Chapter 882: Chapter 568, Dawn Blue Coral_2
After a simple opening, the first auction item was presented directly.
A Sea Tribe woman with long blue hair walked up, carrying a tray. She lifted the red silk cloth covering it to reveal a golden necklace.
The host began, “Emperor Leoxus’s gold necklace possesses a strong amplification of magic, and each time a spell is cast, it will summon a magic elemental attendant of the same type as the spell, to join the fight.”
Wow!!
As soon as these words were spoken, a noisy clamor erupted from beneath the stage.
“Items from Emperor Leoxus are up for auction, really?”
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“The very first item is of this caliber? The quality of this year’s auction is so high.”
“I never thought I’d hear the name of Emperor Leoxus in my lifetime.”
“Which power is selling this? They were actually able to acquire it, it wasn’t dug up, was it?”
“Shh! Don’t talk nonsense.”
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Emperor Leoxus was once a legendary Mage Emperor.
After his death, all the artifacts he had used quickly vanished from people’s sight.
Over a hundred years have passed, and one could hardly see any items related to that emperor surface anymore.
As the saying goes, rare is precious, whether it’s for collection or functionality.
All of Emperor’s items are worth bidding for.
They are ardently sought after by various powers.
The beautiful auctioneer looked down at the discussing crowd with a smile, seemingly very satisfied with her opening.
She had roused everyone’s attention and eagerness.
Only when she felt the atmosphere was sufficiently warm did she gently clap her hands and continue through the amplifier, “Starting bid, fifteen million Warfire Coins, with each subsequent bid increasing by no less than one million.”
The price was indeed astonishing.
Fifteen million, simply unbelievable.
However, after the shock, bidding quickly started from the third floor.
It was followed by people from the fourth and fifth floors, as the bidding began to rise rapidly.
Fang Hao sat in the private room, somewhat surprised by the price of the first auction item.
His orange cannon had a low asking price of five million, and a buyout price of only eight million, while someone’s necklace reached a starting bid of fifteen million.
However, this necklace had some unique abilities.
In addition to bolstering magic, it automatically summoned a magic attendant of the same elemental type as the spells cast by its wearer.
For warriors, this necklace was useless.
But for mages, and those races naturally capable of casting spells, this was a divine artifact.
Moreover, it was an irreplicable divine artifact.
Thinking it through, it indeed seemed right that it should be more expensive than machinery.
Fang Hao also thought about joining the bidding, after all, as a mage, it would be useful for him.
But upon hearing the relentless soaring of the price, he felt it was better to let it go.
It was just one piece of equipment, his advantage wasn’t in spells and combat, but in hundred-fold augmentation.
In the end, a guest from the fourth floor’s private room acquired the item for thirty-two million.
The rest of the guests were left somewhat dumbfounded by then.
Goodness, people upstairs really were rolling in money. The very first item sold for over thirty million. Weren’t they afraid of losing out on better items later on?
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The first item concluded.
The beautiful auctioneer clapped her hands softly once more, then adjusted her skirt at just the right moment to reveal a pair of fair legs.
This drew all the guests’ gazes back to her.
The auctioneer continued, “Congratulations to the guest on the fourth floor for obtaining this coveted item; our staff will deliver it to your private room, so please be patient.”
Having finished, she looked down, “Next, please welcome the second item.”
This time, a Human Clan beauty came up, pushing a small cart.
The auctioneer lifted the red cloth on the cart to reveal a pile of cloth strips enclosed in glass!
The cloth strips were blackened and yellowed, although well-preserved, they didn’t seem to be anything valuable.
From Fang Hao’s first impression, they looked like rotten strips taken from a mummy.
The staff member, pushing the cart on the stage, showcased it to the guests from all directions.
The auctioneer went on to say, “These are the wrappings of the Immortal Emperor. In addition to nourishing the soul fire of the undead, they help living creatures to evade death, in simple terms, after being wrapped with it, one can avoid the gaze of the Death God.”
Before the crowd could erupt into discussion again, the auctioneer raised her voice and emphasized, “The caveat is that those who extend their lifespan will eventually become members of the Immortal Clan.”
As her words ended, the entire venue fell into a brief silence.
Originally, this was an item of the costly variety, wrapped in a shroud, capable of evading the gaze of the Death God and ultimately turning into a genuine Undead.
The whole venue was quiet; no one opened their mouths to speak.
This wasn’t because they weren’t tempted, but rather because the relationship between the Undead and living creatures was laid bare before them.
Living creatures formed alliances to fight against the Undead; your former teammates were present, and buying this item now could easily lead to suspicions about your intentions.
At this time, in the public area on the third floor, a female staff member raised her hand to signal.
The auctioneer looked at her and nodded.
The staff member on the third floor said, “Becoming an Undead, does the Soul Fire still exist?”
This was a question on behalf of the guests in the private rooms.
All the guests once again turned their attention to the auctioneer, to see whether the Soul Fire existed, which essentially asked whether a soul remained after becoming Undead.
To end up as a mindless skeleton was effectively no different from being dead.
The auctioneer, with a smile, answered, “It possesses Soul Fire.”
He then continued, “The starting price is fifty million, with each bid not to be less than five million.”
The venue fell silent for a moment again.
The price quickly soared and finally stopped at eighty million, bought by a guest on the fifth floor.
The third item was a special Sunflower Butterfly Emblem.
The fourth item was an old Rune Scroll.
The following auction items, variously shaped and with different functions, appeared one after another.
Fang Hao watched each item, greatly surprised.
But after the surprise faded, he lost much interest, as the prices soared sky-high and weren’t all that substantial for the development of his territory.
Bang, bang, bang!
There was a gentle knock on the door from inside the room.
“Come in!”
The door opened, and a pretty female staff member entered.
After bowing slightly, she said softly, “Sir, the next round will be the auction segment for materials, medicines, and equipment; the items you wish to sell will be auctioned off in this round.”
It was a notification about the sale of items.
Fang Hao nodded, “Alright, we got it.”
The staff member bowed again and then left the room.
Indeed, what followed was the auction segment for bulk goods.
The previous Elf auctioneer had stepped down, and another young male auctioneer took his place and went up.
The man was also extremely handsome, even somewhat androgynous.
After smiling and bowing, he immediately began, “Alright, please bring out the first group of auction items for this segment.”
A staff member, holding a brocade box, came up.
When the brocade box was opened, it revealed a Dawn Blue Coral, gradually shifting from light at the top to deep blue at the bottom.
The coral, like a scattering of glistening droplets, was extraordinarily beautiful.
The auctioneer said loudly, “Dawn Blue Coral, which not only holds collectible value but is also an essential material for special construction; there are a total of 50 clumps, all starting together, with a starting bid of two million five hundred thousand, and each bid must not be less than fifty thousand.”
Different from the previous auctioneer, the male auctioneer’s speech was more concise, devoid of giving others time to discuss or build the atmosphere.
He started the bidding directly.
“Two million five hundred and fifty thousand.”
“Two million six hundred thousand.”
The crowd began to bid, but it was clear that although the coral was beautiful, there weren’t many bidders.
Once the price was called to two million eight hundred thousand, only two people were left bidding against each other.
Inside a private room on the second floor.
Fang Hao was flipping through the Book of Lords, confirming the materials listed there.
When he confirmed the construction materials for the ‘Wishing Well,’ including the ‘Dawn Blue Coral,’ his heart skipped a beat.
No wonder these materials were so difficult to collect.
Turns out they were worthy of being auctioned, naturally they couldn’t be bought like ordinary high-grade goods.
Below, the price remained at two million nine hundred thousand.
The auctioneer maintained his professional smile, “Dawn Blue Coral two million nine hundred thousand for the first time.”
“Dawn Blue…”
He had only said half of the second call when the light in the second-floor private room lit up.
The auctioneer immediately corrected himself, “Second-floor guest bids two million nine hundred and ninety-five thousand.”