Chapter 83 Auction – Part 1 (2/2)
- Duration of the skill may fluctuate depending on the mental strength of both caster and the target.
Skill Cost: 5 Lifespans.
Skill Restriction:
- Can only be cast on the target within 100 meters range.
- Can only affect the target with weaker mental strength than the host.
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Te Langpu cast [Heart Devil] on Tong in secret. He hoped to force Tong onto revealing his true self to the public and ruined his reputation in the process. After that, Te Langpu could exploit this weakness of Tong in the future when he expanded his businesses in other cities.
However, Tong's reaction betrayed Te Langpu's expectation. From the look of his face and body movements, he did not seem to be affected by it at all.
'I can't use mental magic on him. Even though I still have my [Midas Touch], I don't think I should take the risk and fight him head-on. I should avoid the confrontation, settle my business elsewhere and live peacefully. War and conflicts are stupid anyway.'
Te Langpu made up his mind. He would not pick a fight with Tong in this city. After this auction was over, he would leave as soon as possible.
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The auction continued. The first item to the tenth item was a batch of 1,000 soap, which was auctioned for 30,000 gold in average each. Ten groups of merchants won these soap as they did not take part in provision trade with Tong.
Two servants brought in a cart which carried five oak barrels on the stage. Meanwhile, the staffs started serving a cup of the mysterious cold brown liquor. It gave out an attractive aroma to the attendees.
”What's this?”
”This is … wine?”
”What kind of wine is this?”
”Could it be …?”
The merchants were amazed by the fragrance of the liquor. They had tasted countless wine, but they never caught a scent of this exquisite wine in the cup in front of them.
Tong clapped his hands twice to get the attention of the audience and spoke out.
”This wine is not actually wine, but I call it ”whiskey”. A special liquor that you wouldn't be able to find it anywhere but here in Julu City.”
The crowd was listening to Tong. They could not understand what Tong tried to convey to them. A wine is a wine. Why did he call it a whiskey? And why Tong declared that it could not be found in other cities?
”Well, even if I describe it for a whole day, you wouldn't be able to understand what's the difference between wine and my whiskey. I have ordered my staffs to serve you a cup of ”whiskey”. Please try it, and you will be enlightened.”
Te Langpu glared at Tong in shock. He knew about this whiskey. He also knew how hard it was to distill a barrel of these, yet Tong had brought it in front of him.
'What in the world!? He has a distillery here!? Did he buy it from the shop, or did he construct it himself!? Damn it, he is too far ahead. I can't fight him in the commerce field too?'
On the contrary to Te Langpu's frustrated look, the other merchants drank the content within the cup in front of them and cried out in admiration.
”Such aroma!”
”This … this is the smelling of oak!”
”It leaves the aftertaste!”
”I … I … I'm glad I've been born. *sniff*”
”Hey, don't cry!”
”You haven't drink it yet? Give me your cup and I'll stop crying!”
”What!? No way in hell I'll fall for your scam. I'm drinking it!”
”Unbelievable …”
”I'm glad this is called 'whiskey'. If this is called 'wine' then all wine I had drunk was nothing but trash!”
A commotion broke out in the crowd. They were captivated by the taste and the smell of the whiskey. Twenty of them stood up and asked the staffs if they could get more. The smarter merchants noticed the oak barrels on the stage and understood Tong's intention immediately.
Tong clapped his hands again to calm down the people below.
”I'm sure that everybody likes my whiskey. What we have served you were part of the content within this barrel. I have to warn you one thing. This whiskey is not easy to come by. I have consulted with the makers of these liquor. They can only make one barrel a year because of its complication brewing process! So once these barrels were sold out, there will not be another one any time soon.”