Chapter 229: The Battle of Magic Weapons (Part 5)
For Qiu Yilun and others from the mainland, the auction is very new, and they have participated in one or two charity auctions with their elders at most, and they have never seen such a formal auction before.
This is mainly due to the fact that Hongdao is closer to overseas culture, and auctions are popular, with large and small auction houses, some of which are even world-famous, such as Sotheby's, Christie's, and so on.
The small auction, which is also held every few days, is often held in top hotels, after all, it is just right for customers to participate, and those who can live in five-star hotels will not be too cheap.
"Let's go and see, it's the first time we've participated in this kind of auction!" Qian Lulu said with wide eyes.
Qiu Yilun was also full of interest, only Qi Wangsun was not very interested, but since everyone wanted to go, he didn't object.
Ye Chen also mentioned some interest, after all, this is Hongdao, the capital of Oriental magic, where many Qimen warlocks and feng shui masters gathered, and there are no magic weapons, elixirs, magic circle materials, and so on at the auction.
Accompanied by customer service, everyone went all the way to the ground floor of the hotel, where the auction was held in a large conference room, which was already full of many people, mostly tourists, couples and couples sitting there, and only a small number of Hongdao people.
Since everyone can afford to live in a five-star hotel and have seen the world, they naturally will not ask questions and talk to each other like soil buns.
"Sir, this is the auction catalogue, if you are interested in a particular lot, you can always bid for it." There was already a beautiful waiter wearing a cheongsam, serving plates one by one.
Ye Chen took it casually and opened the list of contents.
Hilton's auction was small, and the lots on it were a few pieces of porcelain and antiques from the Ming and Qing dynasties, worth millions.
Most of the others are jade jade bracelets, huanghuali bracelets, rosewood Buddha statues, etc., which are small and exquisite, and easy to carry.
Ye Chen didn't have much hope, after all, this was not a real large-scale auction, so he just flipped through it casually.
I didn't expect him to turn over one.
"The sachet filled with unknown grass seeds has a light and elegant aroma and can last for several years, but unfortunately the grass seeds have died and cannot be cultivated, with a reserve price of 50,000 ......"
Ye Chen didn't even look at the sachet embroidered with a vivid phoenix pattern in the picture, but looked at the black seed next to the sachet.
"It's ...... Celestial vanilla seeds! ”
Ye Chen was slightly happy, the heavenly herb is not a spiritual grass, and it does not have the effect of how to cultivate, but it is very special, its seeds will exude a long-lasting fragrance, if it is obtained by an immortal cultivator, it can be refined from the "heavenly fragrance liquid".
Heavenly fragrance liquid is a very common perfume in the world of cultivating immortals, female cultivators like to go out and spray some heavenly fragrance liquid the most, the fragrance is faint, like the blue sky and white clouds, extremely elegant and dusty, I don't know how many times higher than synthetic perfumes.
Ye Chen didn't expect that heavenly herbs could also be found on the earth.
Although the seed was dead, he was Ye Chen, who had cultivated into the Blue Emperor Immortal Body and possessed the magical power of Yimu Aura.
Under the supernatural power, it can be easily revived, and when the time comes, the heavenly herbs will be planted and the heavenly fragrance liquid will be extracted, which can just be given to Sister Dongfang and Xiaoqiong.
Ye Chen was thinking that the auction had officially opened.
Ye Chen and the others just came to join in the fun, except for Qiu Yilun who shot a glass jade pendant for Qian Lulu halfway, only Ye Chen took the sachet.
Everyone looked at him with strange eyes.
This kind of sachet is generally only worn by little girls, and the auctioneers are all auctioned for their daughters or girlfriends, who is Ye Chen for? Fang Qiong?
Zhou Qingya's face did not move, but there was obviously a trace of loss in her eyes.
Ye Chen ignored the gazes of these people, after he swiped the card to pay, soon the sachet was delivered to him, Ye Chen opened the sachet directly, and gently twisted out the grass seeds inside.
"Sure enough, it's a celestial vanilla."
He nodded secretly.
In addition to being used as a perfume, the heavenly fragrance liquid extracted from heavenly herbs also has the effect of calming the nerves, removing mosquitoes and purifying the spirit.
Whether it is Sister Dongfang, Shen Menghua or Fang Qiong, they are all working women, and after being paired with Tianxiang liquid, even when working, they don't need to drink coffee every day.
Soon the auction came to an end, this kind of small auction was nothing to see, Ye Chen and the others were about to leave, suddenly the auctioneer smiled mysteriously and said: "Everyone, the real highlight of this auction has just begun." ”
"What is going to be auctioned now is a magic weapon."
After speaking, a maid walked to the stage with a tray covered with a red cloth.
"Ritual weapons? What's that? Is it used to suppress Feng Shui? Everyone turned their heads and ears, most of them had no concept of magic weapons at all, and only a few billionaires stared at each other.
Naturally, they have heard the legend of the magic weapon, and there are often rumors in the circle about who has obtained the magic weapon, and they all render the magic weapon superb.
But there are only a handful of people who have really seen it, and each magic weapon is more than tens of millions, which is an extremely expensive rarity.
And a few people who closed their eyes from beginning to end, opened their eyes violently, revealing an excited look, as if they had known that there was a magic weapon auction.
"This artifact was temporarily added by a mysterious consignor, and it was required to be auctioned within three days, so it will be placed in this auction." The auctioneer stepped forward and lifted the red cloth to reveal a basketball-sized jade gourd.
"The starting price of the jade gourd is 5 million, and the price increase shall not be less than 100,000 yuan each time, and the auction will officially start."
As the auctioneer finished speaking, there was an uproar below.
"Is there any mistake, a broken gourd costs five million? Look at the mottled traces on it, and the jade with many impurities, this gourd, you go to the wholesale market, and you can get one for twenty yuan. ”
"This auction house is crazy about money, who would spend five million to buy a gourd?"
"That's!"
Many people sneered and shook their heads, ready to see the auctioneer's jokes, and Qiu Yilun also smiled: "Hongdao is really superstitious here, this kind of feng shui appliance can also be sold for five million?" I can buy a Rolls-Royce. ”
Only Ye Chen shook his head, this jade gourd is indeed a magic weapon, not much worse than the compass that Zhang Banxian took out back then.
That compass is mainly to improve the surrounding feng shui, condensed into a weakened version of the spirit gathering array, and this jade gourd belongs to the auxiliary magic weapon, which is depicted with a rough and shallow spiritual rune, which is worn for a long time, and has the effect of refreshing the mind and improving the physique.
However, this kind of magic weapon, Ye Chen can make one hundred and eighty of them at will, which is far worse than the jade plate he gave to Sister Dongfang and the others.
"Wait, isn't that right?"
Ye Chen's eyes froze, as if he had discovered something, and his mind poked out violently, tightly enveloping the jade gourd.
At this time, the few people who were waiting for it saw this gourd, and their eyes suddenly lit up, as if they saw a rare beauty.
"Five and a half million!"
"Six million!"
"Seven million!"
……
Almost instantly, the price rushed above 10 million.
Suddenly, the entire auction hall was in a sensation, and everyone didn't expect that it was just a broken gourd, how could so many people come to bid, Qiu Yilun and the others were even more dumbfounded.
"It can't be fake, right? Auction house trust? ”
"No, I recognize one of them, it's the eldest young man of the Zheng family in Hongdao, Zheng Anping!"
"It's really Zheng Anping, he just had an affair with a certain actress recently, and he has been on the news several times."
Zheng Anping is a young man in his thirties, wearing a fashionable and trendy dress, and his handmade leather shoes sparkle in the light.
He crossed his tall legs, and a beautiful female secretary beside him was helping him shout for the price.
"It is worthy of the Zheng family of Hongdao, a broken gourd, can shout fifteen million."
Everyone was amazed.
At this time, after Zheng Anping shouted fifteen million, those opponents who competed with him were a little hesitant.
Hongdao is not like the mainland, a compass magic weapon can be auctioned for tens of millions, there are many warlocks here, there are many masters, the price of magic weapons is more rational.
"15 million for the first time!"
"15 million for the second time!"
"15 Million Third ......"
Zheng Anping was crossing Erlang's legs, squinting his eyes, slowly fantasizing, in his opinion, none of these bidders today were his opponents, and he could get this magic weapon without much effort.
"In a few days, it will be grandpa's ninety-third birthday, and his old man likes magic weapons the most, and when I give this jade gourd, he will definitely be extremely happy."
"In the past six months, the Jiufang family has relied on the credit of saving the old man, and has held the power of the consortium to the death, squeezing several of our families enough, even Zheng Anqi's little girl has ridden on my head to pee, I really don't know what kind of luck she has taken, and she has found such a magical elixir......"
Zheng Anping was thinking that the dust had settled, when suddenly a flat voice came.
"Twenty million!"
Suddenly, the whole venue fell silent.
All eyes converged, and they saw a young man dressed in ordinary clothes, calmly raising his hand.
"Oh my God, twenty million! Just to buy a broken gourd, he wants to bid 20 million? ”
"Which family's child is this, dare to fight with the Zheng family?"
"I don't know, looking at the accent, it seems to be a tourist from the mainland!"
As everyone spoke, they swept towards Ye Chen with suspicious eyes, even Qiu Yilun and the others were dumbfounded, they lived in a five-star hotel and spent 50,000 yuan, they were all a little distressed, but Ye Chen casually shouted out an offer of 20 million, which was simply earth-shattering!
"Who?"
Zheng Anping opened his eyes suddenly, swept over, and when he saw Ye Chen, he was slightly stunned, as if he didn't expect that the person who was bidding with him would be so young, and his face couldn't help but sink.
"Twenty-five million."
If he was frightened by a seventeen or eighteen-year-old child, wouldn't he have lost the face of the Zheng family and their four rooms? If Zheng Anqi knew, she would probably laugh at her stomach.
Zheng Anping originally thought that his price would definitely make Ye Chen back down, after all, the value of the magic weapon was limited, and twenty-five million had already exceeded the highest price of the jade gourd.
Unexpectedly, Chen Fan lightly spit out three words: "Thirty million." ”