Chapter 4019 — An Outright Bid
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Watching this scene unfold, even Wei Zhao was struck dumb. After all, on the journey to this island at the far northern edge of the world, they had just been attacked by one of these legendary sea beasts. At the time, they had only suffered an assault on their consciousness from the Siren's Song and never glimpsed the Siren itself, so now the picture was complete.
"An auction house like this can openly put sea beasts up for sale?" Wei Zhao found it hard to believe. He had heard Ghost Thing say that, although the spirit beast clan could not completely stamp out human cultivators' hunting of spirit beasts, at least in formal public settings like this, surely no one would dare lay hands on spirit beasts so brazenly.
"Sea beasts are sea beasts, spirit beasts are spirit beasts. Those are two entirely different matters. The spirit beast clan has never conquered the ocean, so naturally they would not be so idle as to protect any sea beasts." Ghost Thing's voice rang out in his mind with a note of disdain.
Wei Zhao had no retort to that. At first glance, the sea beast cub looked no different from a human infant; even its wailing cry was identical. Still, he had no intention of interfering. His supply of spirit jade was limited, and he needed to save it for the six kinds of artifact-crafting materials that the King of Junk had listed. He could not afford any slip-ups.
But Wei Zhao's disinterest did not mean everyone else felt the same.
The Siren clan's heaven-defying innate talent meant that once one was subdued and made into a spirit pet, it would inevitably become a red-hot engine of slaughter. And so, among the crowd present, there were in fact many who had their eyes on this Siren cub, and before long someone raised a paddle and called out a bid.
"Three thousand one hundred spirit jade."
"Three thousand two hundred spirit jade."
"..."
For a time, bids rose and fell in a ceaseless clamor. A starting price of three thousand spirit jade was no small sum for the vast majority of people, yet still so many flocked to it like ducks to water. The value of a Siren cub was plain for all to see.
Yet the very next voice silenced the entire hall: "Six thousand spirit jade. I have heard that if you kill a Siren cub and stew it into soup, it works wonders for nourishing the body and preserving one's looks. It would suit you perfectly, Junior Sister Tianchan. Your senior brother shall take the liberty of securing it for you."
The speaker was none other than the red-haired man from Middle Island, Zheng Tianjie.
Hearing this, the crowd could not help but show looks of reluctance, yet there was nothing they could do. The price had leapt from just over three thousand straight to six thousand spirit jade, nearly doubling in an instant, leaving everyone else far behind.
No one qualified to be present at this auction had shallow pockets, but spirit jade did not fall from the sky for free. Everyone had their own budgets, and to wreck their plans over a mere Siren cub was clearly not worth it.
For six thousand spirit jade, Zheng Tianjie took the Siren cub without hesitation, yet Tianchan, the object of his lavish attentions, said not a word throughout, her expression never shifting in the slightest from beginning to end.
Zheng Tianjie seemed long accustomed to this and did not find it dull in the least. Tianchan had always been a cold beauty before him, but it did not matter. He had deep pockets, and on a rare occasion like today when he had a chance to show off, there would always be some way to coax a smile from a beauty!
In the several rounds of bidding that followed, this Four Islands Auction Exposition became a one-man show for Zheng Tianjie. Each time, others raised their bids by one or two hundred, while he simply doubled the price outright, without even batting an eye.