NOVEL NEXT Chapter 116 - The Appetizer
Chapter 116 The Appetizer
As the first auction since the open service of “Myth”, this was a grand ceremony. There were precious items which caused a sensation throughout the Huaxia District, besides, this auction was famous and prestigious. Hundreds of millions of players in the Huaxia District would definitely be attracted to it and would never forget this ceremony.
As the sponsor, the Treasure Pavilion and Qian Duoduo have become increasingly popular. There was no doubt that this auction would cause a shock to countless players of the entire Huaxia District. A huge market would form from a basic prototype and they would finally build a business empire.
The insightful players realized that the Treasure Pavilion was unstoppable and would develop rapidly. It was prestigious and no one or organization could stop it. Besides, they didn’t even know the identity of the force which pushed the huge Treasure Pavilion to move forward.
Even the official website understood the importance of this auction. They deliberately opened a channel to provide real-time live streaming of this auction. At the same time, it was simultaneously connected to the official TV station for a full record.
The tickets were sold out within half an hour. There were only 1,020 tickets, after all. Countless players were eager to buy a ticket at a high price. In the black market, the price of a ticket was increased to 500 gold coins! This was enough to prove the influence of this auction!
The auction would get started officially at 9 p.m. in the evening but there was no empty seat on the third floor of the Treasure Pavilion at 8 o’clock. Everyone was staring at the central booth.
“Bro Xiao! We’re here!”
Xiaofeng arrived at ten minutes to nine and Qian Duoduo directly brought him to the No.1 private room, which was deliberately reserved for him. The Nicholas Brothers and the teenage player whose name was Shangguan Aochen were also waiting in this room.
“This boy insists on staying with us in this room and we can’t drive him away.”
Nicholas Zhaosi said with a long face. This teenage boy failed to buy the ticket but he was smart and knew that Nicholas Brothers were friends with Qian Duoduo and she would definitely give them tickets to the auction. Therefore, he followed the Nicholas Brothers and finally entered the most mysterious and distinguished No.1 private room!
In fact, in order to avoid revealing the identity of Xiaofeng, the Nicholas Brothers didn’t even bring their roommates and friends into the private room.
Xiaofeng was always wearing the mask when facing strange players.
In the end, Qian Duoduo agreed to let the teenage boy stay here, which made Shangguan Aochen excited and ecstatic.
“Haha! No.1 private room! I’m staying in the No.1 private room! Even the Dynasty Guild can’t enter this room!”
“Bro Xiao! I’m determined to work for you! I’ll do whatever you want!”
The teenage player was shrewd. He immediately flattered Xiaofeng when Xiaofeng entered the room because he found that Qian Duoduo led Xiaofeng into this room and she was respectful to him!
He knew Qian Duoduo and they were at the same team in the Novice Village to complete the trial mission of the instance zone. So he was not surprised to learn that the owner of the Treasure Pavilion was a beautiful girl.
The auction would get started in 10 minutes, but as the sponsor, Qian Duoduo was leading the way for Xiaofeng instead of handling the affairs of this auction, which made him surprised and astonished.
He immediately realized that Xiaofeng was the one behind this grand ceremony. So he threw away his arrogance and flattered Xiaofeng without hesitation.
“Bro Xiao, what is the relationship between you and Qian Duoduo? Could you please get a discount for me? I want to buy a golden sword but I don’t have enough money. Can I pay by installment?”
Xiaofeng directly ignored him. He allowed this teenage boy to stay here for the sake of War Spirit Ziyi. Xiaofeng sat down on the sofa in the center of the private room and wait for the start of the auction while eating snacks.
10 minutes passed quickly and all the players who were talking and discussing immediately became silent after hearing a beep. Everyone was staring at the booth and the curtain slowly opened.
“Hello everyone, I’m Qian Duoduo. Welcome to the first auction of the Treasure Pavilion!”
The red curtain was drawn apart and to everyone’s surprise, a beautiful girl in her teens came out. This pretty girl was standing in the center of the exhibition stand and she looked graceful and other players couldn’t find any trace of panic on her. Her crisp and pleasant voice was transmitted through the amplified magical avatar on the stand, echoing across the third floor of the Treasure Pavilion.
“What? The owner of the Treasure Pavilion is a girl?”
“I can’t believe this! Qian Duoduo is a girl?”
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In an instant, the players on the third floor started to talk with each other in astonishment but they became silent after a while. Many players looked at her in disbelief but the name on her head showed that she was the real master of the Treasure Pavilion.
“I am honored to be here as the host of this auction, and I am equally honored to have so many friends come to join us!”
“Boss Qian, you’re being too polite. It is our honor to be able to see the auction held by the Treasure Pavilion.”
Qian Duoduo said in her crisp voice and some players immediately answered politely. This beautiful and young girl was called Boss Qian, which made many players feel strange and puzzled.
“Haha, this is the first auction since the open service of “Myth”. This was a grand ceremony and I believe that many of you must have a strong desire to watch the goods. So I’d better get started quickly to avoid consuming your patience. Next, the first auction of the Treasure Pavilion will officially begin!”
The players sitting on the third floor, audiences of the live streaming, and the players who were watching the TV offline were waiting for the start of the auction. They were excited after hearing Qian Duoduo’s words. Everyone’s eyes were fixed on the booth. There was no one except for Qian Duoduo but the booth was attractive to all the players.
“First of all, let’s look at the appetizer for our auction. This item is not one of the ten pieces of equipment sold at the auction but I think it is eligible to appear on this stand!”
Qian Duoduo clapped her white hands after speaking and a female player immediately came out with a tray covered with red cloth on her hands.
Countless players craned their necks and stared at the tray. Everyone knew that all the items sold at this auction were brilliant and precious. Even the appetizer was enough to attract everyone’s attention.
“This appetizer is a consumable that we can’t live without in the game world. This is the health potion and mana potion.”
Many players became surprised once again after hearing Qian Duoduo’s words.
“The potion?”
They couldn’t believe that this item was just the potion. Why did they sell the potion? Was it the advanced potion?
Many players of the major guilds became disappointed. The advanced potion was rare and only the life players who had high-level life skills of pharmacy could make it, but many major guilds had such life players and the advanced potion was not rare for them.
But their eyes widened after seeing the item.
“This is not the advanced potion! This is…”
Qian Duoduo removed the red cloth and everyone saw two bottles of crystal clear potion. At the same time, she also shared their attributes with everyone present.
Water for Life
Quality: Rare
Effect: 50 Health Points will be recovered immediately after use, with 30 seconds’ cooldown.
Water for Purification
Quality: Rare
Effect: 50 Mana Points will be recovered immediately after use, with 30 seconds’ cooldown.
“This potion can increase our HP by 50 points!”
Countless players, especially the elite members of the major guilds and skilled single players, immediately became astonished.
The super potion! All the experienced players knew the significance of this kind of consumable!
You could use the super health potion that could increase your HP by 50 points to resist the damages of the high-level BOSS!
The mana potion which could increase your MP by 50 points could help you use more skills in the high-level place where you couldn’t give enough DPS.
Therefore, many players present immediately became excited!
“How many super potions do you have? We Knife Guild want all of them!”
“Get out of the way! We Tough Man Alliance want all of these potions and we have enough money!”
“Stop arguing! Do you want to take all of them? Don’t be silly! We have to share these potions!”
“With the health potion, we can easily get rid of the BOSS which killed our team last time!”
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Players present started to argue with each other before Qian Duoduo even started to bid. A lot of excited players were fighting for this item!
“Be quiet.”
Qian Duoduo said in a low voice. But her words worked and players on the third floor who were arguing and fighting immediately became silent. Everyone was staring at her with desire.
They didn’t expect that the appetizer was so attractive. They believed that the items sold at the formal auction would definitely be more popular and players would become crazy.
“The output of these two potions is limited, so we can only sell them at a limited quantity. But I believe we will be able to sell it in unlimited quantities in the near future.”
Many players nodded in understanding after hearing her words. It would be amazing if these rare potions could be sold at unlimited quantities, but it was impossible now and these potions could only be sold at the auction at the current stage.
But many major guilds suddenly had an idea after hearing that these potions would be sold at unlimited quantities in the near future. This potion could increase the players’ HP by a lot and their guild would definitely become stronger if they could monopolize it!
“Pam!”
But several fat businessmen sitting at the corner suddenly became angry and depressed, and Money-hungry Businessman was one of them. He slammed the arm of the chair and his face immediately darkened.
The advanced potions were their final card! But it was worthless when compared with these two kinds of rare potion!
“Our current auction method is as follows. Two kinds of potions are auctioned in three groups at a time, each group has 60 bottles, and the same guild or individual can only buy them only once.”
Qian Duoduo continued to say and players who had argued before nodded in agreement. Although they couldn’t buy enough potions, this auction method was good and could stop the competition and give them three opportunities. Players couldn’t buy it repeatedly, which meant that many players could get the potions.
Besides, she also said that there would be three sets of auctions for each auction, and it was not out of stock.
“Then the auction for the first group of potions get started now. The starting price is 50 gold coins and the price increase must be more than 1 gold coin.”
“60 gold coins!”
“70 gold coins!”
“75!”
“100 gold coins! Our Death Guild wants the first group of potions! Please give us an opportunity!”
“Get out of the way! Death Guild is nothing to us! We can give 120 gold coins!”
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The climax of the auction came in an instant…