Main Volume Chapter 183: Mysterious Stone, Inheritance Stone, Apocalypse Stone
Time passed quickly, the first round of treasure appraisal ended, followed by the second round, the third round... Until the penultimate round, Zhang Yun did not see a treasure that made him excited . They were all useless items that were tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away.
Well!
It’s not a waste of time!
At least I have figured out that not only is the combat power of this world inferior to mine, but even the precious treasures and weapons are not as good as those I get in the game!
Only the dragon diamonds in the ancient ruins can catch my eye...
Just as he was thinking about it, the last round of treasure appraisal began. The guards brought a gold plate with a strange stone emitting a golden halo on it.
Zhang Yun: “What is this!?”
[Inheritance Stone: A stone with inheritance power, sealed by a special power. Only by breaking the outer seal can one inherit the power.]
"The next grand finale is the mysterious stone we obtained after defeating those deep-sea monsters in the North Ocean... I think many of the guests in the audience came from far away to participate in today's treasure appraisal meeting, probably for this stone, right?"
As the host spoke, he took out the inheritance stone, held it high, and shook it in front of the audience.
Zhang Yun looked at the stone, turned around and asked, "Liu Ting, what is the origin of this mysterious stone?"
"Tell me about it!"
At this time, Liu Ting was still fighting with Li Jinzu, you called me a "dog relying on the power of others" and I called you an "incompetent child", all kinds of vulgar words came out of my mouth.
But when he heard Brother Zhang Yun's question, Liu Ting immediately withdrew from the battle, jumped up from his seat, came to Zhang Yun, and explained to him in detail the origin of the inheritance stone.
"Brother Zhang Yun, this is a mysterious stone. As long as a cultivator carries this stone with him when cultivating, he can speed up his cultivation and even help him break through a realm that has been stuck for a long time."
"Because only the deep-sea monsters in the North Ocean can carry this stone, and it cannot be found anywhere else, so it is very precious and rarely appears in the world."
"Once it appears, it will attract the attention of many people. They would rather travel thousands of miles to try to obtain the mysterious stone."
"And it also has..."
The information Liu Ting provided was exactly the same as that given by the old treasure appraiser who was explaining the inheritance stone below, and was even more detailed, so Zhang Yun quickly understood the general purpose of this inheritance stone.
For example, speeding up cultivation, helping to break through realms, collecting, selling for money...
In other words, the real purpose of this stone has not been developed by the people of Daxia. They only use the powerful energy emanating from the stone to increase their experience acquisition speed...
Zhang Yun asked curiously, "Since this mysterious stone is so precious, why don't your officials in Daxia just confiscate it and donate it to the country?"
Liu Ting touched his nose and said, "No need. This kind of stone can be preserved forever. We in Daxia have been fighting against the deep sea of the North Ocean for hundreds of years. I don't know how many monsters with mysterious stones we have killed."
"So, our treasury is full of mysterious stones. Whether it is for training soldiers or giving to servants, there is sufficient stock."
"Only these ordinary businessmen and minor officials would lack the mysterious stone and specifically look for the whereabouts of the mysterious stone to be auctioned."
"Moreover, no matter how many mysterious stones a practitioner carries, whether for an hour or a whole day, the effect is the same. There is no need to have too many. Even if only one is placed in a small town, it will be enough to satisfy all the practitioners there!"
“No matter how many mysterious stones there are, they can only be piled up in the warehouse and collect dust. Otherwise, they can be auctioned off like now and exchanged for a lot of valuable money.”
oh!
I understand!
This stone is just like the experience gain limit in some games. You will get five experience points for playing five games a day. No matter how many games you play later, you will not get any extra experience points!
So there's no need to accumulate too much. It's better to auction it off and exchange it for more useful gold coins...
Then, Zhang Yun went straight to the point and asked, "Wait, are you saying that you have a lot of mysterious stones in Daxia?"
Liu Ting said, "Yes! Why? Brother Zhang Yun likes this? Then I'll go back and ask my cousin to bring you two pieces!"
Uh... two dollars?
It sounds like the Great Xia Dynasty doesn't have a lot of inventory?
Otherwise, given the generosity of the Great Xia Dynasty, they would have given you dozens or hundreds of them just like you did with those gold, silver and jewelry !
Zhang Yun guessed correctly on this point. There were only a dozen inheritance stones in the imperial capital of Daxia, and only three or four of them could meet the needs of the entire imperial capital. Therefore, the officials of Daxia felt that there were more than enough inheritance stones, and it would not be a problem even if one or two were given away.
After figuring out the general situation of the inheritance stone, Zhang Yun didn't hesitate and said, "Liu Ting, I really need this mysterious stone. Go back and talk to me about whether you can get more mysterious stones for me. The more the better."
Liu Ting agreed: "Okay!"
Then, Zhang Yun added: "I also want this mysterious stone that is being auctioned now. What should I do? Should I just bid for it?"
Liu Ting nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Zhang Yun, wait for the host to finish speaking, and when the bidding starts, just follow the reserve price."
"Based on my experience."
"The price of this inheritance stone is about 500 gold ingots, which is about 5,000 gold coins in Western currency!"
Zhang Yun was confused: "Five thousand gold coins?"
Ah this?
Isn’t it too cheap?
I thought it would take at least 500,000 gold coins to start... But then again, the caravan that went to the desert looked quite wealthy, but they only had less than 100 gold coins on them.
Based on this purchasing power, five thousand gold coins are indeed a lot. Exchanging them for an "experience amplifier" that can enhance the family business of three generations of one's ancestors is a very real deal no matter how you look at it.
After thinking about it, Zhang Yun looked at Liu Ting and said, "Young man, you will bid for me in this auction. When I get the mysterious stone, I will give you a corresponding price... No, I will give you 10,000 Western gold coins. How about that?"
Liu Ting: “???”
Li Jin: “???”
Two Daxia guards: "???"
Brother! Are you serious? Taking 10,000 gold coins in exchange for 500 gold ingots worth 5,000 gold coins? Are you sure this isn't a joke you made up?
This is a thousand ingots of gold!
It is equivalent to the total income of a core city in three years!
You give it just like that?
Even if you said you would only give me one thousand more gold coins, I would believe what you said. At least this is within the range that a normal person can afford. Five thousand more... even my cousin would have to struggle for a long time before making up her mind!
Seeing Liu Ting's stunned expression, Zhang Yun guessed that the boy didn't believe it, so he took out a sack of gold coins from his backpack and said, "There are a thousand gold coins in this bag. You can open it and take a look and make a rough estimate."
As he spoke, Zhang Yun stood up, walked to the empty floor of the suspended private room, took out fifteen bags in one breath, and said, "Counting these, that's fifteen thousand gold coins, all of which can be used to auction this mysterious stone."
"If that's not enough, I have something more valuable than gold coins. Magic stones of various properties... I don't know what you call them here, but Western magicians often have to use these stones to perform large-scale magic, and they consume a lot of them."
"I guess you guys need it too."
"Can I use it as collateral for gold?"
Zhang Yun knew very well that compared to gold which could only be used for viewing, the Philosopher's Stone, a precious one-time strategic material, would definitely hold its value much better!
Especially in this world of swords and magic, anyone with normal intelligence should be aware of the value gap between the two, unless the output of the Philosopher's Stone is extremely large and it is an inexhaustible natural resource.
As expected, when Liu Ting heard Zhang Yun mention the magic stone, his eyes widened and he said in surprise, "Magic stone? We call it the mystic stone. It can really be used as money and is much more valuable than ordinary gold. It is often out of stock!"
Then, he glanced at the sacks on the ground. Without even opening them, he could confirm that what Zhang Yun had just said was true.
but……
This is still too unbelievable...
Who exactly is Brother Zhang Yun? Not only is he extremely powerful, but he is also so rich that he can easily spend a large sum of money, or even the more precious magic stone...
I feel like I must ask Sister Lucina for clarification...
After thinking about it, Liu Ting told Zhang Yun the method of bidding: no matter whether the bidder has the best circulating gold in Daxia or not, as long as the bid is successful and something of corresponding value can be given when delivering the goods, the transaction will be successful and the Appraisal Association will safely deliver the treasure to the bidder.
In other words, Zhang Yun could just shout by herself, there was no need to ask Liu Ting for help, which would be troublesome and costly.
"Is that so?"
"Okay, thanks, I know what to do!"
Zhang Yun walked back to her seat and sat back down, adding, "As for these gold coins... I'll give them to you as your reward for the mysterious stone from Daxia. If it's not enough, I'll make up for it. If there's any extra, you can spend it however you want."
Liu Ting: “…”
Oh my goodness, I just brought Brother Zhang Yun to this treasure appraisal meeting for a look around, and I earned 15,000 gold coins for nothing?
Haha, not a loss, a huge profit!
Li Jin: “…”
Ugh, what a loss. I should have interacted more with this guy. I thought he was just an ordinary guard, but I didn’t expect him to be a sucker who doesn’t value money?
Forget it, I don't need money anyway, so I'd better take a closer look at my goddess, this girl named Lucina~
Daxia guard: "..."
Here, big brother, our two brothers have settled your dispute today. Please take a seat. Can you give us a little money?
…
Soon, the auction began, with the starting price being 100 gold bars, with no upper limit.
Zhang Yun was too lazy to compete with the merchants in bidding, so she was the first to raise her sign. Using the secret sound transmission technique in the suspended private room, she loudly announced to the audience: "Five hundred gold ingots!"
moment!
The whole audience was stunned!
Shit, where did this spendthrift guy come from? He asked for five hundred gold bars. Isn’t he afraid that he can get this mysterious stone for only two hundred gold bars?
Liu Ting was also speechless for a while. He wanted to remind Zhang Yun that the 500 gold ingots he had just mentioned was an inflated estimate, and maybe there was no need to spend so much money to buy it.
But he changed his mind and realized that Brother Zhang Yun was so generous in giving money, as he spent 15,000 gold coins, which was equivalent to 1,500 gold ingots. He was definitely not short of money.
I think these five hundred gold bars are just his pocket money, which is equivalent to five gold bars in his own eyes and he can spend them casually.
Alas, as expected, if you can’t use your own salary to challenge the pocket money of the rich, you will be hit hard…
On the other side, when Zhang Yun shouted out the price, everyone in the audience was shocked. Many people realized that they had met a very rich man this time, and they had to give up the rare and mysterious stone.
But among them there are also second-generation officials like Liu Ting, or second-generation rich people, or even first-generation rich people. They will not be scared by just 500 ingots of gold.
so……
"Five hundred and ten ingots of gold!"
"I want it!"
"Five hundred and twenty ingots of gold!"
"I'll go!"
"Five hundred and fifty ingots of gold!"
“…”
Zhang Yun looked at those people who kept bidding and sighed helplessly, thinking that she had indeed bid too low and had to waste her time competing with these guys for something she was determined to get.
He raised the sign again: "One thousand five hundred gold bars!"
Everyone was stunned: "!?"
Damn you! You raised the price five times the first time you asked! You raised it even more the second time! You raised it three times again! Did your money come from the wind?
This is three years’ income of a big city!
Just take it!
Are you some indigenous chieftain who came from the Nanyang Kingdom?
etc!?
This guy is willing to spend money like this. Could it be that the mysterious stone this time is quite special, a rare absorbable mysterious stone?
The so-called absorbable mysterious stone is a heritage stone whose seal has been accidentally broken. The recipient happens to be able to adapt to the abilities in it, so he or she will involuntarily absorb the energy in the mysterious stone and become an "inheritor", gaining the power of inheritance.
There have been several such people in history, and each of them has become an absolute genius, able to single-handedly challenge regular armies and kill the enemy without leaving a single piece of armor.
Of course, because the outer gods erased the memory, the people in the East do not call this phenomenon "inheritance", but call it "revelation", which means the lucky ones who receive the revelation from God.
Also, these revelators would always disappear after a short while. Oriental people did not know the truth about the world, so they thought that they had ascended to heaven and gone to a more mysterious heaven.
Actually…
The God's Punishment Army was dispatched, the target was selected, and the purge began. The purge was successful and the scene was cleaned up...
No accidentally born inheritor can escape...
The consequence of not knowing the truth was that everyone present became excited. They believed that this mysterious stone was definitely an apocalypse stone that could enable people to obtain "revelation". Otherwise, why would the mysterious person in the suspended private room be willing to spend so much money to buy this thing?
It is impossible to say that this is a proxy for the Treasure Appraisal Association.
Because this suspended private room has the best position in the treasure appraisal meeting, those who can sit in it are either rich or noble. Who would be stupid enough to put a stooge in this private room to annoy those dignitaries who want the chief position?
Moreover, the source of income for the treasure appraisal association comes from bidding and also from fame.
Those little tricks, such as blowing up the silver sword a little and selling it at a slightly higher price, are nothing to the wealthy people who bid for the goods. They wouldn't care even if they knew the truth.
But if they were to make a fuss about an extremely valuable item, even though it was obviously very expensive, the treasure appraisal association would deliberately drive up the price several times, charging everyone an IQ tax...
Once discovered, they will definitely be tortured to death by the powerful. Even those who did not win the bid will be terrified, fearing that they will become the next "fat sheep" to be cheated, and will choose to retaliate secretly.
At the same time, the reputation of the treasure appraisal meeting will become bad, because you are bidding on things that are not worthy of the reputation, and deliberately hire people to shout out random prices!
The most important thing...
If this wave of malicious bidding fails and no one follows suit, the item will be sold to the treasure appraisal association's agents, and the treasure appraisal association will not receive any money, but will have to pay a corresponding reward to the treasure's provider...
so!
This guy must not be shouting randomly!
The mysterious stone before you is definitely an extremely precious Revelation Stone, and it is worth spending all your family fortune to bid for it!
