I, who was supposed to slay dragons, accidentally started cultivating immortals

Chapter 196 Lot!Mogao Grottoes Murals!

The lights in the auction venue were turned off one by one, and finally only the giant chandelier in the center of the dome was still on. The dome dimmed, and the enamel painting was closer to the gloomy starry sky.

In the dark, a waiter with blond hair and white clothes passed by in the aisle and rang the string of bells. The sound of silver hitting each other was melodious and pleasant, and the voices of the guests' conversations fell into a low voice.

The bright red curtain with gold lines trembled, and a man in a black tuxedo like the guests stepped out. The spotlight on the top of the stage was turned on at the right time, covering the host in a tuxedo in a beam of light.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Sotheby's directional auction will start in 5 minutes. I am the auctioneer for this time. Please hold on to your number plates and don't miss what you like, because the next thing we will auction , each piece is unique." The auctioneer paused and said loudly, "Now, please close your eyes when it gets dark."

Lu Mingfei, who had read the materials, knew exactly what would happen next, so he closed his eyes. Following the host's "Dawn, please open your eyes", he opened his eyes again, and the black pupils that were originally indifferent and cold turned into bright At the same time, hundreds of points of golden light lit up in the entire venue, instantly covering the starlight on the dome.

This is the tradition of the auction. The mixed-races use their most typical characteristic golden pupils to show their identities. For the mixed-races whose pedigree is not too bad, as long as they concentrate, the golden color will emerge from the eyes.

Lu Mingfei reckoned that his pedigree was actually not high, but probably because of his cultivation, his golden pupils were brighter and brighter than those of A-level hybrids.

The bright pupils attracted the attention of the people around. This pair of bright golden pupils showed the extraordinary lineage of its owner, but Lu Mingfei just blinked his eyes and let it go silent—although the information said that the people who participated in the auction It is customary to keep the golden pupil, but the auction does not have similar regulations.

Of course, considering that there is only one lamp left on the top of the head, the golden pupil with night vision ability is actually quite practical in dim light, but Lu Mingfei, whose five senses have strengthened again after the rotation, thinks that night vision is no longer needed. Golden pupils.

Lu Mingfei's eyes returned to black, indifferent and deep, mixed in a group of golden light spots like two black holes, or a bottomless abyss, under the abyss is a deep darkness, people who meet his eyes look away uncomfortably , Searching his guts, trying to find information related to this young man in his memory.

From which mixed race family did such an outstanding junior suddenly appear?
The first lot is a court vase from the Mughal Empire. This Indian dynasty from the [-]th to the [-]th century had a fairly developed handicraft industry at that time. The vases on the booth were extremely poorly crafted. It is said that they came from one of the top masters at that time. Hand, the emperor once placed it on his bedside.

Lu Mingfei was not interested in these antiques, and each item was bid for bidding. He sat on the ground like an old god, trying his best to create a very unprovoked image of himself.

Due to the particularity of the underground auction, not all the lots will appear on the flyer, but as long as they appear, they will be marked with the number of the lot.

The crystal mandala is a public auction item. As one of the finale items, its number is ten. With the ninth item hammered down, the tenth item was brought up. Lu Mingfei cheered up.

The crystal mandala has been put on the booth, and the screen on the booth shows the English "Crystal Mandala". Everything is bigger, and like the "crystal" in the name, it is transparent, packed in a transparent bulletproof glass box, and the petals are like glass-textured artworks.

"The next thing that will be filmed is 'Crystal Mandala', a plant that is highly fused with dragon genes and is the main material for making bloodline locking potions. It is said that if the first-generation species gets angry because of something, it will use it to brew To quell one's anger, one can enter a luscious sleep. For the noble first-generation species, this may just be the hops used to brew sleep-aiding wine, but for the mixed-race species, it is an excellent potion material! One Six flowers, jointly auctioned, the starting price is 600 million US dollars!"

To be honest, although he had expected it in his heart, when Lu Mingfei heard the price, he still had the urge to take a few leaves or petals of his dragon-headed phoenix-tailed nobile and send it to auction. This thing is more expensive than a crystal mandala. precious!
After hesitating for a while, Lu Mingfei gave up on this idea.

Although it is true that as long as the old man sells the materials, no one who is not open-eyed will dare to have any wrong thoughts, but he doesn't seem to have any urgent need for money at present-the equipment department provides him with various materials for free.

Reining in divergent thoughts, the first bid for the crystal mandala has already begun. A girl in a black gothic skirt in a Yishui evening dress raised a sign and raised the price from 600 million to 700 million.

Before the auctioneer had time to drop the hammer for the first time, someone raised a sign and raised the price to 750 million.

"One million! One time!"

The auctioneer dropped the hammer for the first time.

Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment, held up the sign, and raised the price by more than half from the original price in one breath: "1000 two million!"

Holding the sign, his eyes were indifferent, his voice was steady and firm, coupled with his indifferent expression and cold eyes, coupled with the heroic spirit of raising the price by more than 50.00% in one breath, he immediately shocked the other guests.

Six crystal mandalas, 200 million US dollars, an average of 200 million, even if the crystal mandala is priceless in the market, but one of 200 million is not guaranteed to make a profit.

For one thing, although it can be refined into a precious bloodline locking agent or a powerful bloodline enhancing agent that keeps people awake for a certain period of time, it is a consumable after all, and it will be gone once it is used up.

Secondly, if you want to use the crystal mandala to make alchemy potions, most mixed-race families do not have this ability. You must go to those top alchemists, and their asking price may not be higher than the price of the crystal mandala. Cheap, which is another big cost.

The auctioneer dropped the hammer twice in a row and no one bid. Just as Lu Mingfei was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a man in a modern white suit held up his number plate in the corner: "500 million."

He looks calm and relaxed, but Lu Mingfei's five senses are enough to detect his uneasiness hidden under the calm mask - the slight constriction of the pupils, the inconspicuous shortness of breath, and the movement of wanting to purse his lips but then stop immediately are all revealed It's because of his lack of confidence.

Before the auctioneer dropped the hammer for the first time, Lu Mingfei immediately raised his placard again: "800 million."

When he shouted this number, he behaved the same as when he shouted "twelve million", as if the two numbers were the same to him, but in fact, he had to stop if the auction price increased by another 200 million— —The equipment department still has more than 300 million yuan in funds, and he can still spend about 200 million yuan himself.

Perhaps it was because Lu Mingfei's aura frightened others, or perhaps it was because others felt that the price was too high, so the auctioneer finally placed the third hammer with Lu Mingfei's 800 million.

Lu Mingfei doesn’t feel that he is losing money. Other families need to consider the additional cost of hiring a master alchemist to buy crystal mandala, but the equipment department and him want the crystal mandala to be refined by themselves, neither he nor the equipment department need it Consider labor costs.

The waiter took the hammered crystal mandala from the booth and sent it to the backstage. After the auction, someone would come to Lu Mingfei and take him to pay for the things.

After buying the crystal mandala, Lu Mingfei lost all interest in the auction, and waited silently for the last two items to be sold.

Speaking of the fact that the last two finale lots were not disclosed in the promotional materials, Lu Mingfei was actually a little curious.

Lot No. 11 was packed in a transparent bulletproof glass box with a soft velvet cushion underneath. Lu Mingfei's eyes fell on the booth across the crowd, and suddenly became gloomy.

Inside the glass box is a stone slab. The stone slab is not complete, it is approximately square, about [-] to [-] centimeters long, and there are incomplete patterns on it, which are twisted and complicated but seem to hide some meaning in it. The stone slab and the pattern itself are full of Mottled traces of time.

Lu Mingfei didn't immediately recognize what the stone slab was, but the screen on the stand had already displayed its name - Langdon Warner's murals of alchemy scriptures in the Mogao Grottoes.

Mogao Grottoes... murals? !

Lu Mingfei doesn't have a lot of historical knowledge, but he still knows the murals of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and "Landon Warner", the notorious Dunhuang cultural relic thief from the United States!
In 1923, the thief from the United States used chemical glue to strip more than 10 pieces of fine Tang Dynasty murals in Mogao Grottoes, and stole two precious painted sculptures. Lu Mingfei saw this name in his history textbook, but did not expect He is also a mixed race, and the things he stole are far more than those on the surface!
Thundercloud-like anger was brewing in his chest, and the cold murderous aura that remained in his eyes was just a rootless weed, but now it became more and more vigorous with the support of anger.

Landon Warner's Mogao Grottoes murals? !

Who gave this lot such a name!What qualifications does a shameless thief have to name ancient Chinese cultural relics!
The invisible aura spread out under the influence of emotions, and the people sitting around Lu Mingfei felt the air suddenly oppressed inexplicably. At first, unreasonable uneasiness gushed out of their hearts, and then the uneasiness quickly fermented into inexplicable fear, and even Hysterical fear.

They looked around, but they couldn't find the source of anxiety and fear, and the aristocratic temperament had long since disappeared.

The auctioneer on the stage began to introduce the lot: "This is a treasure from ancient China. It comes from a hidden cave in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. Its history has exceeded 500 years. At that time, it was proficient in ancient Chinese alchemy. The Buddhist monks gathered there, and the Buddhist scriptures they left behind are hidden on this stone slab, and the Buddhist scriptures contain the mysteries of ancient Chinese alchemy!"

"In the early part of the last century, the mixed-race explorer Langdon Warner went to China, unearthed this stone tablet that recorded the mysteries of ancient Chinese alchemy, brought it back to the United States, and tried to use the wisdom of himself and other alchemists I came to crack it, but in the end I got nothing, so I could only sell it, hoping that a more intelligent buyer could crack it and make an outstanding contribution to the field of alchemy, so it ended up here!"

The auctioneer introduced this cultural relic with a solemn tone and demeanor, but the words he spit out were disgusting.

excavate?Take it back to America?Contribute to the field of alchemy?
Lu Mingfei realized that he might have met the most shameless person he had ever seen in his life. He described the theft as excavation, transported the stolen goods as bringing them back to the United States, and described deciphering Chinese alchemy as making contributions to the field of alchemy... for Is the United States still contributing to the field of alchemy in Europe?

Compared with the tuxedoed auctioneer in the center of the stage, Fingal's morals are as tough as the Statue of Liberty - although the Statue of Liberty is not free.

Accompanied by the auctioneer's temptation of "as long as he can decipher the Buddhist scriptures in the slate murals, he will have the opportunity to master ancient Chinese alchemy", the atmosphere in the auction house has fallen into an unprecedented upsurge. It seems that many people are interested in ancient Chinese alchemy. In this lot, they showed ten times the enthusiasm of the crystal mandala.

The base price of the slate mural was 1000 million US dollars, and after only a short while, it soared to a high price of 2000 million US dollars!
Lu Mingfei watched the guests bid with cold eyes.

He didn't want this Chinese cultural relic to be traded away by other people under his nose.

But the current auction price has exceeded 2000 million U.S. dollars, even if he did not use the mission funds to bid for the crystal mandala, it is far from enough to bid for this treasure.

He has read some online novels. According to the development in the novels, some protagonists encounter something they want at an auction but have no money for the time being. They will urgently contact the auction house to sell one of their treasures, and then use more than their savings The money to buy the treasure, and after his own treasure is auctioned, he will get a huge amount of funds, which will be enough to pay the auction price of that treasure.

He can also send a part of the dragon head and phoenix tail nobile to the auction, and then boldly bid a high price in the auction of the slate murals. Anyway, the price of the dragon head and phoenix tail nobile will be several times or even ten times that of the crystal mandala. Times, he can afford to pay.

But what...

For one thing, the auctioneer is very cautious in identifying the items entrusted for auction, and usually does not list them for auction within a few hours.

Secondly, the Dunhuang murals are different from the treasures in the novel after all...

Selling your own things for money, and then going to buy back what originally belonged to you, this feeling, just thinking about it, makes people extremely uncomfortable.

So upset that Lu Mingfei almost wanted to tear something up.

So he didn't think about spending money at all, and he didn't even think about selling the dragon head and phoenix tail gold hairpin in a humble manner.

Watching the slate mural with a cold eye was auctioned at a price of 100 million US dollars, Lu Mingfei watched as the waiter took it off the booth and sent it to the backstage.

In his sea of ​​consciousness, the heavenly book suddenly unfolded, revealing a translucent rune wrapped in it. The rune was twisted and weird, with lines like a dragon and a snake.

This is the "trial version" service given to him by Lu Mingze in Shennongjia before. It has the detection function and helped Lu Mingfei open the Nibelungen.

It was supposed to dissipate after being used once, but in the coercion of the book, whether it dissipates or not is not up to it to decide—compared to the beginning, it has not much power left, it is so transparent that it almost disappears, and it can no longer be pried The Nibelungs were moved, but one more exploration was carried out.

Invisible fluctuations swept through the entire venue, and in an instant that no one knew, this dark underground building had revealed everything to Lu Mingfei.

"Heh..." Sitting on the red velvet chair, Lu Mingfei let out a soft breath. He whispered to himself in a voice that only he could hear, his eyes were deep and bottomless, as if there was an abyss entrenched, "We How to go, how to come back!"

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