Flame Crystal
Xia Fei checked the catalog and confirmed that Everchange and Mica were the two items up for auction. Aside from that, there were a few other special items that the auction would only announce at the very last moment. They were still kept a secret until then, so no one knew what they were.
Early in the morning, in the largest auction center of the Thirteen Pearl Islands, the liveliness of today could be said to be the highest since the start of the carnival. Many famous people in the Alliance had come.
Xia Fei could see Thuram in the distance, looking around the crowd as if he was waiting for someone.
Uncle Thuram! I thought you wouldn't be coming, "Xia Fei said with a smile.
Come on; I've been waiting for you all day, Thuram said. I've been busy with work. It's already good enough that I've taken the time to attend the last auction.
Xia Fei whispered, Is it because of the insectoids?
Thuram chuckled. Youre quite well-informed, kid. Not bad; the insectoid envoys are currently in the capital. They've proposed a series of martial arts exchanges with us. I really dont get it. Could the insectoids have changed their nature? Are they planning to coexist peacefully with the Pan-Human Alliance?
Xia Fei did not say anything else. The military and the Adjudicator Union were two completely different systems. He had no reason to tell Thuram about the military's decision, at least not here.
Xia Fei had been on Thousand Islands for two weeks now, and this was his first time attending an auction. The venue could hold hundreds of thousands of people, and the atmosphere was extraordinary.
What have you taken a liking to this time? Thuram asked.
Xia Fei replied, A set of tools and a mica. What about you?
Thuram laughed heartily. So far, there's nothing that catches my eye, but there's a large Purple Heart of Spirit that's not bad. If the price is right, Ill consider buying it.
Xia Fei was speechless. That Purple Heart of Spirit was none other than him who had put it up for auction, yet Thuram actually wanted to buy it?
Uncle, I've seen that Purple Heart of Spirit you mentioned. The starting price is fifteen billion star coins, Xia Fei purposely probed.
Thuram said, "What does that matter? It's not like I'm the one paying for it. The president told me to buy it, so I'm spending the Union's funds.
Xia Fei felt a surge of joy in his heart. Since Thuram was not the one paying, he was more than happy to have someone else raise the price.
Xia Fei and Thurams both had the highest grade black pass, so they were directly led to the VIP room on the second floor of the auction house.
Looking around, Xia Fei curiously asked, "I thought that there would be a lot of people attending this auction, but it seems that there aren't that many."
Thuram said, "Are you kidding me? Not everyone can fork out a hundred billion star coins as an entrance deposit. I say, did you earn a lot of money from the military? Why do you sound like you don't care about hundreds of billions of yuan? "
Xia Fei scratched his head. "There's no such thing. It's true that the military gave me a down payment, but it wasn't much. How can I compare to you? The money that passes through your hands every year is probably in the hundreds or thousands of duns."
Thuram was pleased. "You don't have to be so anxious. As an A-list supplier of the military, I can earn a few duns every year. Just wait for two years. When you have enough capital, even the Jian family won't dare to look down on you anymore."
Xia Fei nodded. He could not help but feel a little worried at the mention of Avrils. This trip to the insectoid territory was the biggest adventure of his life, and if there was one thing he could not let go of, it would probably be his beloved woman.
A while later, General Williams of the military also arrived at the auction house, taking a seat not far from Xia Fei. Xia Fei smiled and greeted He Qi, followed by Miss Nicole, who chose a seat slightly further away from Xia Fei.
More and more people showed up, most of whom Xia Fei did not know. The auction house gradually became more lively, but everyone was whispering, making the auction a little tense even before it began.
Soon, a middle-aged man dressed in a well-ironed black suit walked up to the stage and announced the start of the auction. The first item was a piece of armor from the Ilya Star Region. It was light and thin, and it could be worn under one's underwear to defend against sneak attacks.
The starting price of this piece of armor was one hundred million star coins, and it was eventually sold for two hundred and thirty million star coins. The winning bidder was a young man from the Monastic Order, who had an obvious half-moon scar on his face.
The Monastics hated wealth, taking pride in being uncorrupted and rarely being tempted by money. This young man, on the other hand, was very special. While he was dressed plainly, every piece of clothing and ornament he wore was exquisite. Xia Fei speculated that these seemingly ordinary items were actually worth a lot, but due to the rules of the Monastic Order, he had no choice but to make them look a little plain.
The auction proceeded very quickly, and Xia Fei discovered a very strange phenomenon. He originally thought that the people from the various large organizations could not see eye to eye with each other, so there should have been intense competition when it came to auctioning items, but the reality was the complete opposite. Items with a starting price of one hundred million star coins were sold smoothly after a few rounds of bidding, with no one raising the price.
Xia Fei told Thuram about his suspicions, and the old man laughed. "This is just a warm-up. Things will be different when the truly valuable items come out."
Xia Fei thought about it and agreed. Everyone would still be a little nervous at the start of the auction, but once they got used to the environment, they would show their crazy side.
Xia Fei very smoothly won the bid for Myriad Transformations for 210 million star coins, which was even cheaper than he had expected. Throughout the entire process, there were only two or three people bidding against him, but once the price went over 200 million, all of them voluntarily gave up.
As the auction progressed, the atmosphere became more and more tense. When it came to the second item that Xia Fei had his eyes on, the ten-thousand-year-old Mica Mother, Xia Fei spent close to five minutes nervously bidding before he finally won it at 96.5 billion star coins, which was eight times the original price!
What Xia Fei did not expect was that the Purple Heart of Spirit, which weighed more than two kilograms, was sold for more than a hundred billion star coins! It was a sky-high price of one hundred and fifteen billion!
"Sigh! What a pity. The president told me that I could get it as long as the price didn't exceed a hundred billion, but who would've thought that so many people would compete with me? "Thuram said angrily.
Xia Fei did not say anything. How could Thuram know that Xia Fei was the one who had entrusted this Purple Heart of Spirit to be auctioned off? He was of course overjoyed. After all, he still had hundreds of tons of them in stock, which was all a fortune!
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The auction went on very enthusiastically. Xia Fei wanted to make a move several times, but he managed to hold himself back. As the saying went, good steel should be used on the edge of the blade. Though he had just obtained a large batch of valuable Purple Hearts of Spirit, the ore could not be turned into real gold and silver in a short period of time. It was best to use the funds he had properly.
The 120 billion star coins from the three energy stones was just enough to cover the cost of Everchange and Mica. Quantum Holdings' working capital was about 160 billion star coins, and with the military's advance payment of one dun and the bank's credit certificate of two dun, that was the total amount of funds Xia Fei currently had.
In order to embark on this dangerous mission to the insectoid territory, Xia Fei would need to fork out at least 0.5 dun to purchase the necessary warships, equipment, and other things. In addition to the necessary working capital of Quantum Holdings, the funds that Xia Fei could use at most was two dun.
Two dun was an astronomical sum that the average person could not imagine, but it was practically nothing in the boundless universe. Just take the development plan that Xia Fei was preparing to implement for the Terminus Star Region, for example. The total amount of funds he would need would be in the dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of dun.
"Next up will be the mysterious auction items that everyone has been waiting for. If I'm not mistaken, these items will surely create the highest auction record for this year's carnival! Because their existence itself is a kind of miracle, it is incomparable! "The auctioneer said excitedly.
The atmosphere in the hall immediately tensed up. Pairs of sparkling eyes looked toward the stage. Everyone was guessing what the finale of The Brotherhood's carnival would be.
"Please take a look at the first of the three mysterious auction items!"
A young lady in an old-fashioned dress slowly walked up to the stage with a golden tray in her hands. There was an item on the tray, and because it was quite far away, it was covered with a golden satin, so no one could see what it was.
* Whoosh! *
The auctioneer lifted the satin and pointed at the tray. "I'm sure everyone has heard of this, but I believe that very few of you have seen it with your own eyes!
"This is the ultimate weapon of fire ability users, the Flame Orb!"
The moment he said that, the intense stage lights were turned on along with a soul-stirring tune, illuminating the hall in a splendid display of lights.
The item on the tray was dark red in color, its body long and narrow like a piece of dead wood.
"What's this?" Xia Fei asked.
Thuram said, "This is the legendary divine weapon that can increase fire ability users by fifty percent, the Flame Orb!"
"Twenty percent!" Xia Fei exclaimed.
The Zephyr combat boots that could increase one's speed ability by ten percent was already considered top-notch, yet this little dark red weapon actually had a twenty percent increase! This was simply unimaginable!
Actually, many weapons had their own special ability attribute bonuses, but very few of them were this high. It must be understood that the bonus started from three percent, and every point higher would not just increase the price by one but several dozen times!
'Too bad it's not a speed ability enhancing equipment, or else I'd definitely get my hands on it,' Xia Fei thought to himself.
All the fire ability users in the hall went into a frenzy! This priceless treasure, the Flame Orb, immediately pushed the atmosphere of the hall to an unimaginable climax!
Everyone had their eyes on this treasure. Even if they were not fire ability users, it would still be good if they could get their hands on it and pass it on to their family.
"The starting price is one hundred billion star coins. Is there anyone willing to pay one hundred billion star coins for this unparalleled Flame Orb?"
"One hundred billion!"
"One hundred and twenty billion!"
"One hundred and fifty billion!"
"One hundred and fifty billion! This gentleman has already bid one hundred and fifty billion! Is there anyone else who wants to continue bidding?! "
"Two hundred billion!"
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