Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting - Chapter 1477 Raising the Price

Chapter 1477: Chapter 1477 Raising the Price

“One hundred and fifty thousand.”

The first row booth once again shouted out the price, directly raising it to another level.

Lan Xuanyu’s divine consciousness couldn’t help but probe towards the direction where the voice was coming from. Although the overall plan was devised by him, he still did not know how it would be executed. This is currently the greatest secret of the Dragon Horse Federation. He didn’t want to know either, as not knowing such secrets would indeed be safer.

With the scanning of divine consciousness, Lan Xuanyu had already seen the person. It was an individual who was only about 1.2 meters tall, but had very broad shoulders.

He somewhat resembled a human, but was extremely ugly, with a flat nose, small eyes, and thin lips. He was wearing gorgeous clothes of red and white, yet it didn’t make him look good at all. His short and stout figure had quite a peculiar feeling.

Lan Xuanyu recognized this race, which is one of the top ten races in the Dragon Horse Galaxy. But unlike the main warring races like the Elder of the Eight-Armed Demon God Clan and the Mantis Clan, this is a race most adept at production, known for its precision, and possessing powerful resources second only to the Sky Dragon Planet and Sky Horse Star. Their strength mainly lies in resources, and they have very good relations with many races due to their massive resources.

The highest quality energy crystals are produced on the Sky Dragon Planet, but the largest energy crystal mines are owned by this race. Attracted by such resources, many races are united around them.

This time the formation of the Dragon Horse Federation, the most vocal opposition came from this race. Even the Sky Dragon Clan and Sky Horse Clan wont easily touch them, as they are one of the foundations of the Dragon Horse Galaxy. This race is called the Celestial Harmony Clan. They possess the most warships, even more than the Sky Dragon Clan and Sky Horse Clan.

Currently, the one bidding is the Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan. The greatest of the Celestial Harmony Clan, and the ruler of the Celestial Harmony Clan, is the Celestial Harmony Emperor. However, he did not personally attend this auction. The Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan is the second most powerful, and has an equally esteemed status.

The Celestial Harmony Star, where the Celestial Harmony Clan resides, is a planet rich in resources. However, compared to the life levels of the Sky Dragon Planet and Sky Horse Star, it is still quite distant.

During the rise of the Sky Dragon Clan, the support from the Celestial Harmony Clan was indispensable, allowing the Dragon Clan, which has risen for less than ten thousand years, to surpass the Sky Horse Clan and become the greatest strong race in the Dragon Horse Galaxy.

Thus, the Celestial Harmony Clan itself has a closer relationship with the Dragon Clan, but, this time the formation of the Dragon Horse Federation, the Celestial Harmony Clan opposed it strongly. Of course, the opposition was ineffective, as the Dragon Horse Federation has already been successfully formed. However, their attitude has been rather passive. Until now, the fleet of the Celestial Harmony Clan has not been dispatched to undergo unified coordination and transformation.

Regarding this, even on the Sky Dragon Planet side, they did not force the issue too much. According to the plan, they resolved the issues of those small and medium races first, and would negotiate with the Celestial Harmony Clan later.

Therefore, don’t be misled by the unimpressive appearance of the Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan, as in fact, he’s a major figure within the Dragon Horse Federation.

Once the price of one hundred and fifty thousand Sky Dragon Crystal Coins was announced, the competitors finally quieted down.

The Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan’s small eyes gleamed brightly, greedily clutching at the Heaven Nourishing Crystal Stone on the auction stage.

Before the start of this Dragon Horse Grand Auction, there was no information about the items. So no one knew what would be up for bidding, different races would just bring out their own items to join the auction. He also didn’t expect such a valuable item to be presented. This is a Heaven Nourishing Crystal Stone, a higher level existence of life energy. Bringing this back to the Celestial Harmony Star, it wouldn’t be for an individual to use as, in terms of cultivation, the Celestial Harmony Star isn’t particularly adept at this, but if it’s absorbed by the life core of the Celestial Harmony Star, it will greatly benefit the ongoing evolution of the life core.

“One hundred and fifty thousand once, one hundred and fifty thousand twice, one hundred and fifty thousand three times, sold!” Zhang Minxuan drops the hammer, signalling that the first batch of five Heaven Nourishing Crystal Stones falls into the hands of the Celestial Harmony Clan.

“Given that the auction price of the first batch of Heaven Nourishing Crystal Stones reached one hundred and fifty thousand, the second batch will start at one hundred thousand,” Zhang Minxuan announced.

This is a common occurrence at auctions; the price for the same auction item will reference the final value of the previous bidding. The specific control lies with the auctioneer.

Regarding this, there were no issues from the bidders. After all, it’s now apparent that acquiring a batch of Heaven Nourishing Crystal Stones for less than one hundred thousand is completely impossible.

“One hundred and fifty thousand!” Without any hesitation, the Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan immediately bid the same high price, fully displaying his wealth.

The Sky Dragon Clan and Sky Horse Clan booths both remained silent. This is yet another of the unwritten rules: whoever presents something for auction can’t inflate the price themselves.

And just at this moment, Lan Xuanyu heard the transmission of the Sky Dragon Leader in his ears. His eyes moved slightly, and his divine consciousness communicated outward.

“One hundred and fifty thousand one hundred.” A new bid emerged, not from the major strong races in the front row, but from an auction number card in the back row.

The bidder was actually Liang Pu, who had participated in many bids previously. When this price was announced, the surrounding bidders’ eyes fell on him in unison. The astute noticed that he clearly couldn’t be representing his own race. Could the Blue Sea Tribe have this power? Obviously, he’s representing someone!

The Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan’s expression changed. He turned around to look back, but the reported price was by Zhang Minxuan, who did not announce the number of the bid, making it impossible to identify the bidder with divine consciousness.

“One hundred and sixty thousand!” The Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan called out with a stern face.

“One hundred and sixty thousand one hundred!” The bid from behind appeared again. Each time only increased by a hundred, which isn’t insignificant for other items, but compared to the bid of the Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan, this seems a bit provocative.

“One hundred and sixty-five thousand!” The Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan continued to bid with a grim face.

“One hundred and sixty-five thousand one hundred.” The bid from behind appeared again, and this time it merely increased by a single hundred, the minimum increment allowed by the rules.

The Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan’s divine consciousness scanned toward the bidding direction, but he immediately felt a mysterious divine consciousness blocking his exploration. His divine consciousness was unable to advance at all.

The Celestial Harmony Clan isn’t known for individual strength, thus, for a while, this figure really had no solution!

However, the Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan wasn’t stupid; quite the opposite, he was very smart, and simply ceased bidding.

Zhang Minxuan said on the stage, “One hundred and sixty-five thousand one hundred, is there a higher price?”

After asking this multiple times, the countdown began, “One hundred and sixty-five thousand one hundred once.”

For such a precious auction item, the pause time naturally should be a bit longer, the drawn-out tone reflected the eagerly looking at the Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan below.

The Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan appeared calm, seemingly uninterested in bidding further.

“One hundred and sixty-five thousand one hundred twice!” Zhang Minxuan raised the auction hammer in her hand.

“Thud! Third time, sold,” Zhang Minxuan swiftly dropped the hammer, confirming the auction result for the second batch of Heaven Nourishing Crystal Stones.

The Prime Minister of the Celestial Harmony Clan’s eyes suddenly widened. He did not intend to abandon this batch of Heaven Nourishing Crystal Stones but planned to make a move at the last moment, bringing forth a new bid to pressure his rival. Yet he didn’t expect that during the third time, Zhang Minxuan would not follow convention to re-quote, but directly confirmed the auction. This implies that it likely wasn’t done by the Dragon Clan!

While at the auction, the auctioneer has the authority to decide whether to call the price for the third time. It is determined based on the situation at the auction. Given that there has already been two calls, nobody made another move, and accelerating the confirmation doesn’t pose any issues.