novelraw Chapter 77 – No one buys the Gold Equipment at the auction
Chapter 77 – No one buys the Gold Equipment at the auction
She suddenly remembered that the Silver Equipment Set she was wearing was also sold by Spicy Ribs!
So they did know each other!
It was just that they met yesterday because of a fixed price transaction!
Did he think of her as a cash machine?
Hmph, dream on!
But she was mistaken; Chen Yuan didn't see her as a cash machine.
Actually, whether she bought it or not didn't matter; he just wanted to stir things up!
Naturally, Solitary Soul of Defiance and Shanhe Lingyun also received Chen Yuan's promotional message.
Their reactions were identical.
Solitary Soul of Defiance: "."
Shanhe Lingyun: "."
If they hadn't already added Chen Yuan, they would have thought someone was impersonating him!
Even a top player selling equipment is going all out, personally endorsing it.
Soon, Chen Yuan put the first piece of equipment on the shelf, the Exquisite Boar Armor!
His strategy was simple: take it slow!
Start with the worst, then bring out the better ones.
If he put the best up first, by the time the worst came around, everyone would think the attributes were just so-so.
Thanks to Chen Yuan's notification, Yue Linglong and her two friends were the first to see the armor.
A 10★ piece of equipment, it truly dazzled their titanium alloy eyes!
Not to mention full ★, they hadn't even seen equipment with 1☆ before.
They realized after seeing this armor that equipment could be upgraded with stars!
Especially the additional attributes from the star levels, simply amazing!
So awesome!
Chen Yuan set the starting bid for this armor at 5000.
This starting price wasn't expensive.
Now that more Silver Equipment was dropping from players, the price of 5-level armor-type Silver Equipment had dropped to around 1000.
As the first piece of a Gold Equipment Set to hit the market, it was considered rare, and even without star upgrades, it could sell for three to four thousand.
Using 100 Equipment Star-Upgrading Stones to upgrade it cost 3000.
But now, Chen Yuan had basically cornered the market on Star-Upgrading Stones, and their price was bound to rise.
100 Star-Upgrading Stones could easily be worth six to seven thousand.
So Chen Yuan's expected price for this armor was around 11,000.
And he set the buyout price at 19,999!
He was banking on players seeing the buyout price as just under 20,000 and impulsively buying it!
However, the enthusiasm of the three main team members for bidding wasn't immediately ignited.
"Babies, look, look at what this is!"
Yue Linglong immediately shared a screenshot of the armor's attributes in her group chat with her girlfriends.
The result was a chorus of exclamations.
"Oh my god, what kind of divine equipment is this? Are we playing the same game?"
"Little Linglong, where did this equipment come from?"
"These stars are so pretty! Twinkle, twinkle, little star, my eyes are full of little stars!"
"This equipment is just too dazzling, oh my god! Love it, love it."
Soon, the girls veered off-topic, skipping over the equipment's attributes and origin, and started discussing its beauty.
Yue Linglong also joined the heated conversation, completely forgetting about the hidden mandatory task of stirring things up.
To be honest, Chen Yuan never thought the constant shining of full-star equipment looked good.
In fact, the constant flashing annoyed him!
He wished he could turn it off.
After Solitary Soul of Defiance bid 6000, he also shared a screenshot with his buddies.
And Shanhe Lingyun, who initially entered a bid of 5500, got a notification that his bid was below the current price.
Fine, he wouldn't bid anymore!
He'd share the armor screenshot first.
Chen Yuan watched the stagnant auction price in disbelief.
If he wasn't mistaken, the price jumped from 5000 to 6000 and then didn't change!
Didn't change at all.
A full-star Gold-level piece of equipment, and it's only worth this much??
Damn, and he thought he could save them with good equipment, but when the good stuff came, they all played dead.
Chen Yuan couldn't help but complain to Solitary Soul of Defiance and Shanhe Lingyun.
Either one of them stood him up, or both did.
So frustrating!
Come on, come on, what's the point of calling out?
Finally, other players saw this piece of Gold-level equipment.
"Oh my god, equipment can be upgraded with stars??"
"This armor is too strong! At just level 5, it adds 160 Health Points and 16 Physical Defense."
"These additional attributes and activation attributes are insane!"
In no time, screenshots of Chen Yuan's armor spread across the Star Domain forum and among players.
It went viral!
This was the first time star-level equipment appeared in players' sight, and it debuted as a full 100☆ state.
Chen Yuan's equipment went viral, but unfortunately, his auction seemed to have cooled off!
He had been staring at it for three whole minutes!
The price hadn't budged!
He suspiciously checked the Auction House and Exchange.
No problem, his was the only Gold Equipment in the entire server!
Where was the enthusiasm?
Shouldn't players be pouncing on Gold Equipment like hungry wolves?
Finally, after a long minute!
A player raised the bid by 100!
It moved.
Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief; if it sold for 5000, he'd be at a huge loss.
Then immediately, someone else raised the bid by 100.
Chen Yuan was pleased; as long as there was competition, it was good.
But then he was dumbfounded.
Next, people kept raising the bid one after another.
Raise by 100, raise by 50, raise by 20, raise by 3, raise by 1, raise by 1, raise by 1.
Are you kidding me?
Chen Yuan almost spat blood.
The price kept jumping, proving there were many participants in the auction!
But after all that jumping, it hadn't even increased by 400, which was a bit heartbreaking.
Finally, a heavyweight appeared.
"Brother Tycoon, someone is selling 10-star Gold Equipment at the Auction House."
Brother Tycoon didn't know what 10-star equipment was!
But he knew Gold Equipment.
So without a word, before even looking at the equipment's attributes, he immediately brought the price back to a round number.
5600.
At least it made the price look less embarrassing.
Looking at the equipment, huh!
Whether it looked good or not aside, weren't these attributes exactly what a noob player like him needed?
For players like him who couldn't dodge monster attacks, equipment that added Health Points and Defense was simply their favorite.
Chen Yuan's designated troublemaker and the other two who stood him up finally finished discussing equipment star upgrades.
They remembered there was still a piece of Gold Equipment up for auction.
But their first action wasn't to immediately join the auction; instead, they searched for Equipment Star-Upgrading Stones at the Exchange.
At least they needed to know the price of Equipment Star-Upgrading Stones to price this Gold Equipment.
To their surprise, it was 100 each?
They never expected Equipment Star-Upgrading Stones to be so expensive!
Chen Yuan was sly; while putting up the armor, he also swept all the Equipment Star-Upgrading Stones in the Exchange.
Then he listed his remaining 158 Equipment Star-Upgrading Stones.
Priced at 100, 106, 112, 109.
Anyway, he set all sorts of prices.
But the lowest price was at least 100.
This was clearly a sneaky way to raise the price of his Gold Equipment.
But obviously, even this trick didn't work on someone like Yue Linglong, who threw money at games without ever thinking.
"Little Menglong, what's the price of Equipment Star-Upgrading Stones in your village?"
"Forty to fifty, just rose to sixty."