mijobooks Chapter 49 Laughing at the Black-on-Black Culprits
Chapter 49 Laughing at the Black-on-Black Culprits
"Hehe, even my Blood Frog City can't forge it, and nobody can forge it, so it's fair that nobody has it." The Blood Frog Prince said cheerfully, a smug smile on his face.
"Hmm, that makes sense," a prince said with a smile.
The only middle-aged man who made a bid was Lin Wei. He brought less than 300,000 gold notes, thinking he wouldn't get anything, but he unexpectedly found a bargain.
"This kind of good stuff should belong to me. After I get this meteorite iron, this auction has nothing to do with me anymore. Anyway, I won't lose out." Lin Wei was in a good mood, and the corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a smile.
The subsequent auctions featured numerous items, each priced in the hundreds of thousands, with some even attracting bids from princes themselves.
Among the clues was the Red Swallow, which was also sold for hundreds of thousands, attracting knights to bid continuously, their faces showing eagerness, for nothing was more important than improving their breathing technique cultivation speed.
The auction has reached its second half.
"Please look, everyone. This is a beard. We don't know its specific effects or name, but it emits a faint glow at night, which is quite mysterious. The starting bid is 300,000 gold coins."
The host had changed; he was waving his beard around on stage with a mysterious expression on his face.
"This is probably just a hair from some extraordinary creature," a knight said confidently, a disdainful look on his face.
The princes in the front row also didn't understand, and most of them ignored it, their faces showing puzzled expressions.
Most knights are pragmatic, not collectors; none of them want to spend money on something they don't know the details of. Three hundred thousand is enough to buy a clue about the Crimson Swallow.
"Damn it, could this be Merlin's beard that we've been searching for for years?" Lin Wei's eyes widened, his body leaning forward, his hands gripping the handrails tightly. He was now extremely sensitive to anything resembling a beard. "This is a necessary material for casting spells; it's normal that they don't recognize it."
"It's a pity I don't have that much money..." Lin Wei frowned and sighed helplessly.
Not long after, in the dimly lit auction hall, the peculiar beard was sold to a man resembling a bandit knight for the starting price. The man had a face full of scars and a fierce look in his eyes. Lin Wei could only silently mark him, a hint of resentment flashing in his eyes.
Several more items were sold, and finally, the auctioneer carefully picked up a glass bottle that gleamed faintly under the lights, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Tear of Dew. It can only be formed from dew that condenses on grass blades in the early morning, and it contains a trace of pure water elemental power. This is a material that even the most mysterious and unpredictable wizards would need. The starting bid is 800,000 gold coins."
At this point, even the princes in the front row couldn't remain calm. They straightened up, their faces showing eagerness, and prepared to join the auction.
Anything related to wizards must be seized; perhaps it will allow one to advance further.
"I don't have the money... and even if I did, I wouldn't dare bid. This thing definitely belongs to the Great Knight." Lin Wei looked helpless, his brows furrowed, and muttered to himself, "I have to find a way to get my hands on this beard; maybe it really is Merlin's beard."
"Nine hundred thousand," Prince Dragonfly announced, a confident smile on his face.
"Nine hundred and fifty thousand," Prince Cheetah shouted, raising an eyebrow and revealing a domineering aura in his eyes.
"Everyone, one million one hundred thousand," Prince Maple Leaf said with a smile, a hint of smugness on his lips.
The princes joined the fray, and in the end, it was sold to Prince Maple Leaf for a staggering 1.65 million.
"It's really expensive..." Lin Wei gave up completely, shook his head helplessly, and comforted himself, "But as long as I know where the materials are, that's enough. Prince Maple Leaf will most likely keep them as a treasure, I don't know how he'll use them."
The auction ended quickly, and the crowd dispersed in twos and threes, their footsteps making a rumbling sound. Lin Wei silently followed the bandit knight who had bought Merlin's Beard, now disguised as a young man, his eyes warily scanning his surroundings.
With Lin Wei's perception, it would be difficult for the bandit knight to find him. Lin Wei followed for a while longer, leaving the city and entering the wilderness. The surroundings were dense with trees and overgrown with weeds. The bandit wandered around as if he were returning home, eventually disappearing into a cellar in a small village.
Lin Wei simply followed silently, his steps light and graceful.
To his surprise, sounds of fighting came from the cellar, accompanied by the clatter of ping-pong balls.
"Jack, your territory is mine now, and Robbie is mine too," a voice said menacingly.
"Robbie, how dare you betray me! You even poisoned my water!" Suddenly, the bandit knight transformed into a squirrel-man with disheveled fur, bursting out of the cellar and fleeing in a panic.
Two more bandit knights followed behind him, brandishing their weapons and chasing after him with ferocious expressions on their faces.
"This is a case of being double-crossed, poor Jack." Lin Wei was somewhat taken aback, his eyes wide, but he still silently followed.
The three chased him to a small valley. The gray rat knight, whose initial momentum had greatly diminished and was panting heavily from exhaustion, had no choice but to fight the two bandit knights who had caught up with him in order to survive.
"Go ahead and fight, it would be better if you killed them all." Lin Wei leisurely climbed up the big tree next to him, sat on a branch, and began to watch the show, a wicked smile on his lips.
Not long after, the bandit knight Jack killed a bandit knight named Robbie, but he was outmatched and was pierced through the chest by the remaining knight's sword, blood splattering out.
"Haha, I've finally met my match! Jack and Robbie are both dead, so I can continue expanding my territory. And all of Jack's women are mine now!" The knight laughed triumphantly.
Before he could finish speaking, several wolf-tooth arrows shot towards him with a whooshing sound, along with a barbed mantis scythe.
"Who are you……"
Before the bandit knight could finish speaking, Lin Wei cleaved his heart meridian with a single strike, and he fell to the ground lifeless, his eyes wide open.
"I'm the kind of person who does good deeds anonymously. These three bandit knights were killing each other, and I was just doing a service to the people." Lin Wei smiled and jumped down from the tree.
Lin Wei began to touch the corpse.
He pulled out what appeared to be Merlin's beard, which he had bought at the auction house, from Jack's body. The beard faintly shimmered, and he also found a book on the Squirrel Breathing Technique, its pages somewhat worn. As for the other two, he didn't find the Breathing Technique on them, but he did find two bottles of ordinary Concentration Potions and nearly two hundred thousand gold notes, which emitted a faint smell of ink.
After Lin Wei severed the three heads, blood splattered everywhere. He frowned and ran back to the original cellar. The cellar reeked of decay. He covered his nose and found a bottle of focus potion, an enhanced version of focus potion, and about 300,000 gold notes.
"Three heads, a breathing technique, a total of 500,000 gold notes, and four bottles of concentration potion, which is equivalent to a year's supply."