Chapter 447: The Auction Boom (1)
The famous Crown Pearl Auction in the city of Weskotosi was founded by the third-level great magician Al Weihao.
It is said that this mage, who has a small name on the East Coast, is a powerful summoner who is good at summoning and serving many powerful creatures in the different planes.
Not only Shangri-La Hotel, but also many of the consumer attractions in Westcoto City are the properties of Master Alweehao.
For ordinary people, these assets are wealth that cannot be spent in hundreds of lifetimes, and for people of the level of Master El Weihao, they are just worldly money.
The auction of the crown pearl, which is extremely prestigious to the outside world, according to people familiar with the matter, is divided into three levels.
The first level belongs to the exchange circle of peerless powerhouses such as Ai Weihao, and to enter this circle, at least the strength of the second level or above is required, and the auctions at that level rarely use currency to trade, and the vast majority of them are bartered.
The second level is the main reason why the Crown Pearl Auction has been recognized by most of the powerful mages and knight families around it since its birth, and the requirements for participants are all above the first level.
It is also this initiative to create a trading and auction platform for the powerhouses above the first level, making it a triennial event in the city of Weskotosi.
The last level is an auction for 'ordinary people' below the first level, and the participants are mainly businessmen and top nobles from all over the West Coast, and some quasi-or high-level powerhouses like Locke will also come to form a small part of the auction.
Don't underestimate the auction at the last level, what can be put on the auction table by the third-level great magician is not ordinary, and some of the precious auction items are likely to be high-quality products from the second-level, or even third-level powerhouse circles.
For the useless treasures and props of the first and second level powerhouses, they often cause the coaxing of quasi-knights and magicians, even those aristocratic and wealthy businessmen who do not have a fighting spirit and magic level, and they don't mind having a few more life-saving props around them, and they can't use them themselves, and it is good to pass them on to their next generation.
Why is the crown pearl famous in the Sony Kingdom and even the East Coast, one is that the reputation recognized by the strong people above the first level is there, and the second is that ordinary people who participate in the auction tout and exaggerate the crown pearl.
Although this world belongs to the world of the strong, there is no doubt that the number of weak people accounts for more than ninety percent of the base of the entire world.
It is difficult for one of the hundred people to break through the shackles and become a powerhouse above the first level, and even if there is, the propaganda of the ninety-nine people is definitely much broader than that peerless powerhouse.
Ten minutes into the Crown Pearl auction house, Locke found that less than one-tenth of the participants were native to the Kingdom of Sony, and the rest were all wealthy people from all over the East Coast.
For example, the aristocratic fat man in front of him, according to him, is from a small kingdom called Wooden Tower on the northern border of the East Coast.
Because of the centripetal force of the Wizarding Continent's development towards the center of the continent, the countries on the east coast have a characteristic, that is, the more southeast, the stronger and more developed, and the Kingdom of Sony is located in the southern hinterland of the east coast.
And this kingdom called Mutari, Locke has been on the East Coast for more than a year now, and it is unheard of, most of it is a small country like Faustin, dependent on other powerful countries to survive.
"Hehe, Brother Locke, where are you from?" and without a word, the fat man called Locke his brother.
"The Kingdom of Manhattan, oh, so brother, you are the nobles of that place!" the fat man's little eyes kept rolling, rubbing his fat palms, looking like a dedicated dog.
In terms of the strength of the kingdom, the Kingdom of Manhattan can rank among the top seven countries on the East Coast, not as strong as the Kingdom of Sony, but several times stronger than the Kingdom of Mutari.
The status of the nobleman of the Rockmanhattan Kingdom, although the title is not high, also makes the fat man look up to him, not to mention the confidante of a middle-level magic apprentice in his arms, which also makes the fat man envious.
"Hope, have you heard that there are any special products in this auction?" Locke hugged Rafite and Christine in his arms, this action made the fat man Hope envy at the same time, shaking his head and hating why he was not born in an aristocratic family in the Kingdom of Manhattan.
"Magic guides and scrolls that can be used by ordinary people, with low thresholds and high power, these things are the main commodities of previous years. "There are all sorts of strange materials that are useful not only for magicians, but also for us." β
"I heard that there is a 'Tears of the Goddess' auction this time, and I also came to purchase a copy on the mission of my family. In front of Locke, Hope seemed to have no scheming and generously stated the purpose of his trip.
'Tears of the Goddess' Locke had long heard of its name, which could delay the aging of humans below the middle level by three years, and belonged to the holy product that only experienced pharmacists above the second level could make.
This kind of elixir is bought and sold in drops, one drop can be delayed for three years, and a person can only reuse it twice in his life, before Locke did not get the elf potion, this magic potion is one of the few ways that Locke found to increase the lifespan of his parents and Xia Qian.
"I don't know if the gold coins I brought from the family this time are enough, but I can't do it, so I can only take it out of my own pocket. Fat Hope said with a bitter face.
A precious potion that can increase lifespan, the tears of the goddess have few side effects, and can be reused twice, which is favored by the high-level rulers of the major kingdoms in the wizarding world, especially those nobles who are not good in fighting spirit and magic, and rely on these things to give them life.
"Go for it, I'm sure you can. Rock gave Hope a playful look of support.
A drop of the Goddess's Tears starts at least 10,000 gold cords, and it has no price, that is, with Locke's net worth, he can get five or six drops at most, and the price that this fat man needs to pay to grab a drop among many opponents can be imagined.
This is also the reason why Locke is so desperate to get the elven potion, so far, this is the only reliable way he has found to prolong the life of his parents and lover.
Hope, though grimacing, was momentarily stirred up by the upcoming auction.
The tears of the goddess are made by powerful magicians above the second level, and this kind of powerhouse itself has a lifespan of hundreds of thousands of years, and it is certainly not in vain to make these 'useless' potions for them, they are nothing more than to make profits.
The Tears of the Goddess usually only flow out for months on the black market, but in auction venues such as the Crown Pearl, since the news of the Tears of the Goddess has come out, there must be more than one metered stock here.
A Tear of the Goddess Elixir can be divided into about a hundred drops, and it is believed that only the wealth that adds up to more than one million gold cords can cause powerful pharmacists with strength at the second level to make a special one for this purpose.
Magicians are a profession that burns money, and pharmacists and alchemists are even more, these powerful people are not as flawless and great as the ants at the bottom imagined, they are also human beings, or they have evolved from people, and they are inevitably 'lack of money' This embarrassing situation.
If more than 100 drops of the Goddess's Tears appeared at auction, Locke's judgment of the fat man's bejeweled body would still have a chance to win a drop.
Without waiting for Locke and Fat Hope to communicate with others, the auction officially began under the command of a middle-aged man in black wearing gold-rimmed glasses.
"My name is Gray, and I'm sure the nobles of Wescootor here know me. The middle-aged man in black introduced himself, "Without further ado, let's move out the first auction item of today!"
The middle-aged man in black beckoned to the back of the stage, and a water inkstone two meters wide and three meters high was moved up by two big men.
The transpiring water element under the water inkstone forms a cloud of white mist, with a light blue magic dazzle background, which is beautiful, which uses at least three magic applications, and what is even more impressive is that in the shallow pool below the water mist, there are also strange fish the size of thumbs.
The nobles present looked at the overall appearance of the water inkstone, Christine and other magicians looked at the interesting magic inscriptions reproduced on the water inkstone, and knights like Locke looked at the water inkstone itself.
"There's something wrong with the metal that makes up the inkstone. Lafite, who was constantly in Locke's arms, was also attracted by the goods on the auction table.
"Do you see that?" Locke said with a smile, knights pay attention to the unity of nature and man, and contain the fighting spirit of nature in their own bodies, the more they are in harmony with nature, and the more the knight tends to be in harmony with nature, the more they can find some metal minerals in nature that are beneficial to themselves.
Locke found out with the sense of a quasi-knight, while Rafi was because of the bonus of his gold fighting energy, the metal that makes up the water inkstone, it is really not enough to create a pair of armor, but if it is a long sword, it is more than enough, this is a metal suitable for gold fighting qi users.
"Why don't I take a picture of you?" asked Locke.
"No, I don't. Raffi shook her head.
Locke didn't have much idea about this inkstone in his heart, he wanted to shoot a pair of armor and a long sword for Raffi directly, instead of buying raw materials here, without a suitable alchemy room and blacksmith, it is unknown whether this metal can finally become a weapon in hand.
Part of the reason is that the value of this inkstone itself is not its material, just like now, it is being scrambled by dozens of graceful and luxurious nobles in the auction hall, and the price has been raised to 8,000 gold ropes in just a dozen seconds, and it continues to rise.
A rough observation of the number of people in the entire auction hall showed that there were close to 1,000 people, densely packed, and it was thanks to the space on the third floor of the Shangri-La Hotel that it could accommodate so many people, of course, there were nearly two adults, and there were no seats crowded into the aisles.
The auction will last for five days without stopping, during which some people will definitely leave and some will join, so there is no need to rush, and those who have money will naturally get what they want.
The first auction item, a water inkstone made by an unnamed alchemist, was finally sold for 16,000 gold so, which was a good start to the auction.
Next, all kinds of strange and exotic items were put on the table one after another, and with Locke's experience and the vision of a quasi-knight, he was gradually dazzled by the items offered by the Crown Pearl auction.
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This chapter wrote a few hundred more words.,It's a compensation and sorry for yesterday's break.,I'm still a little dizzy after getting off the train today.,In the afternoon, I made up for a sleep in the dormitory to recover a little spirit.,Wait to see the English words and go back to sleep.,Tomorrow will continue to study.γCode words.,It's now 9:21 in the evening.γ