Chapter 345 - Moonlight Metal Ore (1/2)
”I'm sorry, Grandmaster Tiequan,” Young Master Xuan Hao said with a tinge of guilt. ”I just can't bring myself to stand by and watch.”
Grandmaster Tiequan let out a helpless sigh.
He had guessed as much.
The person who just made a bid was none other than Young Master Xuan Hao.
In his eyes, Young Master Xuan Hao might be a talented youngster, but he was far too inexperienced when it came to the affairs of the world. It was fortunate that he had yet to run into any serious trouble after coming out to adventure on his own.
Regardless, he was still considered an outsider.
He had already given Young Master Xuan Hao whatever advice he could. Since the latter refused to listen, so be it then.
[Bidding Card #146: Twelve mid ranked beast cores]
Young Master Xuan Hao frowned.
It seemed like Grandmaster Weiwo was not intending to give up just yet.
[Bidding Card #4132: Thirteen mid ranked beast cores]
[Bidding Card #146: Fourteen mid ranked beast cores]
[Bidding Card #4132: Fifteen mid ranked beast cores]
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Lu Tianzi shook his head in disapproval.
He agreed with Grandmaster Tiequan's point of view.
Then again, Lu Tianzi's personality was completely different from that of Young Master Xuan Hao, and he would not even consider helping the young girl.
Of course, that was unless doing so would not cost him anything, or if it would benefit himself in some other way.
[Bidding Card #4132: Twenty five mid ranked beast cores]
This time, there was no longer any action from Grandmaster Weiwo.
Sold!
Young Master Xuan Hao let out a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, it appeared that Grandmaster Weiwo did not place much emphasis on this one girl, and had given up earlier than Young Master Xuan Hao had expected.
Because of that, he still had sufficient resources left to at least try for other items.
The auction staff rolled the cage off stage after the bidding closed.
Unless specially requested, successfully bidded items would not be immediately sent over to the bidders for two reasons.
One reason was to help the bidders maintain their anonymity, though it did not apply to people like Grandmaster Tiequan who held a permanent bidding card number.
People like him already had a certain reputation in the city, and nobody would dare to eye their belongings anyway.
Another reason was to prevent inconveniencing the bidder.
It was one thing for people who had their private rooms, but those seated among the crowds might find it troublesome to tend to bulky items, especially if these items were not suited to be stored away in spatial rings.
The auction continued.
One by one, all sorts of rare items were revealed on stage.
There were raw materials, weapons, armour, accessories, beasts, technique manuals, treasure maps, and all sorts of other items.
It was a true eye opener for Lu Tianzi, who listened intently as Juekang patiently introduced each of these items.
The young host tempted the hearts of the guests by making every auctioned item sound like they were one-in-a-million. Under his facilitation, not a single one ended up being sold for less than twenty mid ranked beast cores.
”This is a Moonlight Metal Ore. I think most people present would not need much explanation for this. Just like its name suggests, it is a precious raw material capable of harnessing the power of the moon, perfect for making equipment or accessories of the Yin attribute. Not just that, its durability far surpasses that of most other metals, making it an even better choice as a main material for weapon forging. Of course, the Sacred Lotus Treasury runs an upright business will not scam our guests here. While telling you of an item's strengths, we will also let you know its weaknesses. Because of its durability, only the top artificers or smiths are capable of using the Moonlight Metal Ore to forge an equipment, so please do not complain if you fail to do so in the future.”
Just like before, Juekang's soothing voice incited the ancitipation within everyone's hearts while he pulled off the curtain that covered the current item on stage.
In stark contrast to how precious Juekang made it out to be, the Moonlight Metal Ore looked rather unimpressive.
This piece of Moonlight Metal Ore was around the size of a person, and was dull grey in colour with rough edges all over. One could not feel any energy undulations from it whatsoever.
Even so, looks of excitement immediately appeared on the faces of the crowds.
Regardless of its lackl.u.s.tre appearance, it was obvious just how much they valued the Moonlight Metal Ore.
”Moonlight Metal Ore... this is quite a rare material,” Grandmaster Tiequan grinned.
As a Grandmaster Artificer, his standards were far above most others, and this was the first item today that was able to catch his interest.
”Is Grandmaster Tiequan planning to bid for this?” Young Master Xuan Hao asked.
”That will depend on the price,” Grandmaster Tiequan replied vaguely. ”The size of the ore is decent, so many others will definitely be interested in it as well, especially that Weiwo. The Moonlight Metal Ore is perfect for what he is planning to forge.”
”The starting bid price is fifty mid ranked beast cores, and each raise has to be by at least five mid ranked beast cores,” Juekang announced.
[Bidding Card #2315: Sixty mid ranked beast cores]
[Bidding Card #12143: Seventy mid ranked beast cores]
[Bidding Card #28: Seventy-five mid ranked beast cores]
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