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Volume 1 Sailing Chapter 18 Auction

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    Four days later, the underground auction of Xiaogudao was held as scheduled.  An Rui participated in the auction with several important subordinates, all of whom wore masks on their faces to hide their true appearance.  This was done mainly to avoid alarming Bai Ge, who would also attend the auction.  If Bai Ge discovers them and takes precautions, it will be much more troublesome to deal with them.  This practice of masking is actually not uncommon. Many people attending auctions cover their faces for various purposes.  Some people are worried about being targeted after buying good things, and some people have bounties on their heads and are not exposed to the public.  The auction is the busiest day of every month on Little Island. Before the auction starts, a large number of people rush towards the auction venue.  The streets are full of people and lively.  There are also many businessmen who have seized this business opportunity and set up stalls along the street to sell some gadgets.  The venue was built in the center of the small island. It was originally a low hill that was manually excavated and transformed into a tower-like building.  People from all over gathered there.  On the way, An Rui bought some food and entertainment for the women¡¯s army beside her and the handsome man on her shoulder, making these guys very happy.  The small island is very small. After a while, they arrived at their destination and came to one of the entrances to the venue.  Not everyone can participate in the auction. Before entering the venue, you have to pay a considerable admission fee, receive a seat number, and write down a simple personal information form, including your name and the power behind it.  .  In this information form, only the name is required, the rest are optional.  It doesn't matter if it's empty.  An Rui paid the money and received a series of adjacent seat numbers.  I filled out a few child information forms at random with my companions.  Most people filled in their real names, but Alice¡¯s identity was more sensitive, so she filled in a pseudonym.  After completing the simple admission procedures, the group passed through a towering gate and entered the venue carved out of the mountain.  The interior of the venue was extremely luxuriously decorated. The floor of the corridor was paved with square tiles, and a series of luminous stones were inlaid on both sides of the wall as lighting tools. A valuable oil painting of a celebrity was nailed to the wall at regular intervals.  After passing through the corridor.  The front suddenly opened up, and a circular hall appeared.  The entire space is sunken, surrounded by a large number of seats, with the height gradually decreasing. There is a round table at the bottom, and an auction table in the center of the round table.  The entire hall can accommodate at least three thousand people, which is enough.  Due to the high entrance fee.  It is impossible for people attending the auction to bring too many followers.  Moreover, the auction itself also has clear restrictions on the number of people from all parties. A group of forces can only bring in a maximum of ten people.  Many people have already rushed over in advance and sat in the corresponding seats. A quarter of the more than 3,000 seats are already occupied.  A group of maids in black skirts shuttled back and forth between the many seats, entertaining these guests, and occasionally acted as guides.  Guide guests who have just entered to find their seats.  Probably to avoid trouble, these maids are all female orcs, all of them have green faces and fangs, and are tall and powerful.  No matter how lustful the customer is, they will not take any chances with them.  Anrui found his seat under the guidance of an orc maid.  Sitting side by side with the Women's Army.  His seat number is 1990, which is relatively far back.  The sitting position is also relatively high.  The handsome man looked at the orc maid and said a few words "so ugly" in a mean-spirited manner. In exchange, the maid rolled her eyes and An Rui shuddered mercilessly.  After sitting down, An Rui began to scan around, looking for the location of Bai Ge and others, and soon found the target.  Bai Ge and his wife Gasha were sitting across from each other. They were far apart. If Bai Ge hadn't had a special skin color that made him easily identifiable, it would have been difficult to find him.  Bai Ge and his wife did not wear any masks to cover up, they showed their true colors.  After confirming Bai Ge¡¯s location, An Rui had no scruples and started chatting with the Detachment of Women beside him.  More and more people entered the venue, and most of the seats were gradually occupied.  With much anticipation, the auction finally officially started, and the big clock hanging on the wall jingled.  The noisy venue gradually became quiet, and people stopped talking and focused their attention on the center of the venue.  An elf man in a suit and leather shoes walked up. He looked very heroic.  He stood behind the auction table and introduced himself in a loud voice, claiming to be the auctioneer of this auction.  The rules of the auction are very simple and there is nothing to say. The auctioneer quickly got to the point and started selling the first auction item of the day.  "This is a special flight-type ship, rated bronze, named Lingyun. The principle of flight is to pass a piece of 'risk'Stone' creates a very light gas, injects the gas into the air bag, and uses the air bag to drive the entire hull to fly.  The most powerful weapon on the ship is the sixty-four air cannons, which are powerful enough to shatter fifteen centimeters of wood The starting price of this ship is eight thousand gold coins, and the bidding is now officially open!  "The two maids held a huge picture, which showed the appearance of the Lingyun ship and its cross-sections from all angles. The auctioneer pointed at the picture and gave a detailed introduction, and then quoted a reasonable price.  Price. Flying ships are similar to ghost ships. They are both special ships that are difficult to deal with. Even with average combat effectiveness, flying ships can still fly in the sky. Ordinary cannons cannot defeat such ships.  The only way is to be beaten passively. A bronze-level flying ship is not expensive at all for 8,000 gold coins. Even An Rui is a little tempted, but due to his limited money,  Coupled with his unwillingness to do so, he had no choice but to give up. The Lingyun was eventually bought by a well-known pirate for a high price of 15,000 gold coins. The difference between the starting price and the final price was almost double.  One auction item was just a warm-up, and the effect of the warm-up was quite good, stirring up the atmosphere of the whole place. More auction items were brought out, some of them were real objects, and some were just pictures.  The prices vary, and generally appear in waves. After a low-priced auction item is sold, the next one will definitely be a high-priced auction item, and the cycle starts again. Not only will high-priced auction items be auctioned here, but occasionally some worth hundreds of gold coins will appear.  When the fifteenth auction item was auctioned, Anrui¡¯s goal finally appeared. He looked at the auction item from a distance, and his eyes suddenly lit up. ¡°As everyone can see, this is it.  A treasure map titled Treasure of the Dead.  The location painted in the picture is the Ghost Mist Sea and an unknown island in it.  As we all know, the Ghost Mist Sea is a forbidden area, which is extremely dangerous and there is no return. Almost no one knows what is in the Ghost Mist Sea.  This treasure map points out the route and method of entering the Ghost Mist Sea, and also marks the location of a treasure in the map, judging from the introduction.  This treasure is quite tempting.  " "The words on the treasure map contain the dark power of the undead, and you can feel a bone-chilling chill just by touching it.  This proves the authenticity of this treasure map to a certain extent.  The starting price for this treasure map is five hundred gold coins, please start bidding!  "The auctioneer shouted enthusiastically with a pleasant voice. "The auction items at this price are relatively cheap at this auction, but after the price was shouted out, the popularity of the auction was not very high. The reason why  This situation occurs because there are too many fake treasure maps. Often, nine and a half out of ten treasure maps are fake. There are many boring people and profiteers who will maliciously create fake treasure maps to deceive people.  Many treasure hunters came to the treasure location with the treasure map. In the end, they could not get anything, and they may lose their lives over time.  Things gradually lost their enthusiasm and accepted the reality that pie in the sky would never happen. Most people were unwilling to spend five hundred gold coins to buy a treasure map whose authenticity was unknown, but there were exceptions.  , he is happy to buy this treasure map, because he knows that this treasure map is genuine! He came all the way here to participate in the auction, because the route recorded on this treasure map is correct.  , will eventually lead to a priceless treasure, the most precious of which is a sword. In addition, there are almost astronomical amounts of treasure. Whoever can get this sword and treasure will become rich overnight.  They are all important, and he is determined to get it. In fact, he knows the route of the treasure hunt, and he can find the treasure even without relying on this treasure map. After all, he bought this treasure map just in case.  Memory can sometimes go wrong. When the price of this treasure map reached 600 gold coins, Anrui took action. After several snaps, he finally bought the treasure map for 670 gold coins.  Picture. It¡¯s not expensive to buy a genuine treasure map at this price. ¡°Six hundred and seventy gold coins, the auction was successful for the third time. Congratulations to the gentleman wearing the mask!  "The auctioneer chuckled inwardly when he said these words. This treasure map was sold by a maritime merchant, and a full stack was sold. There were ten identical treasure maps in total. The real treasure map  There will never be so many copies of this treasure map. This treasure map is probably a prank. Whoever buys it will be unlucky. In order to sell it at a high price, the auction manager deliberately hid ten copies.The treasure maps are auctioned separately, and one is required to be auctioned every other month.  If you take out all ten treasure maps at once, they will definitely be regarded as fakes and no one will buy them.  ¡° Witnessing a customer buy a fake product with your own eyes is the greatest pleasure in an auctioneer¡¯s job.  The auction continues, and the next auction item is a knight's skill book, which is powerful and very rare. The price is much more expensive than the previous treasure map.  Anrui successfully bought the treasure map he wanted. A big stone in his heart fell to the ground, but there was another big stone hanging.  There were two things he wanted to buy during this trip, and the treasure map was just one of them. There was another thing he wanted to buy, and that thing was much more expensive than the treasure map.  The auction of Xiaogudao is held every month. It is naturally impossible for Anrui to know the auction items of each auction. He only remembers a few special auction items and the auction time.  This is his first time coming to this place, but it will definitely not be his last time. He will come here again to pick up bargains.  In the second half of the auction, an ax suddenly appeared for auction. It was a bronze-level item with no special effects. The starting price was two hundred gold coins, which was lower than the previous treasure map.  This was definitely not what An Rui wanted to buy next, but after seeing this ax put on the table, he still became interested.  "Bai Ge's ax was stolen by Alice. Now that he has no weapons, he will probably buy the ax as a temporary substitute. If he really wants to bid for it, I will follow him  No matter how much money he spends, he must buy this ax so that he has no other weapons to use. He only fights with an ax. Without it, his strength will definitely be reduced, just like a tiger without teeth. "  An Rui's eyes moved slightly, and there was bad water in his heart.  The bidding for this ax has begun. The weapon is more practical, and there are more bidders than before when bidding for the treasure map. The price of the ax has gone up, and it soon rose to 300 gold coins, which is close to the actual price of this ax.  "I'll offer three hundred and fifty gold coins!" A rude voice rang out. Everyone looked over and found that the person bidding was an orc with pale skin.  It¡¯s Bai Ge!  "Ha, I really guessed it." An Rui sneered in his heart, immediately raised his hand and said, "I'll pay four hundred gold coins!" He deliberately used a falsetto to speak, and his voice was so different from usual that outsiders couldn't hear it at all.  What doesn't come out is his voice.  When Bai Ge heard that someone was raising the price, he was stunned at first, then his eyes widened, showing anger, and he cursed in his heart: "Damn it, is this guy taken advantage of? An ineffective ax is priced at such a high price  , even three hundred and fifty gold coins are too expensive for me.¡± But he was still angry, and in the end he had to continue to participate in the auction, because his ax disappeared and now he lacked a weapon to use.  This ax isn't great, but it's better than nothing.  "Four hundred and twenty gold coins!" Bai Ge gritted his teeth and raised the price.  "Four hundred and fifty gold coins!" An Rui continued to increase the price without hesitation, as if he was determined to win.  "Four hundred and sixty gold coins!" "Five hundred gold coins!" "Five hundred and twenty!" "Six hundred!" Bai Ge felt like vomiting blood and wished he could tear the masked bidder into pieces.  , if the other party hadn't deliberately raised the price, he would have bought the ax long ago.  Now that the price has been driven up too high, it has far exceeded its due value. Even if he lacks an axe, he is not willing to be taken advantage of.  "Asshole, since you want this broken ax so much, I'll give it to you for chopping firewood!" Bai Ge roared angrily and stopped increasing the price.
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