Volume 8 Chapter 14 Devil Fruit
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"Flying Dutchman, does it really exist?" Xia Zuo stopped chewing on the apple, and looked at Fern in a stunned voice.
"I don't know if there is a zài, but what I heard is that five years ago, the Blackwater auction house auctioned off the Dutchman flying in the 'Cursed Ship' for 130 million gold coins. Fern said, pulling the cut cigar from his bosom.
The Flying Dutchman, a cursed ship that will never return to its homeland.
The legend of the flying Dutchman arose at the end of the last century.
Legend has it that the Flying Dutchman was a battleship of the century that set sail from Amsterdam and was captained by Van der Waals Deken.
While driving to the East Indies, passing through the Cape of Good Hope, we encountered extreme weather. The captain ordered the adventure and vowed to pass the Cape of Good Hope, killing one of the crew members, an act considered insane. He even shouted, "Even if God lets me sail to the end of the world, I will do my best!" but despite all his efforts, the ship was sunk by the storm.
Legend has it that the Flying Dutchman was cursed because of Van der Waal's words, and when the sunken Flying Dutchman returned to the surface from the bottom of the sea, everyone on board became ghosts.
It is an ominous symbol, and every time it appears on the sea, it is accompanied by a storm and the hull of the ship exudes a ghostly light, and it is a legend, but many people claim to have seen the Dutch flying in flight with their own eyes.
The so-called Century Battleship is the best sea ship that can be built by human technology at this time, and because of some special reasons, Century Battleship has some special functions. At this time, the two most famous warships of the century in the world were the "Queen Mary" owned by the Queen of England. and the sea ship "First Emperor", the lord of the Yunhan Empire.
After waiting for about an hour in the Seven Break Room, a waiter pushed open the door to the Break Room.
"Two gentlemen, the auction will start soon, please follow me!"
"So fast?" Xia Zuo looked at Fern.
"Well, Blackwater Auction House will have two auctions a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, even if there is only one auction item, the auction will be held as scheduled. Come on...... I hope your stuff sells for a good price!" Fern said with a smile and stood up.
The waiter led the way, and Xia Zuo and the two walked behind, and after passing through a long stone passage, the three entered an auction hall.
The small auction hall also looks very simple, with only a few dozen seats. When Xia Zuo and Fern entered, there were already many customers inside, and the two of them randomly found a place to sit down and wait for the auction to begin.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Blackwater, today's afternoon session...... Wow. There's something good, don't talk nonsense, let's start today's auction!" As the stone gate closed, the auctioneer walked up to the stone platform in front of him and began today's auction in a familiar tone.
"Three can't observe the breath. Five great martial artists, ten martial artists. And four ordinary people. Xia Zuo sat in the corner, observing the group of guests who had come to the auction.
The guests who attended the afternoon auction today, including him and Ferne, were only twenty-four, very few, and most of the seats were empty, which made it seem that the auction house's business was very sluggish.
"That's the Marquis Auguste, the second man in the port of Brest, next to her lady Janet, sister of the Grand Duke of Brittany......" Fern suddenly pointed to the two gentlemen and ladies sitting in the middle of the front, and whispered.
"Marquis of France, how could he come to such a place?" asked Xia Zuo with a low brow.
"Do you think this place is very secret? Even I know that the storage of Blackwater Street is no longer a secret, not only the Marquis Auguste often comes, but also the big nobles from France, England and even farther away will also come here, this is the high seas, not within the scope of any national pipeline, and the reserve price of the items auctioned by this Blackwater Auction House will not be less than 200,000 gold coins every time, nobles, you should know, a group of guys who have money and nowhere to spend. Fern smiled.
Xia Zuo also smiled, there are illegal transactions everywhere in Blackwater Street, and the nobles are a group of guys who ignore the law, as long as they don't directly threaten their interests, they won't care if Blackwater Street or Whitewater Street is there.
"In today's afternoon session, there are a total of nine items to be auctioned...... The first, blood coral from the Caribbean, weighs 2.7 tons and is crystal clear and sparkles like a diamond......"
The auction began, Xia Zuo began the boring waiting process, the others also looked bored, there were more than two dozen people, nine auction items, obviously many people came for one auction item, and some were just bored to come and see.
"Today's seventh auction item, Dolan's Book of Will, as we all know, Doran Vienna is one of the greatest illusionists in history, her Book of Will carries her perception of the power of the soul in this life, without further ado, the reserve price is 500,000 gold coins, and she began to ......"
"Five hundred thousand!"
"Six hundred thousand!"
"Six hundred and fifty thousand!"
The bidding finally began to be fierce, there were many people present who bid one after another, Xia Zuo was also a little nervous, his soul power reached a certain bottleneck, and when he was on the mysterious island, he couldn't break through with the help of the fierce beast spirit, this Dolan's book of will was likely to help him.
But...... He has no money!
Dolan's Book of Will was eventually sold for 2.3 million gold coins and was bought by a great martial artist who seemed rather mysterious.
"Below, the eighth lot of this auction, the pure sapphire 'Phantasy Star' from the North Atlantic......" With the auctioneer's voice, the sapphire that Xia Zuo handed over to the auction house was picked up by the maid and packed in a half-opened gorgeous box.
"It's here!" Xia Zuo suddenly sat up straighter, then turned his head suspiciously and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter with the Phantasy Star?"
"The names they come up with, the gems with names that give them a sense of origin, can be sold for a higher price......" Fern explains with a laugh.
"The reserve price is 600,000 gold coins, start!"
"Six hundred thousand!"
"Eight hundred thousand!"
"A million!"
“......”
"Four million three thousand!"
The Phantasy Star was finally sold for 4.3 million gold coins, and it was the Marquis of Auguste that Fern said before, this guy shouted for 4.3 million, and he didn't even have a look of pain on his face, just like buying vegetables in the vegetable market, there was originally a wizard who wanted to compete with him, but he gave up after the price went up.
"Four million three thousand!" Fern looked even more excited than Xia Zuo, his fists clenched, his joints white.
At the beginning, Xia Zuo agreed, as long as he helped Xia Zuo sell the gems, Xia Zuo would give him a 5% cut, 4.3 million gold coins, and the draw was 215,000, which was ...... That's all he has earned in his life.
Xia Zuo didn't care, he didn't regard money as dung, but it was just that there wasn't enough money.
"Below, the ninth auction item, this auction item is very special, please pay attention, after getting this auction item, don't be exposed by the Holy See, otherwise you will be hunted down as a heretic!" The auctioneer bought a pass, and with his voice, the maid walked up to the stone platform with an all-black box, opened the box, and faced the guests below.
Suddenly, a billowing evil aura emanated from the box.
"What is this?"
"What a powerful aura of darkness!"
"It's a Devil Fruit, it's a Devil Fruit!"
"That's right!" The auctioneer's voice was full of passion: "It is the Devil Fruit from the dark world, only after the death of the Great Demon, after at least 10,000 years, it is possible to grow the Devil Fruit in the burial place of the Great Demon, in the dark world, the Devil Fruit is worshiped as a holy relic by the Demon Clan, only the powerful Demon can swallow the Devil Fruit and increase its strength, of course, this is the earth, the value of the Devil Fruit may be lower, but ...... Wizards, what are you waiting for? This is an excellent material for making zuò dark elixir, with the Devil Fruit, the ninth-level potion is no longer a dream...... The reserve price is one million gold coins, and each increase is not less than 100,000 gold coins, please bid now!"
After a long speech, the auctioneer finally got to the point, but ...... There were very few bidders.
Among the guests who participated in the auction this time, there were only two wizards, and they were the only ones who bought the Devil Fruit to be useful, of course, they had to guard against the Holy See, once the Devil Fruit was realized by the Holy See, it was likely to be hunted down directly as a dark wizard.
Both wizards made bids one after another, raising the price of the Devil Fruit to 1.2 million gold coins, while the others were completely watching the excitement.
Devil Fruit is obviously the most valuable auction item in this auction, if it is really in the dark world, the demons will definitely grab their heads because of this Devil Fruit, but unfortunately, this is the earth, there are too few people who can use the Devil Fruit, even collectors who have a preference for collecting exotic plants will not take over the Devil Fruit, because it is taboo.
Not to mention the others, what are they buying back for? Raising demons? And there are no demons to raise.
"One million and three million!"
"One million and four million!"
"One and a half million!"
Only those two wizards were bidding, and when the price was raised to 1.5 million, one of them stopped bidding, and it seemed that the price was out of his mind.
"One and a half million once! Is there really none?Ladies and gentlemen, this Devil Fruit may be the only one on the earth today, it is precious, what are you waiting for......?"
"One and a half million twice!" I know you may have concerns, but rest assured, no one will track down what is sold at my Blackwater auction house......
"1,500,000 ......"
"One million six million!" Xia Zuo, who was full of hesitation in his heart, finally made a bid, holding the number plate in the lounge in his hand.
"Okay, No. 7 bid 1.6 million, 1.6 million ......"