Chapter 150: Frost Core Appears
Chapter 150: Frost Core Appears
"I'm sure you've heard of this legend." The auctioneer spoke with great emotion, "It is said that deep in the extremely cold land in the south, there is a race of people. They are huge and extremely powerful. Their eyes can even emit terrifying gazes. Anyone who is hit by them will be covered in ice and sleep forever in the extremely cold land."
Listening to the auctioneer's sinister tone, Qi Yu raised his eyebrows slightly. He understood that he was talking about the Ice Stone Giant. However, Qi Yu felt that it was not as exaggerated as he said. Due to its huge size, it moved very slowly, so it was not difficult to kill it. However, he should be careful about the lasers emitted from its eyes.
"They are the Ice Stone Giants. It is said that they are born to be the favorites of ice. Even if they do not practice deliberately, the ice elements will automatically enter their bodies and enhance their strength. These ice energies are stored in their hearts, which is what we know as the 'Frost Core'."
The auctioneer pointed to the item on the stage and said, "As you can see, this is a genuine frost core. Experts have confirmed that the purity of this frost core is very high.
You should know that this situation is very rare. After all, the Frost Stone Giants only appear when a blizzard occurs in extremely cold areas.
It is difficult for ordinary adventurers to survive in a blizzard, let alone kill the stone giants and collect frost cores. This shows how precious this thing is."
The auctioneer talked for a long time, and finally concluded with one sentence: "This thing is very valuable, hurry up and bid!"
Qi Yu expected that the process of bidding for the Frost Core would definitely not be easy this time, but he touched the other pile of 30 chips on the table and felt slightly relieved. It is true that "having money means having confidence."
"The starting price is 40 gold coins. Bidding begins!" As the auctioneer shouted, the price on the screen soared instantly. It soon exceeded 1 platinum, and the momentum was still growing.
Qi Yu shook his head helplessly upon seeing this, and slowly watched them bidding, but did not make a bid immediately. After all, the previous prices were just small fluctuations.
The ones who can truly decide who owns the item are those who offer a high price, and Qi Yu is waiting for those people, as they are his real competitors.
As he waited patiently, the price soared to 4 platinum. At this time, there were fewer people bidding and the increase rate slowed down. Only then did Qi Yu slowly bid, indicating to increase the price to 4 platinum and 50 gold coins.
After the staff did as instructed, the number of people raising the price decreased. Based on the frequency of price increases, Qi Yu estimated that there were only 4 or 5 people left competing with him.
Qi Yu frowned slightly when he saw this. This number was much more than he expected, but the arrow was on the string and had to be shot, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and raise the price.
As the numbers on the screen continued to jump, from 4 platinum and 50 gold coins, slowly increased to 51, 52... At this moment, suddenly a quote of 5 platinum appeared on the screen.
Everyone present was stunned, realizing that someone wanted to suppress others in one fell swoop and show their determination to win. However, Qi Yu could only shake his head embarrassedly, because this thing was a commissioned prop and he had to get it.
So he said, "Add 20 gold coins."
The staff looked at the chips on his plate, nodded slightly, and then completed the price increase.
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In another private room, a person wearing a teacher's robe and a mask was frowning slightly. Although she was wearing a mask, her exquisite figure and crossed legs showed that she was a woman. At this moment, she was staring at the quote on the screen.
Although she was wearing a teacher's robe, the style, pattern, and color of her robe were different from those of the Wood Element Academy. Compared with the vines of the Wood Element Academy, her body was replaced by endless waves and water droplets. If Su Yuhong were here, she would definitely exclaim in surprise, because this was exactly the teacher's robe of the Water Element Academy.
At this moment, she was muttering to herself, "Damn it, these people are so difficult to deal with. What's the use of this frost core for them? This thing is just garbage to someone who doesn't practice water element."
She glanced at the pile of chips beside her, stroking her chin and pondering, "Could it be that they are also water elemental mages? That shouldn't be the case. There should only be one place for me in the academy."
She was puzzled, but there was no other way. She was determined to get this thing. After all, the resources for cultivating the water element were scarce, especially since this was a rare ice element material, which was even more hard to come by.
Then she waved to the staff to continue to raise the price, then stretched her neck, supported her face and looked at the screen.
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On the other side, Qi Yu also stretched his neck, supported his face, and looked at the quote on the screen. After several rounds of confrontation, the price quickly reached 6 platinum.
After the price exceeded 6 platinums, Qi Yu felt that the frequency of bidding slowed down again. If there were four or five people participating in the auction before, there would be at most three people now.
Qi Yu naturally would not give up. After all, he had accepted the commission and had already absorbed the mana crystals as a reward. In short, there was no retreat.
So, he had to continue raising the price. Just when he was about to add another 10 gold coins, the price suddenly jumped from 6 platinum to 7 platinum.
Qi Yu was slightly stunned, and his face suddenly became gloomy, because this meant that there was someone who was just as determined as he was, and he was not afraid that he could not buy this thing, as he could definitely buy it for thirty platinum coins, but he did not want to spend so much, after all, whatever was left would be his.
But looking at the situation, it seemed that he couldn't save any money, so Qi Yu had no choice but to raise the price and added another 20 gold coins. No matter how much the other party added afterwards, Qi Yu always had 20 more gold coins than him and remained at the top of the list.
This made the teacher of the Water Element Academy on the other side very angry. She clenched her teeth under the mask and the wine glass in her hand was cracked by her.
"asshole……"
The woman slammed the wine glass down on the table, her eyes fixed on the price on the big screen which was 20 gold coins more than hers.
During this period, the woman tried all kinds of methods, including suddenly raising the price to scare him and try to make him back down, and then increasing the price little by little to wear out his patience. In the end, the other party remained unmoved. No matter what price he offered, the other party always offered 20 gold coins higher than his, like a dog-skin plaster that could not be shaken off.
As the two of them went back and forth, the price was gradually approaching 8 platinums. The woman stood up from her seat, walked to the front of the screen, and said to herself, "I don't have much money this time. If I keep wasting money like this, I will definitely not be able to defeat him. It's better to make a big move all at once to scare him away."
After making up her mind, she turned to the staff and said, "Upgrade it to 8 platinums for me, and every time I raise the price, you have to add 1 platinum for me."
After receiving a positive response from the staff, she walked back to her seat and sat down, saying viciously in her heart: "I hope you don't be ungrateful, otherwise..."
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