Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 487: Chapter 243: Qin Family Patriarch

It must be said, Qin Yu’s status is extremely useful. As the patriarch of the Qin Family, a single phone call was enough for the servants to arrange everything.

At this moment, Chu Xiu is standing on the twenty-seventh floor of the most luxurious hotel near the auction house, overlooking from this angle, the magnificent Shanghai auction house can be seen in all its glory.

The auction house is divided into one main hall and four auxiliary halls. The main hall is located in the center, with the four auxiliary halls surrounding it like guardians. Each hall’s foundational design resembles a classical large-scale opera house, with a giant divine beast statue guarding above, named after these divine beasts.

Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, Cyan Dragon, and Qilin!

It is said that the five statues are not just for decoration but are five extremely powerful war puppets. However, since their construction, there have never been any attacks, so this claim remains unverified.

”Patriarch, the auction items list has arrived.”

A respectful voice of the Qin family’s steward came from the door. Chu Xiu acknowledged with a simple ”Hmm” and withdrew his gaze from the magnificent auction house.

He took the information collected by the steward and flipped through it, quickly forming an understanding.

As in previous years, this year’s auction is divided into public and private forms.

Public auctions are the traditional form of auction, where items for sale are displayed in the marketplace for everyone to bid on together.

However, the drawback of this type of auction is that it requires transactions through general equivalents, and in the world of the Awakened, Cause and Effect Points are prohibited from trading. The purchasing power of Huaxia Coin is quite limited; the higher tier the Awakened, the less they need Huaxia Coin.

Thus, the private auction came to be. This is a form of auction where the auctioneer presents the item on stage and then conducts private bartering transactions.

It is worth mentioning that private auctions are currently the only channel where Cause and Effect Points are allowed to be traded.

After all, banning Cause and Effect Points from trading is meant to exploit the lower strata rather than restrict the lords. As the natural general equivalent in the Abyss World, the trade convenience they bring is indeed too great.

Generally speaking, transactions between high-tier Awakened are not overseen, but if they dare to acquire Cause and Effect Points from lower-tier Awakened, even trading just a point is a severe crime once discovered.

After all, it equates to taking food from the hands of the Eight Celestial Kings.

”In private transactions, the value of Cause and Effect Points varies from 250,000 to 450,000, much more expensive than exchanging with the three major forces. Due to generally being small-scale transactions, market fluctuations are significant.”

Specifically, it’s roughly thirty to fifty times the price when acquiring from the lower strata.

This terrifying price difference still leaves Chu Xiu puzzled. In his previous life, there was a saying that with three times the profit, capital dares to commit any crime, even at the risk of the noose. This is thirty times, so how is stability maintained?

Ultimately, it can only be attributed to the appearance of extraordinary power in the Abyss World, leading to the upper class having an unbelievable level of control over the lower class.

In his previous life, Western colonizers, after occupying African mining areas, plundered over 99% of the ore’s value. Ore worth millions fell into the hands of locals who could only barely maintain a subsistence level of living.

In this light, the Eight Celestial Kings are not overly excessive. At least lower-tier Awakened who are willing to enter the Abyss, even at the Mortal Tier, reap rewards far exceeding those of ordinary workers by many times.

Of course, it might also be to maintain the status of the Awakened, to encourage more people to participate in awakening trials for sustainable development, setting the prices this way.

Shaking his head, Chu Xiu stopped thinking about it and instead carefully browsed through the specific information on the sale items.

The first three days are public auctions, divided into five types: [Equipment], [Artifact], [Materials], [Others], and [Treasures], with [Treasures] held in the main hall.

Moreover, each of the three days will separately hold sales for foundational, advanced, and high-end levels, catering to the auction needs of Awakened of different tiers.

After that, there’s a day of private trading, with the main hall’s private trades only accessible to those above the King Tier, which is Chu Xiu’s main goal.

He looked at the auction list and, unsurprisingly, anticipated that he could gather most of the auxiliary materials at the final high-end auction.

”Now, all that’s left are the main materials for the [Four Symbols Yin Yang Furnace] and [Eight Desolates Nether Fire Array].”

Main materials are crucial, impacting over 70% of the process. To refine a fourth-grade secret treasure in one go, the ordinary materials at public auctions are insufficient!

Each auction will have ten show-stopping mysterious items at the end. If they’re not available, then he can only try his luck at private trades.

As for the [Anchor Points] issue, he has also asked Qin Xiang in Abyss City for internal national evaluation data on various worlds these days, finally selecting nine worlds very suitable for him.

However, these nine worlds’ anchor points are in short supply, uncertain if they’ll appear. If not, Chu Xiu can only choose from the 38 backup worlds selected later.

Knowing this, he casually tossed the list aside, planning to continue recovering.

At this moment, the Qin family butler hesitantly spoke up, ”Patriarch, the elders have a request.”

”What is it?”

”Several juniors from the clan are also in Shanghai. They are the most talented batch of young people in the clan. The elders hope you can take them to see the world,” the butler bowed his head, slightly uneasy. ”Coincidentally, two other families friendly with ours are traveling together, one of which is expected to become our in-laws. The elders also want you to oversee this.”