Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme-Chapter 1036 - 633 Scheme_2

Chapter 1036: Chapter 633: Scheme_2

Chapter 1036: Chapter 633: Scheme_2

“Hmph!”

Ning Bozhong snorted coldly, not to be outdone, “Twelve thousand Tao Points!”

“Thirteen thousand Tao Points!”

“Fifteen thousand Tao Points!”

“Eighteen thousand Tao Points!”

The two were at loggerheads, tensions high as if swords were drawn and bows were bent, their shouts growing louder and the smell of gunpowder increasingly thick.

Finally…

“Twenty-eight thousand Tao Points!”

Ning Bozhong’s expression was icy as he added a hefty sum on top of the already high bid.

“A gentleman does not covet that which another desires, and this younger brother should also allow others their due!”

Jiang Tao smiled lightly, knowing that the price had already become inflated, and that further competition would be pointless, promptly stepped back, leaving Ning Bozhong with a spiteful jab.

“Hmph!!!”

Ning Bozhong snorted, paying no attention, his eyes only on the Ten Thousand Souls Banner on stage.

“Twenty-eight thousand Tao Points for the first time!”

“Twenty-eight thousand Tao Points for the second time!”

“Twenty-eight thousand Tao Points for the third time!”

“Congratulations to this customer for winning the first auction item!”

Zhang Yan offered a gracious smile, immediately instructing her assistants to deliver the Ten Thousand Souls Banner down from the stage to Ning Bozhong.

Since it was private currency, unrecognized by the Sky-reaching Tower, there was no need for any transaction procedures or tax calculations, and the Tao Points exchanged by Ning Bozhong were directly deducted from the account.

A Second-Order Divine Artifact, sold at a high surplus, plus the effect of the Ten Thousand Dao Points, meant profit not merely doubled but increased by two or three-fold, a victory indeed.

Ning Bozhong took back the Ten Thousand Souls Banner with a gloomy face, silent.

Twenty-eight thousand Tao Points, given the value of the Ten Thousand Dao Points, this closing price had already overflowed by several times.

Even for a Second-Order Divine Artifact, it was not deemed worth such a heavy investment by all logic.

However, to Ning Bozhong, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was more than just a simple Second-Order Divine Artifact; it pertained to his territory and was key to advancing in the Netherworld Path.

Essential items like this left him no choice, and he had to clinch it, even if it meant paying several times the going rate.

On the auction stage, Zhang Yan, with a light smile, introduced the next item: “Next, we present the second auction item—Star Sword Order!”

“This item is at the heart of the civilization and can convert all territories of Second Order and below into a subsidiary civilization of the Complete Heaven Immortal Palace—the Complete Heaven Sword Sect!”

“The Complete Heaven Immortal Palace is a Ninth Order Immortal Gods civilization, and while the Complete Heaven Sword Sect is a subsidiary, it is extremely powerful in its own right among Middle and low-level realms, boasting the traits of both ‘Star’ and ‘Sword Cultivator.’ It can convert the Power of the Stars into a special resource, Complete Heaven Star Stone, through its matching structures.”

“By consuming Complete Heaven Star Stone, one can train the special troop Complete Heaven Sword Cultivators, who possess formidable long-range attack capabilities and can soar through the skies on their swords, inflicting lethal strikes on territories that lack anti-air defenses.”

“The starting bid is ten million Tao Points, with each raise not less than one million Tao Points!”

As the second item graced the stage, everyone’s attention shifted to one of the three focal points, Zhou Tianqi.

“They must have dismantled it from his territory, right?”

“How tragic!”

“The Complete Heaven Sword Sect is a subsidiary of the Heaven-connecting Immortal Palace and is subject to its constraints. That man who has such deep enmity with the Zhou Family naturally wouldn’t dare to use it, thus it can only be auctioned off.”

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“However, among those present, who could be lacking…”

“One hundred and ten thousand Tao Points!”

“One hundred and twenty thousand Tao Points!”

“One hundred and thirty thousand Tao Points!”

The bids came calling out one after another, interrupting the train of thought, as all looked towards the source of the commotion to see many unfamiliar faces fiercely competing.

“These Loose Cultivators!”

“They’ve all planned it just right.”

“A parentless orphan, raised by the Heaven-Connecting Academy, where would he have learned such scheming?”

“Were it not for the restrictions of the Sky-reaching Tower and the impracticality of the Body Snatching Skill, to say nothing of reincarnation being out of the question, I would suspect him to be some ancient monster returned to the living through another’s body!”

“Such calculation, impeccable planning!”

Seeing this, the people from the various factions could not help but smile wryly.

While the main force of the auction was indeed these major powers, it was not without participation from the Independent People.

Propelled by the promotion of the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion, quite a few moderately wealthy Independent Lords had exchanged their Tao Points, hoping to grab a bargain.

For an item like the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, they dared not contend, nor did they possess the power to do so, but the Star Sword Order was another story.

Civilization items such as this held little interest for the major forces because they could create them on their own.

But for those “commoners” and “Independent People,” things were different. Despite the fierce competition on the Reputation List, the Mythical Heroes, the Magic clans, and so on, that was all a matter of the Reputation List, the prerogative of the favored children of the heavens.

Many ordinary Lords, even after advancing to Second Order, still relied on common imperial civilizations like Song and Jin. Top-tier Magic Civilizations like the Complete Heaven Sword Sect and Netherworld Ghost Domain were out of their reach.

Although powers like Heaven-Connecting Academy would occasionally hold auctions, releasing a batch of such civilization items, they seldom fell into the hands of outsiders, as everyone had kith and kin, if not pets, and they would have internalized these goods early on. The rare item that slipped through was priced outrageously.

Thus, opportunities like this one were exceedingly rare, to say nothing of the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion reducing the price-point, starting with ten million Tao Points for an item of Complete Heaven Sword Sect’s caliber was an absolute bargain.

Although the starting bid did not equal the closing price, the reputation of the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion for benefiting the public had already been established, which would undoubtedly attract more Lords to join its commercial system with the Ten Thousand Dao Points, allowing it to grow larger and stronger like a snowball rolling downhill.

Such tactics might appear to be commercial operations, yet they were actually a masterful control over hearts and minds, meticulously crafted with no detail overlooked. He sought both fame and profit; his calculation of human nature and control over the situation reached an astonishing level.

Could such finesse and cunning belong to a Low-Order Lord with neither parents nor family, an orphan by birth?