Chapter 30 The Auction Begins
The information about Aretha and Arthur appearing in Alantis soon appeared on the desk of the shopkeeper of Yunxiao Trading Company.
"Did these little mercenaries cause a lot of trouble to the business?" The shopkeeper tapped the teacup and seemed to be muttering to himself.
"I'll arrange someone to solve this problem for you." A green-clothed guard in a mask flashed into the room from outside the study door.
The shopkeeper waved his hand, "We are a business company, and fighting and killing is never our first choice. Moreover, our business company is not the only one who lets Arthur disappear in the imperial capital."
"Big shopkeeper, do you mean?"
"I heard that the Church of Light has lifted the wall-facing punishment for Pastor Fast in advance."
The Qingyi Guard followed the shopkeeper for many years and instantly reacted, "I understand, I'll do it now."
The shopkeeper lowered his head and took a sip of tea, whispering: "I hope the church will not disappoint this time."
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Three days later, an inconspicuous two-horse beast carriage left the northern gate of the imperial capital.
Arthur and the others did not expect that the venue for the underground auction was not in the imperial capital.
The beast cart drove along the way for nearly two hours. When it was completely dark, it stopped outside the door of a farm. Arthur estimated the distance. It was at least forty miles away from the imperial capital.
Low wooden fences enclose this farm covering an area of four or five kilometers. It was early spring and the green seedlings were just about to vomit. The whole farm had no obstruction except for a continuous wooden house with lights in the middle.
At this time, many beast cars had been parked outside the farm. All the guests who participated in the underground auction of "Ghost City Qizhen" got off the car and walked into the farm. All the guests were invited by the three black market controllers of Clay and the others. Each of them had an invitation letter from one of them. More than a dozen guards checked the invitation letter at the gate of the farm, each one with one letter. Guards without invitation letters were not allowed to enter.
Many guests who got out of the car had masks on their faces, and even if the maskless guards came in, they would take the initiative to hand over one.
McKin also took out a few black masks prepared in advance and handed them to Arthur and the other two, "Take it with you. Many of the guests who came here today cannot see the light. After taking it, you will avoid a lot of embarrassment and avoid being missed by others in the future after buying something."
Joan followed McGinn and jumped out of the beast car, looked around, and said with some disdain: "In such a simple place, is it useless to place these guards at the door?"
"You underestimate our three families too much. This borrowed farm has already set up a warning magic array and a forbidden flying magic array. As long as you come in anywhere outside the courtyard gate, you will touch the magic array. In addition to each family's own masters, we have also hired a lot of worshippers tonight, even five or six powerful generals cannot get in."
"This place is open all over the place. Although it is not easy to be attacked or infiltrated by people, the invited guests can be easily criticized and eaten by them." Arthur still discovered the problem here.
McKin smiled, "How can there be no risk when trading in the black market? The three of us only care about the safety of the farm and the clearance of money and goods. Anything that happens in this place has nothing to do with us."
A few people whispered and entered the farm. No one would lead him, and there would be no mistake. The entire manor only had this one-story wooden house with lights on, and the door of the wooden house was facing the gate of the manor.
Arthur's eyes swept into the darkness around him, and easily discovered several lurking places. The three families' vigilance power hidden in the dark is much greater than that placed on the open.
There were more than a dozen guards standing outside the main entrance of the wooden house, and these guards did not re-check the identity of the guests. A magic door was temporarily set up in front of the wooden house, and only guests holding invitation letters could enter.
Entering from the Magic Gate is a small foyer, and a few meters ahead is an open rectangular hall. The hall can see obvious signs of transformation. All the original wall panels of the room have been removed, and only after they are opened can it have an area that can accommodate hundreds of people.
Unlike regular auction houses, underground auctions rarely have fixed places. For safety, basically every auction will be changed. Moreover, these places do not have secret boxes, beautiful maids, exquisite food, and nothing is provided here except a stool and a glass of water.
The guests participating in the auction will not dislike the simplicity of the environment. Whether the seller or the seller, all the guests who take risks to participate in the underground auction are not here to play or enjoy it. Safely achieving the goal is the first priority.
When Arthur and McKin came in, there were already many people coming to the hall, but it was very quiet and no one took the initiative to chat.
Arthur and his friends found a corner to sit down and quietly waited for the start of the auction.
During this period, people kept coming in. It took nearly half an hour before no one entered the hall. At this time, nearly two hundred people had sat in the house.
An old man with gray hair on his hair walked up to the circular wooden table in the middle of the hall, but he was not wearing a mask.
The old man bowed his fists around and saluted, "Friends, I am Hubbard, the manager of the Clay family. Some friends may be the first time to attend the Ghost Market Auction. I will talk about the rules first. This auction is organized by my Clay family, the Hurst family and the Fengyin Gang. The three of my families have prepared fifteen items and will take turns to display them. All friends present can bid, and the only requirement is to settle the payment on the spot."
After Hubbard finished speaking, he was quiet for a while, and then continued to say, "Since you all know, today's auction has officially begun. Here are the first lots prepared by my Clay family."
After Hubbard said that, he took out a small wooden box the size of a palm from his arms. As the lid opened, a refreshing fragrance spread throughout the hall in an instant. Because of this tempting fragrance, the guests in the hall opened their eyes and looked into the box, and saw a snow-white pill.
"You may have never seen this thing, but you must have heard its name. This is the Snow Lotus Red Sun Pill, which was secretly passed down by the imperial family in history!"
Hubbard finished speaking and was filled with an uproar. Even McGinn beside Arthur's side had his eyes lit up, and only Joan's expression was a bit strange.
The first item at the opening auction was usually a rare and expensive thing, but Arthur didn't know how this small pill called "Snow Lotus Red Sun Pill" could cause such a big stir.
Arthur poked McKin, "What the hell is this?"
"The secret medicine developed by the first emperor Garlanlot to assist in breaking through the war school level is extremely expensive and is generally only given to the direct blood relatives of the imperial family. This thing is difficult to flow outside."
Hubbard continued on stage: "The Snow Lotus Red Sun Pill can double the chance of advancing to the school. This item is auctioned without a minimum price. Guests in need can bid."
Children of wealthy nobles are easier to advance than children from ordinary families. In addition to the level of martial arts, there are various auxiliary cultivation and promotion items. However, these auxiliary objects are more expensive as they go up. Dragon crystal, the auxiliary objects that are promoted to war generals, are simply unacceptable. There are similar things to the war school. The Snow Lotus and Red Sun Pill is the best-effect auxiliary object developed by the first generation of Emperor Guangming. These things are generally rewarded to offspring with the worst cultivation qualifications in the imperial family, allowing them to advance to the war school, which can also be considered as giving some face to the imperial family.
Logically speaking, this thing worth ten thousand gold will never flow out of the imperial family. There is only one possibility that on the night of the Imperial Capital Blood Night, many princes and princes' mansions were impacted, and this thing was stolen or stolen from the descendants of the imperial family. No wonder Qiong's expression became weird.
Chapter completed!