When Grand Magician Glorent saw Arthur again, his heart was filled with unspeakable surprise.

Arthur smiled and handed the giant crystal bottle containing the heart of the giant to the Grand Mage of Glorent.

Glorent didn't rush to open the crystal bottle, but looked Arthur up and down seriously again, "No wonder old Harry thinks so highly of you, the A-class tasks of the Wizards' Guild don't stump you." ”

Arthur pretended to smile shyly, "It's just a lucky accident to pick it up from a dung truck." ”

Naturally, Glorent didn't take Arthur's joke seriously, but said seriously: "Next, I will give the guild an intelligence gathering mission to the secret children in the assassin guild and the 'divine dispatch' organization, but it is difficult to say whether I can find the entrusted mission information related to the blue enchantress's mercenary group back then." You go back and wait for the news first, and if there is any news, I will contact you through your magic token. ”

Arthur thanked Archmage Glorent again before leaving. When he walked out of the Wizards' Guild, he felt a lot more relaxed than before, and at least there was a glimmer of hope for the truth.

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When Arthur returned to the inn, Joan's beast cart was waiting outside the door. Joan, Golly and the others all stood in front of the post house and looked around, with anxious expressions on their faces.

"What are you doing?" quipped Arthur, curiously.

"You still have the face to ask, where did you run alone?, we're all waiting for you, hurry up and get in the car!" said Golly angrily.

"What are you waiting for me?" Arthur felt a little puzzled.

"Today's auction. Joan whispered an explanation and pulled Arthur into the car.

Arthur slapped his head hard, Joan had specially let him know two days ago, because he had been pretending to be about the Wizards' Guild, and he had forgotten about it.

Golly, Becky, and Lugan all squeezed into the car after Arthur. His Highness Eleven's wide and luxurious beast drove in at once, and the eight people also seemed very crowded.

When Joan and Arthur met for the auction at that time, they didn't want to ask the four of them out, because they weren't that close, and he didn't think that Becky and the others had the money to sell at the highest auction in Alandis.

Becky and the others really don't have any money, but Joan ignores the curiosity of the few of them, and the strong curiosity of wanting to go to the auction to open their eyes even if they don't have money. After news of the auction leaked from Golly, Becky ran over to Arthur. Because Becky had just helped Arthur on the mission of the Giant's Heart, Arthur couldn't refuse Becky's pleading looks, so the auction became another team action.

After everyone crowded into the car, the beast cart did not go south to the Nancheng business district, but headed north to the Wangcheng District, and finally stopped in front of a huge mansion near the outskirts of the Wangcheng District.

After getting out of the car, Joan pointed to the huge plaque on the lintel of the door that read, "A Feather in the Sky through the Ages" and said: "This is the Mansion of the King of the Clouds, and the King of the Clouds is still the uncle of the emperor according to his generation." It's just that the King of the Clouds is obsessed with business and never takes care of political affairs, and the largest auction house in the imperial capital, Tianbao Auction House, is one of the properties under the name of the King of the Clouds, and some of the top auctions can be arranged in the palace. ”

Arthur nodded secretly, "The auction will be held in the palace, if it weren't for the rich and noble, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be qualified to enter the door." ”

Arthur's guess was correct, and Joan, who was leading the way, showed the captain of the guard in front of the palace a gold-inlaid jade plaque engraved with the word "Tianbao". This is a status symbol given by the auction house to the most distinguished guests, and without this jade plaque, you are not eligible to participate in this auction at all.

The guards in front of the Yunxiao Palace's gate are not the forbidden army, but the palace guards hired by the Yunxiao King himself. These guards are at least the strength of a fourth-level martial artist, and the captain of the guard who is responsible for checking the identity of the guests has reached the level of a war school. All the guards were dressed in uniform white rare-grade soft armor, and the word "Yunxiao" was embroidered on the back.

The escort team of the Yunxiao Palace's palace is the elite force of the imperial capital second only to the imperial dragon scale guard, and the difference between the two sides is not the individual combat strength but the number. The Sky King's guard was only three hundred, while the Emperor's Dragon Scale Guard had three thousand.

Then an embarrassing scene appeared, and Joan was stopped even if she had a jade card. The captain of the guard didn't even know Joan, but said politely, "I'm sorry, but your jade plate can only bring a maximum of four friends in." ”

Joan was obviously stunned, he hadn't been back to the imperial capital for a long time, and he obviously didn't know this rule.

"Forget it, let's talk about going in with four people. Arthur whispered from the side.

At this time, Joan had already reacted from embarrassment, "It's okay, let's go back to the car and wait." ”

As a result, it was only half an hour before a delicate beast cart came speeding in, and it was the Ten Princesses who jumped out of the cart.

"Why are you so late, if it weren't for you, we'd have gone in early!" Joan hurried towards the Tenth Princess.

Arthur and Golly almost laughed out loud behind Joan, Joan, the "fool", turned out to be so smart, obviously wanted to rub the jade card of the tenth princess with a favor.

The tenth princess was really frightened by Joan, and said with a little weakness: "For such an important event, the princess naturally needs to freshen up and dress up?" When the tenth princess said this, her eyes kept glancing at Huey's side intentionally or unintentionally.

Seeing that Huey didn't look at herself at all, Princess Ten took the initiative to greet Arthur, Becky and others, and she still liked to play with these friends of Joan very much from the bottom of her heart.

"Let's go, let's go in and talk about it!" Joan pulled the tenth princess and asked her to hurry up and get the jade card, and then shook the jade card at the captain of the guard very childishly, "Two jade cards, bring eight people." ”

The captain of the guard directly dodged and made a gesture of please.

After a few people entered the gate of the palace, there was already a row of young and beautiful maids waiting on the side of the inner door, and every time a guest entered the door, a maid took the initiative to greet them and lead them to the auction hall.

The maid followed the winding path, through several courtyards and labyrinthine corridors, and through the huge garden of the palace, to a small three-story building with carved beams and paintings at the back of the garden.

There were more than a dozen palace guards patrolling back and forth outside the small building, all of whom were martial artists and senior magicians above the war school.

The door of the small building turned out to be a magic door with flickering light waves. The maid wore an emerald ring on her hand, the ring was slightly excited, and when she picked it with her hand, the light wave in the magic door was picked open by the maid's slender jade hand like a curtain.

Joan, the Ten Princesses, and Arthur and others stream in through the Magic Gate.

The interior decoration of the small building is antique, and in the middle of the first floor is a round platform of dozens of square meters, and a circle of semi-enclosed boxes is built around the round platform, leaving only the passage of the entrance.

The second and third floors are also full of private rooms, so this privacy protection can ensure that the guests participating in the auction do not know each other's identities, and avoid malicious price increases, retaliation after the fact, or knowing the whereabouts of the lots.

Tianbao Auction House is worthy of being the largest auction house of the Terran Race, and has put a lot of thought into these details.

Joan's box is arranged on the west side of the ground floor, with only a round table and three soft chairs, on which are placed delicate snacks, fruits, tea, and a magic book.

The Ten Princesses' box was on Joan's left, and Becky and the four of them followed the Ten Princesses into her box. Even if the two people's boxes are next to each other, when you close the door at the back of the box, the two boxes are completely separated from each other, and you can't hear them even if you talk loudly.

Because of the large number of Joans, the maid who led the way added two more chairs to each box.

There is also a magic book in the auction box?Arthur was very curious to flip through it.

"All the lots and specific descriptions of the lots in this auction are displayed in the magic book, and the customer only needs to enter a little magic or vindictiveness to click on it. After the auction starts, if a customer comes across something they like, they can enter the auction directly in the book and write the price. The maid took the initiative to introduce herself.

Arthur casually flipped a page, and on the page of the magic book was a picture of an enchanted longsword, next to which the name, level, material, and enchanted magic circle of the longsword were marked in detail. As Arthur injected his magic power, the long sword appeared in front of everyone's eyes, except that it could not be held in his hand, it was like a real sword in front of him.

Tianbao Auction House is really a big deal, the production cost of this magic book alone is probably nearly 100 gold coins, Arthur is looking forward to the auction more and more.

"Guests please rest in the box for a while, the auction will start soon, I will wait outside the box door, if there is anything you need can call me directly. ”

After the maid withdrew, there were only five people left in the box: Arthur, Joan, Golly, Huey, and Joan, and there were no outsiders.

Arthur said softly: "Our previous equipment and materials Joan has already helped to deal with them, and a total of more than 172,000 gold coins have been exchanged, and the materials on those two thunder pythons have been sold for nearly 90,000 gold coins." ”

"So many?" said Gori, with a sigh of exclamation.

"Do you think that the ninth-level demonic beast is so easy to hunt? That ninth-level thunder python skin can produce two or three pieces of excellent-level armor, and that pair of fangs is also the material of the best excellent-level fangs dagger, this is what we are in a hurry to use money to sell from the black market, otherwise the materials on these two thunder pythons can be sold for 1120,000 gold coins. ”

"How are you going to divide the money with us now?" asked Golly with a smile.

Arthur deliberately hung Golly's appetite and said slowly: "Joan has already made the decision for us and gave a fraction of the more than 2,000 gold coins to McGinn as an introduction fee, and the other 10,000 gold coins are the share that Joan deserves in our previous harvest." As for the remaining 160,000 gold coins, I am not going to divide them, and after a while, there will be excellent equipment in the auction that everyone can use, regardless of the price, I am responsible for adding an excellent level equipment to each of us. ”

Golly pursed her lips, "The equipment that this girl has taken a fancy to in a while, you may not have enough money?"

"Then I'll post myself to you!" Arthur rarely took the initiative to mess with Golly.

"You're not that valuable?"

"You say I'm cheap?"

"You said it yourself. ”

While the two were arguing, the auction officially began with a melodious flute sounding.