Chapter 330 – The Final Transaction Price

“Huff… huff…”

Inside the private booth, Zhang Chen’s breathing had become ragged.

He was already fuming with rage, and now being countered by Su Ming’s “Your grandpa is right here” had completely broken his defenses.

At this moment, Zhang Chen even considered acting recklessly regardless of consequences.

But this was the Wanbao Auction House, an enterprise of the Qin Family. The Qin Chief was currently watching Zhang Chen’s booth from below, making Zhang Chen dare not act rashly in the slightest.

“700,000!”

Zhang Chen could only forcibly suppress his inner fury and quote the price angrily.

“Young Master Zhang!?”

The others in the booth were immediately shocked.

“Young Master Zhang! Our Contribution Points aren’t enough anymore!”

Even Liu Zai grew anxious.

Their entire remaining assets only amounted to 650,000 Contribution Points. The number Zhang Chen just quoted had already exceeded their current budget.

If they won the bid but couldn’t produce the Contribution Points, there would be serious trouble.

After all, this was the Wanbao Auction House – the Qin Family’s Wanbao Auction House.

Here, even the Eight Great Families wouldn’t dare cause trouble, let alone make false bids.

If charged with intentionally disrupting the auction, even the Zhang Family would have to accept defeat when facing the Qin Family.

Zhang Chen understood this perfectly well.

However, he hadn’t lost his rationality to anger when making this decision.

“All of you, take your alchemical weapons and put them up as collateral.”

Zhang Chen ordered Liu Zai and the others with a dark expression.

“What!?”

Liu Zai and the others exclaimed in surprise.

Use their alchemical weapons as collateral?

Including Liu Zai, everyone’s faces showed clear reluctance.

“Look at your pathetic cowardice!” Zhang Chen snorted coldly. “It’s just collateral. We can gather funds to redeem them afterward. Are you afraid my Zhang Family can’t raise enough Contribution Points?”

Hearing this, Liu Zai and the others thought for a moment before reluctantly nodding in agreement.

Zhang Chen’s expression softened slightly, but immediately darkened again.

“750,000!”

Su Ming’s voice arrived as expected, surprising no one and driving Zhang Chen to the brink of madness.

However, this final featured auction item was definitely not just a contest between Su Ming and Zhang Chen.

“If you two want to fight, you’d better do it privately! Fight however you want, just don’t cause trouble here!”

Qiao Zhi couldn’t take it anymore, speaking coldly through the bidding device while quoting a new price—770,000.

“Both of you should calm down. Please don’t damage your harmony.”

Mo Li also spoke from her private booth, while simultaneously making her bid—780,000.

“These two…”

Xu Xiayan made no comment at all, just shook her head and casually placed her own bid—800,000.

As for the other families, teams, and organizations, they naturally wouldn’t show weakness. Seeing others joining in, they immediately began placing consecutive bids.

Before long, the four Red Vein Stones on the stage had reached an astonishing price.

“1,000,000!”

When the Vice Captain of the Brocade Dragon Jade Pavilion, the second young master of the Qiao Family, quoted this price in a deep voice, everyone in the venue couldn’t help but gasp in amazement.

Qin Qing also smiled slightly.

“1,000,000 Contribution Points – in the entire history of our Wanbao Auction House’s establishment, such a price has only appeared twice before.””The last time such a price appeared was already twenty years ago.”

“Today, we finally witness the third occurrence.”

Qin Qing’s words made everyone realize just how astronomical the current bid had become.

At this point, it could be said that aside from the Eight Great Families and some top-tier teams and organizations, no one present could continue bidding.

Representatives from small and medium families and teams watched the four beautiful, gem-like red pomegranate stones on stage with bitter resignation, sighing helplessly like sailors gazing at an unreachable ocean.

Even Su Ming couldn’t help but marvel.

“Indeed, it was right not to auction them separately.”

If this batch of red pomegranate stones had been auctioned individually, they would never have reached such a price.

Although red pomegranate stones were considered strategic resources in hunters’ eyes, strategic resources essentially meant items that only become useful when stockpiled in sufficient quantities – treasures that only bring benefits no matter how much you accumulate, with absolutely no downsides.

Therefore, the more of such resources, the better. The greater the quantity, the higher their value.

If just a single red pomegranate stone were auctioned, it would probably only fetch around 200,000 Contribution Points.

After all, just one stone wouldn’t play a crucial role even if consumed.

What difference would a 1% increase in Bloodline concentration make?

And a 1% increase in Awakening probability still wouldn’t be significant, right?

But when the increase reaches 4%, that’s a different story altogether.

Because that’s already close to one-twentieth – compared to the original Bloodline concentration and minuscule Awakening probability, this represents a substantial numerical improvement.

If such a batch of red pomegranate stones were given to a hunter with considerable inherent potential, this nearly one-twentieth probability could boost their advancement chances to seventy or eighty percent.

Thus, auctioning these red pomegranate stones as a bundle naturally made them far more valuable than selling them individually.

“Unfortunately, with so many red pomegranate stones in my backpack, I can’t recklessly auction them all.”

Su Ming still felt regretful.

If he could auction red pomegranate stones without restraint, he would never have to worry about Contribution Points for the rest of his life.

While Su Ming was lamenting, the auction didn’t stop.

1,000,000 Contribution Points clearly wasn’t the limit for the major top-tier forces.

“1,100,000!”

Zhang Chen’s eyes had turned red.

“1,110,000!”

Mo Li also grew tense.

“1,120,000!”

“1,130,000!”

“1,150,000!”

The few remaining forces were still fiercely competing with heirs from Super Families like Zhang Chen and Mo Li, making the bidding voices fewer than before but much more urgent.

Not just them, but most people in the venue were sweating nervously in their palms watching these outrageous prices.

Those who could reach the Third Floor of Wanbao Auction House were all wealthy or noble, yet even most of them had never witnessed such absurd prices in any auction throughout their lives.

Over a million Contribution Points – this was almost equivalent to the entire capital of a first-rate Family.If we only consider liquid assets, it’s quite difficult for a first-rate Family to produce over a million Contribution Points without affecting their core operations or touching fixed assets.

This is only possible if they have sufficient time to raise funds.

For this auction, from the time the news spread to the start of the auction, there were only three days. Even a top-tier Family would have to sell off some assets to raise over a million Contribution Points in such a short time.

Only Super Families like the Wang Family, Zhang Family, Mo Family, and Qiao Family could raise over a million liquid Contribution Points within a few days without affecting their normal operations or using fixed assets.

It’s easy to imagine how high this price seemed to many factions.

“I practically sold everything I could from my entire backpack last time, which only brought in 800,000 Contribution Points, and it was all gone by the end of the day.”

Su Ming’s smile lingered on his face for a long time.

The Red Pomegranate Stones fetching this price far exceeded his original expectations.

Combined with the Hazardous Species Phantom Demon Blood and Ghoul Claw he had auctioned off earlier, Su Ming was about to receive nearly 2,000,000 Contribution Points.

This was equivalent to the liquid assets a Super Family like the Zhang Family could raise in three days.

Thinking about such a large sum of Contribution Points soon coming his way, it was impossible for Su Ming not to feel happy.

“1,500,000!”

In the end, the four Red Pomegranate Stones sold for this amount.

The one who called out this price was none other than Xu Xiayan.

“Finally secured them.”

Xu Xiayan put down the bidding device in her hand, her expression finally relaxing.

“This way, our chances of reaching S-rank as a team will be much higher.”

Wang Di couldn’t help but smile as well.

Lately, Summer Chasing Smoke had been striving for the highest S-rank team position, making all sorts of preparations for it.

If the four Red Pomegranate Stones were given to a Peak Five-Star Hunter in the team, there was a possibility that the team would soon have a third Six-Star Professional besides Xu Xiayan and Wang Di.

By then, with three Six-Star Professionals, Summer Chasing Smoke would naturally have a much better chance of advancing to S-rank and becoming a top-tier major team.

In the venue, many astute individuals seemed to have realized this and began discussing it quietly.

It was almost certain that in the coming period, Xu Xiayan and her Summer Chasing Smoke would become a hot topic of conversation.

This was also part of Xu Xiayan’s plan.

After all, the more their reputation spread, the faster their team would expand.

Reaching S-rank was just around the corner.

“I just wonder who auctioned these four Red Pomegranate Stones.”

Xu Xiayan was even a little curious.

She would never have guessed that the Red Pomegranate Stones she had worked so hard to acquire at a high price actually belonged to Su Ming.

Her Contribution Points had all ended up in Su Ming’s pocket, becoming his property.

And the items Xu Xiayan had spent so many Contribution Points to obtain, Su Ming had casually given many of them to her niece as gifts.”I wonder what expression that young lady will have when she finds out about this?”

Su Ming chuckled with rather mischievous amusement.

……

After the auction concluded, Su Ming went to meet with Qin Qing and received his Contribution Points from her.

“The final transaction price for the Phantom Demon blood of the Hazardous Species was 350,000 Contribution Points.”

“The final transaction price for the Ghoul claws was 180,000 Contribution Points.”

“The final transaction price for the four Red Veinstones was 1,500,000 Contribution Points.”

“That makes a total of 2,030,000 Contribution Points, which have all been transferred to your Terminal. Young Master Wang, you may verify the receipt.”

In the lounge, Qin Qing reported all this to Su Ming, who nodded cheerfully.

“What about the service fee?”

Su Ming glanced at his Terminal and noticed that the service fee hadn’t been deducted—the full 2,030,000 Contribution Points had been credited to his account.

“The service fee has been waived,” Qin Qing said with a light laugh. “After today’s events, it would be rather inappropriate to charge Young Master Wang a service fee.”

Su Ming neither agreed nor disagreed.

This Qin Qing really knows how to do business.

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