[ BOOK 2 ] LMW [191 - 390]

387 : Add One More Spirit Gem

That was when Duan MuQing looked over into the neighboring box and, seeing that You XiaoMo and Ling Xiao didn’t seem to intend to compete, couldn’t help but sigh softly. Seems like the starting price was beyond their expectations.

Hearing Hu Feng’s voice, Tang Hao’s expression cooled, his eyes taunting. He knew that the person who would be competing with him would be Hu Feng, so he had fortunately prepared himself and brought plenty of spirit gems. There was no way that Hu Feng would win.

“One million seven hundred thousand.”

“One million eight hundred thousand.”

“Two million.”

……

The entire place was dead silent. Everyone was struck speechless by these absurd prices.

The two competing voices were neck and neck, neither willing to step down at all. With the continuous increases, the price had long since left the scope of BeiDong’s previous auctions, but neither seemed to have the intention of stopping.

Though there were only two groups bidding, the situation was thrilling.

“Five million spirit gems.” As Tang Hao gave this shocking price, the price of the Heavenly Cauldron finally reached tenfold its original price. Though the price had yet to go over their expectations, it was almost there.

When Tang Hao gave this price, Hu Feng’s expression had already drawn tight. It was clear that he was almost at his limit. After a while of silence, he gritted out, “Five million and one hundred thousand spirit gems.”

Tang Hao’s eyes flashed and, five seconds later, he said, “Hu Feng, I’ve brought six million spirit gems with me this time. If you can offer more than six million, I’ll be willing to let you have the Heavenly Cauldron.” Then, he turned to eye Hu Feng smugly.

Hu Feng’s eye twitched, almost jumping up off his seat.

Tang Hao’s words caused his eyes to go red, flashing with murderous green light. His expression was ugly, as if he had swallowed a fly. He had somehow been beaten by Tang Hao. All he had brought this time was six million as well, no more no less.

What he hadn’t expected was that Tang Hao had the same as him. If he offered six million, then Hu Feng couldn’t also offer six million.

Looking at Hu Feng’s expression, he knew that the other didn’t have it and couldn’t help but feel triumphant.

His bet had paid off. Hu Feng had brought either the same or less than him. No matter which it was, he had won.

Seeing how Hu Feng didn’t give a price, Tang Hao spoke with a smile to Yue QianShan down below them. “Lord Yue, I believe you can begin counting down, no?”

Yue QianShan looked at the two of them and, seeing that it seemed to be over, raised his voice and yelled, “Six million going once!”

“Going twice!

“Going…”

“Six million and one spirit gems!” That was when a clear and crisp voice interrupted.

Tang Hao’s smile froze on his face.

The voice came from inside the box. A commotion immediately rose from the audience that had been quietly watching the two compete. It had just been about to end when an outsider had suddenly cut in. What was going on?

After a while, everyone’s gaze converged on the box the voice had come from. They were all curious about the person that dared to show up Tang Hao and Hu Feng from the Southern Continent.

In the transparent box, the one that had raised his hand and called out a price was an unfamiliar young man. Some sharp-eyed people recognized him immediately though.

“It’s him!”

“Who is he?”

“He’s the young man that started an argument with the people from the Southern Continent. It was because they were blocking the entrance, that young man asked them to move and offended them.”

“Holy crap, he sure is daring. He went against people from the Southern Continent twice in a row; has he gotten tired of living or something? Though BeiDong isn’t their turf, it’d still be easy for them to kill him.”

“Who knows? He might be someone with a background too. Why else would he still go against them despite knowing who they are? Not all people with backgrounds like that are high profile.”

……

Everyone talked amongst themselves and the entire place was filled with a cacophony of voices. The silent auction had finally returned to being alive with noise.

The Heavenly Cauldron was at the precipice of falling into his hands, yet at the last moment, a person, bidding a measly one spirit gem higher than him, had bid for the cauldron. He had fallen from that feeling of delight to the very bottom in an instant. The immense contrast was terrible to bare; it felt like he had been lured into a trap.

Tang Hao expression had twisted, his murderous gaze landing directly on You XiaoMo. Squeezing his hands into fists, his nails had sunk into his palms, causing them to bleed.

“You again!”

You XiaoMo stared back without fear.

The auction didn’t have a rule for a minimum increase in a bid, so even increasing the price by a single spirit gem was allowed.

Tang hao knew this, so he was even less willing to accept this, his hatred for You XiaoMo boiling over.

However, there was one person who was delighted by this. That person was Hu Feng. The more frustrated Tang Hao was, the happier he was. Of course, it wasn’t because it was You XiaoMo, but because he didn’t want Tang Hao to have anything he couldn’t. So what was better than this?

Plus, he had just been baited and trapped by Tang Hao, so that rage hadn’t calmed yet. Seeing this guy receiving a humiliating defeat was exactly what cheered him up as he reveled in Tang Hao’s misfortune.

“Tang Hao! I never would’ve thought it would come to this for you! Congratulations!” Hu Feng couldn’t help but say, delighted at the other’s misfortune.

“Hu Feng!” Tang Hao was enraged, with that insult, Hu Feng had added to his injury, his eyes seeming close to spewing fire as he roared out a warning.

Hu Feng seemed to remember something and suddenly retracted his laughter, giving a cold huff and stopping himself from rubbing salt in the other’s wounds further.

Tang Hao held back his rage the best he could, throwing the spear tip back to You XiaoMo and said, harshly, “Brat, listen carefully, if you piss us off in YinYang Valley, I’ll assure you that you won’t have a good time in the TongTian Continent.”

This was a blatant threat, using his own identity to intimidate an opponent. This was something that happened quite often in auctions. Most people who were on the receiving side could only retreat and think themselves unfortunate. Since the auctions really didn’t have any rules against threatening other people, it was fine so long as one didn’t start a physical fight. That was why Tang Hao dared to say something like this in front of Yue QianShan.

The audience looked towards Yue QianShan and saw that, as expected, he didn’t have any reaction. It seemed like, so long as Tang Hao didn’t actually attack anyone then he wouldn’t step in.

After Tang Hao said this, the young man in the box fell silent. After a while, when the audience thought that You XiaoMo had been scared by those words, he spoke again.

“Alright then, I’ll add one more spirit gem to my bid.”

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