Chapter 102: Magister Thorne's Notes

At the end of October, the autumn wind in Anweimar City was fierce, the sky was getting dark, and there was already a hint of coolness in the air.

However, the streets of Anweimar City are still crowded with people and bustling.

Because today is the day when the monthly large-scale auction is held, the Nessinli Auction House, which is located in the center of the most prosperous Champs Elysees in Ancheng, is also more lively than usual tonight, and the sky has just darkened. Countless people squeezed in, squeezing the huge space of Nessinli Auction House to the brim.

As usual, among these people, you can easily find various nobles and merchants in Anweimar City.

For them, this is not only a place to show their arrogance, but also an important social place, and anyone who has the qualifications and conditions to come will definitely not miss it.

The large-scale auctions held almost every month will become an important topic of discussion in Anweimar City for a period of time to come.

And in these conversations, the most important thing is which big nobleman or which big businessman spent a lot of money, how many staggeringly huge sums were thrown out, and what extremely expensive items were bought.

For example, at the large-scale auction last month, a famous painting that was said to be handed down from the Elven Dynasty 3,000 years ago was sold for a sky-high price of 370,000 gold coins, which caused a sensation in the entire Bangta City. It's just that the person who took the picture of this famous painting refused to disclose his information, so that a month later, there are still countless people discussing in private who is so angry that he can throw out 370,000 gold coins at once A huge sum of money to buy a painting.

And for this month's big auction. Naturally, everyone's attention focused on what rare and valuable items will appear in this auction, and how high the price can be auctioned.

For example, can it surpass this year's auction record of 370,000 gold coins set by the famous painting last month?

Xu Yi squeezed into the auction house. I found the seat I had reserved ten days in advance through Haines and sat down. I heard people from all over the world discussing this issue, and I couldn't help smiling.

Three hundred and seventy thousand gold coins is not a big amount for him now, but if he has so much money, he would rather devote himself to the research of magic machinery than spend even one gold coin on the purchase of such machines. Luxuries that meant nothing to him.

Moreover, after he arrived in Anweimar City this time, he made a special trip to participate in this auction, but it was not to buy these luxury goods. But another purpose.

After waiting patiently for a while, I stayed until seven o'clock in the evening. An auctioneer came up from behind, and the noisy sound in the venue immediately stopped. Xu Yi couldn't help but nodded. From this point of view, the Nessinli Auction House deserves to be the largest auction house in the city of Anvimar and even the entire Lampari Kingdom.

After the auctioneer gave a short but enthusiastic introduction to this large auction. Soon it officially entered the topic of the auction.

Xu Yi ignored all the weird things in front of him, just quietly listening to the people around him asking for prices, watching the atmosphere keep rising under the hype of the auctioneer.

The final transaction price of the first auction item was only 500 gold coins, but by the time of the tenth item, the final transaction price had already exceeded 10,000 gold coins.

Seeing the lively scene of people around bidding enthusiastically, Xu Yi couldn't help but feel emotional.

Judging from this situation, there are actually quite a few rich people in the Lampari Kingdom.

But the strange thing is that the financial situation of the Kingdom of Lampari has not been good.

Even though last year was a big improvement compared to previous years, it still didn't exceed three million gold coins. It is even slightly higher than the annual profit of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Xu Yi was very puzzled by this situation. He once asked Seweney about it, but he didn't get a clear answer.

With each item sold. The price gradually increased, and the atmosphere in the auction house heated up a little bit. Everyone who participated in the auction seemed to become very excited and lose their minds.

However, when the auctioneer took out the seventeenth auction item, the scene suddenly became deserted.

"A copy of Magister Thorne's notes, the base price is 3,000 gold coins. The minimum price is 200 gold coins. Please start bidding."

The auctioneer's voice fell. The audience was silent, everyone looked at each other, and most of them were bewildered.

Although everyone knows what the word "magister" stands for, Magister Thorne's notes mean nothing to most ordinary people.

If it is a very famous great magister on the mainland, then with the great popularity of the great magister on this continent, no matter what is related to him, it is possible to sell for sky-high prices.

For example, at last year's auction, a quill pen used by the great magister Lifao was auctioned, and the final transaction price reached an astonishing 130,000 gold coins.

But the magister is not a great magister after all, just one level behind, but it represents a world of difference.

Because on the continent of Sainz, there have always been magicians of the magister level, and there are not many of them. For example, there are as many as twenty-seven magisters on this continent now.

However, it is extremely difficult for a great magister to appear. It has been more than 4,000 years since humans began to learn magic. In human history, only a few great magisters have appeared on the switchboard. On average, they may not appear for hundreds of years. one.

In comparison, the great magister is naturally rarer and has a higher status in people's minds.

Xu Yi waited patiently for a while. Seeing that no one raised the price, and seeing that the auctioneer was about to raise his hammer and count down to announce the failed auction, he raised his hand and shouted, "Three thousand gold coins."

Hearing this voice, the auctioneer breathed a sigh of relief, immediately lowered the hammer, pointed in Xu Yi's direction and said loudly, "Mr. 39, three thousand gold coins. Is there any price increase?"

Everyone in the auction house turned to look at Xu Yi in unison.

Xu Yi didn't wear a magic robe today, so everyone naturally couldn't see his identity as a magician, so they couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

What does this young fellow want to buy Magister Thorne's notes for? Does he still want to improve his magic level through a notebook?

Look at his young appearance, even if you show him, he might not be able to understand it, right?

Xu Yi ignored everyone's gaze, stared at the auctioneer, and put pressure on him with his eyes.

The auctioneer naturally understood Xu Yi's meaning. After waiting for a while and seeing that no one raised the price, he nodded and continued: "This is the first time for the 3,000 gold coin on the 39th. Is there any price increase? If not, the notes from Magister Thorne It's going to belong to this gentleman."

Still no answer.

The auctioneer waited for a while, and could only helplessly shout again: "The second time for three thousand gold coins on the 39th. There is only one last chance left. Is there anyone who is interested in magic or Magister Thorne?" People are willing to increase the price? Magister Thorne is the first magister in the history of our Lampari Kingdom. He is a symbol of glory for the magicians of our Lampari Kingdom. His notes must be of great value. I think everyone You shouldn't want to miss it, right?"

Perhaps it was the auctioneer's words that had an effect, and a voice sounded from the audience: "Three thousand and five hundred gold coins."

The auctioneer suddenly cheered up, pointed in that direction and said loudly: "Okay! Someone raised the price! Mr. No. 47, 3,500 gold coins! Is there anyone else who wants to increase the price?"

When this question was asked, the auctioneer naturally looked in Xu Yi's direction.

Xu Yi didn't disappoint him either, and shouted without blinking: "Four thousand gold coins."...

There was a burst of discussion in the arena.

Judging from Xu Yi's attitude, it is obvious that he has made up his mind to start.

The other bidder, No. 47, seemed to have sensed Xu Yi's attitude, and was a little unconvinced. He opened his mouth and immediately shouted "five thousand gold coins".

Seeing this situation, everyone in the auction house became excited.

For the people participating in the auction, what they like to see most is someone bidding, because only in this way can they show a bit of the excitement and tension of the auction.

Everyone looked at Xu Yi expectantly, Xu Yi pondered for a while, and then quoted the price of "5,200 gold coins".

"cut--"

Hearing this offer, everyone was a little disappointed.

Just now it was 500 gold coins, but now it has become the lowest price of 200 gold coins. Doesn't it mean that this young guy is actually a strong outsider? I'm afraid he has already spent all his meager savings on the purchase of this notebook.

No. 47 was obviously taken aback by Xu Yi's sudden lowered bid, and waited for a while before calling out a bid of 5,500 gold coins.

Xu Yi hesitated longer this time, and only when the auctioneer was about to call out the third confirmation of the auction deal did he call out a bid of "5,700 gold coins".

No. 47 shook his head, as if he was very disappointed with Xu Yi's performance, and gave up the bidding.

So Xu Yi finally bought the notebook of Magister Thorne for 5,700 gold coins.

This kind of auction process naturally disappointed everyone, so they were quickly forgotten by everyone and continued to start various biddings for subsequent auction items.

Xu Yi still remained silent, watching the performances of the crowd in the auction house, quietly waiting for the next auction item that he was targeting to appear.

About half an hour later, the staff of Nessinli's auction house came up with a red palm-sized box carefully.

Seeing how careful the staff looked, everyone's curiosity was immediately aroused.

There were so many expensive things before, and I didn’t see the staff being particularly careful. Why did they show such an attitude towards this thing?

There is only one explanation, that is, the things contained in this small box must be far more expensive than all the previous things!

Thinking of this, everyone's breathing became rapid.

Everyone knew very well that the grand finale of this large auction was about to begin.

And with the appearance of every final auction item, there will always be a bloodbath.