According to the rules, the auction house is supposed to keep the identities of the guests in the VIP rooms on the third floor confidential.
Therefore, he couldn't reveal Ye Fan's identity at this moment.
After putting down the small hammer, Wood led the applause.
"Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap!"
Everyone in the hall stood up and followed suit with applause!
Although the final price did not reach the number they had previously guessed, it was already terrifying enough!
And the representatives of the major powers in the VIP rooms on the second floor all sighed helplessly.
Originally, when bidding for the Reversion Pill, some people had the same idea as Long Xiaotian.
That is, although the Reversion Pill was good, it was not something they urgently needed at the moment.
So they gave up bidding for the Reversion Pill and set their sights on the third auction item.
Unexpectedly, the third item turned out to be a perverted thing like the Blazing Sword...
At this point, even if they wanted to sell everything they owned to get it, it was clearly impossible...
A scheme ultimately fell through.
They thought it would end like this.
Unexpectedly, an even more perverted stone popped out...
Although they didn't know what the stone was used for, the transaction price truly made them exclaim in their hearts that it was perverted!
Damn it!
These two guys must have water in their brains to spend so much money just for a broken stone...
They would never admit that they were actually jealous...
After Wood said a few more polite words, this auction came to a close.
Soon, a maid walked into the VIP room and led Ye Fan and Liang Rujing away through a special passage.
Wood was still the one who helped with the settlement.
He had originally asked Ye Fan professionally whether he preferred to transfer money or pay in cash.
Unexpectedly, Ye Fan directly chose cash...
"If that's the case, then please wait for a moment, young sir."
Although the auction house was not short of money, most of its business transactions were done via transfers.
It was really difficult to come up with so many high-grade spirit stones at once...
After all, this was an auction house, not a bank...
"Okay, no problem," Ye Fan replied politely.
Wood apologized and arranged for someone to fetch the money.
While waiting, Wood took the initiative to mention the matter of Ye Fan purchasing demon cores earlier.
"Here are the demon cores you requested, young sir." Wood took out several demon cores from his ring.
One was at the early Nascent Soul stage as previously agreed, and the remaining three were at the peak of Void Returning stage.
"Thank you, Mr. Wood." Ye Fan smiled kindly, "How much do these cost?"
Like weapons and pills.
Ye Fan hadn't specifically inquired about the market price of demon cores.
"You're too kind, young sir," Mr. Wood quickly replied, "It's just a few demon cores, consider them a gift to you."
"That wouldn't be appropriate, would it?" Ye Fan frowned, "If that's the case, then I won't take them."
If he took these demon cores for free, it would be equivalent to owing them a favor.
What Ye Fan disliked most was owing others favors.
Because this would lead to many unnecessary troubles in the future.
And he happened to be someone who disliked trouble.
"Please don't misunderstand, young sir!" Wood quickly explained, "Your items fetched such a high price this time, which is also a considerable benefit to our auction house. Compared to that, a few demon cores are really nothing."
Ye Fan's brow relaxed.
What Wood said made sense.
Although their auction house was currently the largest in the entire imperial city, who could guarantee that it would always be like this?
This auction greatly enhanced the popularity of the auction house.
In the future, when people thought of auctions, they would recall this sky-high transaction and naturally think of their auction house.
Therefore.
The power of habit is often greater than people think!
Ye Fan understood all these principles.
However, he had been tricked too many times before, so he always felt a sense of 'the rebels are trying to harm me' in his heart.
So when he heard that Wood was going to give him demon cores for free, Ye Fan instinctively considered if it was a trap...
It could only be said...
No one is perfect.
Ye Fan was no exception to this.
Perhaps due to his severe persecution complex, Ye Fan felt that for this reason alone, he was still hesitant to accept these demon cores.
"I have an impolite request..." Seeing that Ye Fan still refused to accept them, Wood cautiously asked, "If... I'm just saying if, in the future, if you have anything else you intend to auction, could you... consider our auction house first?"
"That's natural."
Ye Fan finally put the demon cores into his ring.
With Wood's words, Ye Fan felt much more at ease.
It's not that you ask for nothing, but that you ask for nothing.
Now it's better.
After it became a transaction, he instantly felt better.
Before long, someone appeared with a tray.
On the tray was the stone that Ye Fan had purchased with a fortune.
Ye Fan picked up the stone and looked at it.
Apart from being a bit larger, it was exactly the same as the previous stone.
Equally incredibly ugly.
Equally emitting non-attributive energy fluctuations.
Ye Fan suppressed his curiosity and put the stone back into his ring.
He didn't dare to probe it with his spiritual sense to study it now.
If the previous situation occurred, the trouble would be immense...
After the matter was settled, Wood started chatting with Ye Fan.
They chatted about everything under the sun, avoiding any mention of Ye Fan or the forces behind him.
Although Wood was extremely curious, he knew he absolutely couldn't ask at this moment.
Once he asked, the connection he had finally established would be lost.
Ye Fan also felt quite helpless about this.
He and Wood were merely business partners, not friends.
This awkward small talk made his toes curl.
Fortunately, it wasn't long before the person Wood had sent out returned.
"Please examine it, young sir." Wood took the ring presented by his subordinate and handed it to Ye Fan.
"No need." Ye Fan put away the ring casually, "I trust your establishment's reputation, Mr. Ye."
After a few more polite words, Ye Fan and Liang Rujing left.
It wasn't that Wood didn't want to escort them out personally.
It was mainly to avoid drawing attention and exposing Ye Fan's identity.
After leaving the auction house, the two did not go to the accommodation previously provided by Wood.
After all, the auction was over, and it would be inappropriate to go there again.
Liang Rujing said that since she had come to the imperial city, she wanted to play to her heart's content before returning.
Ye Fan had no objections to this, so they found an inn nearby to stay.
Ye Fan and Liang Rujing wandered around, and they returned to the inn when it was almost dark.
After dinner, Liang Rujing began her usual cultivation, and Ye Fan returned to his room.
When he returned, Kurota was still sitting on the ground.
This goblin prince stated that he disliked crowded places and had stayed home all day.
Ye Fan didn't disturb him and sat back on the bed by himself.
Only then did he take out the stone from his ring.
After taking a few deep breaths, Ye Fan drew out a wisp of spiritual power and probed into the stone.
A bizarre thing happened.
His spiritual power circulated several times inside the stone, but nothing happened!
This truly surprised Ye Fan!
It's unbelievable!
The previous one, which was smaller, had an internal world.
There was no reason why this larger one would be like this?
This stone looked exactly the same as the previous one, there was no reason for nothing to happen?
This...
It's not very immortal cultivation-like, is it?
...
Ye Fan instinctively glanced at his sea of consciousness.
Inside, the stone was still floating quietly above his sea of consciousness, with no resonance or any other reaction.
A bizarre idea suddenly popped into Ye Fan's mind.
Could it be that both stones were male or female, and that's why they didn't interact with each other?
The thought itself made him laugh.
Did stones have genders?
This was utterly absurd...
Besides,
Even if there were genders, couldn't they be allowed to research philosophy or appreciate lesbian flowers?
Shaking off the nonsensical thoughts, Ye Fan drew out more spiritual power.
The night is long, I'll play with you slowly!
Half an hour later.
As more and more spiritual power was injected into the stone...
Still, there was no change...
Ye Fan sighed helplessly.
Damn it!
Did he use the wrong method?
Or was there really nothing inside this thing?
"I say, you two look exactly the same, why is there such a big difference in what you are as stones?" Ye Fan helplessly held the stone in front of him and couldn't help but complain, "It's such a disgrace to stones!"
He was not depressed about the money spent, but about the feeling of dashed hopes.
Suddenly!
The stone in Ye Fan's hand moved!