The items soon received the first bid with an increment of 100,000 low-grade spirit stones, followed by a second bid with an increase of 200,000 spirit stones.
As the bids started pouring in, the cost of the ship began to rise and eventually surpassed 2 million. The bids started to decrease, and the increment gradually dropped to 10,000 spirit coins.
Ray, who was watching all of this, knew that now was the time to bid for the item. He had checked the bottom line of the other bidders and could quote a price to stop them from bidding further.
"Two million five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones," shouted Ray from his auction room.
As soon as the bid was quoted, there was a deep silence in the auction hall. The elder in charge smiled, as he didn't expect Ray to bid while offering an amount higher than he had guessed.
The auctioneer waited for a minute for further bids but saw no one raising their hands. Everyone turned their heads towards Ray's room, trying to see the person who had bid.
Seeing this, the elder presiding over the auction rang the bell three times and concluded that Ray had won the item.
The last item was a space ring with a dimension of up to 100*m by 100*m, and the starting price was one million.
It was eventually bought by Ray for one and a half million low-grade spirit stones.
Soon everyone in the auction was waiting for the elder to go to Ray and collect the spirit stones as many were skeptical of him purchasing the last two items at such a high price.
However, the elder disappointed them with the ending of the auction and further asked the bidder to come and collect the items before leaving without raising any doubts about the bidder who had won the last two items.
Unlike them, the elder knew Ray was the one who had consigned the tea leaves in the previous auction and gained the most so he didn't doubt if he could pay so he didn't ask him to pay immediately.
After everyone left the auction house Ray came down slowly and took out a space bag that Morgan had given him with the spirit stones and passed it to the jade pavilion elder who conducted the auction as the payment for the items he had bid.
The elder checked the space bag has exactly 2,500,000 spirit stones and he transferred them into his storage bag and returned the bag to Ray.
Ray then thanked Misha for allowing him to use the bag until now and returned it to her.
He picked up the space storage ring handed to him by the pavilion elder and placed it in his robe, along with the puppet, the instruction manual, and the receipt for the ship purchase, which would be delivered in 15 days.
He then took his companions, left the auction, and boarded the carriage waiting for them at the entrance. They headed towards the city lord's mansion to drop off Misha.
Within a few minutes, Ray then saw the mansion approaching and took Misha inside where Morgan was waiting for them.
After sitting down and explaining the auction procedure and the displayed items, Ray said goodnight to everyone at the mansion. He then asked the carriage driver to drop off Jessica, as he would walk with Lily to their villa.
The carriage driver agreed after Ray mentioned he wanted to walk and enjoy the breeze and took off with Jessica in the carriage.
After a few minutes of walking through the streets, they arrived at the villa, had some snacks for dinner, and then went to sleep in their rooms.
Early the next morning, Ray took Lily to the clothes shop, paid the remaining deposit for their ordered clothes, and brought them back home.
After trying them on, Ray was very pleased with the design and comfort of the clothes.
The next few days Ray began visiting the outer city to hire a few more assistants for the old chief to lessen the workload for him.
He then began to prepare for his eventual departure from this city as he wanted to see the broader world out there.
First, he hired a few well-known good sailors who knew the way and could work on the ship as staff.
Then he hired a chef and the chef's assistants onto the ship as they were required to cook for the customers during their journey.
After informing them Ray gave them 15 days to settle their business here and come to the villa to report their work.
Soon everyone in the city knew the generous Manager who had renovated the outer city main street look was leaving the city in a few days.
Many merchants with ships have visited him, offering a ride to the next city.
However, they all left disappointed after learning that Ray had a ship scheduled to pick him up in 15 days.
Those who attended the auction, upon hearing about the ship coming to pick up Ray, immediately connected the news with the ship sold at the auction and realized that Ray was the one who had bought it.
Then the auction manager stepped forward and confirmed the news, making everyone imagine Ray as the rich person who came here just for fun.
John who was in the office working heard Ray was making preparations to travel then immediately put down his work and went to Ray's house to confirm the news directly and reported it to Morgan after confirming the news to be true.
Morgan who was arranging the array on the mountaintop where he resides went into deep thought upon hearing the news and soon stopped his work and decided to visit Ray to discuss a few things and ask his help with some matters.
Within minutes, he used the teleport array to arrive at the city mansion and instructed the butler to prepare the carriage to take him to Ray's villa.