Chapter 806: Chapter 806

Contrary to Du You’s expectations, finding something that matched his own skills was really too difficult. Even in this place, Du You only managed to find this much, and had not found a single item that matched Lin Yushi’s skills temporarily.

In the following days, after having looked through those exhibition halls, Du You still hadn’t found anything suitable for himself.

Du You knew that, in fact, there were many items that were not put on display, but he could not actively ask for them. As for theft, that was out of the question; Du You didn’t even know where those things were.

The people of Kasil City guarded their art with extreme care, and the secrecy and security levels of many art galleries or storerooms here were simply higher than that of the Imperial Palace.

In the end, Du You only bought a few items that he deemed decent enough and had no other gains.

But even so, the three million gold coins he had brought were nearly one million spent, leaving only a little over two million. The prices of these artworks were indeed frighteningly inflated. The purchasing power of gold coins in this world is still very high; no wonder there are so many artworks here, yet successful transactions are rare.

Most of the successful transactions were those recently created by existing artists.

These items weren’t priced as high, and they may have significant appreciation potential in the future.

"Is there an underground auction tonight, not illegal, just built underground?" Du You received an invitation on this day, having been in Kasil City for ten days already.

Having gained nothing more, Du You, who had originally planned to leave in a couple of days, did not expect to encounter another sale.

That evening, Du You took the two sisters with the invitation to the so-called underground auction. The auction house had three floors above ground, and upon entering, one would walk directly downstairs. After descending a spiral staircase, they reached three floors underground.

Du You observed the surrounding decorations, which could only be described as magnificent and even ornamented with many artworks, giving off an elegant vibe, and even here there was a gathering of ancient heritage.

Indeed, within Kasil City, art was everywhere. The higher the place’s status, the more so it was true. Du You, someone who didn’t understand art, also felt a very comfortable sensation seeing the layout here.

"Thank you, Lords and Ladies, for attending today’s auction. Today’s auction items are mainly artworks, please look."

The auctioneer wasted no words, and as soon as the time came, he began. Du You looked around; he recognized many people he had met at a wine party the other day. There were many nobles who had come here, none of them concealing their faces, which indicated that this auction was indeed not an illegal transaction.

Du You watched in boredom as one after another, artworks that he couldn’t understand were traded away.

Finally, in the second half, Du You received a message from Lin Yushi. "Master, this is useful for me."

Du You nodded in understanding and made his bid. It was only after that Du You saw clearly what it was – it turned out to be a broken arrow. Not just any broken arrow, but an Elf broken arrow that had been sent from a distant place.

"That’s really expensive." After spending five hundred thousand to buy it, Du You thought that if it weren’t for the skill requirement, this item would simply be junk. But looking at the envy mixed in the gazes of the others around him, perhaps they thought he’d made a profit. Du You could only smile at the people around and then completed the transaction with the auction house.

"Which skill does it correspond to?" Du You discreetly inquired within the panel.

Once the item arrived, Lin Yushi also felt relieved. "It’s my Explosive Scattering. There’s nothing wrong with the broken arrow itself; maybe it has to do with the story that comes with it."

The story that comes with it, huh? Du You thought about the story told by the auctioneer. This arrow was not something one could simply obtain from anywhere. Although almost all Elf-made items were considered artworks, this one had special significance.

It was said that this arrow had been pulled from the chest of a Demon, that a powerful Demon had once been killed when this arrow pierced its heart. After it was pulled out, it had been collected.

But this story was just the auctioneer’s word; no one believed it was true. They wanted it because it was a product from the Elves. For nobles, anything associated with the word "Elf" held tremendous value. And for artists, anything produced by Elves could bring them great inspiration and was considered a priceless treasure.

Although people valued it differently, everyone agreed it had value.

After that, it turned into a boring auction again, with nothing of interest to Du You. And so, the auction went on until the final highlight, at which point Du You’s eyes suddenly sparkled.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please look at this, the final item of today. This is a damaged draft of a Magic Scroll, said to be the first Meteor Rain scroll etched by the Fire Demon Lord. If you’re lucky, you might be able to decipher the magic runes of Meteor Rain from it."

"What, it’s actually a scroll from the Fire Demon, and one that wasn’t successfully created."

Many eyes lit up, and as Du You listened to the people around him, he gradually understood. It turned out that the creation of magic scrolls in this world was a very secretive technique. Most mages could use magic but couldn’t create the corresponding scrolls. Scrolls, on the other hand, could be used by anyone, which was completely different from Professional scrolls.

Mastering the creation of a scroll was considered a family heirloom for a great noble. Not to mention Meteor Rain, a fifth-tier magic with tremendous power in this world.

Once cast, it could destroy a large city and serve as a deterrent weapon.

And Du You was the first to sense a very high compatibility between this damaged scroll and his own ultimate move, Destruction Flames.

Thinking this, Du You wanted to bid, but as soon as the first noble offered a price, he gave up.

"Five million gold coins." That was the starting bid. Du You only had one million and a half gold coins left, which had seemed like a lot, but now he realized he was truly poor. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹~𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮~𝚗𝚎𝚝

It couldn’t be helped; in the border regions, everything was very cheap, and gold coins were mostly concentrated in the empire’s interior. It was not easy for him to have earned this much. Meanwhile, those nobles had wealth accumulated over many generations, far beyond his reach. Moreover, Du You had always prioritized Crystal Coins over gold coins, and there was a reason for that.

"Master, how about we steal it?" Lin Yushi secretly suggested.

"No, this city likely has numerous tier-four natives, and there might even be tier-fives," Lin Yucha objected.