Versatile Sword Cultivator

In general, Mysterious Grade equipment costs over five thousand Spirit Stones, with better ones reaching tens of thousands, even more.

At other guild-run auction houses, Mysterious Grade equipment is always in short supply within their own guilds, so who would be willing to sell it?

Mysterious Grade equipment is currently synonymous with power. The more Mysterious Grade equipment a guild has, the stronger they are. No guild leader with a brain would do something so short-sighted.

For someone like Lin Jichen to casually put Mysterious Grade equipment up for sale, it's hard to know what to say.

Although Lin Jichen is a solo player without a guild, where did he get so much Mysterious Grade equipment from? They couldn't figure it out.

They had also been to various high-level training grounds and killed many bosses, but the drop rates were still abysmal.

There was some Mysterious Grade equipment, but very little. As for Earth Grade, forget about it; so far, there are only a dozen pieces in the entire "Tale of Immortal."

Any guild that gets Earth Grade equipment treats it like a treasure, keeping it for themselves. Who would be willing to sell it?

Lin Jichen's auction house, however, claimed to definitely have Earth Grade equipment up for auction.

They didn't think Lin Jichen was just making a gimmick, as it would ruin his credibility. Lin Jichen wouldn't do something so foolish.

The more they thought about it, the more they felt Lin Jichen was extraordinary. Was this guy really just a solo player?

The bidding for the first Mysterious Grade item began.

"Five thousand!"

"Six thousand!"

"Six thousand five hundred!"

...

In no time, the price for this Mysterious Grade flying sword was bid up to seven thousand. In the end, a small guild leader won it for seven thousand five hundred.

It wasn't that this small guild was very powerful; it was that the real big shots didn't want to spend money bidding easily.

They were afraid that if they spent all their Spirit Stones now, they wouldn't have any left for the Earth Grade items later, which would be a real pain.

So unless the Mysterious Grade equipment had particularly good attributes, they wouldn't bid easily, just to conserve their strength.

Those small guilds were also very self-aware, knowing they had no chance with Earth Grade items, so they might as well buy some Mysterious Grade equipment.

Thus, the early bidding was a battlefield for small and medium-sized guilds, with the big shots hardly making a move.

Only when supreme-grade Mysterious Grade equipment appeared would they step in.

One round of auction items after another passed. This auction had prepared a hundred items.

Now, half of them had already been auctioned off.

Lin Jichen looked at the backstage earnings. Excluding items consigned by other players, just the handling fees and his own auction items had already netted him a pure profit of over five hundred thousand.

Auctions were indeed a lucrative business~

Lin Jichen planned to buy two more large shops in the royal city as soon as the auction ended.

Spirit Stones were useless in the early stages; it was better to invest in real estate, which would yield exponential returns in the future.

As the auction reached its midpoint, it hit its first small climax.

"The fifty-first auction item is an Earth Grade equipment."

As the beautiful host finished speaking, the scene became a bit restless.

Soon, a cart was pushed in, with a purple long blade displayed on it.

The host revealed the blade's attributes.

[Earth Grade Weapon: Sea-Splitting Warblade]: Strength 75, Critical Hit 60, each attack accumulates one layer of 'Battle Intent,' reaching 10 layers will unleash 5 times normal attack damage.

Comes with [Sea Split] and [Wave Break] skills.

[Sea Split]: A charged strike, releasing a powerful blade aura, dealing 1000 base damage, cooldown 30 seconds.

[Wave Break]: Normal attack damage +20%, lasts 30 seconds, cooldown 3 minutes.

Requirements: Bone Root 70 points or higher, Golden Core Realm blade cultivator.

Wow!

Damn! What a great item!

The blade's attributes were too good!

For a moment, all the big guild leaders couldn't sit still, their eyes gleaming.

Blade cultivators, besides sword cultivators, were the most popular among artifact cultivators.

An Earth Grade warblade, even with poor attributes, would definitely have a market.

Not to mention, these attributes were excellent.

"Get it, we must get it."

"How many Spirit Stones did we bring?"

"Hurry to the black market and exchange another hundred thousand Spirit Stones, quickly."

"Tell Xiao Li to bring all the company's remaining Spirit Stone stock here for emergencies."

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...

Many guild leaders began strategizing, fearing they wouldn't have enough Spirit Stones and quickly finding ways to gather more.

The female host deliberately kept everyone in suspense, not speaking for a while, then finally smiled and resumed hosting.

"To be honest, even Xuanxuan is tempted by this item, but unfortunately, Xuanxuan's pockets are empty. This equipment can only go to the capable. This is the first Earth Grade equipment since Honest Auction House opened, and it's no exaggeration to say it's also the first Earth Grade weapon auction item in the entire four provinces."

The female host deliberately emphasized the concept of 'first,' making everyone even more eager for this blade.

Indeed, it was the first Earth Grade auction item since the server opened. She wasn't wrong; securing this item was significant!

Lin Jichen nodded repeatedly as he watched. The NPC host he had chosen was indeed very skilled. He planned to sign a long-term contract with Xuanxuan later, leaving future auctions to her.

Even Jiang Luoyu praised, "The NPC you chose is really good."

"You're not planning to poach her, are you?" Lin Jichen joked.

Jiang Luoyu glanced at him and said, "Do you think I'm that petty, poaching my own friend's people?"

Lin Jichen laughed heartily.

The host then began the official bidding: "The auction begins now. The starting price for this Sea-Splitting Warblade is thirty thousand Spirit Stones!"

Hiss!

Everyone gasped. Thirty thousand to start, that's too expensive.

But for the big guilds, it didn't seem expensive.@@novelbin@@

After all, this Earth Grade warblade had such excellent attributes. Thirty thousand Spirit Stones was quite normal.

Only Wang Jinghao's mouth twitched.

Back then, he bought an Earth Grade battle axe from Lin Jichen, with terrible attributes, for over fifty thousand Spirit Stones.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt Lin Jichen had ripped him off, but he had no proof.

"Thirty-five thousand Spirit Stones!" The first bid came from none other than Li Fengwen of the Blood Fiend Guild.

"Thirty-seven thousand Spirit Stones!" The Misty Rain Pavilion's leader also started bidding.

"Thirty-nine thousand Spirit Stones!"

"Forty thousand!"

....

More and more people started bidding, with almost all the big guild leaders competing.

Including Jiang Luoyu.

"Are you planning to buy this blade?" Lin Jichen asked.

Jiang Luoyu nodded and said, "The blade's attributes are good. Although it's not as good as the Earth Grade spear you sold me, it's still a small supreme-grade item. Why wouldn't I buy it?"

She then smiled slyly and said, "You wouldn't not want to sell it to me, would you?"

Lin Jichen laughed awkwardly, "How could I? I mean, if you want this warblade, you could tell me privately. I could sell it to you at a lower price, saving you a lot."

Jiang Luoyu's smile grew wider, but she seriously explained, "I can't always take advantage of you. That Earth Grade spear and the Earth Grade long skirt you sold me were already a huge profit. If I sold them here, they would definitely fetch more than what I paid you. I'm already satisfied. Let me compete fairly."

Seeing this, Lin Jichen could only agree. Su Wanling continued to bid on behalf of Jiang Luoyu.

The bidding for this Sea-Splitting Warblade lasted for a full five minutes without stopping, and the price had already soared to eighty thousand!

Eighty thousand Spirit Stones, that's nearly sixteen million Chinese Yuan.

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