The situation in the cultivation world is similar, and perhaps even more direct.
After the first item was sold, the second item came right after. This time, the item for sale was a treasure, a low-grade spiritual weapon. Under normal circumstances, the price of this item would be only about 300,000 or 400,000 spiritual stones, but it was sold for nearly 500,000 spiritual stones.
They are almost all higher than the average market price. Of course, there are many factors that affect the high prices of goods at auction, but it is definitely inseparable from the influence of Jin Xiangrui.
The third item is more interesting.
"Haha, guests, the third treasure is more interesting. What we're going to auction this time is a pill, a pill suitable for those in the Wheel Sea Realm. It's a new type of pill. We've tried it and found that it's absolutely effective. We bought it from a mysterious alchemist. There are two types of it. One is called the Explosive Spirit Pill. Taking one pill can increase the cultivation conversion level in the Wheel Sea Realm by three days. It's applicable to all realms of the Wheel Sea. The second type of pill is the Broken Spirit Pill. One pill can easily allow a cultivator in the Wheel Sea Realm to break through the bottleneck and enter a new realm." Jin Xiangrui announced to everyone with a mysterious look on her face.
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar.
It seems that the elixir that Ye Liuyun sold to Wanbaolou was taken to the auction by Wanbaolou and sold.
"This? It is indeed my elixir. I wonder what price Wanbao Tower can sell my elixir for. I'm really looking forward to it." Ye Liuyun said expectantly as he looked at the elixir brought by the maid on the big screen.
But Lin Aoxue's words turned Ye Liuyun's expectations into frustration.
"What do you have to look forward to? These pills are bought out directly. They buy them from you. Even if they are sold at a sky-high price, it has nothing to do with you. On the contrary, it may even disgust you. I think you'd better be mentally prepared." Lin Aoxue said.
"Eh? Really? Then I'd like to see how evil this Wanbao Tower can be." Ye Liuyun said seriously.
Looking at the auction table again, a maid had already brought some exquisite small porcelain bottles to Jin Xiangrui and placed them in front of her.
Jin Xiangrui picked up the medicine bottle with a smile, and then poured out a Explosive Spirit Pill from the bottle. As soon as the pill came out of the porcelain bottle, the rich pill light immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Everyone, please look. This is the Explosive Spirit Pill." Jin Xiangrui gestured.
"This? Such a strong elixir light. I have never seen an elixir with such a high level of refining. One elixir can improve the cultivation level of the Wheel Sea Realm by three days. Is it true?" The guests all showed surprised expressions.
Jin Xiangrui first showed everyone the Explosive Spirit Pill, and then showed everyone the Destroying Spirit Pill. Compared to the Explosive Spirit Pill, the effect of the Destroying Spirit Pill was obviously more attractive.
Because it is a new type of elixir, there will definitely be people who will question it.
"Master Jin, does this pill really have such a miraculous effect as you said? One Explosive Spirit Pill can transform one's cultivation level in three days, and one Broken Spirit Pill can directly allow a Lunhai cultivator to break through the realm 100%? I have never heard of such an effect." A guest in the VIP room spoke.
Jin Xiangrui knew that before they started selling these pills, Wanbaolou needed to make commitments and guarantees.
"Guests in VIP Room No. 8, don't worry. Wanbao Tower never jokes about its reputation. This pill is sold in bulk. Only a part of it is sold at the auction. If the guests present need it, they can go to our Chamber of Commerce to buy it after the auction. Wanbao Tower is just using the auction to make this new type of pill appear in the world."
"Also, this pill has been registered in the Dan Pavilion. You can check it at any time." Jin Xiangrui said with a smile.
With Jin Xiangrui's assurance, the worried monks finally calmed down.
But the scene suddenly became quiet, which made people feel inexplicably depressed.
Because if the effect of this pill is real, then it can be said that this pill is in short supply. Next, it depends on what the price of Wanbaolou is.
"Okay, next, I will announce the price. The Explosive Spirit Pills sold in this auction are priced at 1000 spirit stones each, and there are 10 pills in total, which means the starting price is spirit stones, and each bid increase must not be less than spirit stones. The Broken Spirit Pills are priced at spirit stones each, and there are pills in total, with a starting price of million, and each bid increase must not be less than ." Jin Xiangrui announced.
"Puff!" As soon as the unit price and the low price came out, Ye Liuyun, who was drinking spiritual tea, spat out the tea in his mouth, directly onto the big screen and Jin Xiangrui's face.
All I can say is that the price she estimated was really too low, or that she underestimated the evil heart of Wanbaolou.
"This? It's too dark." Ye Liuyun said in great surprise.
Lin Aoxue, who was standing by, saw Ye Liuyun's big reaction and knew that Ye Liuyun must have been blackmailed by Jin Xiangrui.
"It seems that the price you sold it at is still too cheap." Lin Aoxue sighed.
"It's more than just cheap, this damn low price is much higher than the purchase price. They will definitely increase the price later. This is almost like handing over the pricing power of the elixir to the cultivators present. Just wait and see, Wanbao Tower will definitely have something to say." Ye Liuyun felt uncomfortable all over.
Sure enough, after Jin Xiangrui said the price, she gave another reminder.
"Everyone, you must listen carefully to what I say. We don't have many of these pills in stock at Wanbao Tower right now. If you miss this auction, you don't know when the next batch will be available."
This elixir is useless for the Dao Palace realm, but for the Lunhai realm, it is definitely a holy medicine. One Explosive Spiritual Pill can improve their cultivation in three days? They all understand what this concept is. There is also a Poling Spiritual Pill. One can save them from the trouble of failing to break through the realm.
This broken elixir, let alone 10 spirit stones per piece, they wouldn't feel they were losing out even if it was a little more expensive.
If these pills were given to an outstanding disciple in the sect to take, it would definitely greatly increase the speed at which the disciple would reach the Dao Palace realm.
The four lower-level sects and several powerful sects would definitely not let this elixir fall into the hands of other sects, especially those with whom they were competing.
Jin Xiangrui's last sentence actually meant to tell everyone not to think about buying from the Chamber of Commerce. There are not many pills, and once they are officially sold, they will definitely be bought up. Even if you have money, you may not be able to get them.
Also, this medicine is limited in quantity. After it’s sold out, it may not be available again. Don’t think about deliberately not raising the price.
The final selling price of the elixir depends on you, the buyers. You have to think carefully about it. If you don't raise the price, the remaining elixirs will definitely be divided up.
If you raise the price, it will cut off the purchasing hopes of some ordinary monks.
This is a typical attempt to play with the minds of these sects.
"For the Explosive Spiritual Pill, I'll offer 20 Spiritual Stones. For the Destroying Spiritual Pill, I'll offer 130 million Spiritual Stones." The guest in VIP Room 80 made his bid.
The price is high enough. Only Wanbaolou can come up with the idea of raising the price of the elixir at an auction.
The cultivators in the ordinary seats will basically not participate in the competition for elixirs, because they will not help those sects to raise the threshold for elixirs, and they will definitely not be able to grab them.
"Damn it, Wanbaolou is going too far. They deliberately threw such pills at the auction and let us set the price. We are not in a position to bid, and we are not in a position to not bid." Many people were confused by Wanbaolou's operation.
"25 spiritual stones, 135 million spiritual stones." Another guest in the VIP room also added the price.
Jin Xiangrui looked at the prices of the two kinds of elixirs and saw that they had not only increased, but her face was full of joy. However, while some were happy, others were sad. When Ye Liuyun heard that the prices were constantly increasing, her heart was bleeding.
Although the cost of these pills was very low, it was difficult for her to remain calm when she saw Wanbaolou making so much money with her pills.
"It's dark, too dark. I really want to burn down the Wanbao Tower." Ye Liuyun was so angry that his teeth were itching and he couldn't even sit still.
"Oh! But it's good this way. Next time you sell pills, you'll have a price reference." Lin Aoxue looked at Ye Liuyun's angry expression and shook her head helplessly.
There is no reference price for the new type of elixir on the market, so we can only test the waters.
Of course, Wanbaolou did not pay a price. In order to register these two kinds of elixirs, they spent nearly 500 million spirit stones to register the Explosive Spirit Elixir, and 3000 million spirit stones to register the Po Ling Elixir. They did not go through formal channels, so it can only be said that they used connections.
They must recover the money they lost from their customers.
Chapter 204 Spending money like water
Wanbaolou is really shameless, but as a businessman, what he did was reasonable and logical. The value of many commodities has clear price references in the market, so it is difficult to lower or raise the prices.
But as for Ye Liuyun's pill, you really have no way to openly accuse Wanbaolou of being unscrupulous. Only Ye Liuyun, the seller, can complain here.
In fact, when Wanbao Tower first came to Silent City, the four major sects were jealous of Wanbao Tower's profits and once thought about cooperating with Wanbao Tower, but unfortunately, they were directly rejected by Jin Xiangrui.
It seems that it is because Wanbaolou has rules that it cannot have anything to do with cultivation sects.
In fact, cooperation has only benefits and no harm to them, but it is very unfriendly to ordinary cultivators, because if the powerful forces in this area cooperate with Wanbao Tower, then the market of cultivation materials in this area will definitely be severely damaged.
At the same time, Wanbao Tower would also be involved in the disputes among the cultivation sects, which would simply bring trouble to itself, so the founder of Wanbao Tower, who was also Jin Xiangrui's immediate superior, gave strict orders to the branches in various places. In a word, business should be business, and they must not join forces with the cultivation sects to exploit the lower-level cultivators.
The purchase price of Wanbao Tower is definitely a fair price for ordinary cultivators.
The prices of these two kinds of elixirs were quickly raised to 40 for the Explosive Spiritual Pill and 500 million for the Po Spiritual Pill.
At this price, this pill has eliminated the possibility of being purchased by most ordinary cultivators, so the cultivators from these sects have begun to stop bidding.
Seeing that they did not make any bids, Ye Liuyun finally let out a sigh of relief. Although she was severely ripped off by Wanbaolou in these two transactions, in fact, if she traded these two types of elixirs again next time, Ye Liuyun would definitely earn more spirit stones. There were gains and losses.
By the way, this price actually exceeded Jin Xiangrui's estimated price. They estimated that the price for the Explosive Spirit Pill would be around 30, and the Price for the Broken Spirit Pill would be around 300 million.
The current price far exceeded their expectations. If they sold all the pills, they would not only make back the handling and purchasing fees, but also make a huge profit.
"Haha, it seems that the price is still beyond my expectation. I think no one will raise the price anymore." When Jin Xiangrui saw that the guests in the VIP room did not bid, she knew that the price of this first batch of pills had reached its limit.
As for whether the price will be raised further in the future, it depends on whether the monks think the elixir is worth the price. If they think it is not worth it, the market price of the elixir will definitely drop.
"The guest of VIP No. 2 offered 40 for the Explosive Spiritual Pill and 500 million for the Broken Spiritual Pill. Is there a higher price?" Jin Xiangrui asked with a smile as she looked at the VIPs.
But soon someone spoke up.
"Master Jin, I think it's good enough. After all, this is a new type of elixir. This first batch of elixir is just a trial drug for us cultivators. We don't know whether it's effective or not. It would be unreasonable to raise the price again." A VIP said.
Those who dared to speak were generally from the four major sects. The person who told Jin Xiangrui to stop while she was ahead was an elder from the Zi Lan Sect.
The rest of the people neither agreed nor refuted. As the powerful sects in this area, the four major sects had their own considerations when raising the price. They knew to what extent the price would make ordinary cultivators unable to afford it. They just needed to make it so that ordinary cultivators could not afford it.
"Haha, in that case, let's start the countdown to pricing. If no one raises the price, the retail price of the Explosive Spirit Pill will be 4000 spirit stones per pill, and the retail price of the Broken Spirit Pill will be 50 spirit stones per pill. Our Wanbao Tower has purchased a total of 100 Broken Spirit Pills and 500 Explosive Spirit Pills from that master, so I hope you all will be prepared." Jin Xiangrui said with a smile.
When the quantity was announced, everyone frowned, because the quantity was too small and many sects might not be able to get it.
As soon as these words came out, the four major sects first contacted their disciples in the city and asked them to quickly prepare spirit stones and be ready to buy these pills in three days. They didn't have to buy all of them, but at least they had to buy a few to try out the effects.
The countdown ended quickly and no one raised the price, so the price was set and the first batch of pills were bought by the guests in VIP room No. 2.
By the way, who is the guest of the VIP room No. 2? Speaking of which, it is really interesting. This elixir was bought by Yun Ming, which means it was bought by Ye Liuyun and his own sect.
If the Yunxia Sect knew in the future that this elixir was made by Ye Liuyun and it was a cheap elixir, what would their expressions be?
Because the Yunxia Sect had acquired a vein of spiritual stone last time, its wealth was definitely more abundant than the other three sects, so its bid was more generous.
As for the other three sects, it was not that they did not want this first batch of pills, but after thinking about it, they realized that they had a natural advantage in Silent City and they would definitely have a share of the retail Explosive Spirit Pills and Destroying Spirit Pills, so they did not raise the price.
As for the Tianfu Sect and the other six major sects, although they can still bid, they are also very clear that they will definitely not be able to compete with the four major sects in the auction. If the price goes up by then and they haven't won the bid, then when they go to buy it retail, they will basically be disgusting themselves.
After all, this retail price has already excluded most ordinary cultivators. In addition, their power in Silent City may not be as strong as that of the four major sects, but if they compete for the retail, their chances are much greater than those of independent cultivators and those ordinary weak forces.
These powerful sects have tacitly united together to keep the vast majority of ordinary cultivators from purchasing elixirs. The cultivators sitting in the ordinary seats were sighing one after another.
If the effect of this elixir is really that good, it would be a holy medicine for many of their cultivators. However, the price has been raised to this point, making it difficult for them to buy it.
Of course, buying one or two pills is definitely not a problem, but the key is whether they can snatch the pills from those powerful forces. This is the problem.
"Just wait. In the next transaction, I have to make Wanbaolou give up some of the advantages they got from me. Otherwise, there will be no cooperation. How can they be so cruel?" Ye Liuyun returned to sit next to Lin Aoxue again.
"Don't worry, the prices are clear now. If the market responds well, the prices may be raised further. The next time we trade, we will sell it at the price they set themselves. In this way, they will have nothing to say. Of course, I believe that if they still want to continue to cooperate with you, they will definitely give up the profits. This transaction is actually just a test run." Lin Aoxue said.
So Ye Liuyun just needs to wait for the next confrontation with Wanbaolou.
After all, she had no ability to predict the future, and she didn't know much about Wanbaolou or the market conditions, so the initiative was definitely not in her hands.
Anyway, Ye Liuyun was completely defeated in the first confrontation, but Ye Liuyun is not the kind of person who likes to suffer losses, so he will be fine with this kind of loss once.
The auction was going to continue, and the fourth item would be on the table soon. However, before the thing Ye Liuyun wanted came on stage, Ye Liuyun was basically just watching the show. It was actually quite boring not to participate in the auction.
after an hour……
"The 12th item is a weapon refining method, the first chapter of Tiangong's creation. The base price is 130 million spirit stones. Each bid cannot be less than spirit stones. This method can refine low-grade spirit tools at most. Customers who need it can take a look."
What Ye Liuyun wanted finally came. This thing was definitely a hot item, but not all sects needed it. Some sects had their own methods of refining equipment, and some sects did not need to rely on refining equipment to make a profit. Therefore, only those sects that had neither equipment refiners nor alchemists would be interested in this thing.
"Ah! What I want is finally here." Ye Liuyun perked up from his lazy state, then picked up the controller and pressed a number.
She was the first to bid.
133 million spirit stones. She would make an offer first to see how many people would compete with her for it. Anyway, Ye Liuyun was determined to get this thing.
She doesn't need very advanced weapon-making skills now. She can slowly delve into the advanced skills and master all her secondary professions first.
"VIP No. 98 bids 133 million spiritual stones."
"VIP No. 52 bids 136 million spiritual stones."
"Guest No. 326 on the second floor bids 139 million spiritual stones."
……
You definitely can't get this thing at the lowest price, and there are quite a lot of people fighting for it. To be honest, if you can successfully cultivate and become a weapon refiner after buying this thing, you can earn back the more than one million spirit stones in no time.
But it is very difficult to become a weapon refiner. It is not that easy.
Ye Liuyun had just made an opening, and now she wanted to see what the price of this thing would finally be, and then make a bid.
This thing actually has a clear price, so Jin Xiangrui didn't say much. When the price reaches a certain level, they will naturally stop. Besides, many of Wanbaolou's products are actually sold on behalf of customers. They just make a commission. For such products, Wanbaolou will not deliberately tempt customers to raise the price.
But the pill that Ye Liuyun had just bought was different, because it was purchased directly and there was no need to share the profits with Ye Liuyun in the end, so Wanbaolou would naturally make a huge profit from it.
"VIP No. 52, bid 160 million spirit stones, are there any other customers who want to bid?"
In the end, only two customers were competing for the first chapter of Tiangong’s Creations, and after the price reached 160 million spirit stones, the other customer gave up.
"Ah! It seems that the stuff is in hand, that's great. I accidentally got the middle part of Heavenly Creations before, and now there's a second part. Wow, if the two parts are combined into one, the value will increase. No matter what, I have to get this first part." VIP No. 52 said excitedly.
The VIP No. 52 is an elder of the Chiyan Sect, who is at the second level of the Dao Palace.
This Tiangong Zaowu weapon refining method is actually a widely spread weapon refining method in the weapon refining world. A large number of weapon refiners started with Tiangong Zaowu.
But basically no weapon refiner can obtain a complete creation of nature. This creation of nature is divided into four chapters: the initial part, the middle part, the final part, and the essential part.
The middle chapter can create a mysterious-level magic weapon at the highest level, which can be used without other chapters. However, if you have the previous chapters as a foundation, you will get twice the result with half the effort and achieve better results when studying the middle chapter.
The most important thing is that it is rumored that if one can collect the complete Heavenly Creation, one can obtain great opportunities, but the strange thing is that even if someone can collect the first, second and last three chapters, they cannot find the essential chapters. In other words, so far, no one has collected the complete Heavenly Creation.
This is just a legend in the weapon refining world. Moreover, let alone collecting all of them, a weapon refiner who can collect three chapters can at least enter the level of an earth-level weapon refiner.
"163 million spirit stones." Seeing that no one else was bidding, Ye Liuyun also bid again.
