So I Became a Witch and Started Doing Daily Quests

Chapter 193: Plant Elemental Essence

Bang—as everyone finished taking their seats, the auction hall, adorned in a strong Elven decorative style, suddenly dimmed.

Immediately after, a bright cylindrical beam of light gently fell upon the auction display stage at the front.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the live exhibition hall of the Bauhinia Auction House. I am Luke, your host in charge of presenting the auction items today. It’s a pleasure to see you all here.”

Under the spotlight stood a half-elf youth with a delicate appearance, wearing a top hat and tailcoat. Following closely behind him was a half-elf girl, equally refined in appearance, holding a tray and dressed in a white ceremonial gown.

“They're all half-elves—”

Moreover, Janna, who possessed the [Exceptional Memory] talent, quickly recognized that the half-elf youth now standing on the auction stage was the same bartender she had met at the Antler Alley Tavern during a mission—Luke.

“How is it? Looks pretty good, right?”

Upon hearing the low voice of inquiry from Sophina-Silvermoon beside her, Janna smiled and nodded.

“It feels very nice, and the overall quality of each staff member looks very high.”

Especially their looks—whether it was the host Luke or the many servers weaving through the hall, all were quite handsome half-elves.

“Barely passable, at best. If you see something you like later, let me know—I can get you a discount.”

“Really? Then I won’t hold back.”

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Originally, Janna had only come to broaden her horizons. Naturally, she had no reason to reject Sophina-Silvermoon’s favor extended to her.

After all, from Sophina-Silvermoon’s invitation to sit beside her to the extra consideration shown, Janna, well-versed in social etiquette, clearly understood the intention—to establish a connection with her.

Although Janna held many secrets, as long as there were no clear conflicts of interest between them, these secrets did not prevent her from building better connections.

After all, who doesn’t have a few secrets?

“Today’s first auction item is a hatchling egg of the Red-Headed Dove.”

As host Luke uncovered the black cloth on the tray held by the girl beside him, a blood-red bird egg, resembling a heart, was revealed to everyone.

“The Red-Headed Dove is a fire-attributed avian magical beast with excellent flame attack capabilities. Its flight speed is also very fast, making it very suitable for rearing as a mount.”

With that, Luke gently pressed the ripple button on the display table. Accompanied by flickering lights and shadows, a fierce-looking bird suddenly appeared on the curtain behind the display stage.

“I designed this projection—what do you think?”

Upon hearing another inquiry from Sophina-Silvermoon, Janna, being quite tactful, immediately offered high emotional value in response.

“I think this design is excellent. In the past, auction houses typically relied on the host’s verbal descriptions, which didn’t leave much of an impression. But with this kind of projection-based presentation, everyone obviously listens more attentively.

It’s just—”

“Just what? It’s fine, I love hearing suggestions from young people.”

Fond of hearing Janna speak, Sophina-Silvermoon, noticing some hesitation in her tone, smiled generously and signaled for her to continue.

“It’s not a suggestion per se. I just think preparing these product projection visuals must have taken a lot of effort and cost. So I feel that in this regard, Bauhinia Auction House genuinely shows sincerity.”

“You’re absolutely right.”

After hearing Janna’s comment, Sophina-Silvermoon, who hadn’t taken it too seriously at first, became a bit more interested.

“To prepare these projection visuals alone, Bauhinia Auction House invested a significant amount in labor costs. And that’s not even counting the extended preparation period for the whole project—”

Timely compliments, timely listening—with Janna’s cooperation, Sophina-Silvermoon opened up like a floodgate. The conversation between the two became increasingly pleasant.

“I’ve noticed that although you’re young, many of your ideas align with mine, this old-timer.”

At those words, Janna deliberately feigned a surprised expression.

“With your age, you should still be a young lady among the elves. How could you be old?”

“Hahahaha, Janna, you really know how to talk—”

As the auction progressed faster and faster, Janna realized that many of the auction items far exceeded the scope of knowledge she had gained from books in the library.

Many energy stones from other plane domains or extraction potions with bizarre effects left Janna feeling truly enlightened.

“And this is only an apprentice-level auction—if it were at the formal wizard level, I probably wouldn’t recognize a single item—”

Auctions among formal wizards often featured items with intense radiation and contamination. These things were dangerous not just to wizard apprentices, but even to some formal wizards.

Therefore, auctions aimed at formal wizards were usually by invitation only and never open to outsiders—

“The next item is a top-tier quality Plant Elemental Essence. According to the appraiser, the energy purity inside reaches 99.99% with no contamination—starting bid is one thousand Gold Surrel, and each raise must be no less than one hundred Gold Surrel.”

Upon hearing Luke’s words, Janna’s eyes lit up.

“It’s actually a top-tier Plant Elemental Essence—that’s extremely rare in Turin.”

Since Turin City was located on the edge of the Misty Forest and was perpetually shrouded in fog, even if a top-tier Elemental Essence appeared, it was usually of the shadow attribute.

Just like the top-tier Water Elemental Essence Janna received last time from Blackbone Grove, in Turin,

it was already considered rare—let alone a top-tier Plant Elemental Essence.

“One thousand nine hundred Gold Surrel, once; one thousand nine hundred Gold Surrel, twice—”

“Two thousand Gold Surrel.”

With a clear voice ringing out, and after only a moment’s thought, Janna raised her bidding paddle and joined the competition.

“According to market prices, a regular quality Elemental Essence costs around two hundred to two hundred fifty Gold Surrel. A top-tier quality Elemental Essence is roughly ten times that amount—so barring any surprises, this one should go for around two to two thousand five hundred Gold Surrel—.”

“Two thousand Gold Surrel, once; two thousand Gold Surrel, twice; two thousand Gold Surrel, thrice—congratulations to guest number twenty-three for the successful bid!”

Upon hearing this, Janna was briefly stunned before joy filled her heart.

“I thought I’d have to add at least five hundred more Gold Surrel to win it. I didn’t expect it to go smoother than I imagined.”