Chapter 79: Hibiscus Wine Acquired
Soon, more than a dozen items had been auctioned off, including female slaves. These female slaves were all very beautiful, but Shi Lin didn't care.
Although the Shi family has become wealthy, now is not the time to enjoy life. These female slaves are not very useful to them, and the price is too high. If they were strong male slaves, Shi Lin would buy them.
Just as the auction was about to end, the bidding finally began for the ten fire hound corpses.
Shi Lin also became interested and stood in front of the glass wall, carefully observing the corpse of the Flame Hound.
"Today's auction is about to end, and this item is extremely valuable. It was sent by a Soul Master: the corpses of ten Flame Hounds. These are rare and precious furs. With the fur of these Flame Hounds as a blanket, one will no longer fear the cold in winter. The starting bid is ten gold soul coins, and each bid must be at least one gold soul coin higher!" The auctioneer pointed to the ten Flame Hound corpses in the cage and said to the bidders in front of him.
Shi Lin carefully examined the bodies of the ten fire hounds. Their blood had turned black and was beginning to rot.
Shi Lin had originally thought it would cost around a hundred gold soul coins to bid on it, but now it seems that the price of the fire hound's corpse won't be too high.
Shi Lin turned around and went to a button next to the glass curtain wall, and pressed it twice.
"Oh my, the distinguished guest in the third-floor VIP room has taken a fancy to these fire hound corpses and has bid twelve gold soul coins!" The auctioneer immediately announced loudly to the other bidders.
The others paused for a moment after hearing the auctioneer's words.
Then people started bidding.
Finally, Shi Lin purchased the ten fire hound corpses for twenty-five gold soul coins. After all, they had been there for too long, and their fur was no longer warm, which greatly reduced their value.
"Congratulations to our distinguished guest in the private room for successfully auctioning the corpse of the Flame Hound." The auctioneer bowed slightly in Shi Lin's direction to show his respect.
"The next item to be auctioned is the last and most precious item of this auction!" the auctioneer announced loudly to the people in front of him.
After hearing the auctioneer's words, Shi Lin was stunned for a moment, then looked at the auction booklet again. The fire hound's corpse was the last item. What else was there?
Shi Lin glanced at the other people in the auction and heard them all anticipating something. It seemed like this was a hidden Easter egg.
However, Shi Lin remained calm and began to look at the items on the auction stage while standing in front of the glass wall.
"Hibiscus Wine! Ten jars in total, three hundred gold soul coins per jar, with each bid increment no less than fifty gold soul coins. Auction begins!" The auctioneer slammed the gavel.
As the ten jars of wine appeared on the auction stage, everyone's enthusiasm was fully unleashed, and they all stood up and cheered.
"What's so special about this hibiscus wine that it could drive these people so crazy?" Shi Lin was also stunned, and then asked Shi An behind him.
After all, Shi An had accompanied Shi Zhen on a trip to Soto City last time.
"I don't know either, but I've heard that in Soto City, rich people who haven't drunk Hibiscus Wine are embarrassed to go out..." Shi An didn't understand these things either, so he could only tell Shi Lin what he knew.
"Hey, this marketing model is pretty high-end." Shi Lin stroked his chin and muttered with interest, wondering what was so appealing about this hibiscus wine.
However, Shi Lin was very interested in Hibiscus Wine, since he could refine Gu worms through Hibiscus Wine. If he successfully refined Gu worms, then the Shi family would also be able to brew Hibiscus Wine.
Moreover, he heard from his father that he even asked someone to go to Soto City to buy hibiscus wine.
If the Hibiscus Brew can be used to refine top-grade Gu worms, the Shi family can add several more top-grade wine Gu worms. The value of top-grade wine Gu worms to the Shi family is simply too great.
"Five hundred gold soul coins!" Shi Lin snorted and said to the auctioneer below the stage.
"Dear guest of the private room, the asking price is five hundred gold soul coins. Does anyone have a higher offer?" The auctioneer's eyes lit up as he announced loudly.
"Five hundred and fifty gold soul coins!" another person said.
"Six hundred gold soul coins!" Shi Lin followed closely behind, continuing to bid.
After several rounds of bidding, Shi Lin finally won the first bottle of Hibiscus Wine with a bid of 750 gold soul coins.
Shi Lin returned to his sofa and waited for the servant to bring the things he had photographed here.
Sure enough, a dozen minutes later, there was a knock on the door of the private room.
"Young Master, the item you bid on has arrived. Would you like to receive it now?" A gentle young voice came from outside the private room.
"Brother An, go open the door," Shi Lin said with a smile.
Shi An nodded, then opened the door to the private room. Two burly servants entered the room, one pushing a cart and the other carrying a bottle of wine.
A neatly dressed but still young man followed behind him.
The three people stood in front of Shi Lin and bowed respectfully to him.
"Young Master, there are a total of 775 gold soul coins. Please see..." the young attendant said to Shi Lin with a smile.
Without hesitation, Shi Lin took out eight hundred gold soul coins from his personal space and handed them to the young man.
"The rest is your tip." Shi Lin stood up, tossed the money bag to the young man, and then went to the cage to carefully examine the fire hound corpse inside.
The corpses of these ten fire hounds were already starting to smell slightly, indicating that they had been stored for some time.
Soon, the young attendant had counted the number of gold soul coins.
"Thank you for your generosity, young master. We will take our leave now!" The young servant smiled and bowed to Shi Lin before leaving with the other two men.
Shi Lin smiled and shook his head as he looked at them, then waved his hand and put the two items into his personal space.
"Let's go back to the hotel, Brother An. I'm afraid I'll be quite busy from now on," Shi Lin sighed, sounding somewhat helpless.
"Young Master, we spent way too much money today." Shi An scratched his head awkwardly.
"After a while, we can go back to the Shi family. We'll have to return all these gold soul coins even if we don't use them all," Shi Lin said to Shi An in an annoyed tone.
Shi An had also experienced too many hardships and knew how to be thrifty, but Shi Lin didn't care about such things. He believed that the money should be used wisely to improve their strength and enhance the family's foundation.
Neither Shi Lin nor Shi An spoke; they left the auction house and returned to their hotel.
Next, Shi Lin will go back to refine the Gu worms.
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