Chapter 144 Life Crystal
Chapter 144 Life Crystal
Qi Yu looked at the tray that was extended to him and realized that he was asked to pay. Therefore, Qi Yu took out two purses from his ring, one of which contained 30 platinum coins given by Liu Hao, and the other one was his own, which contained 13 platinum coins and 30 gold coins.
The staff looked at the two ordinary money bags without showing any disdain, but still smiled politely.
After all, this kind of thing has happened before. A wealthy tycoon used an ordinary purse to purchase chips. It is said that the reason why this purse is so ordinary is that it was sewn by his mother for him when he was a child.
However, there was a short-sighted staff member who laughed at the rich man because the purse was tattered and ordinary. The result for this staff member can be imagined. The next day, his original position was replaced by someone else. From then on, no one dared to look down on those who were not good-looking.
In response to this, Qi Yu looked at the staff's back as they left and nodded slightly. He had a pretty good attitude towards the service of the staff here, at least better than Master Lin's indifferent attitude.
Master Lin, who was studying something on the other side, suddenly felt his nose itchy and then sneezed.
Qi Yu held the teacup and drank tea sip by sip. After a while, the staff came in again with a tray.
Qi Yu looked up and saw two empty purses on the tray. Next to the purses were two piles of chips, one pile was golden and the other was platinum.
As she gently placed the tray in front of Qi Yu, she gestured, "VIP, your chips have been exchanged. Please check the amount. If you want to exchange them into coins again in the future, a 20% handling fee will be charged. Please pay attention."
Qi Yu already knew this, so he nodded to show that he understood, and then gently picked up a chip and looked at it carefully. This was a chip made of a special metal, which felt warm to the touch, and the gold chip was plated with a layer of gold on the outside. The same was true for the platinum chip, which was also plated with a layer of platinum on the outside.
The back of each chip is engraved with the logo of the Central Arms Store, which is a sword and shield style, and the front is engraved with an Arabic numeral "1".
Qi Yu roughly counted the numbers and found that they were exactly the same. He nodded at the staff, then leaned back in his chair and looked at the screen.
The auctioneer on the screen said at this time: "Now that the chips of all the distinguished guests have been exchanged, I declare that the auction officially begins!"
As the hammer fell, the surrounding lights dimmed instantly, leaving only a beam of light where the auctioneer was standing. The music was also changed to rhythmic music, and the atmosphere was just right. Then a female staff member came up gently carrying a tray covered with a red cloth.
The auctioneer said, "Now, let's start the auction of the first item." He then slowly walked to the tray and said:
"This is the first item to be auctioned. I believe that everyone can recognize it even if I don't tell you." He gently lifted the red cloth on the tray, and what came into view was a dazzling red light.
While Qi Yu was still carefully identifying the objects on the tray, the auctioneer began to introduce: "Life crystal, this hard currency is familiar to everyone. This piece of life crystal was accidentally obtained by an adventurer while exploring the jungle underground. According to experts' appraisal, the content of life energy inside is as high as 80%. This is very rare. I believe I don't need to say more about its value. The starting price is 5 gold coins, and each bid cannot be less than 20 silver coins."
As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, people began to bid.
Qi Yu was not in a hurry to follow the filming. He really needed things like Life Crystals, but according to the prices in Terraria, a Life Crystal was only worth 8 gold coins.
So he decided that if the price was below 8 gold coins, then he would consider buying it, but if it exceeded 8 gold coins, then he would not bid.
He was not so foolish as to spend more money than the life limit was worth for a mere 10 points. Although he had a lot of platinum coins, it was not enough to be squandered.
Since it was the first lot to be auctioned, many people did not bid freely, so the price did not rise quickly. When it reached 7 gold coins, only a few people continued to bid.
Seeing this, Qi Yu said to the staff beside him: "Raise the price, add 20 silver coins."
The staff member next to her nodded, took out eight golden chips from the tray in front of her, and threw them into a small slot next to the screen. After she fiddled with it for a few times, a price suddenly appeared above the screen - 7 gold coins and 20 silver coins.
The auctioneer standing on the stage saw this and shouted loudly: "The current price is 7 gold coins and 20 silver coins. Is there anyone who wants to bid more?"
At this moment, a quote popped up on the screen again. It was someone else's quote, and the price was 7 gold coins and 60 silver coins.
The auctioneer immediately shouted, "Someone has offered 7 gold coins and 60 silver coins. The value of this crystal is much more than this price. Is there anyone who wants to bid more?"
Qi Yu frowned slightly, looked up and signaled her to raise the price to 8 gold coins. Of course, this was also Qi Yu's bottom line. If it was higher, he would not want it.
Seeing that this crystal had reached the 8 gold coins mark, the auctioneer shouted, "8 gold coins, is there anyone else bidding? No one else bidding? 8 gold coins at a time!"
Qi Yu looked at the quote on the screen, which remained at 8 gold coins without any change. It seemed that no one wanted to bid with Qi Yu.
Just as Qi Yu thought, until the auctioneer called out the price for the third time, still no one raised the price, so this life crystal was successfully won by Qi Yu.
However, Qi Yu did not feel happy at all at this time, because after the bidding price reached 8 gold coins, no one raised the price. This showed that none of the people who came to participate in the auction were fools, but people who knew the value of the goods.
They should all know that the value of this life crystal is only 8 gold coins at most, so they stopped bidding. It seems that it will not be so easy to find a bargain at this auction.
Qi Yu was chewing fruit while staring at the screen, looking at the pictures on it, while the staff member next to him was standing by the door, seemingly waiting for something.
After a while, there was a knock on the door, and another staff member came in holding the life crystal that had been on the table. She had been waiting at the door and took it and handed it to Qi Yu, then she stepped aside.
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