately after.
The clan contribution points on the panel instantly changed to four hundred and six.
Fu Changsheng made his way to the Wanning Marketplace. Upon reaching his family’s shop, he introduced Yun Tianjin to Fu Yongshang and asked Yongshang to host a family matchmaking event for Yun Tianjin.
Fu Yongshang handed a token for entry to the auction to Fu Changsheng.
With a worried look, he said:
"Patriarch, this is the first Foundation Establishment Pill auction after the Beast Tide. All the major families in South Huai, as well as loose cultivators, have been looking forward to this day for a long time. I’m afraid the price of the Foundation Establishment Pill will be rather inflated."
"No matter."
The higher the auction price of the Foundation Establishment Pill,
the lower the prices of other items will be.
Fu Changsheng never intended to compete with other noble families for the Foundation Establishment Pills:
"Yongshang, besides the Foundation Establishment Pill, have you heard what the grand finale item of the Wanning Commerce Association is this time?"
Fu Yongshang waved his hand, signaling the maidservant standing by to leave. After securing the array, he spoke:
"Patriarch, I heard someone brought several treasures out of the Blood-colored Forbidden Area yesterday and sold them to the Wanning Commerce Association. One of them, due to failed negotiations with the Wanning Commerce Association, is put up for auction as a last-minute addition."
"Oh, what is it?"
"It’s said to be a heavenly treasure that enhances the bloodline of Spirit Pets. The Wanning Commerce Association hasn’t disclosed the specifics, but rumors in the marketplace suggest that companions of the loose cultivator who ventured into the Blood-colored Forbidden Area mentioned that this item can assist spirit beasts in awakening the power of their latent ancestral bloodlines. In any case, the whole marketplace is abuzz with the news."
Hearing this, Fu Changsheng’s eyes lit up.
The Cyan Python had been with him for fifty years, yet its latent Flood Dragon Bloodline had remained dormant, causing it to be stuck at the Quasi-Tier Three level.
If such an item truly existed at the auction,
he absolutely had to find a way to acquire it.
Fu Yongshang paused, then continued:
"Additionally, the Gongsun Family has also released news; they are putting up an ancestral piece of Phoenix Blood Wood for auction, and it’s said that once this Phoenix Blood Wood is refined into a Spirit Artifact, it can later be upgraded to a Tier Four Dharma Treasure."
Fu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly.
The Gongsun Family was creating a buzz in advance,
aiming to entice others to vie for their Phoenix Blood Wood.
Fu Yongshang was somewhat concerned that the thirty thousand Spirit Stones allocated for the clan might not suffice:
"Patriarch, since there are still a few days until the auction, should I consider holding a grand discount event at the shop to temporarily raise some Spirit Stones?"
Ever since the Wanning Commerce Association and the Gongsun Family released those two pieces of news, the shops run by the noble families have been engaging in price wars, clearly intending to gather more Spirit Stones.
Fu Changsheng shook his head and said:
"No need; a losing business isn’t worth doing."
Fu Changsheng remained calm and composed.
However, the entire South Huai Marketplace was whipped into a frenzy because of this. Especially among the noble families, most had a few Tier Two spirit pets. If they could take this opportunity to allow their spirit pets to break through to Tier Three,
they would undoubtedly become the first noble family in the South Huai Prefecture.
Currently, among the South Huai noble families, there’s only Half-Step Purple Mansion, with no Tier Three combat power revealed to the public.
Somehow, this wave of excitement.
Even spread to the North Huai Prefecture, where the Xu Family and the Tian Family didn’t hesitate to pay the hefty teleportation array fees to rush over from the North Huai Prefecture.
Eventually,
the entry tickets for the Wanning Commerce Association’s event were even auctioned off privately, with the price reportedly reaching as high as one thousand Spirit Stones per ticket.
On the day of the auction,
as Fu Yongshang saw Fu Changsheng out, he admired the dense crowd thronging the Wanning Commerce Association and said longingly:
"Patriarch, this time the Wanning Commerce Association will again profit immensely. If only our Fu Family could establish such a commerce association in the future."
A single auction can earn such substantial profits.
Seeing this, Fu Changsheng encouraged:
"Our Fu Family is just starting out; we can’t become wealthy overnight. The commerce association will eventually be established, but before that, learn how the Wanning Commerce Association creates such buzz."
In his view,
the Wanning Commerce Association is deliberately delaying the auction, waiting for everyone to recover from the Beast Tide with more Spirit Stones on hand.
Secondly,
it’s likely that the loose cultivators and companions who entered the Blood-colored Forbidden Area were fabricated by the Wanning Commerce Association. They do have spiritual objects that can assist spirit beasts in awakening their spirit veins. However, by adding a story to this item, it becomes even more compelling.
The Xu and Tian families rushing over from North Huai Prefecture overnight was certainly a plan orchestrated by the Wanning Commerce Association in advance. The distance between South and North Huai is over a thousand miles, and whoever has a Thousand-Mile Communication Talisman wouldn’t waste it like this.
Fu Yongshang, after listening to Fu Changsheng’s insights,
suddenly felt enlightened and repeatedly patted his head, saying:
"Oh my, the Wanning Commerce Association is truly a seasoned brand, and their tricks are so slick."
With that,
he quickly noted down these key points on his jade scroll.
There’s a rule in the clan, added by Fu Changsheng: "Better to write it down than rely on memory," so the Fu Family naturally got in the habit of taking notes.
Holding the token, Fu Changsheng entered the auction house of the Wanning Commerce Association, where a maid led him to a private booth on the third floor.
After half a cup of tea’s time,
the entire third floor of the auction house was suddenly filled with people.
Amidst the sound of three bells ringing, Elder Qin and his daughter Qin Ruyi emerged from the back stage. Elder Qin, beaming, cupped his hands toward the crowd:
"Welcome, everyone, to this auction."
"This is the last auction I’ll be hosting; from now on, the Wanning Commerce Association will be wholly managed by my daughter. I ask for your kind support."
As he finished speaking,
Qin Ruyi stepped forward and gave the crowd a bow.