139. Exploring the wind
There is absolutely no mistake, the blood stains on Jiajing's body must have been left when he fought with the dragon!
Lin Ying, who was surprised at this moment, looked at Jiajing's restrained and insistent gaze, knowing that if he didn't accept this extremely expensive gift, he would not take away the crystal energy coin, so he didn't shirk it at the moment.
With a solemn face, he took the dragon skin and dragon teeth, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, you must not take out this thing easily in the future, in case it is known by the dragon clan, we will be in big trouble! Although the elder brother is strong, the dragon clan also has many powerful and terrifying existences!"
He turned around and handed one of the dragon teeth to Negan Pei, who came over with the crystal energy coin bag: "Negan Pei, you take this, find a high-level alchemy weapon, and make it into a dragon tooth sword, the dragon skin and this dragon tooth will be left here first, and we will talk about it later." ”
Negan Pei looked at the white dragon tooth in his hand in disbelief, feeling the incomparably powerful elemental fluctuations within it.
Although he has the strength of a golden warrior at a young age, among the masters of this level, he can only be regarded as a middle and lower level at best, and he has never even seen what a giant dragon looks like in his life, let alone slaughtering a dragon to obtain materials!
As long as he has the dragon tooth sword in the future, he can immediately exchange shotguns for cannons, and even a more high-level golden warrior may not be able to get much benefit under him.
He gave a big salute to Jiajing with emotion: "Thank you to the city lord, thank you to Brother Jiajing!"
After all, Lin Ying was the lord of a city, and he soon calmed down: "Negan Pei, wait a minute, you and the Jiajing brothers will go to the imperial capital." By the way, bring two more Pegasus to replace them on the way, don't miss the time, although the Hippogriff and the Lion Heron are faster than Pegasus, but the long journey is still far less than Pegasus. ”
Capturing Pegasus from the Treant Empire is not an easy task, and once the mercenary team is discovered by those Treants, they often have to end up with a tragic end of total annihilation, which shows how much the Treant Empire values Pegasus.
Gomez has a total of ten flying horses, and Lin Ying has invested a lot of money in order to win over Jiajing.
Even Negan Pei, a golden warrior, uses a silver Pegasus as his own war beast partner from birth to death.
The value of dragon teeth and dragon skin is immeasurable, and it must definitely be more than one million gold coins, Lin Ying heard Jiajing mention that his storage bracelet was not enough, so he gave him a three-cubic-capacity space ring before he gave up.
Storage equipment is very rare, Lin Ying has a total of three, this three-cubic-capacity ring, although it is the smallest one, but it is lightweight, and it is also very rare.
You know, even his right and left hand, Negan Pei, don't have such high-level storage equipment.
Because they were in a hurry, Jiajing didn't plan to stay long on the way, they prepared plenty of dry food and pure water, and rode two flying horses with Negan Pei, and brought two more horses for replacement on the road, and hurried on the road.
The imperial capital is located in the central and western part of the empire, five or six thousand kilometers away from the Great Wasteland, Pegasus's load capacity is extremely strong, and its endurance is even more outstanding, and traveling thousands of miles a day is a trivial matter for them.
In addition, there are two Pegasus replacements, twenty-four hours a day, except for a short break on the way, the two of them spend at least twenty hours a day in a non-stop hurry.
It only took four days to cross most of the empire and arrive at the most prosperous and prosperous metropolis of the Athena Empire, which claims to have a population of five million.
The mobility of the air force is the strongest of all arms, and it is not for nothing that the mainland attaches great importance to the air force.
A powerful air force can completely attack thousands of miles in a day, so that the opponent is unable to deal with it.
However, in a hurry like Jiajing and Negan Pei, even the most adept at long-distance flying Pegasus had to lose a lap.
Lin Ying was an imperial earl, with his own mansion in the imperial capital, as well as some unknown contact points, as soon as Neganpei and Jiajing came to the imperial capital, they handed over Pegasus to the servants of the earl's mansion to take care of, and without even taking a bath, they sent people out to inquire about the slave auction.
Although the imperial capital is one of the few big cities in the mainland and has a dense population, it is still a little inferior to Guangzhou, the super metropolis on Jiajing's side, so when Jiajing first arrived, it did not give people a feeling of "the old hat entering the city".
By the time the two of them had finished freshening up, the person sent out to inquire about the news had already entered the back room, waiting for the two to be received.
The two spies who were sent out to inquire about the news were specially trained by Lin Ying. Lin Ying, the earl, was canonized by the empire as a last resort, and he had to pay attention to the movements of the empire at any time, so many spies were arranged in the core of the empire to spy on the movements of the empire at any time.
In fact, the people in the mansion already knew about the auction, and they had bought servants from the auction to take care of the mansion, but now this was specially ordered by the earl's henchman Neganpei, and the two spies deliberately investigated in detail.
Their ability to do things is not bad, in less than two hours, they can find out what is going on at the auction, even when and what slaves are being auctioned, but the finale auction on the last day cannot be found.
The organizers have done a good job of secrecy, after all, such airtight secrecy can arouse the curiosity of the participants.
The auction is scheduled to take place two days later.
On the first day, the auction was made of ordinary slaves, mostly young and middle-aged, who were basically prisoners of war captured by various forces in the empire through wars, and a small part were prey captured by various slave hunting teams.
The forces behind the auction buy these slaves for less than one piece of hardware on average, but they can often be auctioned for three or four times the price here.
The second day was auctioned of good-looking young men and women, who were more expensive than the slaves auctioned on the first day, most of them in the range of 100 gold.
On the third day, the auction featured slaves of various alien races, including Kasia, dwarves, goblins, and more.
The fourth day of the auction is a variety of special talents, most of whom are skilled masters, and even some healers, magicians, and so on.
The fifth day is the last day of the auction, and the auctions are often carried out by some extremely rare racial beauties.
Until the last minute, no one knew what was auctioned that day.
Such a large auction was held once a year, and the total number of slaves auctioned this time was more than 2,300.
Because there have been no major wars in recent years, the scale of the auction is generally not large, and this year's auction is considered to be quite large.
Bo Longsen is a green dwarf who is good at forging, and it should be auctioned in the skill auction on the fourth day, but Yan Mei is not very clear, but the spies have specially inquired about the beauty auction on the second day, and there is no name Yan Mei, and I don't know if the people from the slave hunting team have not yet arrived in the imperial capital, or it will be auctioned on the last day.
Accustomed to the advanced idea that everyone is equal in Guangdong, as soon as he thought that his wife was placed on the venue like a commodity waiting for others to bid, Jiajing was full of anger and had no way to vent it, if it wasn't for Neganpei's timely dissuasion, Jiajing would probably have to go to the auction house immediately to ask about Yanmei's whereabouts.
The auctioneer has an official background, and although Jiajing is a super Warcraft warrior, he has no chance of winning in a head-on conflict with the auctioneer.
Thinking of this, Jiajing had no choice but to endure it, but the burning anger in his heart and the hatred for this empire began to intensify at this moment.
Jiajing had already prepared for the worst, sent away two spies, and went to the auction house with Negan Pei to observe the nearby terrain.
In case it is really going to be solved by force, it is absolutely necessary to familiarize yourself with the venue.
Negan Pei is Lin Ying's confidant, and everyone knows that if he uses force, he will not be able to help Jiajing in person, but after using force, he chooses an escape route and arranges for receiving manpower and other affairs, he can help, so he has to come over to investigate the environment in person.
The auction is located in the most prosperous prime area of the imperial capital, which belongs to a high-end residential area, and most of the people living around it are aristocratic families, and only some wealthy merchants with official backgrounds can live in it, not far from Lin Ying's mansion.
The Colosseum is a designated place for auctions, in fact, the Colosseum is a gladiatorial arena that is not held in ordinary times, and most of them are used to hold gladiatorial competitions to entertain the nobles.
For gladiatorial fighting, Jiajing has long heard that this is an indispensable part of the life of the corrupt and corrupt aristocracy, there are usually two ways of gladiatorial fighting, one is the gladiatorial fight between people, and the other is the gladiatorial fight between people and monsters.
In addition to entertaining the aristocracy, gladiatorial fights could also be used for gambling activities and even settling disputes, which was completely different from the popular duel methods among nobles, most of them were non-stop, that is, they had to fight until one of them died.
The Colosseum is the most famous gladiatorial arena in the imperial capital, covering an area of 20,000 square meters, with an oval shape, with a long axis of nearly 200 meters and a short axis of 150 meters. On three sides, there are more than 70 rows of elevated auditoriums, and the highest point is 50 meters.
On one side is the trapped beast area, from which gladiators and all kinds of magical beasts entered, and when the slave auction was held, it was used to house slaves, and it was the most heavily guarded place.
The huge circular raised platform in the center is the performance area, with a diameter of more than 40 meters, paved with solid basalt, and the rock is uneven and covered with bloodstains.
There is also a large defensive magic circle around the stage, and when a dangerous gladiatorial battle is held, the magicians will inject magic into the magic circle and activate the defensive shield to prevent injury to the audience.
The auditorium is divided into four sections, the bottom is the VIP area, in which the important people of the empire can be seated, the second floor is for the common nobles, the third is for the wealthy, and the fourth is for ordinary people to buy tickets and take their seats.
Due to the preparation of the slave auction, the gladiatorial arena has been cleared, and there are actually four small bed crossbows arranged around it, and the great power of the bed crossbow is well known.
Even the dragons did not dare to fly over the gladiatorial arena easily.
The periphery of the three entrances and exits of the gladiatorial arena were guarded by more than 100 warriors with fierce expressions, and Jiajing and Negan Pei, who had undergone simple makeup, spent ten gold coins under the guise of visiting the scenic spots, and under the supervision of the two samurai, they were able to enter the outermost edge of the gladiatorial arena and observe the terrain of the gladiatorial arena from a distance.
Looking at the large-scale gladiatorial arena, Jiajing's heart suddenly sank.
Negan Pei secretly stuffed the two gold coins into the hands of the two samurai who were watching them, and praised them with a smile: "I heard that this is the most famous gladiatorial arena in the imperial capital, and when I see it today, it is really spectacular!"
The faces of the two warriors who got the gold coins suddenly turned better, and one of them also smiled and said, "Of course, many high-ranking officials of the empire will choose to come to our gladiatorial arena to watch the gladiatorial competition!"
Negan Pei glanced at Jiajing: "I heard that gladiators are very fierce and terrifying, and those high-ranking officials are not afraid of danger?"
Another samurai smiled: "It's the first time you've come to the gladiatorial arena, right?" Even if they were able to pass through the defensive shield, they wouldn't be able to pass through the strongest defensive line made up of fifty silver warriors!"
A curious look appeared on Neganpei's face: "Well, I've heard that there will be a slave auction in two days, in case of a riot, fifty silver warriors, can you prevent so many people?"
The samurai who had just spoken laughed: "Just kidding, which slave dares to riot?!! there will be three hundred strong crossbowmen guarding the outer layer at that time, and I heard that three golden knights will be sent to prevent accidents......"
The excited samurai wanted to say something more, but another middle-aged samurai next to him immediately became vigilant, gently patted the shoulder of the young samurai who was talking about Xing, and urged: "Have you finished reading it?"
Three golden knights, fifty silver warriors, plus three hundred strong crossbowmen, such a lineup is equivalent to a main force! This is not counting those magicians and other protective warriors, the more Jiajing listens, the more heavy his mood becomes, if he is the only one, there is no problem in escaping, but if he takes Yan Mei and wants to escape from the gladiatorial arena intact, it is definitely impossible, and it seems that Yan Mei can only be bought back through bidding.
Negan Pei knew that if he asked any further, he was afraid that he would arouse the suspicion of the other party, so he patted Jiajing, who had a gloomy face: "Brother, let's go back! Let's take a look in two days to see if we can buy two servants to go back, it seems that the manpower in the house is not very enough." ”