"Sir, please show your admission ticket." the guard said politely.

"I don't have a ticket. How can I get one?" Zhou He asked.

"Uh" the guard was stunned for a moment.

He has seen many people who want to break into the ban, but he has never met anyone who came to ask.

The guard didn't show any sign of boredom and replied directly: "Sir, the tickets have been sold out three days ago."

"Sold out?" Zhou He frowned.

At this moment, a slightly chubby middle-aged man ran over from a distance, panting.

"Huh, okay, okay, I'm not late, I almost missed it." As he said that, the middle-aged man reached out and handed the ticket to the guard.

Just as the guard was about to take it, suddenly, a hand stretched out and took the ticket.

"Hey, what are you doing?" The middle-aged man roared angrily when he saw Zhou He's actions.

Even the expression of the guard on the side changed. He put his right hand on his sword and looked at Zhou He with an evil expression: "Sir, what are you doing?"

However, Zhou He took out a gold bar from his pocket, handed it to the middle-aged man, and said, "I bought the admission ticket, how about it?"

When the middle-aged man heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and his eyes immediately looked straight at the gold bar in Zhou He's hand.

"Okay, okay, I sold it, I sold it." The middle-aged man took the gold bar, checked it, and ran away quickly.

"Uh" The guard was stunned when he saw this.

"It's useless if you buy a ticket. We still need to verify the capital. This verification will definitely be too late..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou He handed the admission ticket to the guard, and at the same time stuffed a gold bar into the guard's hand, and whispered: "This gold bar will buy you some wine, and with this admission ticket I will take someone in."

It should be fine."

The guard reacted, looked at the guard and the man in suit and nodded immediately, "Of course, sir, please come in."

"Sir, this is your number plate. Take it, and if you want to bid, just hold up the sign and call out the price." The man in a suit quickly took a number plate and handed it to Zhou He attentively.

Zhou He nodded slightly and then led Hicks into the auction house.

The auction is not a small one, with a typical stage and fan-shaped stepped seats.

Moreover, on the second floor, there are some private rooms, presumably filled with some so-called big shots.

There were hundreds of people in the venue. Zhou He looked at his number plate, which was No. 350.

Come to think of it, there are already more than 300 guests entering the auction.

With a quick sweep of his mind, he immediately found his position.

He is the last person on the right side of the top row and the last guest to enter the venue.

Soon, the auction officially began.

The noisy venue suddenly became quiet.

A blond man in a white suit stood on the stage holding a microphone.

"Welcome everyone to this auction. In order not to waste everyone's time, I will go directly to the first lot!"

The blond man did not write any ink and just made a gesture.

Then I saw a scantily clad woman on the side of the stage, pushing a trolley to the center of the stage.

On the small cart, there is also this fist-sized piece of crystal blood-colored ore.

"Everyone, this is the specialty of our Marla Empire, blood mine."

"Everyone must know that grinding blood ore into powder and adding it to blood can attract many sea beasts, even sea kings."

"If you want to hunt sea beasts and sea kings, blood ore is indispensable. This time, one hundred pieces of blood ore are packaged and auctioned. The starting price is one million beli! Each increase in price must not be less than one hundred thousand beli!"

After the host finished speaking, chatter began below.

"Good guy, the first lot is actually a blood mine. A lot of money was spent on this auction."

"This blood ore is indeed very effective in attracting sea beasts and sea kings, but it's a pity that the dosage is relatively large."

"Yes, this fist-sized blood ore can only attract sea beasts no more than ten meters away."

"If you want to attract the Neptune type, you can barely attract them with a hundred dollars."

When Zhou He heard the host say that this blood ore could attract Neptunes, his eyes suddenly lit up.

When I heard the people around me talking about how one hundred blood ores could attract Neptunes, I immediately made up my mind.

"One million!" Zhou He held up the sign and was the first to bid.

"1.2 million, I'll offer 1.2 million!" Within a second or two, a guest also raised his sign.

"One hundred and three, I'll give you one hundred and three!"

"One and a half million Baileys."

Soon, the voices of raising placards and bidding began one after another.

Blood ore is very rare in the Marla Empire. It is tightly controlled by the empire and can rarely be revealed.

Although some are auctioned off every year, only ten pieces are sold at most.

Most of the Marla Empire's source of money comes from blood ore attracting sea beasts or sea kings to kill or capture.

Being able to come up with 100 pills this time is really a stroke of luck.

"Five million!" At this time, a voice sounded from a private room on the second floor.

As soon as the five million came out, the whole place fell silent.

However, the next second, Zhou He directly raised his sign and said: "I will offer 10 million beli!"

It was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop in the field.

The next moment, the host shouted excitedly: "Ten million. Guest No. 350 bids ten million. Is there anyone who wants to increase the price?"

"Once in ten million!"

"Is there anyone who wants to increase the price?"

"..."

"Pop! Ten million times, deal done! These one hundred blood ores belong to guest No. 350."

The host banged the hammer and immediately shouted.

Those people sitting next to Zhou He all looked at Zhou He as if they were looking at a fool.

The market price is only 30,000 beli per piece, and the highest price is no more than 50,000 beli per piece. Good guy, now he has directly raised it to 100,000 beli per piece. You really are stupid and have too much money.

Immediately afterwards, the second product was put on the shelves, then the third, the fourth...

Except for the first piece of blood ore, Zhou He had no interest in the rest.

They are all weapons, gunpowder, some raw materials and some miscellaneous things. Moreover, there are actually antiques, famous paintings and other objects.

Of course, there were many slaves, including strong men, enchanting and beautiful women, and even a female singer, all of whom were sold at high prices.

As time goes by, finally, it is the turn of the final items to be put on the shelves.

A gorgeous trolley was pushed to the center of the stage by two sexy bunny girls, and then stood beside it, waiting quietly.

"Everyone, this is the last item we are auctioning today, and it is the item you are looking forward to."

"Devil Fruit!"

The host lifted off the bulging piece of cloth on the trolley.

Suddenly, a square glass box was revealed. Inside the box, there was an extremely weird-looking fruit.

Once you look at this fruit, you will know that it is a devil fruit.

"What kind of devil fruit is this?" Zhou He looked into the glass box and recalled the fruits in the devil fruit illustrated book.

After thinking about it for a while, I found that it didn't appear in the Devil's National Master's Illustrated Book. In other words, it was a brand new fruit.

It didn't appear in the illustrated book, and Zhou He didn't know what kind of fruit it was.

However, as long as Zhou He buys it and uses the exploration hand, he will know.

As for whether to buy it or not? Haha, Zhou He has a storage bag, which is filled with gold.

Calculated in proportion, one gram of gold is equal to approximately six thousand beli.

One hundred kilograms can be exchanged for 600 million beli, and Zhou He has no less than 10,000 kilograms of gold in stock.

Not to mention one Devil Fruit, he can afford even ten or a hundred Devil Fruits.

"This Devil Fruit is not in the Devil's Encyclopedia. In other words, this Devil Fruit is a brand new Devil Fruit that has never appeared before."

"Whether it is a powerful fruit or a useless fruit, it all depends on your luck. The starting price of this devil fruit is 100 million beli, and each increase in price must not be less than 10 million!"

The host immediately loudly announced the starting price.

One hundred million beli is neither too high nor too low. After all, that’s the price of some junk Devil Fruits.
To be continued...