Auction 3

 The week went very relaxing. Dea and her other companions became a lot closer with each other, and thanks to Spirit Hot Springs, their cultivation improved a lot. All of them broke through the 9th stage of yellow cultivation. Considering they all were less than thirty, their cultivation was counted as one of the best in their generation. (not including Dea)

 Dea herself also broke through the 5th stage of indigo and even managed to stabilize it.

 Soon it was the day of the auction. It started at 6 pm, so they needed to depart after breakfast since the journey would take some time. So, they all ate their breakfast and left around noon. Lucifer sat in the same carriage as Dea and Ivy, Aqua, Leonel, and Ari sat together. They fooled around a bit on their way, so the journey was fun and long. Their carriage stopped in front of the auction house at around 5:30 pm.

 Lots of people were outside. Some are still trying to get tickets. Those that managed to get them were in line. As they got out of their carriage, lots of eyes looked at them, after all, they were all good-looking, but the moment people laid their eyes on Dea, her coldness did not give anyone the courage to look a second time. At this moment the manager waiting outside to greet them saw her and walked toward her.

- "Greetings crown princess," - Immediately after these words, everyone knew who she was, and in a second, everyone kneeled

- "Greetings crown princess."

- "You may raise" - Dea motioned at people with her hand and did not pay any more attention as she went inside. Lucifer and others also followed her.

 The manager leads them to the third floor while saying, - "It is an honor that Her Highness decided to participate in our auction. I will personally make sure princess items are sold at the best price." - As he talked, they already got to the first VIP room, and the manager opened the room. It was a very comfortable room with couches and snacks ready, there was a glass that allowed her to see everything that happened in the auction house but did not allow anyone to see who was inside. 

- "Please, princess, come in, this one needs to make a few arrangements before the auction, so I will leave, but if you need anything, servants are outside the room, and they will help you with anything."

 Dea nodded and went forward to sit on the main one-person couch, and Lucifer went to the seat next to her while Solis stood behind her. Caelum rarely showed his face to others except for his companions and master, so he was in the shadows. Ivy and others also sat around her and enjoyed snacks.

Right after the manager left, Ivy said, - "So this is what you meant when you said we will understand when we get there. Dea, are you auctioning something good?"

- "Hmm," - Dea nodded with a lazy look on her face.

- "What?" - Ivy and her companions were very curious about what Dea auctioned to receive such treatment.

- "Pills." - Her answer surprised them even more, but they got some light on the matter. Pills are very rare in the world. Even low-level once being sold for sky-high prices. Usually, nobody is willing to sell them. Despite some enlightenment, they had more questions, but seeing Dea's lazy face, they knew not to ask more. During this week, they got to know her quite a bit. This girl was very mysterious and cold, but she treated people around her well, she did not like human contact, did not eat much, and most noticeably, she was very lazy.

Finally, everything quieted down, and the auction began. The host was the manager who had just led them to the private room.

- "Hello everyone, my name is Nicola, and I am today's host. I am sure I don't need to remind everyone about the rules of the auction house, so, let's begin. The first item is the middle-level 5th-grade ice sword"

 If one wanted to use armament, they needed it to be of the same property. Ice users started to bet the moment they saw the sword.

- "Bidding starts at 5,000 thousand spirit stones."

- "10 000"

- "20 000"

- "50 000"

 In the end, the people who bid for the sword were all sitting in the hall. Those on the second and third floors could not be interested in mere middle lever armament.

- "100 000"

 The sword was won by a middle-aged man with blue hair. As more items came out, the second floor also got involved, and a few items were even brought from people on the third floor.

 The third floor had seven rooms. The lower the number, the better the room. Dea was in the 1st room, which was the best, but this also drew lots of attention since it has been quite a while since this room was opened. Other than her, all the other rooms were occupied as well.

 Just as Dea was getting impatient next item was bought out

- "This is called demon spirit essence, it's made out of demon spirit flower which grows on demon graves. Very rare, and even this small bottle needed hundreds of thousands of flowers to make. It can be used for armaments as well as arrays and pharmacies. Bidding will start at 100,000 spirit stones."

- "150 000"

- "200 000"

- "500 000" - a voice sounded from the third floor.

 Seeing the item, not only was Dea interested, but Lucifer was as well.

- "Wahh! This auction is so heated. I wonder who will get it." - Said Ari.

- "These people have too much money, I think. Why would they need something like this?" - Followed Leonel's voice.

While Dea's companions were chatting, the price went up.

- "1 000 000" - The voice was from the third floor, and the hall went quiet.

 It was not even one of the last items, but the price went up, and even the third floor joined. Those who managed to get their hands on some things were happy, while others were quite distressed. They knew they could not battle with people on the third floor and knew they most probably would be going empty-handed.

And then another very cold voice sounded from the third floor,

- "2 000 000" - Everyone looked at the 1st room, and the hall went quiet again.

 No one bid again. Even the person on the third floor who was sitting in the 7th room did not bid. Everyone knew, someone who had the Golden auction house open the 1st room after a hundred years was not to be easily provoked. So Dea got demon spirit essence for 2 000 000.

Other guests were not the only ones surprised by this, Dea's companions and even Lucifer showed surprised faces.

Just a second ago, they were discussing how others were throwing money away, and now their companion threw away 2,000,000 like it was nothing.

- "Sis, why did you buy that thing?" - Ivy did not mind her favorite sister throwing away tons of money, but she did not understand what Dea wanted it for.

- "It's only useless if you don't know its true use, actually I think I got it quite cheap."

 Lucifer also thought that it was cheap, but the difference was he knew what benefits a demon's spirit essence could bring. He wanted to get it too. Essence could heal his wound a bit, and he would recover a little power, that way his recovery would also quicken, and his power would gradually come back. Essence could not recover his powers fully, but it would be enough, and he would not be as useless.

 He did not know how Dea knew about this essence, but since she took it and wanted it, he would never covet her things.

 Hearing Dea's answer, others did not ask more. They knew that she practically grew up outside, and she might have known something they did not, and even if that was not the case, it was her money, she could do whatever she wanted.

 The auction continued, and more items were brought out and, Her companions also got a few items they fancied.

 Aqua got herself a high-level 4th-grade wind property fan. As she had double cultivation of wind and water, this fan suited her quite well.

Lionel got himself a high-level 4th-grade fire sword and was very happy.

 Ivy got a whip with earth property, and Ari got himself a cultivation method for the spirit. Ari had the power to talk with animals and even command them for a short period, which made him a very talented beast tamer. 'Special' powers needed spirit cultivation methods to make them powerful, as well as lots of practice, so everyone was quite happy and thankful that Dea brought them with her.

- "Thanks, little sis Dea for bringing us with you, we have benefitted quite a lot because of you," - said Aqua, and others nodded as well.

- "No need for thanks, we are all friends after all, you brought these things with your money, it has nothing to do with me" - Dea's voice was cold, but her words made everyone feel warm.

 Their exchange made Lucifer burn with jealousy, he also wanted to appear in her eyes, and as if hearing his pleas, Dea looked at him.

- "If you like anything, just say, you are also one of my people, and I will get it for you," - Her words made him surprised but happy he wanted her gift and paid more attention to the items brought out. He wanted to choose something, it did not have to be expensive, but he really wanted to receive a gift from her.

 Just as things were getting boring again, Dea heard a voice, In her head when the next item was bought out. It was a bracelet fully black with some golden threads in it.

'Master, that's a good thing.'

'hmm, what is it? '

'It's something that draws demon energy, it can also store that demon energy and help demons to heal faster. It is quite useful to the demon next to you but…'

'But?'

'It's not from this world, so it will need some adjustments, which will also improve its capabilities by a lot'

'hmm'

Then Nicolas's voice was heard again.

- "The next item is a bracelet, the reason why it was brought out so late was because nobody knows what it can do, but it's known that it's from a different world. Bidding starts at 50,000 spirit stones."

People were curious about this item but not crazy after all, it could just be a useless bracelet, so not many bid for it.

- "60 000"

- "70 000"

In the 1st VIP room.

Dea looked at Lucifer, and he also looked at her after noticing her gaze.

- "It's actually a good thing, quite useful for you, do you want it?" - Asked Dea.

 He did not know what this bracelet was. but he did not care since she chose it for him, he liked it.

- "Yes" - Hearing his words. Dea decided to bid for it.

- "200 000"

Her cold voice silenced everyone again.

'Ahh, they did not know what this item was, but since she liked it, they did not want to fight, even though her voice was so scary.' thought the audience in their minds. And Dea brought what she wanted with just one bid again.

 The auction was nearing its end, and only five items were left, but everyone knew that these last five were the best.

- "The next item is a tamed beast. High-level 5th-grade white wolf. Bidding starts at 200 000."

- "300 000"

- "500 000"

- "1,000,000" - prices jumped fast.

In the end, it was brought by someone sitting in the 4th room on the 3rd floor for "4 500 000".

- "Next three items are brought in the auction house by a distinguished guest on the 3rd floor 1st room," - Hearing this, everyone was burning with interest.

- "Crown princess Dea has given us the honor to auction such important and rare items" - Finally, knowing who that cold voice belonged to, everyone thought the same 'You really can't believe in rumors'.

- "First item is the awakening pill of the highest quality" - As the audience heard the host's words, they almost fell from their seats, and people in the 1st room were even more surprised. Everyone knew how rare pills were. An awakening pill was not just a common one, it was a middle-level pill that could make one directly become a yellow stage cultivator from the red stage, skipping orange, only pharmacists who were high-level could make it, and it was not even the highest quality. They knew now why the auction house opened the 1st room for her, and it was just the first item.

- "I am sure I don't need to explain its qualities. There are three pills in this bottle, and they are sold together. There is no starting bid"

- "100 000"

- "500 000" - somebody jumped the price right away.

- "Is it okay to just sell such a precious pill?" - Leonel asked, others also looked at Dea

- "It's fine, I have more, if you want it, I can give you one too," - As she said it she pulled a pill bottle out of thin air.

- "There should be about 20 of those in the bottle" - As she said, she gave the bottle to Lionel.

- "Ahh" - he was a little surprised, these people were fighting for three pills, and she just pulled out 20 literally out of thin air.

In the end, pills were won by someone in the 5th room for "5 500 000"

- "The second item is the millennium pill, and again I don't think I need to explain its preciousness."

The audience was stupefied again. The Millennium pill was like a safe pass from the green to the indigo stage.

- "There are 2 pills in the bottle this time, and they will be sold together as well".

- "1 000 000"

- "3 000 000"

- "5,000,000" - people on the 3rd floor started to bid, not giving way.

- "10 000 000"

 In the end, pills were brought for 15 000 000 by a person on the 3rd floor.

 Everyone could not wait to see what kind of treasure the next item would be.

- "The next item is also a pill. It's a lost formula, but our auction house can guarantee its credibility. The pill's name is another life." - This time there was not much reaction from the crowd because no one knew what this pill was.

- "This pill gives anyone with an extra special power or property." - Nicola's words took the breath away from everyone.

- "10 000 000"

Someone on the 3rd floor called right away.

- "12 000 000"

- "15 000 000"

- "20 000 000"

The pill was brought by the person in the 2nd room for 30,000,000 in the end.

- "It's time for the last item on the auction."

 Seeing what it was, Dea, who did not have any reaction this whole time, furrowed her brows and emitted a cold aura. Seeing this, her companions and Lucifer were quite puzzled but did not dare to move, knowing something was wrong.

- "The last thing sold is this beast-kin."

 At the host's words, everyone looked at the beast-kin. It was a 'he'. So beautiful, white as it can be, and as perfect as someone can be. White hair, white eyes, white skin, and clothes. He was in chains that gave him quite an alluring appearance. Considering that this was a matriarchal country, everyone wanted to get this perfect man.

His appearance was not the reason why Dea reacted, the reason was because she knew him.

'Shiloh' Dea murmured the name very quietly, but Lucifer, who stood near her, heard it and immediately became uneasy. 'She knows him and had such a big reaction.

Possessive light passed through his eyes as his heart was burning with jealousy.

People started bidding one after the other.

- "3 000 000"

- "5 000 000"

- "20 000 000"

 And again, they heard that scary cold voice making everyone stiff. But this time they were shivering because an extreme cold aura was seeping from the 1st room. Nobody bid again, and that was the end of the auction.

 Once Dea was sure she got what she wanted, her aura became less dominant, but it did not disappear.

 Her companions knew she was angry for some reason and did not say anything.

 But they were sure to remember to never make this new little sister of theirs angry, otherwise, it wouldn't end well for their small life.