Chapter 139 Self-use
Whether Richard really didn't hear of it or deliberately ignored it, Cardiff is a special one in the Tucson family, because he has a plane of his own! This is his mother's private property left to him, which has been developed for more than 100 years, and can contribute nearly 2 million yuan of income every year, and it is also Cardiff's biggest hole card in the fight for family inheritance.
Cardiff estimated that Richard should be able to use about five million dollars to produce an auction of this level of sacrifice, and the cash would be required to arrive immediately after the sale. If the bet is won, then Richard's final loss will be around 2 million.
Cardiff looked at Richard and sneered inwardly. And he can afford to lose five million!
The bet was made, and Richard and Cardiff went straight to the fifth floor and entered the lavish and low-key auction room.
Their appearance immediately attracted the attention of many nobles who had already arrived, so they came up to greet them. Comparatively, Richard was surrounded by even more people than around Cardiff.
In the blink of an eye, the dispute and gambling contract between Richard and Cardiff spread. There are more than 100 nobles in the auction hall, and none of them are too ordinary nobles to appear here, and most of them have such and such ties with the wealthy families on the floating island.
Hearing the gambling contract, the nobles became excited.
Injuries are trivial in the eyes of the aristocracy, and most of the time they are just a decent excuse. What's more, it was only a little-known guard who was injured.
As for the bets, three million is not scary enough, and the nobles are more interested in two slaps. Understanding the meaning of slapping the face in such a way, and expressing it in such a straightforward way, is extremely rare in aristocratic circles.
Since you are a nobleman, you have to maintain a decent image and can't do such rude things. If the hatred between the two sides is really to the point of being slapped in public, it is better to see it directly on the battlefield.
They were surprised that such a bet would occur between Richard and Cardiff, but it was not surprising to consider Akmund's nouveau riche tradition and his reputation for being irascible abroad. It seems that Richard is handsome and delicate on the outside, but he is still a rude Akmund at heart.
In the midst of excitement and anticipation, the auction began.
Richard sat calmly, and Cardiff was confident. He has always disliked fighting uncertain battles, so he has quietly instructed his henchmen to go back and withdraw money, and with his position in the family, he can also borrow an additional two million temporarily. With this extra two million, all the funds he can use reach tens of millions!
At this time, the host was on the stage and excitedly used a witty opening remark to mobilize the atmosphere of the venue. Several handsome maids with slender bodies and good faces held up a top-level magic sealing box, and as soon as the lid of the box was opened, a wisp of extremely bloody smell spread throughout the audience!
However, none of the nobles showed disgust, and the things that could be auctioned here were absolutely good, and the more bizarre they were, the more extraordinary they were. However, a few old and well-informed old nobles showed excitement. Richard's heart moved slightly, because he had smelled this smell somewhere.
The host said aloud: "Distinguished gentlemen and ladies, this is our first auction item of the evening! It is precious, very special, and more importantly, it comes from the Battlefield of the Peerless Realm: the Land of Dusk! Maybe some of you have already heard of it, and even the lucky ones have used it, then you will appreciate its wonderful use even more deeply! It is not only a sacrifice, but it is also a sacrifice at worst! Yes, it is...... The integrity of the Bear-Headed Overseer**!"
The audience was suddenly in a bang!
As the host said, the ** of the bear-headed overseer is not only a sacrifice, in fact, the real nobles value its other function more, but there are very few that really put it on the altar.
It is the lowest grade sacrifice, but it can often be sold for the price of a mid-level sacrifice, and the reason is that after refining the secret method, it will become a secret medicine that can be used many times, which can make any male glow in an instant.
Moreover, it is not just an aphrodisiac, but when the concentration is sufficient, it can allow the user to obtain some of the racial abilities of the Bear-Headed Overseer, that is, it can temporarily change the size of the penis freely, and greatly increase the chance of a woman becoming pregnant.
Whether it is the former or the latter, in the eyes of those old people who are old, but still hold power and massive wealth, they are of infinite value!
So as soon as the host's voice fell, someone immediately began to shout impatiently for the offer, and the voices came and went, and in an instant, the price directly crossed the threshold of 400,000 low-level sacrifices, jumped up to 600,000, then 70, 80, until 900,000, approaching the million mark.
"A million!" the Earl of Cardiff quoted first. This thing actually didn't have any effect on him, but it was going to be donated to the Eternal Dragon Hall anyway, so it didn't matter what he photographed, as long as it could be used as a sacrifice.
Richard smiled lightly.
When the price exceeds one and a half thousand, the offer quickly becomes slow and hesitant. Because 1.5 million is the price threshold of intermediate sacrifices, no matter how scarce the ** of the Xiong Head Overseer is, there will always be an outflow, and it will not reach the point of intermediate sacrifices no matter what.
"One and a half million!" Richard indifferently shouted out a price that made the audience fall silent for a short time.
This thing had an extra meaning to Richard, it was the fulfillment of the promise made with St. Lawrence. But because of the White Nights involved, he definitely wouldn't give it to St. Lawrence. The old man's wish can only be put in the back.
What's more, after his second trip to the Peerless Battlefield, Richard found that the relationship between the old man and Bai Ye was complicated and special, and the old man's desire to sleep with Bai Ye was more like a threat under some kind of anger.
Otherwise, with the old man's astonishing medical skills that can be compared to the construction technique, how could he not cure his own inaction?
There was silence in the audience, and finally the object fell into Richard's hands. Richard just ordered: "Wrap it up and send it to the Eternal Dragon Hall together in a while." "I didn't even look at this particular thing.
Cardiff, who was not far away, gritted his teeth and squeezed his hand so that the armrests of the seat were distorted. His bid just now had reached 1.3 million, which was actually not far from Richard, but he just didn't dare to raise the price again, for fear that Richard would shrink and put himself on the table.
It wasn't until the host announced that the auction had been successful that he suddenly remembered that he was so scared! In fact, it doesn't matter how much this thing is auctioned, anyway, it will be donated to the Eternal Dragon Hall in the end, the important thing is that the money you pay cannot be less than Richard!
At this moment, Richard's eyes looked over, and then he said in a voice that was not too big or too small to be heard by some people: "Marquis Cardiff, it's still too late to admit defeat, and the loss can still be controlled." ”
Cardiff couldn't afford to correct Richard's messy title of his title, and he just gritted his teeth and replied, "The auction has just begun!"
Cardiff couldn't help but look at Lina, who was sitting straight next to Richard, and saw that there was also a hint of nervousness on her face that could not be concealed, so his heart settled.
In the next auction, Cardiff made a decisive attack, and sure enough, he won many times, and he was in high spirits for a while. After a few rounds of auctions, he was temporarily ahead of Richard by two hundred and thirty to two hundred and ten.
Cardiff doesn't shoot everything, but chooses things that are useful for the Eternal Dragon Temple, so that they can kill two birds with one stone. Richard, on the other hand, just stared at the sacrifices and magic materials to buy, and the highest bid was only two or three percent higher than the reasonable price. But even so, benefiting from the first Bear-Headed Overseer's **, Richard's donation was only a little less than Cardiff's.
When an intermediate offering is put up as the backbone of the auction, the whole auction enters the second round**.
Cardiff and Richard took turns bidding, almost staged a tragic scene, after more than a dozen rounds of repeated bidding, Cardiff successfully auctioned this sacrifice at a sky-high price of 2.5 million!
He stood up on the spot, swung his fist hard, and let out an extremely painful roar!
Cardiff, however, did not rejoice for long. The next lot is a large golden black crystal, also from the Dusk of the Peerless Battlefield, which is the core material of the third-order constructs, and is also used on many fourth-order constructs. This black crystal, which weighed several kilograms, was auctioned by Richard for a high price of three million, which immediately made Cardiff's little heart tremble. Richard had already spent five million, which was the limit of Cardiff's estimated Richard cash.
Watch as Richard took out three promises of payment with royal markings from his pocket and handed them to the maid of the auction house. Cardiff only felt a fire burning in his lungs, and he didn't know how many of these payment promises were still in Richard's seemingly small pocket.
This promise of payment is guaranteed by the credibility of the royal family, almost second only to the letter of promise issued by the Temple of the Eternal Dragon. And judging from the color, Richard obviously took out the letter of commitment in the denomination of millions of gold coins, which is simply incredible! According to the convention, Richard had to put collateral of the same value in the royal treasury to get these letters of promise!
Cardiff glanced at Neres, who was lazily lying beside Richard, although the fourth prince also took a number, but he didn't raise his sign once, as if he was just here for sightseeing.
However, Cardiff immediately waved away the suspicion, the emperor is not only one prince, even if Nereus and Richard have a good relationship, but the Tucson family and other princes are also good. The Fourth Prince should not have done such an obvious and unwise thing.
However, Richard's next words almost broke Cardiff. He threw the golden silk black crystal to Lina and said, "Put it away, and put it in my real room when you go back." ”
Cardiff pointed to the golden black crystal and said incredulously, "You don't plan to donate this thing?"
"For personal use. Richard said lightly.
In other words, the three million do not count towards the total amount of the bet with Cardiff.