Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 283

Chapter 281 Magic Potion Auction

Soon, Locke entered private room 31 with the green witch Christine.

Locke followed the Green Witch into the private room. Using the private room of Four Seasons Garden for the auction had another advantage, which was that he could hide his identity.

No matter what you take a picture of, you can blame it on Four Seasons Garden.

And the green witch Christine was obviously willing to do this little favor for herself.

The interior of the private room is extremely gorgeously decorated, the sofa is made of real leather, and the tables and chairs are made of special magical plant logs. On them are placed many delicious dishes made by seasoning masters, all of which are delicacies that ordinary mortals cannot access.

At the same time, the temperature and humidity inside the private room are constant, always maintained at a position that is most comfortable for the body surface temperature.

Locke waited in the private room for about half an hour before the giant auction began. The auctioneer was a senior first-class wizard apprentice with a mana of 700. He was also a wizard seed of the general education school of Lilith’s Hut.

As an auctioneer, he must be familiar with the basic origins of each auction item.

For general scholars, hosting such a grand auction is itself a relatively large project for them, and they can gain more experience.

At the auction table, auctioneer Reagan Thomas announced, “Today’s first item is a rare artifact from the Sun Shadow Peninsula, the Prophet’s Skull. My teacher, Professor Robert, a doctor of general studies, has determined that this skull originates from a plane other than the Prime Material Plane. It’s suspected to be the body of an evil spirit from an unknown, smaller plane.”

“If you offer one of your senses, such as vision or hearing, to this skull, you can obtain a picture of your future destiny. However, Dr. Robert believes that this is usually a deception.”

“The starting price for this rare item is 5,000 magic stones.”

In the private room, Locke finished flipping through the lichen shield in his hand, then he looked at the auction venue, only to see that there were almost no wizards at the auction venue who wanted to bid for this rare item.

Soon, under the auctioneer’s bidding, the thing was sold at a low price.

After all, this thing is almost only of research value. A first-class wizard apprentice will definitely not buy it. Unless a formal wizard happens to have research direction in this field, he will not waste 5,000 magic stones.

The green witch Christine said to Locke, “If the starting price for that rare item was 1,000 magic stones, I think there would be a few wealthy official wizards who would bid for it.”

“But five thousand is too expensive.”

“Sometimes at auctions, there are some weird things that are useless.”

“Junior brother, what do you think?”

Locke nodded, indicating that he agreed.

Soon, the prophet’s skull was taken down by several second-class wizard apprentice assistants from the auction house and replaced with a golden helmet.

At the auction venue, someone specially used the directional focusing technique of the Light Magic Sub-Spell of the Shaping School to shoot a ray of light onto the helmet. Suddenly, a ball of golden light flashed on the surface of the helmet, like a small sun.

Auctioneer Reagan glanced at the auction item list in his hand. After confirming the information was correct, he immediately said, “This is a first-level enchanted item, the Sun Helmet. It is enchanted with a first-level protective barrier [Sun Guardian], which can create an extremely high temperature field around the body.”

“Of course, to activate this first-level protective magic, you need at least first-level mental strength. Therefore, apprentice-level wizards cannot use this magical item, and even using it may put their lives in danger.”

“Also, the helmet itself is made of the magical alloy [Sun Gold], which has the property of converting high temperatures into magical energy, so it can ignore high temperatures.”

“Dr. Robert, this work has been authenticated as being made by an alchemist from the land of darkness and light.”

“The starting price is 10,000 magic stones.”

As soon as he finished speaking, wizards who wanted to bid came one after another. The price of magic stones easily exceeded 10,000 and went towards 20,000. Even after an official wizard called out the price, the price quickly soared to 30,000 magic stones.

Green Witch Christine kindly explained the logic behind this situation to her junior apprentice, Locke. “It’s a magical item with a protective barrier. It can be considered a small permanent defensive force field.”

“So, an ordinary one-ring magic item costs just over ten thousand, but a magic item like this with a defensive barrier could cost fifty thousand magic stones, or even more. I think that’s normal.”

The Green Witch said, “Of course, this has nothing to do with apprentices. No one would spend so much money to buy a magical item they can’t use. Unless there is a specific gift-giving need, but ordinary wizard apprentices simply don’t have the financial resources to do so.”

Locke nodded and said, “I see, Senior.”

Soon, several more items were put on the auction block. Some were unsold, while others were snapped up. Christine got a special rare potion called [Mind and Soul Potion]. The raw materials of this potion had long been extinct in major wizarding lands and it was impossible to buy it through normal channels. It could only be obtained through the super potion auction at Lilith’s cottage.

After spending fifty thousand magic stones to acquire the [Mind and Soul Potion], Christine felt much happier. “Great! Now I can start preparing to transform my spiritual energy.”

“I’ve been stuck at the level of an ordinary, formal wizard for many years.”

Christine said to Locke, “Junior, don’t you want to take some pictures? The wealth you have is no less than that of a formal wizard.”

Locke smiled at Christine and said, “It’s just that I haven’t met the right one yet.”

Even to Christine, Locke had no intention of telling her that he was preparing to break through to become a formal wizard.

The fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the better.

Most people currently think that they are only in the stage of understanding the permanent defensive force field, and are far from trying to break through to the level of a formal wizard.

Green Witch Christine glanced at Locke and smiled, “Is that so? That’s right, things like auctions are all about fate.”

“Only start when you find someone who is closed.”

At the auction, auctioneer Reagan said, “This next item, well, some wizard apprentices might be interested in it. It’s a [Disposable Spell Burning Knife] from the wizard land in the Blue Nile River Basin.”

A magical object in the shape of an invisible scalpel, somewhere between illusion and reality, was carefully brought onto the stage by a second-class wizard apprentice.

In private room No. 31, Locke’s eyes were immediately fixed on the magic knife. If he remembered correctly, the so-called disposable spell-burning knife should be a proprietary technology of the wizard land in the Blue Nile River Basin.

It is a special branch of the spiritual school. It is a magical item that will only be produced when it is developed to the extreme. Therefore, it is rarely seen in other wizarding lands.

This thing can help wizards better engrave a ring of magic on their souls, increase the chance of success, and in this process, there is almost no risk of damaging their own souls, completely avoiding the common soul injury stage that occurs when breaking through to become a formal wizard.

It usually takes the formal wizard about five years of training to get rid of the stage of weak soul.

Auctioneer Reagan, after briefly introducing the item, said, “The starting price for this item is 5,000 magic stones.”

“Everyone among your disciples, if there are any students who need a breakthrough recently, you can buy this item for them. It’s really cost-effective. The auction will begin now.”

Locke wrote down the bidding price directly in the private room.

Soon, Reagan, the auctioneer on the stage, received a note from the private room. The auction logic in the private room was different from that in the seats. There was no need to raise a sign or call out a price. You only needed to write a note in the room and have the waiter deliver it.

Very elegant.

Reagan was stunned. “It seems that there is a powerful wizard in this auction who is determined to get this item.”

“Fifteen thousand magic stones, first time.”

“Fifteen thousand magic stones, the second time…”

At the auction venue, some first-class wizard apprentices who were originally interested in this thing now lost interest.

If it was a few thousand magic stones, they would still dare to follow, but if it was more than ten thousand magic stones, it would be completely beyond their financial resources.

After all, this special magic item is not the key to a breakthrough, but just the icing on the cake.

Therefore, it is impossible for an ordinary first-class wizard apprentice to pay money to compete with Locke.

If they bid blindly and Locke doesn’t match the price, then they’re screwed. No one can ruin the auction at Lilith’s Cottage.

Some official wizards originally planned to buy it. After seeing Locke bid 10,000 magic stones, several official wizards also wanted to make a move and bid for the item.

But when they noticed that the one who made the move was Room 31, which was a commonly used room in Four Seasons Garden, these first-ring wizards immediately lost interest and did not want to conflict with the official wizards of Four Seasons Garden who were obviously determined to get the item.

A formal wizard looked towards Room 31 with confusion. “I remember the first-ring wizard in Room 31 was the Green Witch. She’s still so young, and her students are all young too. I don’t think any of them need a breakthrough in the near future.”

“That’s strange.”

“Could it be that the Green Witch has some relatives or friends who need to break through to become a formal wizard recently? Forget it, let’s give them Four Seasons Garden some face.”

On the auction stage, auctioneer Reagan said, “Fifteen thousand magic stones, the third time!”

“Congratulations to the wizard in Room 31 for obtaining this magic knife. We will have someone deliver it to your room later. You can always ask our auction house to appraise your item free of charge to ensure there are no problems.”

“Okay, here’s the next auction item…”

(End of this chapter)