Chapter 39: The Auction
On the evening of Sunday, Lin Tao and Huang Hua made an appointment to meet at the door of the Luo family auction house in Kailsa City.
When they met, Lin Tao's eyes lit up when he saw the yellowing appearance. Since the specifications of tonight's occasion are relatively high, Huang Hua dressed up and took off his usual casual clothes. The yellowing of the hair after shaving it short looks more energetic, completely sweeping away the previous decadent appearance.
Lin Tao smiled and said with a look on his face: "I said Brother Huang, your appearance is good." ”
Huang Hua, a simple man, scratched his head embarrassedly, turned his head to look at Lin Tao, and seemed to be surprised why Lin Tao's outfit had not changed.
Lin Tao patted the light blue shirt on his body and said, "Anyway, no one knows me, and I'm too lazy to know other people, so it doesn't matter what I wear." ”
When he said this, it made Huang Hua look a little embarrassed.
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When the auction was about to start, many well-dressed men and women appeared in groups. It can be seen that many of these people are acquaintances, and they greet each other warmly after meeting.
The auction venue is in the Luojia Auction House, and the area is not large. The first floor is for regular seating, and the second floor is for VIP rooms.
Huang Hua and Lin Tao were sitting in the third VIP room on the second floor at the moment, which was the position arranged for them by the middle-aged man. The two were very happy with the location.
When the clock is at seven o'clock, this week's auction at the Luo Family Auction House will officially begin.
The host on the stage looked at the participants with a smile on his face and introduced them enthusiastically. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this week's auction. All the items participating in this auction were carefully selected by our Luo family auction house, and a few of them were really good. Okay, looking at the eyes of everyone who wants to strangle me, I won't talk nonsense. Let's get straight to the auction. ”
Listening to the host's humorous introduction, many viewers at the scene laughed, and the tense atmosphere was swept away.
Lin Tao nodded, and praised in his heart: "The Luo family is worthy of being an old auction house, and even the host is so popular!"
"The first auction item, a human-level Douqi Secret Book, describes the earth-based exercises, called "Earth Cover". The price is 5,000 gold coins, and each increase in price shall not be less than 500 gold coins. ”
Lin Tao looked at the secret book in the auctioneer's hand with a little interest. Of course, it's just interested, this kind of human-level secret is not eye-catching to Lin Tao at all, who called Lin Tao to have the saint-level exercise of "Nine Dragons Change". It's just that this move is estimated to be good. Lin Tao has not had any moves until now, and he is completely relying on blind fighting. Although the end of the Nine Dragons Transformation secret book is printed with the exercises of the elements in turn, those can only be learned until at least the third transformation.
Some of the exercises that Lin Tao knows now were still taught by Luo Tian when he participated in the Blood Trial before.
Obviously, as the first cannon, this earth-based exercise called "Earth Cover" is quite good, but it can't attract the attention of rich people, and the price can't be photographed before. In the end, it was only bought at the reserve price.
"The second lot of the night, the Sword of Acel, is said to be the sword worn by the Empire when he looked at Acel when he was alive. It itself is extremely sharp, but it can be broken into gold and stone, and Assel took it to lay down an open territory back then, and I don't know how many people have made souls under the sword. Then, the real value of the Sword of Arcel is not in the sword itself, but in its meaning. The Sword of Acel, also known as the Sword of the Victorious, is believed to bring you good luck and victory if you possess it. The price is 20,000 gold coins, and each increase shall not be less than 1,000 gold coins. ”
"It turned out to be the Sword of Acel, I didn't expect the Luo family to really have the ability, this kind of thing can be found. Huang Hua on the side held a wine glass in his hand, watching the long sword held by the auctioneer emit a terrifying cold light under the lamplight, and said with envy.
Lin Tao was slightly stunned, turned around and asked, "Brother Huang, do you know this sword?"
Huang Hua nodded, I heard it when I was on duty before. The sword appears to have been stolen by a gang of tomb robbers who dug up the tomb of the king of Asser. A long time ago, when I was a soldier, I should have heard about the deeds of Arcel, and naturally I would not be unfamiliar with the sword in his hand. ”
"What's wrong with this sword?" Lin Tao asked puzzled.
Huang Hua smiled and took a sip of wine, "Just like what the auctioneer said just now, in fact, this sword itself can only be regarded as good, it is a sword. But it has great significance, especially for a general who leads his troops into battle. It is said that in the past, Assel would always worship the sword before each battle, and then take it with him. And the strange thing is that only with this sword is there, Assel will win every battle. It is precisely because of this that the Empire of the Yen was at its peak. However, after Arcel's death, the sword disappeared from people's sight, but he didn't expect it to appear here today. “
Lin Tao was like listening to a story, and for him, an outsider, there was a lot he didn't know about the history of the Izumo continent and the national conditions and anecdotes of other countries.
"Twenty-five thousand gold coins!" shouted a fat man with his hand raised.
With a loud roar, the contest for the Sword of Assel began.
Lin Tao hid in the No. 3 VIP room and watched the battle of everyone, and couldn't help but shake his head, "It's really a lot of money to burn! Such a fat man is obviously not a fighter, and he is not a soldier! What's the point of buying this sword?"
Huang Hua also looked disdainful, "Such a person is fighting for the sword of Acel, I don't know if Acel will vomit blood in anger if he is still alive." Obviously, I can't think of any other use for him than to put it in a full treasure room other than to show off his money. If such a sword were to be bought by such a person, it would really be a tyrannical thing. ”
Soon the first price increase followed, and soon another voice shouted: "Thirty thousand gold coins!"
The fat man was stunned for a moment, looked at the place where the sound came from, and his face was a little uncertain, and the people sitting in the VIP room were fighting with him. Of course, he knew that most of the people sitting in the VIP room were masters he couldn't afford to mess with. But after hesitating for a moment, he raised his hand again and shouted, "Thirty-two thousand gold coins!"
Lounge 3.
When Lin Tao heard the fat man's offer of 32,000 gold coins, he also raised his hand again and shouted to the auctioneer: "35,000 gold coins." ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, the guests in VIP Room 3 have already offered 35,000 gold coins. Is there anything higher!?" shouted the auctioneer's impassioned voice, and the audience echoed his words.
"Thirty-five thousand gold coins, for the first time!"
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"Thirty-five thousand gold coins, the second time!"
"Guys, as long as I count down one more time, the Sword of Assel will go to the VIPs in VIP Room Three!
Huang Hua looked at Lin Tao with a nervous face, his eyes were full of doubts, and asked, "Brother, what are you?"
Lin Tao turned around and winked at Huang Hua with a smile, and grimaced at Huang Hua.
Huang Hua suddenly understood what Lin Tao meant, and hurriedly saw that the fat man downstairs was unhappy, and deliberately raised the price to rectify the person. Seeing that Lin Tao was so funny, Huang Hua also shook his head with a wry smile, silently praying for the fat man downstairs in his heart, and at the same time feeling faintly excited in his heart, which was a sigh of relief. Since such a sword was bought by this fat man, then let his waist bag be a little thinner.
The fat man downstairs didn't know what the two people in the No. 3 VIP room upstairs were thinking, but he really thought that others were competing with him. His face suddenly became a little cloudy and annoyed, but he was trying to restrain himself. If he had followed his usual temper, he would have called his subordinates to rush upstairs, beat up the people in the box, and dared to fight with himself for things, he was really impatient.
But now he is not in the mood for that. Kailsa City is a city of freedom, there are people from various countries here, and the level of strength is different, who knows which country's princes, generals or princes are sitting in the VIP room at this moment? After all, this is not his own territory, so the fat man just whispered in his heart to greet the people in the No. 3 VIP room, but he did not dare to be arrogant.
But he bragged to people before, and he would definitely buy it, and if he gave up now, he would definitely be laughed at when he went back.
Thinking of this, the fat man gritted his teeth, his face showed ruthlessness, and he shouted loudly: "Fifty thousand gold coins!" This price is already his bottom line, and he is afraid that the other party will entangle with him with a price increase of five thousand and five thousand, so he suddenly hit the price to fifty thousand gold coins. There is a meaning of breaking the kettle and sinking the boat, if Lin Tao continues to increase the price, the fat man will decide not to.
As soon as the high price of 50,000 gold coins came out, the atmosphere of the scene was suddenly ignited, and people exclaimed. The expressions of all kinds of people are different, but most of them are still gloating and watching the two people pinch.
However, to everyone's disappointment, until the auctioneer struck the hammer three times in a row, the VIPs in the No. 3 VIP room upstairs did not shout a higher price again, which couldn't help but make them unhappy.
And at the moment in the third VIP room.
Lin Tao peeled an orange like a nobody, and ate it slowly. While eating the yellowing that is still on the side and the side, the orange is delicious. But he didn't look at the auction downstairs, as if everything just now was the same as his five levels.
If this scene was known by the fat man, I am afraid that he would vomit blood in depression. Just because Lin Tao's eyes were not pleasing to the eye, he made him pay twice the price, and it took two twenty-five thousand gold coins to buy the Sword of Arcel.