Chapter 26: Starting Bid at 0 Yuan

After posting the thread, Zhou Yu was about to check the comments and some private messages when Huzi suddenly barked.

Hearing this sound, he immediately put down his mobile phone and looked toward the courtyard wall. The little white fox was standing on the wall at that moment.

Zhou Yu picked a bunch of grapes from the grape trellis and waved at the little white fox. Seeing his gesture, the little white fox nimbly leaped off the wall, ran all the way over, picked up the grapes, and started eating.

Before, when the little white fox ate grapes, it was a bit hesitant, as if the grapes were not very appealing. But once it got used to them, it now often fought with Huzi for food.

While patting the little white fox’s head, Zhou Yu thought about yesterday’s radio activation. If he guessed correctly, each frequency on that radio probably led to a different place. He just didn’t know if these places were in the same immortal world or different ones.

Based on his analysis, it was more likely they were in the same world. After all, this radio being able to connect to one immortal world was already incredibly magical. If it connected to different immortal worlds, that was truly unimaginable.

He didn’t know whether he would receive Uncle-Master Wu or Fairy Suxin next time the radio turned on. Deep in his heart, Zhou Yu really wanted to hear the fairy’s captivating voice again.

While Zhou Yu was playing with the little white fox, on the Xianrouyuan Forum, the thread he had re-edited became popular once more.

The title of the thread had been changed to: Pre-auction display pictures of mature Pan Deng Jade Dew Variegata and mature Black Muscle Jade Dew.

The content also had some added text. Zhou Yu wrote in the thread: The moderator of Xianrou Garden provided a lot of help for this auction. Therefore, he decided to auction another mature Black Muscle Jade Dew as thanks.

Some people who had just logged into Xianrou Garden, or who refreshed the thread, saw the changes and showed shock on their faces. Flower Not Flower was actually going to auction another mature Black Muscle Jade Dew.

They quickly clicked into the thread and saw the altered content. What attracted them more was undoubtedly the pictures of the Black Muscle Jade Dew.

The leaves of the Pan Deng Jade Dew were round, overall transparent and bright. The leaves of the Black Muscle Jade Dew were like bullet tips. Their color wasn’t as bright as Pan Deng’s, but the slightly dim black gave this Jade Dew a mysterious beauty.

Just like the perfect Pan Deng Jade Dew Variegata in the thread, this Black Muscle Jade Dew, with a diameter of over six centimeters, was also extremely beautiful, far surpassing the Black Muscle Jade Dew they usually saw.

The pointed leaves, with black veins, had a perfect plant form without any signs of etiolation. This beauty filled their hearts with excitement.

If they felt they couldn’t obtain the Pan Deng Jade Dew Variegata in the thread, or lacked sufficient funds, this Black Muscle Jade Dew was different.

In their excitement, these people also wondered in their hearts: Who exactly was this mysterious Flower Not Flower? For others, these two Jade Dews, so rare and hard to come by, were just being auctioned off like this.

Wave after wave of comments appeared again under the thread. Everyone struggled to contain their excitement.

“Boss Flower Not Flower, I beg for a strand of leg hair, just one strand! You are truly the unparalleled big spender.”

“This Black Muscle Jade Dew is simply perfect. Flower Not Flower’s skill in raising Jade Dew is unbelievable.”

“Ah, ah! Such a perfect Black Muscle Jade Dew, why isn’t it variegated? Why isn’t it variegated? It’s such a pity.”

“Haha, the person above. If this Black Muscle Jade Dew were variegated, do you think it would still be auctioned here? Do you think you’d still be qualified to participate? I think since Flower Not Flower can casually auction these two types of Jade Dew, he must have even better Jade Dews in hand.”

Seeing this comment, many people’s eyes lit up, their hearts filled with speculation. It seemed Flower Not Flower might even have Neon Light or even more precious Jade Dews.

“I need to borrow money. I must win the bid for this Black Muscle Jade Dew. If it develops variegation later, then I’ll make a huge profit.”

This Black Muscle Jade Dew not only made the thread popular but also strengthened some people’s resolve to participate in the auction.

Not only that, many people called their friends or shared this thread in their social circles, causing many friends of Xianrou Garden members to flock to Xianrou Garden.

For a time, the Pan Deng Jade Dew Variegata and Black Muscle Jade Dew that Zhou Yu planned to auction shook up some succulent plant circles. Some big spenders even borrowed friends’ accounts to participate in the auction.

Because of this thread, the search popularity of Xianrou Garden increased, and member registrations surged greatly. This made all the moderators of Xianrou Garden very excited. Just as they had predicted earlier, Flower Not Flower’s auction would help Xianrou Garden’s development.

The management of other succulent plant forums learned about this and were filled with envy and jealousy. They already had some gap with Xianrou Garden. Now, after this auction, Xianrou Garden would become increasingly high-end, while they could only linger in place. Why didn’t their forums have such a big spender auctioning Pan Deng Jade Dew Variegata?

A day passed quickly. The day many succulent plant enthusiasts were waiting for finally arrived. Today at 9 AM, there would be a grand auction event on Xianrou Garden. The auction items were one mature Pan Deng Jade Dew Variegata and one mature Black Muscle Jade Dew. Whichever Jade Dew it was, each was stunningly beautiful.

During this time, Zhou Yu had been keeping in touch with Wine Pool and Meat Forest. In these two days, the pre-auction display picture thread he posted had already received over 80,000 views, more than the number of Xianrou Garden members. The number of replies also reached 8,000, setting a new record.

Since anyone could enter the picture display section, every IP address counted as a view, which was why the view count exceeded the member count. This showed how many people entered Xianrou Garden because of this thread in the past two days.

The reason for such popularity was simply that such a perfect Pan Deng Jade Dew Variegata; many people wouldn’t put it up for auction on a forum. Moreover, this Pan Deng Jade Dew Variegata was even more beautiful than any Pan Deng Variegata they had seen before.

Around 7 or 8 AM, Wine Pool and Meat Forest sent a message. Zhou Yu couldn’t help but smile. He could imagine that Wine Pool and Meat Forest in front of the mobile phone must be very nervous, afraid he wouldn’t post the thread and just disappear.

If that happened, it would be a huge blow to the Xianrou Garden Forum. After getting people excited and expectant for so long, to stand them up in the end.

Zhou Yu casually replied to Wine Pool and Meat Forest’s message. After eating, close to 9 o’clock, he started posting the thread. He copied over the pictures from the previous thread, then typed the title: Auction for mature Pan Deng Jade Dew Variegata and Black Muscle Jade Dew, ends today at 22:00.

Usually, when others posted auction threads, they lasted two days or even longer to attract more people. But Zhou Yu didn’t need to do this because the previous pre-auction display pictures had already served that purpose, and the effect was even stronger.

On the thread, he briefly introduced the information about the two auction items. At the same time, Zhou Yu also wrote about what was agreed upon with the Xianrou Garden website. After this auction ended, for safety and security reasons, the transaction would be face-to-face in reality. Money transfers and delivery services were not accepted.

Regarding the starting bid price, he hesitated for a while, then typed a line: Mature Pan Deng Jade Dew Variegata, mature Black Muscle Jade Dew, both starting at 0 yuan. Please specify the auction item name when bidding.

These two Jade Dews to be auctioned were so popular that the starting price didn’t matter much. Rather than overthinking it, it was better to let those who wanted to bid decide.