Chapter 152: Someone’s in for It
Chen Ran was stunned and followed Mihawk’s gaze.
In the very front, a figure sat alone. The position was set up separately, showing the person’s unique status. From Chen Ran’s angle, he could only see a simple back.
But from the looks of it, that person should not be old.
“Huh, when did someone get there? I didn’t notice before.”
Chen Ran had naturally seen that position, but that place was just special, but not too conspicuous. If it weren’t for Mihawk’s mention, Chen Ran really wouldn’t have noticed.
“His name is Sayven, and he lives in the Deep Blue Palace in the center of the city, Prince Sayna’s son. He came through a special passage, and only some of the regulars here know of his existence,” Mihawk explained. “He’s very low-key and doesn’t like to be disturbed. Most of the people in the front row here are nobles, and they know his temper, so they generally don’t go up to disturb him. Newcomers who have just come here don’t know of his existence. But you have to remember, whenever he’s here, and he’s taken a fancy to something, you must not raise the price, or the consequences will be very tragic.”
“That person is Crown Prince Sayven?” Chen Ran said with a surprised look, and couldn’t help but take a closer look.
Because there was some distance, and everyone was sitting, Chen Ran couldn’t see what the Crown Prince looked like. He could only see a head of black, shiny hair that went past his ears, which felt a bit delicate. And he was wearing a silver mask on his face. From the general outline, he should be very handsome, as the rumors said.
But this person’s behavior was too low-key. Chen Ran didn’t even know when he had come in. There was almost no movement. If it weren’t for Mihawk’s mention, Chen Ran wouldn’t have known of his existence. In the classification of the seats here, ordinary rich merchants like him mostly sat in the back row, while the local nobles sat in the front row. And the nobles’ seating was also more casual, not necessarily arranged according to status. So he hadn’t noticed at first.
Looking roughly, the atmosphere at the scene didn’t change much because of the Crown Prince’s existence. But from the organizers of some of the auctions, they seemed to be fawning over the young man in a subtle way.
Although he wanted to go up and make a connection, seeing that there seemed to be certain rules here, Chen Ran also honestly chose to remain silent and began to participate in the auction.
In terms of the details of the Diya City auction, it was indeed much better than other places. But perhaps because most of the people here were polite nobles, that atmosphere infected the entire venue, and people also became much more civilized without realizing it.
The auction officially began.
The first item displayed was a beautiful antique vase with some age, with a starting price of five thousand gold coins.
Collecting was the nature of most nobles. Almost every noble family had some old goods with some age to deepen the family’s foundation. Even if they were not collectors, nobles also had a natural habit of collecting antiques.
In this aspect, ordinary merchants did not participate. Things without profit were not what they pursued.
Although the atmosphere at the scene was not as enthusiastic as he had imagined, the prices they offered were not soft at all. This was also the only place where Chen Ran could see the smell of gunpowder. The price was raised more and more chaotically.
In just a short while, a vase that could only be looked at was sold for a full fifty thousand gold coins. They really didn’t treat money as money. This fifty thousand gold coins could do a lot of things if spent on the right path. These nobles were really bored with their money.
Under such circumstances, more than a dozen items were sold without a sound, and the transaction amount easily broke a million. Chen Ran had to admire the transaction volume here. As long as it suited the tastes of the people here, making money was really not a difficult thing. If he waited until the group of guys from the Dark Holy Court was dealt with, Chen Ran would definitely find a chance to collect all the money of the people here.
When the auction reached the few rare materials that Chen Ran needed, not so many people were competing. Those materials could not exert their due value in the hands of most people, but Chen Ran could. For the things he needed, he would never be soft-hearted. Most of his competitors were a few other production masters or resale merchants. After the normal price was exceeded, they would automatically give up. So it didn’t take too much of a price. Chen Ran relatively easily got what he needed.
The Chaos Meteor cost Chen Ran sixty thousand gold coins, the Essence Stone cost him seventy thousand, the Green-veined Jade cost him sixty-five thousand, and the Divine Snow Wood cost him eighty thousand, and…
These things were all of purple quality. Buying them all at once really made Chen Ran’s heart ache. In addition, he also bought some things that were not in his plan, and his wallet shrank by more than six hundred thousand gold coins in one go. In addition, the last piece of Divine Spirit Jade was also in his plan, but that thing looked good and had a very obvious practical function. Being exposed to its light for a long time could also delay aging. The final value would definitely not be low. Chen Ran felt that it would be a certain degree of difficulty to buy this thing.
He had originally thought that the one and a half million gold coins he had won in the casino was a super huge sum. Looking at it now, the money he had won was not enough to spend. As for the Divine Spirit Jade, Chen Ran’s psychological price was seven hundred thousand gold coins, and not a penny more. You know, he had sold an excellent-grade divine weapon for only one million gold coins. This was just one material, and the same value could be replaced by other various things.
The reason he was so attentive to this thing was because the Divine Spirit Jade could be used to make holy-attribute items, which were the best things to deal with the group of guys from the Dark Holy Court. It would be best to buy it. If he couldn’t, it would just be that he couldn’t add flowers to the brocade.
Without a sound, the auction house’s performance reached a transaction amount of several million. The items in the back were more and more expensive, but they still couldn’t stop the rich people. Until finally, the Divine Spirit Jade that Chen Ran wanted arrived.
Everyone ignored the beautiful female host’s introduction. The words were nothing more than a bunch of explanations about its beautiful appearance, good shape, and helping to slow down aging. They quickly entered the bidding session.
Because it was the last item to be sold in this session, the VIP guests who wanted to buy it seemed to be sharpening their knives, looking very interested. Chen Ran also planned to directly offer seven hundred thousand gold coins in one go. If it didn’t work, he would give up…
“Six hundred thousand gold coins.”
Before it even started, a voice sounded from the very front. It was not very loud, but after this voice appeared, the front row was silent.
Chen Ran was about to follow the bid, but he suddenly realized that the person who had made the bid was the so-called Crown Prince. Hearing Mihawk’s previous warning, he hesitated for a moment, swallowed the price that was about to come out of his mouth, and wisely chose not to follow the bid. But not far from him, a coarse voice sounded.
“Six hundred and one thousand!”
The whole place was deathly silent. Even Mihawk, who was next to Chen Ran, was stunned for a moment, then his face was filled with schadenfreude. He leaned over to Chen Ran’s ear and whispered, “There’s going to be a good show soon. This guy must be a newcomer.”
