Chapter 10 Auction
Luke raised his head and spoke boldly.
He even almost wanted to change his name from Lujia to Luka, a pen name that carries his own status, how auspicious.
"Our President Karen should have seen the news by now."
In fact, after being shocked by the newspaper, Karen didn't even finish his breakfast and almost tore a space scroll directly so that he could quickly meet the culprit.
Finally he held back.
As soon as he reached the street, he regretted saving the space scroll.
Rumors were spreading like wildfire in the city, and he was actually an important part of it.
He was also shocked by the beauty of the mysterious boy.
Shocking as hell.
I was indeed shocked, but I was shocked by the other party’s novel!
Karen pulled the griffin, whose ears were erected, and said in a deep voice: "Don't think you slowed down to listen to rumors. I don't know."
The griffin shook its long fur innocently and accelerated its flight again.
When Karen arrived at the guild hall, Luke had just finished his impassioned speech.
Their eyes met, and Luke smiled stiffly: "Good morning, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Karen got straight to the point and took out a newspaper from his storage ring: "A certain man who does not want to reveal his name, may I ask if I look like someone who covets beauty?"
Luke was puzzled: "What?"
"I was mesmerized by your beauty, so I specially received you at the Qizhen Pavilion."
Unexpectedly, I still underestimated the imagination of the masses. Luke coughed lightly to avoid looking at them.
Karen's squinting eyes seemed to open a little at this time. Businessmen's eyes are sharp. Combined with Luke's previous remarks on marketing, it is not difficult to guess the other party's intention.
To put it bluntly, it is another way of expanding popularity.
"Others try to leave a good reputation, but you are ruining your reputation."
Luke laughed: "How come?"
The shyness in his expression disappeared as he said, "There will never be only one voice in the world."
He said that he was more beautiful than the Elf King, and even if it was not true, some people would agree with him.
If we attract more people in the future, this group will not be small.
There is no such thing as merchants being looked down upon in the Holy Demon Continent. On the contrary, big merchants are often aristocrats who monopolize most of the sales channels for rare treasures.
Karen has been used to being superior since he was born, and being inexplicably dragged into rumors is an offense to him.
Fortunately, businessmen value profit.
Karen realized something from the routine that binds the work and the author.
He took the initiative to turn the page, "The dealers will be here tomorrow, and you have successfully entered their field of vision."
Luke: “What a coincidence?”
Karen's expression became serious: "After the Demon King's pilgrimage, all races are very nervous."
Luke's eyes flickered when he heard that.
The human and demon races have always maintained a thin peace.
During the years when the market was at its best, the Demon King and the Saint were together, which was somewhat like a marriage of convenience. But after a long period of recuperation, the two growing tribes were apparently thinking of rekindling the war.
Karen said, "The elves are used to being neutral, the dwarves are sensitive and suspicious, and the orcs' chieftain was killed by the Elf King a few years ago, so let's not talk about it... Among all the tribes, the dragons are the ones that humans want to win over the most."
The rest was answered by the secret guard:
"As a human being, the city lord has an obligation to contribute. The president has specially called on dealers from all over the country to find some people's history of cooperation with Long Jingcheng and re-edit it for sale."
The secret guard finished speaking in one breath: "When the two races meet, these historical materials will be mixed in with the gifts and sent out together to praise the friendship between the human and dragon races and express the friendship of our human race."
Luke was silent.
Karen's intention to charge him was diverted by the serious business, and he said, "If you can really establish friendship with the dragon clan, even a little bit, it will be enough for you to benefit for the rest of your life."
He instructed the most important thing: "However, no one can predict the mind of the dragon race. At the auction, don't try to get close to the dragon by relying on a trial brochure."
The last sentence almost carried a hint of warning.
The young man in front of me seems to like to take unconventional approaches. The Rhine Chamber of Commerce is fully responsible for this auction, and he doesn't want any mistakes.
"Don't worry." Lu Jia said with a smile, "On that day, I won't see anyone."
A few days passed in a flash.
These days, Luke is almost completely absorbed in writing.
The plot is still mainly soft and cute, and Quill Pen thought it had adapted to it, but Luke always manages to subvert its bottom line.
In the first chapter, Luke wrote: Black magic caused a 'brood pouch' to grow out of the monster's abdomen.
Now this pouch comes in handy.
When I wrote about the powerful and bloodthirsty monster that put the newly hatched monster into its pouch and took it out of the cave, my quill became soaked with ink again.
Luke was well prepared. He was creating today while wearing an apron.
It's good to have money. Thanks to the peeping A, B, C, and D, he has now bought at least two new sets of clothes.
The clothes here are very complicated to wear. A corset has seven or eight metal buckles, and the chest is inlaid with beads strung together with gold thread.
The wide drawstring sleeves of the dress Luke is wearing now give him a sense of laziness. Although it is a little thin, his body proportions are still perfect against the backdrop of the new clothes.
Before the auction started, Luke never saw Karen again, except for one time when Anqi came in the middle to show him a sample of the brochure for trial reading.
"This book..."
Lujia admired it carefully and said, "It looks more expensive than my clothes."
There is only one chapter in the trial edition, with large handwriting and several illustrations in the middle. The sample booklet is the size of a palm, but even the corners are bordered with gold.
An Qi: "Much more expensive."
A faint resentment came, and Luke couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to.
"You don't look happy."
An Qi: "I was so happy about the breakthrough that I was shocked by the newspaper the next day." He sneered: "Now they are all laughing at me."
Lu Jia asked him to calm down: "The ones who are laughing at you should be the other six secret guards. The newspaper didn't mention any names, so who can be sure who they are?"
"That makes sense." An Qi touched his chin: "I want to strike first and throw dirty water on you."
Then, his eyes suddenly became sharp: "How do you know there are six hidden pieces?"
Once an eighth-level magician becomes serious, the air alone can make people feel suffocated.
Lujia was speechless for a moment: "Is it possible, because your name is An Qi?"
Karen didn't seem to want to hide it, and Maya also mentioned the other party's name when Dark Seven was advanced.
Since there is the hidden seven, there should be others from one to six.
An Qi was stunned, and finally said: "You are smart."
No wonder the president treats me differently.
Luke: “…”
That really made him too smart.
The auction went on as scheduled.
The Rhine Chamber of Commerce sent out invitations in advance, along with information about the auction items. All interested customers, no matter where they are, have rushed to the City of Stone in the past two days.
For a moment, the already prosperous Stone City became even more lively.
The old monsters sleeping in the sky all opened their eyes slightly to detect information from people coming and going abnormally.
The auction was held at Firestone Court.
A long time ago, two huge blood-colored rocks flew in from the sky, and their surface temperature was extremely high. Later, three legendary magicians worked together to gather magic patterns to suppress the temperature of the surface, and used the blood-colored rocks as the foundation to build the Big Stone City on them.
One of the great magicians who took action at that time was from the Rhine family. He collected the scraps, used a small part of them to redraw the magic patterns, and built the Pavilion of Rare Treasures.
Most of it was used to build Flint Pavilion.
Compared with the Pavilion of Treasures, this place is more legendary and also reflects the majesty of the Stone City.
Lujia listened to the popular science of the quill pen and was puzzled: "What's the purpose?"
It takes a lot of effort to suppress a stone and then manually build a city on it.
Quill: "Legendary Great Magician, why is he a legend?"
Lujia understood it immediately. To put it simply, it was about creating an incredible resume, expanding one's popularity, and doing things that ordinary people would not do.
In fact, he is also very experienced in increasing popularity.
"It's you, the Lu Moujia man who was spied on in the bathhouse?"
Suddenly, a sweet and innocent voice came from behind.
A young girl walked in wearing a gorgeous corseted dress. Her skirt was very fluffy and her hair was actually pink. Either it has the blood of Warcraft, or it has been bleached and dyed with high-level potions.
"I'll pay you one thousand gold coins if you show me your true face under the mask."
The voice attracted the attention of people around, and their attention was completely attracted by the gorgeous girl. No one thought about how she knew that the boy was the protagonist of the recent public opinion storm.
Luke, wearing a green-faced ghost mask, waved his hands calmly.
The staff of Flint Pavilion came to smooth things over and asked Luke to go up.
"Then I'll pay you another thousand gold coins to buy your smile, how about that?"
This almost terrifying extravagance caused people to be amazed.
Unfortunately, Luke remained unmoved. He had already walked to the stairs and tilted his head slightly, and the boy and girl looked at each other from a distance.
"Sorry." Behind the clear and pleasant voice was a firm refusal.
At this moment, someone sighed: "A smile is worth more than money."
For a moment, all the visitors who had been focused on the auction showed great interest in Luke. Some even wanted to exploit loopholes in the city's rules and use magic to shatter the mask so that they could get a glimpse of his true appearance.
The old man in charge of reception outside the door felt the surge of magic elements and smiled politely and warned: "During the auction, the use of magic is prohibited."
Thanks to his connections, Luke was alone in a private room.
I don’t know how many eyes were looking up along with his back.
The door was not closed. Luke sat there quietly, watching the distinguished guests come in one after another.
Soon, the first and second floors of the Qizhen Pavilion were full, and Lujia was the hot topic throughout the whole period.
The first thing to be revealed was the girl's identity. She was the only daughter of a high-level pharmacist.
"No wonder he is so rich." Some villains who were waiting to leave the city to plunder wealth gave up the idea. No one dared to easily make enemies with a pharmacist.
In fact, the girl was a "stooge" hired by Luke. Few people knew that the other party was also the president of Stone Magazine.
Lujia agreed to publish his story exclusively in one of their magazines for free, and the newspaper would be fully responsible for submissions.
As the president, the girl's nose for gossip is much stronger than Karen's.
It’s not that Karen has a narrow vision, but Stone Magazine itself is famous for its large-scale articles and has made a lot of money in the niche field.
Quill: "She's half succubus."
Luke couldn't see any succubus-like feeling about the girl.
To be honest, compared to the literal meaning, my face is not as seductive as hers.
Quill: "You have a big face."
The skin is also thick.
Although it's true.
"…She took a potion to combine her bloodline. She must have some powerful elders in her family. You could make some friends with them.
Luke smiled and said nothing.
It seems that the days of getting along have been useful, and the feather pen will occasionally give me some unconscious reminders.
Suddenly, an excited voice rang out from outside: "Here, Lulu, look here!"
A few people couldn't come in without an invitation, so they waved desperately at Luke.
"Ah, he's looking at me! I tell you, I saw him the day he first came into town, and he was so beautiful!"
"Stunning beauty!"
There was actually a long queue when entering the city, and no one paid attention to anyone except the people in front and behind.
These people were also the navy invited by Luke.
Just waiting to help make you famous at the auction.
Feather pen: “…”
Sometimes I really want to poke the world apart with a single stroke of the pen.
Luke: "Everyone else is drunk but you are the only one sober. Doesn't that feel good?"
It was like a mockery, but it felt like being scolded in a very classy way, as if it was the most sobering.
Quill snorted coldly, thinking that this boy was really smooth-talking.
There was not much time left before the auction started, and the real big shots who were proud of their status began to arrive one after another.
Suddenly, the whole place fell silent.
The atmosphere changed very quickly. Luka glanced quickly, and the gorgeous girl below quickly put away the ease in her expression, walked into the shadows quietly, and concealed her presence.
In the silence so quiet that one could hear a pin drop, the man who walked in first saw the girl who was trying desperately to pretend to be air.
He shook his head.
Although he turned a blind eye to his old friend's daughter selling books below the neck in the city, she was clearly in the wrong and was worried about being accused by the parents.
Upstairs, Luke was observing the people walking outside.
The leading man should be the city lord. The human race on the mainland has a relatively uniform appearance. The city lord also has flaxen hair, amber eyes, and sharp eyebrows. He has a sense of majesty without even being angry.
The guards followed him not far away.
The city lord walked in front, and when he actually stepped over the threshold, he deliberately delayed for half a beat to let the other person's foot touch the ground first.
Tsk tsk tsk.
Lujia sighed inwardly, the officialdom is full of human relationships and worldly wisdom.
The man took a half step back... Luke's throat moved, and he was deeply impressed by the pair of golden vertical pupils. It was the dragon that had caused a hurricane in the city not long ago.
Today, the dragon appeared in the human form it had when it was first seen, without retracting its horns, making it difficult for people to even look at it for any longer than a second.
Compared to the city lord, the dragon not only exudes oppression, but also has a strong sense of alienation, and even the guards will subconsciously stay away from him.
Also coming towards them was an old acquaintance of Luke. Karen was standing behind the city lord. He was dressed very formally today, with the ruby on his collar shining brightly. When he saw several people holding signs at the door that read 'The most beautiful road in the world, all roads lead to beauty', his eyelids jumped.
When I raised my eyes, I met Meilu's eyes.
Miru blinked.
Once the mask was put on, those eyes became even more eye-catching.
Karen: “…”
Sure enough, not a single day is worry-free.
He made up his mind that in the future he would not look for partners who had just reached adulthood.
The three most distinguished persons sat in the exclusive VIP seats, and intermittent discussions were heard in the cabinet.
"It seems that the dragon had indeed dealt with the city lord before killing people in the city."
"The recent rumors that we are going to make peace with the dragon clan are not groundless."
When Feather Pen heard these comments, he could only sum them up in one sentence: "A bunch of idiots."
Luka tapped the table with his fingers and said softly, "When the dragons come to the auction, there are probably items that attract them."
Soon he changed the subject: "But no matter what the auction items are, they are nothing but a grain of rice under my blood writing."
Quill subconsciously asked, "Where did you get the blood letter?"
"Didn't you spit a few times when you were writing?" Lu Jia said sadly, "What you spit out was all my hard work."
The work into which he poured his dreams actually made his readers vomit.
Lose money!
After reversing the situation, Lujia Tuqian saw: "You were so powerful before, did you leave behind any treasure maps, or actual gold, silver and jewelry?"
“…”
Quill almost pouted at him.
Anyway, since he was wearing a mask, Luke was not afraid of being criticized.
The appearance of the auctioneer off the field completely interrupted all the whispers.
The auctioneer looked to be less than 40 years old, had a small mustache, and was actually an eighth-level magician.
The fact that an eighth-rank magician could personally preside over the auction showed how generous the Qizhen Pavilion was. He first stood still and raised his head slightly: "Welcome everyone to participate in today's auction."
When his eyes met the city lord's, he bowed slightly to show respect.
The next second, when he faced the audience again, his voice became louder:
“No matter what race or identity you are, I dare say that everyone can find the item you like in today’s auction!”
As he spoke, even his tone couldn't help revealing a hint of desire.
The eighth-level magician has a broad vision and can let his emotions out, so it seems that there is really something good.
Suddenly, many people's eyes were burning with anticipation reaching the peak.
The list of lots was distributed to everyone's desk early on, but the last lot did not have any detailed information about its contents. Instead, it was filled with a block of unknown color, making it extremely mysterious and obviously intended to be the last lot.
Luke watched in silence.
What is the auction item?
The gifts are the real character.
The trial booklet presented to the dragon clan was his only bargaining chip for future success.
Quill felt Luke's heartbeat, which was slightly faster than usual. The latter was carefully spying in the direction of the dragon clan, and his lips moved slightly.
The quill read his lips:
Break out of your shell, my fans!
The author has something to say:
I'm working on making it longer and thicker. I've never written a Western fantasy movie before, so I conservatively estimate that I'll revise each one four times. But you still said I was short, and I was suddenly shocked.
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