Chapter 60: The Book Without Words

After that, rare treasures and strange items from all around the world, or produced in the Kingdom of Azure, continued to be auctioned off, each finding its new home.

Among these were mid-tier and even high-tier magical weapons, equipment, some rare materials sourced from specific locations like Flame Dragon City, various magical beast eggs, magic scrolls, alchemical recipes, special potions, and even bizarre items that even the auction house couldn’t quite identify.

During this time, Philena made a purchase, buying a set of purple, high-quality women’s bodysuit armor for a whopping 200,000 gold coins. Her expression suggested she intended to keep it for herself.

The quality of this item was indeed quite good, comparable to the “Rose Silk” that Miss Fiery Blossom obtained from Wanku Fortress.

It was not only lightweight and fitted but could also be paired with external armor to create double-layered defense, offering more chances of survival in battles. Among the flashy auction items, this was quite practical, which explained why the discerning Philena was willing to pay a hefty price for it.

The Winged People were selling such a good item mainly because this bodysuit armor was entirely customized for the female human physique; other races, especially those with two large wings on their backs, like the Winged People, couldn’t wear it at all.

Perhaps for this reason, when Envoy Group Leader bought the bodysuit armor, hardly anyone contested her for it.

According to Vilyric’s observations, the main bidders here were actually the Winged People; while other races were present, they were few in number.

Philena was probably what one would call a truly fated person.

Additionally, she didn’t have the absurd privilege of the royal family picking up the tab; the Envoy Group Leader was spending her own money. But seeing Philena bid without a flicker of emotion made one wonder…

Could this person actually be a wealthy woman?

After a few more auction items, about half of the items on the list had already been sold.

To be honest, while many products looked interesting based on their names, the introductions and personal observations left the Priestess feeling somewhat disappointed.

First off, she wouldn’t be interested in the equipment at all; no matter how peculiar the effects, they meant nothing if their quality was subpar.

Regarding the materials or items, although some were indeed quite interesting, most were aimed at alchemists and potion makers, or for forging equipment and certain special uses, which Vilyric had no idea how to utilize.

Her knowledge of the field of potion-making in this world was almost non-existent; although she genuinely intended to learn, she didn’t have the means or time to delve systematically into it.

Then there were the magical beast eggs. Although that little auctioneer, Xiao Mo, spun an elaborate tale during the introduction, claiming they contained the bloodline of some mythological creature and suggesting they might have already mutated,

it didn’t change the fact that they were merely the offspring of third or fourth-tier magical beasts, with not a single one ensuring a future of fifth-tier or above; they were simply worthless for cultivation.

Moreover, they were all quite ugly, none were cute.

In short, Vilyric had too high of standards; treasures that ordinary folks clamored after seemed trivial to her. Additionally, she didn’t understand items that were merely interesting and had no relationship to their strength, so she didn’t even know where to start if she wanted to buy something.

At this point, nothing had appeared that sparked a strong desire to purchase in Vilyric—the few bottles of peculiar potions she’d casually bought had very little value and had cost barely ten thousand gold coins.

Until…

“The next auction item is very mysterious; to be honest, even our appraiser hasn’t figured out its details.”

Xiao Mo took out a thick black-covered book from her spatial ring and held it up, spinning it around a few times.

“The material is unknown, the place of origin is unknown, there is no author’s signature. It’s clearly made of paper but cannot be destroyed or torn apart in the usual way. Most importantly…”

The auctioneer, Bai Yu, delivered this line with a trace of helplessness, slowly flipping open one page to show the audience.

Inside, just like her wings, was pure white.

“This is a book without words.”

“Huh?”

Inside the private room, the black-haired girl let out a low sound of confusion.

Vilyric’s reaction immediately caught the attention of the two girls beside her; it was the first time she had shown a visible change in expression upon the emergence of an auction item.

“Master?”

“Miss Vilyric, is there something wrong with that book?”

“No… just wait a moment.”

On the other side, Xiao Mo continued with her introduction.

“Although we can’t comprehend what exactly this is, the appraiser determined that it has existed in this world for a very long time.”

“The auction house believes this is likely a unique record of some ancient lost magic, and the powerful individual who left it behind used special means to conceal the text so it wouldn’t be easily learned, waiting for a fated person to arrive.”

While saying this, Xiao Mo appeared a bit lacking in confidence; she probably didn’t even believe the exaggeration herself, but she was a professional auctioneer and quickly regained her composure, placing the book without words on display and declaring loudly.

“Thus, the book possibly recording lost magic, starting at a base price of 10,000 gold coins, with minimum bid increments of 1,000 gold coins, let the auction begin!”

However, in stark contrast to the lively bidding frenzy of previous items, after a long wait, even as the time approached the limit, no private room had called out a price.

Xiao Mo secretly felt a cold sweat trickle down her back.

To be honest, this situation was somewhat anticipated. The initial base price for this book without words was 100,000 gold coins, and it had been sold at various auctions but awkwardly remained unsold each time, with the price continuously dropping until it reached its current state.

After all, a similar book sold in a normal setting, unless it was an exclusive or contained vital content, would typically cost only a few silvers to a maximum of 1 gold.

To expect customers to pay a thousand times the price for some vague “possibly recording lost magic” and a quality that was hard to destroy was asking too much of people.

Even the auction house representing the Kingdom of Azure couldn’t figure out how to interpret it; how could they expect some ordinary nobles or outsiders to make out the grand secret? It was ridiculous!

You can’t expect people to use this flimsy book as a shield, right?

Just when the atmosphere turned awkward and the auctioneer thought it might remain unsold again, a number suddenly jumped in the air, and Xiao Mo’s eyes lit up with delight as she pointed towards a private room.

“Oh! Guest 76 has offered 10,000 gold coins! Such generosity, is there a higher bid?!”

In the room, the previously contemplative Vilyric was taken aback.

Because that wasn’t her bid.

The Priestess glanced at the number 73 on her table, 76… wasn’t that just next door?

She was a bit curious about who would be interested in such a thing.

To be honest, Vilyric didn’t detect the book’s hidden mystery. However, when Xiao Mo brought out that item, her usually reserved companion, Xi Fu Lin, who had been silently tucked away in her pocket, suddenly became active.

[Vilyric, what’s happening? Fragment waves have become extremely pronounced, did you find it?]

Thus, the Priestess’s instinctive “Huh?” made sense.

After that, she was continuously communicating with Xi Fu Lin using her thoughts.

The sealed Xi Fu Lin could sense very little, so even though the fragments were from the same source, she could only vaguely perceive some presence.

Especially when the target was being obscured by some kind of power.

For example… a storage ring.

   

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