Looking at the stunned faces of Sato II and Sato San, Musuke smiled and shook his head, "Do you two think that the Sage's Stone is some kind of big road goods, you are really so lucky, you can just participate in an auction and get it?" ”

Sato Er wiped the beads of sweat left on his head from excitement, "But aren't pages 26 to 27 of "Introduction to Alchemy" about the Philosopher's Stone?" ”

"What color is the Philosopher's Stone?"

"Red!"

Fu Zhu raised the gem in Yang's hand, "What about this one?" ”

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"This piece can't be called a philosopher's stone." Musuke put down the stone in his hand, "Or, it's not really a philosopher's stone, if it weren't for my previous exposure to something like this, I'm afraid I'll be confused and look away." ”

Sato II and Sato San still looked confused, and Fu Zhu did not continue to explain to the two, after all, the talent of these two people on the road to alchemy was not very good, and the Philosopher's Stone was too early for them.

"But it's really like the philosopher's stone in the body of Algons, and besides, I also feel the ability to increase a little, although it's not obvious, but this energy gives me a feeling similar to the small bead in a silver pocket watch..."

But what exactly is this? The Stone of an Inferior Philosopher?

Just as the mourner was distracted, a familiar system prompt sounded.

[Ding, the host triggers the continuous main quest E: The Mystery of the Sage.] 】

[Trace the origin of this pseudo-philosopher's stone, and obtain enough information to complete this task.] Quest completion rewards two silver pocket watches, and information related to the Philosopher's Stone. 】

In the face of the main quest suddenly issued by the system, there is no way to help him, but he doesn't know why, he always feels that the task issued by the system this time seems to be missing something.

It seems like... There's no more to the usual mission background.

"System, what about the background of the mission?" The bereavement tried to ask the system, "Isn't there always one?" ”

......

After a few follow-up questions, seeing that the system still didn't respond, Fu Zhu sighed, feeling that the system has become less and less caring for people recently, unlike when I first got the system, I have to answer all questions, and I have to ask... Never.

If not, there is no such thing, and the background introduction of the mission is not an important thing, after all, the important thing is to complete the task.

The task requirement is only to investigate the origin of this pseudo-philosopher's stone, as long as you get enough information, you can complete the task, thinking of this, Fu Zhu probably has an idea in his heart.

"Satoji, help me contact Mr. Goto from Kawanokuni, and meet you later, I have something I want to ask him about."

After instructing Sato II, Musuke took a sip of water and continued to look at the auction table.

At this time, the lights on the auction table are dim, and it looks as if the auction of an auction item has just been completed and the next auction item is being prepared.

When the lights came back on, there were ten scrolls neatly arranged on the auction table.

Looking at the somewhat puzzled crowd in the audience, Yukiko explained with a smile: "The next auction is the puppet brought by Mr. Shuntaro of the Tachibana family of the Country of Wind, and among the ten scrolls on the table, there are ten puppets made by the Tachibana family, and next, we have asked Mr. Shuntaro to show us the mystery of the puppet." ”

Shuntaro, who was standing next to Yukiko, picked up a scroll, opened it and spread it out on the ground, and sealed it with both hands.

"Drink!"

Smoke erupted from the scrolls, and a large, orangutan-like golem appeared on stage.

"The puppet is named Silverback, and the offensive puppet is mass-produced." Shuntaro said as he raised his hands flat, and several imperceptible chakra threads quickly extended from his fingers and connected to the orangutan golem.

With the swing of Shuntaro's fingers, the orangutan puppet on the stage also moved with his operation, either forward or backward, except that the facial expression could not be changed, and the sound of the puppet's action could not be hidden, the smooth movement was like a real orangutan.

"The Orange family provided a total of ten 'silverback' puppets for auction, and each puppet was sold at a pre-sale price of 400,000 yuan." Yukiko indifferently read the information card in her hand.

After hearing the price, many people in the audience began to be calm.

It is true that in the ninja world, the puppeteer is undoubtedly the most money-burning one among the development directions of many ninjas, but no matter how much money is burned, the price of a normal puppet is only about 200,000, even if the puppet made by the Tachibana family is of excellent quality, it is impossible to sell it for more than twice the market price.

A few people noticed the astonishment in the eyes of the auction host, Yukiko, which was contrary to the expression, so they didn't say anything, just sat quietly and waited for Yukiko to finish speaking.

Yukiko put down the cue card in her hand, took a deep breath, and announced in a slightly excited tone: "Mr. Shuntaro said that those who buy puppets can go to the Tachibana family to learn puppetry, and the time limit is one year. ”

As soon as Yukiko's words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Puppets are nothing, as long as you have money, you can buy them, but puppetry is not something that can be learned so easily, especially the puppetry of the orange family, not to mention that in the country of wind, even in the ninja world, the puppet technique of the orange family is also one of the best, and the puppeteer they teach is undoubtedly not the top among the puppeteers.

If you can send the juniors of the family to the orange family to learn puppetry, after a year, at least you can get an excellent puppeteer, if you send the person to learn, the talent is better, you can speak better, get the approval of the head of the orange family, maybe you can also harvest the friendship of the orange family.

Thinking of this, the eyes of everyone in the audience turned a little red.

"There are a total of ten puppets, and they will be auctioned in groups of two, the first group of puppets will have a starting price of 800,000, and each increase shall not be less than 100,000, and now the bidding will begin!"

"900,000!"

"1 million!"

"1.2 million!"

...

"That guy named Shuntaro is so hateful, in order to raise the price, he actually played the despicable method of bundling." Keita said indignantly, "Senior Brother Taniguchi, do we really have a chance of winning?" ”

Taniguchi's expression was a little solemn, "I don't know, but Master Musake's willingness to let us gamble on the reputation of the Sato family, then he must have his own thoughts and plans, we just need to do everything we can do." ”

"Keita, wait for the Sato family's auction items, and you will go up and display them."

Keita was stunned for a moment, "By me?" I'm not good at fighting, isn't this kind of thing supposed to be done by Sato Ichi or you? ”

"It's because you're not good at fighting that you were asked to show it."

Seeing Keita's somewhat panicked expression, Taniguchi comforted him with a smile.

"Don't worry, the weapon forged by Master Fu this time is not a weapon in the ordinary sense."

...

The auction of the ten puppets was soon over, and Shuntaro stepped down from the stage with a smile on his face, looking proudly at the seat of the Sato family.

"It's too arrogant." Many people present also shook their heads after seeing Shuntaro's posture.

Although Shuntaro's posture is ugly, it makes sense for him to be so arrogant, after all, the ten puppets he brought were sold for a high price of 9.7 million.

That's the highest price in the market so far!

Taniguchi directly ignored Shuntaro's provocative eyes, he was still the same old monk, quietly looking at Keita and Sato Ichi who were walking backstage.