Chapter 571 Thick Fog
Conquer the Pacific Ocean and the waters outside Monte Carlo.
Under the dim moonlight, on the vast sea level, there are several figures standing at this moment. A man wearing a black suit, neatly combed hair, dark yellow skin, and a snake-shaped ring, with the features of a conquered islander, is standing on the water with his hands behind his back, gazing at the distant direction of the main island of Mon Carlo. Following him are two followers of the Northern Wu people and the Main Continent people, who are also standing on the sea.
"Lord Jianlin, what's the situation with Edward? The exchange has already happened, but he still has no intention of letting Tonyk come back?" An attendant who looked like a Northern Black asked the man who was looking ahead. The man whom he called Jianlin continued to stare into the distance for a while, then spoke slowly.
"Edward detained Tonik. He just said that the Fountain of Youth we gave him was fake and we didn't fulfill our promise..."
"How is that possible! I have clearly already given the Fountain of Youth to the auction house. As long as that old guy bids for the item, there is no way he will get a fake one!" Jian Lin had just finished speaking when the follower who looked like a Yi people on the other side behind him immediately spoke up.
"I don't know the exact situation on his end right now... When I was talking to him, his son came in and said that something was wrong with the people in their auction house and their consciousness was manipulated by sleepwalking. The fountain of youth water we gave to the auction house... might have been swapped." Jian Lin continued to speak with his hands behind his back without changing his expression, and his Beiwu follower couldn't help but frown after hearing what he said.
"Sleepwalking... Could it be that they are from Hei Meng? Did Hei Meng know about our deal and intercepted us? Where did they get the information?"
"Master Jianlin, if the Fountain of Youth is really intercepted by someone and does not reach Edward, our deal will not count as a success...Should we go back and help him get the water back?"
At this time, the Yi follower continued to ask Jianlin, and Jianlin did not answer immediately after hearing the proposal, but continued to speak after thinking for a while.
"Not yet... What I have heard now are only one-sided statements from Edward and his son. God knows what the actual situation is. If he is setting a trap for us, we will be caught in it when we return. Don't forget, we designed this transaction method to leave early because we don't want him to take advantage of us..."
Jian Lin said this. Although he came here to negotiate with Edward, he was very cautious about Edward, the great traitor of the Sea Abyss Cult, and would never give him the opportunity to rob him after he got the goods. After Jian Lin sent the Fountain of Youth to the auction house in the name of the Palace Crystal Bottle, he left the scene immediately and quickly moved away from the main island of Mon Carlo with his followers, away from the area affected by Edward. At the last moment, he asked his subordinate Tony to tell Edward the way to negotiate and let him bid for the seemingly inconspicuous crystal bottle.
At this time, even if Edward wanted to rob his fellow thieves, he couldn't find anyone. As a member of the Haiyuan Cult, Jianlin could move at an extremely high speed on the sea and could get away from Mon Carlo in a very short time.
Now that Vanya's corrupted seeds have been planted and the Sea Abyss Cult has a handle on Edward, Jianlin's main goal has been achieved. There is no need for him to take the great risk of returning to Mon Carlo to help Edward. He only needs to observe the situation from a distance. Regardless of whether the Fountain of Youth was swapped or not, there is no need for him to go back.
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On the main island of Mon Carlo, there is the Happy Wave Theater.
The second half of the Mon Carlo auction has been going on for some time now, and so far, several items have been successfully sold.
Although the number of participants on site was much smaller than that in the first half, the intensity of the bidding was no less than that in the first half, and the prices achieved were countless times higher than those in the first half. After a few items were auctioned, the total sales in the second half had exceeded the total sales in the first half.
"124,000 taels once, 124,000 taels twice, 124,000 taels three times... Congratulations to the guest in Box 9, who won Lot 23, the anti-epidemic gloves, at a price of 124,000 taels... Now let's take a look at Lot 24."
As the female host on the stage read out the price indifferently, the elevator on the stage slowly descended, and the previous finished item was slowly lowered. Not long after, the elevator rose again with the sound of machinery, and a new item was sent up. On the exhibition stand, there was a small piece of black jade. It seemed to be a part broken off from a shamanic disk, and there were complicated circular carvings on it.
"In this world, there are many mysterious areas that have yet to be explored, and the Lost Sea in the east of the continent is the broadest and most mysterious of them. In this chaotic sea where no navigation equipment can work and no extraordinary guidance can be effective, there are dangers aplenty and it is mysterious and strange. Countless treasures and dangers that come from nowhere always appear and disappear inexplicably without any rules. Only the most experienced and powerful captains can return from that sea with treasures.
"The famous explorer, Bartolomeu Varena, just returned from another expedition in the Lost Sea not long ago. He deposited all his achievements with us for auction. He named this broken jade plate the Black Moon Amulet. It has a special effect on the wearer's spiritual power. It can not only greatly reduce the influence of the Shadow's poison, but also reduce the influence of all Shadow-related extraordinary abilities on the wearer. It is a very practical item."
The female host read loudly on the stage in front of the deserted audience. Her words were heard by the man with dark circles under his eyes and a pale face who was sitting silently in his seat. He couldn't help but raise his head slightly and stared at the broken jade plate on the stand.
"Black Moon Amulet, a treasure from the Shadow of the Lost Sea, a war item of a great explorer, starting price is 60,000 francs, auction begins now!"
As the host spoke, the audience began to bid one after another. Soon the price of the treasure on the stage began to soar. It can be seen that due to their actual abilities, many people were interested in this item.
Faced with the competitive scene in front of him, the man with dark circles under his eyes silently took out his bidding card, stood up and walked to the front of the stands, raising it for the first time in the entire auction.
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On the other side, also in Mon Carlo, inside Junhai Castle.
Under the huge fallen pirate fortress, in an underground corridor illuminated by dim torches, Edward, a emaciated old man, the former great pirate, was wearing a thick cotton robe and walking swiftly on the wet floor. There was a horrible heaviness on his face, and in his cloudy and lifeless eyes, there was a fierce murderous aura.
Edward walked along the damp corridor and soon reached the end of the corridor. What appeared in front of him was a small room. One side of the room was connected to the outside of the corridor, and the other three sides and the ceiling were thick walls. However, the floor disappeared, and was replaced by a pool full of water.
Coming to the edge of the pool, Edward paused for a moment, and then in his eyes, the water in the pool began to change. The originally calm surface of the water began to ripple, and then the water in the pool began to automatically separate, revealing a staircase hidden under the passage in the water.
Edward walked down the stairs quickly, and soon he was under the water. Here was a treasury. There were locked safes everywhere around the house, and above the treasury was a shimmering suspended water layer. The waves and the light reflected by the lights shone in this dark treasury.
Arriving at the edge of the treasury, Edward took out his key and inserted it into the lock of a safe. After entering the password, he opened it. Then he reached into the open cabinet and took out something. It was a silver basin with a diameter of half a meter, a plain silver basin without any carvings.
After getting the silver basin, Edward walked out of the treasury decisively, letting the suspended water surface seal the treasury again. Then he walked back to the corridor and quickly left the underground secret passage. After a while, Edward walked out of the room of Junhai Castle and came to the top of a tower, under the night sky.
After coming outside, Edward placed the silver basin in his hand on the ground. With a slight wave of his hand, a stream of clear spring water was poured into the basin, quickly filling it up.
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