Chapter 63
It is thousands of miles away from Beizhang Yuan, and the Thousand Palaces and the Ghost Gate have also become a thing of the past, but it is just a post station on the way to Xiao's trial, and he will continue to walk.
After more than half a month of trekking, he finally crossed a vast swamp and came to a more prosperous place.
Located on the edge of this swamp, the sub-microdomain is the most prosperous area within a radius of thousands of miles, and it has become a place of dense commerce.
The center of the sub-micro area has existed as early as the vertical and horizontal period, which was originally just a barren land area before, and the scarcity of resources made the ancestors here mostly travel abroad, and over time they have a certain business mind, and the people who have returned from the trip have also brought back advanced technology, making it increasingly prosperous here, gradually rising, and becoming a region known for commerce, at the same time, the precipitation of history has also created a unique form of business here - auction.
Hua Lixiao walked on the streets of Ziwei City, watching people come and go, somewhat uncomfortable, walking in the sparsely populated swamp for many days, he was finally full of a kind of rejection of this prosperous world, and at the same time, he always felt that the world was rejecting him, and the simple clothes were in stark contrast to the clothes and jewelry worn by the crowd here.
After a day of inquiry, Hua Lixiao had a general understanding of this place, and after finding an inn where he could stay, he set off for a lot in the sub-micro domain in the evening.
Hongchao Auction House, is an auction house with a history of several decades, located at the edge of the center of Ziwei City, which belongs to the middle and upper level of all auction houses.
At this time, Hua Lixiao changed into a set of extravagant clothes that were relatively extravagant to him, which he had just taken a fancy in a store, the price made him feel a lot of pain, maybe he didn't feel anything about it a few years ago, but now, after losing his loved ones, he has long since lost any desire for luxury power, if it weren't for not to make himself conspicuous in the crowd, so that he can better integrate here, he would not be able to do this.
Sure enough, when he didn't go in, no one was surprised by Hua Lixiao anymore, and Hua Lixiao gradually adapted to this place and no longer rejected it.
Suddenly, the crowd began to become a little restless, and from the door, someone began to give way to the way, Hua Lixiao was a little strange at the sudden crowding, he looked towards that position, and vaguely saw several figures walking in from the door.
Hua Lixiao found a higher position and looked towards the door, only to see that the leader was a young man, about twenty years old, and behind him was an old man, and several men, all exuding a powerful aura;
He gestured to the crowd with a fist, and then entered the auction hall through another passage.
Hua Lixiao is not surprised, there are countless dignitaries here, he is not interested in the origin of this young man, but he is surprised that he has been immersed in gold and silver all the year round but still has an elegant cultivation and unassuming atmosphere.
It was at this moment that he heard the crowd talking:
"Isn't that person the eldest son of the prominent family in Ziwei City now, Li Congyun?"
"No, Li Gongzi is a well-known existence in Ziwei City, just in terms of his unfathomable strength and way of dealing with people, he is absolutely outstanding among the younger generation, and his reputation is about to catch up with his father. ”
"However, the Li family has a big business, and the grade of its auction house is much higher than that of 'Hongchao', how can it dominate this place?"
"It seems that the things sold in this auction house are really a bit unusual..."
Hua Li Xiao groaned, did he really come to the right place?
This auction house is a monthly auction conducted by Hongchao Auction House, and it is the most important auction in the month, and Hua Lixiao also chose this place for this reason.
Because he also has items that he wants to auction.
"This guest, are you going to buy tickets for this Hongchao auction?" asked a handsome woman at the counter politely.
"Hmm. Hua Li Xiao said, "Also, I also have some items that need to be auctioned. ”
"If that's the case," the woman turned to an old man behind the counter, and then turned to Hua Lixiao and said, "Then please go to the private room with our appraiser to appraise and consult." ”
After Hua Li Xiao bought the tickets for the auction, he followed the old man to an elegant small private room, along the way, the old man just walked slowly, until he came to the private room, the old man asked Hua Li Xiao to sit down, and then he glanced at Hua Li Xiao, just one glance, Hua Li Xiao was a little stunned.
It was a pair of aggressive eyes, as if they could see through everything, and there seemed to be a gray fog flowing before those eyes, obscuring the light in the pupils. In an instant, Hua Lixiao was really a little distracted.
The soul-like visit was over in no more than half a breath, and the old man no longer looked at him like this, but went straight to the point in a stern tone, and asked Hua Lixiao to take out the items he wanted to auction.
Hua Lixiao was also unambiguous, and calmly took out a white ivory from the spatial chalcedony.
The ivory has an innate beauty, white and flawless, take a closer look, you can detect the faint flow of light and sand on it, the ivory, it seems to be able to shine in the dark, and more particularly, it has an indescribable cold, but quietly, a kind of seeming cold permeates the entire private room.
That kind of cold air actually made the soft light dim!
But at the same time, it was the old man's pupils that brightened, obviously, he was shocked by what Hua Lixiao took out, especially the cold, the subtlety, the silence.
Hua Lixiao smiled in his heart, obviously not surprised by the old man's surprise, after all, the tusks of the Ice River Mammoth were extremely rare not only where they were placed.
"No, it's not a cold elephant bone," the old man muttered to himself, "this, this is a mammoth bone!"
After a long time, his state of mind slowly calmed down, and he asked Hua Lixiao in a soothing tone: "I don't know where Xiaoyou's ivory comes from?"
Hua Li Xiao chuckled. Then he replied, "It comes from the Glacial Mammoth." ”
After a long speechlessness, the old man was not just why, his eyes dimmed at first, but they became extremely bright after a while, and he asked with a little trembling: "Xiaoyou, does this bone really have to be auctioned?"
Hua Lixiao nodded calmly, that kind of thing was a little unfathomable in the eyes of the current old man, because it was so calm that this kind of treasure, which was extremely rare in the entire sub-micro domain, and could be said to be rare for decades, was so calm, no matter how you looked at it, it was a little immeasurable.
"Then please wait here for a while, and the old man will come when he goes. The old man didn't dare to slack off a little, and after Hua Lixiao agreed, he hurriedly walked out of the room.
"Hey, Qinglong, he can't be out of the mood to find someone to kill me, right?" After the old man walked out of the door, Hua Lixiao said to Qinglong.
"Probably not, since the old man can cultivate the secret technique related to the pupil, his mental technique should not be too bad, if the mental technique is not correct, the cultivation of this secret will go mad and lose sight; Qinglong replied lazily.
Hua Lixiao also agreed, not to mention, he didn't think that the old man seemed to be a person with crooked thoughts, he went out, maybe because the mammoth ivory was too rare, he couldn't be the master, and went to invite their shopkeeper.
It turned out that Hua Lixiao was right, and after a while, the door was opened again, and the old man was the first to come, who, after opening the door, respectfully stood on one side of the door and invited another person into the room.
It was a middle-aged man, the clothes on his body showed his identity, a golden eye frame on the bridge of his nose, making him look gentle and extraordinary, when he entered the room, the flow of qi in the entire private room was slightly stagnant, obviously, this person is also a strong person who cultivates Brahmanic Qi.
However, when he came into contact with this Brahman Qi, he was also slightly stunned, and after seeing the ivory placed on the table, Hua Li Xiao clearly saw that his fingers seemed to move for a moment, but they were still forcibly suppressed by him, because he saw Hua Li Xiao sitting on the chair.
"Hehe, the contemptible person is the owner of this small shop, Gu Hongchao, how fortunate you are, dare to ask Your Excellency's name?" Gu Hongchao smiled at Hua Li Xiao.
"Xiao Li. After sitting opposite Hua Lixiao, Gu Hongchao said a little eagerly: "I wonder if you can take a closer look at the ivory that Your Excellency wants to auction?"
Hua Lixiao nodded, indicating no objection.
Seeing that Hua Lixiao agreed, Gu Hongchao also cautiously stretched out his hand, and as soon as he grabbed the void, the ivory was grabbed by him, and his hands released a strange light, enveloping the entire ivory, just a few breaths, Gu Hongchao said in surprise: "The glacier mammoth bone is really the ivory of the glacier mammoth, this kind of coldness, this kind of flawlessness!"
Gu Hongchao did not deliberately conceal the value of this ivory, he thought that since Hua Lixiao could get this ivory, he must understand his value, even if he looked childish from the outside.
"I don't know if you want our store to auction on your behalf, or do you have full authority to hand it over to our store for auction?" After chatting for a while, Gu Hongchao directly talked about the ownership of ivory.
"If it's a discretionary auction, I wonder if the shopkeeper will give me a price that satisfies me?" Hua Lixiao said with a smile, an inexplicable smile.
was looked at by Hua Lixiao like this, even if it was just the eyes of a teenager who was just in his early stages, but for some reason, Gu Hongchao felt cold from the bottom of his heart.
"Ahem, of course it will, as long as Xiaoyou doesn't dislike it, the store will definitely give a price that satisfies Your Excellency, and there is no ambiguity!" Gu Hongchao had a feeling of swearing.
Seeing that the goal was achieved, Hua Lixiao smiled secretly in his heart, he couldn't imagine that his play was quite realistic, and even the shopkeeper who had been stunned about the world for a long time believed it.
"I don't know, at what price do you want to sell?" asked Gu Hongchao.
"I don't know, how much do you want to buy it for?" asked Hua Lixiao with a smile.
Gu Hongchao was really confused by the way Hua Li Xiao did not play cards according to the routine, and he didn't know what Hua Li Xiao's words meant.
However, Gu Hongchao still quickly gave a price, 20 million high-quality Buddhist coupons.
However, Hua Lixiao still looked at it with a smile and did not show any thoughts.
This kind of uneasiness made Gu Hongchao quickly increase the price, because the price he just gave was indeed because of the only luck left in his heart, so the price he gave would still be a little lower, he had heard that before, just a pair of tusks from the same mammoth was auctioned for a Van coupon that was twice as high as this price, not to mention the glacier mammoth.
Even if there is only one tusk now, it is more powerful than a mammoth, that is, it has more potential than one mammoth tusk, or even two!
Then, naturally, the price rose to 25 million, and soon, to 30 million.
Gu Hongchao's forehead already has a little beads of sweat, this price has exceeded nearly half of his Hongchao auction house, if you can really get it, it will be tens of millions of profits, if you can build it to exercise, it will definitely arouse the interest of the strong people in a radius of thousands of miles, or even thousands of miles!
And in the price increase again and again, Gu Hongchao also asked to check the ivory again, this time the inspection was nearly ten times longer than the last time, and when he confirmed again that this was the ivory of the Ice River Mammoth, he finally gave a price, and claimed that the price must not be increased again.
Forty-five million.
This price is more than double the original 20 million, and Hua Lixiao was also taken aback by this sudden windfall, 45 million, which is forty-five times more expensive than the obsidian before him!
Seeing the pain on Gu Hongchao's face, Hua Lixiao also knew that this time it was a pain in the other party, so he decided to accept it when he saw it, and nodded slowly.
"Whew..." Seeing Hua Lixiao's promising nod, Gu Hongchao breathed a sigh of relief, 45 million, most of the Hongchao auction house is pressed on it, this time it is estimated that this auction house will be poor for a while;
At the same time, he also admires the young man in front of him, at a young age, he has a deep scheming and strategy, even if he barely said a few words, but he has the greatest interests in his hands.
He really looked up to Hua Lixiao.
"Okay, since Xiaoyou has accepted this price, then-" Gu Hongchao was about to clap his hands and order someone to hand over the Van coupon to Hua Li Xiao, but was stopped by Hua Li Xiao.
"Hmm, I don't know why Your Excellency is?" Gu Hongchao was obviously a little nervous, afraid that Hua Li Xiao would regret it on the spot.
"Hehe, shopkeeper, I'm really anxious," Hua Li Xiao smiled, and then, what he said made Gu Hongchao's face change-
"You know, it's just the price of an ivory..."
After that, there is another ivory in his hand!!