Lin Li recalled the situation of the Divine Conch Race in his mind, and he was rather interested in their talent in blowing conch horns. If there was a chance, he might as well get in touch with the Divine Conch Race. Anyway, they happened to be accepting employment missions, so he might as well hire a few of them for research.
As for now, Lin Li was just watching the show. Although the coral staff was a weapon of the Sanctuary Masters, it was far inferior to the Helios' Scepter that he was holding. As for the secret of immortality, Lin Li really wasn't interested. What was the use of that thing anyway?
The Divine Conch Race made a bid of 65,000,000 gold coins. Although his voice wasn't loud, it was like a clap of thunder that resounded in the venue. On one hand, everyone was shocked that the Divine Conch Race could fork out so much money, and on the other hand, they were also shocked that the Divine Conch Race dared to go against the Sea Snake Race.
On the other hand, Falte of the Sea Snake Race was so furious that he almost flipped the table. If he hadn't remembered where he was, he would have jumped out and torn that shorty of the Divine Conch Race into pieces. However, this was an auction, after all. Even though he was the young master of the Sea Snake Race, he still had to follow the rules of the auction. Not to mention him, even Gerina of the Giant Shark Race could only admit defeat after his Dark Golden Magical Dragon Armor was snatched away.
"Sure, sure." Falte was so angry that he raised the plate in his hand, and said while gritting his teeth, "70,000,000 gold coins!"
Unlike the Divine Conch Race, Falte had already bid for a lot of things at this auction, and had spent tens of millions of gold coins in total. Moreover, this wasn't the only auction in the sea market. Just because this was the opening auction, it didn't mean that there wouldn't be any good items in the subsequent auctions.
Hence, 70,000,000 gold coins could be said to be the limit of what Falte could afford now. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to be so shameless and say such harsh words. He could have just thrown money at Falte.
Upon hearing Falte's bid of 70,000,000 gold coins, everyone in the venue was in an uproar. To them, 70,000,000 gold coins wasn't a matter of whether they could afford it, but whether it was worth it to spend so much gold coins on something. Evidently, the price of 70,000,000 gold coins for a possible secret of immortality was a little exaggerated in the eyes of most people.
"Seventy-two million gold coins!" The Divine Conch Tribe members had been trembling slightly when they spoke and hesitating when they raised their placards, but this time, they were extremely decisive. Obviously, he had already offended the people of the Sea Snake Clan. Even if he gave up now, the Sea Snake Clan would not let him off given their sinister character. In that case, he might as well not care about anything. Moreover, that coral staff was related to the fate of the Divine Conch Tribe. Hadn't the entire Divine Conch Tribe done everything they could for this moment?
Bang! Falter smashed the wine glass on the table with his palm and stared coldly at the short Divine Conch. He really couldn't understand how a run-down race like the Divine Conch Race could produce so many gold coins. If the Divine Conch Race had that much money, they wouldn't have lived such a miserable life for the past thousands of years!
Falter had also thought about simply letting the Divine Conch Race bid for the item, and then he would go and snatch it back. However, there were still many accidents, after all. Putting aside the fact that others might have the same idea, if the Divine Conch Race did not leave the Gilded Kingdom after getting the coral staff, he wouldn't be able to make a move here.
In particular, the coral staff was extremely important to the Sea Snake Clan. If possible, Falter didn't want anything to happen to it. Hence, instead of bearing the brunt of all the accidents, it would be the most reliable if he could get it now.
At the thought of this, Falter made up his mind. After raising the placard in his hand, he said to the auction stage, "50,000,000 gold coins and 10 Legendary magical crystals."
What was the price of a Legendary magical crystal? It wasn't wrong to say that it was worth millions of gold coins, but it wasn't wrong to say that it was worth tens of millions of gold coins either, because most of the time, it wasn't something that could be bought with money. However, at this auction, once a Legendary magical crystal was taken out, there would definitely be a price.
Of course, the auction house was happy to see such a thing happen. It was just like pawning something. Even if the Legendary magical crystal was worth tens of millions of gold coins, one would have to pay a relatively low price here. Otherwise, one would have to find a place to sell the magical crystals. However, they didn't know if the item they wanted to bid for would still be there after they sold the magical crystals.
Soon, the auction house made an estimate. After all, the 10 magical crystals varied in quality. There were level-23 and level-24 ones, and level-21 and level-22 ones. In the end, the auction house gave a price of 35,000,000 gold coins for the 10 Legendary magical crystals.
This price was indeed rather low. On average, a Legendary magical crystal was only 3,500,000 gold coins. However, Falter had no other choice. He could raise quite a lot of money from other places, but the problem was that the auction house wouldn't just wait there. But the problem was that the auction wouldn't just wait there. After Grand Duke Weidi called the price three times, even if they raised hundreds of millions of gold coins, it wouldn't be able to change the outcome of the auction.
According to the estimated price of the auction house, together with the 50,000,000 gold coins that Falter had bid, the price he offered this time was equivalent to 85,000,000 gold coins. This time, it was tens of millions of gold coins higher than the bid of the Divine Conch race. Clearly, Falter was infuriated.
"One more, one more Sanctuary-level magical crystal!"
Originally, Falter thought that he was finally in the bag this time, but he didn't expect the Divine Conch race to raise their paddle again. A Sanctuary-level magical crystal was definitely a priceless treasure. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that hundreds or thousands of Legendary magical crystals wouldn't be comparable to a Sanctuary-level magical crystal.
Even though the Sanctuary-level magical crystal had only just entered the Sanctuary-realm, the power contained in it was already worlds apart from that of a magical crystal that was at the peak of the Legendary-realm. Hence, the value of a Sanctuary-level magical crystal could no longer be measured by the amount of mana. More importantly, the Sanctuary-level laws contained within it were the unique understanding of the World Laws.
The mana of a Sanctuary-level magical crystal was already secondary, and using it as a source of mana would simply be a waste of resources. As long as mages meditated around a Sanctuary-level magical crystal, they would be able to obtain hundreds or even thousands of times more benefits, be it in terms of mana recovery or strength improvement. Besides, the Sanctuary-level laws in the Sanctuary-level magical crystal were like guiding lights. As long as one could comprehend a tiny bit of it, they would be able to gain huge benefits. Hence, for any force, a Sanctuary-level magical crystal would be the foundation of that force.
It could be said that a Sanctuary-level magical crystal was an inexhaustible treasure trove. Putting aside the fact that the Divine Conch Race had added 70,000,000 gold coins, even if they hadn't added 70,000,000 gold coins, the Sanctuary-level magical crystal alone was unparalleled.
Although the Endless Ocean was rich in resources, Sanctuary-level magical crystals were still very rare. After all, Sanctuary-level marine magical beasts were already existences that were close to deities, and they weren't easy to deal with. Besides, even if one had the ability to hunt and kill Sanctuary-level marine magical beasts, there was still the problem of whether they could find them. The Endless Ocean was not Geresco's Meditation Land, and it was impossible for them to specially nurture so many Sanctuary-level magical beasts for the Sea Clan to hunt.
Although the seven overlords of the seas had obtained a lot of treasures from the Ocean Dynasty back then, and they might have collected Sanctuary-level magical crystals, no one would use them for other purposes.
What was most unbelievable to the crowd was that the one who took out the Sanctuary-level magical crystal was actually the Divine Conch race, which was relatively weak among the Sea Clan. No one would believe that the Divine Conch race had hunted the Sanctuary-level magical beasts themselves. Given the strength of the Divine Conch race, it would probably be impossible for them to hunt Legendary magical beasts, let alone Sanctuary-level magical beasts.
However, the crowd soon thought of another possibility. Since the Divine Conch race didn't have the ability to hunt Sanctuary-level marine magical beasts themselves, the Sanctuary-level magical crystal probably came from the former Ocean Dynasty. Although the Divine Conch race wasn't doing well in the Endless Ocean now, their status wasn't inferior to that of the seven overlords during the era of the Ocean Dynasty. In fact, they were even stronger.
In any case, the Divine Conch race had taken out the Sanctuary-level magical crystal. Now, it would be up to the Sea Snake race to deal with it.
After hearing that the Divine Conch race had taken out a Sanctuary-level magical crystal, Young Master Farte of the Sea Snake race's face turned extremely sullen. The Sea Snake Race also had a Sanctuary-level magical crystal, but they only had one, and it had already been used in the Sea Snake Race's palace. Besides, Farte didn't have the authority to take out that Sanctuary-level magical crystal. Even if he had the authority, it was already too late.
"Seems like I can only think of a way after this. Fortunately, it's only in the hands of the insignificant Divine Conch race." Although Farte was filled with hatred, he looked much calmer on the surface. He threw the token in his hand away and plopped back into his chair.
Now, the only thing that Farte could rejoice about was that it was the Divine Conch race, which was a small Sea Clan, that had obtained the coral staff. If it had fallen into the hands of the other overlords or the Sea Clans that were close to the overlords, the Sea Snake Race would really be helpless.
As the Sea Snake Race gave up, the other forces couldn't take out anything more valuable than the Sanctuary-level magical crystal. Hence, they could only look at the coral staff on the stage and shake their heads helplessly. Of course, there might be people among them who had the same thoughts as Farte. In the end, it would depend on who was faster.
Grand Duke Wedi asked three times according to the rules. He didn't say anything to motivate the crowd, because he knew very well that no one would offer a higher price than the Sanctuary-level magical crystal. Of course, the fact that the coral staff could be auctioned off at such a price was already a rather shocking gain. What was there to be dissatisfied about?
After asking three times, Grand Duke Wedi slammed the wooden hammer in his hand on the table, and announced loudly, "Deal! The final buyer of this coral staff is the patriarch of the Divine Conch race, Molix!"
Along with Grand Duke Weidi's announcement of the deal, sparse applause sounded in the venue. Honestly speaking, these people really didn't feel that there was anything worth celebrating about the Divine Conch race being able to win the coral staff in the end. Perhaps many of them were waiting to find trouble with the Divine Conch race after the auction was over.
Patriarch Molix of the Divine Conch race remained expressionless after hearing Grand Duke Wedi's words. Instead, he sat quietly in his seat, as if he didn't care about the discussions and gazes around him. It wasn't until the people of the auction house came to confirm the deal that he seemed to have come back to life. He took out the Sanctuary-level magical crystal with trembling hands, and took the coral staff tightly.
Molix didn't leave with the coral staff immediately. Instead, he continued to sit in his seat with his eyes closed, and didn't look at the auction stage. He seemed to be mumbling something, and his hands were rubbing the coral staff gently.
In fact, the Divine Conch race didn't lose out on this deal. To them, the Sanctuary-level magical crystal wasn't of much use. Lifespan was the biggest problem limiting their development. Even if they had a Sanctuary-level magical crystal, they wouldn't be able to break through to the Legendary-realm in 30 to 40 years. Instead of guarding a useless Sanctuary-level magical crystal, they might as well exchange it for hope.
Looking at Molix, who was hugging the coral staff, Falter of the Sea Snake race gritted his teeth, and only let out a sigh of relief after a long while to suppress his anger. He turned around and waved his hand to summon a servant. After whispering a few words to him, he sent the servant away.
"The next item to be auctioned is another mysterious item of our auction. Let's welcome the mysterious item." Grand Duke Wedi waited for the atmosphere below to calm down a little before announcing the next item in an impassioned tone.
Following Grand Duke Wedi's words, a square box covered with a red cloth was carried onto the stage. The box didn't look big. It was only about a meter in length, width, and height. However, it was carried onto the stage by four people. Even the poles that carried the box were slightly bent, as if they were carrying a mountain.
After the box was placed on the stage, the four people walked down. Grand Duke Wedi slowly walked to the front, and gently placed his hand on the red cloth covering the box. He looked at the audience and said, "Everyone, the most exciting moment is about to come. Please prepare the number plates in your hands."
At this point, Grand Duke Weidi grabbed the red cloth and abruptly pulled it back, revealing the box underneath. Under the red cloth was a square crystal box. The walls of the box seemed to be very thick, and the space in the center was only about the size of a human head. In that space, there was an irregular black object. It looked like a piece of black carbon, but there was a hint of blood in the black, and a faint golden glow could be seen.
"This is?"
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