Jacob from the Dark Realm Returns novel Chapter 39

“This’s the seventh item for today’s auction.”

“To be honest, it was also my first time to see such a rare thing. Through authentication, we find that it’s the hardest material in the earth. Nevertheless, by now, we still fail to identify what kind of material it is and therefore we cannot estimate its value. Plus that this item is found for the first time in the world, we named it a threshold price of five million and regulated that every increment shall be not less than five hundred thousand!”

The speech caused a commotion among the people present.

The bidders all discussed it with their acquaintances in whispers.

Such an item with undefined value actually had a reserve price of five million!

Readers, let’s make it clear, that a reserve price of five million is way too high.

But this happened in Divine Land Auction House, a high-end auction house.

They might find this item worthless after the auction.

Or they might find it invaluable later!

This was indeed a gambling!

“Five million!”

A sound suddenly rumbled among the bidders.

“Five million and five hundred thousand!”

“Six million!”

There was a fast bidding among them.

All bidders present were either rich or noble.

Most of them were willing to join this gambling.

Soon, the stone with inexplicable nature, oh exactly, maybe it was not a stone, had a bidding price of twelve million.

With such a high bidding price, only a few bidders insisted on it.

The old man who was presiding over the auction smiled knowingly after seeing that the bidding price had reached twelve million.

This was the power of Divine Land Auction House!

If this item was auctioned in other auction houses, there might not be any bidders. But in Divine Land’s action, it had made such a high bidding price.

“Twelve million, going once.”

“Twelve million, going twice.”

“Are there any other bidders?”

The auctioneer glanced around and asked.

But just as he was about to set the price with the hammer, a sound suddenly rumbled from a corner.

“Twelve million and five hundred thousand!”

The words caused a heated discussion among the bidders.

Twelve million was already a high price, but they hadn’t expected that someone would cry a higher price.

What was more ridiculous was that the price was cried by a person sitting at a corner, which showed that he was obviously not a rich or powerful man.

What was his gut to gamble on such a valuable thing?

Would his family members spit out blood due to anger if he suffered a lost?

Nevertheless, they were just taunting at Jacob secretly in their hearts and still maintained the nobility and demeanor of the upper class.

“Thirteen million!”

Right at this moment, the one who had cried the price of twelve million shouted again.

“Thirteen million and five hundred thousand!”

Jacob bid for it again without hesitation.

This thing could cause the reaction of the Chaos Pearl and therefore its value could not be simply measured with money.

Even if he would have to cost a lot to win the bidding, Jacob was still determined to get it.

It was as if Jacob’s competitor had sensed his determination and he didn’t bid for it any longer.

Thirteen million and five hundred thousand was just the limit of Jacob’s acceptance.

“All right. Thirteen million and five hundred thousand, going once.”

“Thirteen million and five hundred thousand, going twice.”

Although the auctioneer managed to maintain a professional smile on his face, his heart was dancing with delight.

The bidding price of this thing was far beyond his expectation.

““Thirteen million and five hundred thousand, sold!!”

“Congratulations, Mr. Please come to the backstage when the auction is over and exchange for the auctioned item.”

Seeing that the item was successfully auctioned, some of the bidders turned around and shifted their gazes onto Jacob. They were curious about which childe would be so generous as if money was nothing to him. Maybe he would become their laughing stock afterwards.

It the item was worthless, this guy would definitely receive severe punishment from the seniors of his clan.

Thirteen million and five hundred thousand was a big amount which would harm the foundation of a family that could only get a corner seat in this auction.

Jacob couldn’t help but sneer when seeing their expressions.

Alas, these people didn’t know the value of that item, yet they were looking forward to laugh at him. This item could cause the reactions of Chaos Pearl, so its value might be beyond everyone’s expectation.

When thinking of this, Jacob smiled even more brightly.

Afterwards, several items were sold consecutively, among which the highest closing price was twenty million.

But none of them had triggered Jacob’s interest.

Half an hour later…

There finally came Jacob’s targeted item.

“I guess everyone comes for the last item today. Well, the last item of today’s auction is a human-shape ginseng which has been living for about one thousand and one hundred years and therefore has its soul and thoughts. It can pursue auspicious things, avoid troubles and automatically submerge into the land. And the quality of this item is of the highest grade! It comes from the most mysterious place in China – Shennongjia. The threshold price is ten million and every increment shall be not less than one million!”

“Now I announce, the auction begins!”

Just as the words were finished, someone cried, “Twenty million.”