Actually, the management of Big Windmill was also dumbfounded by this sudden change. They had received news from the auctioneer that there was only one copy of the item. Who knew that the item would be delivered a little late due to some unforeseen circumstances?
After it was delivered to the backstage of Big Windmill Auction House, eight copies of the secret manual of the Heaven-reliant Sword completely stunned the management.
They wanted to delay the auction until the next auction, but the owner of the item was determined to sell it today. He didn't care even if he lost some money.
Moreover, the owner had made a request that seemed unreasonable to the professionals … Helpless, Big Windmill Auction House could only brace themselves and sell it.
"Dear guests, according to the owner's request, these eight Heaven-reliant Sword keepsakes will not be sold all at once. They will be sold one by one, so there is no need to rush to raise funds. There is no need to rush!"
The auctioneer's forehead was covered in sweat as he said this. This was the first time he had met a customer who wanted to sell the keepsakes one by one.
"Why would a customer make such a stupid request?"
Chang Ruo frowned. "If we sell it one by one, the value of the Heaven-reliant Sword keepsakes won't be reflected at all.
Only when ten of them are put together can the value of the keepsakes be reflected.
Although this might cause the auction price of the first and second copies to explode, once someone buys the first few copies, then most of the buyers will lose interest in buying … This way, the price of the first and second copies might be higher than the average price, but the price of the later copies will be a loss! "
"It's fine!
This is quite good! "
The corners of Guhan's mouth curled into a smile. Selling the keepsakes one by one was perfect for Guhan. Guhan already had five keepsakes. He could wait until the first three, which were the fiercest of the competition, were over. When the money that the local tycoons had prepared was almost used up, he could go up and take over the last five copies. What a perfect plan!
…
Soon, the first copy of the Heaven-reliant Sword was auctioned off.
"Item: Heaven-reliant Sword Secret Manual. Quantity: 1 copy. Starting price: 300,000 RMB. Each increment must be no less than 10,000 RMB. After three confirmations, if there are no further bids, the transaction will be declared a success."
"Now, let's start!" The host banged the mallet on the auction table and announced the start of the auction!
Unexpectedly, when the host announced the start of filming, he was greeted with silence. After a minute, not a single person responded. Just when the host thought that it was going to pass, someone from the private room finally spoke.
"Five hundred thousand!"
The one who spoke was the Sect Leader of the Yuzhang Sword Sect. His words truly announced the start of the auction.
"600,000!"
"800,000!"
"One million!"
As people continued to raise their paddles, the entire auction process directly entered the climax, and the price rose all the way to 8 million.
It should be noted that the last time they had auctioned off the secret manual of the Heaven-reliant Sword, it had only been sold for less than three million!
"Crazy … … These people are crazy … …" True Everlasting Kingdom felt that the scene in front of her was already beyond her common sense.
"That's normal. Didn't you say that?
The competition for the first few items should be more intense! "
Guhan patted True Everlasting Kingdom's head. "Don't forget that most of these people's funds are here for the grand finale. Their funds are going to be used for the most crucial grand finale.
However, since it's for the grand finale, shouldn't they be trying to save as much money as possible? "
True Everlasting Kingdom felt that she could no longer keep up with Guhan's thinking. Since they were all here for the grand finale, why would they fight so fiercely for a sword maiden token?
"However, there is only one treasure for the grand finale. There are at least a dozen factions here, so only one faction can obtain this treasure. The rest of the factions can only return empty-handed."
Guhan explained with a smile. After listening to Guhan's words, Chang Ruo nodded thoughtfully. She seemed to have understood something.
"That's why some of the factions who aren't confident think that since the chances of obtaining the grand finale aren't high, they might as well get their hands on the strongest sword maiden. That way, they wouldn't have come to this auction in vain.
Therefore, the people who are bidding above 8 million are clearly telling the surrounding factions that I don't intend to compete with you for the grand finale. Give me some face and don't compete with me for the token of the Heaven-reliant Sword! "
"Look, the Yuzhang Sword Sect's Sect Master is no longer bidding. The ones bidding now are the guys from the small factions. The big factions have already given up the stage."
When Chang Ruo heard this, she realized that the private rooms of the big factions had indeed stopped raising their paddles. The ones still raising their paddles were some unknown people that Chang Ruo wasn't familiar with.
"But these small factions are raising their paddles so fiercely. If they use up all their funds now, what will happen if they can't compete for the token later on?" Chang Ruo still couldn't understand.
"Since they've come this far, these small factions will definitely be looking forward to the finale. After the first two failures, they won't be interested in the remaining tokens. To them, one or two tokens of the Heavenly Sword are completely meaningless. It will only be a waste of what little money they have to begin with. Unless someone already has a few tokens of the Heavenly Sword in their hands!"
…
After an intense bidding war, a faction called Radiant Sword won the bid for the first token of the Heaven-reliant Sword with a price of 9.8 million.
The competition for the second token of the Heaven-reliant Sword was also very intense. However, it wasn't as good as the first token. It stopped at 8.1 million. In the end, the faction that won the second token was the same as the one that won the first token.
This way, the remaining factions would at most obtain six tokens. For them, this was already meaningless. By the time they gathered the remaining four tokens, it would probably be too late. Therefore, when the third token was up for auction, the number of people competing for it plummeted. When the price reached 3.5 million, no one was willing to continue raising their paddles.
Hui Jian, the boss of the small force who bought the first two tokens, was very happy. According to his estimation, he could buy the remaining tokens for less than 3 million. In this way, the total cost might not even be 30 million. This was much more cost-effective than buying eight tokens together!
It was not impossible for the price of eight of them to soar to 40 million.
Just as Boss Hui Jian was having a beautiful dream and was about to take the third portion for 3.4 million, a person in the private room who had never spoken before suddenly spoke.
"4 million!"
The one who spoke was a woman's voice. It came from a distinguished guest in a VIP room. She unceremoniously raised the price of the third token to 4 million. This made Boss Radiant Sword's balls ache. Although he still had some funds left, if the price of the third token soared to around 7 million, then whether or not he would be able to take down the remaining tokens would be a huge question mark.
"4.5 million!" Boss Radiant Sword gritted his teeth and followed the price.
"5 million!"
The number of people in the private room increased by another 500,000. This made Radiant Sword hesitate. The person in this private room should be from a large faction. Didn't we have a tacit understanding not to compete with small factions like us?
"6 million!"
Radiant Sword gritted his teeth and directly added a million. Then, he told himself that if the person in the private room from the large faction still increased the price, he would immediately turn around and leave. He wouldn't play with these scammers anymore.
Then, who was the person bidding against Radiant Sword?
It was none other than our Miss Ming Yue from back then. She was sitting in the private room with her brother Yaoguang.
Back then, Ming Yue didn't have any conflicts with Radiant Sword and wanted to make him unhappy.
It was because Ming Yue knew that Guhan had already gathered five tokens of the Heaven-reliant Sword. She just wanted to help Guhan buy the tokens of the Heaven-reliant Sword. That was all …
Back then, when Ming Yue heard the price of 6 million and was about to increase the price again, her communicator suddenly rang.
"Hello, Military Governor, why are you looking for me?"
When Ming Yue looked at the number, it just so happened to be from that fellow Military Governor. Could this be the legendary telepathy?
"Miss Ming Yue, I just wanted to ask you, are you also interested in the Heaven-reliant Sword?"
"What?"
Ming Yue was dumbfounded back then. How did the Military Governor know that she was interested in the Heaven-reliant Sword? But she quickly reacted. "Military Governor, are you also in the big windmill?"
"Yes, I'm here. I just happened to hear a familiar voice, so I wanted to ask. If Ming Yue wants the token of the Heaven-reliant Sword, if you want it, I'll give it up and let you have it!"
Of course, Guhan wouldn't give up. He had thought it through. Since Yaoguang was willing to give him a token of the Heaven-reliant Sword, it meant that Yaoguang and the entire Yaoguang Sword Faction weren't interested in the Heaven-reliant Sword. Back then, Ming Yue already had the Skin-Shatter Sword, so there was even less of a need for the Heaven-reliant Sword.
She had most likely called out a bid for herself.
Sure enough, back then, Ming Yue immediately expressed that she wasn't interested in the Heaven-reliant Sword. She just wanted to buy it and sell it to Guhan to make a profit!
Guhan thanked Ming Yue, then added, "6 million is already the bottom line of that small faction. Don't raise your placard, or you'll end up smashing it in your own hands!"
That year, Ming Yue did not deny or deny, she did not reply, but the long silence proved that Ming Yue had listened to Gu Han.
And so, Hui Jian used 6 million to buy the third token of the Heaven-reliant Sword.
Just as Hui Jian heaved a sigh of relief and felt that things had stabilized, Guhan had already sharpened his sword and spear, preparing to kill Hui Jian midway.
Guhan glanced at the balance in his account. Originally, the remaining reward from the post, plus the 6 million that the hospital had returned, left Guhan with only 9.8 million RMB. If he wanted to buy the remaining five tokens with 9.8 million RMB, it wouldn't be an easy task.
Luckily, with Ming Yue's help back then, Hui Jian had already wasted 23.9 million of his own funds. It all depended on who had more money left.