Chapter 133: Homeward Dolphin
Both sides quickly completed the transaction.
The hammer clacked three times, and the auction master offered his congratulations.
“Investigate who is in room 21.” Hun Tong revealed a curious look, “In this round of the auction, room 21 exploited Qi You. Combined with their prior showings, it is clear they are very skilled at auctions. More crucially, they don’t fear provoking Qi You’s hatred. You know, the Feather Snake Sail is meant to be raised.”
“Now that they bought it, it is likely that in the future, they will be plundered by the Ten Touch Pirates.”
At the same time, in room 3, Qi You faintly opened his eyes a crack and gave the same order to his underling, “I want information on room 21.”
“Understood, boss!” The pirate underling accepted the order at once, exposing an evil grin as he excitedly stood up, “These guys are extremely daring! They even dared to provoke us! Instead of buying the Feather Snake Sail, we can steal it instead!”
In room 21, Cang Xu was examining the Feather Snake Sail’s quality.
The more he scanned, the more satisfied he was, and he couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration, “This workmanship, it really is a work of art! I heard that the famous general, Yi Qing, of the Elf Kingdom’s air force likes collecting all kinds of sails and hanging them up like rugs on his palace walls. Now I understand why Yi Qing does that.”
Why did the survivors want to buy this sail?
Because currently, they aren’t able to refine gold level items.
In fact, having such a capability was both too costly and unnecessary.
Their primary plan right now was to build the Bloodline Inspection Database and the Bloodline Purification Formation.
If they were distracted by other matters, the gains would never make up for the losses.
As Cang Xu examined the Feather Snake Sail, Zi Di was analyzing the auction sale.
“980 gold for the Feather Snake Sail is a reasonable price.”
“Gold level equipment on the market can cost anywhere from 100 to 3,200 gold, for all gold level equipment is different, thus, there is the large price discrepancy. Overall, armor is twice the price of weapons. This Feather Snake Sial belongs to sailing equipment; it needs a ship to be used, or for best usage, a magic ship.”
“But generally speaking, gold level magic ships are usually owned by saint level beings.”
“As far as gold level cultivators are concerned, they mainly spend their money on their own cultivation and gold level weapons and armor, among other things. The demand for sailing equipment like the Feather Snake Sail is always lower in demand compared to other things.”
“From this point, one can comprehend why Qi You gave up on this Feather Snake Sail.”
“Anyways, he is a pirate and is perhaps making discreet inquiries on us, probably looking for a chance to rob us.”
Despite the inquiries, only the outer shell identities of Zi Di and Cang Xu would be discovered.
Level seven elders of the Wisteria Merchant Alliance.
The Wisteria Merchant Alliance didn’t have a trade fleet on the ocean, and if Qi You wanted to rob them, he wouldn’t know where to start.
The Feather Snake Sail would naturally be given to the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
Don’t hesitate to use it!
The survivors had the Deceptive Disguise and Anti-investigation and Prophecy spell, they could disguise the Feather Snake Sail, and no one would notice what it really was.
Therefore, no matter if someone wanted to examine who Zi Di and Cang Xu were, those with ulterior motives using the Feather Snake Sail as a clue would fail utterly.
Zi Di thought back to the prior auction sales.
Although the price was above market price, they were still reasonable and not too outrageous.
The purchasing power of gold coins remained formidable!
In fact, within the Sheng Ming Empire, the cost of living for an ordinary person was anywhere from 5000 to 30,0000 copper coins, or in other words, 0.5 to 3 gold coins The housing price in major cities was about 10,000 copper coins for every square meter, or 1 gold coin per meter2. A baron’s annual income was about 4,800 gold coins.
It goes without saying that the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ intercepted booty of 50,000 gold coins was a truly tremendous sum!
Although they had used some of it, they still had about 40,000 of it left, a substantial sum.
“The discussed price for deal they made with the hidden power was 80,000 gold, the 40,000 was but a deposit.”
“I also don’t know where the fishmen came up with this much money.”
Zi Di had doubts.
But when thinking about shipwrecks and unusually abundant seafloor resources, the fishmen being able to put forth this sum was not unreasonable.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, this next item is a batch of medicine.”
“Underwater Breathing Potions!”
“It can allow people to breathe underwater for a short amount of time.”
“During my voyages, they have been very helpful. No matter if it is ocean battles, treasure hunting, or other applications, it is always practical to use.
“This batch of potions contains 50 bronze level, 30 iron level, and 10 silver level underwater breathing potions…”
After the auction master gave a detailed introduction, the auction began.
The first price shouted out was from One Eye.
He was the leader of Two Eyes Island’s patrol fleet and had some credit in hand. Hun Tong allowed him to attend the auction so he could buy some resources for his subordinates. As for the cost, it would be reimbursed in full;.
Zi Di didn’t bid.
They had the Magic Medicine Bathtub as the core of their medicine refinement system and could manufacture large quantities of this type of potion with little production force.
They also had underwater breathing scrolls too.
They were seized from War Merchant’s storerooms and hadn’t been used up yet.
Zi Di was silent, but the dragonman youngster bid twice.
It came down to two competitors.
One was One Eye; the other was Hong Zhu.
Hong Zhu was a treasure hunter; she spent her years hunting for treasure on the sea floor and needed to breathe underwater.
These potions were what she needed.
After two rounds of bidding, Hong Zhu stepped back. One Eye had Hun Tong behind him, and the money he spent was not his own, thus he was far more confident.
This batch of underwater breathing potions was delivered to One Eye.
One Eye was sitting in the audience and handed over the gold coins in front of everyone.
Two iron level fighters approached the auction master once again.
They were moving a large tank filled with water. The water tank was made of transparent crystal; thus, the buyers could see inside and out, allowing them to notice that the jar only had water in it, nothing else.
But soon after, an attendant brought up a necklace.
The auction master himself was an iron level magician, and when he lifted the necklace up high, he successfully attracted the attention of the buyers.
“Everyone, come see. This is silver level beast enslaving equipment; sealed inside is a sea mount. After one instills their authority and sufficient energy, it will be activated.”
“Regardless of whether it is battle qi, magic power, or divine power, all of them can be used with the necklace. Please see.”
Upon saying that, the auction master used the necklace.
The necklace cast a light blue beam of light.
The light beam illuminated the water tank, and within the light and shadow, something formless appeared. Two seconds later, the emptiness turned solid.
A dolphin appeared in the water tank.
The dolphin was very big, and within the water tank, it barely had any space to turn.
The dolphin’s most distinctive characteristic was the blue gem growing from its forehead, it looked like it was inlaid there.
After it was summoned, it immediately wailed and cried, then gazed at its temporary owner, the auction master, and cleverly awaited his commands.
The auction master leaned his body towards the audience in front of him and yelled, “As everyone can see, this is a homeward dolphin.”
“It can penetrate dense fog.”
“Even if the environment is complex, that won’t stop it from finding your way home.”
“With it, we will never worry of losing our way.”
“At the same time, it is also an outstanding ocean mount. Regardless of whether it is speeding across the ocean surface or through the hidden depths of the sea, it will perform well.”
“As a silver level mount, it will often be a great help in allowing us to flee for our lives.” The auction master’s words were full of deep intent.
Many buyers perceived the unspoken implication, and their hearts were stirred.
The homeward dolphin is very fast, far faster than most iron level magic ships. For a short time, its dash speed is quicker than many silver level magic ships.
This implied that if a naval battle was lost, one could use it to escape said battle alive.
Naval battles were cruel.
Because naval battles happened on ships, and even if they were found around islands, the losing party would rarely be able to retreat.
This was unlike dry land.
People could rely on their own two feet to flee.
The ocean was boundless; ships and isolated islands often gave the losers nowhere to escape to.
But with the homeward dolphin, it wouldn’t be like that.
The homeward dolphin bestowed some hope of escape to the losers.
Even though it was just one hope, it was still crucial and precious.
Regardless of whether it was merchant alliances, pirates, or mercenary corps, all of them desired this.
An intense tussle began.
The price clambered up bid by bid.
This included Shi Fa, Hong Zhu, Mei Ban, and other lone figures who were also interested, each of them bidding one after the other.
“A pity that there is only one homeward dolphin,” The dragonman youngster said to Zong Ge, “If there was a pod, perhaps we could acquire them. No need for a silver level one, that is too high a life level, we only need bronze level ones. We could have established ocean cavalry.”
The dragonman youngster perhaps couldn’t sense that he had deep feelings for cavalry.
Zong Ge faintly nodded, and freely stated his thoughts, “I heard there is a type of battle squad known as the Dolphin First Aid Squad. The core mount of it is the homeward dolphin. It needs cavalry that can breathe underwater and an alchemy master to remodel the dolphin’s forehead sapphire. When the Dolphin First Aid Team is established successfully, it will both have battle qi healing abilities and be able to teleport over long distances.”
“The seriously hurt on the frontline can have their injuries stabilized by the First Aid Squad, allowing them to retain their lives, then be immediately teleported back to the rear so they can receive more comprehensive treatment.”
“Anyways, I don’t have the organization method for that battle squad.”
The half beastman too was always interested in strengthening their troops.
The two had great resonance in this aspect.
When he heard that, he suddenly had a thought, “Since it can teleport, can the Dolphin First Aid Squad serve as auxiliary forces and help teleport some of their allies’ heavy armor directly into the enemy or at their rear?”
Zong Ge shook his head slightly, “The alchemy master that remodeled the dolphin gem has to simultaneously build a teleportation formation too. Only the homeward dolphins can teleport to the destination with this formation.”
“So that’s how it is.” The dragonman youngster sighed.
As they were talking about this, the auction had ended.
The final winner was Hong Zhu.
She was a lone figure but was still a silver level and had family assets.
After completing the transaction, she had obtained the homeward dolphin, however, she had paid a lot of gold coins and even one of her pieces of equipment for it.
It was clear the price was not small.