Chapter 825: Malicious Bidding
"The Little Destruction Technique has no reserve price, and no limits on increments. The highest bidder wins."
After Peng Fu finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved out a wooden box.
The restriction on the wooden box was relatively simple, but no one dared to use Divine Will to peek into the wooden box at this time.
Just as the wooden box appeared, the bid screen in the auction hall already showed a bid.
The first bid was one hundred million top-grade Divine Crystals, plus two top-grade Divine Spirit Veins.
This price excluded everyone hoping for a bargain.
In the Little Heavenly Ruins, the most lacking things were Divine Crystals and Divine Spirit Veins.
So this negligible price here was considered high.
Before Ding Huan could bid, a new bid appeared on the bid screen:
Twenty top-grade Divine Spirit Veins, plus one top-grade Divine Spirit Vein.
Unlike other bids, this bid also indicated the box number.
The box number was one.
Seeing this box number, the price on the bid screen stopped refreshing.
It seemed everyone knew that someone from Box No. 1 was not someone they could contend against.
Anyone who dared to bid against them was as if they were slapping the face of Box No. 1.
Ding Huan saw the box number too, but he didn't mind. Instead, he straightforwardly bid ten top-grade Divine Spirit Veins.
In his world, if there weren't ten thousand top-grade Divine Spirit Veins, there were at least thousands.
As for top-grade Divine Spirit Veins, they didn't catch his eye at all.
They were piled up like mountains in his world.
The price of ten top-grade Divine Spirit Veins could definitely surpass the opponent's twenty top-grade Divine Spirit Veins plus one top-grade Divine Spirit Vein.
"Brother Ding Huan, the person who just bid was Chen Chi." Guan Huan reminded Ding Huan.
Ding Huan chuckled, "So what?"
Chen Chi was the Daoist of the Great Wheel Dao Court. If it were another issue, perhaps he would give some face.
But on the path of pursuing the Great Dao, no one's face mattered.
It was surprising to Ding Huan that Box No. 1 was Chen Chi. He had thought it was the President of the Great Wheel Commerce before.
This Chen Chi was quite shameless. Already a Daoist, he was still gaming the bids with such trickery.
If it were any other seat competing with Chen Chi for the Little Destruction Technique, Peng Fu would certainly point out the seat number and let them gracefully exit the competition.
But with Ding Huan bidding, he didn't dare to obstruct.
He was relieved that Chen Chi didn't continue bidding.
Clearly, Daoist Chen Chi of the Great Wheel Dao Court gave Ding Huan this face.
"Ten top-grade Divine Spirit Veins going once, ten top-grade Divine Spirit Veins going twice..."
With the fall of Peng Fu's concluding words, Ding Huan purchased the Little Destruction Technique.
Even if it's the Little Destruction Technique, ten top-grade Divine Spirit Veins were extremely cheap.
Not just because Peng Fu mentioned that no one had succeeded in cultivating this Little Destruction Technique.
More importantly, the Little Destruction Technique was bid on by Box No. 1.
Box No. 1 was under the Daoist of the Great Wheel Dao Court.
As long as you live in the Great Wheel Dao Court, who dares to offend Daoist Chen Chi?
Perhaps only Ding Huan, who once destroyed the Qu's Dao Court, dared.
Seeing Ding Huan's successful transaction, Bai Yue looked at Ding Huan with eyes full of respect.
This Ding Huan and his Senior Brother Mo really were similar people. For Bai Yue to have come this far and survived several calamities,
it's all because he had a great senior brother, and his Great Dao was unique.
Now he had met Ding Huan.
In any case, he had to establish good relations with Ding Huan. Only then could there be a chance to leave the Little Heavenly Ruins.
Peng Fu didn't even congratulate Ding Huan on acquiring the Little Destruction Technique, he wished this matter would pass quickly.
So he took out the second treasure: "This is a Yong Saint Dao Fruit, it's a top-grade item surpassing the Tao Fruit.
Those who have used the Yong Saint Dao Fruit know that it allows a Ninth Rebirth Saint to comprehend the Eternal Life Realm Saint's Great Dao Fruit.
The reserve price for the Yong Saint Dao Fruit is a hundred top-grade Divine Spirit Veins, with each increment not less than ten top-grade Divine Spirit Veins. The bidding starts now."
Earlier, the Little Destruction Technique had no reserve price because Peng Fu hoped everyone could bid without restriction, elevating the Little Destruction Technique's value.
But it ran into the Daoist of Box No. 1, Chen Chi, who never played by the rules when it came to things he liked.
Even if you don't play by the rules and buy the item, at least the Great Wheel Commerce gets a favor.
But then Ding Huan unexpectedly intervened and, without conventional bidding, directly stepped in and snatched the Little Destruction Technique.
Now the problem was, the Great Wheel Commerce neither gained Chen Chi's favor nor sold the Little Destruction Technique for a high price.
This time Peng Fu was wiser, so he straightforwardly announced the reserve price.
The reputation of the Yong Saint Dao Fruit was indeed remarkable, but Peng Fu knew, the effect was quite ordinary.
Because he had used this Dao Fruit, and still failed to prove the Eternal Life Realm Saint.
If the Yong Saint Dao Fruit were truly that useful, it wouldn't appear at an auction. He wouldn't still be stuck in the Ninth Rebirth Saint Realm now.
Peng Fu was smart, obviously others weren't foolish either.
Anyone likely to purchase the Yong Saint Dao Fruit probably thought, you, Peng Fu, are already Ninth Step Perfection.
If the Yong Saint Dao Fruit could make one enter the Eternal Life Realm, you, Peng Fu, would have taken this Dao Fruit long ago.
With Peng Fu's ability, acquiring a Yong Saint Dao Fruit should have been quite easy.
"This Dao Fruit is not very useful, its reputation exceeds its actual effect," Bai Yue whispered in Ding Huan's ear.
He was worried that Ding Huan would make the purchase.
Ding Huan originally didn't plan to buy this Tao Fruit.
Now seeing that no one was buying it, he simply quoted one hundred and ten top-grade Divine Spirit Veins.
"Brother Ding Huan, you'd better not use this Tao Fruit to cultivate. Cultivators using Tao Fruits for cultivation is a last resort, with your talent..."
Guan Huan hurriedly said upon seeing Ding Huan's bid.
Ding Huan smiled, "Well, it's good to buy it and take a look."
More than a hundred top-grade Divine Spirit Veins really are nothing to Ding Huan.
He's not buying this Yong Saint's Tao Fruit to cultivate to the Eternal Life Realm.
The main reason is to see what laws are contained in this Tao Fruit that allows someone to perceive the Eternal Life Realm.
Not only had Ding Huan not expected this, but no one else did either.
The Yong Saint's Tao Fruit, which was about to go unsold, suddenly received a bid because of Ding Huan's offer.
A second price appeared on the bidding screen: one hundred and twenty top-grade Divine Spirit Veins.
Ding Huan was speechless; no one wanted this item, yet he bid and people came to compete with him?
"This person must be crazy." Bai Yue mumbled, equally speechless.
"No problem, it's just that I have plenty of Divine Spirit Veins." Ding Huan chuckled and quoted two hundred top-grade Divine Spirit Veins and ten top-grade Divine Spirit Veins without hesitation.
He didn't want to waste time.
He just wanted the auction to proceed quickly.
He also wanted to get the Bright Dao Scroll early and leave.
But just as Ding Huan's bid appeared, the bidding screen was refreshed again: "Two hundred and ten top-grade Divine Spirit Veins, twelve top-grade Divine Spirit Veins."
At that moment, everyone in the auction hall was a bit stunned.
Could it be that the Yong Saint's Tao Fruit truly is something good? Truly able to cultivate to the Eternal Life Realm of a Saint?
Otherwise, how could there be competitive bidding?
Indeed, this amount of Divine Spirit Veins is nothing to Ding Huan.
But here, it's the Little Heavenly Ruins.
The Little Heavenly Ruins have complete Heaven and Earth Rules, but lack cultivation resources the most.
And for cultivators in the Saint Realm, the best cultivation resources are Divine Spirit Veins.
"Brother Ding Huan, are you still going to raise your bid?" Guan Huan looked at Ding Huan, intending to persuade him to give up.
Because the Yong Saint's Tao Fruit indeed was not worth that price.
Ding Huan smiled, "Naturally, I'll give up. That person is so eager for the Yong Saint's Tao Fruit; why shouldn't I fulfill their wish?"
Ding Huan didn't know who was bidding against him.
But from the bidding, he could tell the opponent wasn't truly eager for the Yong Saint's Tao Fruit.
If they truly wanted the Tao Fruit, they would have bid at the start. How could they wait until it was about to go unsold and then start competing?
Seeing Ding Huan not continuing to raise his bid, Peng Fu began the count: "Two hundred and ten top-grade Divine Spirit Veins, twelve top-grade Divine Spirit Veins once..."
A woman in box thirty-five turned pale upon hearing the count.
She hadn't expected Ding Huan wouldn't increase his bid.
Of course, Ding Huan didn't know; those seated in the auction hall didn't know who was bidding against them.
But those in the booths clearly knew who was bidding each time.
The woman in box thirty-five bid.
Because she saw Ding Huan daring to seize the Daoist's Little Destruction Technique, she was angry and wanted Ding Huan to suffer a greater loss of Divine Spirit Veins, so she deliberately bid falsely.
The Daoist graciously didn't mind, but she wasn't as gracious.
If she knew that hundreds of top-grade Divine Spirit Veins meant nothing to Ding Huan, maybe she wouldn't have done this ridiculous thing.
"...Congratulations to the friend in box thirty-five for winning the Yong Saint's Tao Fruit."
As Peng Fu swiftly called the price three times, a congratulatory voice announced the sale, and the woman in box thirty-five stood up in fear.
She was well aware of what would happen if she couldn't produce the corresponding Divine Spirit Veins after bidding.
Ding Huan's Divine Will immediately scanned box thirty-five and, without hesitation, penetrated inside; he really wanted to see who this fool was.
These box restrictions were only for warning purposes. With Ding Huan's methods, his Divine Will penetrated without triggering the warning.
As Ding Huan saw a young and beautiful woman with a pale face looking at the flashing Teleportation Array Pattern without transmitting anything out.
He knew that this woman intended to make him spend more Divine Spirit Veins.
As the transmission deadline was about to arrive, the woman finally came to her senses and hurriedly said:
"I didn't calculate the Divine Spirit Veins on me when bidding, and only now realized I don't have enough Divine Spirit Veins."
Upon receiving this message, Peng Fu's face instantly darkened.
Daring to falsely bid at the auction jointly held by the three major commerce houses leads to only one outcome: death.
Moreover, it must be done on the spot to increase deterrence.
Just as Peng Fu was about to order the woman's immediate execution, a sudden voice fell into his ear:
"Manager Peng, can this be neglected for my sake this time?"
Ding Huan's Divine Will had long been on Peng Fu; he initially wanted to see how Manager Peng would act.
Little did he expect to hear this message.
With Ding Huan's understanding of Heaven and Earth Laws and currently his Divine Will covering the space around Peng Fu.
And with Chen Chi freely transmitting his voice, it was naturally captured by Ding Huan.
Although Ding Huan had never heard Chen Chi's voice, he could guess that it was definitely Chen Chi.
Ordinary people aren't daring enough to say this to Peng Fu.