The Romance of the Immortal Cauldron

"Two thousand or three hundred spirit stones." As soon as shopkeeper Hou finished speaking, someone immediately placed a bid.

"Two thousand six hundred spirit stones!" Immediately, someone raised the price.

The Sea Kui Snake is an extremely rare monster in the sea. It usually lives under the deep sea and only emerges from the bottom of the sea when it is time to breed.

The venom of this snake is so powerful that even a monk who is bitten by it will need to rest for several months to recover.

What Matthew cared about was not the venom, but the gourd containing the venom.

There are several people competing for the Haikui Snake Venom, and it looks like they really want to get this thing.

Soon, the price rose from the initial two thousand spirit stones to five thousand.

Matthew silently watched several people competing with each other. He planned to wait until the price stabilized before bidding.

"Old ghost, this venom is extremely important to me. If you can give in, I will give you a big gift afterwards." When the price of the venom was raised to [-] spirit stones, one of the skinny men turned to face said the man who had been competing with him from a distance.

"This venom is also very important to me. This is an auction, and everyone relies on their financial resources." The man who was called the old ghost responded lazily.

The auction did not say that people participating in the auction were not allowed to communicate. While the two were talking, others watched silently with the attitude of watching a show.

"Seven thousand five hundred spirit stones!" Seeing that the other party would not let go, the skinny man could only raise the price again.

"Seven thousand eight." The man refused to give an inch.

When the price reached [-], the skinny man showed hesitation on his face. It was obvious that the price had exceeded his bottom line.

The man competing with him was not too relaxed either. Instead, he was nervously twiddling his fingers.

For a moment, there was no sound in the hall.

But Matthew noticed that the skinny man's lips were moving slightly, apparently transmitting sounds.

And the only person he could communicate with was the man he was competing with.

When the shopkeeper was about to make a decision, the skinny man raised the price to [-] spirit stones.

This time, the man shook his head and gave up.

"Nine thousand spirit stones!"

When the skinny man finally breathed a sigh of relief and was about to wait for the shopkeeper to announce the result, Matthew, who had been waiting for a long time, finally spoke.

After hearing Matthew's quotation, the skinny man stood up from his seat and stared at the private room No. [-] where Matthew was sitting with a pair of stern eyes.

"This fellow Taoist is not doing it on purpose. I have been bidding for so long, and you are bidding at this time. You are clearly deliberately making things difficult for me." The skinny man said viciously.

But when he was speaking, his eyes were looking at the shopkeeper Hou on the stage intentionally or unintentionally, as if he thought that Wanbaolou had deliberately created a person to drive up prices.

Shopkeeper Hou, who was still smiling at first, suddenly darkened his face when he noticed the skinny man looking at him, but he just snorted coldly and did not speak.

At this time, no matter what you say, others will think you are quibbling. It is better to keep your mouth shut and let others wonder.

"This fellow Taoist is very interesting. Who stipulates that you must bid from the beginning when bidding. Manager Hou, does your building have such a rule?" Matthew's lazy voice came from the private room.

After hearing this, many people looked at the skinny man with joking eyes.

"This building does not have such a rule. In the auction, the highest bidder will win." Shopkeeper Hou obviously heard Matthew's voice and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll offer you [-] spirit stones. If you can offer a higher price, I'll..." The skinny man took a deep breath and gritted his teeth.

But before he could finish his words, Matthew immediately quoted a higher price.

At this time, the skinny man was like a deflated rubber ball. He slowly sat back in his seat and shook his head: "I give up."

The value of Haikui snake venom is far from that high, so this can be considered a minor episode.

When Matthew in the private room received the gourd from the maid, he couldn't hide his joy.

Being able to get the fragments was definitely a surprise for Matthew.

The auction is still going on, and there are many more lots to come.

With this harvest, Matthew continued to stay in the private room.

He noticed that the skinny man did not leave, and turned his head to look at him from time to time.

This person was only in the middle stage of foundation building. Matthew didn't take it seriously. Moreover, this was an auction, so he expected that the other party would not do anything unwise.

There will be nine final items in this auction. Many private rooms have been quiet from the beginning to now, probably waiting for the nine final items.

A few hours later, the auction finally entered its final stage.

When the first final item appeared, and the starting price alone required [-] spirit stones, Matthew chose to leave.

These final items were simply not something he could afford.

Following a maid, leaving the auction through another passage, and walking out of Wanbao Building, Matthew disappeared into the street.