bookbashuk Chapter 147 Special Auction Items Treasured from the Bottom of the Box
Chapter 147 Special Auction Items Treasured from the Bottom of the Box
Chapter 147 Special Auction Items Treasured from the Bottom of the Box
"Because the owner of this item does not want to keep it unsold and hopes that a destined buyer will acquire it, this item will not be left unsold and bidding will now resume!"
After Vice President Su finished speaking, the previous lively atmosphere disappeared. However, a nobleman in the crowd, with a try-it-out mentality, raised his sign.
"I'll offer 250,100 gold soul coins."
Although Vice President Su pointed out the drawbacks of the metal one by one, there were still a few people who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to acquire it.
"See? After pointing out the disadvantages of this metal, people will decide not to waste their money. After all, it costs 250,000 gold soul coins, which is enough for more than a year's expenses even for an average noble family," Xiao Yan joked. The person who raised the price by 100 gold soul coins was obviously just trying his luck. If someone else raises the price now, then this piece of metal that will not end up in someone else's pocket will definitely be his, Xiao Yan's.
Tang San nodded, agreeing with his elder brother's words: "After all, although Heavenly Fire Refined Iron is rare, it is indeed as Vice President Su said. Not only will it be obtained by those who are destined, but only those who are destined can use it. Just like what President Shi said earlier, even Lou Gao was helpless with this stone, but Agumon's flames will definitely make this metal glow red."
Xiao Yan instinctively wanted to touch the rolling beast on his head, but the creature had already jumped away and huddled in Xiao Wu's arms. Ning Rongrong, standing to the side, was also curiously examining Xiao Yan's martial soul at such close range for the first time.
Heavenly Fire Iron is formed from magma, and its internal temperature reaches the extreme point required for ordinary objects to burn. How could anything but an extreme flame heat it up and then forge it? Since even the master craftsman Lou Gao only said that the flame temperature couldn't ignite it and therefore it couldn't be forged, his Agumon's flames of over a thousand degrees must have a way to make this Heavenly Fire Iron work for him.
Ning Rongrong smiled, though she didn't say anything on the surface. In her heart, she was already shocked by Xiao Yan's plan. He had only revealed a few simple points of information, yet the price of a piece of metal that had been priced at two million gold soul coins had instantly dropped to two hundred and fifty thousand.
This not only requires you to understand metals, Soul Master cultivation, and theoretical aspects, but also to understand human nature. If it were the original Ning Rongrong, she might have directly contacted Vice President Su, and with his evasiveness or the instigation of other auction participants, the Heavenly Fire Refined Iron might have been sold.
However, Xiao Yan immediately saw the significance of the matter and simply revealed some basic information to the Blacksmith Association of Tiandou City.
If the Blacksmiths' Association doesn't take any action, whoever ends up with this piece of metal will be disrespecting the Blacksmiths' Association.
The pressure from Chairman Shi of the Blacksmiths' Association forced Vice Chairman Su to abandon his clever tricks and obediently start the auction according to his estimated price.
Humans are creatures that know how to cut their losses. With the details of this metal now revealed, 250,000 gold soul coins is the highest price Vice President Su can negotiate. He was even worried at first that no one would bid. Although the bidders are now adding 100,000 to 1,000 gold soul coins, the overall value is still rising, and it has now reached nearly 260,000 gold soul coins.
"Although this piece of Heavenly Fire Refined Iron has many flaws, just as I said, there's no guarantee that you'll find a special way to bring out its true value after you win the bid. It's 260,000 per bid now. Are there any distinguished guests who would like to raise the price?" Vice President Su said excitedly, giving his usual encouraging words while gripping the auction gavel tightly.
Of course, the noble attendees below the stage had clearly lost patience. They just wanted the piece of Heavenly Fire Iron to be auctioned off quickly so they could see if the subsequent auction items were as rare and precious as described in the brochure.
"Three hundred thousand!" Seeing that no one else was bidding higher, Xiao Yan pressed the button on the table, and the words "Three hundred thousand gold soul coins" appeared on the glass of the entire No. 3 VIP room.
"Oh, the VIP in VIP room number three has raised the bid to 300,000. Are there any other VIPs willing to raise the bid?" Vice President Su originally thought that this piece of metal could only fetch 260,000, but unexpectedly, the guest in VIP room number three directly raised the bid by 40,000, which made him start to wonder again, could this piece of metal really be valuable?
"Big brother, why did you add so much?" Xiao Wu looked a little anxious. The broken metal could have been bought for just over 260,000, but Xiao Yan added 40,000 more. In the eyes of the little money-grubber, this was a big deal. Moreover, Xiao Wu remembered that her big brother Xiao Yan did not earn money easily. In the early days, he would count the gold coins carefully when spending them.
"Xiao Wu, we did indeed rudely to their business, so we should still pay the bill, even if it's a tactic," Xiao Yan explained with a smile.
After all, if he kept quiet, at most it would only cause the Tian Dou Auction House to offend the Blacksmith Association, but the business dealings between the two parties would not stop. In fact, he could even share some of the two million gold soul coins with President Shi.
However, since he had pointed it out, although it was reasonable and justifiable, it still put an end to the other party's hopes of getting two million. It was not unreasonable for him to pay a little more money. Besides, regarding the upcoming trip to Xingluo, Xue Qinghe not only promised to let him choose a treasure from the Heaven Dou Empire's treasury after he succeeded, but also gave him a storage ring containing 100,000 gold soul coins. According to him, this was all his private money as the crown prince.
Xiao Yan accepted it with a smile, after all, he didn't know what would happen to him when he went to Xingluo, so it would be disrespectful to refuse.
"Three hundred thousand, sold for the third time! After the auction ends, we will deliver lot number four to your private box, esteemed guest number three." After Vice President Su finished speaking, he seemed to have gotten rid of a hot potato and breathed a sigh of relief.
The subsequent lots proceeded without much controversy or uproar, as Vice President Su himself was an auctioneer and therefore a professional in this field.
As time passed, the auction for the last item, the "Netherworld Armor," was soon underway. Xiao Yan had enough funds to cover the cost of the Heavenly Fire Refined Iron, so he easily acquired this last item for 2.1 million, a price only slightly higher than the Heavenly Fire Refined Iron, whose true value was yet to be revealed.
Moreover, this precious armor was actually made by Lou Gao. Xiao Yan instantly understood why Vice President Su would choose to cover up the drawbacks of the refined iron for its owner. Presumably, both the armor and the metal came from the forces in the Xingluo region, and their deal was to sell these two items for as high a price as possible.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that this Heavenly Fire Refined Iron is generally useless to ordinary people, it would indeed be worth this price. Just as Xiao Yan and the others initially discussed, it wouldn't be unreasonable to sell it for five million. However, after all, in the Douluo Continent, few people can make good use of it.
It's like you brought a Chinese charger to the Stone Age. Forget about finding a plug, you can't even find electricity. But you can't say the charger is bad, since it saves the lives of cattle and horses every day.
Seeing that the last item had been won by the VIPs in Box 3, the group of nobles present stood up and were about to leave, but unexpectedly, Vice President Su spoke up again to persuade them to stay.
"Although according to convention, our Tian Dou Auction only has nine items for auction, today is indeed a coincidence. A very rare item was just delivered to our auction house today. Considering that our auction is only held once every six months, in order to keep this treasure from leaving everyone's sight, we have decided to make it the last item for tonight. Based on my personal analysis, the upper limit of the price of this item can reach at least five million gold soul coins."
Upon hearing this, no one present moved an inch, and some who had already walked several meters away hurriedly returned.
Xiao Yan's expression was somewhat amused. Could a treasure that the vice president of the auction house valued so much be the soul bone of some rare and powerful soul beast?
Vice President Su clapped her hands, and the etiquette lady below the stage immediately understood. She quickly instructed two burly men, and the two of them worked together to lift the object covered with the red cloth onto the stage.
This is the last item up for auction.