"Three hundred and ten thousand."
As soon as Jiang Ping called out the price, Xiao Yan immediately added ten thousand.
Ten thousand gold coins is not a small amount for ordinary people.
But for those present at the auction, ten thousand gold coins was just a small number.
If they want to raise the price by tens of thousands, it will only damage their reputation.
But now Xiao Yan's way of raising the price, plus the fact that it was Xiao Yan who had been arguing with Jiang Ping, many people have already realized that Xiao Yan was deliberately trying to disgust and anger the other party, Jiang Ping.
Otherwise, if he really wanted this magic beast egg, he can just increase the price by hundreds of thousands. Why increase the price by only tens of thousands?
"Junior brother, do you know that person?"
Seeing that Jiang Ping and Xiao Yan were arguing, Nalan Yanran on the side couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
She didn't expect that Jiang Ping would also bid and even compete with others.
"We kind of know each other, I guess." Jiang Ping nodded, and then continued to raise the price.
"Three hundred and fifty thousand."
Every time he called out a price, he was very calm, and it was hard to tell if he was angry or not.
"Three hundred and sixty thousand."
Xiao Yan bid again.
Under his hat, he couldn't help but let a smug smile appear on the corner of his mouth.
He could see that Jiang Ping really wanted the egg, so he kept making trouble.
This is just a sixth-level magic beast egg. As Yao Lao said, it is basically impossible for humans to hatch magic beast eggs, so there is no point in bidding.
The reason he made the bid was simply to disgust Jiang Ping.
"Four hundred thousand." Jiang Ping called out the last price, which was also his entire fortune.
He hadn't originally planned to bid for anything, so he didn't prepare any money.
The four hundred thousand was from the sale of a few Tier-3 Alchemy Pills last night. He had intended to use the money to buy medicinal herbs, but now he had spent it all.
Before Xiao Yan could raise the price, Jiang Ping added,
"This is the highest price I can offer. If the friend below bids more, then the egg will be yours."
This is psychological warfare.
He has revealed all his cards and will not raise the price no matter what happens.
Firstly, he wanted to let Xiao Yan know that if he raised the price again, Jiang Ping would not follow suit, and in the end Xiao Yan would have to buy the egg herself.
And if Xiao Yan really raised the price and bought the egg... Jiang Ping didn't mind being a bandit for once.
He's not a good guy anyway, so why would he spend so much money on something that he can get for free?
After Jiang Ping quoted this price, everyone else understood that this was Jiang Ping's bottom line.
In their opinion, although they didn't know who Jiang Ping was, anyone who could sit in the VIP seats on the second floor would not be an ordinary person, and his wealth must be greater than those below.
But since he was only willing to pay 400,000, it means that in Jiang Ping's eyes, this egg is worth 400,000.
But in the eyes of others, this egg is not worth the price.
Now it depends on whether Xiao Yan really wants this egg or just wants to disgust Jiang Ping.
"It seems that Your Excellency is financially strong. I won't compete with you for this egg." After a while, Xiao Yan really chose to give up.
He just wanted to disgust Jiang Ping, he didn't really want to win this magic beast egg.
Now his goal has been achieved.
If no one had competed with Jiang Ping for the egg, Jiang Ping would have spent no more than 200,000 gold coins to buy it.
But now he added two hundred thousand more.
Just thinking about it made Xiao Yan feel very happy.
"Since no one has made a bid, I declare that this Thunder Serpent egg has been bought by the distinguished guest on the second floor." Ya Fei announced the result of the auction with a charming smile.
Their original plan was to sell this magic beast egg for 200,000 gold coins.
Now it has been sold for 400,000, which is double the price, so they are naturally happy.
"A fool indeed." Jiang Ping glanced at Xiao Yan below, who also looked up at him, his eyes full of provocation and ridicule.
Jiang Ping turned a blind eye to this.
Everyone thought that Jiang Ping's price had been raised by Xiao Yan, with an extra 200,000 gold coins.
But only Jiang Ping knew how valuable it was to exchange four hundred thousand for a ninth-level magic beast egg.
It's like picking it up for free!
Nalan Yanran, who was standing by, also felt that it was not worth it for Jiang Ping to spend 400,000 gold coins on an egg.
"Junior brother, it is very difficult for us humans to hatch magic beast eggs. So you didn't really need to spend 400,000 gold coins to get it."
"Don't worry, Senior Sister. I know my limits. To me, this egg is worth the price." Jiang Ping said with a smile.
"What do you want to use this egg for..."
"Buy it and eat it of course." Jiang Ping teased.
...
The magic beast egg is just a small episode.
It is normal for people to compete with each other in bidding at an auction.
That's the thing about auctions.
There are many things whose value in themselves is not worth the price, but they are favored by several people at the auction, and then they bid against each other, and in the end the one with the highest bid wins.
Often, the final auction price for many items far exceeds the value of the items themselves.
This shows how profitable auctions are.
Of course, this also requires that the auction itself has sufficient strength and can get some rare or precious auction items, otherwise no one will rush to grab ordinary things.
So after the magic beast egg, other things came up one after another.
Among them, the Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva that Nalan's family needed was put up for auction as the third-to-last item.
Seven Magical Green Spirit Saliva, a Top Level medicinal material, has the ability to cure all kinds of poisons in the world.
If it is refined into Alchemy Pill and combined with other medicine herbs, it can have a better effect.
However, no matter how effective it is, it is only for detoxification, which is useless for many people.
No one competed with the Nalan family, but in the end the Nalan family still spent 600,000 gold coins to win the bid.
Now that they have the medicinal materials, there is no more pressure on the rest.
The second to last item to be auctioned was a piece of inner armor.
"This armor is called 'Xuan Xin Armor'. The scales on it are made from the shell of the Tier-6 monster 'Xuan Xin Turtle'. It has amazing defensive power and can withstand the full force attack of Dou Emperor's strongman."
"Starting price: 800,000!"
Ya Fei's moving words rang out in the auction hall.
Fierce bidding ensued immediately.
"Nine hundred thousand!"
"One million!"
"One million and one hundred thousand!"
...
"One million and a half!"
"One million and eight hundred thousand!"
"Two million!"
The bidding was fierce.
Everyone knows how useful an inner armor is that can withstand a full-strength attack from a genuine Dou Emperor.
Currently, the strongest person in the entire Jia Ma Empire is Dou Emperor.
So if they can have this inner armor, it is like having a second life.
This is undoubtedly the most tempting thing for rich people who are not short of money but are afraid of death!
"Two and a half million!"
"Two million, nine hundred thousand!"
"Three million!"
The price quickly soared to three million and still showed no sign of stopping.
"Four million."
Finally, a calm voice came from the VIP seats on the second floor.
The price was raised by one million in one go, causing the entire audience to fall into a brief silence.