Chapter 16: Chapter 16: Golden Leaf
"Hello everyone, I will be in charge of this auction. My name is Hu Qingqing." A pretty girl walked out from the side of the stage and cheerfully introduced herself.
Before starting, I will mention the rules of our auction house. First, once you place a price, it will be final and not canceled unless someone else bids a higher price, and you cannot return the purchased item. Second, you cannot click on others with your background, and if you try to click on others, it will You will be warned once, then you will be fired if you do it again, and finally if you buy an item and you do not have the price for it, at the end all your possessions will be confiscated to get the price, or you will be imprisoned until someone else pays the price for you, or you will be sold as a slave."
"Now let's start tonight's auction," Qingqing said cheerfully after finishing explaining the rules and making a deal with her hands.
After Qing Qing's applause was heard, a beautiful lady came out with a carriage covered in cloth.
"Then, without further ado, let me reveal the first item in today's auction—a mid-earth-grade armor made of silver metal, which makes it as light as a feather while retaining a high defense that reduces damage by half below the level of a Spirit Master."
After completing the presentation of the item, Qingqing removed the cover and showed everyone a simple silver shield arranged neatly on the chariot.
"..." Yuan didn't care much about the armor because he was a fan of using the sword without armor, so he was collecting monster corpses to train his body, but he couldn't find a way to help him.
"This is a must-have item, because it will make us almost invincible in the Inner Trial," Du Hai said joyfully upon seeing the shield, which his twin brother agreed to.
"Relying on treasures too much will affect your cultivation, Du Hai, Du Bai," Xuan Wu Han said as she looked at the two brothers disdainfully.
"..." The two brothers ignored Xuan Wu Han's words and stared at the shield with great desire.
"The starting price will be 100,000 gold coins," Qing Qing announced.
Hearing Qingqing's announcement, everyone started bidding frantically.
"110,000 gold coins." Du Bei quickly offered.
"120,000 gold coins."
"125,000 gold coins."
"150,000 gold coins."
People started bidding madly, and in a few minutes the price reached 280,000 gold coins.
"350,000 gold coins." Suddenly, the price suddenly increased, and the voice was Hu Yuan.
"Does Brother Yuan need armor?" Xiao Hua asked while looking at Yuan— "If Brother Yuan wants, Xiao Hua has some armor that is stronger than this one."
"Don't worry too much, I want to buy this armor just on a whim," Yuan said lightly as he patted Xiao Hua's head.
> < - Xiao Hua fell silent upon hearing Yuan and enjoyed patting her head.
"_" - But unlike Xiao Hua and Yuan who were amused, the Du brothers weren't amused.
"360,000 gold coins." Du Hai spoke, annoyance evident in his voice.
"400,000 gold coins." Yuan spoke softly upon hearing Du Hai's increase.
"410,000 gold coins." Du Hai raised the price with obvious annoyance.
"490,000 gold coins." Yuan increased the price, but he was gritting his teeth as if this was his limit.
"500,000 gold coins." Du Hai exclaimed, seeming to be in a good mood seeing that Yuan had reached his limit.
"We won, ha-ha-ha-ha." The Du brothers exclaimed with joy, but they were looking at Yuan with obvious killing intent.
"..." Yuan smiled coldly at the feeling of killing intent on the Du brothers and held Xiao Hua's hand to not kill them.
From the beginning, Yuan didn't care about the armor, but he wanted to annoy the Du brothers because he wanted to kill them.
the reason ?
Simple, because the Du brothers had been looking at Yuan with hostility ever since he sat with them at the same table.
That's why Yuan decided to mess with them by increasing the price of the armor they wanted.
"Alright, now we'll move on to the second item in today's auction," Qing Qing said as she took another item out of the cart.
"The next item is a soul grade martial skill, Fire Lotus Strike! It is able to create a devastating flame that burns everything in front of it. The starting price will be 10,000 gold coins."
Everyone rushed out to bid on the martial art, but it wasn't as fierce as the armor competition earlier, and even Yuan didn't participate this time, ending up with an old man who won it by paying 48,000 gold coins.
"The third item is a leaf with gold inscriptions, said to be from the Primitive Era, but its use is unknown. The starting price will be 20,000 gold coins," Qing Qing said while showing the gold leaf in front of everyone.
Everyone hesitated for a while because the gold leaf looked like a regular leaf without a halo or anything that might make it special except for the strange patterns.
"20,100 gold coins."
"20,500 gold coins."
"…" Yuan looked at the golden leaf with narrowed eyes because it was so familiar to him from his past life.
"30,000 gold coins." Yuan's calm voice let out most of those who were bidding.
Although they wanted to study the mysterious inscriptions, they didn't want to waste their money on something unknown while having a Divine-grade weapon.
"35,000 gold coins." Du Bei exclaimed as he looked at Yuan with a teasing smile.
"50,000 gold coins." Yuan increased the price while smiling softly.
"55,000 gold coins." Du Hai said as he looked at Yuan with an arrogant smile.
"100,000 gold coins." Yuan increased the price again while sipping tea.
The Du brothers wanted to increase the price, but they felt a strong pressure on them, which prevented them from speaking.
"100,000 gold coins, once…twice…3times, congratulations to Young Master for obtaining this item." Qingqing spoke as she flirtatiously looked at Yuan.
Once the show ended, the pressure on the Du brothers disappeared, and they were able to speak again.
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