The last day of the month of vitality in the year 1006 of the Holy Hui Calendar.

The Shining Auction was held as scheduled in the Shining Tavern.

The auction was hosted by the charming and sexy beautiful proprietress.

She was wearing revealing clothes and came to the center under the hungry gazes of a group of strong men.

And the auction officially began.

Levi was wearing a white wolf mask and sitting in the last seat.

With his financial resources of one hundred gold coins, it should be enough to buy only one item at this auction. After all, those who can come to the Shining Tavern are all wealthy people in the North. In this era where nobles are everywhere and titles are worth less than dogs, who is not a noble?

There will be ten items at the monthly auction, which are usually commissioned by tavern members. As far as Levi knows, by paying a one-time payment of 100 gold coins, one can become a Shining Member of the Shining Tavern, which is valid for five years.

During the validity period, members can enjoy free admission tickets and free auction fees.

Levi knew that many of those damn wealthy nobles were members of the tavern. For example, his father was a noble Shining member during his lifetime, but it was a pity that membership could not be inherited.

The first item to be auctioned is a knight's sword. With Levi's current third-level casting level, it can be seen that the workmanship of this knight's sword is very fine, far superior to his own. It should have been made by a master, and its shape is simple and ancient, a bit like the craftsmanship of the past.

"This is the sword of a great knight of the Vijiked family a hundred years ago. It was made by the master craftsman Hagrid Amon, the 'Flame Hammer' a hundred years ago. It is a powerful weapon. Whether it is for actual combat or collection, it has a high price. The starting price is 10 gold coins, and each bid must not be less than 5 gold coins."

Along with the proprietress's charming voice, the atmosphere in the whole venue was suddenly ignited.

"Oh my god, the first collection is so exciting."

"Flamehammer, a famous craftsman in the North a hundred years ago, was once the royal family's blacksmith. His products must be top-notch."

A knowledgeable blacksmith exclaimed.

Levi was also surprised. In the past year, in addition to learning forging, he also learned about the history of forging in the kingdom from little Milan and some forging books. "Flame Hammer" was definitely an amazing blacksmith.

Essentially, blacksmiths do not have a realm division like knights, but people still divide blacksmiths into three levels based on their fame and the quality of their forging.

Levi is now at the level of a blacksmith apprentice, but with his third-level forging skills, he should be considered an advanced apprentice. He is only one step away from becoming a formal blacksmith, which means he can forge a set of armor.

Above the blacksmith apprentice is the formal blacksmith. Little Milan's father, Old Toby, is such a blacksmith. The armor worn by Levi and Knight Fred was made by Old Toby. Unfortunately, Old Toby was kidnapped by the Wild Boar Gang, but Levi will get it back sooner or later.

Those who have reached the pinnacle of achievement in the field of forging and are recognized as forging masters by the kingdom's nobles and knights are called "craftsmen".

Such a person would receive a large number of commissions every day, and countless noble knights would beg him to make them a magical weapon. He has a noble status and is an absolute treasure in any force.

The gap between a formal blacksmith and a master craftsman is comparable to that between a knight and a great knight.

Finally, this knight sword made by a craftsman was bought by a wealthy nobleman for 100 gold coins.

You know, no matter how good this knight's sword is, under the technological limitations of this era, its value is definitely not worth one hundred gold. It can only be said that the brand of the craftsman has appreciated too much.

Levi also made up his mind to continue forging. Once he reached the level of a craftsman, he would be able to achieve financial freedom.

The second item for auction is a knight's plate armor made of the best Phantom Iron produced in the Rocky Mountains. It is said that a thumb-sized amount of mithril is melted in it. Compared with ordinary iron, Phantom Iron has much higher performance in all aspects, but its melting point is also extremely high, making it difficult to forge.

Mithril, on the other hand, is a legendary material that can only be produced in places where meteorites fall from outer space. According to the witch Gulveig, mithril is a supernatural material recognized by wizards and is the most cost-effective "ether" conduction material.

This knight's armor was sold for four hundred and eighty gold coins.

"This piece of rubbish plate armor is far inferior to my Frost Giant Magic Armor. It can be sold for hundreds of gold coins. Mine is made entirely of mithril. Its value cannot be measured by mortal gold coins."

Finally, it was time for the breathing technique that Levi needed.

"Everyone, the breathing techniques to be auctioned this time are sold in packages of two, namely the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique of the Frost Wolf Family, and the Giant Bear Breathing Technique of the Rock Bear Family. The starting price is 100 gold coins, and each bid increase must not be less than 1 gold coin."

"Although these two breathing techniques are of low quality bloodline breathing techniques, as breathing techniques of the nobility, they still have some collection value. If there are any breathing technique collectors here, you can consider them."

The proprietress seemed to be worried that the two breathing techniques would not sell, so she spared no effort to promote them.

Hearing what the female proprietress said, Levi's face changed. He didn't expect that the thing being auctioned was the breathing method of his two neighbors.

"It seems that the descendants of my two neighbors, the Frostwolf Knight and the Rockbear Knight, have fallen to the point of selling their ancestral breathing methods for a living after their father's death. However, these two breathing methods are only of a basic level, and they are also bloodline breathing methods. Except for me, no one should be willing to buy them..."

At the auction, other nobles and knights also began to talk about it.

But after a while, there were only sporadic bids.

In the end, when Levi raised the price to 120 gold coins, no one bid anymore.

Levi successfully bought two sets of Blood Breathing Techniques for 120 gold coins.

This price is quite reasonable.

If it is a non-bloodline breathing method, even if it is at a simple level, don't even think about getting it without several hundred gold coins.

The Blood Breathing Method is a priceless treasure for disciples with noble blood, but it is purely useless to most people and other outsiders.

After all, you can't practice with what you buy, you can only collect it. Even if the nobles are rich, they won't spend it like this, especially in this war-torn era. The money should be used to buy necessities such as weapons, protective gear, and food.

After the auction ended and Levi got the breathing method, he hurriedly left the auction site. He changed into a new set of clothes and went to the Jade Chamber of Commerce to prepare the other secret medicine materials. Except for ambergris, the other materials were very common. As for the snake blood needed for the secret medicine, Levi bought a basket of "white crystal snakes", which are unique snakes in the cold climate of the North.

In addition, Levi also visited the library and some bookstores in Icewind City, and he bought anything that might be related to wizards at a high price.

Afterwards, Levi traveled all night. This time he took a more remote mountain road. Apart from encountering some wolves on the way, he did not encounter any bandits.

The second day of the Green Grass Moon in the year 1006 of the Holy Hui Calendar.

Levi, exhausted from the journey, rushed to Blackwater Valley. When Knight Fred in the castle saw Levi returning, his expression finally relaxed.