Chapter 373 - Chapter 373: Chapter 373: The Meeting Gift (1/2)

Chapter 373: Chapter 373: The Meeting Gift

Fox swayed his body and slowly took a seat beside him, presenting Chen Yu with an exquisitely crafted token.

“Mr. Chen,” he began, “this is a token of the Knights of the Round Table; from today onwards, you are one of the thirteen Knights of the Round Table.”

Chen Yu was somewhat surprised; the so-called Knights of the Round Table were part of a legend that had arisen a long time ago.

To defeat the Celt invasion, King Arthur gathered thirteen knights, forming a covenant of life and death.

Since that time, the covenant had been passed down from generation to generation.

In the modern era, everyone believed that the Knights of the Round Table were nothing more than characters in a legend.

In reality, this legend had become an organization that had been passed down through the ages.

As Chen Yu took the token that Fox had handed to him, he was shocked to find that it was inlaid with a top-tier gemstone that had been lost for ages.

Just one could possibly fetch a price of several hundred million.

Yet on a single token, there were as many as thirteen gemstones.

Just auctioning this one token could make a person the top tycoon of a region.

Chen Yu’s breath suddenly quickened; judging from this alone, the combined wealth of all the Knights of the Round Table could very well overturn the entire world.

Suppressing the surprise in his heart, Chen Yu leaned back in his chair, looking at the gold scepter placed before him.

At a glance, one could tell this scepter was the exclusive gold scepter of Tutankhamun.

It had been lost since the 1920s and 1930s.

Organizations around the world had searched for an entire century yet failed to find any trace of it, only to unexpectedly discover it here.

Fox clapped his hands twice.

“Ladies and gentlemen, this gold scepter we’ve just found has been authenticated as belonging to Tutankhamun,” he said. “Now we shall distribute it, following the old rules, the highest bidder takes it.”

The others appeared indifferent, showing little interest in the gold scepter before them, merely raising their tokens mechanically.

Almost everyone seated at this table had seen all the treasures in the world, and were not too impressed by a mere gold scepter.

Before long, an old man took the gold scepter into his possession; it seemed like he bought it not out of interest, but simply because he offered the highest price.

However, after obtaining the gold scepter, the old man did not instruct his bodyguard to put it away. Instead, he pushed it across to Chen Yu.

“Young man, since you’ve joined the Knights of the Round Table, consider this a welcome gift from me,” the old man said. “You must accept it; it’s our tradition.”

Chen Yu’s pupils suddenly dilated, having just witnessed the old man spend six billion to purchase the gold scepter, only to casually offer it to him.

Just as he was about to decline, the next item was brought up for auction.

Compared to the gold scepter, this item seemed rather ordinary, but the intricate patterns on it quickly captured Chen Yu’s interest.

It appeared to be a unique ceremonial object from the Ancient Shu State.

Having been passed down for at least six thousand years, the patterns seemed to chronicle the rise and fall of a nation’s civilization—an inestimably valuable historical treasure when viewed from the outside.

The most important thing was that this item belonged to the treasures of Eastern civilization, and no matter from which perspective, Chen Yu had to purchase it.

Just as he prepared to make his move, an elderly man seated near him suddenly placed a key on the table.