Versatile Mage: Choose one of three Hexes at the start

Chapter 47 Auction

After learning that the trip to the ancient capital would be in three days, Su Chi left the library.

Early the next morning.

Su Chi had just finished breakfast when he went to the hunting ground to pick up Lingling, and then the two of them went to the China World Trade Center together.

There is an auction house on the top floor of the China World Trade Center, where an auction is held every month.

He had previously asked Lingling to help him keep an eye out for news about spirit-level thunder seeds. Last night, the little girl called him and said that there would be spirit-level thunder seeds up for auction at today's auction.

However, to enter the auction house, you need a pass, either by purchasing it with money or having a certain status.

As a Hunter Master of the Hunter Alliance, Lingling is qualified to enter.

"The final auction price of a Spirit-level Thunder Seed might be close to 30 million. Didn't you buy a Galaxy Vein before? Do you still have so much money now?" Lingling asked.

"I have nearly 40 million in cash now." Su Chi raised his eyebrows at Lingling.

"Forty million! Where did you get so much money?" Lingling had never asked about Su Chi's assets, so she didn't know his exact net worth.

Su Chi laughed and said, "When the sea monsters invaded Hengsha Island, I made nearly 100 million."

Before the invasion of the sirens, Su Chi had nearly 20 million in funds, a general-level spirit essence, and two slave-level spirit essences.

During the trip to Hengsha Island, Su Chi not only obtained two general-level spirit essences and eight slave-level spirit essences, but also earned 10 million in cash by hunting sea monsters and selling materials as well as rewards from the defense side.

Excluding the three general-level spirit essences and four slave-level spirit essences spent on purchasing the Galaxy Vein from Leng Qing, Su Chi now has nearly 40 million in funds and six slave-level spirit essences.

"Hmph, Su Chi, you actually hid so much private money and I had no idea!" Lingling curled her lips and glared at the man in front of her.

"Ahem. Let's not talk about this for now. The auction is about to start, let's go in quickly." Su Chi coughed lightly a few times, then pulled Lingling and walked towards the auction hall.

Led by the on-site staff, the two came to their seats.

At this moment, the seats in the circular hall inside the auction house were almost full, and the cold light of the star-shaped crystal chandelier gathered on the raised auction table in the middle.

Not long after, an enchanting woman in a red dress walked onto the auction stage. She was the auctioneer of this auction.

As the staff brought an item to the display stand, the auction officially began.

"The first item for auction is a magical shield called the Sea Heart Shield. Its main material is taken from the shell of a blue sea snapping turtle. The shield is strong enough to easily block the full force of a warlord-level creature. The starting price is eight million."

As the woman in the red dress finished her words, bidders at the scene began to bid.

"Nine million!"

"Nine million five hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Ten million!"

"The opening item is a high-quality shield magic tool. It's worthy of being an auction that requires a pass to enter." Su Chi said, looking at the little girl beside him.

"Of course. The organizer of this auction is considered a powerful force in Shanghai." Lingling replied vaguely, a lollipop in her mouth.

Soon, the final price of this shield magic tool came out.

"Congratulations to this gentleman for successfully winning the Sea Heart Shield at a price of 14.5 million." The charming voice of the woman in the red dress spread throughout the auction hall.

"I remember you didn't seem to have a shield magic tool. This one is pretty good. Why don't you bid for it?" Lingling asked doubtfully.

"This thing is not a necessity for me. I still need to save money to buy the Galaxy Vein." Su Chi shook his head.

His water system has now reached the intermediate level two. If it weren't for the lack of time, he would have planned to go to the Three-Step Tower to cultivate his water system to the peak of the intermediate level three.

"Okay." Soon, the second exhibit was also brought to the booth.

"The second auction item is a magic weapon, the Holy Light Ring. Everyone knows that in addition to magic weapons such as the Nebula Magic Weapon that have nourishing effects, there are also some magic weapons that can add some special effects to the magic released by the mage. This Holy Light Ring can add a holy light effect to light magic, and it has a very strong lethality to dark creatures." The woman in the red dress said in a high-pitched voice.

Hearing this, Su Chi also looked at the exhibits with great interest.

Of course, he was only slightly interested. Not only was this thing useless to him, but its price was even more expensive than some spiritual-level elemental species.

However, those who can enter this auction are either rich or noble, and they are all very arrogant.

The bidding price for this Holy Light Ring kept rising until it was finally bought by a man who looked like a butler.

Next, one auction item after another was brought to the booth and quickly auctioned off.

Nearly an hour later.

The spiritual-level thunder species that was previously promoted as a competing item at the auction was finally brought to the exhibition stand.

"This auction item is a top-grade spiritual-level lightning seed, named Lingxu. It originates from the peak of a mountain in the Tiandang Mountains, which is perennially struck by lightning. When a mage unleashes lightning magic, it greatly enhances the lightning's lethality and penetrating power, increasing its power by approximately 2.5 times. The auction for this Lingxu lightning seed is now officially open, with a starting price of 12 million!"

As soon as the red-dressed auctioneer finished speaking, Lingling hurriedly tugged at Su Chi's clothes: "Su Chi, this is the thunder seed you wanted, bid quickly!!"

"I know, don't worry." Su Chi calmed the little girl down.

"Fourteen million!"

"Sixteen million nine hundred thousand!"

“Twenty-one million!!”

"Twenty-one million four hundred thousand!"

The bidding price soared all the way, and only when there were only two bidders left did Su Chi join the competition.

"Twenty-three million!" Su Chi directly raised the price by more than one million.

This bidding method indeed forced one bidder to withdraw.

The remaining bidder gritted his teeth and decided to follow suit: "Twenty-three and a half million."

“Twenty-five million!!”

With Su Chi's repeated offer, the last person did not choose to continue filming.

"Twenty-five million at a time!"

"Twenty-five million twice!"

"Twenty-five million three times! Deal!!"

"Congratulations to this gentleman for successfully winning the Thunder Seed - Lingxu with a bid of 25 million!!" The auctioneer directly announced the auction result.

Hearing that he had successfully shot the thunder seed, Su Chi's originally tense heart relaxed.

What he fears most is that someone unexpectedly appears when the deal is about to be done. This would be very detrimental to his mentality.

Since there were some competitors behind him, Su Chi did not choose to leave directly, but just regarded it as a chance to broaden his horizons.

"The next auction item is a bit special. It's a General-level Soul Essence. Everyone knows that this is an essential raw material for crafting Nebula Magical Artifacts. And Nebula Magical Artifacts, which have nourishing effects, are always in short supply. Therefore, the starting price for this General-level Soul Essence is 11 million!!"

(End of this chapter)