Chapter 35 Ten Thousand Years Soul-inducing Wood
"The next lot is a weird piece of wood."
A charming voice sounded, and a plate covered with red cloth was brought up.
The auctioneer pulled away the red cloth, revealing a dark and somewhat decayed ancient tree in front of everyone.
Before the auctioneer could introduce it, Hun Qing's eyes suddenly trembled as soon as he saw the piece of dark ancient wood on the plate. He tightly grasped the armrests of the seat with both hands and said in shock: "This is... to attract the soul." Wood is still ten thousand years old!”
Her shocked expression directly attracted the attention of other people in the room. President Frank looked sideways at her and asked in surprise: "Miss Qing, do you recognize this object?"
Hun Qing nodded, calmed down his excitement, held his chin, and stared at the ancient tree with his eyes.
In order to avoid admitting her mistake, she also specially used secret techniques to investigate.
When the black light in his eyes receded, Hun Qing showed a surprise smile on his face.
It really is a ten thousand year soul attracting tree!
Soul-inducing wood is extremely rare. It is a rotten wood from extremely cold places. It has continuously absorbed the essence of the sun and moon and been tempered for hundreds of years. The older it is, the more precious it is.
But not all rotten wood can transform into soul-attracting wood. Among tens of millions of rotten trees, there are only a few gifted ones that can transform into soul-attracting wood.
There is an extremely cold place in the soul world, which is used to cultivate soul-drawing trees. However, since the soul world is only a space opened up day after tomorrow, and the essence of the sun and moon is insufficient, the soul-drawing trees cultivated for thousands of years are not only old, but also extremely rare. .
However, there are very few people in the soul tribe who can practice soul-catching skills to the seventh level, so the soul-inducing wood is not in short supply in the soul world.
"Isn't it just a piece of black rotten wood? How weird can it be..."
"It's just a piece of rotten wood, and your auction house has the nerve to put it up for auction..."
"Whoever is willing to pay a high price to buy back a piece of useless wood is not being taken advantage of. There will be no other treasures to auction..."
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The vast majority of all living beings are ordinary people who don’t know anything.
When they saw that the auction item was just a piece of rotten wood, the guests on the first floor vented their dissatisfaction. Even some of the guests in the private room upstairs frowned.
The experienced auctioneer didn't take such a scene seriously, just smiled and passed it by, and then explained to everyone dutifully:
"Although this object is weird and seems to be rotten, after appraisal by the masters at our auction house, this strange ancient wood is invulnerable to invulnerability, water and fire, and even the powerful spirit warriors cannot leave traces on it. It should be an extraordinary treasure. .”
"It's a pity that our auction house has limited eyesight. We can't see what kind of treasure this is, and we can't do anything with it, so we put it up for auction."
Speaking of this, the auctioneer shook his head regretfully. If their auction house had no way to get the ancient wood, they wouldn't put it up for auction. Wouldn't it be better for them to keep such a treasure for themselves?
"Everyone, although our auction house does not know this ancient wood, the little girl believes that there must be someone among you who knows the goods. If this ancient wood is really a treasure passed down from generation to generation, it is also a chance, right?"
"Now the auction begins, for the mysterious ancient wood, the starting price is 300,000 gold coins." The auctioneer Xiao Yingying announced the starting price. Since he did not know the origin and function of the ancient wood, he did not bid too high a price.
As soon as the starting price was announced, the entire venue fell into silence.
Three hundred thousand gold coins may not be worth mentioning to the big forces, but for those who come to Black Rock City to participate in the auction, it is a large amount of money.
No force is willing to take the risk and spend a lot of money to take down a piece of rotten wood that may be a treasure.
On the fourth floor, Sheng Shenglong recognized the soul-drawing wood, but he knew that Hun Qinghao would definitely take a photo of it, so he would not snatch it from her.
"Four hundred thousand." Just when the auctioneer thought that this lot was going to fail, the girl's clear voice rang out in the silent space.
The auctioneer was slightly startled, and looked towards the box where the sound came from, and saw the girl who had been sitting next to Frank, the president of the Alchemist Guild, who had never made a sound.
"Miss, are you sure you want to bid for this piece of ancient wood at a high price of 400,000 gold coins? Do you mind even if it is really just a piece of rotten wood?" The auctioneer came back to his senses and asked symbolically.
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes were focused on Hun Qinghao. Some people thought that this little girl was taken advantage of, but many others were shaken.
After all, a girl who can be on an equal footing with President Frank is not simple to look at. Maybe that piece of ancient wood is really a treasure.
People with such thoughts cast their eyes on the ancient trees on the auction stage, eager to try.
Rolling his eyes, Hun Qing stood up, put his hands on his hips, assumed the aura of a naughty young lady, held his head high and spoke domineeringly: "I don't care if it is a treasure or not, I like to collect some strange things, Miss Ben. If you want it, no matter which one of you bids, I will add an additional 100,000.”
Hello Hun Qing: Humph! If you want to pick something out of this lady’s attitude, just dream!
There is never any reason to let go of what she likes!
In Room 1 on the fourth floor, Sheng Shenglong couldn't help but chuckle when he heard Hun Qinghao's domineering words, "We haven't seen each other for five years, and she is still the same person she was before. She hasn't changed at all!"
And when everyone heard Hun Qinghao's words, they couldn't help but feel disappointed.
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It turned out that she was just an unruly and willful young lady, and she didn't realize that the ancient tree was a treasure.
"Is there anyone else bidding?" the auctioneer asked with a smile, maintaining a standard smile.
The scene fell into silence for a while. After waiting for a long time, no one offered a higher price. The auctioneer shook his head and sighed slightly, rang the bell and said with a smile: "Four hundred thousand gold coins. Congratulations to the lady in Room 1 on the third floor for taking the auction." Ancient wood.”
After the auctioneer finished speaking, staff members soon came to take away the plate on which the ancient wood was placed, and then sent it to the room where Hun Qinghao was.
Hun Qinghao held an ancient piece of wood about fifty centimeters long and looked at it again and again.
Underneath the decayed appearance, she could feel the powerful power contained within the ancient wood.
As expected, her trip to the auction was not in vain!
Hunqing was in a good mood after putting away the soul-inducing wood. No matter what treasures there were in the future, they would not be as valuable to her as this ten-thousand-year soul-inducing wood.
This is a ten-thousand-year-old soul-inducing tree, something even my father doesn’t have!
After the mysterious ancient wood, several more lots were auctioned off, and soon it came to an exciting moment in every auction, with the grand finale of the auction.
"The last lot in this auction, Bingling Hanquan."
"Everyone should know that the Ice Spirit Cold Spring has miraculous effects on monks who practice ice-based exercises, and can help alchemists refine strange fires. However, because the Ice Spirit Cold Spring was born in an extremely cold place and is extremely difficult to preserve, the starting price Five hundred thousand gold coins.”
"Fifty million."
"Five hundred and sixty thousand."
"Six hundred thousand."
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(End of chapter)