It was just past noon when Xia Fan left the Crimson Fortress and went to the large lawn outside.
Many of the merchants' workers were busy preparing. Aside from preparing food and drinks for the guests, they also had to prepare for the chest opening event at four in the afternoon.
Xia Fan saw that there were a total of one hundred sturdy alloy tables set up on the lawn. These tables were used to open the chests. Due to the large number of chests, many workers were needed to open them at the same time.
According to past experience, all the chests would be opened within two hours from four to six in the afternoon. Then, it would be time for the banquet.
The guests who participated in the treasure hunt would be warmly treated by the host regardless of whether they obtained a treasure or not.
The banquet would last from dusk until midnight, just like a grand carnival once a month. Aside from eating and drinking, a lot of business would also be completed during the banquet. For example, if the lucky ones who obtained a good item did not want it, they could sell it off during the banquet.
Thus, the treasure chest opening event was not only a gamble, but also a social event for merchants to connect with each other. Many people who did not live in Fire Beacon City took a flying ship to come here. The reason was not difficult to understand.
The two big merchant guilds of Fire Beacon City were indeed good at doing business. In the complicated society of the outer regions, other than personal strength, one must also have connections and friends. The fact that the two merchant guilds had so many friends and a good reputation was the result of their hard work.
Of course, this banquet was not free. According to the rules, those who came to participate in the treasure chest opening event had to win at least one treasure chest. The starting price of a treasure chest was ten gold coins, and tonight's final transaction would reach at least fifteen million gold coins.
Xia Fan sat down next to the free bar. He did not drink and instead ordered a cup of watermelon juice while waiting for Tony and Fu You to come out.
He chose three chests for himself. Other than the extra-large chest with the core, there was also a medium chest and a small chest.
Xia Fan did not know what was inside these two chests, but the smell was strange. It contained some taste molecules that Xia Fan had never seen before.
One of them was clearly made of metal, and the small chest contained a bottle of wine. It was a very strange wine with a very unique smell. It seemed to have the smell of a high-level beast. Xia Fan really did not know what it was. After all, he only had a better sense of smell than ordinary people, but he did not have the ability to see through things.
In order to fool others, Xia Fan even randomly chose twenty treasure chests. Otherwise, if he won only three chests, but all of them contained good stuff, it would definitely raise suspicions.
After drinking three glasses of juice in a row, Xia Fan waited until it was 25 minutes to four before Fu You and Tony walked out of the Red Fortress excitedly. Xia Fan waved at them from afar when he saw them and called them over.
"I have a hunch that there will be a treasure today!" Fo You said excitedly.
"Let's hope all of us have good luck." Tony nodded repeatedly.
This was the bias of survivorship. Almost all humans felt that they were different and the luckiest ones. However, this was definitely not the truth.
That was how society was structured. The vast majority of people were destined to be mediocre in their lives. If everyone was lucky and would succeed, then society would have long been in chaos.
Therefore, it was normal for people to be ordinary in their lives. It was just that most people were unwilling to accept the fact that they were just ordinary humans.
Xia Fan asked with interest, "How many boxes did you choose?"
Tony said honestly, "Fo You chose a lot, but I only chose two. After all, I don't have that much money."
Fo You laughed and patted his chest. "I chose one hundred and eight. Is this number auspicious enough?"
Xia Fan was stunned and laughed. "You bought so many boxes. Do you have money to pay for them? I remember you didn't change your money. You took your pocket money from me yesterday. "
Fo You rolled his eyes at Xia Fan and said, "What's the use of money? Don't I have you? When the time comes, you can just pay for me, right? At most, I will give you half of the treasure. "
What he said made it sound like Fo You could really get the treasure. Xia Fan was speechless.
However, Fo You did not care much about financial affairs. He had a bank card given by his family. When he bought things, he would swipe the card without even looking at the price. He lived like a young master who didn't care about anything.
In fact, Fo You only participated in the treasure chests for fun. In his eyes, there were no treasures. As the second young master of the Buddha Clan, what could he not have?
At this time, Fo You's terminal beeped. Fo You's face suddenly changed and he shouted, "Oh no! Someone bid more than me. The treasure is going to be taken away! "
"No, I must make a comeback!"
At the last moment, the customers finally began to bid. Xia Fan looked around and found that almost everyone on the lawn had stopped talking. Their eyes were glued to the terminal screen. The beeping sound became more and more rapid. People's eyes were red and they began to bid crazily.
The staff of the trading firm, on the other hand, had a knowing smile on their faces. They saw such a scene once a month and had long been used to it.
Xia Fan was also staring at the terminal, but he did not bid. Instead, he was calculating Fo You's bill.
This big spender had always been unscrupulous in spending money. As long as it was something he wanted, he would not care about the price.
Fortunately, Hai Dongying had given him 1,000 level-three energy crystals. Each crystal could be exchanged for 200 gold coins, which added up to 200,000 gold coins. It should be enough for Fo You.
Xia Fan grew up eating level-nine energy crystals, so he did not care much about these energy-rich stones.
There were still 47 level-nine energy crystals in Xia Fan's spatial ring. After Xia Fan became an adult, he had not eaten such frighteningly expensive crystals, so he still had some in stock. He could save them for critical moments.
Thinking of crystals, Xia Fan could not help but think of the scourges who had raised him.
It was because of their investment that he had become who he was today.
When Xia Fan was a child, he was a mortal who had not even opened his seventh brain region. But those scourges had used level-nine energy crystals to give Xia Fan a body of iron!
Xia Fan's body was very valuable!
Every strand of his hair was worth tens of thousands of gold coins!
This was because he had been completely built with level-nine energy crystals!
At the last moment, Grandpa Blind Man had finally paid the price of his life to help Xia Fan open his seventh brain region.
Now, Xia Fan had soared to the sky!
The priceless super-strong bones had played a role. In less than a year, Xia Fan's level had reached the Star Sector-level!
The Speed lineage was the most difficult in the universe!
The Speed lineage, Star Sector-level Heavenly Lord!
Xia Fan was now only one step away from the legendary Speed Heavenly Lord!
Even Fo You, the insufferably arrogant second young master of the Deity and Buddha Clan, had combat power that was not above Xia Fan. Among the younger generation of warriors, there were only a few in the entire Nebula Alliance who were stronger than Xia Fan and Fo You.
All of this was brought to Xia Fan by those scourges. They did not have the same bloodline as Xia Fan, but they were still his family.
"Not good, not good! Someone has surpassed me again! "With only one minute left, Fo You was so anxious that he was about to jump up.
Who asked this guy to be so greedy? He had actually chosen 108 treasure chests, which meant that he had to compete with many people at the same time. He was flustered and dazzled, and his forehead began to sweat. Even in a duel of life and death, Xia Fan had never seen Fo You so nervous. His two hands were frantically pressing on the terminal, constantly increasing the price.
"Ten!
"Nine!
"Eight!
"Seven!
"Six!
"Five!
"Four!
"Three!
"Two!
"One!"
At the last second before the countdown ended, Xia Fan raised the corner of his mouth and gently swiped his right hand on the terminal. In an instant, all the bids had been settled.
It could not be helped. Those with speed had always been the bully. These people were not qualified to compete with Xia Fan in terms of hand speed.
Looking at Fo You and Tony, Tony was still fine, but Fo You was sweating profusely. He was so anxious that he almost smashed the terminal.
Due to the unfavorable bidding, Fo You had chosen 108 boxes, but only 41 of them were won in the end. Most of them were taken away by others.
"My treasures!"
"They were all taken away by others!" Fo You said with a sad face.
Tony was fine. In the end, he won a chest. Not many people bid for it, but he still spent 25 gold coins, which was nearly half a month's income for him and Jay.
"Next is the opening of the treasure chests. Every time a valuable treasure is opened, it will be shown on the screen." Tony pointed excitedly to the front of the lawn.
A middle-aged man dressed in traditional clothes appeared on the high platform. Tony said that he was the butler of the Jiang family.
Jiang Chunyun's status was extraordinary, so he would not come to the scene in person. Instead, he sent his most trusted butler, which showed that he attached great importance to the treasure chest opening event.
The butler introduced himself. His surname was He Jinting.
"Next is the long-awaited opening of the treasure chests."
"This time, we have placed a total of three treasures worth more than 100,000 gold coins in the chest, 20 treasures worth 10,000 gold coins, 100 treasures worth 1,000 gold coins, and a peerless treasure!"
Hearing the words "peerless treasure", everyone's eyes lit up.
He Jinting said with a smile, "Everyone must want to know what this peerless treasure is, right?"
"Actually, I want to know too, but this peerless treasure was personally selected and stored by the master from the vault. Even I don't know what is inside."
"So, let's wait and see!"
"Let's see which lucky friend can get this peerless treasure!"
"Open the treasure chest!"
Following He Jinting's order, Xia Fan saw drones flying out from the Red Castle. These drones used miniature maglev engines and used long alloy arms to lock the chests firmly. They moved the chests out of the Red Castle one by one and placed them on the 100 tables that were responsible for opening the treasure chests.
There were four people and a big screen at the table. After the chest was opened, the contents inside would be displayed on the screen, along with the information of the item. Then, the drones would quickly move the chests back to the racks in the Red Castle and move new chests out.
The opening process was completely automated. Through the terminal, one could clearly see what was in the chest that they had chosen.
Most of the chests were filled with Jiang Family's Firm's souvenirs, T-shirts, shirts, pillows, children's toys, cutlery, cutlery, and so on.
These souvenirs were not worth much, and they wished they could buy a pile of them with just one gold coin. On normal days, when customers visited the Jiang family's firm or during festivals, the firm would give out these souvenirs.
Those who received the souvenirs could only smile bitterly. Most people tacitly gave up on them. After all, how much could a T-shirt be worth? Those who could participate in the auction would not care about that.
Among the tens of thousands of treasure chests, 99.9% were souvenirs. What really attracted the attention were the high-value treasures, especially the peerless treasure.
As the chest was opened, Xia Fan saw some lucky ones appear from time to time.
A very young man shouted excitedly when he received a Kro alloy dagger worth 1,000 gold coins. Not far away, an old gentleman received a sculpture worth 1,000 gold coins, but he only raised his glass in a very elegant manner to celebrate.
As more and more chests were opened, Fo You became more and more disappointed. There were waiters on the lawn, serving drinks and snacks to the guests.
Fo You ordered a few glasses of wine and continued to wait for the remaining chests to be opened while drinking.
"It's a pity that there's only one umbrella in the chest," Tony said with a bitter smile, unable to hide his disappointment when his chest was opened.
He had spent half a month's worth of his and Jay's income, but in the end, he only received an umbrella. This made Tony feel terrible.
As for Fo You, he had already gotten two shirts, a pair of beach pants, a thermos cup, two sets of children's toys, a deer plushie, and a bunch of other souvenirs. As he continued to open the boxes, the number of things in his inventory kept increasing.
"It's here! A high-grade treasure worth 100,000 gold coins! "Someone beside Xia Fan shouted.
Xia Fan looked at the screen and saw an electronic key on it.
It was not an ordinary key, but a brand new all-weather luxury hovercar produced by the Republic Alliance's Chase Group. It was worth 100,000 gold coins and was stored in a small box.
The lucky person who received the hovercar was a bespectacled businessman from another region. He was thrown high in the air by his friends to celebrate.
Xia Fan smiled. The car key only gave off the smell of carbon fiber, circuit boards, and wireless transmitters. If it was a car in a box, Xia Fan would certainly be able to distinguish it, but it was just a key. His superpower of smell really could not detect it.
"The second treasure worth 100,000 gold coins!" Not long after, the crowd became excited again.
This time, it was a simple flying shuttle. It was black, round, and had a diameter of 42 centimeters. It was just big enough for one person to stand on.
He Jinting said loudly, "Flying shuttles have been popular in Cangyue for a long time. People can stand on them and fly freely. The gyroscope inside the shuttle will always maintain stability, and the magnetic system will ensure that the user will not fall from the shuttle. It's a small transportation tool."
"Usually, a flying shuttle is sold for a few hundred gold coins, but this one is unusual because it's a rare space shuttle!"
"Everyone knows that flying within the atmosphere and flying in space use completely different systems. A flying shuttle that can fly in space, whether it's materials or design standards, is far superior to ordinary flying shuttles."
"More importantly, this space shuttle is an antique. It's so old that it can no longer be verified. The materials used are not recognized by our company's material science experts, and its power is several times stronger than ordinary space shuttles."
"So, our company thinks that this antique space shuttle is worth at least 100,000 gold coins, and it's set as a high-grade prize!"
"Congratulations to the friend holding terminal number 7361. From now on, this antique space shuttle is yours!"
Clap, clap, clap!
The crowd applauded enthusiastically. Everyone was saying that the Jiang's company was generous. An antique space shuttle made of special materials was only valued at 100,000 gold coins. It was definitely a bit cheap. It would not be difficult to sell this antique space shuttle for hundreds of thousands, or even millions of gold coins.
Some businessmen had begun to ask around to find out who the owner of terminal number 7361 was and wanted to buy it directly.
At this time, Xia Fan turned his head and found Fo You looking at him with a face full of regret.
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