Apocalypse Gachapon - Chapter 1961: Surprise at the auction
“This is a set of medicine, produced by the Changxu Water Race.”
The first auction item immediately lifted everyone’s spirits.
White Robe opened the box placed on the exquisite metal stand. Inside were four small bottles.
“From one-turn to four-turn, medicines refined by the Changxu Water Race. The treatment range covers from external injuries to internal injuries, from negative statuses to tough ailments, and all can be treated. Twenty one-turn pills, for external injuries. Fifteen two-turn pills, for internal injuries. Ten three-turn pills, effective for both internal and external injuries, and can also remove most recorded toxins. Five four-turn pills, can reattach severed limbs; the time is about five times faster than post-surgical treatment in a medical pod, and recovery is perfect.”
After White Robe finished speaking, a wave of slight inhalations immediately came from below.
Actually, among the universe’s races, even during the peak of the Changxu Water Race, four-turn medicines they produced were not very common. Now, with their decline, even one-cycle medicines were scarce. What everyone used were medicines produced by other races and pharmacists.
However, the medicines of the Changxu Water Race were still slightly better; after all, they contained the power of the Holy Sigil, which was a fundamental force of the universe. Taking medicines with such power allowed for near-perfect integration with the body, from absorption to efficacy.
A set of medicines, fifty pills in total, covering everything. Just buying this set would guarantee treatment for both major and minor injuries. It could be said that the first auction item of this auction successfully stirred everyone’s desire to buy.
“The starting price is five hundred Moonspan Gold.”
As White Robe’s words fell, the scene… surprisingly, no one made a bid.
White Robe frowned, his gaze sweeping around. Seeing the seemingly mocking smiles on many faces, he roughly understood the situation. But he wasn’t flustered and continued, “This starting price is already very low. Let’s not even mention the market price. Just the opportunity to obtain so many medicines of different grades and in such quantity at once is rare.”
“Five hundred.”
As soon as White Robe finished, a voice called out a bid. It just sounded somewhat lazy, and he didn’t add a single unit—the starting price was five hundred, so he only bid five hundred.
White Robe looked over. It was the representative of the Paija Race, a major race from Ken City, the neighboring city, probably a high-ranking cabinet member.
He looked left and right, even smiling and waving at many people.
A light flickered in White Robe’s eyes.
It was very clear; the Star-Eye Clan was being bullied.
These people must have agreed beforehand not to raise the bids, forcing all of the Star-Eye Clan’s auction items today to be sold at the starting price.
Auction bidding—the starting price is usually set slightly below the market price. If everything sold at such prices, the Star-Eye Clan would undoubtedly suffer a great loss.
“One thousand!”
Just as these people who had secretly colluded were waiting to see the Star-Eye Clan become a laughingstock, a voice sounded from a corner of the room.
These people collectively turned to see who this person was. If it was someone from the Star-Eye Clan themselves, then they were breaking the rules, and it needed to be addressed.
But upon seeing the face of the bidder, these people couldn’t say anything, because it was a face that was typically, unmistakably from the Bai’e Jie Race.
Upstairs from the auction hall, Ye Zhongming, while watching the live broadcast on the light screen, raised his glass and gestured to the person beside him, saying, “I still have to thank you for your help.”
Jie Su picked up his glass and clinked it with Ye Zhongming’s, smiling as he said, “Since they can collude, then they must allow us to raise the price. Strictly speaking, they are the ones breaking the rules; we are just using the rules.”
“But it still requires the strength and courage to help us.” Ye Zhongming sighed with emotion. Watching the medicine on the light screen, whose bid had already reached one thousand two hundred units of Moonspan Gold, he knew that the Bai’e Jie people, because they were under the Su Race, as the saying goes, ‘it’s easy to do things when you have strong backing,’ were not afraid of the Paija Race, or rather, they weren’t afraid of any race except the super major races.
Because the Bai’e Jie people were themselves a powerful medium-sized race with strength infinitely close to that of a major race. The only reason they hadn’t been recognized as a major race was that their population was still a bit small.
Jie Su smiled and didn’t answer.
“I thought you wouldn’t be able to get out for a while.”
Jie Su had acted without his clan’s approval, deciding on his own to help the Star-Eye Clan win first place in the Novice battlefield, and was taken back by an Elder. Ye Zhongming thought that even if he wasn’t stripped of certain rights and his place in the line of succession, he would at least be punished. But he didn’t expect Jie Su to appear in Dark Strip City after such a short time.
“Originally, I was prepared for a heavy punishment, but… those words of yours were relayed to the clan by the Elder, so I was symbolically fined ten cosmic years of clan funds.”
Hearing this, Ye Zhongming laughed heartily. “I mean, it’s not like you have anything to ask of me, do you need to flatter me like this? If a huge race like the Su Race could let such a big matter slide so lightly just because I boasted about myself a little, that would be too frivolous.”
Jie Su didn’t mind, looked at Ye Zhongming and said, “Naturally, it wouldn’t be like that just because of your boasting. But one thing that cannot be denied is that both White Robe and you have such great potential that the clan has become cautious. Plus, we have encountered an era of dramatic change that is unfriendly to the universe’s races but friendly to us. Every race is seeking change. So, under the right timing and harmony among people, my problem went from serious to a ‘suspected opportunity’.”
Actually, Jie Su himself hadn’t expected the changes he experienced upon returning to his clan. But with Ye Zhongming sitting right in front of him, he actually felt a sense of unreality.
White Robe indeed had potential; the clan wouldn’t have failed to see it before, but they didn’t show any indication. Now that Ye Zhongming has appeared, the clan has actually secretly encouraged interaction with this person. Jie Su couldn’t help but think that the clan was more optimistic about this record-breaking Novice first-place winner.
The auction continued. With the Bai’e Jie people ‘stirring the pot,’ the other races knew it was impossible to suppress the auction item prices any further. At worst, the Bai’e Jie could just buy everything and then return it to the Star-Eye Clan. This wasn’t a third-party-hosted auction that required commission fees.
Thus, the auction entered a normal state. Each race decided whether to bid based on their own needs, the auction prices, and the situation on the scene.
As transaction amounts continued to rise, the Star-Eye clansmen watching the live stream were excited, while others were moved.
They didn’t know how much the Star-Eye Clan had spent to acquire these auction items, so they could only estimate based on market prices. Because many things had a price but no market, the prices were naturally quite high. Based on their calculations, by the time only the last two auction items remained, the Star-Eye Clan, after deducting costs calculated at market prices, had already earned over ten thousand Moonspan Gold!
They really made a small fortune!
If the last two auction items, which were fundamentally unavailable on the market, could fetch high prices, and if the Star-Eye Clan hadn’t paid too much to acquire them… then they would make a big fortune.
The bidders present sat up straight, waiting for the auction of the final two items.
