Chapter 454 Epilogue
The fourth national treasure was provided by Banzhuo Li: an agate cup with the head of a Tang animal. This cup is exquisitely crafted, with a glassy luster throughout, and is crystal clear and magnificent.
Even though it has thousands of years of history, it is still brand new.
Starting price: US$1.2 million, transaction price: US$2.3 million.
The last national treasure is "Picture of Fishing in Pine Lake" provided by Jie Jiu, a painting created by the Southern Song Dynasty painter Li Tang.
This picture depicts a flat lake under a high mountain, with a fisherman sitting on the bow of a boat fishing. It is so lifelike that it is a masterpiece that has been handed down from generation to generation.
Starting price: US$1.3 million, transaction price: US$2.6 million.
Five national treasures appeared one after another, and after an intense pursuit, the total auction price exceeded US$10 million.
The auctioneer announced: "Dear distinguished guests, the third round of auctions will take place in ten minutes. This round of auctions is for rare treasures, with only three pieces."
"Exotic treasures? Could it be the Zhuyan Dan, Diamond Umbrella and the like mentioned in the newspaper?"
"I heard that there are talismans to ward off evil spirits, but I don't know if it's true or not."
Everyone in the audience was talking a lot.
At this time, Shunzi brought someone to Ye Bai and whispered in Ye Bai's ear: "Third Master, we found traces of the Japanese."
Ye Bai frowned slightly and left the box with Shunzi.
"What's going on?"
"This Japanese man came to us on his own initiative and revealed his identity. He said his name was Abe Gentoku and he wanted to see you."
"Where are the people?"
Shunzi brought Ye Bai to a small box, where Abe Gentoku sat uneasily.
Seeing Ye Bai, Abe Gentoku felt at ease and said: "Third Master, you are finally here?"
Ye Bai asked: "Didn't you go back to Japan? Why are you back again?"
"There was too much noise in Jiumen in Changsha this time, so the empire naturally wanted to organize people to come and investigate the news. No one was willing to come, so I thought that if I went back to Jiumen, I would just go home, so I took the initiative to take on this task.
"Abe Gentoku smiled flatteringly.
Ye Bai also smiled: "Where are the other Japanese besides you?"
"In box No. 14 on the second floor, there are four people in total. They sneaked in with a Northeastern businessman."
"What mission did the Japanese send you?"
"It's not a big mission. We have failed too many times in Changsha. The empire only asked us to do a good job in intelligence work and bring back the specific information about this auction."
"What are you going to do?"
"Hey, to be honest, Third Master, one of the people who came with me is from the Kamo family and is also an onmyoji who is good at divination. Just catch him and then cooperate with me in a play..."<
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It has to be said that Abe Gentoku is really thoughtful. He wants Jiumen to cooperate with him in a drama of saving his companions and bringing back confidential documents at the risk of death.
At the same time, Abe Gentoku also promised to pass on intelligence related to the Nine Gates within the Japanese army.
Ye Bai thought for a while that it would be a good thing to increase Abe Gentoku's influence in Japan, so he agreed, and then asked Shunzi to communicate with Abe Gentoku to plan and ensure that nothing went wrong.
After returning, Ye Bai came to the second box. Bai Zhixi, Yin Xinyue and Yin Zhenglian were in this box.
The first lot of the third round of auction is being auctioned below. One pill can beautify your skin for more than ten years. The starting price is US$1.5 million.
I have to say that the price of 1.5 million US dollars is indeed on the high side, but the temptation is too great to resist the temptation.
Soon, this beauty pill was sold for three million US dollars. It can be expected that this is definitely the most expensive item in this auction.
In the box, Yin Xinyue also participated in the bidding, but unfortunately, it was snatched away by one person for four million US dollars.
Yin Xinyue obviously knew that person, and couldn't help but cursed: "Damn Lord Baylor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if I had known better, I wouldn't have invited you over."
The person who took the photo of Zhuyan Dan was a descendant of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who had appeared at the Crescent Hotel in Peking. He was able to come to Changsha to participate in the Jiumen Auction because of the channels of the Crescent Hotel.
Bai Zhixi looked at Yin Xinyue who was furious. She just thought it was funny and didn't say that she wanted to give Yin Xinyue another one.
After all, the main raw material of Zhuyan Dan is moonflower grass. The growth cycle of a moonflower grass is long, and there are many people in Jiumen, so the internal share is not enough.
Yin Xinyue, who has taken one pill, will not have to worry about changes in appearance for at least five years.
"Master Ye." Yin Zhenglian stood up and said hello.
Ye Bai nodded and didn't bother to go back to Box 1. He sat directly next to his wife and watched the auction situation.
"Everyone, the second lot in this round is three pills of the golden secret medicine Red Pill, which can reduce metabolism and heart rate; one pack of Shelling Turtle Detoxification Powder, which can detoxify hundreds of poisons. If you take the two supplements, there will be no chance of death in the grave.
Worry."
"Starting bid: one million US dollars!"
"One million and fifty thousand!"
"One million and one million!"
Those who want to take pictures of the life-saving items under the tomb are basically tomb robbers. They are not very wealthy, and the bidding prices are increasing little by little.
Final transaction price: US$1.3 million.
Ye Bai was slightly disappointed. It seems that in the future, items will still be sold through targeted auctions.
Three red elixirs and a pack of molted turtle powder are definitely magic medicines for detoxification and life-saving, but the transaction price is far different from that of the Zhuyan elixir.
Sure enough, women make the best money.
"...The last auction item in this round, the Longhu Mountain Soul Capture Talisman, was painted by the Longhu Mountain Celestial Master himself. It is guaranteed by Jiumen that it can get rid of ghosts and evil spirits..."
"Starting price: 800,000 US dollars!"
The soul-stirring talisman is of the second level and can destroy low-level resentment and ghosts. They are all painted by Zhang Daoyi.
After leaving Changbai Mountain, Zhang Daoyi left a lot for Ye Bai, so Ye Bai wanted to try the auction and try to rectify the name of Longhu Mountain.
The charm of the talisman seemed to be more attractive than the antidote pill, and it was quickly sold for 1.5 million US dollars, and was finally sold for 1.8 million US dollars.
The three rounds of auctions ended, and everyone in the audience was still unsatisfied and lamented that this auction was not in vain.
After the break, the auctioneer came on stage again: "Everyone has been waiting for a long time. In the last round of this auction, we have a life-extending item."
A black elixir placed on a white jade plate appeared on the film.
"The life-extending pill can extend your life for three to five years, but when your life is about to end, your body will have the yin side effect of extending your life. It is recommended to be cremated after death, otherwise it will harm your descendants!"
"Life extension pill? Is there really a treasure that can extend life?"
Everyone in the audience looked shocked. Throughout the ages, the most attractive thing is the word longevity. Now that Jiumen can actually come up with a treasure to extend life, how can it not be shocking?
Of course, a group of high-ranking officials and wealthy people from the Fruit Party had long heard that Jiumen had treasures that could extend their lives, but they were a little shocked when they saw Jiumen openly putting them up for auction.
Life-extending treasures are always priceless.
What's more, it's still an elixir. This doesn't mean that the nine gates produce energy!
In the second box, Yin Xinyue couldn't help but said to Ye Bai: "Hey, you guys are showing off the life-extending elixir. Are you really not afraid of being targeted by those greedy politicians?"
Ye Bai glanced at her and said nonchalantly: "Don't be afraid, as long as the Nine Sects are strong enough, they will try to please us."
Chapter completed!