Chapter 63 Determining the Items for Auction
Pei Hening nodded: "Let's continue."
Abe breathed a sigh of relief and pointed to a green skill scroll: "This is an A-rank skill [You Don't Understand Plants at All]. Two hours after using the skill, your health will double, and you will summon a vine of equal strength to fight alongside you. It consumes 200 mana points and has a 24-hour cooldown. Starting bid: 50 gold coins."
The two walked up to a finely crafted longbow, and Abe took the initiative to say, "This is the [Hunter] longbow consigned by the Noya warriors. It has a 5% chance to trigger a 3x critical hit, consumes 20 mana points per use, and has no cooldown. Starting bid is 40 gold coins."
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"These are rare recipes collected and compiled by gourmet Lulu. Starting bid: 10 gold coins."
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Pei Hening's gaze was drawn to a special ore that shone brightly like azurite. She pointed at it and asked, "What is this?"
Abe offered to explain: "It's a rare ore with ice elements, used to forge ice-attribute weapons. It weighs 100g and has a starting bid of 260 gold coins. I estimate this ore could fetch a little over a thousand. Two blacksmiths who are aiming for epic-level advancement have come today."
After she finished speaking, she pointed to a bright yellow ore with flames flowing inside it: "This is a sunstone, which is needed to forge legendary weapons, but sunstone ore is basically extinct on the market. 5g, it is one of the final items to be auctioned today, with a starting price of 1,000,000 gold coins."
Pei Hening clicked her tongue in amazement. As expected of the auction house of Highway Stores, it had a solid foundation. To be able to offer such a price, it was clear that there was no shortage of buyers.
Seeing that Pei Hening wasn't interested, Abe took the initiative to lead her to a very special branch whose vitality could be clearly felt, and said, "This is a branch of the Elf Tree in the Magic Forest, 12g, 500,000 gold coins. It's also one of the final items to be auctioned."
"These final auction items were actually brought over by our boss at the request of the VIPs who have priority purchase rights. They will spare no expense to bid for them."
Abe showed her around, and after Pei Hening gave her a tip, she found a corner sofa to sit on.
She was organizing the auction item information and resent the remaining items to the group chat.
She sent Chu Xuange a message alone.
[DibiDibi]: Do you like any of them? I'll take a picture for you.
[Princess Ningning]: Baby, recipes, I want recipes.
Pei Hening switched back to the Highway School channel to see the items they had selected for auction.
[Winifred]: @DibiDibi help me bid on [Hunter], but don't bother if the hammer price is over 300 gold coins.
[DiBiDiBi]: You pay the 10% service fee, and I'll take an extra 5% as a purchasing agent fee. @WinnieFred
Pei Hening thought for a moment and then pulled out the prop [insurance policy].
[Insurance Policy] (Rank B): Creates a contract that maintains the fairness of the transaction. Costs 10 mana, cooldown: 1 minute.
She then sent a message to the highway school channel.
[Dibi Dibi]: To avoid customers skipping out on orders, let's sign a contract, [insurance policy] (with item description).
[Winifred]: OK
[Dog-like Helplessness]: I want [Total Destruction], I don't want more than 700 gold coins.
[Drip-to-rip]: 1
[HXWHKL]: [Sacrifice], 2500 gold coins, anything more is fine.
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Pei Hening wrote down their starting prices and the items they wanted to bid on.
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On the other side, [Get Rich, Get Rich, Get Rich] had no interest in the NPCs at all; he looked at the players around him with suspicion in his eyes!
Who on earth stole his [fluctuating time]?!
That was his only SS-level item!
It's still a time-based prop!
"Brother Fa Cai, what are you doing here all alone?"
One of the male players who was helping the female player along with [Get Rich, Get Rich, Get Rich] walked up to her and asked her curiously.
[Get rich, get rich, get rich] sighed and put on a sad face: "I still haven't found the watch my dad left me."
The male player laughed and said, "Oh, I thought it was something tricky. Finding things is my specialty."
As he spoke, he pulled a prop from his backpack—a clown nose.
[Clown Nose] (Rank D): One of the classic costumes of a circus character. When worn, it has a 90% chance of locating a lost item. The item will stick to your nose for 5 hours before automatically detaching, with no cooldown.
If you use the detection tool, you can find the hidden description of [Clown Nose] - it can only be used to find traces of items below grade C.
"Brother Fortune, if you wear this nose, you can find what you want."
[Get rich, get rich, get rich] looked at the props in front of him with a grim expression: "Make me be the clown?"
He was unwilling!
But—this should be the fastest way to find the [time of fluctuation]!
He believes in his luck!
The male player seemed to realize it was inappropriate and prepared to put the [clown nose] back in, chuckling dryly, "Brother Fa Cai, don't overthink it. I really didn't mean for you to be a clown. I just wanted to help because your father's belongings are very important to you."
[Get rich, get rich, get rich] grabbed his hand, took the [Clown Nose], and looked at the male player with a complicated expression.
If he hadn't borrowed enough luck points, he would definitely have lent him the money because this person was so 'kind'!
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Pei Hening was unaware of the situation regarding [get rich, get rich, get rich].
She spent a silver coin to inquire about Dora from Abe: "I need to go find Dora later to pay a deposit of five hundred gold coins. Do you know where Dora is now?"
"And, can I pay the deposit in advance and get my number plate earlier?"
Abe happily pocketed the silver coins and said, "Dora is currently serving members with Super VIP cards. If you have a Super VIP card, you can also pay a deposit in advance and get a number in advance!"
Pei Hening remembered that when Ryan gave her the card during the closed beta, he said it was a Supreme VIP card, so she took out the pink and gold card: "I don't have a Super VIP, but I have this. Can I get it early?"
Abe's eyes glazed over for a moment before he quickly said, "Honorable guest, you can certainly get a number and enter in advance. We'll even arrange a private bidding box for you. I'll take you there to find Dora now."
Pei Hening was unusually silent. She knew this card had high privileges, but she didn't expect them to be this high, even including a private auction room!
Abe led her out of the preview hall.
As Pei Hening passed by the entrance of the preview hall, she saw a man with a red nose. Upon closer inspection, she realized he was the chosen one with a peculiar fetish: "[Get rich, get rich, get rich]".
It seems that losing [the time of fluctuation] has been a big blow to him; he's almost in a daze.