Chapter 1273 - Starry Sky Auction (2) (1/2)
Starry Sky Auction (2)
This kind of thing didn’t rouse Lin Yun’s interest. Some of the Magic Tools sold by the Gilded Rose required Elemental Amber, but all they needed were ordinary, cheap ones. Moreover, the Gilded Rose’s alchemy team was already studying a way to artificially synthesize Elemental Amber.
A piece of Elemental Amber needed for a Magic Tool would be worth a few dozen purple golds at most, while the starting price of the chunk up for auction was at least 30,000 purple golds. There was no need to pay attention to it.
Lin Yun watched quietly as the Elemental Amber’s price almost tripled, reaching 80,000 purple golds in less than two minutes. This was ridiculous for the first lot.
Another earth elemental gem was quickly auctioned for 60,000 purple golds before the 3rd lot was presented. Only then did Lin Yun become interested.
“It is said that this gem comes from the distant Nesser Dynasty, condensed from the moonwells of the Darknight Elves. Ever since the Darknight Elves disappeared from Noscent, their moonwells, which could condense the power of moonlight, were all abandoned.
“That condensed piece of crystal comes from a moonwell that survived the passage of millennia. It was formed after the power of moonlight condensed for a few dozen millennia, reaching an outer diameter of 130 centimeters and an inner diameter of 88 centimeters.
“It also contains a large amount of pure moonlight essence, and it’s at least eight times better than the best Moon Rock you can find.”
Following the host’s words, the light within the auction hall gradually dimmed, and the Moonlight Essence Crystal started letting out a gentle moonlight. It wasn’t dazzling, but it could illuminate the entire auction hall.
The light scattered by the Moonlight Essence Crystal faded as the room brightened once again, only leaving behind a layer of moonlight seemingly draped over its surface.
“Alright, I believe everyone has gotten a good look at it. This crystal can be used as a material; I believe I don’t need to say anything else. If this crystal is put on a high place, it will illuminate everything within ten kilometers and break through all invisibility.
“The starting price is 120,000 purple golds, you can start bidding now!”
A hint of shock could be seen in Lin Yun’s eyes as he looked at that huge crystal.
‘Moonlight Essence Crystal? Which idiot appraised it? No wonder it felt strange when I saw the illustration. Such a big Moonlight Essence Crystal would have to be condensed in the biggest moonwell of the Darknight Elves for over 38,000 years. Moreover, not a single drop of Moon Water could be extracted during that time.
‘What a joke… The first thing the Darknight Elves were robbed of after their disappearance was the moonwells. It was because the Moon Water from them had the purest mana and would instantly replenish mana, allowing any mage to immediately use more spells. How could something like this run quietly for several dozen millennia?
‘An ordinary moonwell would need to be active for a hundred millennia to condense such a big crystal.
‘Damn, there is definitely a Moonlight Gem within that crystal, and it should be as big as a man’s head! Only a Moonlight Gem of that size could condense this kind of big Moonlight Essence Crystal over it!
‘The Moonlight Crystal Essence can’t normally be used directly, but any lifeform could use the Moon Water, even plants.
‘It would have definitely been absorbed!’
Lin Yun remained calmly seated after recognizing that item through sight and sensing its aura. He waited for the others to bid.
Moonlight Gems weren’t something that people of this era understood, because all the remaining Moonlight Gems were used to make magic tools. They weren’t used anywhere else since records mentioned that Moonlight Gems were made by Darknight Elves. And thus, no one ever thought that this was a Moonlight Gem.
It was only in the future era of mass grave-digging that those crazy mages learnt how Moonlight Gems came into existence after digging through the entirety of Noscent. They weren’t made by Darknight Elves… They were natural treasures nurtured by Ancient Life Trees.
Since the Darknight Elves had thoroughly disappeared from Noscent, Moonlight Gems naturally couldn’t appear, so the newly appearing ones were thought to have been nurtured during the time of the Darknight Elves.
Lin Yun waited for the others to bid, and sure enough, most of the bids came from the people in the hall below. Only a few guests from the upper floor placed bids, and every bid was very low. Within three minutes, the price reached 160,000 purple golds and some people started withdrawing from the competition.
Lin Yun felt that it was time to start bidding, but he didn’t increase the price too much.
“165,000.”
He increased the bid by 5,000 purple golds to show his interest, while also showing that he didn’t lack money. This was to let people know that while he only had a small interest, he didn’t lack purple golds.
Sure enough, more than half of the people gave up on bidding after hearing Lin Yun’s voice. Size didn’t have that much importance when it came to Moonlight Crystal Essence. If it wasn’t for collection, such a big piece would have been cut open afterwards. There was no need to bid high for something used as a warm-up lot like that.
But after hearing Lin Yun’s bid, a shout came out of the Rodney Family’s room.
“200,000.”
Wilder sneered as he looked towards Lin Yun’s location.
‘Andlusan insect, I’ll let you experience our Rodney Family’s wealth today! It’s not something a small Gilded Rose could compare to.’
But when Wilder looked over, he discovered that Lin Yun had a calm expression and didn’t seem surprised.
“250,000.”
The other bidders gave up when Wilder and Lin Yun joined the bidding. Even if it was a bit bigger and had been nurtured naturally, a Moonlight Crystal Essence wasn’t worth so much. It wasn’t worth it even for collection purposes. Moreover, everyone could see that this was the Rodney Family competing with Lin Yun.
Wilder smirked before quickly increasing the price.
“500,000. Mafa Merlin, I can lend you money if you run out. I’ll lend you 500,000 with no interest as long as you kneel down and call me grandfather.”
Lin Yun’s expression didn’t change, not paying Wilder the slightest bit of attention.
“1,000,000.”
A clamor suddenly rose up in the auction hall. Based on the normal price of Moonlight Essence Crystals, such a big piece would have been worth 100,000 purple golds at most, not such a high price. Even if it was bound to reach a higher price due to its collection value, it definitely wasn’t worth that much. After purchase, all you could do with it was to crush it.
Wilder wanted to double the bid and increase the price to two million, but the Great Elder next to him quickly interrupted him.
“Patriarch, don’t be fooled! That guy is definitely inflating the price on purpose, he is planning on letting our Rodney Family win the bid and become a joke.
“He’ll be the fool if we don’t increase the price, he’ll be forced to pay a million for a Moonlight Essence Crystal. He’ll be a fool in everyone’s eyes and we’ll have the last laugh!”
Wilder was startled when he heard this. He didn’t care much about money, as one or two million made no difference to him. But his reputation would suffer if he was tricked in front of everyone, and that would be a huge problem.
Wilder glanced at Lin Yun and noticed that the latter was smirking.
‘Damn, that guy was really trying to trick us. If I bid two million, he would have bid four million… And I would have definitely bid eight million in turn. He would have given up then and I would have been turned into a joke for spending eight million purple golds for something worth a few hundred thousand purple golds.
‘And now it looks like he won’t go for it no matter how much I bid. Hmpf, idiot! You are truly naive if you think you can fool me with that trick.’
Wilder was convinced by the Great Elder’s words.
The auctioneer had already started the countdown during that time.
“1,000,000 once, 1,000,000 twice, 1,000,000 thrice… Sold to this generous guest!”