In the year 4561 of the Magnolia calendar, in early autumn, the city of Nidal.

The summer heat has not yet faded, and the pentagonal leaves of the pale red 'tiger thorn tree' fall with the breeze.

Baitu Avenue is the most prosperous area in the business district of the imperial capital Nidal, and the shops on both sides can be called every inch of land, which is not an exaggerated description, but a truth that has been calculated and verified by people with good deeds.

Of course, it's not just money that can open a shop here. Any shop and noodle shop represents at least a powerful person equivalent to the count of the Empire.

In the most prominent part of the white soil avenue, stands a three-storey building.

When you walk into this building, you will find that the dome of the entire building is empty, and if you look closely, you can see that it is a pure and transparent crystal glass ceiling.

During the day, sunlight pours into the building, and flowers and plants dot the building.

The whole building is a hollow and open structure, and the first floor is a vast hall with many seats arranged in an orderly manner.

The second and third floors are hollow on the north side, and the other three sides are faintly divided into multiple boxes for some dignitaries and nobles.

This is the Coln Hotel, which, as well as being a hotel, is also the largest auction house in the Empire.

And the name Coarn comes from the Marquis of Coarne, a family of court marquis families that the imperial royal family has always trusted, and this largest auction is actually the property of the imperial royal family.

"Hello Baron Yada, welcome to this year's Nidal Auction, this is your seat number, Block 31 on the 1st floor.

"Hello, Mr. Baruch, welcome to this year's Nidal Auction, this is your seat number, Box 18 on the 3rd floor.

A name is dressed either ornate or solemn. Or a personable aristocrat, or a pot-bellied businessman, or a strong man who exudes amazing momentum. It was a sea of people, and there were already two long queues at the entrance of the auction hall, and everyone was queuing up to enter.

"That's a lot of people!" Wright and Carl were also in line, and standing in front of them was an amazing magician, but I don't know if it was a magister or a great magister.

Behind Wright was a very short old man, gray-haired and dressed in tattered clothes. However, Wright knew that the old man was much older than the magician in front of him.

"Old man Hyde, you're in good health, and you're coming to see the auction too!" Wright was so enthusiastic that he was a little flattering, and he greeted the short old man with a warm greeting.

"Oh, it's little Wright, the old man is in good health. Dealing with the iron furnace all day long, he is 300 years old this year, and now it is estimated that there will be no one when his eyes are open and closed at night. "The old man was very talkative and witty.

"How can you, old man, you are all ninth-level warriors, and it is not a big problem to live another hundred years old. You're here to see if you can harvest some precious materials for refining weapons? ”

"Haha, the old man is a lot older, what treasures haven't you seen? Just come and have some fun. "The old man looked very indifferent.

Carl put his arm on Wright, "Wright, this old man. . . Who's the uncle! ”

Wright rolled his eyes: "I don't know what the old man's name is, I know that he is an elder of the Hyde family, you know the Hyde family, the first refining family, I have to ask their family to build weapons in the future." ”

The conversation in the queue was just an episode, the line was orderly and moving quickly, and the invitation was presented, and two guards, who were at least level 7 warriors, invited Wright and Carl into the hall.

An hour later.

"Everyone!"

A clear voice spread instantly, echoing throughout the auction hall, and the auction hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone consciously stopped talking.

Wright looked into the center of the sales hall.

A bald middle-aged man with a thick beard stands in the center of the auction room.

"Welcome to this year's Nidal Auction... Thank you to His Majesty the Emperor, thank you to the Bada Sword Master, and of course, the Duke of Red Clay, the Grand Duke of Baihe... and the full support of the five adults. The bald middle-aged man smiled, "I believe many people know me, you can call me Lule, this time it is still Lule for everyone, this top event!" ”

"Thank you also for your support, since the beginning of the 2412 Nidal auction in the Magnolia calendar, this is the 925th edition. Lords and powerful men from all over the empire gathered together. ”

"The official time for this auction is coming soon. Before the auction officially begins, let's have a hot auction first! ”

The bald middle-aged man waved rays of light in his hands, forming a beautiful picture in the air, and the picture was a grassland scene.

The remnant sun is like blood, reflecting on the vast grassland, the weapons scattered on the grassland, the blood-stained wild grass, showing that there was a tragic war, and on the other side of the painting, the beautiful girl is humming a song on the grassland, holding a leather whip, grazing the cattle and sheep. War and life echo each other, forming a picture that embraces life and death.

Wright looked at this picture of life and death reflecting each other, and his heart was touched.

"This is a painting of 'Fandaresi', the great court painter of the ancient empire of the Ania Empire, about two thousand years before the magnolia calendar, 'Steppe Sunset'!"

"After the judgment of three archaeological masters and expert masters in our auction house, the Doug Chamber of Commerce, and the Geer Chamber of Commerce, it was judged to be genuine."

"The starting price is 100,000 gold coins, and the price increase is not less than 2,000 gold coins each time!"

There was an uproar in the auction hall.

Wright, who was sitting in his seat, was also a little shocked.

An ancient painting, worth 100,000 gold coins, or does it start at a price?

Carl next to him obviously knew more, and said softly, "Wright, don't look at the high value of this painting, in fact, there are not many people who really want to buy it, after all, the most valuable artwork on the Magnolia Continent is stone carving, and the most pinnacle stone carving work is tens of millions of gold coins." And this ancient painting, unless it is a nobleman who is particularly interested in the art of painting, or someone who has a hobby of archaeology, will not easily ask for it. But this hot field does not belong to the official auction, that is, the auction house itself let people buy it, even if it is discovered, it is not considered a violation of the rules. ”

"The hot auction is also a relatively expensive commodity in the big auction, and the average transaction price is generally about 100,000 gold coins!"

Wright and Carl were talking, but the bidding began. Although painting is a second-class work of art in the Magnolia Continent, far inferior to stone carving, there are still some guests who are interested in drawing or have studied ancient history, and even the auctioneer's entrustment is bidding, and soon this atmosphere also infected some nouveau riche and other characters who want to improve their style.

"100,000 gold coins!"

"One hundred and six thousand gold coins!"

"This lady bids 110,000 gold coins!"

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"130,000 gold coins!"

"130,000 gold coins at a time!"

"130,000 gold coins twice!"

"Okay, this guest has bid 130,000 gold and 4,000 yuan!"

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After a moment of competition, the ancient painting was bought for 160,000 gold coins

"Congratulations to the guests of No. 34 on the first floor, tonight's hot auction item, the ancient painting 'Grassland Sunset' belongs to you." The bald middle-aged Luke announced loudly!

"Now, I announce that the 925th Nidal Auction has officially begun!"

"Regarding the rules of the auction, we have arranged for the service staff to be delivered to each seat and box."

"There are five lots in total, and the lots in each batch are ranked from lowest to highest price."

"Here are the first official auction items of our first batch!"

"A bottle of the best Baizhen wine that has been cellared for 500 years! Brewed from the many special fruits collected from the Sunset Mountains, and a very small number of treasures are stored, this bottle of the best Treasure Wine was obtained from a noble family and was authentic according to the experts at auction. ”

"Reserve price of 500 gold coins!"

Soon, the bottle of Baizhen wine, which was claimed to be extremely valuable, was bought by a pot-bellied wealthy merchant for 3,000 gold coins.

In the atmosphere of being hyped, the guests rushed to auction the auction items.

Carl looked at Wright, who was a little nervous, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, third child, the first batch of auction items will not be related to cultivation according to convention, not to mention that you don't have two choices, just wait!" ”