Chapter 144: Miracle Flower Pot
The silver level Fragrant Gill Tea plants caused another upsurge in bidding.
Regardless of whether it was lone figures, pirates, mercenary corps, and even the Wealth Church and Fertile Land Church priests, all of them joined in.
In the end, room 3’s Qi You, room 21’s Zi Di, and the Wealth Church’s priest each got one batch.
“Congratulations.”
“You deserve it.”
“This founding set of Fragrant Gill Tea will be certain to elevate your alchemy mastery level.”
In the auction hall, some people were whispering about the alchemy master.
The alchemy master was Hun Tong’s subordinate and had been the one responsible for the development of the Fragrant Gill Tea.
The Fragrant Gill Tea auction went great, it not only was revealed successfully, but it had also obtained a great beginning. All of this made the alchemy master the target of everyone’s eyes and praise.
The alchemy master was bright red; after so many years of hard work, he finally had gotten results.
But he had a regret in his heart, “A pity my talent has reached its limits, I can’t develop a gold level Fragrant Gill Tea. Otherwise, my title would have been higher.”
He looked at room 1.
Only he knew the inside story.
The Fragrant Gill Tea’s base materials was provided by Hun Tong. Its production needed fishmen, the higher the life level of a fishman, the better Fragrant Gill Tea could be made.
He only improved on this basis.
The Fragrant Gill Tea’s secret and benefits bound Hun Tong and the alchemy master tightly.
“It seems from now on, I can only live and study on his ship.” The alchemy master’s heart welled with comprehension.
In room 1, Song Shou congratulated Hun Tong, “With that unique product, Two Eyes Island will grow more prosperous.”
Hun Tong smiled so much that his eyes narrowed, it was his heart-felt joy.
Two Eyes Island was a commerce island, and what truly made it prosperous was pirate booty.
But soon, because of the imperial’s overall strategy, Two Eyes Island would turn Two Eyes Island into a transportation hub with strict defenses, and pirates would no longer be able to come.
Under those circumstances, Two Eyes Island having its own unique product could still attract many people to trade on the island.
Hun Tong’s investment in the development of the Fragrant Gill Tea and fully backing his alchemist had finally paid off.
Two Eyes Island’s development was central to who he was.
“There are bronze level, iron level, and even silver level Fragrant Gill Tea, shouldn’t there be a gold level one too?” The people who didn’t buy it hoped.
But afterwards, the auction master didn’t take out another Fragrant Gill Tea.
In fact, the magic medicine auction ended on this.
According to the auction list, the auction had entered the later stage.
A series of antiques and calligraphies were brought on stage.
Their biggest collective feature was that they all had high collectible worth.
The great merchant alliance dealers were the most active purchasers.
Even though these things were ordinary goods, they could be resold and snapped up on Sheng Ming Continent by great nobles, scholars, and collectors brandishing large amounts of gold coins.
These last few years, Two Eyes Island gathered many such goods.
Part of it was from treasure hunters like Hong Zhu who plundered shipwrecks and discovered pirate treasures.
Another part of it was from pirates who had plundered it.
Although Cang Xu was a scholar, and these antique calligraphies could be studied, he wasn’t interested in them and didn’t act.
Zi Di didn’t either.
She was very interested and knew there was great profit in reselling them, however, she didn’t have time for that. She needed to contact the Bai Zhen Clan, redeem herself, make the medicine database, and build up the Bloodline Purification formation. In the coming days, she wouldn’t have the energy or time to return to the Sheng Ming Continent to resell these antique calligraphies.
The dragonman youngster and Zong Ge were not interested at all in these things.
Then the extraordinary level goods appeared.
The auction master held a earthen yellow flower pot, and described it in detail, “Distinguished guests, I must properly introduce what this valuable thing in my hands is.”
“It seems ordinary and unremarkable; however, it is actually THE Miracle Flower Pot.”
“You didn’t mishear; it is THAT Miracle Flower Pot from the histories.”
“Before the Sheng Ming Continent was unified, there were 17 kingdoms seizing each other’s territory and embroiling themselves in war. The largest among them had a crafty and unruly princess. To save her meticulously bred magic plant, the Beast Rose Flower, she didn’t hesitate to give the order to attack Vitality Forest to capture the forest’s most central flowing spring.”
“The kingdom’s troops were powerful, and Vitality Forest’s tribal alliance was not their opponent; they were routed step by step.”
“In their moment of life and death, the great druid Lu Yi couldn’t bear to see the forest destroyed and personally came to mediate between the parties. He told the princess that even if she eradicated Vitality Forest and excavated the flowing spring, it wouldn’t revive her dying Beast Rose Flower, but he had something that would.”
“The princess and he made an agreement, as long as he could save her most beloved Beast Rose Flower, she would let Vitality Forest live.”
“Druid Lu Yi prepared for three days and nights, then gave the princess a flower pot.
“This is that most famous Mircale Flower Pot from the histories!”
“When the princess’ withered Beast Rose Flower was planted into it, it miraculously came back to life and regained its vigor.”
A long section of past events spilled from the auction master’s mouth.
Many people listened to this with shining eyes, the Miracle Flower Pot became even more valuable to them.
The auction master then said, “Of course, the Miracle Flower Pot’s magical power is constantly consumed when it is used. It was once a legend level item, but after endless days of it being in continuous use, its workmanship fell from the legend level to just the silver level.”
“The starting price is 100 gold; every price increase must be at least 20 gold. Now let the auction begin!”
The dragonman youngster was the first bidder, “120 gold.”
Shi Fa acted too, “140 gold.”
The alchemy master that had just been pushed into the limelight bid, “180 gold.”
When the price rose to 260 gold, the Fertile Land Church priest on the second floor said, “300 gold!”
“Old friend?” The Wealth Church priest accompanying him threw a puzzled expression.
The Fertile Land priest smiled, “You know too that when people grow old, they hope to grow some flowers and plants.”
The Wealth Church priest, naturally, wasn’t deceived, he profoundly laughed, “With 300 gold, you can buy silver level armor. Old friend, you spend a lot on growing this, your hobby isn’t cheap.”
The Fertile Land priest chuckled and continued to elaborate, “I am also interested. I have to return with something from this auction, otherwise wouldn’t it be a waste to attend it? Of what I’ve seen, that flower pot is the only one to catch my eye.”
The Wealth Church Priest’s eyes shined, and was outwardly silent, only guessing to himself, “That flower part was on the auction list. Although you bid several times in other auctions, you weren’t sincere in them, you just wanted to join in the fun. Nevertheless, this time you wants to win in a single move. It seems that you value this flower pot greatly.”
The auction master began to count down, “300 gold, going once…going twice…”
“320 gold.” A competitor appeared.
The Fertile Land priest’s face slightly changed; a steep pressure formed in his heart.
Because the competitor was from room 21.
During this auction, the most in the limelight was room 21, and was accepted to have the most wealth here.
However, after the other people coordinated to block them, room 21’s momentum was greatly restrained and wasn’t as rampant as it was before.
The Fertile Land priest was silent for a moment, then calmly bid, “340 gold.”
Everyone in the auction hall began to whisper to each other.
340 gold to buy a flower pot, that was too extravagant.
Some of the people recognized that the Fertile Land priest was bidding based on his voice and seating.
Zi Di was the same.
She leaned over to mull to Cang Xu, “This priest hasn’t acted that much this auction. This time, to bid on a flower pot, he entered in the final phase and is still competing, that’s somewhat odd…”
Cang Xu had seen many auctions and had gradually grasped some knacks at it.
Zi Di smiled and nodded, “The other party seemed to have come here for it.”
“It is indeed odd. Even if it is the true Miracle Flower Pot, it’s only silver level and not worth 340 gold.”
In that case, this is only one possibility. That flower pot is actually concealing its worth, or to the Fertile Land Father, that treasure can provide him many things.”
When thinking of that, Zi Di bid, “360 gold.”
The Fertile Land priest’s heart immediately thumped.
Room 21 had placed another bid, this caused discouragement to well up inside him.
He had deliberately remained silent to express hesitation and feign weakness to his opponent: I might pull out at any time, if you want to maliciously raise the price to deplete my money, then be careful.
But Zi Di’s next bid didn’t give others a sense of hesitation.
The Fertile Land priest opened his mouth, naturally he wanted to bid again, but the price had risen to 380 gold.
This price was a little over his limits.
If he raised the price further, others would realize how valuable this Miracle Flower Pot really was!
Subconsciously, the Fertile Land priest didn’t want to expose this secret, nor did he want to provoke more covetous competitors as a result of the former.
“If I let room 21 purchase it, can I privately buy it from them?”
“That won’t do.”
“The people in room 21 are so mysterious that not even the Wealth Church priest knows who they are.”
“The other side has robust finances; what price will it take to buy it from them?”
“What if they have no intention of reselling it?”
“After a quick pondering, the Fertile Land priest still felt that now was the best chance to obtain the Miracle Flower Pot.
He was forced to clench his teeth and bid higher, “380 gold.”
“Huh, it increased to 380 gold.”
“It was the Fertile Land priest, that old man sure has money.”
“380 gold for a silver level flower pot? There must be a big secret inside it!”
The auction hall grew restless because of this bid.
The Wealth priest glanced at the Fertile Land priest, and saw the latter sitting upright and still, his face grave.
The former’s heart was trembling, but he didn’t ask any questions.
In room 21.
Zi DI’s eyes flashed, “Fascinating.”
She then bid, “400 gold.”
Room 21 following up was expected.
Since the auction had begun, room 21’s conduct and wealth had engraved themselves into the people’s hearts.
Seeing a flower pot priced at 400 gold gave others a strange feeling, however, it was easy to accept that room 21 was butting themselves in.
Who would blame them for being rich!