Chapter Twelve: With the Aim of Bringing Down the Family
When the Thirteenth Young Master arrived, the auction had already been going on for a long time. Of course, the auction would not wait for him to start, and even if they knew he was coming back, it would still not wait, as there are rules in every industry.
But in most of the front part, it's just ordinary goods, and the really good stuff is mostly left behind, and the best things will always be left at the end.
The thirteen young masters didn't make a move until after many rounds had passed, then they started to take action, holding up their sign and calling out prices. As soon as he called out, the others immediately stopped bidding, ultimately allowing him to smoothly buy the item.
It's not that he asked for a high price, but because this thing is not very important, no one wants to offend him, at least they won't fight over it.
Sometimes being defeated at home also has its advantages, and you can pick up some bargains.
The problem is just that—
"Young master, what are you buying this for? You're not planning on giving it to Seventh Princess, are you?" Hu Diao asked with a frown.
This auction item is a sword, an ornamental treasure sword. Although it has some historical value, for a warrior it is completely useless, that is to say it has no practical value at all.
This kind of ornamental sword is usually only worn by some young masters, not by noble ladies or madams. Perhaps some martial arts practicing noble ladies might carry one, but the Seventh Princess was a magician.
"No way, this is for myself to play with. How can such a cheap thing be given as a gift to my wife? Later I will buy a better one." The 13th young master shook his head and said, but what he meant by "better" was actually more expensive.
After N auctions, the Thirteenth Young Master also made a few moves, but they were all just for fun. The things he bought were either strange and unusual magical instruments or magic scrolls that he used as fireworks.
Magic Axle Scroll, this thing doesn't need much explanation, nor is there anything good to add. The only thing that needs to be pointed out is that due to the difficulty of making magic axle scrolls on this continent and the high cost of materials, they are all very expensive and luxurious items.
And these expensive luxuries, the Thirteen Young Masters use them as fireworks without any care, it's really extravagant and wasteful, but to be honest, the magical effects are much more magnificent than fireworks.
"Now, the last three items of today's auction, and also the focus of our entire event, first to be presented is this legendary Moon Goddess Tiara. It was given by Emperor Xis to his beloved empress, and it is the culmination of the hard work of nearly a hundred skilled craftsmen. On top of that, it features the largest blue sapphire known to date. The starting bid is 50,000 gold coins, please place your bids."
"Young master, this is good, it can be given to the seventh princess as a gift." Hu Niang thought that this seemed a bit too expensive, but for now, this was also the best choice.
However, she found that the Thirteen Young Masters seemed to have little interest in this and had no intention of bidding.
"Oh, is this good? Then let's buy it. 100,000..." Thirteen Young Master said casually, and this sentence also clearly told everyone that if Hu Niang didn't remind him, he wouldn't have known that this thing was one of the things girls liked the most.
"Ye Jia's thirteen is less than ten thousand, is there anyone higher than him? Ten thousand for the first time..."
"One million one hundred thousand!" Because the value of this month's divine crown is not just one million, many people continue to raise the price. Unless it exceeds its own value by a lot, no one will let others have it.
"One hundred and twenty thousand." The Thirteenth Young Master didn't even think about it before directly bidding again.
"One hundred and fifty thousand!" The man continued to shout, contrary to everyone's expectations, and as soon as he finished calling the price, the voice of the thirteenth young master immediately rang out.
"1.6 million."
"..., 170,000..."
"1.8 million."
“……”
Finally, the Thirteenth Young Master bought the Moon Goddess's Crown for 1.8 million, a slightly high price, but it was better for him that way.
The next lot, also the second highlight of this auction, is a treasured sword. This time it's not for decoration, but a masterpiece crafted by a contemporary master of weapons, a dream weapon for many swordsmen.
While the people present shouted out one high price after another, the Thirteen Young Master remained unmoved. It wasn't that he was waiting for only one person to be left, but rather he simply had no interest in this.
Fighting and killing is not suitable for a loser like me, I don't want this kind of weapon.
"Finally, this one... This is a rare item, just this box, starting price 100,000 gold coins." The auctioneer's introduction was somewhat lacking in confidence.
Blind box auctions are also a type of auction with many types. Some are known to the auction house, while others, like this one, are unknown even to the auction house itself.
In the past, even if I didn't know what it was, there were at least some hints, and at the very least, I could tell how much value the things inside had.
This time, someone auctioned off the box without revealing any information and directly asked for a starting price of 100,000. After he paid the handling fee, he ignored it again.
No matter how the auction house inquired, they couldn't find out what was inside, and since the customer had already paid the handling fee, it could only be sold as is.
How many people will have the courage to buy such a product? Ten thousand gold coins, if the value of the things inside is not that high, what should I do?
So, the auctioneer lost confidence and thought this item would be unsold.
"What's inside for 100,000 gold coins?" someone asked, after all, a box that doesn't say anything is hard to make people decide to buy.
"What's inside, we don't know either. All we can say is that those who are willing to take the risk can buy it, and maybe there's something worth more than 100,000 gold coins inside. And if not, this auction house will not be responsible." The auctioneer said, also reminding his customers not to take unnecessary risks, of course, the most important thing being the last sentence, if you make a mistake, we won't be responsible either.
Perhaps some people may not understand why there is such a form, but this is just one of the rules. However, few people use this rule, after all, no one wants to take the risk of buying in such a format.
Meanwhile, the more complete the auction information is, the more people will bid, and the less likely it is for a product to be sold through private sales. On the other hand, price fixing may occur frequently.
Of course, there are also some people who want to achieve special purposes and take secret photos of items. They will inevitably reveal some information about the item, which cannot be fabricated. When the auction house conducts transactions later, this point will be verified.
This item is just too special, nothing was said, and it directly started at a price of 100,000 gold coins. Not to mention the format, but this starting price of 100,000 gold coins is also rarely seen. At this level, they are basically all national treasures.
This situation makes people curious and also makes them take a wait-and-see attitude...
At this moment, when everyone present, including the auctioneer, thought that the item would be unsold, a voice rose, which was unexpected and yet reasonable.
What others say would surprise everyone, but what this person says, everyone would think it's very normal. Among the people present, only this person would buy that inexplicable box.
Because this person is simply a prodigal son, a thorough and complete prodigal son with the purpose of being a prodigal son, this person is our Thirteen Little Lord.
"One hundred thousand!"
