Chapter 498 Start with shocking the appraiser
“4000 Plantagenet coins!”
h “The distinguished guest in Box 1 bid 4000 Plantagenet coins.”
Midi's eyes swept across the eight boxes at the top of the stepped seats. Her sight was blocked by the outer walls of the boxes and she could not see anything. But she seemed to know who was sitting inside and kept smiling.
In addition to having 1,600 seats, the entire auction hall also has eight separate boxes at the top.
But in the past three days, Gaode had not seen anyone entering or exiting the box, let alone any guests bidding in the box.
I think the "VIP customers" in the box didn't come at all, and they didn't start attending the auction until today.
It is worth mentioning that as the specifications of the auction items increased, the price increase buttons next to their seats were also adjusted in a timely manner.
Now the four buttons represent price increases of 100, 500, 1000 and 2000 Plantagenet coins, canceling the original 50 Plantagenet coin level and replacing it with the 2000 Plantagenet City level.
Guests in box No. 1 will receive the highest price increase upon arrival.
But even so, the next moment, the numbers on the light screen of the auction table started to jump again.
ifies in 5,000 gorse coins! The distinguished guest in Box 3 bids 5,000 gorse coins! Is there a higher price?» Midi kept a perfectly charming smile on her face.
"Dragon whale is not a hybrid creature between a dragon creature and a whale creature in the literal sense, but a magical creature that exists outside the water elemental plane and the outer realm.
"The essence is not blood, but the highly concentrated life essence naturally exuded by the dragon whale during a specific life cycle. It is extremely rare. "The special life form of the dragon whale makes its original energy highly compatible and original. Theoretically, it can be absorbed by any mortal creature. "
"This is a rare thing that can be encountered but not found. It was accidentally obtained by a powerful mage who accidentally entered the elemental plane. I don't know when I want to see it next time. After all, plane travel is a forbidden journey for most mages." At the right time, Midi talked about it and introduced the Dragon Whale Essence.
˜Mainly supplementing the background of Dragon Whale and how to obtain it.
It is unknown whether it is true or false, but it adds a little extra storyline to Dragon Whale Essence, and the effect is even more visible to the naked eye.
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However, at this price, it is already close to the upper limit, and the bidders' price increase begins to become conservative.
“10,000 gorse coins!” The guest in Box 1 bid again.
"10,000 gorse coins once!"
"Two times for 10,000 gorse coins!"
"Three times for 10,000 gorse coins!"
Midi made the final decision: "Congratulations to the guest in box No. 1 for capturing the essence of the Dragon Whale!"
Ten thousand gorse coins!
This is the first lot to be sold for more than 10,000 yuan at this year's All Souls Day auction.
You must know that Gothe didn’t even spend 10,000 gorse coins to buy Harland Shipyard.
Now just one auction item, a drop of "liquid", is worth more than an entire shipyard.
Gaode was also quite emotional, and at the same time, he increasingly felt that his choice of "Aoki Immortality Sutra" was the right choice.
Don't talk about anything else, the extra life limit gained through the "Aoki Sutra of Immortality" alone is worth more than 100,000 gorse coins based on the transaction price of Dragon Whale Essence.
After the auction entered the high-end arena, another change was that the pace slowed down significantly.
The entry-level stores mainly focus on price, quality and quantity, while the high-end stores are beginning to take the high-quality route.
The total number of auction items in the high-end auction in one day is only about one hundred, and it is no longer divided into raw materials and finished products as in the previous three days. Similar items are auctioned together.
Instead, according to the arrangement of the auctioneer, raw materials and finished products are auctioned separately, so that there will be no particularly boring parts of the entire auction.
This is very reasonable, because after entering the high-end auction, the number of bidding rounds suddenly increased, and it took an average of five or six times for an item to be sold.
For rare items such as Dragon Whale Essence, the bidding rounds can reach more than ten rounds.
If we continue to arrange two to three hundred lots like the previous low-level auction, not to mention whether we can produce so many high-end lots, the time alone is not enough, and the auction may not be able to end in one day.
The quality of the auction items means that for Gaode, there are obviously more things that attract him.
Even the raw material auctions that were cold in the first three days are now very attractive.
In this event, Gaode directly suffered a huge loss and won three lots, which was equivalent to the total of the previous three days.
These three auction items are all raw material treasures needed to make rune structures.
One is "Refined Dragon Blood Ink", which is a high-end magic ink made by mixing special solvents, magic-guiding powder and dragon blood.
Of course, the dragon blood in this is not pure dragon blood, but is taken from the fourth-level red lizard that contains weak dragon blood. It is actually the blood of a giant lizard.
The reason why it is called Dragon’s Blood is, of course, for the sake of mentioning the title.
Magic ink is one of the core consumables for rune masters.
Such a high-quality magic ink would be a bit extravagant to use to carve large-scale rune formations, but it is just right for making rune structures.
After spending 800 gold, Gothe got this bottle of magic ink, which should be at level four.
The other two treasures, one is the core structural material of the rune construction "Deep Sea Sunken Silver Ore", the transaction price is 950 gold.
This is a piece of mithril mixed ore salvaged from a deep sea vein that is difficult to reach by sunlight.
Hybrid It has been infiltrated by water pressure and water elements for a long time. It has good magic conductivity, excellent toughness and corrosion resistance. It has water-like ripples on the surface and its appearance is not bad. It is suitable as the main base material for chest armor and arm armor in rune construction components.
The other one is a set of four vials of third-level elemental dust, including the four basic elements of earth, wind, water, and fire.
This is an auxiliary and processing material commonly used by rune masters.
Before carving and drawing the runes, spreading them on the surface of the material can slightly improve the sensitivity of magic perception and slightly strengthen the rune effect of the corresponding element attributes.
The former is to increase the success rate of drawing runes and reduce errors.
The latter is to improve the quality of the runes.
The price is still acceptable, and it only cost 850 gorse coins to win it successfully.
Material auctions are generally like this, their own value attributes are there, and there is little talk of a premium.
Furthermore, the amounts of refined dragon blood ink and elemental dust are quite large, and they are enough to be used multiple times when making rune constructs.
After winning these three lots, the auction on the fourth day was a full harvest for Gaode.
But it seemed that the good luck ended here. On the fifth day, after an entire auction, there were nearly a hundred lots, but he was not interested in any of them.
Returning to the hotel with a hint of depression, Gothe once again took out the Bone-Eating Vine Magic Crystal.
After three days of absorption and refining, less than a quarter of the energy remains in the magic crystal at this moment, and it will be completely turned into a useless crystal today.
Gaode sat cross-legged and began to absorb the wood element energy and toxin energy just like the previous three days.
After three days of tempering, the spell patterns on the magic crystal in his body have reached 67 lines, and the [Adaptive] progress is also very gratifying.
【Your body continues to be attacked and tempered by toxin energy...your immunity to toxins increases by 112%, and the ability of your body organs to metabolize and excrete various toxins increases by 119.7%】.
After the energy in the bone-eating vine magic crystal entered the body, Gothe's senses slowly fell silent, and his mind concentrated on the body.
One after another, the pure energy of the wood element is like a stream flowing into the river and the sea, pouring into his magic crystal of wood.
At the same time, the poisonous energy was constantly attacking his body, traveling along the blood vessels, and black and blue traces immediately appeared wherever it passed.
Gothe's skin was covered with strange blue-purple lines at a speed visible to the naked eye, covering his limbs and trunk like the roots of an old tree. Even his lips were glowing with a deathly gray color, giving him the appearance of being seriously ill.
But he was not affected at all and remained focused, refining the wood element energy in an orderly manner and pouring it into the wood magic crystal suspended above the mana pool.
When the last ray of energy in the Bone-Eating Vine Demonic Crystal was completely absorbed into his body, a water-like pattern finally appeared in Gaode's Wood Demonic Crystal again.
69 lines.
When the magic pattern reaches 120, his mage level can be upgraded to the middle stage of the second level.
Now one-sixth of it has been completed.
It has only been three months since he was promoted to the second ring.
"The Military Mage Fighting Competition...there is still more than a year left..." Gothe whispered softly in his heart, then opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbid air mixed with toxins.
The turbidity turned into light green mist in the air and quickly dissipated.
Looking at the Bone-Eating Vine Magic Crystal in the palm of my hand, it has lost all its luster at this moment, changing from the original deep dark green to a transparent crystal.
Gaode just pinched it lightly, and the magic crystal turned into fine powder and scattered in the wind.
The toxin energy in his body has not yet been metabolized, causing him constant acupuncture-like pain.
However, this little pain has basically no effect on him.
First, he filled a glass of water, cast [All-purpose Secret Medicine], and mixed himself a cup of secret medicine with lingering properties [Analgesia]. After drinking it all, he gave himself [Comfortable Sleep+], and he fell asleep in pain very easily, and his breathing gradually became long and steady.
When I woke up the next day, not a drop of toxin energy was left in my body.
The energy in the mana pool is full, and the wood magic crystal is shining brighter than yesterday.
Gothe stretched slightly, and the bones all over his body cracked for a while.
Subsequently, he seemed to notice something and raised his hand suddenly.
On the back of the hand, the mark representing the astral teleportation is shining like a star.
The complex runes flow endlessly as if they are alive.
This means that the astral teleportation charging has been completed.
As long as he wants to, he can now teleport through the astral realm within ten seconds, disappear from the City of Black Sails, and reach the North.
This amulet-like trump card made Gothe completely relieved, and a calm smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
With the guarantee of astral teleportation, he felt more confident about his actions in the City of Black Sails and felt more at ease.
He straightened his robes, left the room, and knocked on the door of Lanwen's room, which lived next door.
"Let's go, have breakfast, and then continue to participate in the auction." Gothe said refreshed.
Today is the sixth day of the auction, which is also the second auction.
For most people who come from far and wide to attend the All Souls Day auction, the highlight is of course tomorrow’s finale.
But for Gothe, today is his highlight.
Because today he has to send for auction the two Black Wings relics that Sarah gave him.
This way, according to the original plan, we can attract the attention of the pirate king Davy Jones who is hiding behind the scenes.
At the same time, it can also be exchanged for enough money, so that tomorrow, the funds can be used to bid for the bottle of the five-ring ring-boosting potion that Midi revealed in advance.
He arrived at the Blue Flame Auction House by a familiar route.
But this time, after Gaode entered the main hall inside the auction house, he turned a corner and walked towards the corridor with an appraisal sign on the side.
A hint of understanding flashed in the attendant's eyes, and he made a guiding gesture sideways: "Please follow me. All items sent for auction must be evaluated by our appraisers, and we will give a guaranteed estimate based on the value of the items."
Gaode nodded and followed the pace of the attendant.
After entering the corridor, he discovered that this long and narrow corridor was neatly divided into nearly ten small secret rooms.
The attendant took Gothe to one of the small secret rooms, opened the wooden door, and made an invitation gesture to Gothe.
"This distinguished guest, you only need to hand over the treasure you want to send for auction to the appraiser inside for evaluation and review."
Gaode took Lan Wen and strode into the secret room. Lan Wen closed the door and closed it.
The small secret room is not big, but the light in it is bright and the air is not dull.
There is an old man with white hair sitting in the room. He has a pair of crystal lenses on the bridge of his nose and is scanning Gothe and Lanwen with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Please sit down and take out the things you need to send for photography." He looked at the two of them and casually pointed to the chair in front of the table.
Gaode didn't waste any time and sat down on the chair. Without saying a word, he took out a ring and a silver chain from his arms and placed them on the table.
"Accessories? They look a bit old, don't they?"
The old man looked at the two ornaments that Gothe took out, and there was something wrong in his eyes.
Not only is it a bit old, the crystals on the ring have spiderweb-like cracks on the surface, and the silver chain is even stained with rust.
Today is a high-end store with a threshold of 500 gorse coins. Isn’t it ridiculous to bring out these two pieces of jewelry that look like defective items?
The old man felt that it was outrageous, but he still showed good professionalism. He did not want to offend an unknown mage for no reason and bring unnecessary disaster to himself, so he put on a business-like attitude to cover up the complicated emotions in his heart.
"This guest, as I said before, the All Souls Festival auction has strict standards for the items sent for auction. If it is judged that they do not meet the minimum standards for this auction, we have the right to refuse to accept the items sent for auction.
In addition, if you are not satisfied with my appraisal results, you can also raise it on the spot, and our auction house will send you another appraiser to conduct the appraisal. ” As he took over the two pieces of jewelry and prepared to start his own identification process, he made a disclaimer in advance.
"Let's start the appraisal." Gothe interrupted him without changing his expression.
The old man took a deep breath and suppressed the doubts in his heart.
He did not touch the two ornaments immediately, but first adjusted the angle of the lantern on the table so that soft but bright enough light could evenly shine on the two ornaments.
Immediately afterwards, a weak magic wave appeared on the old man's body.
As the magic waves flickered, his pupils gradually gained a glimmer of glass, as if they could reflect scenes that ordinary people couldn't see.
Then, the old man glanced at the ring and necklace.
The next moment, his eyes widened suddenly, and he exclaimed:
"Fifth-level extraordinary jewelry!"