“Qian Wu Universe Country possesses an incomparably vast strength. Even your teacher cannot compare with it. In front of the enormous Qian Wu Universe Country, Immortal experts can only lower their proud heads! After all, the Qian Wu Universe Country has strength in numbers! Of course, an unaffiliated Immortal lone cultivator like your teacher, who has no attachments and possesses extremely powerful strength, would not be easily provoked by the Qian Wu Universe Country. But if they truly fought… with a certain price, killing your teacher would still not be a problem.” Babata sighed emotionally. “There is no helping it, they have strength in numbers!”
Luo Feng nodded.
Looking at the endless seats in the auction hall, and the countless World Lords whose ends could not be seen at a glance, he understood what it meant to have strength in numbers.
Three hours later.
“Everyone!”
A clear voice instantly spread out and echoed throughout the entire auction hall. The vast auction hall immediately became silent, and everyone consciously stopped speaking.
Luo Feng looked towards the centre of the auction hall.
An old man with a bald head and a black tortoise shell on his back stood at the centre of the auction hall. Above him appeared a three dimensional projection of the old man, nearly one thousand metres tall.
“Welcome everyone to this year’s Qian Wu Auction. I would like to thank Virtual Universe Company, Universe First Bank, Universe Galaxy Bank, Giant Axe Battle Arena, Universe Mercenary Alliance, and Qian Wu Universe Country for their strong support.” The old man smiled. “I believe many people already know me. You can call me Old Bato. This time, Old Bato will once again host this top level grand event!”
“The previous Qian Wu Auction had 1,316,038 participants. The statistics for this auction have just been released. Everyone, do you know… how many people are participating this time?”
“1,823,959 people! 1.82 million, more than 500,000 more than last time.”
The entire auction hall immediately erupted with a wave like uproar.
The minimum requirement to come here was a three star customer…
Among the densely packed seats, Luo Feng smacked his lips and sighed inwardly, “In the Black Dragon Mountain Star Region, my wealth can rank within the top 100, but in the entire Qian Wu Universe Country…” Different positions allowed people to see different things. Those who did not reach the threshold of a three star customer were not even qualified to participate in the Qian Wu Auction.
“Enough with the unnecessary words!”
“The official start time of this auction will arrive soon. Before the auction officially begins, as usual, we will first hold a small auction as a warm up.” The old man with the tortoise shell pointed to the side. A huge screen immediately appeared beside him. On the screen was a magnificent universe star region. Countless star systems flashed past, and each star system contained many life planets. There were also many powerful beings among those life planets.
“This is the Tana Star Region!”
“Among the more than 13,000 star regions of our Qian Wu Universe Country, this is a relatively small star region near the back. The entire star region contains 668 galaxies. Previously, it was the territory of an Immortal expert. However, this Immortal existence is preparing for a life and death adventure, so he wishes to sell the entire star region. Therefore, the warm up auction item of our auction is this star region, the Tana Star Region!” The old man with the tortoise shell shouted loudly.
The auction hall erupted in discussion.
Luo Feng, sitting high on his huge seat, was also shocked. “Tana Star Region? The first item is already an entire star region?”
One had to know that the elementary civilisation universe country, the Silver Blue Empire, only had eight galaxies. Although the Tana Star Region was a small star region, it still had more than six hundred galaxies.
“The warm up auction item is already a small star region. It seems this auction will contain many extremely high priced items!”
“I heard long ago that the finale of this auction is a quota to enter the ‘Initial Universe’ for enlightenment. This auction is definitely one of the greatest auctions in tens of thousands of years.” Some discussions came from the huge seats beside Luo Feng.
The Qian Wu Auction was held once every three years.
However, every auction was different. Occasionally, after several thousand or even tens of thousands of years, there would be an auction where the level of treasures was especially high. Generally speaking, the so called ‘warm up auction’ could reveal the level of the entire auction.
“Tana Star Region!”
“A precious star region. As long as it does not establish a country, it can receive protection from Qian Wu Universe Country.”
“Such a star region can absolutely become the foundation for a family to inherit for billions of years! It can establish warrior training bases, cultivate slave star systems. There are only so many star regions in the entire universe country, and very few are actually auctioned. Now everyone may begin bidding. The starting price is 300 Hunyuan units.” The old man with the tortoise shell shouted. “Each increase must be an integer multiple of Hunyuan units.”
Immediately, a line of numbers appeared on the large screen.
“300 Hunyuan units.”
“400 Hunyuan units.”
The price immediately soared.
This scene confused Luo Feng. “Babata, the price of a single galaxy is between 1,000 and 10,000 universe coins. This star region has 668 galaxies. Logically speaking, two or three hundred Hunyuan units should be enough.”
“Luo Feng, what you are talking about is selling galaxies individually!”
“Now, the entire star region is being sold! It is completely different. Once galaxies are separated, they can easily be bullied by surrounding forces and it becomes difficult to develop. But an entire star region is a whole.” Babata said. “The entire star region can support each other internally, making it difficult for surrounding forces to suppress it.”
“Therefore, the price of an independent star region is extremely high.” Babata said.
Luo Feng held the black token and looked towards the distant central screen. The numbers on the screen continued refreshing.
400 Hunyuan units! 420 Hunyuan units! 460 Hunyuan units!…
In the blink of an eye, it became “860 Hunyuan units”!
861… 868… 876… The increase gradually slowed.
“1000 Hunyuan units!”
The sudden appearance of this number caused the entire auction hall to become silent. No one continued bidding.
“1000 Hunyuan units, counting down three seconds, 3, 2, 1… Congratulations to customer number kbr38293, you have successfully purchased the Tana Star Region and become its owner.” The old man’s voice was extremely powerful. “The official start time of this Qian Wu Auction is approaching. 58, 57… 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!”
His voice thundered like that of a god.
The centre of the auction hall became dazzlingly bright. The light reflected onto the faces of the powerful beings sitting on the enormous seats around them.
“The auction officially begins!”
“Now, the first batch of auction items. Everyone can see the 1,000 items that will be auctioned next on your auction tokens. Those who wish to purchase them, please prepare and get ready to bid. The first item is a metal lifeform, 92 members of the Bernas race.”
“Bernas metal lifeforms can fuse with spaceships, allowing spaceships to gain self recovery and self upgrading abilities.”
“There are a total of 92 Bernas metal lifeforms. The starting price is 200 billion universe coins! The highest 92 bidders will obtain these Bernas metal lifeforms.” The old man shouted.
Many people in the auction hall immediately began bidding.
Among the crowd, Luo Feng sat on his throne and looked down at the black token in his hand. “Auctioning 92 items at once, that is really fast. These metal lifeforms can actually fuse with spaceships, and as the strength of the metal lifeforms increases, they can continuously upgrade the spaceship? Interesting!”
Luo Feng watched the price continue rising, then shook his head and stopped bidding.
Auction items passed one after another like flowing water.
The lowest transaction prices were still hundreds of billions of universe coins, while normally they were several trillion universe coins. After all, the previous warm up auction was only an exception.
The 1000 Hunyuan unit price had probably only been offered by a four star customer.
“Lan Ke Fruits, the best item for nurturing spirit beasts and plant lifeforms. Even if seriously injured, consuming Lan Ke Fruits can provide healing effects. 100 Lan Ke Fruits make one unit. There are a total of 39 units of Lan Ke Fruits here. The minimum bid for each unit is 100 billion universe coins.”
Immediately, another round of bidding began.
A galaxy usually contained hundreds of thousands of planets, and its price was generally between 100 billion and 1 trillion universe coins. The items here, even a single one, were usually worth the equivalent of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of life planets.
“Luo Feng, buy one unit! These Lan Ke Fruits have an excellent nurturing effect on the Moyun Vine.”
Therefore…
Luo Feng eventually spent 180 billion and 181 billion universe coins to purchase two units of Lan Ke Fruits.
“Mechanical race battle armour. It provides perfect protection for the entire body. The outermost layer of the mechanical race battle armour naturally forms an energy shield, and the energy source of this shield comes from the energy crystal inside the armour. This mechanical race battle armour is D8 level. Once worn, even a small Stellar level expert wearing it would be impossible for a Domain Lord fifth or sixth rank expert to break through. Even psychic force cannot penetrate it. This mechanical race battle armour is a unique item and is absolutely the best gift for a beloved disciple or one’s descendants. With it, one’s safety will increase greatly.”
“The starting price is 1 Hunyuan unit!” The old man with the tortoise shell shouted.
This item surprised Luo Feng.
It did not require the user to possess any strength at all, yet it could resist attacks. This mechanical race battle armour… Luo Feng had never heard of it before. However, this thing was useless for World Lords.
“Damn, the price is rising so quickly.” Luo Feng finally looked at the result that left him stunned.
“9.8 Hunyuan units.”
This was the final transaction price, almost reaching 10 Hunyuan units.
A gift purely for a beloved disciple or descendants was actually almost equal in value to the total treasures Luo Feng had obtained from the Realm Within Realm!
“Luo Feng, this kind of mechanical race battle armour with such powerful defensive ability is extremely rare. Forget D8 level, you probably have not even seen C level mechanical race battle armour. This kind of thing is purely a luxury item. The person who bought this mechanical race battle armour was probably an Immortal existence.” Babata said.
Auction items continued passing by rapidly.
Various auction items dazzled the eyes. Taking out any one of them would be enough to make Domain Lords go crazy. Yet at this greatest event of the Qian Wu Universe Country, where over one million World Lords gathered, and even some Immortal existences were present, the bidders showed no hesitation when making offers.
Three consecutive batches of items, a total of 3,000 items, were quickly sold.
“Now, the fourth batch of auction items. Everyone can see the next 1,000 items to be auctioned on your auction tokens. If you see something you want, please prepare yourselves.” The old man with the tortoise shell continued smiling.
The entire auction hall immediately became silent.
Countless powerful beings sitting on their thrones looked at the items about to be auctioned on their tokens.
“Yanshen Weapon, Yanshen Weapon. One of the nine great divine weapons controlled by Spiritual Force Controller cultivators, the ‘Yanshen Weapon’. Luo Feng, this is the most suitable psychic weapon for you. You must bid for this Yanshen Weapon.” Just as Luo Feng began watching, Babata’s excited voice sounded in his mind.