In the same place, under the watchful eyes of many people, the auction was still starting.
However, compared to the first item, the value of the second item was much lower. It was just a piece of art collected by ancient elves. It might be precious to mortal nobles, but it was not worth mentioning to Magi, let alone an official Magus like Adil.
Apart from a few Magi who had a special interest in these things, very few Magi would bid.
Finally, the second item was bought by a middle-aged Magus in a red robe for five magic crystals.
Following that, more and more items were auctioned. Most of them were precious antiques used by elven nobles, or some low-grade magic artifacts.
These items had a common characteristic, which was that they were related to ancient elves. It was said that most of them were excavated from ancient elven ruins.
During the auction, Adil made a few bids and bought some interesting trinkets. Most of them were magic artifacts excavated from ancient elven ruins.
Most of these magic artifacts had been repaired. After all, even if they were made by Magi, after tens of thousands of years, they would still be damaged. It was impossible for them to maintain their original appearance.
Most of the ones that could be auctioned were in good condition. After some simple repairs by Magi, they were put up for auction. Most of them were relatively weak.
The reason why Adil bought these things was not because he wanted to use them. He just wanted to study the magic artifacts made by the ancient elves, and see if he could learn some alchemy techniques from them.
The auction continued in front.
Under everyone's attentive gazes, the red-robed old man who was in charge of hosting the event stood at the center of the stage. Beside him, several burly men who looked strong and healthy worked together to lift a huge blue ice coffin onto the stage.
After they lifted it up, they opened the lid of the ice coffin, revealing its contents.
A faint, cold wind blew out, bringing with it dust and dirt that had been sealed for a long time.
At this moment, the expressions of many Magi changed, as if they felt something. They all looked towards the ice coffin.
On top of the ice coffin, there was a beautiful girl in a light blue dress lying quietly inside. Her eyes were closed, and she was as beautiful as the Sleeping Beauty in fairy tales.
Unlike ordinary girls, this girl had a head of light silver hair, and her ears were much smaller than normal people's. On the girl's body, there was a faint wave of magic power that constantly dissipated, bringing with it a deep chill.
"This is!"
At this moment, many Magi's expressions changed, and they stared blankly at the girl in the ice coffin.
"This was recently excavated from an ancient ruin. According to the era, it was during the Blood Calamity."
At the front, sensing the gazes of the people around him, the old man in charge nodded in satisfaction and began to explain to the people below, "According to the information obtained at that time, this dead elven girl should have belonged to the elven royalty of ancient times. She might even have been a princess, which was why she was so well protected after her death."
He pointed at the ice coffin in front of him, "Everyone, take a look. This ice coffin is also a unique magic artifact. It was specially made by ancient elven Magi to protect corpses. As long as the corpse is placed in it, it will be crystallized within a day. Thus, the corpse will forever maintain its appearance when it died, and will never rot."
Looking at the people below, he explained enthusiastically, and then announced the price of this auction item, "Together with the corpse and the ice coffin, the starting price is 100 magic stones!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the place fell silent. After a while, a voice rang out, "200 magic stones!"
"500 magic stones!"
"800!"
Voices rang out one after another. In a short period of time, the price of the ice coffin had reached 1,000 magic stones, and the price was still rising slowly.
In a room at the side, when he saw the ice coffin in the distance, Adil immediately stood up and looked at the ice coffin with a passionate gaze.
To be precise, he was not looking at the ice coffin, but at the lifelike corpse in the ice coffin.
"It seems like there are quite a few good items in this auction." Fred's voice rang out once again.
He looked at Adil, who had stood up, and smiled, "Our luck is not bad. Not only can this ice coffin made by ancient elves preserve corpses perfectly, but the material of the ice coffin itself is also a precious material that is almost extinct. In recent years, it has become rarer and rarer."
Unlike Adil, he was not interested in the corpse in the ice coffin, but the ice coffin itself.
The other Magi present were the same. Apart from a few eccentric people, the rest of the Magi did not even look at the corpse.
Once a corpse was taken out of the ice coffin, it would lose its crystallized state after a period of time, and become a rotten corpse.
No matter how beautiful a girl was, if the corpse was rotten, it would just be a pile of rotten flesh. It would not attract the attention of these Magi.
Unless this corpse was a pure-blooded ancient elven king, then perhaps they could find a way to obtain the powerful bloodline of the ancient elves.
However, if this corpse really was a pure-blooded elven king, then it would definitely not be auctioned here.
Although the corpse of a normal royal elf had great research value, to the Magi present, it was not as valuable as this ice coffin.
"This is too much!"
As the atmosphere became more and more heated, a voice sounded out from a corner.
Suo Lanna looked at the young elf girl lying in the ice coffin in the distance, anger in her eyes, "It's bad enough that you're disturbing the sleep of the dead, but now you're even auctioning off the corpse? This is blasphemy!"
She looked at the people around her who were bidding, and felt extremely angry.
Because she had the ancient elven bloodline, even though she did not have the talent to become a Magus, she had always yearned for the beauty of ancient elves. As such, she had always been disgusted by the desecration of elven corpses.
Moreover, the corpse being auctioned off was not only a beautiful young elf girl, but it also had the bloodline of the moon elves. It was very likely that she was also a princess.
With similar status and bloodline, she couldn't help but feel close to the corpse in front of her. She couldn't help but feel disgusted with auctioning off the corpse.
It was a pity that even though she was the princess of the Goro royal family, she did not have the talent to become a Magus, so she did not receive much attention. She could only use a limited number of magic crystals, and it was not enough to compete with the Magi around her. She could only watch as the Magi continued to bid.
Under the bidding of many Magi, the price of the ice coffin was raised to 2,500 magic crystals. Only then did the voices of the bidding gradually die down and cease to be heard.
Most of the Magi present knew the value of this ice coffin. Even with the royal elf corpse inside, it was only worth this much. Any higher and it would not be worth it.
"Looks like this is the price," a Magus in a corner muttered as he looked at the ice coffin.
"3,000 magic crystals."
At this moment, another voice sounded out. Although the voice was calm, it was very firm, and everyone could feel his determination.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, and found that it came from a small room.
"It's that Magus."
Looking in the direction of the voice, Suo Lanna's eyes lit up, "I remember that he came with Lord Fred."
"3,000 magic crystals! Is there anyone who wants to bid a higher price? "
The auctioneer's excited voice sounded out once again.
The red-robed old man who was in charge of supporting the auction looked excited. Although he was a little surprised, he still tried his best to shout, hoping that someone would continue bidding.
However, this time, there was no sound from below.
The white-robed old acolyte who had bid 2,500 magic crystals looked at the auctioneer and shrugged helplessly.
"Alright! Congratulations, sir, for obtaining this ice coffin! "
Seeing the reactions below, the red-robed old man announced loudly.
"3,000 magic crystals is a little expensive."
In a room at the side, Fred was eating a white fruit as he watched the ice coffin being carried away. He smiled at Adil, "This ice coffin and this corpse, 2,500 magic crystals is almost the limit. 3,000 magic crystals is a bit of a waste."
"It's alright."
Adil smiled and shook his head. He seemed to be in a good mood, "I've been doing some experiments recently, and I need some corpses of elven royalty with pure bloodlines."
"You want to try and extract the ancient moon elf bloodline from the corpses of elven royalty?"
Fred guessed as he looked at Adil.
Hearing his words, Adil did not deny it and nodded.
"That's not bad, but it's too difficult."
Fred nodded, "The purification of ancient bloodlines has always been a difficult task for Magi now. I still remember that when I was young, I did many such experiments. "
"What was the final result?" Adil looked at him and asked.
"Without a doubt, I failed."
Fred spread his hands. "If the bloodline of ancient creatures could be so easily purified, the wizards of today wouldn't be so weak."
Hearing this, Adil nodded lightly.
Trying to purify a high-grade ancestral bloodline from a bloodline that had already deteriorated was an extremely difficult task, even in ancient times.
If Adil did not have the chip that could directly observe the bloodline chains in the bloodline with the help of the chip, he would not have been able to do this.
"But even though I failed, I also learned a lot from the crazy experiments I did during that period of time."
In front of him, looking at the expression on Adil's face, Fred smiled and said, "There are many wizards who do this kind of experiment. If you want to do this kind of experiment, you actually don't need to collect materials from the auction."
"In some places, there are places that specially dig up ancient elven corpses from ruins and sell them. If you want to collect materials for your experiments, you can totally go there."
"Hmm?"
Hearing Fred's words, Adil was stunned, "There's such a place?"
"Of course."
Fred smiled and said, "In fact, there is such a place in the market here, but it's a little smaller."
"But you have to be mentally prepared. Usually, the corpses of elves with good bloodlines are not only rare, but also very expensive."
He looked at Adil and explained, "After all, from ancient times until now, it is not easy to just keep the corpses."
"I can understand." Adil nodded, expressing his understanding.
In front, as time passed, the auction items appeared one by one and were auctioned off.
However, after the ice coffin, Adil was not interested in the other auction items. Apart from occasionally auctioning off a few items, he did not care about the other items.
After a while, as time passed, the auction gradually came to an end.
Adil and Fred walked out of the room together. Following a small path, they soon arrived at a hall.
There were already a few people waiting for them there.
"Greetings, my lords!"
Seeing Adil and Fred, an old man wearing a white robe smiled and walked forward. He looked directly at Adil and said, "My lord, you have auctioned off a total of 7 items. According to our calculations, the total is 7300 magic stones."
"7300 magic stones."
Hearing this number, Adil nodded lightly. He was not surprised.
In the previous auction, other than the ice coffin, he had also auctioned off a few other items. The total price was not low.
He took out a small bag from his pocket and after counting 73 high-grade magic stones, he asked casually, "Can I use high-grade magic stones to exchange for magic crystals here?"
"This …"
As if he did not expect Adil to ask this question, the white robe old man was stunned for a while, then he smiled and said, "Of course, this is not a problem."
"However, if you use normal magic stones to exchange for magic crystals in our merchant association, our merchant association will take a 1% processing fee."
"Cough …" A coughing sound suddenly sounded.
Hearing the words of the white robe old man, Fred's expression did not look good. He looked at him with a pair of turbid eyes. A unique spirit wave spread out and instantly suppressed the old man.
Immediately, the white robe old man's face turned pale. Before he could react to what was going on, Fred's voice sounded again, "This is Lord Adil. He is also the guardian wizard of our Gauluo Kingdom."
"Gauluo Kingdom's guardian wizard …"
Hearing Fred's reminder, the old man immediately reacted. Looking at Adil, the expression on his face immediately became respectful and passionate, "Of course, for an official wizard like you, my lord, this 1% processing fee can be completely waived!"
PS: Recommend a book to a friend, 《Reborn China's Saint of Food》. The following is the introduction:
China's youngest king chef, Li Yu, accidentally reborn into a parallel world where the ban on meat had just been lifted.
What? The inheritance of recipes in the world is lost? The most famous dish in the eastern cuisine is actually kimchi?
There are 108 dishes in the Manchu Han Imperial Feast, and there are only 20 dishes left in the world?
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