Chapter 1 The Unease

The few pictures displayed in the auction hall caused unease among the super-first-rate and super guilds in the second-floor private rooms, who immediately reported what they saw to their guild leaders.

"Guild Leader, it's true! Tianji Pavilion really got that thing!"

"Tianji Pavilion's secrecy is truly excellent. Are you sure there are no mistakes?"

"I've confirmed it. The pictures are accurate, but there are too many major powers and consortiums present. I'm afraid the money I brought won't be enough to secure it."

"Alright, I'll have people prepare and send money to you immediately."

Because of the few pictures on the auction stage, major powers began quietly raising large sums of money, shrouding the entire venue in an indescribable atmosphere of urgency, making the powers in the first-floor hall feel a storm was brewing.

"That sly old fox at Tianji Pavilion, is he trying to make us super powers and consortiums tear each other apart?" Nine Dragons Emperor clenched his fists, excitement written all over his face. He immediately said to Long Wu beside him, "Quick! Tell Dragon Blood to sell off all the resources in the Black Dragon Empire that can be sold, including those prime pieces of land in Black Dragon City under my name. Mortgage them if you have to. In short, raise as much gold coins and magic crystals as possible!"

"Guild Leader, isn't that a little too crazy?" Long Wu couldn't help but be taken aback. Those prime pieces of land in Black Dragon City were invaluable, and many people wanted to buy them but couldn't. Mortgaging them now meant they could be lost if the loan wasn't repaid in time.

"It doesn't matter. As long as we can get that thing, this sacrifice is nothing," Nine Dragons Emperor said, shaking his head slightly. Looking at the pictures on the high platform, his eyes were filled with madness and ambition.

"I understand." Long Wu immediately contacted Dragon Blood.

In another private room, Lu Xingluo, refined like a scholar, couldn't help but stand up, staring intently at the pictures displayed by Tianji Pavilion.

"Good! Very good! As long as I get this, the entire Dark Night Empire will be mine, and no one will be able to oppose me!" Lu Xingluo laughed loudly.

"Congratulations, Guild Leader! When that happens, both Red Emperor and War Soul Undefeated will be finished!" Zhong Langcheng, a tall bodyguard beside him, congratulated him excitedly.

"How's the money I asked you to gather coming along?" Lu Xingluo turned and asked.

"Don't worry, Guild Leader, the funds are all in place," Zhong Langcheng said with a smile.

At this time, in a nearby private room, Shi Feng's heart was stirred by a huge wave when he saw the items Tianji Pavilion had brought out for auction.

"Tianji Pavilion is truly amazing! They dare to put this up for auction?" Shi Feng exclaimed in astonishment.

Now he understood why Starstream Conglomerate would prevent War Soul Undefeated from participating in the auction. If it were him, he would do the same. He also understood why Mu Lingsha was willing to take out the potential land in Dark Night Imperial Capital in order to participate in this auction.

Because the items Tianji Pavilion was auctioning were simply too astonishing!

It wasn't a weapon or equipment, nor a prop, but the operating rights to a mineral vein!

If it were an ordinary mineral vein, even a first-rate guild would likely scorn it. A source iron ore vein that produced a small amount of magic crystals would greatly excite super powers, and a magic energy ore vein above that could trigger wars between super powers.

Mineral veins like magic energy ore veins and source iron ore veins that attracted the envy of super powers belonged to the second tier of mineral veins.

And the mineral vein that Tianji Pavilion had brought out was a magic crystal ore vein, which was ranked in the first tier in God's Domain!

Judging from the pictures, although it wasn't a rich deposit, its value couldn't be compared to magic energy ore veins or source iron ore veins. As long as they could get it, it would be enough to supply the daily needs of two super guilds, and even have a surplus.

This was because the main mineral produced by the magic crystal ore vein was magic crystals, but the mining was more troublesome than other minerals. In addition, the accompanying minerals were also invaluable, such as mana silver, which was one of the accompanying minerals. Mana silver was one of the top-ranked ores in terms of hardness in the entire God's Domain and belonged to an ultra-rare material. Weapons and equipment made from it would have the characteristic of being indestructible.

The indestructible characteristic meant that even if the durability of the weapon or equipment was zero, it would not be destroyed, but its attributes would be greatly reduced, but it could still be used.

Just this characteristic alone meant that a piece of mana silver was worth about 20 gold in the market, and it would be bought up in an instant whenever it appeared.

While the private rooms on the second floor were going crazy over the pictures on the high platform, Yuan Tiexin glanced at the major powers in the private rooms and smiled slightly. "Everyone has seen the items. If you're not very familiar with them, you can find relevant information in the libraries of the kingdoms or empires. There are very detailed materials there, but I don't think anyone present doesn't know the value of this thing."

"Our auction at Tianji Pavilion this time is very simple. The highest bidder wins, but we don't accept credit points. The final winner will receive 40% of the shares, which means they will get 40% of the output of this magic crystal ore vein."

"Maybe you don't know what 40% of the output means. I won't go into the specific data, but this 40% of the output is definitely higher than an entire magic energy ore vein that you know of, and the accompanying minerals are rare materials that will definitely help the life players in your guild reach a higher level!"

"However, before the auction, Tianji Pavilion has one more thing to say. The winner must send a large number of experts and elites to be stationed at the mineral vein for a long time. The number of people must not be less than 100,000. If this condition cannot be met, even if you win the auction, it will be invalid!"

"If everyone thinks there are no problems, then we will start the auction of today's first finale item. The starting price is 100,000 gold coins, and each bid must be no less than 1,000 gold coins or 2,000 magic crystals!"

The entire venue was silent until Yuan Tiexin finished speaking, and the senior executives of the major first-rate guilds in the first-floor hall gasped.

The desire to compete was immediately extinguished. Not to mention the need to station 100,000 troops at the mineral vein for a long time, the starting price alone made all the first-rate guilds give up directly.

100,000 gold coins!

Although they also understood that this price was absolutely normal, they were still shocked when Yuan Tiexin said it.

Their major first-rate guilds had worked so hard to get 30,000 to 40,000 gold coins for this auction, but now they didn't even have the qualifications to participate in the bidding...

At this time, those forces in the venue that were comparable to first-rate guilds were also silent, because they now understood how huge the gap between them and the super powers was. They were simply people from two different worlds. They were just spectators at this auction, without even the qualification to participate, only as witnesses.