The first item prepared for the auction, the Nine Beasts Fire Control Cauldron, is indeed a rare existence among medicine cauldrons. However, such a medicine cauldron can only be used in the hands of some high-level pharmacists with superb skills.
, the general pharmacist's success rate of refining medicine will be affected, which is exactly what the so-called "counterproductive" is.
The reason why Wei Chen put this object as the first item to be auctioned was because Wei Chen's original intention was not to sell it, or it could be said that he was just using it to arouse people's interest.
He was not worried about the embarrassing situation of no one bidding in the end, because as early as when he was planning this year's auction, he had already specially arranged for people to bid for this "Nine Beasts Fire Control Cauldron".
But what surprised him was that as soon as the bidding started, there were people who couldn't wait to bid. But what surprised him even more was that Ulan also bid at this time, and he immediately shouted the price to fifty-five.
Thousands of gold coins.
What happened next was even more unbelievable. After just one glance at the flames in the medicine cauldron, Wu Lan immediately shouted out the price to 600,000.
When the young man who bid for the first time spoke again, some people in the auction house had already reacted. Just after Wulan's voice of "650,000" fell, someone immediately shouted "Sixty thousand" impatiently.
Sixty thousand".
Followed by "670,000, 680,000..."
The price is completely measured in tens of thousands, and the price is soaring all the way up. Just listening to the bidding calls makes people's hearts beat faster.
Faced with the "irrational" bidding in front of them, it was the auction house's turn to be confused.
Wei Chen stared at the huge medicine cauldron and thought to himself, 'Is there anything special about this medicine cauldron? Is it because I got the price wrong in the first place? In that case, I need to thank Mr. Yin, he is
Helped the auction house recover a large amount of losses.
But when he first got this medicinal cauldron, the emperor only spent 430,000 gold coins. Even if someone really valued it, it would be understandable if it cost more than 108,000 gold coins, but now it has...'
While Wei Chen was thinking, someone shouted "Eighty-three thousand gold coins" loudly. Faced with this price, Tingting was a little confused. Fortunately, no one raised the price again at this time, so she finally returned.
Suddenly, he didn't even have time to rejoice secretly, but he already shouted "Eighty-three thousand gold coins, once!"
After a brief silence, the young man who originally called out the price slowly stretched out a trembling palm and said in a somewhat difficult voice: "Eight hundred and forty thousand gold coins!"
Tingting, who had recovered from the shock, although she still didn't understand the situation at all, still shouted out habitually, "Eighty hundred and forty thousand gold coins, once!"
At this moment, everyone present did not bid again, but discussed it with their companions or friends who were slightly closer to other forces.
After all, Wei Chen possesses the second-level strength of the Concentration Stage. He can truly hear the content of the words of the people around him just by letting go of his mental power a little.
"The price seems a bit high. Even if there are any remnants left, it will never reach this price."
"I can't bid any more. I just started to get excited and started bidding with everyone. Now that I think about it, it's really risky."
"That's right, that's right. If there is no valuable remnant in the fire mouth, you will lose so much that you can't even pull up your pants."
Hearing everyone's discussion, Wei Chen couldn't help but be shocked again. He never thought that the previous heated bidding was actually for another item.
At the same time that Wei Chen showed a look of astonishment, the voice of auctioneer Tingting came from the auction stage again.
"Eight hundred and forty thousand gold coins, the second time!"
After finishing speaking, Tingting coughed twice subconsciously and said at the same time: "I'm very sorry, I seem to be a little too nervous, so I feel a little dry in the mouth."
Hearing Tingting's words, the surrounding guests burst into laughter, and the tense atmosphere was relieved at the same time.
On the surface, it seemed that Tingting was just joking on purpose, but in fact she was delaying the auction on purpose, otherwise by the time she was joking, she would have decided that the "840,000" bid was successful.
While everyone below was laughing, Tingting's eyes were inadvertently cast on Ulan, and she seemed to be giving Ulan a chance to make a bid.
But when Wulan faced Tingting's gaze, the corner of her mouth couldn't help but twitch. Even when facing a strong enemy, she was not as awkward as she thought, but at the same time, there was still a trace of
Darkly refreshing.
'This Zuo Feng is really good at doing things. He obviously wants to destroy the other party's plan, but he also wants to make people angry to death. I'm really convinced.'
While thinking this in his mind, Wulan waved his hand gently and said: "I won't bid any more. I made a mistake in my calculation just now. Although this is a rare medicine cauldron, the current price is too high.
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The people around him couldn't help but be a little surprised when they heard what Ulan said. Then someone who was familiar with Ulan immediately asked: "Didn't you just give the price after looking at the bottom fire port? Please bid again."
Although the price is a bit risky, it doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t make a profit!”
Hearing what the man said, Ulan deliberately looked confused and said: "I did check the fire vent, but the clean bottom fire vent has nothing to do with my risky bid!"
Everyone was shocked at this moment. The person who spoke before asked in an unbelieving tone: "Why did you immediately bid 650,000 gold coins after reading that the fire outlet was cleaned up so cleanly?"
"Didn't I just say that I made a miscalculation!" Ulan said with some annoyance, while rolling his eyes and adding, "I am responsible for the price I paid. If it is my price in the end, I will accept it."
Got it!"
As soon as this statement came out, the entire auction house was in a state of excitement. Many people who had been bidding fiercely just now expressed their anger while secretly rejoicing that they were not the unlucky ones who made the final bid.
But when everyone gradually calmed down, everyone's eyes focused on the "unlucky guy" who made the last bid.
The auctioneer Tingting finally came to her senses at this time and announced loudly: "The Nine Dragons Fire Control Cauldron was finally acquired by this customer at a price of 840,000 gold coins. Congratulations...!"
Out of a professional habit, Tingting almost said "congratulations", but as soon as the word "gong" came out of her mouth, she felt it was inappropriate and swallowed the word "hi" directly. But like this
Come on, the guests present burst into laughter again. Those who were still afraid of bidding for themselves just now turned their nervous emotions into gloating about the young man's misfortune.
When the bidding was coming to an end, Wei Chen had already understood that in fact, almost everyone present was there for the remaining medicinal residue in the medicinal cauldron.
Tingting once said before that this medicinal cauldron had just refined a mid-grade peak medicine elixir not long ago. When such a medicine is refined, every medicinal material can be said to be a treasure of genius. It is just the medicine after refining.
Slag, all have extremely high value.
Another important reason is that if we can know through the medicinal residue what materials were used in the refining process, then this is equivalent to obtaining most of the prescription. Although there is no complete refining method, the medicinal materials alone
The formula costs more than 150,000 gold coins.
But Wei Chen knew very well that the medicine cauldron had been cleaned up when he got it back, and it was impossible for Wanguo Auction House to casually sell such a large treasure along with the medicine cauldron.
Many people originally understood this truth, but it was Ulan who raised the price with such determination, especially after checking the fire mouth, that he increased the price by 50,000 gold coins without any hesitation, which directly broke everyone's psychological defense line.
As for Wulan's role in this, it seems to be a conspiracy with the auction house, but everyone knows that Wei Chen and Li Kuang are definitely not such people, and they don't bother to do such a dirty thing.
The instigator of the whole thing was having some free time at the moment, leaning against the wall with his arms folded, looking at the young people from the Yancheng caravan below.
When the other party first shouted out the price, Zuo Feng had already guessed the other party's plan, and deliberately wanted to take the first lot in a high-profile way in this eye-catching way.
Zuo Feng loves refining medicine, and his actions are often unexpected. When others think that he should keep a low profile and be careful, he will do something out of the ordinary to attract attention, thereby reducing the suspicion on himself.
If everything goes well, I believe there is a 70% to 80% chance that Zuojiacun will contact him directly when the auction ends.
But since Zuo Feng saw the other party's intention, how could he let him succeed easily? Since there was no clue about Zuojia Village, Zuo Feng took action directly against the young man pretending to be himself.
Zuo Feng came up with the plan in just a short moment, in order to make the young man look embarrassed in public and at the same time make his identity look worthy of scrutiny.
Not only did Wu Lan understand Zuo Feng's intention, but he also performed the scene very well, directly attracting everyone in the auction house.
As a result, when the crazy bidding came, even Zuo Feng began to doubt whether there really were any residual medicine residue left in the medicine cauldron. It wasn't until Wu Lan revealed everything himself that the mystery was completely revealed. At the same time, this was equivalent to being directly there.
The young man from the Yancheng caravan received a hard slap on his face.
"I can't find the people in the village right now, but I can destroy the contact between you with a little trick. I want to see what other tricks you have."
A sneer flashed across Zuo Feng's face, and the young man from the Yancheng caravan's face turned red and white, but in the end he suddenly spoke.
"This medicine cauldron may be useless in the hands of others, but if it falls into the hands of a high-level pharmacist who truly understands the art of refining medicine, it will be a priceless treasure!"
Hearing what the young man said, Zuo Feng's face darkened, and his eyebrows slowly wrinkled.