Chapter 80: Everything Is for Sale
As Su Xiao activated the auction platform, a long list of items appeared before him.
[Yes/No to consign items. If consignment is selected, you may choose between Auction Mode and Fixed Price Mode.]
[Auction Mode: Set a base price for the item. After a bidding period of 1 to 72 hours, the highest bidder wins.]
[Fixed Price Mode: Set a specific price for direct sale.]
[Note: After either mode concludes, the consignor pays a 10% notarization fee based on the final transaction price.]
[The following is the Fixed Price Mode consignment list.]
'Magnetic Shift Stance (Tank System Exclusive), Price: 7200 Soul Coins. View detailed attributes by opening the branch list.'
'Bloody Inscription (Immortal Rank · Special Equipment), Price: 5930 Soul Coins.'
'Overflowing Soul Box (Opens to obtain 100 Soul Crystals · Complete), Price: 12500 Soul Coins.'
'Paper Blade (Immortal Rank Equipment · Buff State Type · Rare), Price: 18000 Soul Coins.'
'Edavini Potion × 125 (Temporary Buff Potion), Price per Bottle: 30 Soul Coins (Long-term listing).'
'Thirst (Immortal Rank Gem · Life Force Drain), Price: 4100 Soul Coins.'
'Starflow Ore × 5 (Immortal Rank Ore), Price per Piece: 650 Soul Coins.'
'Healing Assistance (Holy Light Paradise · Healing Type Contractor · Eighth Rank), Assistance Duration: One World Progress, Fee: 1200 to 2700 Soul Coins (Based on World Danger Level). Attached: Photo and Partial Healing Abilities. Purchasing this Healing Assistance requires signing 3 Void Tree Contracts. (Note: Will not go to Eighth Rank high-risk zones. Absolutely will not. Unless the price is increased.)'
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Su Xiao scrolled through the consignment list. Everything was available, including people listing themselves, like the 'Healing Assistance' — a healer from Holy Light Paradise 'renting' themselves out, selling skills but not their body.
After purchasing this item, the Void Tree would draft a contract. The contract fee was 500 Soul Coins. After the buyer entered the mission world, that healing-type contractor would also be teleported there.
Of course, there were many prerequisites. For example, it could only be used in Primordial Worlds or Transcendent Primordial Worlds.
The Primordial World had to be one not owned by any Paradise, meaning a world where the World Core still existed. Such worlds were notarized by the Void Tree as fully open Primordial Worlds.
There were many excellent items, but Su Xiao only had 4046 Soul Coins, not enough to buy what he needed.
Obtaining access to the auction platform was good news for Su Xiao. It was a resource exchange. More importantly, selling items here was anonymous.
Su Xiao almost immediately thought of Black Maple Tree Yield and Alchemy Potions, but he only thought about it. While Black Maple Tree Yield could be sold here, he couldn't sell too much. Compared to the strangers on this auction platform, selling Black Maple Tree to the members of the Starry Sky Seat was a better choice.
The Starry Sky Seat members were more generous and offered stable, long-term trade relationships. Moreover, each Starry Sky Seat member had significant backing or was powerful themselves.
White Bull was the overlord of the dark world in the Void. This guy dared to wage open war against the Feather Race. The scale of his power was unimaginable. Furthermore, White Bull himself was incredibly strong, only slightly weaker than Tuanzhang and Daomo.
If Su Xiao entered the Void, he would greatly need White Bull's influence. Beggars on the street, black market merchants, even prostitutes selling their bodies — all could be low-level members of White Bull's organization. When needed, these people could become informants.
Besides White Bull, Holy Maiden appeared to be the Starry Sky Seat's mascot, but that wasn't the case.
Behind Holy Maiden was a very secretive family-type force. This force was usually low-key, but when facing major Void races, this family force didn't back down. The family was low-key, but it had many strong members, including several at the 'Old Immortal' level.
As the precious jewel of a large group of powerhouses, saying Holy Maiden could walk sideways in the Void was an exaggeration, but no one dared to provoke her easily.
Tuanzhang and the Undying Old Man had no factions, but they were powerful themselves. As for Tuanzhang's Traveling Group, for a while, all its members thought Tuanzhang had abandoned them. When they finally re-established contact, Tuanzhang said he had been busy with important matters.
In reality, during a casual chat with Su Xiao, Tuanzhang mentioned this. He had been too busy and had simply forgotten about the Traveling Group he had founded.
This was fortunate for the Traveling Group members. They never had to worry about anyone bossing them around. Tuanzhang had only one requirement for them: they could not become Violators.
The situation with the Starry Sky Seat meant Su Xiao wouldn't sell large quantities of Black Maple Tree Yield on the auction platform.
As for Alchemy Potions, they could indeed be sold. This would both generate profit and spread the name 'Holy Flame Alchemist' to other Paradises.
The only problem was that Su Xiao could only consign a limited number of items on the trading platform. After each World Progress ended, he could only consign one item. Under these circumstances, using this quota for Alchemy Potions was not a wise choice.
Su Xiao closed the current list and opened the auction option beside it. A line of items currently being auctioned appeared before him. The item at the top caught his attention.
'Dragon Whale's Essence (Rare Item), Current Bid Price: 36580 Soul Coins (Remaining Auction Time: 1 minute 27 seconds).'
If Su Xiao had the Soul Coins, he would also participate in the bidding. The life characteristic energy within the essence was one of the means to enhance his Azure Steel Shadow ability.
Scrolling down, the other items in the auction were also quite good. Su Xiao activated his one-time consignment permission, selected [Holy Seal · Initial Soul Energy (Bloodline/Class Type Item)], and set a 12-hour auction with a base price of 1 Soul Coin.
For an auction, setting the base price too high was not good; it would dampen bidders' enthusiasm. The ranking of the auction list was determined by item value, item rank, number of bids, etc.
Being bid on more times would place it higher on the list, making it visible to more people. As for malicious lowballing, that was irrelevant.
Su Xiao set the auction for 12 hours. Within the last 2 hours before the auction ended, he could choose to pay 100 Soul Coins to withdraw the item, taking back [Holy Seal · Initial Soul Energy], an S- potential Bloodline/Class Type Item, from the trading platform.
As soon as Su Xiao finished setting the price, [Holy Seal · Initial Soul Energy] disappeared from his hand. A few seconds later, someone started bidding on his item.
First, someone bid 2 Soul Coins. After a dozen seconds, it jumped to 1900 Soul Coins, then to 2720 Soul Coins. The number of bidders gradually decreased until the price reached 3700 Soul Coins.
The price of [Holy Seal · Initial Soul Energy] was around 8500 Soul Coins. It was indeed an S- potential Bloodline/Class Type Item, but it had a huge flaw. After forming the Holy Seal within the body, part of the soul needed to be separated and integrated into the Holy Seal. This soul separation process had a 47.7% chance of causing a permanent reduction in physical attributes and a 12.53% chance of causing death.
If this item's potential weren't S-, it wouldn't even be worth 3000 Soul Coins. Using it was too dangerous. Perhaps this was the pride of Rogesh; cowards were not worthy of obtaining his power.
Without these flaws, the price of [Holy Seal · Initial Soul Energy] would start at least at 13000 Soul Coins.
Su Xiao was in urgent need of Soul Coins now. A good deal like selling [Basic Passive · Charm Spirit] for 12000 Soul Coins only happened once for Su Xiao from First Rank to Eighth Rank.
The actual price of that item was around 2900 Soul Coins. The buyer had probably been searching for that scroll for a long time.
Sometimes, an item's value depends on need. That female contractor spending 12000 Soul Coins to buy [Basic Passive · Charm Spirit] seemed like a huge loss, but it wasn't. If it could boost her strength by a notch, then it was a gain.
Su Xiao had two items of high value: [Proof of Steel Trial] and [Triumph Medal]. The former could permanently remove the 200-point True Attribute barrier, and the latter could grant an additional True Attribute.
These two items could not be consigned on the auction platform. Even if he wanted to sell them, he could only sell them to contractors of Reincarnation Paradise, due to the items' characteristics.
Su Xiao scrolled through the auction list for a while but didn't find anything too suitable for himself. Or rather, his Soul Coins were limited.
He was about to close the auction list when an item appeared on it.
'Limit Break (Immortal Rank Item), Auction Price: 1 Soul Coin, Remaining Auction Time: 59 minutes 58 seconds.'
After Su Xiao checked the information on [Limit Break (Immortal Rank Item)], he became interested in it.
The function of [Limit Break] was simple. It could temporarily allow one physical attribute to break through the attribute barriers of 80 points, 150 points, and 200 points. Breaking through the 80-point barrier meant allowing one's own attribute, through equipment bonuses, to exceed 80 points, with an effect lasting 30 minutes.
Temporarily breaking through the 200-point attribute barrier had the shortest duration, only 5 minutes. This seemed like a tool for desperate gambles in battle, but in Su Xiao's view, this item had a greater use. If used properly, he could master a new trump card.