1623 The Horn of the Deer God (1/2)
Edited by Aelryinth
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”I'm thinking of dying now, what about you?”
”I don't feel any better than you.”
”We were worried he was in some kind of trouble, but it turns out that he's quitting our team of Advanced Mages!”
”Should we take him out before he attempts the breakthrough? If he did break through to the Super Level, we will lose our only chance...”
”Mo Fan, you're a madman!”
The street lamps extended the shadows of the two depressed figures. Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan were walking along the streets. Mu Bai had totally ruined their pleasant mood from the afternoon.
Hah? Weren't they supposed to be happy for their friend?
Happy my ass, they had put in so much effort looking for the Totem Beasts while saving countless lives, yet the Heavens had let Mu Bai achieve the Super Level first...
Mo Fan's cultivation was at least an entire street ahead of Mu Bai's back in high school, yet the goddamned bottleneck of the Advanced Level had allowed Mu Bai to take the lead. He could not deny Mu Bai's fortuitous discovery and diligence, but seriously, all five of his Elements had already reached their peak!
Either way, Mo Fan was seriously not happy.. .even if Mu Bai could not defeat him after achieving the Super Level, he would still be displeased.
Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan continued on their way to the auction, but they were clearly not in the mood anymore.
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During the auction, Mo Fan was constantly thinking about Mu Bai, ignoring how precious the items that were being auctioned off were. He had initially planned to get himself some reliable defensive Equipment.
”The next item is an artifact from the East. I wonder if anyone here knows its origin… the artifact is called the Horn of the Deer God. An appraiser believes it's related to an ancient protector creature. It's definitely valuable in the eyes of a collector. The starting price is thirteen million!” the auctioneer briefly explained for the crowd.
If an appraiser they found could determine the value of the ancient artifact, the auctioneer would only sell it at a satisfying price, or to some collector to earn a fortune. Since it was difficult to appraise the value of an ancient artifact, most people only collected them as a hobby. Some might have some special uses, raising the price of the artifact tenfold. Therefore, the prices between ancient artifacts with known powers and the artifacts with unknown abilities varied greatly!
The auctioneer obviously had not discovered the abilities of the Horn of the Deer God, as they only had a brief description of it. The starting price was only set at thirteen million because it was an antique that might appeal to rich collectors.
”Are they seriously selling that for almost a billion!?” Zhao Manyan blurted out.
”Fifteen million!” Mo Fan suddenly yelled.
Zhao Manyan was startled. He said, ”Are you out of your mind? Why would you buy that thing?”
”Sixteen million!” a man countered.
”Seventeen million!” Mo Fan raised his bid without any hesitation.
The other man did not raise his bid further.
”Seventeen million it is, it seems like this young man here is an impressive collector! I hope the Horn of Deer God will grant you immense luck!” the emcee said.
”Oh my, I know you aren't in a great mood, but you shouldn't vent your frustrations by wasting your money. We are bidding in euros, that thing just cost you one point five billion!” Zhao Manyan swore at him.