Ruyi Hundred Treasures
After a few breaths, giving the auction house staff some time to cool things down, Ling Yi finally began to introduce:
"The ' Sunken Silver Inner Armor ' is made of 1,500 forged ' Blue Sea Sunken Silver Alloy,' softened, drawn, and woven together. It has excellent toughness and can be stretched to 1.5 times its original size without losing its defensive power. It can withstand five consecutive attacks from the Fourth Soul Skill Power Attack System Soul Master. Even when facing large-scale attacks with single-point damage lower than Soul Elder, the ' Sunken Silver Inner Armor ' remains unbroken within its protective range... In addition to that..."
After a pause, Ling Yi glanced at the three appraisers and Xiao Tie and the other two, and said with a faint smile, "After the inner armor is damaged by an attack, it can be restored to a certain extent through the nourishment of Soul Power!"
"..."
After another moment of silence, the elderly appraiser from the auction house was the first to recover. He glanced at Jiang Yuan, who was standing with Zhang Mufeng and the other three, and then spoke to Ling Yi:
"Distinguished guest, this ' Sunken Silver Inner Armor ' of yours must be the latest work of a Master Blacksmith, or even Grandmaster Blacksmith. Leaving aside its defensive capabilities, if what you say about restoring the worn inner armor through the nurturing of Soul Power is true, then the value of its materials alone is enough to make many blacksmiths fight over and study it..."
"I think the starting bid for your ' Sunken Silver Inner Armor ' should be set at 10,000 Gold Soul Coin. What do you think?"
Faced with a starting bid of 10,000 Gold Soul Coin, Ling Yi readily agreed.
"Blue Sea Sunken Silver Alloy" is a special Soul Power metal developed together with "Heavy Dark Steel" and "Gold of Vitality - Stage I".
Compared to the "Heavy Dark Steel" which is hard and heavy, and the "Gold of Vitality - Stage I" which simply pursues smooth Soul Power flow and deliberately reduces metallic properties, the "Blue Sea Sunken Silver Alloy" is a magical alloy developed by Ling Yi based on Lou Gao's research in the original work to create the "Eight Treasure Ruyi Soft Armor". It pursues strength and ductility.
The cost is not high. Apart from a special mineral called "Sea Blue Crystal" which is a bit expensive, the rest are relatively common materials.
The main ingredient, "Iron Essence," costs ten Gold Soul Coin per kilogram.
Even with the addition of "Sea Blue Crystal" from the deep sea, the total material cost is only a little over three hundred Gold Soul Coin.
In other words, the craftsmanship fee of Ling Yi, the Grandmaster Blacksmith, has now reached ten thousand gold coins!
Following Xiao Tie to the outside of the appraisal room, on the second floor, Ling Yi and the other five people processed their bidding qualification certificates together.
The "Sunken Silver Inner Armor" was handed over directly to the auction house and will be auctioned at a major auction three days later.
After retrieving his Gold Soul Coin prepaid card, Ling Yi took the catalog of goods from the first-floor department store, which was given to him by Xiao Tie on behalf of the auction house, and led Jiang Yuan and the other five away from there, returning to their hotel.
Three days later, on the third floor of the auction house, in a large, auditorium-style auction hall.
Ling Yi and Jiang Yuan sat quietly on a row of yellow chairs, gazing at the circular stage in the center of the hall ahead.
Behind them were three rows of white seats, and in front of them were two rows of yellow seats, the same color as the ones below them. Further ahead were purple, black, and then red seats at the very front.
The auction had already begun, but the area with the red seats was empty. Clearly, this auction, which was supposed to be quite large, had not attracted any particularly distinguished individuals.
In contrast, the so-called "ordinary million-level VIP area" had three rows of black seats that could be entered with a deposit of one million Gold Soul Coin, where a dozen or so men, women, and children were scattered about.
In the purple VIP area with 500,000+ gold coins, there are at least 40 or 50 yellow VIPs, such as Ling Yi and others, who have 100,000 Gold Soul Coin in their stored value cards. There are about 70 or 80 of them.
On the contrary, the number of people in the white area behind suddenly decreased, about the same as in the black seat area, with only about a dozen figures, scattered very far apart.
Only about a third of the people were scattered throughout the auction hall.
The auction process was unremarkable and needs no further explanation. The Weiyi noteworthy event was that Ling Yi's "Sunken Silver Inner Armor" was purchased by a wealthy and well-to-do middle-aged man in the black VIP area.
Transaction price: 48,000 Gold Soul Coin!
Ling Yi remained calm, while Zhang Mufeng beside him was extremely excited.
As the son of a blacksmith, Zhang Mufeng knew all too well what this price represented.
It should be noted that in "Wood Plant City", whether it is the blacksmith shop opened by Zhang Mufeng's father Zhang Tie, or other high-level blacksmiths, such as Wang Meng Meng's blacksmith shop, the annual turnover is only a little over three thousand Gold Soul Coin.
Before Ling Yi took the lead in integrating all the blacksmiths in the [Water Wood Duchy], the entire duchy had more than 700 blacksmith shops of all sizes, and the annual transaction volume of ironware was only about one million Gold Soul Coin. Another 800,000 Gold Soul Coin were earned by blacksmiths within the [Heaven Dou Empire].
Ling Yi patted Zhang Mufeng's shoulder, which was trembling with excitement, and continued watching the auction proceed as scheduled.
As the auction neared its end, the previous item sold for 100,000 Gold Soul Coin, and Ling Yi's long-cherished target was carried onto the round platform on a tray by two scantily clad women.
The host on the stage, holding a megaphone, smiled with a hint of eagerness as he announced loudly to the bidders below, "Next, we will be auctioning a rare and precious item. Those interested should note that this comes from a recently excavated ancient ruin!"
As the host spoke, everyone in the auction hall couldn't help but turn their attention to the item displayed on the tray, covered by a red cloth, wanting to know what it was that was worthy of being called a treasure.
The next second, the host grabbed a corner of the red cloth, lifted it up, and revealed what was underneath.
It was a blue leather pouch, about the size of two adult palms. It was the kind of small pouch that hung from a belt, similar to a sachet but much larger. It could only fit one hand inside at most, and was meant to hold some small trinkets.
Many people below looked dismissively at the item, but the host held his head high, appearing proud, and said, "Don't underestimate this item. Its starting price is 100,000 Gold Soul Coin! Each bid must be at least 10,000 Gold Soul Coin higher!"
"One hundred thousand?!" *N
As soon as the host spoke, a buzzing commotion arose in the huge auction hall. Some quick-thinking individuals had already figured something out.
However, these clever people glanced at the blue leather bag on the round platform again and shook their heads. This price seemed a bit too high.
Unless it's a very high-end item, this leather pouch doesn't look like it at all.
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting a bit lukewarm, the host became anxious and dared not keep them in suspense any longer, so he started introducing the topic directly:
"As you all probably guessed, the item that can be offered with a starting bid of 100,000 Gold Soul Coin is indeed a Soul Tool, Storage Soul Tool — 'Ruyi Hundred Treasure Purse '!"
Furthermore, it is an extremely rare Storage Soul Tool capable of storing living beings!
There is a space of ten cubic meters inside... everyone..."
Ling Yi was no longer paying much attention to what the host was saying. At this moment, upon hearing that familiar name, although he remained expressionless, his right hand, which was resting on his knee, suddenly gripped it tightly.
With his five senses fully engaged, every sound and movement in the vast auction hall was reflected in Ling Yi's mind.
Ling Yi hear the steady, powerful heartbeats and breathing of Jiang Yuan, Zhang Mufeng, and others around him, as well as the passionate shouts of the host in the distance, but he ignored them all.
Until, more than ten meters behind him on the left, a faint heartbeat and a body with a temperature much lower than that of an ordinary person entered Ling Yi's mind perception.
"Brother Yi ~" Zhang Mufeng's voice rang out at the right time. "Shouldn't we be making an offer?"
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